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USS Randolph (CV/CVA/CVS-15) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. The second US Navy ship to bear the name, she was named for Founding Father Peyton Randolph , president of the First Continental Congress . [ 1 ]
CV-5 Yorktown: Yorktown (lead ship) 30 September 1937 7 June 1942 4 years, 250 days Sunk in the Battle of Midway in 1942 [19] CV-6 Enterprise: Yorktown: 12 May 1938 17 February 1947 8 years, 281 days Scrapped in 1960 [20] CV-7 Wasp: Wasp (lead ship) 25 April 1940 15 September 1942 2 years, 143 days Sunk during the Guadalcanal campaign in 1942 ...
USS Randolph may refer to: USS Randolph (1776), a sailing frigate launched in 1776 and exploded in 1778 during an engagement with HMS Yarmouth; USS Randolph (CV-15), an aircraft carrier that served from 1944 to 1969; See also. MG Wallace F. Randolph, operated by the United States Army as a cable ship from 1942 to 1949
1 Torpedo from TB and 3 Bombs from USS USS Saratoga: USS USS Wasp CV: 15-Sep-1942: Off San Cristobal Is., Solomon Is. 45: 193: 3 Torpedoes from Sub IJN I-19: USS Hornet CV: 27-Oct-1942: Santa Cruz? 140: TB & DB from Zuikzku & Jun'yō: HMS Avenger CVE: 15-Nov-1942: Off Algeria? 514: 1 Torpedo from Sub German U-155: HMS Dasher CVE: 27-Mar-1943 ...
USS Bennington (CV-20) USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) USS Boxer (CV-21) USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) C. ... USS Randolph (CV-15) USS Ranger (CV-4) USS Reprisal (CV-30) S ...
USS America (CV-66) USS Antietam (CV-36) B. USS Bataan (CVL-29) ... USS Randolph (CV-15) USS Ranger (CV-61) USS Rendova; S. USS Saipan (CVL-48) USS Saratoga (CV-60 ...
A number of Allied ships were damaged by Japanese suicide air attacks during World War II.Many of these attacks were by the kamikaze (officially Shinpū Tokubetsu Kōgekitai, "Divine Wind Special Attack Unit"), using pilot-guided explosive missiles, purpose-built or converted from conventional aircraft, by the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific ...
USS Randolph (CV-15) S. Shannon (ship) USS Stormes; T. USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) W. USS Wasp (CV-18) Y. USS Yorktown (CV-10) This page was last edited on 27 December ...