USS San Jacinto (CVL-30)

USS San Jacinto, with destroyer escort, January 1944
History
United States
NameSan Jacinto
NamesakeBattle of San Jacinto
Ordered
  • November 2 1941 (as CL-100)
  • 2 June 1942 (as CV-30)
BuilderNew York Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down26 October 1942
Launched26 September 1943
Commissioned15 November 1943
Decommissioned1 March 1947
Reclassified
  • CV-30, 2 June 1942
  • CVL-30, 15 July 1943
  • AVT-5, 15 May 1959
Stricken1 June 1970
IdentificationHull number: CVL-30
FateScrapped, 15 December 1971
General characteristics
Class & typeIndependence-class aircraft carrier
Displacement11,000
Length622.5 ft (189.7 m)
Beam
  • 71.5 ft (21.8 m) (waterline)
  • 109 ft 2 in (33.27 m) (overall)
Draft26 ft (7.9 m)
Speed31.6 knots (58.5 km/h; 36.4 mph)
Complement1,549 officers and men
Armament
Aircraft carried45 aircraft

USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) of the United States Navy was an Independence-class light aircraft carrier that served during World War II. She was named for the Battle of San Jacinto during the Texas Revolution. Future U.S. President George H. W. Bush served aboard the ship during World War II.

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