USS Breton (CVE-23) (previously AVG-23 then ACV-23) was a Bogue-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. Breton was in service as an escort carrier...

the United States Navy have been named Breton, after the Breton Sound of the Louisiana coast. USS Breton (CVE-10), was a Bogue-class escort carrier loaned...

1945. On 8 March 1945, the squadron embarked on the USS Sitkoh Bay (CVE-86) and the USS Breton (CVE-23) with its newly arrived F4U-1Cs with 4 x 20mm cannons...

USS Sitkoh Bay (CVE-86) was the thirty-second of fifty Casablanca-class escort carriers built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was...

was renamed Breton and designated AVG-10. On 20 August 1942, she was reclassified ACV-10. On 9 April, she was again reclassified, now CVE-10, and transferred...

MAG-33: USS Sitkoh Bay (CVE-86) Transported Marine Aircraft Group 31 (MAG-31) USS Breton (CVE-23) Transported Marine Aircraft Group 31 (MAG-31) USS Hollandia...

USS Hollandia (CVE-97) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was named after the Battle of Hollandia, a successful amphibious...

Airfield on April 7. Flying in from the escort carriers USS Sitkoh Bay and the USS Breton (CVE-23), the group was able to immediately put 80 of 109 F4U...

ex-AVG-13, ACV-13, CVE-13, CVHE-13, CVU-13 USNS Breton (T-AKV-42), ex-AVG-23, ACV-23, CVE-23 USNS Croatan (T-AKV-43), ex-AVG-25, ACV-25, CVE-25 USS Monitor (AN-1)...

promoted to lieutenant and served as a gunnery officer aboard the USS Breton (CVE-23), an escort aircraft carrier. After the war, Prothro served from 1946...

Airfield on April 7. Flying in from the escort carriers USS Sitkoh Bay and the USS Breton (CVE-23), the group was able to immediately put 80 of 109 F4U...

(DE-104) USS Breese (DD-122/DM-18) USS Bremerton (CA-130/CG-14, SSN-698) USS Brennan (DE-13) USS Breton (AVG-10/ACV-10/CVE-10, AVG-23/ACV-23/CVE-23/CVHE-23...

Air Station North Island, San Diego on 19 April 1944, on board the USS Breton (CVE-23). The squadron arrived at Naval Advance Base Espiritu Santo on 4 May...

(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...

escort carrier USS Breton (CVE-23), was refueling at sea 110 nautical miles (200 km; 130 mi) northeast of Saipan when the destroyer escort USS Riddle (DE-185)...

than a seaplane tender. USS Long Island. Includes HMS Archer that was transferred on 17 November 1941. Includes thirty-eight CVEs that were constructed...

(T-AKR-5051) MV Cape Edmont (T-AKR-5069) USS Cape Esperance (CVE-88/CVU-88) SS Cape Farewell (AK-5073) SS Cape Fear (AK-5061) USS Cape Flattery (T-AK-5070, YTT-9)...

Prior to the creation of the escort carrier hull classification symbol (CVE) on 15 July 1943, these ships were designated as Auxiliary aircraft escort...

fires scattered over the CVE. By 22:30, all fires were under control. The attack killed 46 and wounded 116. USS Suwannee (CVE-27) was operating off Samar...

sometimes it is referred to as its own subclass of the Bogue class. The remaining 23 ships were built from the keel up on C3-class designs and classified as Ruler...

units. USS Lexington on fire during the Battle of the Coral Sea, 1942 Light cruiser USS Birmingham coming alongside burning aircraft carrier USS Princeton...

destroyer escort stood out of San Francisco Bay in the screen, built around Breton (CVE-23), for a convoy bound, via Pearl Harbor, to Viti Levu in the Fiji Islands...

for Emirau. On 13 September 1944, she collided with escort carrier Breton (CVE-23) while fueling from her in heavy seas; but efficient emergency repairs...

1944 – German submarine U-66 is sunk by aircraft from USS Block Island (CVE-21) and rammed by USS Buckley (DE-51) 13 May Action of 13 May 1944 – Japanese...

construction of several new 'light' carriers. Escort aircraft carriers, such as USS Bogue, were sometimes purpose-built, but most were converted from merchant...

was designed by Mireille Louis. Communes of the Manche department USS St. Lo (CVE-63), the United States Navy escort carrier named after the city following...

Whittier, USNR) 14 FM-2 Wildcat fighters 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers CVE Plane Transport Unit (Task Unit 50.8.4) Attu (Capt. H.F. MacComsey) Admiralty...

and a sailor passenger, Haskel Lewis Reichbach, fireman of the USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116), berthed in San Diego. Still missing by mid-week, despite...