USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) - Knowledge (XXG)

2285: 738: 1119: 573: 44: 1816: 1365: 2171: 1961: 66: 3519: 2268:, the repatriation of thousands of American servicemen after the end of the war. Her crew installed some 600 additional bunks in the hangar to accommodate additional passengers. On her first mission, she took on 1,248 men from the Army and Navy, departing on 1 November and arriving in San Francisco five days later. She made two further Magic Carpet trips, the first to Guam from 11 November to 10 December and carrying 2,053 men home, and the second from 18 December to 31 January 1946, also to Guam. The ship was thereafter placed in 1485: 1719: 3603: 180: 3648: 1477:, but reports of a Japanese fleet approaching the American invasion fleet in the Marianas led TG 58.1 to cancel a larger raid on the island planned for that afternoon and steam south at high speed to rendezvous with the rest of the fast carrier task force. The American fleet assembled on 18 June at a position about 150 869:. She sailed back to the United States in early July, arriving in Philadelphia on 3 July. There, she underwent repairs and modifications to correct issues identified during the shakedown; on 15 July, she also received a new hull number: CVL-24. On 21 July, she departed for the Pacific Ocean, passing through the 1549:

s fighters shot down a G4M bomber. The carriers also reorganized their air groups, as many planes had landed on other carriers in the confused night landing the previous evening. The ships of TG 58.1 detached from the main fleet and steamed north to resume their attacks on the Bonin Islands that

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s TBFs claimed to have made torpedo hits on one of the Japanese battleships. Later that evening, Halsey received reports of the aircraft carriers of the Northern Force, and the fast carrier task force steamed north to intercept them. The following morning, all four Japanese carriers were sunk in the

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The fleet conducted training operations off Pearl Harbor for the next five weeks, and the ships' crews replenished fuel and ammunition for the next major operation, which was codenamed Flintlock: the invasion of the Marshall Islands. The fleet left Pearl Harbor on 16 January 1944; for the operation,

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resumed air operations over Okinawa, both to defend the fleet and ground forces from Japanese air attack, and to degrade Japanese airfields on nearby islands. Over the course of the following three weeks, the ship's fighters destroyed fourteen Japanese aircraft. She thereafter withdrew to Ulithi to

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for maintenance, before departing on the 15th for Eniwetok to take on a load of supplies to bring back to Japan. She arrived off Japan on 7 October, and proceeded to Tokyo Bay, which she reached five days later. After embarking several hundred men, she departed again on 20 October, this time bound

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the following day. Along with repair work, the ship was overhauled and additional 40 mm Bofors guns were installed. The work was completed by mid-January 1945, and she thereafter got underway to rejoin the fleet. She reached Ulithi on 7 February, where she joined TG 58.1, which included

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instead sent some of her fighters to sweep Guam again, where they shot down another ten Zero fighters that had been based on the island. The lopsided American victory, which saw some 300 Japanese aircraft destroyed, was dubbed the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot". That evening, the Japanese carriers

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at 14:27 and slamming into her flight deck. The Zero landed in the middle of eleven loaded F6F fighters and started a series of explosions and serious fires. The damage control teams worked for three hours to suppress the blaze. The attack killed 92 and wounded another 97, and damaged the flight

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carried out a series of raids against Japanese infrastructure on the island, claiming to have destroyed five aircraft in strikes on airfields. Her fighters on CAP also shot down three Zeros, a Ki-43 fighter, and five G4M bombers that attempted to hit the carriers on 13 October. Later that day,

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to the marines fighting their way across the island. On 6 April, a Zero fighter attempted to crash into the ship, but her antiaircraft guns shot it down before it could collide with the ship. The shock wave from the underwater explosion of the sinking Zero threw one man overboard, who was not

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once again provided the task group's fighter defense while the rest of the carriers raided Iwo Jima and inflicted heavy damage on the Japanese aircraft on the island. TG 58.1 then departed for the Marshalls to replenish and refuel, and they arrived in Eniwetok on 27 June. The same day,

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s fighters once again provided CAP defense, and her TBFs were used to carry out rocket attacks on Japanese installations on Okinawa on 1 March. The fleet then sailed south to replenish stores and ammunition at Ulithi to prepare for the next phase of the campaign.

