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Light Carrier (CVL)

Saipan-class

2 Ships Built
1946–1947 Commissioned
18,000 t Displacement
683 ft Length
~1,821 Crew

The last purpose-built light carriers in US Navy history. Though completed too late for World War II, Saipan and Wright served into the jet age before conversion to command ships — Wright ultimately becoming the National Emergency Command Post Afloat for the President and Joint Chiefs.