USN · CVE
AfloatCommencement Bay-class escort carrier, CVE-106. She flew air support at Okinawa from 3 May to 16 June 1945. Not the Block Island (CVE-21) sunk by U-549 in the Atlantic in 1944.
| Type | Escort carrier (CVE) |
|---|---|
| Hull | CVE-106 |
| Builder | Todd-Pacific Shipyards, Tacoma, Washington (as Sunset Bay) |
| Launched | 1944-06-10 |
| Commissioned | 1944-12-30 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the war with two battle stars. Struck in 1959 and sold in 1960. This is CVE-106, not the earlier Block Island (CVE-21). |
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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.
USS Block Island (CVE-106) off Vashon Island, Washington, on 13 January 1945. This is CVE-106, not the earlier Block Island (CVE-21). U.S. Navy photograph (public domain). Wikimedia Commons File:USS Block Island (CVE-106) underway on 13 January 1945.jpg. Public domain.
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Command
Okinawa
1945-04-01 · flight operations off Okinawa from 3 May to 16 June 1945; not sunk
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