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the next day, and the work was carried out over the following week. She conducted a short training period in Hawaiian waters before departing for the fleet anchorage in the Marshalls on 22 July. She reached Eniwetok on 30 July and joined TG 58.4 on 2 August.

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s aircraft also launched a series of rocket attacks on Japanese installations and coastal shipping in the area. The next day, her fighters destroyed another Ki-43 and a P1Y. TG 38.1 then sailed south to provide cover for the landings on Morotai, where

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The American fleet continued its pursuit of the retreating Japanese on 21 June, but the latter had too far of a head start, and the Americans soon broke off the chase to return to the invasion beaches. While the fleet steamed to the Marianas, one of

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The task group then returned to Majuro for another period of maintenance and resupply, which lasted for about a week. The ships sortied again on 13 April to return to operations in support of the ground troops fighting in Hollandia in New Guinea.

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fighters were lost during the raids, one of which was shot down by Japanese anti-aircraft guns, and the other crashed on attempting to land. Four deck crewmen were killed in the accident. The ships then returned to Pearl Harbor on 11 October.

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and the other carriers launched another series of raids then and on 30 July. The ships then withdrew to refuel again, and coupled with another typhoon, the carriers were not back on station again to resume air attacks until 9 August.

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cruised for the next week in Japanese waters, waiting on instructions for the final Japanese surrender. From 22 August to 10 September, the ship's aircraft patrolled over Japan, searching for downed aircrew and dropping supplies to

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s fighters destroyed five G4M bombers and a Ki-45 fighter on the ground. The landing was carried out between 15 and 17 September, but the carriers saw no further significant combat during that period, and on the 18th,

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attacks on the fleet, so the fast carrier task force sailed north to launch another major raid on the Tokyo area. They were again blocked by bad weather on 25 February, and they instead diverted to raid Okinawa.

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provided air defense over Iwo Jima for the following five days to prevent Japanese aircraft from supporting the garrison as US marines fought for control of the island. Her aircraft also raided the airfield at

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launched their CAP fighters to defend the task group, but none of the fourteen Japanese attack groups approached TG 58.1. Those groups were all disrupted by fighters from the other American task groups.

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again sent her CAP fighters aloft that morning, but the fleet's search planes did not locate the retreating Japanese until late in the day. The American carriers nevertheless launched a major strike, and

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s fighters conducted sweeps over the Ryukyus to catch any Japanese aircraft that may be in the area. On 29 March, she contributed her aircraft to a major raid on Kyushu airfields in concert with

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reconnaissance plane that approached the fleet. Poor weather forced the remaining planned attacks to be canceled, and the fast carrier task force instead sailed south to provide cover for the

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slipped past the CAP defense by flying at an altitude of around 18,000 ft (5,500 m). Three of the planes were shot down by the fleet's antiaircraft fire, but one crashed into

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The ships of TG 38.4 refueled on 26 October and then returned to direct support of the soldiers fighting on Leyte for the next four days. The carriers also struck airfields around

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s F6F fighters crashed on landing, killing three men, including the assistant air operations commander. On 7 August, the carriers began attacking targets in the Palaus, and several of

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fighter and a G4M bomber, though one of her TBFs was shot down by antiaircraft fire. By early June, the onset of typhoon season forced the carriers to halt flight operations, though

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In response to the American invasion of the Philippines, the Japanese sent four major fleet units to attack the invasion fleet in a synchronized action. The ensuing action, the

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The American command hoped that raiding airfields in the Bonins would catch Japanese planes being ferried to reinforce the Marshalls. On 15 June, the American carriers struck

