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	History of Ships and Navy/CVL-28 USS Cabot
		Cabot returned to Pearl Harbor for a brief repair period, but was backin action from Majuro for the pounding raids on the Palaus, Yap, Ulithi,and Woleai at the close of March 1944.
		Cabot had fought off several kamikazeswhen one, already flaming from hits, crashed the flight deck on the portside, destroying the still-firing 20 mm.
		Cabot returned to action 11 December 1944, steaming with the force strikingLuzon, Formosa, Indo-China, Hong Kong, and the Nansei Shoto in support ofthe Luzon operations From 10 February to 1 March 1946, her planes poundedthe Japanese homeland and the Bonins to suppress opposition to the invasionof Iwo Jima.
	www.multied.com /Navy/CVL28Cabot.html (693 words)

	USS Cabot (1775) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first USS Cabot of the United States was a 14-gun brig, one of the first ships of the Continental Navy, and the first to be captured in the American Revolutionary War.
		Upon the return of the fleet north, Cabot was first to fire in the engagement with HMS Glasgow on 6 April.
		While Cabot's captain and crew escaped unharmed, the British were later able to get the brig off, and refitted her for service in the Royal Navy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Cabot_(1775) (282 words)

	Encyclopedia: Ship naming and launching (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		USS Alfred was a man-of-war in the Continental Navy of the United States.
		USS Plymouth, a sloop-of-war, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for a town in Massachusetts on Plymouth Bay, 18 miles southeast of Brockton, Massachusetts; founded by the Pilgrims in 1620.
		USS Merrimack (1855), a screw frigate, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Merrimack River, a river formed by the junction of Pemigewasset and Winnipesaukee Rivers at Franklin, New Hampshire.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/ship-naming-and-launching (4390 words)

	USS Cabot
		The first Cabot, a 14-gun brig' was purchased in Philadelphia, Pa., during November 1775: outfitted there by Wharton and Humphreys; and placed under the command of Captain J. Hopkins as one of the first ships of the Continental Navy.
		Upon the return of the fleet north, Cabot was first to fire in the engagement with HMS Glasgow 6 April.
		While Cabot's captain and crew escaped unharmed, the British were later able to get the brig off, and refitted her for service in the Royal Navy.
	www.navyhistory.com /Brigatines/Cabot.html (240 words)

	Streamlined Bait Group What's in a Name - (Gifted by Schneider) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Cabot spread an umbrella of planes above the stricken Houston, and for several days following the 13th of October, shielded the cruiser from the pressing attempts of the Japs to put her under.
		The Cabot's airmen were glad to return-with interest-a favor the Houston had done one of their number exactly a month earlier.
		On that day, as the Cabot, a member of Task Group 38.2, under Rear Admiral G. Bogan, was participating in the pre-invasion softening-up of the Philippines, two of her fighter planes of Air Group 31 had failed to return from their strike.
	pages.cthome.net /boyd544/bait.htm (1366 words)

	USS Cabot (1775) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Upon the return of the fleet north, Cabot was first to fire in the engagement with (Click link for more info and facts about HMS Glasgow) HMS Glasgow on 6 April.
		Cabot stood out of (State capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services) Boston in March 1777, and later in the month, encountered HMS Milford (32).
		The vastly more powerful British ship chased Cabot and forced her ashore in (The Canadian province in the Maritimes consisting of the Nova Scotia peninsula and Cape Breton Island; French settlers who called the area Acadia were exiled to Louisiana by the British in the 1750s and their descendants are know as Cajuns) Nova Scotia.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/U/US/USS_Cabot_(1775)2.htm (284 words)

	The History of the USS Cabot - CVL-28
		We are very proud of the light carrier USS Cabot (CVL 28) as it was credited with 252 enemy aircraft shot down by Air Groups 29 and 31, eight destroyed by AA batteries, 96 destroyed on the ground and 265 vessels hit by torpedoes or bombs from the air groups.
		The USS Cabot of World War II however, was, along with the eight other carriers, given the special designation, "CVL", signifying "light carrier." During the war, the nine CVLs won 80 Battle Stars, three Presidential Unit Citations and one Navy Unit Commendation.
		Task Group 58.2 steamed at 30 knots on 1 April, while the Cabot was darkened in battle condition II and material condition B. All four boilers were on the main steam line, and she proceeded to a position to attack Woleai Island.
	www.mcallen.lib.tx.us /books/cabot/cab00_02.htm (6800 words)

