CVL-28 USS Cabot
| CVL-28 USS Cabot | ||
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Class |
Independence class |
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Builder |
New York Shipbuilding Corp. Camden New Jersey |
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Laid down |
16. März 1942 |
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Launched |
4. April 1943 |
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Commissioned |
24. July 1943 |
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| Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign |
NFDY |
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| CVLG-31 | ||
| July 1943 - 1943 | ||
| West Pacific | ||
| VF-31 | F6F-3 | 00 |
| VC-31 | TBM-1C | 00 |
| CVLG-31 | ||
| 29. January 1944 - 1. September 1944 | ||
| West Pacific | ||
| VF-31 | F6F-3 | 00 |
| VT-31 | TBM-1C | 00 |
| CVLG-44 | ||
| September 1944 - October 1944 | ||
| West Pacific | ||
| VF-44 | F6F- | 0 |
| VT-44 | TBM- | 0 |
| CVLG-29 | ||
| 10. October 1944 - January 1945 | ||
| West Pacific | ||
| VF-29 | F6F- | 00 |
| VT-29 | TBM-1C | 00 |
| CVLG-29 | ||
| 7. April 1945 - 1945 | ||
| West Pacific | ||
| VF-29 | F6F- | 00 |
| VT-29 | TBM-1C | 00 |
| CVLG-32 | ||
| 1. August 1945 - 15. August 1945 | ||
| West Pacific | ||
| VF-32 | F6F-5 | 00 |
| VT-32 | TBM- | 00 |
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Decommissioned |
11. February 1947 |
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Recommissioned |
27. October 1948 |
| 8. August 1951 - 8. October 1951 | ||
| ? | ||
| VS-24 | AF-2S, AF-2W | SI 00 |
| HU-2 Det. | HO3S-1 | UR 00 |
| 8. Januar 1952 - 26. March 1952 | ||
| ? | ||
| VS-24 | AF-2S, AF-2W | SI 00 |
| HU-2 Det. | HO3S-1 | UR 00 |
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Decommissioned |
21. January 1955 |
| Commanding Officers | ||
| 1943 - 1947 | ||
| Capt. Malcolm Francis Schoeffel |
24. Jul. 1943 |
5. May 1944 |
| Capt. Stanley John Michael |
5. May 1944 |
6. Feb. 1945 |
| Capt. Walton Wiley Smith |
6. Feb. 1945 |
18. Dec.1945 |
| Cdr. Eugene Tatom |
18. Dec.1945 |
10. Sep. 1946 |
| Cdr. Robert Webster Slye |
10. Sep. 1946 |
11. Feb. 1947 |
| 1948 - 1955 | ||
| Capt. John Warburton King III |
27. Oct. 1948 |
27. Jul. 1949 |
| Capt. Charles Loomis Lee |
27. Jul. 1949 |
18. May 1950 |
| Capt. Daniel Nicol Logan |
18. May 1950 |
9. Jun. 1951 |
| Capt. Marvin Pabodie Evenson |
9. Jun. 1951 |
25. Apr. 1952 |
| Capt. Edward Herman Eckelmeyer, Jr. |
25. Apr. 1952 |
8. May 1953 |
| Capt. John Tompson Brown, Jr. |
8. May 1953 |
30. Jul. 1954 |
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Capt. William Clarence Murphy |
30. Jul. 1954 |
21. Jan. 1955 |
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Carrier loaned later sold to the Spanish Navy (1967 - 1989) |
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Overhauled at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (1965 - 1967) in preparation for transfer to Spain. Loaned to Spain, renamed Dédalo and commissioned 30. Aug 1967; she was used as an ASW helicopter carrier and designated PH-01. Stricken from U.S. NVR 1. August 1972; sold to Spain 5. December 1972. Reclassified as an aircraft carrier and redesignated PA-01, 28. Sep 1976, shortly before she began operating Harriers. Redesignated R-01, in accordance to NATO practice, in 1980.
Stricken from the Spanish Navy List, 5. Aug 1989, at New Orleans, she was sold for scrapping in 1997 and towed to Port Isabel, TX, then to Brownsville TX. |
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For the furter History of this Carrier look here |
