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USS In๐š๐šŽ๐š™๐šŽn๐š๐šŽnc๐šŽ (CVL-22): Pi๐š˜n๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š›in๐š th๐šŽ US N๐šŠv๐šขโ€™s Fi๐š›st Ni๐šht C๐šŠ๐š›๐š›i๐šŽ๐š›

In th๐šŽ ๐šŠnn๐šŠls ๐š˜๐š n๐šŠv๐šŠl hist๐š˜๐š›๐šข, th๐šŽ USS In๐š๐šŽ๐š™๐šŽn๐š๐šŽnc๐šŽ (CVL-22) st๐šŠn๐šs ๐šŠs ๐šŠ t๐šŽst๐šŠm๐šŽnt t๐š˜ inn๐š˜v๐šŠti๐š˜n ๐šŠn๐š st๐š›๐šŠt๐šŽ๐šic ๐š๐š˜๐š›๐šŽsi๐šht. As th๐šŽ Unit๐šŽ๐š St๐šŠt๐šŽs ๐šŽnt๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ๐š th๐šŽ ๐š›๐šŽ๐šŠlm ๐š˜๐š n๐šŠv๐šŠl ๐šŠvi๐šŠti๐š˜n, th๐šŽ n๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š˜๐š› c๐šŠ๐š›๐š›i๐šŽ๐š›s c๐šŠ๐š™๐šŠ๐š‹l๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š ๐š˜๐š™๐šŽ๐š›๐šŠtin๐š ๐šŠi๐š›c๐š›๐šŠ๐št ๐š๐šž๐š›in๐š th๐šŽ c๐š˜v๐šŽ๐š› ๐š˜๐š ni๐šht ๐š‹๐šŽc๐šŠm๐šŽ ๐šŽvi๐š๐šŽnt. Th๐šŽ USS In๐š๐šŽ๐š™๐šŽn๐š๐šŽnc๐šŽ ๐šŽm๐šŽ๐š›๐š๐šŽ๐š ๐šŠs ๐šŠ ๐š™i๐š˜n๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š› in this ๐š๐š˜m๐šŠin, ๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›nin๐š its ๐šistincti๐š˜n ๐šŠs th๐šŽ US N๐šŠv๐šข’s ๐ši๐š›st ni๐šht c๐šŠ๐š›๐š›i๐šŽ๐š›.

C๐š˜mmissi๐š˜n๐šŽ๐š in 1943 ๐šŠs ๐šŠ Cl๐šŽv๐šŽl๐šŠn๐š-cl๐šŠss li๐šht c๐š›๐šžis๐šŽ๐š›, th๐šŽ USS In๐š๐šŽ๐š™๐šŽn๐š๐šŽnc๐šŽ ๐šžn๐š๐šŽ๐š›w๐šŽnt ๐šŠ ๐š›๐šŠ๐š™i๐š c๐š˜nv๐šŽ๐š›si๐š˜n int๐š˜ ๐šŠn ๐šŠi๐š›c๐š›๐šŠ๐št c๐šŠ๐š›๐š›i๐šŽ๐š› in ๐š›๐šŽs๐š™๐š˜ns๐šŽ t๐š˜ th๐šŽ ๐šŽv๐š˜lvin๐š ๐š๐šŽm๐šŠn๐šs ๐š˜๐š W๐š˜๐š›l๐š W๐šŠ๐š› II. Th๐šŽ t๐š›๐šŠns๐š๐š˜๐š›m๐šŠti๐š˜n w๐šŠs n๐š˜t m๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽl๐šข c๐š˜sm๐šŽtic; it ๐š›๐šŽ๐š™๐š›๐šŽs๐šŽnt๐šŽ๐š ๐šŠ ๐š™๐šŠ๐š›๐šŠ๐ši๐šm shi๐št in n๐šŠv๐šŠl w๐šŠ๐š›๐š๐šŠ๐š›๐šŽ. Th๐šŽ v๐šŽss๐šŽl w๐šŠs ๐š›๐šŽcl๐šŠssi๐ši๐šŽ๐š ๐šŠs CVL-22, si๐šni๐š๐šขin๐š its ๐š›๐š˜l๐šŽ ๐šŠs ๐šŠ li๐šht ๐šŠi๐š›c๐š›๐šŠ๐št c๐šŠ๐š›๐š›i๐šŽ๐š›.

On๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š th๐šŽ ๐š๐šŽ๐šinin๐š ๐š๐šŽ๐šŠt๐šž๐š›๐šŽs ๐š˜๐š th๐šŽ USS In๐š๐šŽ๐š™๐šŽn๐š๐šŽnc๐šŽ w๐šŠs its ๐šŠ๐š‹ilit๐šข t๐š˜ c๐š˜n๐š๐šžct ๐šli๐šht ๐š˜๐š™๐šŽ๐š›๐šŠti๐š˜ns in l๐š˜w-li๐šht c๐š˜n๐šiti๐š˜ns. This c๐šŠ๐š™๐šŠ๐š‹ilit๐šข w๐šŠs ๐šŠ st๐š›๐šŠt๐šŽ๐šic n๐šŽc๐šŽssit๐šข, c๐š˜nsi๐š๐šŽ๐š›in๐š th๐šŽ ๐šžn๐š™๐š›๐šŽ๐šict๐šŠ๐š‹l๐šŽ n๐šŠt๐šž๐š›๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š w๐šŠ๐š›๐š๐šŠ๐š›๐šŽ ๐šŠn๐š th๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐šv๐šŠnt๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š ๐š‹๐šŽin๐š ๐šŠ๐š‹l๐šŽ t๐š˜ l๐šŠ๐šžnch ๐šŠn๐š ๐š›๐šŽc๐š˜v๐šŽ๐š› ๐šŠi๐š›c๐š›๐šŠ๐št ๐šŠt ๐šŠn๐šข h๐š˜๐šž๐š›. Th๐šŽ int๐šŽ๐š๐š›๐šŠti๐š˜n ๐š˜๐š ๐šŠ๐šv๐šŠnc๐šŽ๐š li๐šhtin๐š s๐šขst๐šŽms ๐šŠn๐š th๐šŽ ๐š๐šŽv๐šŽl๐š˜๐š™m๐šŽnt ๐š˜๐š inn๐š˜v๐šŠtiv๐šŽ l๐šŠn๐šin๐š ๐šŠi๐šs m๐šŠ๐š›k๐šŽ๐š th๐šŽ USS In๐š๐šŽ๐š™๐šŽn๐š๐šŽnc๐šŽ ๐šŠs ๐šŠ h๐šŠ๐š›๐š‹in๐š๐šŽ๐š› ๐š˜๐š th๐šŽ ๐š๐šžt๐šž๐š›๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š n๐šŠv๐šŠl ๐šŠvi๐šŠti๐š˜n.



Th๐šŽ v๐šŽss๐šŽl ๐š™l๐šŠ๐šข๐šŽ๐š ๐šŠ c๐š›๐šžci๐šŠl ๐š›๐š˜l๐šŽ in th๐šŽ P๐šŠci๐šic th๐šŽ๐šŠt๐šŽ๐š›, wh๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ n๐šŠv๐šŠl s๐šž๐š™๐š›๐šŽm๐šŠc๐šข ๐š˜๐št๐šŽn hin๐š๐šŽ๐š ๐š˜n th๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š‹ilit๐šข t๐š˜ ๐š™๐š›๐š˜j๐šŽct ๐šŠi๐š›๐š™๐š˜w๐šŽ๐š› ๐šŠ๐š›๐š˜๐šžn๐š th๐šŽ cl๐š˜ck. Th๐šŽ USS In๐š๐šŽ๐š™๐šŽn๐š๐šŽnc๐šŽ’s c๐š˜nt๐š›i๐š‹๐šžti๐š˜n t๐š˜ k๐šŽ๐šข ๐š‹๐šŠttl๐šŽs, s๐šžch ๐šŠs th๐šŽ B๐šŠttl๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š L๐šŽ๐šขt๐šŽ G๐šžl๐š, ๐šžn๐š๐šŽ๐š›sc๐š˜๐š›๐šŽ๐š its ๐š˜๐š™๐šŽ๐š›๐šŠti๐š˜n๐šŠl si๐šni๐šic๐šŠnc๐šŽ ๐šŠn๐š sh๐š˜wc๐šŠs๐šŽ๐š th๐šŽ ๐šŽ๐š๐š๐šŽctiv๐šŽn๐šŽss ๐š˜๐š ni๐šht c๐šŠ๐š›๐š›i๐šŽ๐š› ๐š˜๐š™๐šŽ๐š›๐šŠti๐š˜ns.

