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James Renner

Hometown:  Sag Harbor, NY

Branch of Service:  NAVY

Rank:  Machinist Mate 2nd Class

Years of Service:  1954 to 1958

Home Port:  Quonset Pt RI

Highlights

19 years old when he joined, Mr. Renner attended boot camp at Great Lakes Naval Training Center where he was on the basketball team.  He was assigned to the USS Tarawa while it was still in drydock in Boston MA and was on board for its shakedown cruise to Guantanamo Bay (GITMO) Cuba in 1955.

Duty Station

USS Tarawa CV-40

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USS TARAWA

Public Service

Proud Member of

Sag Harbor American Legion Post 388

Namesake: Battle of Tarawa, 1943

Builder: Norfolk Naval Shipyard

Laid down: 1 March 1944

Launched: 12 May 1945

Commissioned: 8 December 1945

Decommissioned: 13 May 1960

Struck: 1 June 1967

Fate: Sold 3 October 1968 and scrapped at Baltimore

General characteristics

Class and type: Essex-class aircraft carrier

Displacement: As built:

27,100 tons standard

Length: As built:

888 feet (271 m) overall

Beam: As built:

93 feet (28 m) waterline

Draft: As built:

28 feet 7 inches (8.71 m) light

Propulsion: As designed:

8 × boilers

4 × Westinghouse geared steam turbines

4 × shafts

150,000 shp (110 MW)

Speed: 33 knots (61 km/h)

Complement: 3448 officers and enlisted

Armament: As built:

4 × twin 5 inch (127 mm)/38 caliber guns

4 × single 5 inch (127 mm)/38 caliber guns

8 × quadruple Bofors 40 mm guns

46 × single Oerlikon 20 mm cannons

Armor: As built:

4 inch (100 mm) belt

2.5 inch (60 mm) hangar deck

1.5 inch (40 mm) protectice decks

1.5 inch (40 mm) conning tower

Aircraft carried: As built:

90–100 aircraft

USS Tarawa