USS Reprisal (CV-35) was a planned member of the Essex-class aircraft carriers of World War II.[1] Due to hostilities ending in the Pacific Theater, marking the end of World War II, and a number of other veteran Essex-class carriers being available, her construction was cancelled on August 12, 1945 when she was about 52.3% completed.[2] She was launched later that year to clear the slipway and perform bomb damage assessment. Plans were drawn up to complete her as an attack carrier, but the plan was ultimately dropped and she was sold to Boston Metals Co., Baltimore, Maryland for scrap in 1949.[3]
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Name | Reprisal |
Namesake | Reprisal |
Ordered | 7 August 1942 |
Builder | New York Naval Shipyard |
Laid down | 1 July 1944 |
Launched | 14 Dec 1945 |
Identification | Hull number: CV-35 |
Fate | Scrapped, 2 August 1949 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Essex-class aircraft carrier |
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Beam | 93 ft (28.3 m) (waterline) |
Draft | 34 ft 2 in (10.41 m) (full load) |
Propulsion | 4 × shafts; 4 × geared steam turbines |
Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
Range | 14,100 nmi (26,100 km; 16,200 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 2,600 officers and enlisted men |
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Aircraft carried | 91–103 aircraft |
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