564:
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48:
765:
787:
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26:
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1121:
875:, where she loaded fifty aircraft. She arrived at Pearl Harbor on 29 July, where she took on 387 passengers. She then proceeded, on 14 August, to sail for the West Coast. She arrived at San Diego on 21 August, and served, yet again, as a training carrier off the Southern California coast until well past the
882:
On 4 November, she left San Diego, and joined the "Magic Carpet" fleet, which repatriated U.S. servicemen from throughout the
Pacific. She sailed for Pearl Harbor, where she shipped troops to the Marshall Islands. She then stopped at Kwajalein, where she took on 1,092 veterans, and sailed back to the
813:
along the way. On her return trip, she loaded military wounded, and ferried them back to the West Coast, arriving back at
Southern California on 13 July. She spent the next two months as a training carrier, conducting pilot qualifications off Southern California. On 25 September, she left for another
825:
assumed command on
January 10, 1945. About 6,700 landings were made on her flight deck, as she conducted various types of exercises. After loading her permanent aircraft contingent, Composite Squadron 97 (VC-97), she departed Pearl Harbor on 29 January 1945, and was assigned to Task Group 50.8
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on 2 May 1961. However, she was not scrapped, partially due to her less than optimal position. In 1965, it was known that she had not yet been broken up and was still being used as a target by the navy. Notably, by then, the entire escort carrier had since been split in half by the grounding.
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and bombed
Japanese defenses as the marines struggled to fight their way south. During these operations, her fighters shot down four Japanese aircraft. She ceased operations over Okinawa on 7 May, when she transferred her aircraft contingent to
883:
West Coast, arriving at San Diego on 29 November. On 4 December, she left for Guam, returning on 3 January 1946, repatriating a further 1,123 veterans back to the United States. She departed San Diego on 5 January, heading to
683:-class carriers had been modified to carry thirty 20–mm cannons, and the amount of 40–mm guns had been doubled to sixteen, by putting them into twin mounts. These modifications were in response to increasing casualties due to
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For the next three months, until the new year, she served yet again as a training carrier in the waters surrounding Hawaii, hosting a dozen different air groups on her deck. Captain
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She was assigned to a support carrier group on 8 April, and began conducting operations with the main strike group of Task Group 52.1. She consequently began combat operations over
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1740:
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on 1 September 1958. During the next three years, she was used by the navy to gather data on the use of surface-launched missiles. During April 1961, while under tow to
691:-class escort carriers were designed to carry 27 aircraft, but the hangar deck could accommodate more. For example, during the Battle of Okinawa, she carried 16
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1328:
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on 6 November 1943, as part of a new naval policy which named subsequent
Casablanca-class carriers after naval or land engagements. The escort carrier was
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ever built, and designed specifically to be mass-produced using prefabricated sections, in order to replace heavy early war losses. Standardized with her
563:
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2770:
1321:
1132:
1764:
775:
1726:
540:
496:
650:(18,960 km; 11,780 mi) at a speed of 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). Her compact size necessitated the installment of an
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402:
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83:
1100:
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on 12 June 1955. On 28 August 1958, she was authorized to be used as a target and destroyed, and she was struck from the
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1308:
911:
818:. She returned to Pearl Harbor on 26 October, with a load of damaged fighters, where she resumed training operations.
750:
470:
1869:
871:, providing refresher training for pilots. She finished her duties and left for Hawaii on 19 July, making a stop at
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3208:
3204:
2785:
2707:
1841:
1673:
1173:
737:
on 29 December 1943, MC hull 1128, the thirty-sixth of a series of fifty
Casablanca-class escort carriers. She was
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156:
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1624:
1435:
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72:
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718:
676:
548:
476:
408:
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662:
626:) standard, 10,902 long tons (11,077 t) with a full load. She had a 257 ft (78 m) long
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2455:
1913:
1421:
729:, as part of a tradition which named escort carriers after bays or sounds in Alaska. She was renamed
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903:
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226:
220:
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2923:
2623:
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552:
524:
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to facilitate movement of aircraft between the flight and hangar deck: one each fore and aft.
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1505:
834:. She also provided air screens for the transfer of replacement aircraft to their carriers.
822:
806:
714:
695:
668:
611:
595:
396:
248:
106:
887:, making a stop at San Francisco. Upon arriving on 12 January, she was mothballed with the
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1463:
1449:
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1365:
879:. By the end of October, there had been over 15,500 recorded landings on her flight deck.
