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CV-20 Bennington
United States Navy aircraft carrier
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Essex-short | 1942/12/15 New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, N.Y. | 1944/02/26 | 1944/08/06 | 1994/01/12
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| Namesake: Bennington is a city in Vermont and a battle of the American Revolution (16 August 1777). | |||||
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| Camouflage: 44: Ms 32/17a, 45: Ms 22 | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 44/12/21 | joinPac-Panama Canal | 66 | |||
| 44/12/22 | 44/12/29 | sail Panama > San Diego escorted by Shea and Adams | 66 81 | ||
| 44/12/29 | 45/01/01 | San Diego (VMF-112, VMF-123) - refuel, provisioning | 66 81 | ||
| 45/01/01 | 45/01/08 | sail San Diego > P.H. | 66 | ||
| 45/01/07 | 45/01/29 | P.H. - training | 81 | ||
| 45/01/13 | P.H. - rammed by AO-74 Sarannic | 81 | |||
| 45/01/29 | 45/02/08 | 12.2 | sail from P.H. to Ulithi | 66 81 | |
| 45/02/10 | 45/03/19 | Detach | 58.1 | 66 | |
| 45/03/14 | 45/05/28 | Iceber | 58.1 | ||
| 45/05/22 | 58.1 | sinking/share PC Ch-37, Ch-58 and LST T-173 SW of Kjsuhu betw. Sasebo and Oshima (29-45N, 129-10E) | 85 | ||
| 45/05/28 | 45/06/05 | Iceber | 38.1 | 66 | |
| 45/06/05 | 38.1 | damage(typhoon) (23-03N, 132-04E) | 66 85 | ||
| 45/06/06 | 45/06/12 | retired to Leyte for repairs | 66 | ||
| 45/06/12 | 45/07/01 | San Pedro Bay, Leyte - repairs | 66 | ||
| 45/07/01 | 45/07/30 | 38.1/GF | raid Home Islands - CVG 82 | 66 81 10 | |