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torpedo bomber. Following another series of attacks the next day, the task group withdrew to the east to refuel. The carriers sailed back west to attack Japanese positions on

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to refuel and replenish munitions and other supplies on 4 February. They then returned to Kwajalein to resume operations against the Japanese defenders. The bulk of the

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left the fleet to return to Pearl Harbor for modifications that included storage for rocket ammunition for her aircraft. She arrived in Hawaii on 2 July, entered the

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s F6Fs was also shot down in the engagement. With the initial round of strikes over, the carriers withdrew to refuel on 14 June and then sailed north to strike the

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resumed her previous activities, her fighters patrolling over Okinawa and attacking Japanese airfields in the region. During this period, her fighters shot down a

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in the southern Philippines, and the Bonin Islands again, to neutralize any aircraft that might attempt to interfere with the invasion of the Palau Islands and

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The ship's flight deck was 552 ft (168 m) long, and it was fitted with two elevators. She carried a total of thirty aircraft, divided into twelve

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would be completed. Therefore, they hoped that converting ships already being built would provide reinforcements for the fleet's carrier force. Ironically,

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claimed the destruction of twenty-one Japanese planes between them. The carriers then turned their attention to Okinawa itself from 23 to 28 March, and

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s fighters were shot down by anti-aircraft fire. The carriers then transitioned to providing direct support to the soldiers and marines fighting in the

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for permanent repairs. She passed through Pearl Harbor on the way, finally arriving on the West Coast on 29 November. There, she was dry docked at the

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and two other islands in the group, destroying dozens of Japanese aircraft and many coastal ships. The carriers then turned south, struck airfields on

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and into the island, starting a major fire. Damage-control parties put out the fire after 23 minutes, and no one was injured in the accident, and

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The carriers spent the next two weeks in the Philippines training and making repairs, before departing on 1 July to return to operations off Japan.

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s fighters again served in the CAP for the following three days and saw extensive combat. On 21 March alone, her aircraft and eight fighters from

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The ships lay at Ulithi for ten days, until 14 March, when they sortied to begin preparatory attacks for the last major invasion of the war: the

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at San Francisco. She underwent modifications through 1946 and into 1947 and was eventually decommissioned on 13 January 1947 and placed at the

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on 14 and 15 July. The carriers returned to attacking the Tokyo area two days later before breaking off to refuel at sea from 19 to 23 July.

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and two other carriers in what was now Task Group 38.1, which sortied on 29 August to begin raids on the Palaus. The following day, one of

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was able to launch one raid on 7 June. On 10 June, the fast carrier task force withdrew to the Philippines to avoid the severe weather.

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covered the rest of the carriers as usual. On 22 February, a pair of G4M bombers slipped through the CAP aircraft and attempted to bomb

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bombarded it. The ships departed for Kwajalein that day, arriving there on 4 May. Over the course of the preceding month's operations,

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refuel and rearm. She arrived there on 30 April, but arrived back on station off Okinawa by 12 May. There, she replaced the carrier

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had reached a critical stage by that point, and the French garrison soon surrendered on 7 May. The French carriers operated in the

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in the south Pacific, which they reached five days later. There, they joined an amphibious assault force that struck the island of

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was transferred to TG 38.4; she departed for Seeadler Harbor to refuel and rearm before joining her new unit, which included

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was primarily occupied with maintaining CAP defense for the fleet, but her air group launched two raids on the island. Two of her

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refueled at sea on 23 April, then returned to launch raids of her own on Sawar and Sarmi. Task Group 58.1 then got underway for

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on 28 July, arriving there on 9 August. The ship's crew spent the following two weeks preparing to join the operation to seize

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s aircraft next raided the naval base at Kur on 24 July, where they assisted in the sinking of the hybrid battleship-carrier

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during the Indochina War, and their aircraft were hampered by the long flight time to Dien Bien Phu in western Indochina.}

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once again provided air defense for the task group, and on the afternoon of 16 February, one of her fighters shot down a

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deck, which prevented further air operations. The ship detached from the fleet and sailed east to the Caroline Islands.

