Saipan-class aircraft carrier

The Saipan-class aircraft carriers were a class of two light carriers Saipan (CVL-48) and Wright (CVL-49) built for the United States Navy during World War II. Like the nine Independence-class light carriers, they were based on cruiser hulls. However, they differed from the earlier light carriers in that they were built from the keel up as carriers, and were based on heavy rather than light cruiser hulls. Completed too late for the war, they served as carriers until the mid-1950s, then were converted into a command ship (Wright) and a major communications relay ship (Saipan) in the late 1950s, and served in those roles until 1970. They were both scrapped in 1980.

MainTimelineWikipediaGalleryBibliographyTableSearch

1945  Wikimedia, Wikidata
2 produced, 
light aircraft carrier, United States Navy, New York Shipbuilding Corporation, 

Flugzeugträger B, 

​ ​ ​

Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

• 

  USS Saipan ⓘ
  1945 Saipan-class aircraft carrier

• 

  USS Wright ⓘ
  1945 Saipan-class aircraft carrier

1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

1945 Saipan-class aircraft carrier

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

{"selectable":false,"showCurrentTime":false,"width":"100%","zoomMin":100000000000}

Frameless

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
object	watercraft		USS Saipan	Saipan-class aircraft carrier, light aircraft carrier	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Wright	Saipan-class aircraft carrier, light aircraft carrier	Wikidata