USN · CVE
AfloatCasablanca-class escort carrier, CVE-94. She flew 11 days of support at Lingayen Gulf from 6 January 1945, with a daily average of 41 sorties, and stood off Iwo Jima on 16 February. Presidential Unit Citation.
| Class | Casablanca class |
|---|---|
| Type | Escort carrier (CVE) |
| Hull | CVE-94 |
| Builder | Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington |
| Launched | 1944-04-11 |
| Commissioned | 1944-05-14 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the war with five battle stars and a Presidential Unit Citation. Struck in April 1960 and sold in August 1960. |
| 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 Lunga Point (CVE-94) underway off Okinawa between 24 March and 27 June 1945. U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Lunga Point (CVE-94) 1944-1945 cruise book, p. 97, available at the Bangor, Maine (USA) Public Library. Wikimedia Commons File:USS Lunga Point (CVE-94) underway off Okinawa, in 1945.jpg. Public domain.
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Command
Iwo Jima
1945-02-19 · stood off the beaches with the advanced amphibious forces from 16 February 1945; not sunk
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