USS Long Island (CVE-1)
USS Long Island | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Long Island |
| Namesake | Long Island, New York |
| Builder | Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. |
| Laid down | 7 July 1939 |
| Launched | 11 January 1940 |
| Commissioned | 2 June 1941 |
| Decommissioned | 26 March 1946 |
| Stricken | 12 April 1946 |
| Fate | Converted to merchant ship, scrapped in Belgium in 1977 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Long Island-class escort carrier |
| Displacement | 13,499 long tons (13,716 t) |
| Length | 492 ft (150 m) |
| Beam | 69 ft 6 in (21.18 m) |
| Draft | 25 ft 8 in (7.82 m) |
| Installed power | 8,500 hp (6,300 kW) |
| Propulsion | diesel, 1 shaft (details) |
| Speed | 16.5 kn (19.0 mph; 30.6 km/h) |
| Complement | 970 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | |
| Aircraft carried | 30 |
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USS Long Island (CVE-1) (originally AVG-1 and then ACV-1) was lead ship of her class and the first escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was also the second ship to be named after Long Island, New York.