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ARA Independencia (V-1)
Colossus ligh class aircraft carrier of the Argentina Navy

History and current status
ARA Independencia (V-1)
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Argentina Aircraft Carrier
Name:ARA Independencia (V-1)
Class:Colossus class
Ordered:
Builder: Harland and Wolff
Laid down: 12 December 1942
Launched: 20 May 1944
Commissioned: 2 April 1945
Commissioned: 2 April 1945
Commissioned into the Argentina Navy:  8 July 1959
Decommissioned: 1970
Complement: 1,075 to 1,300
Homeport:
Displacement: 18,300 tons
(later 18,400 tons)
Length:  695 feet (212 m)
Beam: 80 feet (24 m)
Draft: 23 feet (7.0 m)
Propulsion: Four boiler, twin screw steam turbine. 40,000 Horsepower (30 MW)
 
Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h)
Range: 12,000 nautical miles at 14 knots
Armament: 6 × quad QF 2 pounder naval guns AA
32 × 20 mm anti-aircraft cannon
Camouflage:
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Fate: Sold for scrap in 1971
Sources for this site:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARA_Independencia_
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_carrier
Navy site:
http://www.ara.mil.ar/home.asp
Home site:
 
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She was launched on 20 May 1944,completed on 24 January 1946 and was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy and commissioned as HMCS Warrior

23 March 1948 HMCS Warrior returned to the United Kingdom and was recommissioned as HMS Warrior (R31)

In 1958 she was sold to Argentina and renamed ARA Independencia (V-1). Argentine Naval Aviation began air operations from ARA Independencia in June 1959 even before the vessel was officially commissioned into the fleet.
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48 Aircraft carried

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members.lycos.co.uk/brisray/dad/dindep1.htm
 F9F Panther
F9F Cougar,
F4U Corsair,
SNJ-5Cs Texan,
Grumman S2F-1 (S-2A) Trackers
Armament:
6 × quad QF 2 pounder naval guns AA
32 × 20 mm anti-aircraft cannon
Sensors and processing systems:
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Electronic warfare and decoys:
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