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    USS Leyte (CV/CVA/CVS-32, AVT-10) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during and shortly after World War II for the United States Navy. The...
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  • unknown after 1907. USS Leyte (ARG-8), was a repair ship commissioned August 1944 and renamed Maui in May 1945 USS Leyte (CV-32), was an aircraft carrier...
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    The Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Leyte (CV-32) was named for the battle. The Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG-55) is named for the battle...
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  • cruiser USS Fargo (CL-85), but renamed USS Langley (CVL-27) before being launched USS Crown Point (CV-32) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier, renamed USS Leyte (CV-32)...
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    USS Franklin (CV/CVA/CVS-13, AVT-8), nicknamed "Big Ben," was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy...
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    USS Enterprise (CV-6) was a Yorktown-class carrier built for the United States Navy during the 1930s. She was the seventh U.S. Navy vessel of that name...
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    ordered in August 1942 (CV-31 and 33-35 from Brooklyn, CV-32 from Newport News, CV-36 and -37 from the Philadelphia Navy Yard, CV-38 through -40 from the...
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    USS Lexington (CV/CVA/CVS/CVT/AVT-16) is an Essex-class aircraft carrier built during World War II for the United States Navy. Originally intended to...
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    scientist and aviation pioneer. She carried on the name and tradition of USS Langley (CV-1), the first U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, which had been sunk on 27...
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    USS Essex (CV/CVA/CVS-9) was an aircraft carrier and the lead ship of the 24-ship Essex class built for the United States Navy during World War II. She...
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