Light aircraft carrier USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) launched – 6 December 1942

USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24), an 11,000-ton Independence class small aircraft carrier, was built at Camden, New Jersey. Begun as the light cruiser New Haven (CL-76), she was converted to a carrier before launching and was commissioned in March 1943. Her original carrier hull number was CV-24, which was changed to CVL-24 in July 1943. Belleau Wood was active in the Pacific Theater of World War II.

Source: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-b/cvl24.htm

This video is part from “The United Newsreel” (1942 – 1946).