	USS Cabot CVL-28 A light Aircraft Carrier in WW II
		USS Cabot was decommissioned to reserve status on February 11, 1946 at the Philadelphia Naval Yard.
		USS Cabot was reactivated, overhauled and modernized at the Philadelphia Naval Yard from 1965 - 1967 in preparation for loan to Spain.
		USS Cabot was stricken from the U.S. Naval records on August 1, 1972 and sold to Spain on December 5, 1972.
	www.vf31.com /CVL/cabot.html (887 words)

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		Cabot returned to Pearl Harbor for a brief repair period, but was back in action from Majuro for the pounding raids on the Palaus, Yap, Ulithi, and Woleai at the close of March 1944.
		Cabot's air units pounded Japanese bases on Iwo Jima, Pagan, Rota, Guam, Yap and Ulithi as the carrier continued her support of the Marianas oper ation until 9 August.
		Cabot joined the group which screened "Cripple Division 1," the cruisers Canberra (CA-70) and Houston (CL-81) which had been torpedoed o ff Formosa, to the safety of the Carolines, then rejoined her group for continued air strikes on then Visayas, and the Battle for Leyte Gulf on 25 and 26 October.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/carriers/cvl28.htm (787 words)

	USS Cabot (CVL-28) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The second Cabot (CVL-28) was laid down as Wilmington (CL-79), redesignated CV-28 on 2 June 1942, renamed Cabot 23 June 1942, converted while building, and launched 4 April 1943 by New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J.; sponsored by Mrs.
		On 6 October Cabot sailed from Ulithi for raids on Okinawa, and to provide air cover for her task group during the heavy enemy attacks off Formosa on 12 and 13 October.
		Cabot joined the group which screened "Cripple Division 1," the cruisers Canberra (CA-70) and Houston (CL-81) which had been torpedoed off Formosa, to the safety of the Carolines, then rejoined her group for continued air strikes on then Visayas, and the Battle for Leyte Gulf on 25 and 26 October.
	www.worldwar2database.com /~ironwomn/cabot.html (957 words)

	MILITARY FIREPOWER: NAVY & SHIPS
		USS Cabot (CVL-28), "The Iron Woman", will be restored to her World War II appearance as "a place that is perpetually 1945" to maintain her for posterity.
		USS Iowa (BB-61) organization has the goal to inform former Iowa crew members, military personnel and battleship enthusiasts all over the world about the Iowa’s current status, its history and its contribution to the military effort over the past fifty years.
		USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) has the mission to detect, classify and track hundreds of potential targets simultaneously in the air, on the surface, and under the sea.
	www.olive-drab.com /od_other_navy_ships.php3 (1603 words)

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		CABOT, last CVL survivor, was sold to Spain in 1972.
		CABOT earned nine battle stars and was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for WW II service.
		USS Wisconsin has been recommissioned two times and has participated in naval combat operations in W W I I, the Korean War, and Operation Desert Storm.
	atlanticfleetsales.com /afs-pc-1.htm (553 words)

	USS Wilmington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Only one vessel of the United States Navy has been named USS Wilmington, after the city of Wilmington, Delaware, although the name was intended for two others.
		The only completed Wilmington was Gunboat No. 8, commissioned in 1897, renamed Dover in 1941, and continuing in service until 1945.
		What was to be the second Wilmington (CL-79) was completed as the aircraft carrier Cabot (CVL-28).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Wilmington (149 words)

	World Aircraft Carriers Lists Photo Gallery: USS Cabot/SNS Dedalo
		The light aircraft carrier USS Cabot was laid down on 16 March 1942 at New York Shipbuilding, Camden, NJ, as the light cruiser USS Wilmington.
		Cabot was moved into Global Marine's shipbreaking berth at Brownsville, TX, on 9 August 1998.
		The decline in Cabot's cosmetic condition since 1994 is evident - the hull is rusted and showing its age.
	www.hazegray.org /navhist/carriers/cabot (948 words)

