USS Wright (CVL-49)

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USS Wright (CVL-49) from early 1950s
History
United States
Name	Wright
Namesake	Wright Brothers
Builder	New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down	21 August 1944
Launched	1 September 1945
Commissioned	9 February 1947
Decommissioned	27 May 1970
Reclassified	AVT-7 (1959), CC-2 (1963)
Stricken	1 December 1977
Honors and awards	National Defense Service Medal (2)
Fate	Sold for scrap 1980
General characteristics
Class and type	Saipan-class aircraft carrier
Displacement	14,500 tons
Length	684 ft (208 m)
Beam	76.8 ft (23.4 m) (waterline) 115 ft (35 m) (overall)
Draft	28 ft (8.5 m)
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Complement	1,787 officers and enlisted
Armament	40 × Bofors 40 mm guns
Aircraft carried	50+ aircraft

USS Wright (CVL-49/AVT-7) was a Saipan-class light aircraft carrier of the U.S. Navy, later converted to the command ship CC-2. It is the second ship named "Wright". The first Wright (AV-1) was named for Orville Wright; the second honored both Wright brothers: Orville and Wilbur.^[1]