Allied Warships

USS Lake Champlain (CV 39)

Aircraft carrier of the Essex class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeAircraft carrier
ClassEssex 
PennantCV 39 
Built byNorfolk Navy Yard (Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down15 Mar 1943 
Launched2 Nov 1944 
Commissioned3 Jun 1945 
End service2 May 1966 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 15 February 1947.
Recommissioned 19 September 1952.
Decommissioned 2 May 1966.
Stricken 1 December 1969.
Sold to be broken up for scrap.

 

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1Capt. Logan Carlisle Ramsey, USN3 Jun 1945???

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