Midway Class Naming History      
           
1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947  
           
Midway Design Approved - 3/21/42            
Battle of Coral Sea - 5/8/42            
Battle of Midway - 6/7/42            
Midway Class Carrier Program Approved - 10/8/42            
CV-41,42,43,44,56,57            
CV-41 & CV-42 Approved for Construction - 12/29/42            
CV-44 - Cancelled 1/11/43            
CV-43 Approved for Construction - 5/26/43            
CVB-41, CVB-42, CVB-43, CVB-56, CVB-57 - Redesignated 7/15/43          
CVE-63 - Renamed USS Midway(ex-Chapin Bay) 4/3/43            
CVE-63 - Renamed USS St. Lo 9/15/44            
CVE-57 - Renamed USS Coral Sea(ex-Alikula Bay) 4/3/43          
CVE-57 - Renamed USS Anzio 9/15/44            
Battle of Philippine Sea - 6/19/44            
Battle of Leyte Gulf - 10/26/44            
CVB-56 - Cancelled 3/28/45            
CVB-57 - Cancelled 3/28/45            
CV-47 - Renamed USS Philippine Sea(ex-Wright) 2/12/45          
CV-47 - Launched 9/5/45            
CV-32 - Renamed USS Leyte(ex-Crown Point) 5/8/45            
CV-32 - Launched 8/23/45            
CVB-41 - Laid Down 10/27/43            
CVB-41 NAME - 9/15/44            
CVB-41 - Launched 3/20/45            
CVB-41 - Commissioned 9/10/45            
CVB-42 - Laid Down 12/1/43            
FDR Dies - 4/12/45            
CVB-42 NAME - 9/15/44            
CVB-42 - Launched 4/29/45            
CVB-42 - Renamed USS Franklin D. Roosevel(ex-Coral Sea) 5/8/45          
V-E Day - 5/8/45            
V-J Day - 8/15/45            
CVB-42 - Commissioned 10/27/45            
CVB-43 NAME - 5/8/45 ?       ? ?    
CVB-43 - Laid Down 7/10/44       LEYTE    
CVB-43 - Launched 4/2/46       2/12/1945    
CVB-43 - Commissioned 10/1/47