USS Bennington (CV-20)

USS Bennington as an ASW-carrier on 5 March 1965
History
United States
NameBennington
NamesakeBattle of Bennington
Ordered15 December 1941
BuilderNew York Naval Shipyard
Laid down15 December 1942
Launched28 February 1944
Commissioned6 August 1944
Decommissioned8 November 1946
Recommissioned13 November 1952
Decommissioned15 January 1970
Reclassified
  • CVA-20, 1 October 1952
  • CVS-20, 30 June 1959
Stricken20 September 1989
FateScrapped, 12 January 1994
General characteristics (as built)
Displacement
Length
  • 820 feet (249.9 m) (wl)
  • 872 feet (265.8 m) (o/a)
Beam93 ft (28.3 m)
Draft34 ft 2 in (10.41 m)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range14,100 nmi (26,100 km; 16,200 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement2,600 officers and enlisted men
Armament
Armor
Aircraft carried

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.