|
Class
|
|
Designation
|
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Date Commissioned
|
|
Service Tenure
|
|
Fate
|
|
Answer
|
|
Langley
|
|
CV-1
|
|
April 7, 1913
|
|
1913-1942
|
|
Scuttled after IJN air attack on February 27, 1942
|
|
Langley
|
|
Lexington
|
|
CV-2
|
|
December 14, 1927
|
|
1927-1942
|
|
Sunk in the Battle of the Coral Sea on May 8, 1942
|
|
Lexington
|
|
Lexington
|
|
CV-3
|
|
November 16, 1927
|
|
1927-1946
|
|
Sunk in Operation Crossroads tests in 1946
|
|
Saratoga
|
|
Lexington
|
|
N/A
|
|
Cancelled
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
Constellation
|
|
Lexington
|
|
N/A
|
|
Cancelled
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
Constitution
|
|
Lexington
|
|
N/A
|
|
Cancelled
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
United States
|
|
Lexington
|
|
N/A
|
|
Cancelled
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
Ranger
|
|
Ranger
|
|
CV-4
|
|
June 4, 1934
|
|
1934-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1947
|
|
Ranger
|
|
Yorktown
|
|
CV-5
|
|
September 30, 1937
|
|
1937-1942
|
|
Sunk by I-168 in the final stages of the Battle of Midway on June 7, 1942
|
|
Yorktown
|
|
Yorktown
|
|
CV-6
|
|
May 12, 1938
|
|
1938-1947
|
|
Finished scrapping in 1960
|
|
Enterprise
|
|
Yorktown
|
|
CV-8
|
|
October 20, 1941
|
|
1941-1942
|
|
Scuttled after being crippled in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands on October 27, 1942
|
|
Hornet
|
|
Wasp
|
|
CV-7
|
|
April 25, 1940
|
|
1940-1942
|
|
Sunk by I-19, September 15, 1942
|
|
Wasp
|
|
Essex
|
|
CV-9
|
|
December 31, 1942
|
|
1942-1969
|
|
Scrapped in 1973
|
|
Essex
|
|
Essex
|
|
CV-10
|
|
April 15, 1943
|
|
1943-1970
|
|
Museum ship in Charleston, South Carolina
|
|
Yorktown
|
|
Essex
|
|
CV-11
|
|
August 16, 1943
|
|
1943-1974
|
|
Museum ship in New York City, New York
|
|
Intrepid
|
|
Essex
|
|
CV-12
|
|
November 29, 1943
|
|
1943-1970
|
|
Museum Ship
|
|
Hornet
|
|
Essex
|
|
CV-13
|
|
January 31, 1944
|
|
1944-1947
|
|
Scrapped in 1966
|
|
Franklin
|
|
Essex
|
|
CV-14
|
|
May 8, 1944
|
|
1944-1973
|
|
Scrapped in 1974
|
|
Ticonderoga
|
|
Essex
|
|
CV-15
|
|
October 9, 1944
|
|
1944-1969
|
|
Scrapped in 1975
|
|
Randolph
|
|
Essex
|
|
CV-16
|
|
February 17, 1943
|
|
1943-1991
|
|
Museum ship in Corpus Christi, Texas
|
|
Lexington
|
|
Essex
|
|
CV-17
|
|
May 25, 1943
|
|
1943-1947
|
|
Scrapped in 1974
|
|
Bunker Hill
|
|
Essex
|
|
CV-18
|
|
November 24, 1943
|
|
1943-1972
|
|
Scrapped in 1973
|
|
Wasp
|
|
Essex
|
|
CV-19
|
|
April 15, 1944
|
|
1944-1976
|
|
Scrapped in 1976
|
|
Hancock
|
|
Essex
|
|
CV-20
|
|
August 6, 1944
|
|
1944-1970
|
|
Scrapped in 1994
|
|
Bennington
|
|
Essex
|
|
CV-21
|
|
April 16, 1945
|
|
1945-1969
|
|
Scrapped in 1971
|
|
Boxer
|
|
Essex
|
|
CV-31
|
|
November 26, 1944
|
|
1944-1971
|
|
Scrapped in 1992
|
|
Bon Homme Richard
|
|
Essex
|
|
CV-32
|
|
April 11, 1946
|
|
1946-1959
|
|
Scrapped in 1970
|
|
Leyte
|
|
Essex
|
|
Cv-33
|
|
March 2, 1946
|
|
1946-1970
|
|
Scrapped in 1974
|
|
Kearsarge
|
|
Essex
|
|
Cv-34
|
|
September 25, 1950
|
|
1950-1976
|
|
Sunk as an artificial reef in 2006
|
|
Oriskany
|
|
Essex
|
|
Cv-35
|
|
Cancelled
|
|
N/A
|
|
Scrapped in 1949
|
|
Reprisal
|
|
Essex
|
|
CV-36
|
|
January 28, 1945
|
|
1945-1963
|
|
Scrapped in 1974
|
|
Antietam
|
|
Essex
|
|
CV-37
|
|
November 18, 1945
|
|
1945-1970
|
|
Scrapped in 1971
|
|
Princeton
|
|
Essex
|
|
CV-38
|
|
September 15, 1944
|
|
1944-1971
|
|
Scrapped in 1988
|
|
Shangri-La
|
|
Essex
|
|
CV-39
|
|
June 3, 1945
|
|
1945-1966
|
|
Scrapped in 1972
|
|
Lake Champlain
|
|
Essex
|
|
CV-40
|
|
December 8, 1945
|
|
1945-1960
|
|
Scrapped in 1968
|
|
Tarawa
|
|
Essex
|
|
CV-45
|
|
November 21, 1946
|
|
1946-1970
|
|
Scrapped in 1971
|
|
Valley Forge
|
|
Essex
|
|
CV-46
|
|
Cancelled
|
|
N/A
|
|
Scrapped in 1946
|
|
Iwo Jima
|
|
Essex
|
|
CV-47
|
|
May 11, 1946
|
|
1946-1958
|
|
Scrapped in 1971
|
|
Philippine Sea
|
|
Midway
|
|
CV-41
|
|
September 10, 1945
|
|
1945-1992
|
|
Museum ship in San Diego, California
|
|
Midway
|
|
Midway
|
|
CV-43
|
|
October 1, 1947
|
|
1947-1990
|
|
Scrapped in 2000
|
|
Coral Sea
|
|
Midway
|
|
CV-42
|
|
October 27, 1945
|
|
1945-1977
|
|
Scrapped in 1978
|
|
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
|
|
Independence
|
|
CV-22
|
|
January 14, 1943
|
|
1943-1946
|
|
Scuttled off San Francisco in 1951 after being used as a target in Operation Crossroads
|
|
Independence
|
|
Independence
|
|
CV-23
|
|
February 25, 1943
|
|
1943-1944
|
|
Sunk in the Battle of Leye Gulf
