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    USS Vella Gulf was a Commencement Bay-class escort carrier of the United States Navy, originally named Totem Bay. The Commencement Bay class were built...
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  • The first USS Vella Gulf (CVE-111) was an escort carrier in service for just over a year, during 1945 and 1946. The second USS Vella Gulf (CG-72) was...
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    for the Battle of Vella Gulf, a naval engagement in the Solomons campaign of World War II, the first being USS Vella Gulf (CVE-111), an escort carrier...
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    aircraft carrier USS Vella Gulf (CVE-111), in commission from 1945 to 1946, and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG-72), in commission...
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    addition to the planned (but unnamed) ships CVE-128 through CVE-131. Planned (but unnamed) ships CVE-132 through CVE-139 were to be built by Kaiser Shipbuilding...
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    which they deployed as part of Marine Carrier Group 3 on board the USS Vella Gulf (CVE-111). They were paired with VMF-513 during their deployment but never...
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    (ID-2515) USS Vega (SP-734, AK-17, AF-59, T-AK-286) USS Vela (AK-89/T-AK-89) USS Vella Gulf (CVE-111/CVHE-111/AKV-11, CG-72) USS Velocipede (SP-1258) USS Velocity...
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    during the 10 days between 4 and 14 May to cover mining operations in Vella Gulf. During the second operation, conducted between the 11th and the 14th...
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    1945, VMF(CVS)-513 departed San Diego, California, aboard the USS Vella Gulf (CVE-111) and participated in carrier operations in the Pacific, making...
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    Islands with the escort aircraft carrier USS Vella Gulf (CVE-111) on 20 July 1945 an subsequently escorted Vella Gulf to Okinawa in the Ryukyu Islands. After...
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    the squadron was decommissioned in March 1946 while on board the USS Vella Gulf (CVE-111). The squadron's assets were absorbed by VMF(CVS)-214. The squadron...
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    T3 USS Kula Gulf (AKV-8), ex-CVE-108 USS Cape Gloucester (AKV-9), ex-CVE-109 USS Salerno Bay (AKV-10), ex-CVE-110 USS Vella Gulf (AKV-11), ex-CVE-111 USS...
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    News Agency, on 7 March 2020 Shahid Siyavashi was involved with USS Vella Gulf (CVE-111), forcing it to "move out of the way", while the latter was in...
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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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  • Service Unit). Later, Davis was assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Vella Gulf (CVE-111) where he served as the Navigation Officer, Assistant to the Executive...
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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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  • USS Grampus (SS-207) was on her sixth patrol of the war hunting Japanese convoys accompanied by USS Grayback (SS-208) in the waters near Vella Gulf on...
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    of Leyte Gulf, 1944 USS Tucker, a Mahan-class destroyer, sinking after striking a mine while escorting a cargo ship into New Hebrides, 1942 USS Oklahoma...
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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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    of shipwrecks from World War 2, including those from the Pacific Ocean. "USS Hoel (DD 533)". uboat.net. Retrieved July 10, 2023. "SS (John A. Johnson...
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