_at_Pearl_Harbor_on_28_July_1949_(NH_97319).jpg) USS Bairoko on 28 July 1949
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Bairoko |
| Namesake | The Battle of Bairoko |
| Builder | Todd-Pacific Shipyards |
| Laid down | 25 July 1944 |
| Launched | 25 January 1945 |
| Commissioned | 16 July 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 14 April 1950 |
| Recommissioned | 12 September 1950 |
| Decommissioned | 18 February 1955 |
| Stricken | 1 April 1960 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1961 |
| 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 |
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| Aircraft carried | 33 |
| Aviation facilities | 2 × aircraft catapults |
USS Bairoko was a Commencement Bay-class escort carrier of the United States Navy in service from 1945 to 1955. 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.