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868:
851:
635:
607:
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357:
10,240 nmi (18,960 km; 11,780 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
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274:
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1659:
1652:
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647:
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1796:
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1313:
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810:
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being used as an unmanned anchored missile test target, sometime in the late 1950s.
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327:
894:
She was declassified and decommissioned on 9 August 1946. She was reclassified as
535:. Launched in March 1944, and commissioned in April, she served in support of the
805:. On 6 June, she departed San Diego, transporting aircraft and passengers to the
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2933:
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2872:
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2364:
2357:
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2343:
2336:
2329:
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2179:
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2151:
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2102:
2018:
2004:
1969:
1955:
1941:
1934:
1927:
1920:
1906:
734:
643:
631:
599:
551:. Ultimately, she was used as a target, and she was accidentally run aground on
346:
255:
170:
1298:
3140:
2825:
2511:
2448:
2109:
2088:
2067:
1997:
1899:
1477:
1414:
1189:
679:, which were mounted around the perimeter of the deck. By the end of the war,
639:
304:
1283:
2735:
2192:
2186:
1962:
1822:
1701:
1249:
333:
867:
on 11 May. She then operated as a training carrier in the vicinity of the
2721:
1687:
684:
655:
619:
451:
308:
212:
782:
grounded as a target ship, 1963. Note the warning painted onto the hull.
3119:
2882:
2728:
1694:
1223:
830:, before assuming her role protecting convoys supporting the frontline
1245:
1219:
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by Mrs. Truman J. Hedding; transferred to the United States Navy and
646:(35 km/h; 22 mph). The ship had a cruising range of 10,240
638:
reciprocating steam engines, which drove two shafts, providing 9,000
627:
532:
793:
grounded and split neatly in half. Photographed on 22 January 1963.
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was mounted on the stern. Anti-aircraft defense was provided by 8
623:
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
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1135:. www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 27 November 2010. Archived from
891:, which would later become known as the Pacific Reserve Fleet.
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934:
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30 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons
1153:"World Aircraft Carriers List: US Escort Carriers, S4 Hulls"
421:
8 × twin 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns
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transport mission, ferrying 129 aircraft to Hawaii and the
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World War II escort aircraft carriers of the United States
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List of escort aircraft carriers of the United States Navy
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in April 1961. Her wreckage survived until at least 1965.
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off
Southern California, she accidentally ran aground on
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20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons
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978:
543:. She was decommissioned in August 1946, when she was
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The Little Giants: U.S. Escort
Carriers Against Japan
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Bofors 40-millimeter (1.6 in) anti-aircraft guns
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underwent a shakedown cruise down the West Coast to
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40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns
1266:Grobmeier, A. H. (2004). "Question 39/03: Loss of
1216:Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946
594:-class escort carrier, the most numerous type of
1309:U.S.S. Makassar Strait Regimental History (1946)
957:
940:
602:, she was 512 ft 3 in (156.13 m)
642:(6,700 kW), thus enabling her to make 19
610:of 65 ft 2 in (19.86 m), and a
16:Casablanca-class escort carrier of the US Navy
2764:
1765:
1329:
677:Oerlikon 20-millimeter (0.79 in) cannons
8:
863:After retiring from Okinawa, she arrived at
1214:Chesneau, Robert; Gardiner, Robert (1980),
1106:Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
1067:
1055:
1020:
996:
969:
614:of 20 ft 9 in (6.32 m). She
531:, an early naval engagement to the east of
2771:
2757:
2749:
1772:
1758:
1750:
1336:
1322:
1314:
826:(Logistics Support Group). She stopped at
725:contract, on 18 June 1942, under the name
2779:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1961
1079:
860:, which was to serve as her replacement.
180:Grounded and used as a target, April 1961
984:
845:. For the next four weeks, she provided
287:20 ft 9 in (6.32 m) (max)
930:
240:512 ft 3 in (156.13 m) (
1785:Kaiser Company (Vancouver, Washington)
1190:"Escort Carrier Makin Island (CVE-93)"
1170:"How Do You Name an Aircraft Carrier?"
1008:
418:1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal gun
20:
1043:
44:
7:
3247:Ships built in Vancouver, Washington
630:and a 477 ft (145 m) long
1305:(CVE-91) at NavSource Naval History
1252:, Maryland: Naval Institute Press,
270:65 ft 2 in (19.86 m)
3262:Shipwrecks of the California coast
1168:Maksel, Rebecca (14 August 2012).
14:
1188:Stubblebine, Daniel (June 2011).