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on Chichi Jima to reduce Japanese counterattacks on the invasion force. The Japanese were mounting increasingly severe

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The American fleet then began operations to prepare for its next major amphibious assault in the central Pacific: the

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On 10 February, the ships of TG 58.1 sortied to carry out a series of strikes against Japanese positions in the

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s fighters claimed another eleven Japanese aircraft of various types. They also claimed a pair of cargo ships and an

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While stopped at Ulithi from 3 to 10 November, the ship's crew made some temporary repairs, before she departed for

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The fast carrier task force withdrew back to Majuro on 26 February for another period of replenishment and repairs.

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from Pearl Harbor on 25 August, bound for Baker Island, which they reached on 1 September. That day, fighters from

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s aircraft participated in a strike on airfields near Tokyo on 10 July, followed by attacks on various targes on

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and the rest of TG 58.1 then returned to Majuro to rejoin the rest of the fleet as it made preparations for

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also took on replacement aircraft after her losses in the campaign. Task Group 58.1, which by then included only

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did not contribute any aircraft to their destruction. Her TBFs did assist with the sinking of the light cruiser

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covered ground forces on the island as they constructed an airfield that would be used to support the impending

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was primarily occupied with maintaining the CAP for the rest of the task group, but she did launch one raid on

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provided the CAP that defended the task group on 4 December, while the other two carriers struck Kwajalein and

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contributed four TBF torpedo bombers and six F6F fighters to the force. The planes sank the Japanese carrier

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then returned to Pearl Harbor on 23 September to rearm and refuel, before sailing again to launch a raid on

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began withdrawing to the west, and on the morning of 20 June, the American carriers turned to pursue them.

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to disrupt forces that would interfere with the planned invasions of the Bonin and Ryukyu Islands in the

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arrived in southeast Asian waters on 30 April 1954, during the final stages of the Indochina War. The

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engaged a group of Japanese fighters that had attempted to intercept a strike of TBFs operated by the

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resumed flight operations the next day. That morning, the carriers sent a group of fighters to raid

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amounted to 10,662 long tons (10,833 t) and increased to 14,751 long tons (14,988 t) at

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in the area that day. While attempting to land that evening, one of her F6Fs crashed through the

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The ship spent the next month training off Pearl Harbor as the fleet readied for the invasion of

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suicide attacks in response to the worsening strategic situation; the first struck the carrier

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once again provided air cover to the rest of the carriers as they struck Japanese positions at

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in the area, before rejoining the rest of the fast carrier task force west of the Marianas.

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in 1943, showing the general arrangement of the ship's deck, island, and defensive armament

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was among those selected for conversion on 10 February. On 31 March, the ship was renamed

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went unopposed, permitting TG 58.1 to sail north to strike airfields in the western

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on 29 January to suppress Japanese air power in the area before the invasion. As before,

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had concluded that no new fleet carriers would enter service before 1944, when the first

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to interdict reinforcements being sent to the Philippines. The Japanese began the first

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The French Navy returned the ship to the United States in early September 1960 at the

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on 29 October, and another attack was carried out the next day. At around 14:00, five

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The ships of TG 38.4 turned south on 14 October to begin preparatory attacks on

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bombers flying from the Mariana Islands. She thereafter resumed strikes on Okinawa.

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formed the core of the French carrier fleet until the French-built carriers of the

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bomber and a Kawasaki Ki-45 fighter, though one of her F6Fs was shot down as well.

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to suppress Japanese air power in the area. The attacks began five days later, and

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provided the CAP defense; the same pattern was repeated the following day against

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recovered. The next day, the ship took part in the destruction of the battleship

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s fighters once again filled the CAP role. Her bombers attacked and sank a large

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side of the flight deck. Her crew numbered 1569 officers and enlisted men.

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and the other carriers launched a major attack on it, which resulted in the

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s anti-aircraft guns assisted with the destruction of four of the bombers.

