Long Island-class escort carrier

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USS Long Island (CVE-1) in San Francisco Bay, California (USA), on 10 June 1944 (80-G-236393).jpg
USS Long Island (CVE-1) transporting a deck-load of aircraft.
Class overview
NameLong Island-class escort carrier
Operators
Preceded byN/A
Succeeded by Bogue class
Completed2
Retired2
Scrapped2
General characteristics
Type Escort carrier
Length
  • 404 ft 2.4 in (123.200 m) (length of flight deck) [1]
  • 465 ft (142 m) wl
  • 492 ft (150 m) oa
Beam69.9 ft (21.3 m)
Draft25 ft 2 in (7.67 m)
Installed power8,500  hp (6,300 kW) [1]
Propulsion
Speed16.5  kn (19.0 mph; 30.6 km/h)
Range10,000  nmi (12,000 mi; 19,000 km) at 14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h) [1]
Complement856 [1]
Sensors and
processing systems
SC radar
Aircraft carried
  • Hangar Capacity: 16
  • Flight Deck Storage: 46
Aviation facilities1 × elevator

The Long Island-class escort carrier was a two-ship class, originally listed as "AVG" (Aircraft Escort Vessels). They were converted from type C3-class merchant ships.

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The first ship of the class—USS Long Island, originally AVG-1, later ACV-1 then CVE-1—was launched on 11 January 1940, and served in the United States Navy through World War II.

The second and last ship of the class—HMS Archer (D78)—was launched on 14 December 1939, and served in the Royal Navy through World War II. It is also listed in U.S. Navy records as BAVG-1; the "B" presumably stood for "British". [2] [3] [4] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Ford, Roger (2001) The Encyclopedia of Ships, pg. 392. Amber Books, London. ISBN   978-1-905704-43-9
  2. "Moore-McCormack, Mormacland". Moore-McCormack. Retrieved 18 March 2009.
  3. "A history of HMS Archer". Royal Navy Research Archive. Retrieved 18 March 2009.
  4. Mitchell, W H, and Sawyer, L A (1995). The Empire Ships. London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. p. 425. ISBN   1-85044-275-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. "Sun Shipbuilding, Chester PA". Ship Building History. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2010.

Bibliography

PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships .The entry can be found here.