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	USS Bennington (CV-20) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On 7 April Bennington's planes participated in the attacks on the Japanese task force moving through the East China Sea toward Okinawa which resulted in the sinking of the Japanese battleship Yamato, light cruiser Yahagi, and four destroyers.
		Bennington arrived at San Francisco 7 November 1945 and early in March 1946 transited the Panama Canal en route to Norfolk, Virginia.
		Bennington was decommissioned 15 January 1970, stricken 20 September 1989, and sold for scrap 12 January 1994, being subsequently towed across the Pacific for scrapping in India.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Bennington_(CV-20) (648 words)

	USS Bennington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There have been at least two United States Navy ships named Bennington, named after the city of Bennington, Vermont, where was fought the Battle of Bennington on 16 August 1777.
		The first Bennington (Gunboat No. 4) was commissioned in 1891 and took possession of Wake Island during the Spanish-American War.
		The second Bennington (CV-20) was an aircraft carrier of World War II and later, decommissioned in 1970.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Bennington (134 words)

	From Dictionary of American Fighting Ships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Bennington is a city in Vermont and a battle of the American Revolution (16 August 1777).
		Bennington arrived at San Francisco 7 November 1945 and early in March 1946 transited the Panama Canal enroute to Norfolk.
		Bennington returned to operations with the Atlantic Fleet until departing Mayport, Fla., 8 September 1955 for the Pacific.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/carriers/cv20.htm (490 words)

	USN Ships--USS Bennington (CV/CVA/CVS-20)
		USS Bennington, a 27,100-ton Essex class aircraft carrier built at the New York Navy Yard, was commissioned in August 1944.
		Bennington transferred to the Pacific in October 1955, and thereafter frequently operated with the Seventh Fleet in Asiatic waters.
		Bennington's crew is in formation on the flight deck, spelling out a tribute to the Arizona's crewmen who were lost in the 7 December 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-b/cv20.htm (976 words)

	This is Vermont
		BENNINGTON cruised in Philippine waters assisting the U.S. Army in suppressing the insurrection until her return to Mare Island on 3 January 1901 when she was decommissioned.
		BENNINGTON arrived at San Fransisco on 7 November 1945, and early in March 1946, transited the Panama Canal en route to Norfolk.
		BENNINGTON was prepared for her new role as a jet attack carrier, CVA-20.
	www.thisisvermont.com /storyussbennington.html (1162 words)

	CV-20 USS Bennington
		The Bennington (CV-20) was launched 26 February 1944 by New York Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs.
		On 7 April Bennington's planes participatedin the attacks on the Japanese task force moving through the East ChinaSea toward Okinawa which resulted in the sinking of the Japanese battleshipYamato, light cruiser Yaha'si, and four destroyers.
		Her repairs completed, Bennington left Leyte 1 July and during10 July-16 August took part in the final raids on the Japanese home islands.
	www.navyhistory.com /Cv20Benington.html (453 words)

	USS Bennington (CV-20): Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about USS Bennington (CV-20)
		Bennington arrived at San Francisco 7 November 1945 and early in March 1946 transited the Panama Canal enroute to Norfolk, Virginia.
		Bennington returned to operations with the Atlantic Fleet until departing Mayport, Florida[?], 8 September 1955 for the Pacific.
		She also had three tours of duty, between 1965 and 1968, in the Vietnam War.
	www.encyclopedian.com /us/USS-Bennington-(CV-20).html (607 words)

	CV 20 Bennington
		Bennington served as a platform for innovations in Naval Aviation.
		Bennington stayed with the Atlantic Fleet until departing Mayport, Fla., 8 September 1955 for the Pacific.
		Bennington also was involved in the U.S. space program, recovering the unmanned Apollo IV spacecraft about 600 miles northwest of Hawaii, after its 8½-hour orbital flight on 9 November 1967.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/cv-20.htm (635 words)

	History for USS Bennington - CVS 20
		I served on the Bennington from Nov.67 to Dec.69.
		The second Bennington (CV-20) was commissioned 6 August 1944.
		First combat operations for Bennington were strikes against the Japanese home islands in February 1945.
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageHistory/1,13506,200221,00.html (188 words)

