USS Randolph
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USS Randolph was a U.S. Navy Essex-class aircraft carrier that notably served as the primary recovery ship for early American crewed space missions, including Mercury-Redstone 4.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Essex-class aircraft carrier
ⓘ
United States Navy ship ⓘ |
| aircraftCarried | carrier air wing ⓘ |
| armament |
20 mm anti-aircraft guns
ⓘ
40 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ 5-inch guns ⓘ |
| awards |
Navy Unit Commendation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
battle stars for World War II service ⓘ |
| beam | 93 ft ⓘ |
| builder | Newport News Shipbuilding NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1944-10-09 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | over 2,500 officers and enlisted ⓘ |
| damagedBy | kamikaze attack ⓘ |
| dateOfKamikazeAttack | 1945-03-11 ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1948-02-25 ⓘ |
| displacement | about 27,100 long tons standard ⓘ |
| fate | scrapped ⓘ |
| finalDecommissioning | 1969-02-13 ⓘ |
| homeport | Norfolk, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hullNumber | CV-15 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1943-05-10 ⓘ |
| launched | 1944-06-28 ⓘ |
| length | 872 ft ⓘ |
| locationOfKamikazeAttack | Ulithi Atoll NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 33 knots ⓘ |
| modernization |
SCB-125 angled-deck conversion
ⓘ
SCB-27A conversion ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Peyton Randolph NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Okinawa campaign
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
operations against Japan in World War II ⓘ |
| postwarRole | training carrier ⓘ |
| propulsion |
4 shafts
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| recommissioned | 1951-07-01 ⓘ |
| recoveredAstronaut | Virgil I. Grissom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recoveredMission | Mercury-Redstone 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recoveredSpacecraft | Liberty Bell 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recoveryDate_MercuryRedstone4 | 1961-07-21 ⓘ |
| roleInSpaceProgram | primary recovery ship ⓘ |
| serviceEntryConflict | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shipClass | Essex class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| soldForScrap | 1975-05-24 ⓘ |
| sponsoredBy | Mrs. James J. Wadsworth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strickenFromNavalRegister | 1969-06-01 ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations | Pacific Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tookPartIn | Cold War operations ⓘ |
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