USS Bennington (CV-20) is an American aircraft carrier of the Essex type since the Second World War .
| Aircraft carrier Bennington (CV-20) | |
|---|---|
| USS Bennington (CV-20) | |
 The aircraft carrier Bennington in 1958 | |
| Service | |
 USA | |
| Named after | |
| Ship class and type | Essex aircraft carrier |
| Manufacturer | New york naval shipyard |
| Ordered to build | December 15, 1941 |
| Construction started | December 15, 1942 |
| Launched | February 28, 1944 |
| Commissioned | August 6, 1944 |
| Removed from the fleet | January 15, 1970 |
| Status | written off on September 20, 1989 in 1994, cut into metal |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 23,785 tons dry 26 669 t standard 34,881 tons full |
| Length | 265.9 m |
| Width | 45.0 m |
| Height | 24.9 m from keel to flight deck |
| Draft | 8.4 m at full displacement |
| Booking | belt: 64–102 mm traverses: 102 mm deck: 64 + 37 mm tiller compartment: 64-102 mm wheelhouse roof: 37 mm cable and elevator housings: 25-64 mm |
| Engines | 8 Babcock-Wilcox type water tube boilers 4 Westinghouse type turbines |
| Power | 150,000 hp |
| Mover | four |
| Travel speed | 33 knots maximum |
| Navigation range | 15,000 miles at 15 knots |
| Crew | nominally 2,386 people, including 215 officers, in fact, up to 3106 people, including 226 officers |
| Armament | |
| Radar weapons | SK and SC-2 airborne target radar , 2 SG surface detection radar |
| Flak | 6x2 127mm / 38 Mk.12 8 × 4 40 mm Bofors Mk.2 46x1 20-mm Oerlikon Mk.4 |
| Aviation Group | 91-103 aircraft |
Ship history
Laid at the New York Naval Shipyard on December 15, 1942 . Launched on February 28, 1944 . It was commissioned on August 6, 1944 .
He participated in the battles against Japan in the Pacific theater of operations , receiving 3 combat stars. November 8, 1946 withdrawn to reserve.
It was put into operation again on November 30, 1951 after modernization under the project SCB-27A. October 1, 1952 reclassified to CVA-20.
May 26, 1954 on the coast of the Atlantic coast of the United States on the ship an explosion occurred in the hydraulic system of one of the launching catapults . As a result of the fire started, the aircraft carrier was severely damaged; 103 crew members died, more than two hundred were injured [1] . Delivered for repairs, during which it was upgraded according to the project SCB-125, having received a corner deck. It was commissioned again in April 1955 and on June 30, 1959, reclassified to CVS-20.
Ness served in the Pacific as part of the 7th US Navy . In August 1960, collided with the destroyer "Edwards". Modernized under the FRAM program within the 1963 budget.
He took part in the war in Vietnam , being there in the following periods:
- February 20, 1964 to August 11, 1964
- March 22, 1965 to October 7, 1965
- from November 4, 1966 to May 23, 1967
- May 1, 1968 to November 9, 1968
On November 9, 1967, he took part in the search and rescue of the landing pilot of the Apollo-4 spacecraft. January 15, 1970 launched in reserve. It was written off on September 20, 1989 and in 1994 it was cut into metal.
Notes
- ↑ Edwards, Christopher. Fire Down Below! (Neopr.) // Naval History. - Annapolis, MD: United States Naval Institute, 2011. - February ( vol. 25 , No. 1 ).
Links
- USS Bennington (English) .
- USS Bennington, her history and her crew (English) .
- Newsreel footage of the 1954 fire aftermath from British Pathe (Eng.) .