USS Randolph (CVS-15)
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USS Randolph (CVS-15) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that notably served as the primary recovery ship for John Glenn’s historic Mercury-Atlas 6 orbital spaceflight.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Essex-class aircraft carrier
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United States Navy aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| aircraftCarried | carrier air wing ⓘ |
| armament |
20 mm anti-aircraft guns
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40 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ 5 in guns ⓘ |
| awarded | Navy Unit Commendation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| battleStar | 3 battle stars for World War II service ⓘ |
| beam | 93 ft waterline ⓘ |
| builder | Newport News Shipbuilding NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Cold War aircraft carriers of the United States
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Essex-class aircraft carriers of the United States Navy ⓘ Ships built in Newport News, Virginia ⓘ World War II aircraft carriers of the United States ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1944-10-09 ⓘ |
| convertedTo | anti-submarine warfare carrier ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| decommissioned | 1948-02-25 ⓘ |
| displacement | about 27,100 tons standard ⓘ |
| fate | sold for scrap ⓘ |
| finalDecommissioning | 1969-02-13 ⓘ |
| flightDeckBeam | 147 ft ⓘ |
| homeport | Norfolk, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hullNumber | CV-15 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1943-05-10 ⓘ |
| laterDesignation | CVS-15 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launched | 1944-06-28 ⓘ |
| length | 872 ft overall ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 33 knots ⓘ |
| modernizedAs | angled-deck carrier ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Peyton Randolph NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | primary recovery ship for Mercury-Atlas 6 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Iwo Jima
NERFINISHED
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World War II ⓘ attacks on Okinawa ⓘ attacks on the Japanese home islands ⓘ |
| propulsion |
4 shafts
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| recommissioned | 1951-07-01 ⓘ |
| recoveredAstronaut | John Glenn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recoveredSpacecraft | Friendship 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recoveryDate | 1962-02-20 ⓘ |
| shipClass | Essex class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| soldForScrap | 1975-05-24 ⓘ |
| sponsor | Mrs. James J. Waller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strickenFromNavalRegister | 1969-06-01 ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations | Pacific Theater of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tookPartIn |
Cold War operations
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NATO exercises ⓘ |
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