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was transferred to Task Group 14.5, which included five other carriers.

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in the northern Philippines, before turning west to raid the island of

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to suppress Japanese air power in the region as other forces landed in

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as they made their way south to Leyte. In the course of these raids,

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joined a contingent of six ships to participate in an international

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provided air defense over the invasion fleet. She also provided

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Each boiler was vented through its own small 276:71 ft 6 in (21.79 m) (waterline) 2886:Belleau Wood(Aircraft carrier : CVL-24). 2123: 2024: 1908: 1894: 1829: 506: 3490: 3096: 727:20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon autocannon 643:of 71 ft 6 in (21.79 m) and a 377:20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon autocannon 8: 2767:. Washington D.C.: Navy Historical Division. 2308: 533: 2701:Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships 1344:s fighters swept the island while American 975:bomber that attempted to attack the fleet. 940:(CAP) intercepted and shot down a Japanese 786:CL-76. Starting in January 1942, President 647:of 24 ft 3 in (7.39 m). Her 505:. Shortly thereafter, she was damaged by a 465:after conversion work had begun, after the 268:622 feet 6 inches (189.74 m) 3497: 3483: 3475: 3464:List of cruisers of the United States Navy 3103: 3089: 3081: 487:in mid-1944. There, she saw action at the 2497: 2485: 1234:and their escorts, sailed on 7 March for 1149:, a major attack on the Japanese base in 1133:and the rest of her task group sailed to 818:on 6 December 1942, and after completing 744:off Philadelphia Navy Yard, 18 April 1943 2969:Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press, 1980. 2313:. The French, then at the height of the 30:For other ships with the same name, see 3004:Arrival in the French Indochina of the 2869:Marrickville, NSW: Topmill Pty., 1999. 2845:. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Books Ltd. 2467: 1878:, but was eventually driven off by the 1145:, sailed west on 12 February to launch 501:later that year, and saw action at the 2588: 2509: 2307:. During this period, she was renamed 2128:. The unit at that time also included 1886:providing local defense to the fleet. 1828:(right) burning after being struck by 1812:provided CAP over the invasion beach. 1766:, which lasted from 12 to 16 October, 814:class of light carriers, the ship was 782:, which was to be designated with the 544:. During this period, she was renamed 481:Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaigns 38: 3020:USS BELLEAU WOOD(CV-24)(later CVL-24) 2160:Japan campaign and the end of the war 1201:light bombers were also shot down by 983:on 29 September. For this operation, 957:Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign 914:Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign 908:Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign 896:. The ships then sailed together for 849:. On 8 June, she sailed to begin her 837:got underway for initial training in 521:. After the war, she participated in 483:in late 1943 and early 1944, and the 176: 62: 7: 3754:Cold War aircraft carriers of France 3729:Independence-class aircraft carriers 2807:. 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Two 772:New York Shipbuilding Corporation 698:(58.5 km/h; 36.4 mph). 101:New York Shipbuilding Corporation 3646: 3601: 3517: 2843:Kamikaze: To Die for the Emperor 2613:Hooper, Allard, & Fitzgerald 2601:Hooper, Allard, & Fitzgerald 1714:Philippines campaign (1944–1945) 1664:torpedo bomber on 12 September. 1108:, during which another three of 947:. Over the following two weeks, 754:Construction and initial service 525:missions before being placed in 178: 64: 42: 2255:. On 10 September, she entered 1408:, the latter being a sister to 873:on 26 July, before meeting her 802:, a major battle fought by the 540:in the 1950s and served in the 3322:Converted to aircraft carriers 2451:on 1 October, and was sold to 2004:s fighters on CAP shot down a 1656:, claiming a pair of Zeros, a 841:, before a brief stay at the 778:-class cruiser under the name 220:Returned to US, September 1960 1: 2944:Stille, Mark and Tony Bryan. 2824:U.S. Light Carriers in Action 2680:. 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