USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24)

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USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) was an Independence-class light aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that saw extensive combat service in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

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USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) canonical 5

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Independence-class light aircraft carrier ⓘ
United States Navy aircraft carrier ⓘ
airGroupSize about 30 aircraft ⓘ
armament 20 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
40 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
5-inch/38 caliber guns ⓘ
awarded Navy Unit Commendation ⓘ
Presidential Unit Citation ⓘ
battleStars 12 ⓘ
beam about 71 feet ⓘ
class Independence class ⓘ
commissioned 1943-03-31 ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crewComplement around 1500 personnel ⓘ
decommissioned 1947-01-13 ⓘ
displacementFullLoad about 15000 tons ⓘ
displacementStandard about 11000 tons ⓘ
fate scrapped ⓘ
flightDeckBeam about 109 feet ⓘ
hullNumber CVL-24 ⓘ
laidDown 1941-11-19 ⓘ
laidDownAs USS New Haven (CL-76) ⓘ
laterName Bois Belleau (R97) ⓘ
launched 1942-12-06 ⓘ
length about 622 feet ⓘ
maximumSpeed about 31 knots ⓘ
namedAfter Battle of Belleau Wood ⓘ
Belleau Wood, France ⓘ
linked to: Belleau, Aisne
operator United States Navy ⓘ
originalType Cleveland-class light cruiser hull ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ
Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Gilbert Islands campaign ⓘ
Mariana and Palau Islands campaign ⓘ
Marshall Islands campaign ⓘ
operations against Formosa ⓘ
operations against the Philippines ⓘ
strikes against the Japanese home islands ⓘ
placeBuilt Camden, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Camden
propulsion four shafts ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
scrappedIn 1960s ⓘ
shipyard New York Shipbuilding Corporation ⓘ
stricken 1958-09-01 ⓘ
taskForceAssignment Fast Carrier Task Force ⓘ
taskForceNumber Task Force 38 ⓘ
Task Force 58 ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Pacific Theater of World War II ⓘ
transferredTo French Navy ⓘ
transferYear 1953 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of the Philippine Sea → aircraftCarrierInvolved → USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) ⓘ
Independence-class aircraft carrier → ship → USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) ⓘ
Bois Belleau (R97) → formerName → USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) ⓘ
USS New Haven (CL-76) → reorderedAs → USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) ⓘ
USS New Haven (CL-76) → successorShip → USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) ⓘ