USS Leyte

USS Leyte was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during and shortly after World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was the third US Navy ship to bear the name. Leyte was commissioned in April 1946, too late to serve in World War II. She spent most of her career in the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Mediterranean, but also saw service in the Korean War, in which she earned two battle stars. She was reclassified in the early 1950s as an attack carrier (CVA), then as an Antisubmarine Aircraft Carrier (CVS), and finally as an aircraft transport (AVT).

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USS Leyte (CV-32) at anchor at Beirut, Lebanon, in August 1950

USS Leyte (CVS-32) off New York City (USA), on 20 January 1959

USS Leyte (CV-32) and USS Wright (CVL-49) at Quonset Point c1950

USS Leyte (CVS-32) operating with a blimp in February 1958 (USN 1034040)

Aerial view of the U.S. Naval Air Station Quonset Point, Rhode Island (USA), in the 1950s (89570480)

USS Antietam (CVS-36) and USS Leyte (CVS-32) at NAS Quonset Point c1954

USS Leyte (CV-32) and USS Oriskany (CV-34) at Genoa 1951

Ensign Jesse L. Brown on the flight deck of the USS Leyte

USS Leyte (CV-32) passes through the Panama Canal, in September 1946

USS Leyte (CVA-32) at anchor, circa in late 1952

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		USS Leyte (CV-32) at anchor at Beirut, Lebanon, in August 1950		Commons
commons	image		USS Leyte (CVS-32) off New York City (USA), on 20 January 1959		Commons
commons	image		USS Leyte (CV-32) and USS Wright (CVL-49) at Quonset Point c1950		Commons
commons	image		USS Leyte (CVS-32) operating with a blimp in February 1958 (USN 1034040)		Commons
commons	image		Aerial view of the U.S. Naval Air Station Quonset Point, Rhode Island (USA), in the 1950s (89570480)		Commons
commons	image		USS Antietam (CVS-36) and USS Leyte (CVS-32) at NAS Quonset Point c1954		Commons
commons	image		USS Leyte (CV-32) and USS Oriskany (CV-34) at Genoa 1951		Commons
commons	image		Ensign Jesse L. Brown on the flight deck of the USS Leyte		Commons
commons	image		USS Leyte (CV-32) passes through the Panama Canal, in September 1946		Commons
commons	image		USS Leyte (CVA-32) at anchor, circa in late 1952		Commons