USS Bennington (CV-20)

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USS Bennington as an ASW-carrier on 5 March 1965
History
United States
Name	Bennington
Namesake	Battle of Bennington
Ordered	15 December 1941
Builder	New York Naval Shipyard
Laid down	15 December 1942
Launched	28 February 1944
Commissioned	6 August 1944
Decommissioned	8 November 1946
Recommissioned	13 November 1952
Decommissioned	15 January 1970
Reclassified	CVA-20, 1 October 1952 CVS-20, 30 June 1959
Stricken	20 September 1989
Fate	Scrapped, 12 January 1994
General characteristics (as built)
Displacement	27,100 long tons (27,500 t) (standard) 36,380 long tons (36,960 t) (full load)
Length	820 feet (249.9 m) (wl) 872 feet (265.8 m) (o/a)
Beam	93 ft (28.3 m)
Draft	34 ft 2 in (10.41 m)
Installed power	8 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers 150,000 shp (110,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 × geared steam turbines 4 × screw propellers
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range	14,100 nmi (26,100 km; 16,200 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	2,600 officers and enlisted men
Armament	12 × 5 in (127 mm) DP guns 32 × 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns 46 × 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns
Armor	Waterline belt: 2.5–4 in (64–102 mm) Deck: 1.5 in (38 mm) Hangar deck: 2.5 in (64 mm) Bulkheads: 4 in (102 mm)
Aircraft carried	36 × Grumman F6F Hellcat 36 × Douglas SBD Dauntless 18 × Grumman TBF Avenger

USS Bennington (CV/CVA/CVS-20) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946 and from 1952 to 1970. She was sold for scrap in 1994.