	Michael Kube-McDowell's Amateur Photointelligence Analyst Game
		CV 10 Yorktown and NSS Savannah at Charleston, South Carolina (Feb 12, 1989) A distinctly inferior image of the Yorktown at its museum mooring at Patriots Point in Charleston Harbor.
		CV 16 Lexington at Corpus Christi, Texas (Jan 15, 1995) After nearly fifty years of service, the "Blue Ghost" reached her final mooring as a museum ship on June 17, 1992.
		CV 12 Hornet at Oakland-Alameda, California (Feb 27, 2004) - Tied up at Pier 3 of the former Naval Air Station Alameda is the World War II veteran Hornet, which opened as a museum in 1998.
	www.sff.net /people/K-Mac/amateur.htm (1774 words)

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		ESSEX The second BENNINGTON (CV-20) was launched 16 February 1944 by New York Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs.
		BENNINGTON arrived San Francisco 7 November 1945 and early in March 1945 transited the Panama Canal enroute to Norfolk.
		BENNINGTON proceeded under her own power to Quonset Point, R.I., to land her planes.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/academic/history/marshall/military/USN/carriers/cv-20.txt (490 words)

	USS Hornet (CV-12) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		On 11 June 1944 Hornet launched raids on (additional info and facts about Tinian) Tinian and (US forces captured the island from the Japanese in July 1944; it was an important air base until the end of World War II) Saipan.
		Admiral Ozawa's own flag log for 20 June 1944 showed his surviving carrier air power as only 35 operational aircraft out of the 430 planes with which he had commenced the Battle of the Philippine Sea.
		Hornet recommissioned 20 March 1951, then sailed from San Francisco for the (additional info and facts about New York Naval Shipyard) New York Naval Shipyard where she decommissioned 12 May 1951 for conversion to an attack aircraft carrier CVA-12.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/U/US/USS_Hornet_(CV-12)4.htm (1649 words)

	Squadron History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The constant grind of combat, the appalling living conditions and a host of exotic tropical maladies quickly sapped the strength of the squadrons on the island, but the Americans were determined to hold Guadalcanal.
		During its second combat tour beginning in December 1944, the squadron was assigned as a component of the Air Group 82 aboard U.S.S. Bennington (CV-20).
		Bennington, U.S.S. Hornet (CV-12), U.S.S. Wasp (CV-18) and U.S.S. Belleau Wood (CVL-24) made up Task Group 1 of Task Force 58 [T.G.-58.1], and there were an even dozen additional carriers among the other four task groups of the Fast Carrier Force, Task Force 58.
	marines.centreconnect.org /vmf_112/squadron.html (4560 words)

	World Aircraft Carriers List: US Fleet Carriers, WWII Era
		Postwar the 20 mm guns were removed; in ships remaining active into the 1950's dual 3/50 AA mounts replaced quad 40 mm guns.
		CVS Conversion: This conversion was applied to SCB 27A and SCB 27C ships as they left the front-line fleet and assumed ASW duties.
		Redesignated as an ASW carrier (CVS 20) 30 June 1959.
	www.hazegray.org /navhist/carriers/us_fleet.htm (5933 words)

	CV-9 ESSEX Class - Navy Ships
		On 04 June 1947 the CNO approved Project 27A by which Essex-class carriers were modernized to be able to handle aircraft to 40,000 pounds and included the installation of two H-8 catapults, strengthening the flight deck and clearing it of guns, increasing elevator capacity and adding special provisions for jet aircraft such as blast deflectors.
		USS Oriskany (CV 34), the first of nine carriers modernized under this project, began conversion at the New York Naval Shipyard on 01 October 1947.
		USS Essex (CV 9) was recommissioned 16 January 1951, and on 23 August 1951 she went into combat in Korea, the first carrier to launch F2H Banshee twinjet fighters on combat missions.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ship/cv-9.htm (694 words)

	History of Ships and Navies/CV-20 USS Bennington (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Bennington (CV-20) was launched 26 February 1944 by New York NavyYard; sponsored by Mrs.
		Operating out of Ulithi she took part in the strikesagainst the Japanese home islands (1~17 and 25 February), Volcano Islands(18 February4 March), Okinawa (1 March), and the raids in support of theOkinawa campaign (18 March-11 June).
		Bennington proceeded under herown power to Quonset Point, R. I., to land her injured.
	www.multied.com /navy/CV20Bennington.html (441 words)

