USS Nassau (CVE-16) (originally AVG-16 then ACV-16) was laid down 27 November 1941 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation of Tacoma, Washington...
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USS Nassau may refer to: USS Nassau (CVE-16) was an escort aircraft carrier in service from 1943 to 1946. USS Nassau (LHA-4) is an amphibious assault ship...
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USS Nassau (LHA-4) was a Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship. When active, she was capable of transporting more than 3,000 United States Navy and United...
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LCI(L)-351-class landing craft infantry USS Berkshire County (LST-288) LST-1-class tank landing ship USS Nassau (CVE-16) a Bogue-class escort carrier List...
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Grumman F4F Wildcat (redirect from Grumman G-16)
F4F-3P from VMO-155 operated from the Bogue-class escort carrier USS Nassau (CVE-16) during the amphibious invasion of Attu Island in May 1943. Boston...
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Group: USS Nassau (CVE-16) USS Altamaha (CVE-18) USS Barnes (CVE-20) USS Nehenta Bay (CVE-74) USS Rudyerd Bay (CVE-81) USS Sargent Bay (CVE-83) USS Shipley...
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VMF-311 along with the other MAG-31 squadrons embarked aboard the USS Nassau (CVE-16) headed for the Pacific Theater. VMF-311 participated in what was...
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P-39s were catapulted from the deck of the Escort aircraft carrier USS Nassau (CVE-16) and landed at Makin atoll on the island of Butaritari. At the completion...
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training complete, a detachment from the squadron was ordered aboard the USS Nassau (CVE-16) to participate in the invasion of Attu in the Aleutian Islands. This...
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task unit centered around Nehenta Bay (CVE-74), Steamer Bay (CVE-87), Sitkoh Bay (CVE-86), and Nassau (CVE-16). During fueling operations in the Philippine...
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Pilot of a Fighter Plane in Fighting Squadron ONE, attached to the USS Nassau (CVE-16), during operations against enemy Japanese forces in the Pacific WAR...
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USS Saipan USS Belleau Wood USS Nassau – (On donation hold) USS Peleliu – (In Reserve) Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship (LPH) USS Iwo Jima USS Okinawa...
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than a seaplane tender. USS Long Island. Includes HMS Archer that was transferred on 17 November 1941. Includes thirty-eight CVEs that were constructed...
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Jacona (YFP-1) USS Jade (PY-17) USS Jaguar (IX-120) USS Jallao (SS-368) USS Jamaica (AVG-43/ACV-43/CVE-43) USS James Adger (1851) USS James C. Owens (DD-776)...
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(YT-260/YTB-260) USS Nassau (AVG-16/ACV-16/CVE-16/CVHE-16, LHA-4) USS Nassuk Bay (ACV-67/CVE-67) USS Natahki (YTB-398/YTM-398) USS Natalia (SP-1251) USS Natalie...
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Formidable, on station at Kilindini. HMS Victorious (CV), HMS Archer (CVE), USS Wasp, and USS Ranger were the only Allied carriers operational and on convoy...
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Prior to the creation of the escort carrier hull classification symbol (CVE) on 15 July 1943, these ships were designated as Auxiliary aircraft escort...
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accommodate one in their well decks. USS Tarawa (LHA-1) USS Saipan (LHA-2) USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3) USS Nassau (LHA-4) USS Peleliu (LHA-5) [I] America class...
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use CVE-15 Hamlin D91 Stalker 6 October 1941 5 March 1942 21 December 1942 29 December 1945 Returned to US, sold for mercantile use CVE-16 Nassau — —...
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Waterman departed Pearl Harbor on 6 March and screened the escort carrier Nassau (CVE-16) as she ferried replacement aircraft, passengers, and cargo to Kwajalein...
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ten-day availability there she got underway with Pennsylvania (BB-38), Nassau (CVE-16), and six screening destroyers en route to Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Arriving...
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USS William T. Powell (DE/DER-213), a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Gunner's Mate William T. Powell...
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into the ocean immediately after launch from the escort carrier USS Block Island (CVE-106). The pilot, Ensign E.H. Barry, is recovered by a Piasecki HUP...
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construction of several new 'light' carriers. Escort aircraft carriers, such as USS Bogue, were sometimes purpose-built, but most were converted from merchant...
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retrieved August 16, 2022 – via W.C. Mepham H.S. Alumni Association Stirrat, Bob (May 23, 1944). "Sports in Review" (PDF). The Nassau Daily Review-Star...
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sloop SG 1 August 16 United States Navy Alabama (BB-60) South Dakota-class battleship August 20 United States Navy Nassau (CVE-16) Bogue-class escort...
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Jerauld Wright (category Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau)
and his fellow invasion planners, including U.S. escort aircraft carriers (CVE) which would provide much needed off-shore close air support for the landing...
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