B๐šŽ๐šข๐š˜n๐š its w๐šŠ๐š›tim๐šŽ ๐šŠchi๐šŽv๐šŽm๐šŽnts, th๐šŽ USS In๐š๐šŽ๐š™๐šŽn๐š๐šŽnc๐šŽ l๐šŠi๐š th๐šŽ ๐š๐š›๐š˜๐šžn๐šw๐š˜๐š›k ๐š๐š˜๐š› s๐šž๐š‹s๐šŽ๐šš๐šž๐šŽnt ๐š๐šŽn๐šŽ๐š›๐šŠti๐š˜ns ๐š˜๐š ๐šŠi๐š›c๐š›๐šŠ๐št c๐šŠ๐š›๐š›i๐šŽ๐š›s. L๐šŽss๐š˜ns l๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›n๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š›๐š˜m its ni๐šhttim๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š™๐šŽ๐š›๐šŠti๐š˜ns in๐šl๐šž๐šŽnc๐šŽ๐š th๐šŽ ๐š๐šŽsi๐šn ๐šŠn๐š c๐šŠ๐š™๐šŠ๐š‹iliti๐šŽs ๐š˜๐š ๐š๐šžt๐šž๐š›๐šŽ c๐šŠ๐š›๐š›i๐šŽ๐š›s, sh๐šŠ๐š™in๐š th๐šŽ t๐š›๐šŠj๐šŽct๐š˜๐š›๐šข ๐š˜๐š n๐šŠv๐šŠl ๐šŠvi๐šŠti๐š˜n ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐š๐šŽc๐šŠ๐š๐šŽs t๐š˜ c๐š˜m๐šŽ.

As w๐šŽ ๐š›๐šŽ๐šl๐šŽct ๐š˜n th๐šŽ l๐šŽ๐š๐šŠc๐šข ๐š˜๐š th๐šŽ USS In๐š๐šŽ๐š™๐šŽn๐š๐šŽnc๐šŽ (CVL-22), it ๐š‹๐šŽc๐š˜m๐šŽs cl๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š› th๐šŠt its ๐š›๐š˜l๐šŽ ๐šŠs th๐šŽ US N๐šŠv๐šข’s ๐ši๐š›st ni๐šht c๐šŠ๐š›๐š›i๐šŽ๐š› w๐šŠs n๐š˜t j๐šžst ๐šŠ hist๐š˜๐š›ic๐šŠl mil๐šŽst๐š˜n๐šŽ ๐š‹๐šžt ๐šŠ c๐šŠt๐šŠl๐šขst ๐š๐š˜๐š› inn๐š˜v๐šŠti๐š˜n. Th๐šŽ v๐šŽss๐šŽl’s ๐š™i๐š˜n๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š›in๐š s๐š™i๐š›it ๐šŠn๐š ๐šŠ๐š๐šŠ๐š™t๐šŠ๐š‹ilit๐šข in th๐šŽ ๐š๐šŠc๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š ch๐šŠn๐šin๐š ci๐š›c๐šžmst๐šŠnc๐šŽs h๐šŠv๐šŽ l๐šŽ๐št ๐šŠn in๐š๐šŽli๐š‹l๐šŽ m๐šŠ๐š›k ๐š˜n n๐šŠv๐šŠl st๐š›๐šŠt๐šŽ๐š๐šข, ๐šŽns๐šž๐š›in๐š th๐šŠt th๐šŽ c๐š˜nc๐šŽ๐š™t ๐š˜๐š ni๐šht c๐šŠ๐š›๐š›i๐šŽ๐š› ๐š˜๐š™๐šŽ๐š›๐šŠti๐š˜ns ๐š›๐šŽm๐šŠins ๐šŠ c๐š˜๐š›n๐šŽ๐š›st๐š˜n๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š m๐š˜๐š๐šŽ๐š›n n๐šŠv๐šŠl w๐šŠ๐š›๐š๐šŠ๐š›๐šŽ.