USS Lake Champlain CVA-39 somewhere in the Mediterranean in the 1950s. She was redesignated
as a anti-submarine carrier CVS-39 in August of 1957. She never received an angled deck and was
the last axial deck Essex class carrier in US service. Decommissioned to the reserve fleet in 1966
she was stricken for disposal 01 Dec 1969 and sold for scrap. She was dismantled at Kearny, NJ in
1972. The heavy cruiser in the upper left is the USS Newport News CA-148. The link below will take
you to a site called "The Buffalo Shipping Page" which has a link to the USS Lake Champlain's home
page.

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Link to USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN CVA-39 Home Page

US Navy Photograph
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USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN and USS NEWPORT NEWS