 Badoeng Strait operating helicopters in 1954
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Badoeng Strait |
| Namesake | Battle of Badung Strait |
| Builder | Todd-Pacific Shipyards |
| Laid down | 18 August 1944 |
| Launched | 15 February 1945 |
| Commissioned | 14 November 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 17 May 1957 |
| Nickname(s) | "Bing Ding"[1] |
| Fate | Sold and scrapped 1972 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Commencement Bay-class escort carrier |
| Displacement | 21,397 long tons (21,740 t) |
| Length | 557 ft 1 in (169.80 m) loa |
| Beam | 75 ft (23 m) |
| Draft | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
| Complement | 1,066 |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 33 |
| Aviation facilities | 2 × aircraft catapults |
USS Badoeng Strait was a Commencement Bay-class escort carrier of the United States Navy during the Korean War. The Commencement Bay class were built during World War II, and were an improvement over the earlier Sangamon class, which were converted from oil tankers. They were capable of carrying an air group of 33 planes and were armed with an anti-aircraft battery of 5 in (127 mm), 40 mm (1.6 in), and 20 mm (0.8 in) guns. The ships were capable of a top speed of 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph), and due to their origin as tankers, had extensive fuel storage.
She was named after the Badung Strait, located between the Indonesian islands of Bali and Nusa Besar, which was the site of a World War II battle in February 1942, between American–Netherlands and Japanese naval forces.
- ^ Cooper, Lieutenant Colonel James L.; (Retired), U.S. Marine Corps Reserve (1 February 2009). "Flying the Early-Early". U.S. Naval Institute. Retrieved 6 September 2024.