USS Mindoro (CVE-120)
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USS Mindoro (CVE-120) underway in April 1952
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| Name: | USS Mindoro |
| Builder: | Todd Pacific Shipyards |
| Laid down: | 2 January 1945 |
| Launched: | 27 June 1945 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. R. L. Bowman |
| Commissioned: | 4 December 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 4 August 1955 |
| Reclassified: | Cargo Ship and Aircraft Ferry, AKV-20, 7 May 1959 |
| Struck: | 1 December 1959 |
| Homeport: | Norfolk, Virginia |
| Nickname(s): | Mighty Minnie |
| Fate: | Sold June 1960, and scrapped in Hong Kong |
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| Class and type: | Commencement Bay-class escort carrier |
| Displacement: | 11,373 long tons (11,556 t) |
| Length: | 557 ft 1 in (169.80 m) |
| Beam: | 75 ft (23 m) |
| Draft: | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
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| Speed: | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
| Complement: | 1,066 |
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| Aircraft carried: | 33 |
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USS Mindoro (CVE-120) was a Commencement Bay-class escort carrier launched during World War II, but was completed too late to see active service. After service in the Caribbean, Atlantic and the Mediterranean during the early Cold War, she was stricken from the Navy List on 1 December 1959 and scrapped.
She was 557 ft 1 in (169.80 m) long, had a beam of 75 ft (23 m), displaced 11,373 long tons (11,556 t), and had a draft of 32 ft (9.8 m). The ship was powered by two Allis-Chalmers geared steam turbines, each driving one screw, using steam provided by four boilers, and were rated at a total of 16,000 shaft horsepower (12,000 kW). Mindoro had a top speed of 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph), was armed with two 5-inch (127 mm) guns in single mounts, thirty-six 40-millimeter (1.6 in) Bofors AA guns, and twenty 20-millimeter (0.8 in) Oerlikon light AA guns, and carried 33 planes. She had a complement of 1,066.
USS Mindoro was laid down by Todd-Pacific Shipyards, Inc., in Tacoma, Washington, on 2 January 1945, and launched on 27 June 1945. She was sponsored by Mrs. R. L. Bowman, and commissioned at Tacoma 4 December 1945, with Captain Edwin R. Peck in command. The ship was nicknamed the "Mighty Minnie".
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