|
|
Princeton
|
|
Independence
|
|
CV-24
|
|
March 31, 1943
|
|
1943-1960
|
|
Transferred to France, scrapped in 1960
|
|
Belleau Wood
|
|
Independence
|
|
CV-25
|
|
May 28, 1943
|
|
1943-1947
|
|
Scrapped in 1960
|
|
Cowpens
|
|
Independence
|
|
CV-26
|
|
June 17, 1943
|
|
1943-1956
|
|
Scrapped in 1971
|
|
Monterey
|
|
Independence
|
|
CV-27
|
|
August 31, 1943
|
|
1943-1963
|
|
Transferred to France, scrapped in 1963
|
|
Langley
|
|
Independence
|
|
CV-28
|
|
July 24, 1943
|
|
1943-1989
|
|
Transferred to Spain, Scrapped in 2002
|
|
Cabot
|
|
Independence
|
|
CV-29
|
|
November 17, 1943
|
|
1943-1954
|
|
Scrapped in 1961
|
|
Bataan
|
|
Independence
|
|
CV-30
|
|
November 15, 1943
|
|
1943-1947
|
|
Scrapped in 1971
|
|
San Jacinto
|
|
Saipan
|
|
CVL-48
|
|
July 14, 1946
|
|
1946-1970
|
|
Scrapped in 1976
|
|
Saipan
|
|
Saipan
|
|
CVL-49
|
|
February 9, 1947
|
|
1947-1970
|
|
Scrapped in 1980
|
|
Wright
|
|
Long Island
|
|
CVE-1
|
|
June 2, 1941
|
|
1941-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1977
|
|
Long Island
|
|
Bogue
|
|
CVE-9
|
|
September 26, 1942
|
|
1942-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1960
|
|
Bogue
|
|
Bogue
|
|
CVE-11
|
|
November 8, 1942
|
|
1942-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1971
|
|
Card
|
|
Bogue
|
|
CVE-12
|
|
June 15, 1942
|
|
1942-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1961
|
|
Copahee
|
|
Bogue
|
|
CVE-13
|
|
December 10, 1942
|
|
1942-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1971
|
|
Core
|
|
Bogue
|
|
CVE-16
|
|
August 20, 1942
|
|
1942-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1961
|
|
Nassau
|
|
Bogue
|
|
CVE-18
|
|
September 15, 1942
|
|
1942-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1961
|
|
Altamaha
|
|
Bogue
|
|
CVE-20
|
|
February 20, 1943
|
|
1943-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1959
|
|
Barnes
|
|
Bogue
|
|
CVE-21
|
|
March 8, 1943
|
|
1943-1944
|
|
Sunk by U-549 on May 29, 1944
|
|
Block Island
|
|
Bogue
|
|
CVE-23
|
|
April 12, 1943
|
|
1942-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1972
|
|
Breton
|
|
Bogue
|
|
CVE-25
|
|
April 28, 1943
|
|
1943-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1971
|
|
Croatan
|
|
Bogue
|
|
CVE-31
|
|
April 9, 1943
|
|
1943-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1961
|
|
Prince William
|
|
Sangamon
|
|
CVE -26
|
|
August 25, 1942
|
|
1942-1945
|
|
Scrapped in 1960
|
|
Sangamon
|
|
Sangamon
|
|
CVE-27
|
|
September 24, 1942
|
|
1942-1947
|
|
Scrapped in 1959
|
|
Suwannee
|
|
Sangamon
|
|
CVE-28
|
|
September 19, 1942
|
|
1942-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1960
|
|
Chenango
|
|
Sangamon
|
|
CVE-29
|
|
August 24, 1942
|
|
1942-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1959
|
|
Santee
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-55
|
|
July 8, 1943
|
|
1943-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1947
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-56
|
|
August 7, 1943
|
|
1943-1943
|
|
Sunk by I-175 on November 24, 1943
|
|
Liscome Bay
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-57
|
|
August 27, 1943
|
|
1943-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1959
|
|
Anzio
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-58
|
|
August 31, 1943
|
|
1943-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1959
|
|
Corregidor
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-59
|
|
September 13, 1943
|
|
1943-1947
|
|
Scrapped in 1959
|
|
Mission Bay
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-60
|
|
September 25, 1943
|
|
1943-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1959
|
|
Guadalcanal
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-61
|
|
October 5, 1943
|
|
1943-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1959
|
|
Manila Bay
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-62
|
|
October 14, 1943
|
|
1943-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1959
|
|
Natoma Bay
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-63
|
|
October 23, 1943
|
|
1943-1944
|
|
Sunk by the first ever Kamikaze raid in the Battle of Samar on October 25, 1944
|
|
St Lo
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-64
|
|
October 31, 1943
|
|
1943-1958
|
|
Scrapped in 1960
|
|
Tripoli
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-65
|
|
November 7, 1943
|
|
1943-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1946
|
|
Wake Island
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-66
