Name Reprisal Laid down 1 July 1944 Launched 1945 Builder Brooklyn Navy Yard | Ordered 7 August 1942 Construction started 1 July 1944 Length 271 m | |
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Fate Sold for scrap 2 August 1949 to Boston Metals company Class and type Essex-class aircraft carrier Displacement As built
27,100 tons standard
36,380 tons full load | ||
USS Reprisal CV-35 was a planned member of the Essex-class aircraft carriers of World War II. Due to hostilities lessening in the Pacific Theatre and a multitude of other Essex carriers available, construction was cancelled on August 12, 1945 when she was about 52.3% completed. She was launched later that year to clear the slipway and perform bomb damage assessment. Plans were drawn up to complete her as an attack carrier but the plan was ultimately dropped and she was sold for scrap in 1949.
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