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Flight Of The Lightnings

November 25, 2010 4:24 pm

USS San Jacinto (CVL-30)

November 15, 2010 6:00 am

The second USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) of the United States Navy was an Independence-class light aircraft carrier. Originally laid down as the light cruiser Newark (CL-100), on 26 October 1942 by the New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, New Jersey; redesignated CV-30 and renamed Reprisal on 2 June 1942; renamed San Jacinto on 30 January 1943, converted, while building, to a light aircraft carrier and reclassified as CVL-30; launched on 26 September 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Jesse Jones; and commissioned on 15 November 1943, Capt. Harold M. Martin, in command.

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