USS Bennington

USS Bennington (CV/CVA/CVS-20) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946 and from 1952 to 1970. She was sold for scrap in 1994.

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CV-20; CV-20
mass 27100 tonne, speed 32.7 knot, mass 36200 ton, mass 27100 ton, draft 8.6 metre, length 265.78 metre, length 265.8 metre, draft 8.66 metre, beam 28.3 metre, beam 44.93 metre, 
Essex-class aircraft carrier, Essex-class (short bow), aircraft carrier, United States Navy, Brooklyn Navy Yard, 

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1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

1944-02-28T00:00:00Z

1944-02-28T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1944-08-06T00:00:00Z

1944-08-06T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1946-11-08T00:00:00Z

1946-11-08T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1970-01-15T00:00:00Z

1970-01-15T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1952-11-13T00:00:00Z

1952-11-13T00:00:00Z

ship recommissioning

1942-12-15T00:00:00Z

1942-12-15T00:00:00Z

keel laying

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Frameless

Bow view of USS Bennington (CVA-20) c1955

USS Bennington (CVA-20) underway off Hawaii 1958

Essex-class carrier modernisations 1944-1960

USS Bennington (CVS-20) aerial photo c1969

USS Ashtabula (AO-51) refueling USS Bennington (CVA-20) and USS Ernest G. Small (DDR-838) c1956

New York Navy Yard, March 1944

USS Bennington (CVS-20) and eight destroyers underway in the Pacific Ocean, circa in 1960

USS Bennington (CVA-20) underway c1958

USS Bennington (CVA-20) underway circa 1954

USS Bennington (CVS-20) at Subic Bay in 1968

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Bow view of USS Bennington (CVA-20) c1955		Commons
commons	image		USS Bennington (CVA-20) underway off Hawaii 1958		Commons
commons	image		Essex-class carrier modernisations 1944-1960		Commons
commons	image		USS Bennington (CVS-20) aerial photo c1969		Commons
commons	image		USS Ashtabula (AO-51) refueling USS Bennington (CVA-20) and USS Ernest G. Small (DDR-838) c1956		Commons
commons	image		New York Navy Yard, March 1944		Commons
commons	image		USS Bennington (CVS-20) and eight destroyers underway in the Pacific Ocean, circa in 1960		Commons
commons	image		USS Bennington (CVA-20) underway c1958		Commons
commons	image		USS Bennington (CVA-20) underway circa 1954		Commons
commons	image		USS Bennington (CVS-20) at Subic Bay in 1968		Commons