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CLASS - INDEPENDENCE Displacement 11,000 Tons, Dimensions, 622' 6" (oa) x 71' 6" x 26' (Max) Armament 24 x 40mm, 22 x 20mm AA, 30 Aircraft. Armor, 5" Belt, 2" Decks, 1/2" Conning Tower. Machinery, 100,000 SHP; G.E. Geared Turbines, 4 screws Speed, 31.5 Knots, Crew 1569. Operational and Building Data
Ordered as the Cleveland-class light cruiser Fargo (CL-85). Built by New York Shipbuilding. Reordered as carrier, renamed Crown Point and redesignated CV 27 31 March 1942. Laid down 11 April 1942; renamed Langley 13 Nov 1942; launched 22 May 1943, commissioned 31 Aug 1943. Redesignated CVL 27 15 July 1943. Served with the Carrier TF during WWII. Decommissioned to reserve 11 Feb 1947.
FATE Transferred to France 8 Jan 1951, overhauled during reactivation. Renamed La Fayette and commissioned into French service 2 June 1951, designated R96. Returned to US custody 20 March 1963; stricken for disposal on the same date; scrapped at Baltimore in 1964.
