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Aircraft carrier class of the US Navy
Class overview
Name Long Island -class escort carrier
Operators
Preceded by N/A
Succeeded by
Bogue -class escort carrier
Completed 2
Retired 2
Scrapped 2
General characteristics
Type
Escort carrier
Length
404 ft 2.4 in (123.200 m) (length of flight deck)
[1]
465 ft (142 m)
wl
492 ft (150 m)
oa
Beam 69.9 ft (21.3 m)
Draft 25 ft 2 in (7.67 m)
Installed power 8,500
hp (6,300 kW)
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Propulsion
Speed 16.5
kn (19.0 mph; 30.6 km/h)
Range 10,000
nmi (12,000 mi; 19,000 km) at 14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h)
[1]
Complement 856
[1]
Sensors and processing systems
SC radar
Aircraft carried
Hangar Capacity: 16
Flight Deck Storage: 46
Aviation facilities 1 × elevator
The Long Island -class escort carrier was a two-ship class, originally listed as "AVG" (Aircraft Escort Vessels). They were converted from
type C3-class merchant ships.
The first ship of the class—
USS Long Island , originally AVG-1, later ACV-1 then CVE-1—was launched on 11 January 1940, and served in the
United States Navy through
World War II .
The second and last ship of the class—
HMS Archer (D78) —was launched on 14 December 1939, and served in the
Royal Navy through
World War II . It is also listed in U.S. Navy records as BAVG-1; the "B" presumably stood for "British".
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See also
References
^
a
b
c
d Ford, Roger (2001) The Encyclopedia of Ships , pg. 392. Amber Books, London.
ISBN
978-1-905704-43-9
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"Moore-McCormack, Mormacland" . Moore-McCormack. Retrieved 18 March 2009 .
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"A history of HMS Archer" . Royal Navy Research Archive. Retrieved 18 March 2009 .
^ Mitchell, W H, and Sawyer, L A (1995). The Empire Ships . London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. p. 425.
ISBN
1-85044-275-4 . {{
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link )
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"Sun Shipbuilding, Chester PA" . Ship Building History. Archived from
the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2010 .
Bibliography
This article incorporates text from the
public domain
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . The entry can be found
here .
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ISBN
978-0-7524-4633-2 .
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Ford, Roger; Gibbons, Tony; Hewson, Rob; Jackson, Bob; Ross, David (2001). The Encyclopedia of Ships . London: Amber Books. p. 392.
ISBN
978-1-905704-43-9 .
Friedman, Norman (1983). U.S. Aircraft Carriers . Naval Institute Press.
ISBN
0-87021-739-9 .
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ISBN
978-1-59114-551-6 .
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ISBN
0-7110-0273-8 .
Silverstone, Paul H. (1968). U.S. Warships of World War II . Doubleday & Company.
Tillman, Barrett (1998). SBD Dauntless Units of World War 2 . Osprey Combat Aircraft. Vol. 10. Oxford: Osprey Publishing.
ISBN
978-1-85532-732-0 .