USN · CVE

Munda

Afloat

Casablanca-class escort carrier, CVE-104, named for the airfield on New Georgia taken on 5 August 1943. Kaiser, Vancouver. Laid down as Tonowek Bay. Maritime Commission hull 1141. Commissioned 8 July 1944, Captain L. A. Pope. She ferried aircraft, then replenished the fast carriers off the home islands in July and August 1945, and entered Tokyo Bay on 10 September. One battle star. Decommissioned on 13 September 1946.

Class	Casablanca class
Type	Escort carrier (CVE)
Hull	CVE-104
Builder	Kaiser, Vancouver
Launched	1944-05-27
Commissioned	1944-07-08
Fate	Afloat. Casablanca-class escort carrier. Commissioned 8 July 1944. Ferry, then replenishment of Task Force 38. One battle star. Decommissioned 13 September 1946. Redesignated CVU-104 on 12 June 1955. Struck 1 September 1958. Sold 17 June 1960.
Armament (class)	Escort carrier. Flight deck over a merchant hull, small island set aft, one 5-inch gun.
Command	Pope, Loverne Arthur Captain from 8 July 1944; Relieved on 13 May 1945 Rowley, Welton Dana Captain from 13 May 1945; Relieved on 13 September 1946

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 Munda (CVE-104). U.S. Navy photograph. Public domain.

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Command

Pope, Loverne ArthurCaptain from 8 July 1944Relieved on 13 May 1945

Rowley, Welton DanaCaptain from 13 May 1945Relieved on 13 September 1946

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