During this conversion, she suffered an explosion on October 16, which killed 37 men and injured many others. Following this deployment, Leyte returned to the Mediterranean and was reclassified in October 1952 as an attack-aircraft carrier CVA-32, then was reclassified in August 1953 as an anti-submarine warfare support aircraft carrier, CVS-32. Hudner made a valiant attempt to save Brown's life and received the Medal of Honor for his actions. Brown, the first African-American to complete the Navy's basic flight-training program for pilot qualification and to be designated as a naval aviator, was shot down beyond Chosin. During the Korean War, Leyte served with Commander, Seventh Fleet, where her aircraft struck North Korean targets. support to the Greek, Turkish, and Lebanese governments against communism. Commissioned on April 11, 1946, and deployed to the Mediterranean for the next few years, she was utilized as a sign of U.S.
She was originally named Crown Point but was renamed Leyte in honor of the Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944.
The Ticonderoga class, also known as the Essex "long hull" class, aircraft carrier, USS Leyte (CV-32), was built at Newport News, Virginia.
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