Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Bataan, after the Bataan Peninsula, the scene of doomed American resistance in April 1942. The first Bataan (CVL-29) was a light aircraft carrier that served in both World War II and the Korean War. the second Bataan (LHD-5) is an amphibious assault ship commissioned in 1997 and on active service as of 2003. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.