	Aircraft Carrier Photo Index: USS CABOT (CVL-28)
		USS Cabot (CVL-28) is hit by a Kamikaze, while operating with Task Force 38 off Luzon, 25 November 1944.
		USS Cabot (CVL-28) flies a long "Homeward Bound" pennant as she departs the Western Pacific for overhaul in San Francisco, California, 13 April 1945.
		Cabot underway with aircraft on deck in this undated image (possibly taken in the late 1940s; note the SK-2 radar antenna on the mast between her funnels).
	www.navsource.org /archives/02/28.htm (1030 words)

	CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk Aircraft Carrier Exhibit, Pictures, Stories.
		The USS Kitty Hawk holds about 85 airplanes, more than 6000 military personnel, it carriers as much as 1.2 million pounds of conventional weapons, it has trucks, fairly large boats for the captain and the admiral, it can travel more than 32 knots and is one of most feared military machines in the world.
		The USS Kitty Hawk's length is 1062.5 feet (323.8 meters), its Flight Deck Width is 252 feet (76.8 meters) Width at sea level is 130 feet (39 meters).
		The USS Kitty Hawk is a long way right now from the state that gave it its name, but a Wilmington banker wants to give it a home here after it's retired.
	www.yellowairplane.com /USS_Kitty_Hawk.htm (1608 words)

	IMAHF Captain Howard H. Skidmore, USN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Skidmore reported aboard the USS CABOT (CVL 28) in October 1944 with VT 29.
		Flying in one of the CABOT's nine torpedo planes, his was in the lead attack that sunk the MUSASHI, sister ship to the YAMATO, the two largest battleships ever built.
		The CABOT is the only fast light carrier remaining of the nine INDEPENDENCE class carriers and is the only World War II Navy straight deck carrier remaining.
	www.aeromuseum.org /Exhibits/ILMilAviHallOfFame/skidmore.html (535 words)

	Case 143
		Following its war days, the Cabot was transferred to Spain and then back to the U.S. to one of the defendants, the USS Cabot/Dedalo Foundation, Inc., a non-profit corporation, for the purposes of converting the vessel into a museum.
		Plaintiff made it clear that its interest was to prevent the scrapping of the Cabot and that it had no particular interest in any movement of the vessel, except to the extent it would result in the vessel's demolition.
		In its current location, the Cabot posed a threat to Port Isabel in the event of a tropical storm, exposing the community to a risk of loss of life and damage to facilities and the environment.
	www.achp.gov /book/case143.html (480 words)

	VF-31: Nooy, Hawkins, Wirth, et al
		Cabot, along with the rest of TF-58, rested and refitted, at Majuro anchorage for a week in April.
		Cabot was on the starboard point of the diamond, closest to Truk on this morning at 0530.
		USS Cabot/VF-31 web site - another great site, devoted to USS Cabot CVL-28, the only extant CVL, and the ongoing efforts to save her from the scrap heap.
	www.acepilots.com /usn_vf31.html (1194 words)

	law.com - Decision
		In 1989, the U.S.S. Cabot Dedalo Museum Foundation, Inc. (the "Foundation"), a non-profit corporation, acquired the Cabot and moved her to New Orleans, with a view to establishing an on-board museum and docking her permanently in Kenner, Louisiana.
		By 1993, the Foundation had moored the unmanned Cabot on the east bank of the Mississippi in New Orleans, at the Press Street Wharf (the "Wharf"), which is owned by the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans (the "Dock Board"), a state agency.
		Almost a year later, as the bulk carrier M/V Tomis Future was steaming downriver, her pilot brought her too close to the east bank, and she allidedfn1 with the Cabot, substantially damaging both the Cabot* and the Wharf.
	www.law.com /jsp/decisionstate.jsp?id=1024078945612 (4286 words)

	USS Intrepid (CV 11)
		USS INTREPID was the third ESSEX - class aircraft carrier and the fourth ship in the Navy to bear the name.
		USS INTREPID's SCB 27C reconstruction was conducted at Newport News Shipbuilding from April 9, 1952 - June 20, 1954.
		She sortied from Pearl Harbor with carriers USS CABOT (CVL 28) and USS ESSEX (CV 9) 16 January to raid islands at the northeastern corner of Kwajalein Atoll 29 January 1944 and pressed the attack until the last opposition had vanished 2 February.
	navysite.de /cv/cv11.htm (2791 words)

	diary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In the task force scheduled to strike Wake Island with the Antietam were the USS St. Louis, USS Santa Fe, USS Birmingham and a number of destroyers.
		Present in the harbor was Essex class aircraft carrier USS Hornet, which left in a few daysto return to the United States.
		USS Antietam returned to the United States August 19, 1946.
	www.ussantietam.com /diary.html (1734 words)

