Independence Class Aircraft Carriers Class Overview

Dimensions, machinery and performance
Length:
622' 6"
Engines:
4 Geared Steam Turbines
Beam:
71' 6"
Boilers:
4 Babcock & Wilcox
Flight Deck:
109' 2"
Shafts:
4
Draft:
26'
HP:
100,000
Displacement:
11,000 std / 15,800 full
Speed:
31.6 knots
Crew:
1,560
Range:
12,500 NM @ 15 knots
Aircraft:
45


Name
Number
Laid Down As
Number
Fate
Notes
Independence
CV-22
Amsterdam
CL-59
Sunk as target 1-29-1951
Princeton
CV-23
Tallahassee
CL-61
Sunk at Leyte 10-24-1944
Belleau Wood
CV-24
New Haven
CL-76
Scrapped 1962
To France as Bois Belleau
Cowpens
CV-25
Huntington
CL-77
Scrapped 1960
Monterey
CV-26
Dayton
CL-78
Scrapped 1970's
Langley
CVL-27
Fargo
CL-85
Scrapped 1964
To France as La Fayette
Cabot
CVL-28
Wilmington
CL-79
Scrapped 2000
To Spain as Dédalo
Bataan
CVL-29
Buffalo
CL-99
Scrapped 1961
San Jacinto
CVL-30
Newark
CL-100
Scrapped 1970's


9 Ships in class, all converted from Cleveland Class Light Cruisers.

All 9 built by New York Shipbuilding Corp. Camden, New Jersey.

7 Scrapped

1 Sunk in combat

1 Sunk as target

0 Remaining