USS Long Island (CVE-1)

USS Long Island
History
United States
Name	Long Island
Namesake	Long Island, New York
Builder	Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.
Laid down	7 July 1939
Launched	11 January 1940
Commissioned	2 June 1941
Decommissioned	26 March 1946
Stricken	12 April 1946
Fate	Converted to merchant ship, scrapped in Belgium in 1977
General characteristics
Class and type	Long Island-class escort carrier
Displacement	13,499 long tons (13,716 t)
Length	492 ft (150 m)
Beam	69 ft 6 in (21.18 m)
Draft	25 ft 8 in (7.82 m)
Installed power	8,500 hp (6,300 kW)
Propulsion	diesel, 1 shaft (details)
Speed	16.5 kn (19.0 mph; 30.6 km/h)
Complement	970 officers and enlisted
Armament	1 × 5 in (130 mm)/51 cal gun[1] 2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal guns
Aircraft carried	30

USS Long Island (CVE-1) (originally AVG-1 and then ACV-1) was lead ship of her class and the first escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was also the second ship to be named after Long Island, New York.