USS Saidor (CVE-117)

USS *Saidor*
Ship data
flag	United States
Ship type	Escort aircraft carrier
class	Commencement Bay class
Shipyard	Todd Pacific Shipyards , Seattle
Launch	March 17, 1945
Commissioning	September 4, 1945
Whereabouts	1971 sold and scrapped
Ship dimensions and crew
length	176.04 m ( Lüa )
width	32.05 m
Draft	Max. 9.35 m
displacement	Standard : 10,900 ts; Maximum: 24,100 t.ln.
crew	1,066 men
Machine system
machine	2 steam turbines
Machine ; performance	16,000 PS (11,768 kW)
Top ; speed	19 kn (35 km / h)
Armament
	2 × 12.7 cm L / 38 multipurpose gun; 36 × 4.0 cm L / 60 Bofors flak ; 20 × 2.0 cm Oerlikon flak;

The USS Saidor (CVE-117) , was an American escort carrier of Commencement Bay class . The Saidor was based on the design of a large tanker, but was designed from the start as a escort aircraft carrier.

Since the series was designed shortly before the end of the war, the ship was no longer used in World War II .

After the war, the Saidor was still used as a photo reconnaissance aircraft during the nuclear tests as part of Operation Crossroads , but was transferred to the reserve as early as 1947 .

In 1970 it was finally deleted from the inventory and later scrapped.

Literature (selection)

Alexander Lüdeke: Weapons Technology in the Second World War . Parragon, ISBN 978-1-4454-4178-8 ,