USS San Jacinto

Survived

Type	Aircraft carrier
Class	Independence
War	Second World War
Main guns	28 × 1.6″ guns

Light carrier. George H. W. Bush, the future president, flew Avengers from her and was shot down near Chichi Jima in September 1944. Fought at the Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf, and her aircraft attacked Yamato.

The U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) underway off the U.S. East Coast (position 36 55'N, 75 07'W) on 23 January 1944, with a North American SNJ Texan training plane parked on her flight deck. Note the destroyer steaming astern of the carrier. Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, photographed from a Squadron ZP-14 blimp., Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

28 × Bofors 40 mm guns
40 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons

Builder	New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down	26 October 1942
Launched	26 September 1943
Commissioned	15 November 1943
Displacement	11,000
Length	622.5 ft (189.7 m)
Speed	31.6 knots (58.5 km/h; 36.4 mph)
Complement	1,549 officers and men

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

Career

Launched

26 September 1943

Battle of the Philippine Sea

Survived

19–20 June 1944

Battle of the Sibuyan Sea

Survived

24 October 1944

Battle off Cape Engaño

Survived

25–26 October 1944

Operation Ten-Go

Survived

7 April 1945