367:Total: 910 – 916 officers and men
225:10,902 long tons (11,077 t)
3237:Casablanca-class escort carriers
3212:
3207:
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1133:"Kaiser Vancouver, Vancouver WA"
1119:
713:Her construction was awarded to
675:in single mounts, as well as 12
46:
24:
705:, for a total of 28 aircraft.
654:at her bow, and there were two
583:Casablanca-class escort carrier
539:. Postwar, she participated in
394:5 in (127 mm)/38 cal
1:
914:. The Navy then sold her for
958:Chesneau & Gardiner 1980
573:, which was shared with all
299:Babcock & Wilcox boilers
1174:Air & Space/Smithsonian
715:Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
634:. She was powered with two
567:A profile of the design of
471:United States Pacific Fleet
349:(35 km/h; 22 mph)
328:reciprocating steam engines
3283:
3257:Maritime incidents in 1961
1101:"Makassar Strait (CVE-91)"
841:in support of the ongoing
580:
527:. She was named after the
414:Varied, ultimate armament:
371:Embarked Squadron: 50 – 56
254:474 ft (144 m) (
247:490 ft (150 m) (
3202:
1738:
1712:
1354:
1240:Y'Blood, William (2014),
1226:: Naval Institute Press,
797:Upon being commissioned,
529:Battle of Makassar Strait
459:
273:108 ft (33 m) (
184:
73:Battle of Makassar Strait
39:
23:
2824:January (unknown date):
185:General characteristics
832:Fast Carrier Task Force
749:on 27 April 1944, with
663:5-inch (127 mm)/38
577:-class escort carriers.
3138:April (unknown date):
2901:April (unknown date):
1348:-class escort carriers
794:
783:
772:
578:
559:Design and description
541:Operation Magic Carpet
497:Operation Magic Carpet
3048:Afonso de Albuquerque
1272:Warship International
941:Kaiser Vancouver 2010
789:
778:
767:
754:Warren Kenneth Berner
719:Vancouver, Washington
566:
549:Pacific Reserve Fleet
477:Pacific Reserve Fleet
2386:Type S4-S2-BB5 ships
1892:Type VC2-S-AP5 ships
1783:ships built by the
908:San Nicholas Island
904:San Clemente Island
809:, making a stop at
723:Maritime Commission
439:Aviation facilities
2131:Type S3-M-K2 ships
2128:tank landing ships
1827:Type C4-S-A3 ships
1797:Type EC2-S-C1 ship
885:Tacoma, Washington
877:Japanese surrender
795:
784:
773:
741:on 22 March 1944;
656:aircraft elevators
579:
553:San Nicolas Island
525:United States Navy
3224:
3223:
2746:
2745:
2702:Admiralty Islands
1888:attack transports
1747:
1746:
1668:Admiralty Islands
847:close air support
816:Admiralty Islands
652:aircraft catapult
537:Battle of Okinawa
504:
503:
492:Battle of Okinawa
3274:
3216:
3211:
3195:
3184:
3174:
3164:
3154:
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3124:
3114:
3104:
3093:
3072:
3061:
3051:
3040:
3030:
3020:
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3000:
2990:
2980:
2970:
2959:
2948:
2938:
2928:
2918:
2908:
2897:
2887:
2877:
2861:
2851:
2840:
2830:
2820:
2810:
2800:
2797:Indian Navigator
2773:
2766:
2759:
2750:
1774:
1767:
1760:
1751:
1728:Commencement Bay
1338:
1331:
1324:
1315:
1287:
1262:
1236:
1201:
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1197:
1184:
1182:
1180:
1164:
1162:
1160:
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1146:
1144:
1123:
1122:
1118:
1116:
1114:
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1077:
1071:
1065:
1059:
1053:
1047:
1041:
1024:
1021:Stubblebine 2011
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1012:
1006:
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988:
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973:
972:, pp. 34–35
967:
961:
955:
944:
938:
823:Herbert D. Riley
807:Marshall Islands
669:dual-purpose gun
640:shaft horsepower
596:aircraft carrier
431:Aircraft carried
397:dual-purpose gun
374:Ship's Crew: 860
148:1 September 1958
116:29 December 1943
107:Kaiser Shipyards
54:
51:
50:
49:
28:
21:
3282:
3281:
3277:
3276:
3275:
3273:
3272:
3271:
3267:S4-S2-BB3 ships
3227:
