1952 USS Bennington CVA-20 US Navy Patch Vintage Korean War

USS BENNINGTON was the 12th ESSEX - class aircraft carrier and the second ship in the Navy to bear the name. Redesignated as CVA 20 on October 1, 1952, and CVS 20 on June 30, 1959, the BENNINGTON was decommissioned on January 15, 1970. Stricken from the Navy list on September 20, 1989, the carrier was sold for scrapping on January 12, 1994.