	VMF-323 AU1 Corsair
		On 20 April, the Death Rattlers also began to use K-16, an airfield closer to the action near Seoul, as a rearming and refueling point - until they had to return to K-1 for repair or scheduled maintenance.
		On 20 Sep, the Death Rattlers left the Sicily for a short stay at Itami before setting up operations again at K-1.
		The Death Rattlers continued operations from K-6 under LtCol Willard C Lemke, commanding officer from 20 Nov 1952 to 12 Jan 1953; and LtCol William M Frash, from 13 Jan to 10 April.
	home.inreach.com /tc/page5.html (3684 words)

	U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Aircraft Carriers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		May 8, 1944 - USS Ticonderoga (CV 14) commissioned at the Norfolk Navy Yard on 8 May 1944, Capt. Dixie Kiefer in command.
		The ship was laid down as Hancock on 1 Feb. 1943 at Newport News, Va., by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., and renamed Ticonderoga on 1 May 1943.
		The ship was laid down on 15 Mar. 1943 by the Philadelphia Navy Yard and launched on 20 August.
	www.navy.mil /palib/ships/carriers/cv-hist2c.html (838 words)

	USS Bennington CVA-20 - US Navy Fleet - Korean War Project
		Comments: While the Bennington never served in the Korean war zone I guess we were considered Korean Veterans since we went where we were sent.I would be interested in hearing from members of the V-2 Division that served between 1952 and 1954
		As history has shown the Bennington was a jinxed vessel, typhoon damge in the Pacific, boiler explosion at Gitmo Bay, Cuba, damage again in the North Atlantic in heavy seas, and I mean heavy, water over the flight deck, and then catupult fluid explosion off Rhode Island killing many good boys, which I narrowly missed.
		On Mon, 13 Jul 1998 "Lorenz J. Freyermuth" Email address wrote: Would anyone have any information on the USS Bennington reunion that is going to be held in Ohio during the month of September 1998.
	www.koreanwar.org /html/units/navy/uss_bennington.htm (1361 words)

	A Tin Can Sailors Destroyer History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		June was spent in Leyte for repairs and upkeep and then in July, the LIND was underway with Task Group 38 for strikes against Tokyo-area targets.
		She rescued pilots from the carriers SHANGRI LA (CV-38) and BENNINGTON (CV-20) and conducted a night sweep into the mouth of Tokyo Bay.
		On 20 February, she, the OZBOURN (DD-846), and CHARLES S. SPERRY (DD-697) braved enemy fire from shore during the successful rescue of a pilot who had crash landed in Wonsan Harbor.
	www.destroyers.org /nl-histories/dd703-nl.htm (861 words)

	USS BENNINGTON - CV/CVA/CVS 20 Her History and her Crew 1944 - 1994
		USS BENNINGTON - CV/CVA/CVS 20 Her History and her Crew 1944 - 1994
		For men of the Bennington would never hide
		The purpose of this site is to gather and make available, and as complete as possible, the history of the USS Bennington and her crew.
	www.uss-bennington.org (230 words)

	Sikorsky R-4 on Bennington CV-20 - CREW STORIES - USS BENNINGTON
		That MUST be the picture, then, I have had that picture since 1994 when I made the original WW 2 video..
		I got it from Lowell Love, a CV 20 Photographer's mate.
		On the back of the picture is written "The first aircraft to land on Bennington." I wasn't quite sure whether that was really accurate or not, but................................
	www.uss-bennington.com /stz-sikorsky-helo-cv20.html (342 words)

	USS BENNINGTON CV-20 - 26 FEB 1945 - USS BENNINGTON
		I show that there was no Kamikaze attack on the Benny during February in any of the historical data I have on the ship.
		From this it seems that the first plane shot down by the Bennington was in the month of March 1945, thus eliminating any possible February date for the picture.
		That was one of the most publicized pictures of the Bennington during WWII.
	www.ussbennington.com /phz-cv20-45feb26.html (555 words)