3226:
3225:
3220:
3198:
3187:
3177:
3167:
3157:
3147:
3137:
3127:
3117:
3107:
3096:
3086:
3080:Other incidents
3075:
3064:
3054:
3043:
3033:
3023:
3013:
3003:
2993:
2983:
2973:
2962:
2951:
2941:
2931:
2921:
2911:
2905:Makassar Strait
2900:
2890:
2880:
2864:
2854:
2843:
2833:
2823:
2813:
2803:
2793:
2780:
2777:
2747:
2742:
2646:Makassar Strait
2385:
2383:escort carriers
2371:
2130:
2116:
1890:
1876:
1825:
1811:
1791:
1778:
1748:
1743:
1734:
1708:
1612:Makassar Strait
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1342:
1303:Makassar Strait
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1268:Makassar Strait
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1195:
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1167:
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1139:on 16 June 2019
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912:Channel Islands
873:Kwajalein Atoll
869:Mariana Islands
799:Makassar Strait
791:Makassar Strait
780:Makassar Strait
769:Makassar Strait
762:
760:Service history
731:Makassar Strait
711:
703:torpedo bombers
636:Skinner Unaflow
588:Makassar Strait
585:
561:
509:Makassar Strait
325:Skinner Unaflow
292:Installed power
165:
63:Makassar Strait
52:
47:
45:
35:
32:Makassar Strait
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3196:
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3125:
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3065:Unknown date:
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3017:Union Reliance
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1946:
1939:
1932:
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1918:
1911:
1904:
1896:
1894:
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1874:
1871:Marine Serpent
1867:
1864:Marine Phoenix
1860:
1853:
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2576:Rudyerd Bay
2562:Ommaney Bay
2555:Savo Island
2534:Hoggatt Bay
2527:Nehenta Bay
2520:Gambier Bay
2499:Fanshaw Bay
2485:Kalinin Bay
2464:Wake Island
2429:Guadalcanal
2422:Mission Bay
2401:Liscome Bay
2055:Saint Croix
1850:Marine Lynx
1836:Marine Carp
1633:Lunga Point
1619:Windham Bay
1598:Takanis Bay
1584:Steamer Bay
1570:Shipley Bay
1556:Sargent Bay
1549:Saginaw Bay
1542:Rudyerd Bay
1528:Ommaney Bay
1521:Savo Island
1500:Hoggatt Bay
1493:Nehenta Bay
1486:Gambier Bay
1465:Fanshaw Bay
1451:Kalinin Bay
1430:Wake Island
1395:Guadalcanal
1388:Mission Bay
1367:Liscome Bay
1270:(CVU-91)".
1196:23 December
1192:. ww2db.com
1179:23 December
1009:Maksel 2012
853:Shipley Bay
727:Ulitaka Bay
632:flight deck
628:hangar deck
570:Takanis Bay
486:Operations:
479:(1946–1958)
473:(1944–1946)
303:9,000
227:(full load)
157:Hull symbol
3252:1944 ships
3231:Categories
3192:Wave Chief
2954:USNS
2837:De Vilhena
2786:Shipwrecks
2639:Thetis Bay
2611:Sitkoh Bay
2569:Petrof Bay
2506:Kitkun Bay
2492:Kasaan Bay
2443:Natoma Bay
2436:Manila Bay
2415:Corregidor
2394:Casablanca
2378:Casablanca
2289:LST(H)-464
2041:Rockingham
2034:Rockbridge
2013:Meriwether
1823:transports
1605:Thetis Bay
1577:Sitkoh Bay
1535:Petrof Bay
1472:Kitkun Bay
1458:Kasaan Bay
1409:Natoma Bay
1402:Manila Bay
1381:Corregidor
1360:Casablanca
1346:Casablanca
1278:(4): 339.
1113:2 February
1044:DANFS 2016
926:References
889:19th Fleet
689:Casablanca
681:Casablanca
592:Casablanca
575:Casablanca
545:mothballed
516:Casablanca
362:Complement
318:Propulsion
221:(standard)
195:Casablanca
164:Honors and
3171:Bianca C.
3099:HMS
3058:Allegrity
3037:Allegrity
3027:Bluebelle
3007:Bianca C.
2997:Halronell
2967:Guardfish
2965:USS
2915:Albatross
2903:USS
2868:Dominator
2716:Matanikau
2695:Kwajalein
2688:Hollandia
2227:T-LST-456
2083:Bottineau
2076:Bollinger
1978:McCracken
1787:, during
1682:Matanikau
1661:Kwajalein
1654:Hollandia
1284:0043-0374
1250:Annapolis
900:Navy list
803:San Diego
743:sponsored
735:laid down
698:, and 12
687:attacks.
