Independence-class aircraft carrier

For the class of littoral combat ships, see Independence-class littoral combat ship.

USS San Jacinto on a training cruise off the east coast in 1944
Class overview
BuildersNew York Shipbuilding
Operators
Succeeded bySaipan class
Built1941–1943
In commission1943–1989
Completed9
Lost1
Retired8
General characteristics
TypeLight aircraft carrier
Displacement11,000 tons (standard), 14,220 design, 15,100 design full load
Length
Beam
  • 71 ft 6 in (21.8 m) hull
  • 109 ft 2 in (33.3 m) over flight deck and projections
Draught26 ft
Propulsion
  • steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 565 PSI (850 F)
  • four propellers
  • 100,000 horsepower (75 MW)
Speed31.5 knot (36 mph 58 km/h) maximum
Range13,000 nautical miles (24,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement140 officer, 1,321 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems		SC radar
Armament26 × Bofors 40 mm guns (2 quad, 8 dual, 16 single, 10 Mk 51 directors)
Aircraft carried
  • Typical operational complement as of October 1944:
  • 24 F6F Hellcat fighters
  • 9 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers
  • 1 J2F Duck utility amphibian sometimes carried

The Independence-class aircraft carriers were a class of light carriers built for the United States Navy that served during World War II.