USS Badoeng Strait
USS Badoeng Strait off the coast of Korea in 1952
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History | |
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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 | 20 April 1946 |
Nickname(s) | "Bing Ding"[1] |
Recommissioned | 6 January 1947 |
Decommissioned | 17 May 1957 |
Refit | April–September 1953 |
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 |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
Complement | 1,066 |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 33 |
Aviation facilities | 2 × aircraft catapults |
USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116) was a Commencement Bay-class escort carrier of the United States Navy during the Korean War.
She was named after the
Design
In 1941, as United States participation in
Badoeng Strait was 557 ft 1 in (169.80 m)
The ship was powered by two
Her defensive
Service history
Initially named San Alberto Bay, the vessel was renamed Badoeng Strait on 6 November 1944; launched 15 February 1945 by
From July 1950 until February 1953 Badoeng Strait completed three tours off
After 1953 the ship underwent modernization (April to September 1953); continued extensive experimental work in anti-submarine warfare with new naval aircraft and helicopters, participated in various Pacific Fleet training exercises and carried out extensive exercises with Marine assault helicopters. She has also completed another tour of the Far East and participated in Operation Redwing in the Pacific Proving Grounds during February–July 1956 where she and her crew witnessed all 17 detonations. On 14 January 1957 Badoeng Strait sailed for Bremerton, Washington, for inactivation. She went out of commission in reserve 17 May 1957 and was scrapped in 1972. Sold for scrapping to the Nicolai Joffre Corporation, Badoeng Strait was broken up at the company's San Francisco Bay area facility in Richmond, California, the former Kaiser Shipbuilding Yard No. 3.
As of 2021, no other U.S. Navy ship has been named Badoeng Strait.
In popular culture
Badoeng Strait and its role in the early days of the Korean War was a featured setting in the novels Under Fire and Retreat, Hell! by
Just before being scrapped in 1972, Badoeng Strait was used in filming the final scenes of the film Magnum Force.
See also
- VS-931, antisubmarine squadron
Notes
- ^ "VMF323 VMA323 AU1 Corsair". home.inreach.com. 11 October 1999. Archived from the original on 26 October 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ Friedman, pp. 107–111.
- ^ a b c Friedman, p. 111.
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
- Friedman, Norman (1986). "United States of America". In Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 105–133. ISBN 978-0-85177-245-5.
- "Badoeng Strait (CVE-116)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.