USN · CVE
Bismarck Sea
Photos and infoCasablanca-class escort carrier. Commissioned 20 May 1944. She arrived off Iwo Jima on 16 February 1945. On 21 February two suicide planes hit her. Fire and exploding ammunition sank her in about ninety minutes. 318 men were lost.
| Class | Casablanca class |
|---|---|
| Type | Escort carrier (CVE) |
| Hull | CVE-95 |
| Builder | Kaiser, Vancouver |
| Launched | 1944-04-17 |
| Commissioned | 1944-05-20 |
| Fate | Sunk. off Iwo Jima on 21 February 1945. Two suicide planes started fires and her ammunition exploded. She went down in about ninety minutes. 318 men were lost. |
| 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 Bismarck Sea (CVE-95) underway on 24 June 1944. U.S. Navy photograph 80-G-240135. Public domain.
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Command
Iwo Jima
1945-02-19 · sunk on 21 February by two suicide planes
