Had heard that she was one of the better carriers to serve with. Since she had no fuel tanks, the space was replaced with Water Tanks. So the famous "Navy Shower" was longer than on other ships. A nice feature.
Also, during her shakedown, they really didn't know how fast she was. Knew it was over 30 knots but not sure the details. So they opened the throttle, so to speak, and she took off. Went so fast that she left everybody behind the escorts just saw her go over the horizon, way faster than they could.
Not sure of the accuracy of the stories, but they are good sea stories, none the less.