Post by waratseanut on Feb 20, 2021 17:25:36 GMT
I recently made myself a custom card for the Bennington. Here it is:
USS Bennington (CV-20)
Ship-Fleet Carrier 1944
Statistics:
Commissioned: 6 Aug. 1944
Decommissioned: 15 Jan. 1970
Displacement: 27, 500 t/s
Length (OA): 820 ft.
Beam: 93 ft.
Speed: 33 kts
Aircraft Capacity: 90-100
Armament: 12 (4 x 2, 4 x 1) 5 in/38,
32 (8 x 4) 40mm AA, 46 x 20mm AA
History:
USS Bennington was the 11th Essex-class CV built. She
arrived in the Pacific in time to participate in following
Ops: Iwo Jima, Okinawa and strikes on the Japanese
home islands, notably, Kyushu and Tokyo. In April 1945,
her aircraft contributed to the sinking of IJN super-BB
Yamato. She was decommissioned after the war but
back in service in 1952 following modernization. She
went on the serve 3 tours off Vietnam. Bennington
earned 3 battle stars for WWII service and 5 for
Vietnam.
USS Bennington (CV-20)
Ship—Essex-class CV 28 pts.
SPEED—2 (Base 4) 1944
Attacks: 0 1 2 3
MG: 6 6 5
AA: 8
A: 4 VA: 11 HP: 4
Torpedo Defense 1: Each torpedo hit rolled
against this unit deals 1 less pt. of hull damage.
Airfield Strike: Once/game, you can deploy a
Fighter to your opponent’s land airbase during
the Air Mission phase. That Fighter can make
an AA attack against one enemy Aircraft
deployed at the airbase or rearming this turn.
Expert Torpedoes: Once/turn, you may chose
a friendly TB. That TB rolls 1x attack die when
making Torpedo attacks this turn.
USS Bennington (CV-20)
Ship-Fleet Carrier 1944
Statistics:
Commissioned: 6 Aug. 1944
Decommissioned: 15 Jan. 1970
Displacement: 27, 500 t/s
Length (OA): 820 ft.
Beam: 93 ft.
Speed: 33 kts
Aircraft Capacity: 90-100
Armament: 12 (4 x 2, 4 x 1) 5 in/38,
32 (8 x 4) 40mm AA, 46 x 20mm AA
History:
USS Bennington was the 11th Essex-class CV built. She
arrived in the Pacific in time to participate in following
Ops: Iwo Jima, Okinawa and strikes on the Japanese
home islands, notably, Kyushu and Tokyo. In April 1945,
her aircraft contributed to the sinking of IJN super-BB
Yamato. She was decommissioned after the war but
back in service in 1952 following modernization. She
went on the serve 3 tours off Vietnam. Bennington
earned 3 battle stars for WWII service and 5 for
Vietnam.
USS Bennington (CV-20)
Ship—Essex-class CV 28 pts.
SPEED—2 (Base 4) 1944
Attacks: 0 1 2 3
MG: 6 6 5
AA: 8
A: 4 VA: 11 HP: 4
Torpedo Defense 1: Each torpedo hit rolled
against this unit deals 1 less pt. of hull damage.
Airfield Strike: Once/game, you can deploy a
Fighter to your opponent’s land airbase during
the Air Mission phase. That Fighter can make
an AA attack against one enemy Aircraft
deployed at the airbase or rearming this turn.
Expert Torpedoes: Once/turn, you may chose
a friendly TB. That TB rolls 1x attack die when
making Torpedo attacks this turn.
