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on 23 August. There, she discharged the rest of her cargo, and took on a load of 112 passengers and 41 damaged aircraft, ferrying them back to the West Coast. She arrived back at San Diego on 19 September. This transport mission would be the farthest west that she would ever sail during the course of
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927:, where she embarked more than a thousand personnel. She returned to California on 19 November, before making another run to the Marshalls between 21 November and 5 December. On 11 December, she once again departed, this time for the
700:-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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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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1220:"Escort Carrier Makin Island (CVE-93)"
1200:"How Do You Name an Aircraft Carrier?"
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1198:Maksel, Rebecca (14 August 2012).
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231:10,902 long tons (11,077 t)
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1163:"Kaiser Vancouver, Vancouver WA"
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305:Babcock & Wilcox boilers
186:Sold for scrap, 27 July 1960
1204:Air & Space/Smithsonian
754:Actions along the Matanikau
718:Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
647:. She was powered with two
568:A profile of the design of
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758:Guadalcanal campaign
538:Guadalcanal campaign
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1149:on 12 November 2019
933:3rd Marine Division
894:Occupation of Japan
726:Maritime Commission
453:Aviation facilities
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2123:Type S3-M-K2 ships
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151:24 June 1944
148:Commissioned
117:18 June 1942
83:Dolomi Bay,
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2645:Windham Bay
2624:Takanis Bay
2610:Steamer Bay
2596:Shipley Bay
2582:Sargent Bay
2575:Saginaw Bay
2568:Rudyerd Bay
2554:Ommaney Bay
2547:Savo Island
2526:Hoggatt Bay
2519:Nehenta Bay
2512:Gambier Bay
2491:Fanshaw Bay
2477:Kalinin Bay
2456:Wake Island
2421:Guadalcanal
2414:Mission Bay
2393:Liscome Bay
2047:Saint Croix
1842:Marine Lynx
1828:Marine Carp
1625:Lunga Point
1611:Windham Bay
1590:Takanis Bay
1576:Steamer Bay
1562:Shipley Bay
1548:Sargent Bay
1541:Saginaw Bay
1534:Rudyerd Bay
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1513:Savo Island
1492:Hoggatt Bay
1485:Nehenta Bay
1478:Gambier Bay
1457:Fanshaw Bay
1443:Kalinin Bay
1422:Wake Island
1387:Guadalcanal
1380:Mission Bay
1359:Liscome Bay
1226:23 December
1222:. ww2db.com
1209:23 December
1153:12 November
1082:Maksel 2012
906:Eighth Army
898:Ninth Fleet
850:Finschhafen
645:flight deck
641:hangar deck
601:Pacific War
571:Takanis Bay
500:Operations:
493:(1946–1960)
487:(1944–1946)
309:9,000
233:(full load)
176:Hull symbol
143:22 May 1944
2768:1944 ships
2747:Categories
2631:Thetis Bay
2603:Sitkoh Bay
2561:Petrof Bay
2498:Kitkun Bay
2484:Kasaan Bay
2435:Natoma Bay
2428:Manila Bay
2407:Corregidor
2386:Casablanca
2370:Casablanca
2281:LST(H)-464
2033:Rockingham
2026:Rockbridge
2005:Meriwether
1815:transports
1597:Thetis Bay
1569:Sitkoh Bay
1527:Petrof Bay
1464:Kitkun Bay
1450:Kasaan Bay
1401:Natoma Bay
1394:Manila Bay
1373:Corregidor
1352:Casablanca
1338:Casablanca
1115:DANFS 2016
985:References
945:Kuomintang
937:Taku Forts
859:California
760:. She was
750:Casablanca
738:Casablanca
730:Dolomi Bay
706:Casablanca
698:Casablanca
593:Casablanca
576:Casablanca
550:mothballed
521:Casablanca
376:Complement
324:Propulsion
227:(standard)
201:Casablanca
65:Dolomi Bay
2708:Matanikau
2687:Kwajalein
2680:Hollandia
2219:T-LST-456
2075:Bottineau
2068:Bollinger
1970:McCracken
1779:, during
1674:Matanikau
1653:Kwajalein
1646:Hollandia
1300:Matanikau
1272:Annapolis
979:scrapping
975:Navy list
878:Roi-Namur
863:Matanikau
842:San Diego
838:Matanikau
830:Matanikau
826:Matanikau
814:Matanikau
766:sponsored
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734:laid down
704:attacks.
637:full load
625:long tons
621:displaced
589:Matanikau
516:(CVE-101)
514:Matanikau
466:elevators
219:long tons
178:: CVE-101
132:Laid down
109:hull 1138
70:Matanikau
32:Matanikau
2673:Salamaua
2470:Solomons
2206:Achilles
2089:Crockett
2054:San Saba
2040:Rockwall
2019:Renville
1984:Marathon
1977:Magoffin
1942:Sandoval
1711:Sangamon
1639:Salamaua
1436:Solomons
967:CVHE-101
762:launched
724:under a
702:kamikaze
633:standard
611:, had a
479:Part of:
460:catapult
396:Armament
164:Stricken
140:Launched
78:Namesake
2449:Tripoli
2358:LST-475
2351:LST-474
2344:LST-473
2337:LST-472
2330:LST-471
2323:LST-470
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2138:LST-447
2131:LST-446
2096:Audubon
2012:Rawlins
1998:Menifee
1963:Lubbock
1949:Lenawee
1935:Sanborn
1928:Rutland
1921:Pondera
1914:Pickens
1900:Olmsted
1875:Haskell
1415:Tripoli
1298:of USS
1173:14 June
1124:Sources
950:in the
941:Tianjin
939:, near
785:Captain
742:CVE-101
683:caliber
552:in the
528:of the
122:Builder
114:Awarded
98:Ordered
40:History
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2442:St. Lo
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2103:Bergen
2082:Cottle
2061:Sevier
1991:Menard
1907:Oxford
1893:Oconto
1877:-class
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1798:Araner
1773:MARCOM
1471:Tulagi
1408:St. Lo
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971:AKV-36
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910:Aomori
886:Hawaii
623:8,188
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340:screws
241:Length
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2186:Remus
2115:LST-1
1956:Logan
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360:Range
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348:Speed
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101:as a
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1276:ISBN
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59:Name
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