Pacific ships
USS Siboney (CVE-112)

USN · CVE

Siboney

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Afloat

Commencement Bay-class escort carrier, CVE-112, the second Siboney, named for the town near Santiago, Cuba. Todd-Pacific, Tacoma. Laid down as Frosty Bay. Commissioned 14 May 1945, Captain Stanhope Cotton Ring. She reached Pearl Harbor on 15 August 1945, the day after Japan capitulated, and went on to Okinawa and Japan. Placed in reserve at Philadelphia on 31 July 1956.

ClassCommencement Bay class
TypeEscort carrier (CVE)
HullCVE-112
BuilderTodd-Pacific, Tacoma
Launched1944-11-09
Commissioned1945-05-14
FateAfloat. Commencement Bay-class escort carrier. Commissioned 14 May 1945. She reached Pearl Harbor on 15 August 1945. Placed out of commission, in reserve, at Philadelphia on 31 July 1956. Struck 1 June 1970. Sold for scrap in 1971.
Command

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

Command

Stanhope Cotton RingRing, Stanhope CottonCommissioned her, 14 May 1945Relieved on 9 March 1946William Onahan GalleryGallery, William OnahanCaptain from 9 March 1946

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