USN · CVE
AfloatCasablanca-class escort carrier, CVE-85. She delivered replacement aircraft to the fast carriers late in 1944, and flew at Okinawa from 9 June 1945.
| Class | Casablanca class |
|---|---|
| Type | Escort carrier (CVE) |
| Hull | CVE-85 |
| Builder | Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington |
| Launched | 1944-02-12 |
| Commissioned | 1944-03-21 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the war with two battle stars. Struck in March 1959 and sold for scrap on 2 October 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 Shipley Bay (CVE-85) at anchor off Majuro Atoll on 18 May 1944, just arrived from the West Coast with a deck load of replacement aircraft. U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.488.034.017. Wikimedia Commons File:USS Shipley Bay (CVE-85).jpg. Public domain.
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Command
Okinawa
1945-04-01 · back in action off Okinawa on 9 June 1945 with five other escort carriers; not sunk
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