	USS San Juan CL54 - History
		ENTERPRISE (CV-6) was hit in the battle, and SAN JUAN, which had damaged a gun mount off Guadalcanal, escorted the carrier to Pearl Harbor, arriving on 10 September 1942.
		After replenishing at Ulithi, SAN JUAN escorted carrier HORNET in air strikes on Tokyo during the Iwo Jima operation in February and then returned to Ulithi on 1 March to prepare for the Okinawa invasion.
		She was at sea when the news of the Japanese capitulation was received on 15 August, and, on the 27th, after 59 days at sea, she joined the van forces for the triumphal entry of the 3d Fleet into Sagami Wan, just outside Tokyo Bay.
	www.cl54.com /history.htm (1446 words)

	Imperial Battleships
		Captain Amagai Takahisa's (former Air Officer of CV KAGA) Air Group 634 is attached to CarDiv 4.
		The HYUGA is reassigned to the Combined Fleet in Vice Admiral Ozawa Jisaburo's (former CO of HARUNA) Mobile Force, Main Body: CarDiv 4 (HYUGA and the ISE), CarDiv: 3: ZUIKAKU, ZUIHO, CHITOSE, CHIYODA; Escort Squadron 31: light cruisers ISUZU, OYODO, TAMA, destroyers HATSUZUKI, AKITSUKI, WAKATSUKI and SHIMOTSUKI and destroyer escorts MAKI, KIRI, KUWA and SUGI.
		CarDiv 4’s HYUGA and the ISE depart the Yashima anchorage towards the Philippines with Admiral Ozawa 's Northern "decoy" Mobile Force, Main Body and a Supply Force: oilers TAKANE MARU and JINEI MARU and kaibokans CD 22, 29, 31, 33, 43 and 132.
	www.combinedfleet.com /Hyuga.html (4341 words)

	USS Bennington (CV 20) Crew List
		Please keep in mind that this list does only include records of people who submitted their information for publication on this website.
		I retired from Polaroid and now attend the USS Bennington reunions.
		I served on the Bennington for over 3 years.
	navysite.de /crew.php?action=ship&ship=cv_20 (280 words)

	USS BENNINGTON CV-20 - 26 FEB 1944 - USS BENNINGTON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Dad served on the good ship from her maiden voyage until discharge from war duites in 1946.
		When dad was discharged from duty (April, 1946), he was given a book which is believed to have been published by the ships printers; Our public library knows of only two copies or three copies in the country.
		During the period 25 & 26 February, Dad's book descibes the Bennington "ganging up" with the entire task force off the coast of Tokyo, but the weather over the target was poor & attacks were cancelled.
	www.uss-bennington.com /phz-cv20-44feb26.html (300 words)

	Pacer May 20, 1958 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		They were doing last minute Carrier Qualifications before leaving, within for a short cruise to Hawaii.
		On May 30,1958 Dad officially took over command of VA-151 on the flight deck of Bennington off Hawaii.
		Dad was an observer during the journalist’s visit to the CV-20 (Bennington).
	www.johnfry.com /pages/Pacer580520.html (225 words)

	A History of Ships Named Enterprise (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		She will be on display at the new Dulles Center when it opens in 2003.
		Some statistics on Enterprise B, C, and D had to be taken from drawings in the Encyclopedia, so other than length, my numbers may be suspect on these ships.
		The "Star Fleet Technical Manual" by Franz Joseph was mostly well researched, (there are some errors) and was once considered nearly canon, but it has been contradicted many times since its publication over 20 years ago.
	starchive.cs.umanitoba.ca /?SNE.html (6524 words)

	USS VESUVIUS AE 15 :: STORIES OF AN AMMUNITION SHIP TOLD BY HER CREWS
		Outboard of Blue, a second destroyer was passing mail to Blue and to a third destroyer on her starboard.
		Very early on 20 July, 3rd Fleet warships were on the horizon, hungry for shells, bombs and rockets.
		If I'm lying I'm dying.....in racks as high as 20 feet and as long as a 100 I estimated there had to be at least 5,000 mixed duffel and sea-bags stacked one on top of another awaiting disposal.
	www.freewebs.com /vesuvius/honors.htm (3247 words)

	Emergence of the Essex Class Carrier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The defensive plan for the carriers was to use radio and radar in a combined effort to concentrate anti-aircraft fire.
		The ship boasted seventeen quad-barrel, 40 mm, anti-aircraft guns and 65 single, 20- mm, close-in defense guns.
		The main defenseive weapons were the five-inch guns.
	history.acusd.edu /gen/st/~magneson/emerge.html (759 words)

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