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USS Cabot (CVL-28)


Conventionally-Powered Aircraft Carrier [ 1943 ]



A veteran of World War 2, USS Cabot CVL-28 was loaned to the Spanish Navy where she ended her days as the Dedalo.



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Specifications



Spain; United States
Operators National flag of Spain National flag of the United States
1943
Commissioned
United States
National Origin
1,570
Complement
Independence-class
Hull Class
9
Number-in-Class
USS Independence (CVL-22); USS Princeton (CVL-23); USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24); USS Cowpens (CVL-25); USS Monterey (CVL-26); USS Langley (CVL-27); USS Cabot (CVL-28); USS Bataan (CVL-29); USS San Jacinto (CVL-30)
Ships-in-Class


Flag Ship / Capital Ship
Serving in the fleet Flag Ship role or Capital Ship in older warship designs / terminology.


622.5 feet
(189.74 meters)
Length
109.1 feet
(33.25 meters)
Beam
26.0 feet
(7.92 meters)
Draught
11,000
tons
Displacement


4 x Boilers with 4 x General Electric turbines driving 100,000 shaft horsepower to 4 x shafts.
Propulsion
32.0 knots
(36.8 mph)
Surface Speed
13,035 nm
(15,000 miles | 24,140 km)
Range
1 knot = 1.15 mph; 1 nm = 1.15 mile; 1 nm = 1.85 km


26 x 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns


Up to 34 aircraft of various makes and types. Typically majority of fighters with supporting dive and torpedo bombers.


Military lapel ribbon for the Cold War period
Military lapel ribbon for early warship designs
Military lapel ribbon for the Falklands War
Military lapel ribbon for the 1991 Gulf War
Military lapel ribbon for the Korean War
Military lapel ribbon representing modern aircraft
Military lapel ribbon for the Attack on Pearl Harbor
Military lapel ribbon for the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Military lapel ribbon for the Vietnam War
Military lapel ribbon for the World War 1
Military lapel ribbon for the World War 2

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