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.
Ship Roster — Saipan-class
2 vessels