|
|
November 15, 1943
|
|
1943-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1958
|
|
White Plains
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-67
|
|
November 21, 1943
|
|
1943-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1947
|
|
Solomons
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-68
|
|
November 27, 1943
|
|
1943-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1946
|
|
Kalinin Bay
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-69
|
|
December 4, 1943
|
|
1943-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1960
|
|
Kasaan Bay
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-70
|
|
December 9, 1943
|
|
1943-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1959
|
|
Fanshaw Bay
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-71
|
|
December 15, 1943
|
|
1943-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1960
|
|
Kitkun Bay
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-72
|
|
December 21, 1943
|
|
1943-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1946
|
|
Tulagi
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-73
|
|
December 28, 1943
|
|
1943-1944
|
|
Sunk in the Battle off Samar, by either the battlecruiser IJN Kongo or battleship IJN Yamato on October 25, 1944
|
|
Gambier Bay
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-74
|
|
January 3, 1944
|
|
1944-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1960
|
|
Nehenta Bay
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-75
|
|
January 11, 1944
|
|
1944-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1960
|
|
Hoggatt Bay
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-76
|
|
January 18, 1944
|
|
1944-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1960
|
|
Kadashan Bay
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-77
|
|
January 26, 1944
|
|
1944-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1960
|
|
Marcus Island
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-78
|
|
February 3, 1944
|
|
1944-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1960
|
|
Savo Island
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-79
|
|
February 11, 1944
|
|
1944-1946
|
|
Struck by Kamikazes, scuttled on January 4, 1945
|
|
Ommaney Bay
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-80
|
|
February 18, 1944
|
|
1944-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1959
|
|
Petrof Bay
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-81
|
|
February 25, 1944
|
|
1944-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1960
|
|
Rudyerd Bay
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-82
|
|
March 2, 1944
|
|
1944-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1959
|
|
Saginaw Bay
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-83
|
|
March 9, 1944
|
|
1944-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1959
|
|
Sargent Bay
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-84
|
|
March 15, 1944
|
|
1944-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1959
|
|
Shamrock Bay
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-85
|
|
March 21, 1944
|
|
1944-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1959
|
|
Shipley Bay
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-86
|
|
March 28, 1944
|
|
1944-1954
|
|
Scrapped in 1961
|
|
Sitkoh Bay
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-87
|
|
April 4, 1944
|
|
1944-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1959
|
|
Steamer Bay
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-88
|
|
April 9, 1944
|
|
1944-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1959
|
|
Cape Esperance
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-89
|
|
April 15, 1944
|
|
1944-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1960
|
|
Takanis Bay
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-90
|
|
April 12, 1944
|
|
1944-1964
|
|
Scrapped in 1966
|
|
Thetis Bay
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-91
|
|
April 27, 1944
|
|
1944-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1961
|
|
Makassar Strait
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-92
|
|
May 3, 1944
|
|
1944-1959
|
|
Scrapped in 1961
|
|
Windham Bay
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-93
|
|
May 9, 1944
|
|
1944-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1947
|
|
Makin Island
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-94
|
|
May 14, 1944
|
|
