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  2. USS Bennington (CV-20) - Wikipedia

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    USS Bennington (CV/CVA/CVS-20) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946 and from 1952 to 1970. She was sold for scrap in 1994. She was sold for scrap in 1994.

  3. File:Damaged Grumman TBM-3 Avenger of VT-82 in flight, circa ...

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    The damaged plane was flown by its pilot about 160 km back to its task group but had to crash land in the water. All crew members were rescued. VT-82 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 82 (CVG-82) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Bennington (CV-20). Note Benningtons geometric identification symbol on the Avenger.

  4. File:Stern of USS Bennington (CVA-20) c1957.jpg - Wikipedia

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    Description: Stern of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Bennigton (CVA-20) at Hong Kong, showing the 3in/50 (7.6 cm) Mk 33 twin mounts.Bennington, with assigned Air Task Group 181 (ATG-181), was deployed to the Western Pacific from 15 October 1956 to 22 May 1957.

  5. USS Bennington - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Bennington occurred on 16 August 1777. USS Bennington (PG-4), was commissioned in 1891 and took possession of Wake Island during the Spanish–American War. USS Bennington (CV-20), was an aircraft carrier of World War II and decommissioned in 1970.

  6. File:Flight deck of USS Bennington (CV-20) damaged by typhoon ...

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    English: The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Bennington (CV-20) showing her collapsed flight deck, which was damaged by Typhoon Connie on 5 June 1945. USS Hornet (CV-12), which was in Task Group 38.1 with Bennington, received a similar damage to her flight deck.

  7. John Henry Turpin - Wikipedia

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    John Henry Turpin (August 20, 1876 – March 10, 1962) was an American sailor in the United States Navy who survived the catastrophic explosions of two U.S. Navy ships: USS Maine in 1898, and USS Bennington in 1905.

  8. File:USS Bennington (CV-20) scoreboard, circa in August 1945 ...

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    English: Scoreboard of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Bennington (CV-20), circa in August 1945. The ship's captain, Captain Boynton Lewis Braun, USN, is looking from the bridge. He commanded Bennington from 30 June 1945 to 8 July 1946.

  9. File:F4U-4 of VF-74 making crash landing on USS Bennington ...

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    A U.S. Navy Vought F4U-4 Corsair of Fighter Squadron VF-74 "Be-Devilers" making a crash landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Bennington (CVA-20) in October 1953. VF-74 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 7 (CVG-7) aboard the Bennington for a deployment to the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea from 16 September 1953 to 21 February 1954. Date