YT-Y17 · Secondary official ship history

Bennington II (CV-20): official ship history

Essex-class identity, CV-20 hull number and 6 August 1944 commissioning.

Author
Naval History and Heritage Command
Date
Modern DANFS edition
Passage
Opening characteristics and commissioning paragraphs

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Opening text retrieved through the web index on 20 October 2026; direct page retrieval failed.

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Not an original builder specification or a fully inspected action report. Only the retrieved opening particulars are used; no inference about the exact April 1945 air group.

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