USS Philippine Sea (CV-47)

Philippine Sea in 1955
History
United States
Name:	USS Philippine Sea
Namesake:	Battle of the Philippine Sea, 1944
Builder:	Fore River Shipyard
Laid down:	19 August 1944
Launched:	5 September 1945
Commissioned:	11 May 1946
Decommissioned:	28 December 1958
Struck:	1 December 1969
Honors and awards:	9 Battle Stars
Fate:	scrapped March 1971
General characteristics
Class and type:	Essex-class aircraft carrier
Displacement:	As built: 27,100 tons standard
Length:	As built: 888 feet (271 m) overall
Beam:	As built: 93 feet (28 m) waterline
Draft:	As built: 28 feet 7 inches (8.71 m) light
Propulsion:	As designed: 8 × boilers 4 × Westinghouse geared steam turbines 4 × shafts 150,000 shp (110 MW)
Speed:	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range:	20,000 nautical miles (37,000 km; 23,000 mi)
Complement:	3448 officers and enlisted
Armament:	4 × 2, 4 × 1 – 5-inch dual purpose guns 10 × 4, 2 × 2 – Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft guns
Armor:	As built: 4 inch (100 mm) belt 2.5 inch (60 mm) hangar deck 1.5 inch (40 mm) protectice decks 1.5 inch (40 mm) conning tower
Aircraft carried:	As built: 90–100 aircraft

USS Philippine Sea (CV/CVA/CVS-47, AVT-11) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers of the United States Navy, and the first ship to be named for the Battle of the Philippine Sea. She was launched on 5 September 1945, after the end of World War II and sponsored by the wife of the Governor of Kentucky.

During her career, Philippine Sea served first in the Atlantic Ocean and saw several deployments to the Mediterranean Sea as well as a trip to Antarctica as a part of Operation Highjump. Sent to the Korean Peninsula at the outbreak of the Korean War, she sent aircraft in support of United Nations ground troops, first during the Battle of Pusan Perimeter and then during the Inchon Landings and the Second Battle of Seoul. She subsequently supported UN troops during the surprise Chinese attack and the Chosin Reservoir Campaign. Philippine Sea saw three tours to Korea during the war, receiving nine battle stars for her service.

For the remainder of her service, she operated primarily out of San Diego and San Francisco, seeing several deployments to the Far East and being redesignated an anti-submarine warfare carrier. She was decommissioned on 28 December 1958 and sold for scrap in 1970.

Philippine Sea was the last of the 24 Essex-class ships to be completed, among the largest and most numerous capital ships produced for World War II. CV-47 was ordered simultaneously to Valley Forge and Iwo Jima in June 1943.

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