In an innovative twist of fate, the decommissioned USS Valley Forge, an Essex-class aircraft carrier with a storied military history, was transformed into the fictional space freighter Valley Forge for the 1971 film "Silent Running."
Despite the important role that these 'baby' escort aircraft carriers played in World War II, sadly not a single one of the 122 Allied CVEs survives today.
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