USS Cabot (CVL-28/AVT-3) was an Independence-class light aircraft carrier in the United States Navy, the second ship to carry the name, after the explorer John Cabot. Cabot was commissioned in 1943 and served until 1947. She was recommissioned as a training carrier from 1948 to 1955. From 1967 to 1989, she served in Spain as Dédalo. After attempts to preserve her failed, she was scrapped in 2002.
USS Cabot (July 1945)
Cabot as a training carrier in 1949.
Spanish Navy AV-8S Matador flies over the aircraft carrier Dédalo in 1988
Cabot in New Orleans in 1995.
Independence-class aircraft carrier
The Independence-class aircraft carriers were a class of light carriers built for the United States Navy that served during World War II.
USS San Jacinto on a training cruise off the east coast in 1944
USS Princeton
USS Belleau Wood
USS Cowpens