USS Bennington (CV-20)/Definition

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USS Bennington (CV-20) [r]: Originally commissioned to Essex-class aircraft carrier in August 1944; recommissioned as CVA-20 in November 1952; major explosion of her hydraulic carrier in 1954, prompting conversion to steam catapults