USS CABOT – forwarded
January 2nd, 2009 From
>Date: Tue, 8 Jul 97 21:17 +0100
>From: BWV_WIESBADEN@t-online.de (Tim Lanzendoerfer)
>X-Sender: 0611603955-0001@t-online.de (Silvia Lanzendoerfer)
>Subject: RE: Re: USS CABOT – forwarded
>To: mahan@microwrks.com
>Precendence: bulk
>Sender: mahan-owner@microworks.net
>
> >Yep, CABOT is indeed that above-described ship, the last of her class. The
> >CVLs (light aircraft carriers) were very successful, having the speed of the
> >fast fleet carriers, and a much larger air group than the CVEs, which were
> >built on merchant hulls. I’ll give you an answer as to how many built later
> >today, if no one else comes up with that info first.
>
>I hope I’m sending this to the right list…is there a digest?
>Anyway, CABOT was part of the Independence class of Light Fleet >Carriers, build
> 1943-1944 on the hulls of ex-Cleveland class light cruisers. Seven > were build:
>
>CVL 22 Independence
>CVL 23 Princeton
>CVL 24 Belleau Wood
>CVL 25 Cowpens
>CVL 26 Monterey
>CVL 27 Langley
>CVL 28 Cabot
>CVL 29 Bataan
>
>PRINCETON was lost to enemy (Japanese) action 10/24/44 in the area >of Leyte Gulf
>due to a bomb hit and internal explosion, which forced the escorts to torpedo
>the ship.