Independence-class aircraft carrier

	USS San Jacinto on a training cruise off the east coast in 1944
Class overview
Builders	New York Shipbuilding
Operators	United States Navy; French Navy; Spanish Navy;
Succeeded by	Saipan-class aircraft carrier
Built	1941–1943
In commission	1943–1989
Completed	9
Lost	1
Retired	8
General characteristics
Type	Light aircraft carrier
Displacement	11,000 tons (standard), 14,220 design, 15,100 design full load
Length	622 ft 6 in (189.74 m) overall; 600 ft (180 m) waterline; 552 ft (168 m) flight deck;
Beam	71 ft 6 in (21.8 m) hull; 109 ft 2 in (33.3 m) over flight deck and projections;
Draught	26 ft
Propulsion	steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 565 PSI (850 F); four propellers; 100,000 horsepower (75 MW);
Speed	31.5 knot (36 mph 58 km/h) maximum
Range	13,000 nautical miles (24,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement	140 officer, 1,321 enlisted
Sensors and ; processing systems	SC radar
Armament	26 × Bofors 40 mm guns (2 quad, 8 dual, 16 single, 10 Mk 51 directors)
Aircraft carried	Typical operational complement as of October 1944:; 24 F6F Hellcat fighters; 9 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers; 1 J2F Duck utility amphibian sometimes carried;

The Independence-class aircraft carriers were a class of light carriers built for the United States Navy that served during World War II.

Class overview
USS San Jacinto on a training cruise off the east coast in 1944
Builders	New York Shipbuilding
Operators	United States Navy French Navy Spanish Navy
Succeeded by	Saipan-class aircraft carrier
Built	1941–1943
In commission	1943–1989
Completed	9
Lost	1
Retired	8
General characteristics
Type	Light aircraft carrier
Displacement	11,000 tons (standard), 14,220 design, 15,100 design full load
Length	622 ft 6 in (189.74 m) overall 600 ft (180 m) waterline 552 ft (168 m) flight deck
Beam	71 ft 6 in (21.8 m) hull 109 ft 2 in (33.3 m) over flight deck and projections
Draught	26 ft
Propulsion	steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 565 PSI (850 F) four propellers 100,000 horsepower (75 MW)
Speed	31.5 knot (36 mph 58 km/h) maximum
Range	13,000 nautical miles (24,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement	140 officer, 1,321 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems	SC radar
Armament	26 × Bofors 40 mm guns (2 quad, 8 dual, 16 single, 10 Mk 51 directors)
Aircraft carried	Typical operational complement as of October 1944: 24 F6F Hellcat fighters 9 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers 1 J2F Duck utility amphibian sometimes carried