USN · CVE
AfloatCasablanca-class escort carrier, CVE-96. She provided convoy cover at Leyte, arrived at the Lingayen Gulf on 6 January 1945 when a kamikaze attacked her, and supported Okinawa from 26 May.
| Class | Casablanca class |
|---|---|
| Type | Escort carrier (CVE) |
| Hull | CVE-96 |
| Builder | Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington |
| Launched | 1944-04-22 |
| Commissioned | 1944-05-26 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the war. Decommissioned on 9 May 1946, struck on 21 May and sold for scrap on 18 November 1946. |
| 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 Salamaua (CVE-96) underway off San Francisco, about 1945. U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.488.034.006. Wikimedia Commons File:USS Salamaua (CVE-96) underway off San Francisco c1945.jpeg. Public domain.
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Command
Okinawa
1945-04-01 · joined other escort carriers off Okinawa on 26 May 1945 to support land operations; not sunk
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