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| Class | Independence |
| Type | Light Carrier |
| Year | 1943 |
| Crew | 1569 |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 182.9 m (pp) 189.7 m |
| Beam | 21.8 m - 33.3 m (d) |
| Draught | 7.4 m |
| Displacement | |
| Empty | 10,662 t |
| Loaded | 14,751 t |
| Performance | |
| Speed | 59 km/h |
| Range | 24,076 km @ 28 km/h |
| Machinery | |
| Shafts | 4 |
| Turbines | 4 x Geared steam 100,000 hp General Electric |
| Boilers | 4 x Babcock & Wilcox |
| Fuel | Oil: 2,633 t |
| Armament | |
| Anti-Aircraft | |
| Armor | |
| Belt | 127 mm |
| Bulkhead | 127 mm |
| Deck | 51 - 76 mm |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft | 30-45 |
| Production | |
| Built | 9 |
| Total | 8 |
| Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
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Independence | CV-22 | New York SB | 01/05/1941 | 22/08/1942 | 14/01/1943 | 08/1946 | Sunk as target | |
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Princeton † | CV-23 | New York SB | 02/06/1941 | 18/10/1942 | 25/02/1943 | 24/10/1944 | † | Loss by aircraft |
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Bellau Wood | CV-24 | New York SB | 11/08/1941 | 06/12/1942 | 31/03/1943 | 13/01/1947 | Sold/Scrapped | |
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Cowpens | CV-25 | New York SB | 17/11/1941 | 17/01/1943 | 28/05/1943 | 13/01/1947 | Sold/Scrapped | |
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Monterey | CV-26 | New York SB | 29/12/1941 | 28/02/1943 | 17/06/1943 | 16/01/1956 | Sold/Scrapped | |
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Langley | CVL-27 | New York SB | 11/04/1942 | 22/05/1943 | 31/08/1943 | 11/02/1947 | Sold/Scrapped | |
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Cabot | CVL-28 | New York SB | 16/03/1942 | 04/04/1943 | 24/07/1943 | 21/01/1955 | Transferred | |
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Bataan | CVL-29 | New York SB | 31/08/1942 | 01/08/1943 | 17/11/1943 | 09/04/1954 | Sold/Scrapped | |
|
San Jacinto | CVL-30 | New York SB | 26/10/1942 | 29/09/1943 | 15/12/1943 | 01/03/1947 | Sold/Scrapped |
| Ship | Code | Former | Code | Comm | Decomm | Fate | |||
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Dédalo | R01 | |
Cabot | CVL-28 | 30/08/1967 | 05/08/1989 | Sold/Scrapped | |
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La Fayette | R96 | |
Langley | CVL-27 | 02/06/1951 | 20/03/1963 | Returned | |
|
Bois Bellau | R97 | |
Bellau Wood | CV-24 | 05/09/1953 | 12/09/1960 | Returned |
