USN · CVE

Tulagi

Afloat

Casablanca-class escort carrier, CVE-72. She flew antisubmarine patrols in the Palaus and southern Marianas and covered the Lingayen landings. Not the island of Tulagi.

Class	Casablanca class
Type	Escort carrier (CVE)
Hull	CVE-72
Builder	Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington
Launched	1943-11-15
Commissioned	1943-12-21
Fate	Afloat. Survived the war with four battle stars. Decommissioned in April 1946, sold and scrapped.
Armament (class)	Escort carrier. Flight deck over a merchant hull, small island set aft, one 5-inch gun.
Command	Cronin, Joseph Campbell Commanding officer from 21 December 1943; Relieved on 8 May 1945 Davis, William Virginius Jr. Commanding officer from 8 May 1945; Relieved on 18 March 1946 Vickery, Arthur Egbert Lieutenant Commander in command from 18 March 1946; Relieved on 30 April 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 Tulagi (CVE-72) underway, about 1944. U.S. Navy photograph (public domain). Wikimedia Commons File:USS Tulagi (CVE-72) underway at sea, circa in 1944 (6852350).jpg. Public domain.

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Command

JCCronin, Joseph CampbellCommanding officer from 21 December 1943Relieved on 8 May 1945 WDDavis, William Virginius Jr.Commanding officer from 8 May 1945Relieved on 18 March 1946 AVVickery, Arthur EgbertLieutenant Commander in command from 18 March 1946Relieved on 30 April 1946

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