USN · CVE
AfloatCasablanca-class escort carrier, CVE-82. Flagship of the escort carrier task force at the Palaus, in Taffy 1 at Leyte, and at Lingayen and Iwo Jima.
| Class | Casablanca class |
|---|---|
| Type | Escort carrier (CVE) |
| Hull | CVE-82 |
| Builder | Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington |
| Launched | 1944-01-19 |
| Commissioned | 1944-03-02 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the war with five battle stars. Struck in March 1959 and sold on 27 November 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 Saginaw Bay (CVE-82) underway, about 1944. U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org. Wikimedia Commons File:USS Saginaw Bay (CVE-82) underway at sea, circa 1944.jpg. Public domain.
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Command
Battle off Samar
1944-10-25 · Taffy 1, guarding the southeast entrance to Leyte Gulf; she did not fight in the surface action off Samar; not sunk
Iwo Jima
1945-02-19 · covered the invasion force and supported the landings on 19 February 1945; not sunk
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