USS Saipan (CVL-48)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Saipan and USS Arlington.

USS Saipan underway, c. 1956
History
United States
Name
  • Saipan (1944-1965)
  • Arlington (1965-1970)
Namesake
BuilderNew York Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down10 July 1944
Launched8 July 1945
Commissioned14 July 1946
Decommissioned3 October 1957
Recommissioned27 August 1966
Decommissioned14 January 1970
RenamedArlington, 8 April 1965
Reclassified
  • AVT-6, 15 May 1959
  • CC-3, 1963
  • AGMR-2, 1 September 1964
Stricken15 August 1975
FateScrapped, 1 June 1976
Badge
General characteristics
Class & typeSaipan-class aircraft carrier
Displacement14,500 long tons (14,700 t)
Length684 ft (208 m)
Beam
  • 76 ft 9 in (23.39 m) (waterline)
  • 115 ft (35 m) (extreme width)
Draft28 ft (8.5 m)
Installed power120,000 shp (89,000 kW)
Propulsion
Speed33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Capacity2,400 long tons (2,400 t) oil fuel
Complement1,721 officers and men
Armament40 × Bofors 40 mm guns
Aircraft carried50+ aircraft

The first USS Saipan (CVL-48/AVT-6/CC-3/AGMR-2) was a light aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, she was the lead ship of her class. She was later selected for conversion into a command ship in 1963–1964, but instead was converted to the Major Communications Relay Ship Arlington (AGMR-2) in 1965.

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