USN · CVE
AfloatCasablanca-class escort carrier, CVE-65. She flew at Lingayen Gulf and Iwo Jima and was scrapped in 1946.
| Class | Casablanca class |
|---|---|
| Type | Escort carrier (CVE) |
| Hull | CVE-65 |
| Builder | Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington |
| Launched | 1943-09-15 |
| Commissioned | 1943-11-07 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the war with three battle stars. Decommissioned in April 1946 and sold for scrap that month. Not Wake Island, the atoll. |
| 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 Wake Island (CVE-65) on 5 January 1945 with Task Group 77.4, on her way to the Lingayen Gulf landings. She is the escort carrier, not the atoll. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command photo 80-G-301306. Wikimedia Commons File:USS Wake Island (CVE-65) underway on 5 January 1945 (80-G-301306).jpg. Public domain.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Command
Iwo Jima
1945-02-19 · spotting sorties and rockets off Iwo Jima from 16 February 1945, 56 sorties on 19 February; not sunk
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