Specifications

Specifications

Class: Bouge

Length : 495'8''

Beam : 111'6''

Speed : 18 kts

Complement : 890

Displacement : 9,800 tons

Armament : 2- 5''

20- 40mm

34- 20mm

21 - aircraft

Summary of aircraft launchings and landings

1. Operational and Training purposes

(a) Launching 2717, including 998 by catapult

(b) Landings 2678

2. Transport Purposes

(a) Launchings 368, all catapult

(b) Landings 12

3. Total

(a) Launchings 3085, including 1366 by catapult

(b) Landings 2690

Summary of Miles Steamed

1942 11,518

1943 76,651

1944 81,020

1945 65,698

Total wartime steaming - 254,887

Summary of Aircraft Transported

Naval Aircraft

Fighters : 125 F4F, FM; 363 F4U, FG; 461 F6F 949

Torpedoes : TDF, TBM 167

Scout Bombers : 159 SBD ; 184 SB2C, SBW, SBF; 5 SBU 348

Observation and Scout : 14 OS2C; 11 SOC; 15 SC 40

Patrol : 17 PBY; 33 PV 50

Miscellaneous : 6 J2F; 5JRB; 2 SNB; 9 SNJ; 3 R4D; 1 GH;

1 HE; 10 TDC; 15 TD2C; 1 AE 55

Total Naval Aircraft --- 1609

Army Aircraft

Attack : 11 A-20; 13 A-24; 4 A-26 28

Pursuit : 52 P-38; 37 P-39; 32 P-47; 4 P-61 194

Miscellaneous : 4 DC-3; 2 UC-45 6

Grand Total 1837