620:long tons
616:displaced
452:elevators
213:long tons
113:Laid down
90:hull 1128
3178:22 Nov:
3168:22 Oct:
3148:29 May:
3128:25 Apr:
3108:23 Jan:
3097:12 Jan:
3055:22 Dec:
3044:18 Dec:
3034:13 Dec:
3024:12 Nov:
3014:24 Oct:
3004:24 Oct:
2994:23 Oct:
2987:Bascobel
2984:22 Oct:
2974:18 Oct:
2963:10 Oct:
2952:26 Sep:
2942:26 Jun:
2922:31 May:
2891:16 Apr:
2881:10 Apr:
2874:Lizzonia
2865:16 Mar:
2855:19 Feb:
2844:18 Feb:
2814:26 Jan:
2804:10 Jan:
2681:Salamaua
2478:Solomons
2214:Achilles
2097:Crockett
2062:San Saba
2048:Rockwall
2027:Renville
1992:Marathon
1985:Magoffin
1950:Sandoval
1719:Sangamon
1647:Salamaua
1444:Solomons
916:breaking
739:launched
721:under a
696:fighters
685:kamikaze
606:, had a
511:(CVE-91)
465:Part of:
446:catapult
382:Armament
159:: CVE-91
145:Stricken
121:Launched
69:Namesake
3158:4 Jul:
3131:Ivernia
3118:8 Apr:
3090:Arcadia
3087:5 Jan:
3069:Triumph
2956:Potomac
2935:Baldwin
2932:6 Jun:
2912:3 May:
2894:Baldwin
2834:3 Feb:
2827:Yarasli
2794:2 Jan:
2457:Tripoli
2366:LST-475
2359:LST-474
2352:LST-473
2345:LST-472
2338:LST-471
2331:LST-470
2324:LST-469
2317:LST-468
2310:LST-467
2303:LST-466
2296:LST-465
2283:LST-464
2276:LST-463
2269:LST-462
2262:LST-461
2255:LST-460
2248:LST-459
2241:LST-458
2234:LST-457
2221:LST-456
2208:LST-455
2201:LST-454
2188:LST-453
2181:LST-452
2174:LST-451
2167:LST-450
2160:LST-449
2153:LST-448
2146:LST-447
2139:LST-446
2104:Audubon
2020:Rawlins
2006:Menifee
1971:Lubbock
1957:Lenawee
1943:Sanborn
1936:Rutland
1929:Pondera
1922:Pickens
1908:Olmsted
1883:Haskell
1423:Tripoli
1301:of USS
1224:England
1143:14 June
1088:Sources
919:in situ
910:in the
839:Okinawa
751:Captain
666:caliber
547:in the
523:of the
103:Builder
95:Awarded
79:Ordered
40:History
3101:Oberon
2513:Tulagi
2450:St. Lo
2380:-class
2125:-class
2111:Bergen
2090:Cottle
2069:Sevier
1999:Menard
1915:Oxford
1901:Oconto
1885:-class
1820:-class
1806:Araner
1781:MARCOM
1479:Tulagi
1416:St. Lo
1282:
1256:
1246:E-book
1230:
1220:London
1159:1 July
896:CVU-91
843:battle
618:8,188
590:was a
533:Borneo
518:-class
513:was a
334:screws
235:Length
211:8,188
197:-class
166:awards
86:hull,
3141:Crane
2945:CL-54
2858:Runic
2848:Huron
2737:Munda
2408:Anzio
2194:Remus
2123:LST-1
1964:Logan
1730:class
1721:class
1703:Munda
1374:Anzio
700:TBM-3
644:knots
612:draft
407:12 ×
354:Range
347:knots
342:Speed
284:Draft
82:as a
3218:1962
3205:1960
3190:RFA
3161:K-19
3121:Dara
3046:NRP
2884:Dara
2846:USS
2817:S-80
2807:Egoz
2723:Attu
1689:Attu
1280:ISSN
1254:ISBN
1228:ISBN
1198:2019
1181:2019
1161:2019
1145:2019
1115:2020
865:Guam
693:FM-2
661:One
608:beam
507:USS
450:2 ×
444:1 ×
401:8 ×
392:1 ×
332:2 ×
323:2 ×
297:4 ×
265:Beam
177:Fate
59:Name
30:USS
2730:Roi
1696:Roi
1276:XLI
1248:),
856:at
345:19
305:shp
88:MCE
3233::
2871:,
2286:/
2224:/
2211:/
2191:/
1274:.
1222:,
1218:,
1172:.
1103:.
1028:^
977:^
948:^
933:^
717:,
434:27
309:kW
256:fd
249:wl
242:oa
219:)
169:2
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