USS Bataan CVL-29 – Aircraft carrier - US

1953 USS Bataan CVL-29 departing for Korea .

Function: / Rangefinder: / Fuel Type: / Fuel Cap.: / Fuel Cons.: / Load: / Displacement:
Light Cruiser (Laid down as)
Aircraft Carrier / +1 / B / 1000k / 4800/1200 / 4800t+aircraft / 15.800t
Crew: / Captain: / Maintenance: / Power plant: / Night vision:
1560 / 30 / 4 x Geared Steam Turbines – 100.000HP
4 x Babcock & Wilcox
4 x Screws / yes
Length: / Beam: / Draft:
207m / 36m / 8.6m
Max Speed: / Cruise Speed: / Travel Movement: / Combat Movement: / Range:
60km/h / 28km/h / 112 / 9/18/27 / 23150km
Config: / Waterline/Hull/Superstructure Armor / Acceleration – turn ratio / Seaworthiness:
super / 100/80/60 / 1%/1 / good
Armaments: / Ammo: / Location:
8 x 40mm/56 / 25k / (in 2 quad mounts, 1 fore, 1 aft)
18 x 40mm/56 / 40k / (In 9 twin mounts, 5 port, 4 starboard)
16 x 20mm/70 / 60k / (in single mounts)
Weapon / ROF / Damage / Penetration / Bulk / Magazine / Single Shot / Burst / Range
40mm
20mm

Aircraft: 45

Equipment: Radio ( x ) ; Radar ( x ) ; Sonar ( x ) ; Lifeboats ( 20 )

History:

Combat Victories
Date / Name / Type / Tons / Nationality / Notes
April 7, 1945 / Yamato / Battleship / 72,800 / / Assisted
April 18, 1945 / I-56 / Submarine / 3,688 / / Assisted
Commanders
Nov. 17, 1943 / Aug. 26, 1944 / Capt. V.H. Schaeffer
Aug. 26, 1944 / June 5, 1945 / Capt. J.P. Heath
June 5, 1945 / Jan. 1946 / Capt. W.G. Gilbert
Jan. 1946 / Nov. 1946 / Cmdr. W.B. Short
Nov. 1946 / May 11, 1947 / Cmdr. W.H. Davison
May 13, 1950 / Capt. Edgar T. Nesle
Battle Stars World War 2
Apr. 21, 1944 / / Hollandia Operation: Aitape-Humboldt Bay-Tanahmerah Bay
Apr. 29, 1944 / / Asiatic-Pacific raids: Truk, Satawan, Ponape raid
June 11, 1944 / / Marianas Operation: Capture and occupation of Saipan
Mar. 17, 1945 / / Okinawa Operation: Raids in support of Okinawa Gunto operation
July 10, 1945 / / 3rd Fleet operations against Japan
Battle Stars Korea
Dec. 16, 1950 / / Communist China Aggression 1951
Jan. 25, 1951 / / First UN Counter Offensive 1951
Apr. 22, 1951 / / Communist China Spring Offensive 1951
Apr. 30, 1952 / / Second Korean Winter 1951-1952
May 1, 1952 / / Korean Defense, Summer-Fall 1952
Feb. 16, 1953 / / Third Korean Winter 1952-53
May 1, 1953 / / Korea, Summer-Fall 1953
Awards
/ American Area Campaign Medal
/ Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Medal
/ World War 2 Victory Medal
/ Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
/ Korean Service Medal
/ United Nations Service Medal
/ National Defense Service Medal
/ Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation