USS Tulagi (CVE-72) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was laid down on 7 June 1943 at Vancouver, Washington, United...
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USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy, which served during and after World War II. She was the first...
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USS Bismarck Sea (CVE-95) was the fortieth of fifty Casablanca-class escort carriers built to serve the United States Navy during World War II; she was...
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USS Tucumcari (PGH-2) USS Tudno (1891) USS Tulagi (CVE-72) USS Tulare (AK-217, AKA-112/LKA-112) USS Tularosa (AOG-43) USS Tulip (1862, 1908) USS Tullibee (SS-284...
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USS Lunga Point (CVE-94), originally named Alazon Bay, was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. It was named for Lunga Point on...
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ISBN 978-0-313-31395-0. Griffith, Battle for Guadalcanal, p. 93. "Tulagi (CVE-72)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage...
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Pursuer (CVE-17/D-73) USN Task Group 88.? USS Tulagi (CVE-72) USS Kasaan Bay (CVE-69) HMS Hunter (CVE-8/D80) Air Squadron 807 HMS Stalker (CVE-15/D91)...
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as part of the invasion. Flying from the escort aircraft carrier USS Tulagi (CVE-72), U.S. Navy Observation Fighter Squadron 1 (VOF-1)—The first U.S....
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USS Salamaua (CVE-96) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was named after the invasion of Salamaua, a strategically important...
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Midway (CVE-63) and Coral Sea (CVE-57), lost their battle names mid-career to new Midway-class aircraft carriers, becoming USS St. Lo and USS Anzio respectively...
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USS Manila Bay (CVE-61) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was laid down as Bucareli Bay (ACV-61) under Maritime Commission...
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Harbor via Eniwetok to Kossel Roads, Palau Islands, where she joined Tulagi (CVE-72) and four other destroyer escorts to form a hunter-killer group which...
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USS Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was named after Fanshaw Bay, located within Cape Fanshaw...
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USS Steamer Bay (CVE-87) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was named after Steamer Bay, located within Etolin Island...
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repairs alongside USS Yosemite from 20 to 23 November, Ulvert M. Moore put to sea on the 24th with TG 12.4, centered around USS Tulagi, bound for the Carolines...
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(AVG-4/BAVG-4) – went to the RN as HMS Charger (D27), later returned to USN as USS Charger (CVE-30) No USN name given (AVG-5/BAVG-5) – went to the RN as HMS Dasher...
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November 2019 – via Fold3. Montgomery, George C. (1944). "War Diary of the USS Anzio (CVE-57) for December 1944". United States Navy. Retrieved 14 November 2019...
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APc-64 USS APc-65 USS APc-66 USS APc-67 USS APc-68 USS APc-69 USS APc-70 USS APc-71 USS APc-72 USS APc-73 USS APc-74 USS APc-75 USS APc-76 USS APc-77 USS APc-78...
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Atlantic Theater aircraft carrier operations during World War II (section Escort carrier (CVE) development (1940-1944))
June and December 1943, hunter-killer groups built around CVEs USS Card, USS Bogue, USS Core, USS Santee, HMS Tracker, and HMS Biter sank a total of 31 U-boats...
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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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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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Composite Squadron 92 (VC-92) operating from the escort aircraft carrier USS Tulagi (CVE-72) sank Ro-46 at 24°15′N 131°16′E / 24.250°N 131.267°E / 24.250;...
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List of US Navy ships sunk or damaged in action during World War II (section Aircraft carrier, escort (CVE))
26 February 1944. USS Kanawha (AO-1) damaged by Japanese aircraft at Tulagi, Solomon Islands, 7 April 1943, sinks on 8 April 1943. USS Mississinewa (AO-59)...
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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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Engineer, Lt. Chester W. Nimitz. Kanawha (AO-1) (Fuel Ship No. 13), sunk at Tulagi 8 April 1943, 19 killed Maumee (AO-2) (Fuel Ship No. 14), later AG-124 Wartime...
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Citation. The units with the most Presidential Unit Citations are submarine USS Parche (SSN-683) and the 1st Marine Division, both with nine citations. The...
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Composite Squadron 92 (VC-92) took off from the escort aircraft carrier USS Tulagi (CVE-72) 220 nautical miles (410 km; 250 mi) southeast of Okinawa at 14:18...
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units. USS Lexington on fire during the Battle of the Coral Sea, 1942 Light cruiser USS Birmingham coming alongside burning aircraft carrier USS Princeton...
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an escort carrier (CVE) eight miles (13 km) off the cargo ship's port bow. The ship under attack proved to be USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71), which was crashed...
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Tegna Co. Retrieved 10 June 2015. Thoralf Doehring; Michael Jenning. "USS Tualgi (CVE 72)". Unofficial US Navy Site. Thoralf Doehring. Retrieved 7 September...
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