The Probert Encyclopaedia of Ships

SAIPAN

The USS Saipan was an American light fleet aircraft carrier of 14500 tons displacement launched in 1945. The USS Saipan was powered by Babcock and Wilcox boilers providing a top speed of 33 knots. She carried a complement of 1500 and 48 aircraft. She was armed with four 5 inch guns; forty 40 mm anti-aircraft guns and twenty-five 20 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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