Independence class aircraft carrier

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The Independence class light carriers served in the US Navy during World War II. Nine were built in total.

USS Independence (CVL-22)[edit]

Independence in San Francisco Bay, 15 July 1943.
Island of the Independence in 1945
Afire aft, soon after the "Able Day" atomic bomb air burst test at Bikini on 1 July 1946.

USS Princeton (CVL-23)[edit]

Launching at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey, on 18 October 1942
In 1943
1001 a.m.: On fire after hit by japanese bomb, 24 October 1944
1055 a.m.: cruiser Birmingham fighting fires on Princeton
damaged flight deck and elevator
Reno fighting fires on Princeton
1524 a.m.: Second heavier explosion aft on Princeton, with Birmingham alongside
after 1604 a.m.: Birmingham at left, and a destroyer pull away from Princeton following the big explosion that destroyed the carrier's stern
1746 a.m.: Final explosion after torped by destroyer Irwin and cruiser Reno.

USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24)[edit]

A Japanese bomber explodes as it crashes into the sea near USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24), during an attack on Task Group 58.2 off the Mariana Islands, 23 February 1944.
On fire, 1944
French Bois Belleau, former Belleau Wood, at Norfolk Naval Base, December 1953.

USS Cowpens (CVL-25)[edit]

Launch of Cowpens, 17 January 1943
In Philadelphia, 25 June 1943
At Sea, 17 July 1943
Cowpens during the raids on the Marshall Islands, November-December 1943
A TBM Avenger torpedo plane landing on board the carrier, at the time of the Marshalls-Gilberts raids, November-December 1943
F6F Hellcats warming up on deck, January 1944.
Cowpens at sea, 31 August 1944
Cowpens heavy rolling in Typhoon Cobra on 18 December 1944.
Cowpens bow
At Tokyo Bay with Mount Fuji in the back.

USS Monterey (CVL-26)[edit]

Monterey after commission at Delaware River
Monterey (right) during Gilberts Operation, November 1943
During Hollandia-Operation in March 1944
Monterey catapults a F6F Hellcat fighter during operations in the Marianas area, June 1944.
Navy crewmen aboard the Independence-class light aircraft carrier USS Monterey pushing a Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter to the flight deck elevator in June 1944.
Monty's crew spelling out Mardi Gras 1953 in 1953.

USS Langley (CVL-27)[edit]

Langley rolling during Typhoon Cobra on 18 December 1944
Langley as french La Fayette in 1951

USS Cabot (CVL-28)[edit]

USS Bataan (CVL-29)[edit]

HMS Belfast (C35) coming alongside USS Bataan (CVL-29) off the coast of Korea on 27 May 1952

USS San Jacinto (CVL-30)[edit]

Four aircraft carriers, circa mid-September 1945. The ships are (from front to back): USS Saratoga (CV-3); USS Enterprise (CV-6), USS Hornet (CV-12) and USS San Jacinto (CVL-30).

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Independence class aircraft carriers