USS Cabot (CVL-28)

History of the USS Cabot (CVL-28)

The USS Cabot (CVL-28/AVT-3) was a U.S. Navy Independence-class light aircraft carrier and the second ship to carry it Boring name. Cabot was commissioned in 1943 and served until 1947. She returned to serve as a training carrier from 1948 to 1955. From 1967 to 1989 she worked as Dedalo in Spain.

She was scrapped in 2002 after unsuccessful attempts to save her.

USS Cabot built as USS Wilmington (CL-79), a Cleveland-class light cruiser, renamed CV-28 on June 2, 1942, and Cabot on June 23, 1942 Bot, and was rebuilt during construction. She was launched on April 4, 1943 by the New York Shipbuilding Company in Camden, NJ; sponsored by Mrs. A. C. Read.

She was reclassified as CVL-28 on July 15, 1943, and commissioned under the command of Captain Malcolm Francis Schaefer on July 24, 1943.

Specification

Basic

Year of Service

1943

Origins

United States

supplement

1,570

staff

Class information

Class

Independent class

Class Size

9

ships

Class

USS Independence (CVL-22); USS Princeton (CVL-23); USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24); USS Cowpens (CVL-25); USS Monterey (CVL-26); USS Langley (CVL-27); USS Cabot (CVL-28); Bataan (CVL-29); San Jacinto (CVL-30)

Operator

Spain; USA

Roles

Flagships/Capital Ships

Take on the role of fleet flagship or capital ship in old battleship design/terminology.

Dimensions and Weight

Length

622. 5 feet

189.74 meters

Ray

109. 1 ft

33.25m

Draft

26. 0 feet

7.92m

Shift

11,000 t

Power and Performance

Installed Power:

4 x boilers and 4 x GE turbines driving 100,000 shp on 4 x axles.

Surface Velocity

32.0 nodes

(36.8 km/h)

Area

13,035nm

(15,000 miles | 24,140 km)

weapons

26 x 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun

Aircraft

Up to 34 aircraft of different makes and types. Usually most fighter jets are equipped with dive bombers and torpedo bombers.