USN · CVE
AfloatCasablanca-class escort carrier, CVE-57, called Coral Sea until September 1944. She supported the Gilberts, Kwajalein, Hollandia, Saipan, Iwo Jima and Okinawa, and hunted U-boats in the Atlantic.
| Class | Casablanca class |
|---|---|
| Type | Escort carrier (CVE) |
| Hull | CVE-57 |
| Builder | Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington |
| Launched | 1943-05-01 |
| Commissioned | 1943-08-27 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the war with six battle stars. Struck in March 1959 and sold. Renamed Anzio on 15 September 1944; she was the Coral Sea in the Gilberts, Marshalls and Marianas. |
| Armament (class) | Escort carrier. Flight deck over a merchant hull, small island set aft, one 5-inch gun. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.
USS Coral Sea (CVE-57), later renamed Anzio, off Kwajalein Atoll on 2 February 1944, photographed from Manila Bay. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) photo #80-G-214852, accessed via navsource.net. Wikimedia Commons File:Coral Sea (CVE-57) underway 2 February 1944, off of Kwajalein Atoll.jpg. Public domain.
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Command
Gilbert Islands, November 1943
1943-11-20 · as Coral Sea she joined the Gilberts invasion force in November 1943; not sunk
Marshall Islands
1944-01-31 · as Coral Sea she reached Kwajalein on 31 January 1944; not sunk
Iwo Jima
1945-02-19 · antisubmarine patrols at Iwo Jima from mid-February to 8 March 1945; not sunk
Okinawa
1945-04-01 · on the line off Okinawa from 1 to 30 April 1945, then antisubmarine patrols from 21 May to 17 June; not sunk
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