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1/700 Independence Class CVL Flight Deck Rear
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The Independence class light carriers was a series of 9 ships originally laid down as Cleveland class light cruisers for the USN. With the threat of war hanging on the United States, president Roosevelt ordered a study be conducted to convert cruiser hulls into carriers to expedite entry into service of shipborne aviation since no new construction was expected to be completed until 1944.
In the first half of 1942, Cleveland class hulls were earmarked for conversion due to the pressing need for carriers of any size. What would become the Independence class had a narrow flight deck and tiny island structure to minimize topweight; about 30 aircraft were expected to be embarked. They were not satisfactory due poor seakeeping, a result of their size constraints, which also led to numerous flight accidents; however their quick completion made up for these shortcomings at a time when the USN was really short on carrier hulls. They were therefore classified as light carriers (CVL) instead of fleet carriers (CV).
The first ship of the class, USS Independence (CVL-22), entered service in January 1943, barely four months after being launched. She was followed by USS Princeton, USS Belleau Wood, USS Cowpens, USS Monterey, USS Langley, USS Cabot, USS Bataan and USS San Jacinto; they all entered service in 1943. Of these ships, only Princeton would be lost in combat, after a Tokko aircraft crashed into her at the battle of Leyte Gulf.
Independence would be expended in Operation Crossroads and her wreck is mostly intact, albeit crushed inwards in places. Three other ships would be transferred to France (2) and Spain (1), while of the others, Cowpens and San Jacinto were quickly deactivated but briefly used as aircraft transports before being broken up; Monterey and Bataan were reactivated and served during the Korean War, and as aircraft transport afterwards.
All four, and the two French ships, were scrapped between 1960 and 1971. USS Cabot, now serving under the Spanish flag as Dédalo, was re-transferred to a private organization in the US in 1989 in an attempt to preserve her as a museum. Sadly, however, this failed and in 1999 the ship was auctioned off for scrapping.
In the first half of 1942, Cleveland class hulls were earmarked for conversion due to the pressing need for carriers of any size. What would become the Independence class had a narrow flight deck and tiny island structure to minimize topweight; about 30 aircraft were expected to be embarked. They were not satisfactory due poor seakeeping, a result of their size constraints, which also led to numerous flight accidents; however their quick completion made up for these shortcomings at a time when the USN was really short on carrier hulls. They were therefore classified as light carriers (CVL) instead of fleet carriers (CV).
The first ship of the class, USS Independence (CVL-22), entered service in January 1943, barely four months after being launched. She was followed by USS Princeton, USS Belleau Wood, USS Cowpens, USS Monterey, USS Langley, USS Cabot, USS Bataan and USS San Jacinto; they all entered service in 1943. Of these ships, only Princeton would be lost in combat, after a Tokko aircraft crashed into her at the battle of Leyte Gulf.
Independence would be expended in Operation Crossroads and her wreck is mostly intact, albeit crushed inwards in places. Three other ships would be transferred to France (2) and Spain (1), while of the others, Cowpens and San Jacinto were quickly deactivated but briefly used as aircraft transports before being broken up; Monterey and Bataan were reactivated and served during the Korean War, and as aircraft transport afterwards.
All four, and the two French ships, were scrapped between 1960 and 1971. USS Cabot, now serving under the Spanish flag as Dédalo, was re-transferred to a private organization in the US in 1989 in an attempt to preserve her as a museum. Sadly, however, this failed and in 1999 the ship was auctioned off for scrapping.
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