USS Cabot (CVL-28)

E167402

USS Cabot (CVL-28) 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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
USS Cabot (CVL-28) canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Independence-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
United States Navy ship ⓘ
light aircraft carrier ⓘ
airGroupSize about 30 aircraft ⓘ
armamentWWII 16 × 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons ⓘ
26 × 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
awards Presidential Unit Citation (US) ⓘ
battleStars 9 battle stars for World War II service ⓘ
beam 71 feet 6 inches ⓘ
commissioned 1943-07-24 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
crewComplementWWII about 1,569 officers and enlisted ⓘ
decommissioned 1947-02-11 ⓘ
1955-01-21 ⓘ
displacementFullLoad about 15,100 long tons ⓘ
displacementStandard about 11,000 long tons ⓘ
draft 26 feet ⓘ
fate scrapped ⓘ
flightDeckBeam 109 feet 2 inches ⓘ
hullNumber CVL-28 ⓘ
laidDown 1942-03-16 ⓘ
laidDownAs USS Wilmington (CL-79) ⓘ
launched 1943-04-04 ⓘ
length 622 feet 6 inches ⓘ
maximumSpeed 31.5 knots ⓘ
namedAfter Sebastián Vizcaíno’s ship Cabot ⓘ
operator United States Navy ⓘ
originalHullType Cleveland-class light cruiser ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ
Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign ⓘ
Marianas campaign ⓘ
Philippines campaign (1944–1945) ⓘ
operations off Okinawa ⓘ
placeBuilt Camden, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Camden
powerOutput 100,000 shaft horsepower ⓘ
propulsion 4 General Electric geared steam turbines ⓘ
4 shafts ⓘ
8 boilers ⓘ
recommissioned 1948-10-27 ⓘ
roleInSpanishNavy aircraft carrier ⓘ
scrappedYear 2002 ⓘ
shipyard New York Shipbuilding Corporation ⓘ
SpanishServiceName Dédalo (R01) ⓘ
sponsoredBy Mrs. A. C. Read ⓘ
struckFromNavalRegister 1969-11-01 ⓘ
taskForceAssignment Fast Carrier Task Force ⓘ
taskForceNumber Task Force 38 ⓘ
Task Force 58 ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Pacific Theater of World War II ⓘ
transferredTo Spanish Navy ⓘ
transferredYear 1967 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

USS Langley (CVL-27) → followedBy → USS Cabot (CVL-28) ⓘ
subject linked to: CVL-27
Independence-class aircraft carrier → ship → USS Cabot (CVL-28) ⓘ
USS Wilmington (CL-79) → conversionResult → USS Cabot (CVL-28) ⓘ
USS Wilmington (CL-79) → hullConvertedInto → USS Cabot (CVL-28) ⓘ
USS Wilmington (CL-79) → hasSuccessorShip → USS Cabot (CVL-28) ⓘ
Mrs. A. C. Read → sponsored → USS Cabot (CVL-28) ⓘ