USS Bataan

Two ships of the United States Navy have been named Bataan, after the Bataan Peninsula, the scene of the Battle of Bataan in 1942 in the Philippines.

USS Bataan (CVL-29), was a light aircraft carrier that served in both World War II and the Korean War.
USS Bataan (LHD-5), is an amphibious assault ship commissioned in 1997 and currently on active service.

See also

HMAS Bataan (I91) - Australian destroyer named to commemorate the same action

Sources

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

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