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USS ''Philippine Sea'' (CV/CVA/CVS-47, AVT-11) was one of 24 s of the United States Navy, and the first ship to be named for the Battle of Philippine Sea. She was launched on 5 September 1945, after the end of World War II and sponsored by the wife of the Governor of Kentucky. During her career, ''Philippine Sea'' served first in the Atlantic Ocean and saw several deployments to the Mediterranean Sea as well as a trip to Antarctica as a part of Operation Highjump. Sent to the Korean Peninsula at the outbreak of the Korean War, she sent aircraft in support of United Nations ground troops, first during the Battle of Pusan Perimeter and then during the Inchon Landings and the Second Battle of Seoul. She subsequently supported UN troops during the surprise Chinese attack and the Chosin Reservoir Campaign. ''Philippine Sea'' saw three tours to Korea during the war, receiving nine battle stars for her service. For the remainder of her service, she operated primarily out of San Diego and San Francisco, seeing several deployments to the Far East and being redesignated an anti-submarine warfare carrier. She was decommissioned on 28 December 1958 and sold for scrap in 1970. ==Construction== (詳細はcapital ships produced for World War II. CV-47 was ordered simultaneously to and in June 1943. The ship was one of the "long-hull" designs of the class, which had begun production after March 1943. This "long hull" variant involved lengthening the bow above the waterline into a "clipper" form. The increased rake and flare provided deck space for two quadruple mounts; these units also had the flight deck slightly shortened forward to provide better arcs of fire. Of the ''Essex''-class ships laid down after 1942, only followed the original "short hull" design. The later ships have been variously referred to as the "long-bow units",〔 the "long-hull group", or the "''Ticonderoga'' class".〔 However, the U.S. Navy never maintained any institutional distinction between the long-hull and short-hull members of the ''Essex'' class, and applied postwar refits and upgrades to both groups equally.〔 The ship was powered by eight 600 psi Babcock & Wilcox boilers, and Westinghouse geared steam turbines that developed 150,000 shaft horsepower that turned four propellers. Like other ''Essex''-class carriers, she had a maximum speed of . The ship's cost is estimated at $68,000,000 to $78,000,000. Like other "long-hull" ''Essex''-class carriers, ''Philippine Sea'' had a displacement of . She had an overall length of , a beam of and a draft of .〔 The ship was powered by steam turbines with a designed range of . While ''Essex''-class carriers typically had a designed maximum speed of ,〔 ''Philippine Sea'' only made on sea trials. The ship had a total crew complement of 3,310. Like other ''Essex''-class ships, she was armed with twelve 38-caliber 5-inch (127 mm) dual purpose guns arrayed in four twin and four single mountings, as well as 8 quadruple Bofors 40 mm guns and a variable number of Oerlikon 20 mm cannon.〔 Unlike her sisters, however, ''Philippine Sea'' substituted additional Bofors guns for the Oerlikons with forty-four guns arrayed in 10 quadruple and two double mounts.〔 The keel of CV-47 was laid down 19 August 1944 at the Bethlehem Steel Company in Quincy, Massachusetts. Originally, the ship was to be named in honor of the Wright brothers, but following the 19 June 1944 Battle of the Philippine Sea, the Navy decided that the ship be named after the battle, and on 13 February 1945, she was renamed. Construction on the ship continued throughout the summer of 1945, but ''Philippine Sea'' was not completed at the time of V-E Day. The ship was launched on 5 September 1945, only days after V-J Day and the end of World War II. She was christened by the wife of Governor of Kentucky Albert "Happy" Chandler.〔 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 Philippine Sea (CV-47)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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