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USS ''Bataan'' (CVL-29/AVT-4), originally planned as USS ''Buffalo'' (CL-99) and also classified as CV-29, was an 11,000 ton light aircraft carrier which was commissioned in the United States Navy during World War II. ==Design and Construction== The vessel that eventually became the light aircraft carrier ''Bataan'' was originally planned as the ''Buffalo'' (CL-99). Following the December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, the need for more carriers became urgent. In response, the Navy ordered the conversion of nine ''Cleveland''-class light cruiser then under construction to completion as light aircraft carriers. These became known as the s. Thus, CL-99 was reclassified CV-29 and renamed ''Bataan'' on 2 June 1942. She was further reclassified as CVL-29 on 15 July 1943. ''Bataan'' displaced light and at full load. She had an overall length of and a waterline length of . Her extreme beam was and her beam at the waterline was . Her draft was maximum. For armament she was equipped with 24 Bofors 40 mm gun and 22 Oerlikon 20 mm cannon for anti-aircraft protection. She normally carried 30 aircraft. Her armor consisted of of belt armor, on the decks, and on the conning tower. She was powered by four Babcock & Wilcox steam boilers and General Electric geared turbines producing for her four screws. She had a design speed of and had a range of at . She normally carried a complement of 1569. The vessel was ordered 16 December 1940 as a light cruiser and reordered as a light aircraft carrier on 2 June 1942.〔 She was laid down on 31 August 1942 and launched on 1 August 1943 at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation in Camden, New Jersey,〔 sponsored by Mrs. George D. Murray, wife of Rear Admiral Murray. She was commissioned on 17 November 1943, with Captain V. H. Schaeffer in command. ''Bataan'' was named after Bataan Peninsula and the Battle of Bataan where American and Filipino troops were besieged by Japanese forces from 24 December 1941 until 9 April 1942 when the remaining 78,000 troops surrendered to avoid unnecessary slaughter.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Bataan (CVL-29)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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