USN · CVE
AfloatCasablanca-class escort carrier, CVE-58. She flew air strikes at the Gilberts and Kwajalein.
| Class | Casablanca class |
|---|---|
| Type | Escort carrier (CVE) |
| Hull | CVE-58 |
| Builder | Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington |
| Launched | 1943-05-12 |
| Commissioned | 1943-08-31 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the war with four battle stars. Decommissioned in 1958 and sold in April 1959. |
| 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 Corregidor (CVE-58) firing at attacking aircraft on 17 June 1944, photographed from Coral Sea (CVE-57). U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) photo #80-G-238303, accessed via navsource.net. Wikimedia Commons File:Corregidor (CVE-58) throws up flak, 17 June 1944.jpg. Public domain.
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Command
Bowman, Roscoe LeroyCommanding officer from 31 August 1943Relieved on 21 September 1944CMMcClusky, Clarence Wade Jr.Commanding officer from 21 September 1944Relieved on 28 July 1945
Mitchell, Samuel Gavid "Pat"Captain from 28 July 1945Relieved on (15 April 1946)?
Amme, Carl Henry Jr.Commander in command from 15 April 1946Relieved on 30 July 1946Gilbert Islands, November 1943
1943-11-20 · air strikes from 10 November to 6 December 1943; not sunk
Marshall Islands
1944-01-31 · air cover for the Kwajalein invasion from 22 January to 3 March 1944; not sunk
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