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| ? | |InTheGame_performance= currently unreleased, subject to change. | | + | |
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| ? | The first USS Saipan (CVL-48) was a light aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, the lead ship of her class of carrier. She was later selected for conversion into a command ship in 1963–1964, but instead of becoming a command ship she was converted to the Major Communications Relay Ship Arlington (AGMR-2) in 1965.<br /> | | + | |
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| ? | Saipan was laid down on 10 July 1944 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, launched on 8 July 1945, sponsored by Mrs. John W. McCormack, and commissioned on 14 July 1946, Capt. John G. Crommelin in command. | | + | |
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| ? | File:USS Saipan (CVL-48) underway c1955.jpg{{!}}USS Saipan underway, c. 1956 | | + | |
| ? | File:Saipan phantom.jpg{{!}}FH-1 Phantom of VF-17A on USS Saipan, May 1948. | | + | |
| ? | File:USS Arlington AGMR-2.jpg{{!}}USS Arlington (AGMR-2), 1967. | | + | |
| ? | File:Cadets touring Saipan 1956 A.JPG{{!}}Cadets touring USS Saipan, docked in Pensacola, Florida, 1956 | | + | |
| ? | File:USS Saipan Cadets tour 1956 B Pensacola.JPG{{!}}USS Saipan (CVL-48), 1956 | | + | |
| ? | File:USS Saipan 1956.jpg{{!}}Aviation Officer Candidate in pre-flight training aboard ship, 1956 | | + | |
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