Commencement Bay-class escort carrier of the US Navy
Badoeng Strait operating helicopters in 1954
History
United States
Name
Badoeng Strait
Namesake
Battle of Badung Strait
Builder
Todd-Pacific Shipyards
Laid down
18 August 1944
Launched
15 February 1945
Commissioned
14 November 1945
Decommissioned
17 May 1957
Fate
Sold and scrapped 1972
General characteristics
Class and type
Commencement Bay-class escort carrier
Displacement
21,397 long tons (21,740 t)
Length
557 ft 1 in (169.80 m) loa
Beam
75 ft (23 m)
Draft
32 ft (9.8 m)
Installed power
16,000 shp (12,000 kW)
4 × boilers
Propulsion
2 × Steam turbines
2 × screw propellers
Speed
19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement
1,066
Armament
2 × 5 in (127 mm) dual-purpose guns
36 × 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors AA guns
20 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon AA guns
Aircraft carried
33
Aviation facilities
2 × aircraft catapults
USS Badoeng Strait was a Commencement Bay-class escort carrier of the United States Navy during the Korean War. The Commencement Bay class were built during World War II, and were an improvement over the earlier Sangamon class, which were converted from oil tankers. They were capable of carrying an air group of 33 planes and were armed with an anti-aircraft battery of 5 in (127 mm), 40 mm (1.6 in), and 20 mm (0.8 in) guns. The ships were capable of a top speed of 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph), and due to their origin as tankers, had extensive fuel storage.
She was named after the Badung Strait, located between the Indonesian islands of Bali and Nusa Besar, which was the site of a World War II battle in February 1942, between American–Netherlands and Japanese naval forces.
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