	U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Aircraft Carriers - USS Cabot (CV 28)
		On 6 October 1944 Cabot sailed from Ulithi for raids on Okinawa, and to provide air cover for her task group during the heavy enemy attacks off Formosa on 12 and 13 October.
		Cabot joined the group which screened "Cripple Division 1," the cruisers USS Canberra (CA-70) and USS Houston (CL-81) which had been torpedoed off Formosa, to the safety of the Carolines, then rejoined her group for continued air strikes on then Visayas, and the Battle for Leyte Gulf on 25 and 26 October.
		Cabot had fought off several kamikazes when one, already flaming from hits, crashed the flight deck on the port side, destroying the still-firing 20 mm gun platform, disabling the 40 mm mounts and a gun director.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/carriers/histories/cv28-cabot/cv28-cabot.html (906 words)

	USS Cabot and USS Belleau Wood were the Carriers used by Air Group 31
		USS Cabot and USS Belleau Wood were the Carriers used by Air Group 31
		Their first carrier was the USS Cabot (CVL-28) which they boarded in November of 1943 and served on until October 4,1944.
		Air Group 31 had a second tour of duty aboard the USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) From June of 1945 until the air group was deactivated in October of 1945.
	www.vf31.com /CVL/cvl.html (224 words)

	Links interesantes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		USS Skill (AM-115) - dedicated to the WWII Minesweeper, and the men that served aboard her and that went down with her.
		USS Cabot CVL-28 - with history and pictures of the ship, and news on the efforts to establish a USS Cabot Memorial.
		USS Walker (DD-517) - dedicated to the Walker and all her crews from 1943-1969, to preserve there heritage and fellowship.
	www.histarmar.com.ar /Links/linkUSNavy.htm (2975 words)

	USS New Jersey (BB 62)
		USS NEW JERSEY was the second of the four IOWA class battleships and throughout her long life she was commissioned for 257 months.
		Relieved as flagship by USS Wisconsin (BB-64), New Jersey cleared Yokosuka for Hawaii, Long Beach and the Panama Canal, and returned to Norfolk 20 December for a six-month overhaul.
		On September 19, after a period in which U.S. ships fired when U.S. position were attacked, USS Virginia (CGN 38) and USS John Rogers (DD 983) fired 338 rounds from their 5-inch guns in support of Lebanese Army forces defending the strategically important village of Sug el Gharb in the Shouf Mountains east of Beirut.
	navysite.de /bb/bb62.htm (4829 words)

	The History of the USS Cabot - CVL-28
		Cabot and Naval Trivia A large Essex-type carrier, hull #16, was to have been named "Cabot", but when the USS Lexington (CV 2) was sunk in the Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942, the name was changed from Cabot to USS Lexington (CV 16).
		From August 1942, he served as a gunnery officer aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise in a number of engagements in the Pacific and was wounded during the Battle of Santa Cruz, 28 October 42.
		O Cabot, great Cabot When the final bugle sounds And we report to Captin's mast With a heavy heart that pounds We'll ask the admiral in the sky To check the record of the ship And that should make for all of us A safe and happy trip.
	www.mcallen.lib.tx.us /books/cabot/cab24_29.htm (2287 words)

	USS Lexington - Corpus Christi, Texas
		USS Lexington was the final museum stop on the 2001 Ship Tour.
		One special treat waiting for me was one of the screws from USS Cabot, the last surviving light carrier, tragically scrapped in Brownsville, Texas in the spring of 2001.
		In her varied career as an attack and then finally training carrier, the Lexington carried planes ranging from SBD dive bombers to the F-18 Hornet.
	www.taskforce1.org /lexington.htm (264 words)

	USS LEXINGTON CLUB STATION
		The present ship is an Essex class carrier and was originally to be named USS Cabot.
		When word was received that the original Lexington had been sunk, and a campaign was launched to change the name of the new carrier to Lexington and the rest is history.
		USS Lexington CV-16 was commissioned 17 February 1943.
	www.qsl.net /w5lex/usslex.htm (303 words)

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