USS Monterey

Survived

Type	Aircraft carrier
Class	Independence
War	Second World War
Main guns	26 × 1.6″ guns

Light carrier. Fought at the Philippine Sea. Gerald Ford, the future president, served aboard her.

USS Monterey (CVL-26) underway in the Gulf of Mexico on 28 August 1951, while serving as a training carrier. An SNJ training plane is on her flight deck, aft. Photo: Photographed by Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida., Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

26 × Bofors 40 mm guns, 20 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons

Builder	New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down	29 December 1941
Launched	28 February 1943
Commissioned	17 June 1943
Displacement	11,000 tons
Length	622.5 ft (189.7 m)
Speed	31.6 knots (58.5 km/h; 36.4 mph)
Complement	1,569 officers and men

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

28 February 1943

Battle of the Philippine Sea

Survived

19–20 June 1944