1944-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1960
|
|
Lunga Point
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-95
|
|
May 20, 1944
|
|
1944-1945
|
|
Sunk by kamikazes during the Battle of Iwo Jima on February 21, 1945
|
|
Bismarck Sea
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-96
|
|
May 26, 1944
|
|
1944-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1946
|
|
Salamaua
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-97
|
|
June 1, 1944
|
|
1944-1947
|
|
Scrapped in 1960
|
|
Hollandia
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-98
|
|
June 7, 1944
|
|
1944-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1961
|
|
Kwajalein
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-99
|
|
June 13, 1944
|
|
1944-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1947
|
|
Admiralty Islands
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-100
|
|
June 18, 1944
|
|
1944-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1960
|
|
Bougainville
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-101
|
|
June 24, 1944
|
|
1944-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1960
|
|
Matanikau
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-102
|
|
June 30, 1944
|
|
1944-1946
|
|
Scrapped in 1947
|
|
Attu
|
|
Casablanca
|
|
CVE-103
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July 6, 1944
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1944-1946
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Scrapped in 1946
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Roi
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Casablanca
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CVE-104
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July 8, 1944
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1944-1946
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Scrapped in 1960
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Munda
|
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Commencement Bay
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CVE-105
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November 27, 1944
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1944-1946
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Scrapped in 1972
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Commencement Bay
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Commencement Bay
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CVE-106
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December 30 ,1944
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1944-1954
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Scrapped in 1960
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Block Island
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Commencement Bay
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CVE-107
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February 5, 1945
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1946-1955
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Scrapped in 1979
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Gilbert Islands
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Commencement Bay
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CVE-108
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May 12, 1945
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1945-1969
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Scrapped in 1971
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Kula Gulf
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Commencement Bay
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CVE-109
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March 5, 1945
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1945-1946
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Scrapped in 1971
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Cape Gloucester
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Commencement Bay
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CVE-110
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May 19, 1945
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1945-1954
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Scrapped in 1962
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Salerno Bay
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Commencement Bay
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CVE-111
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April 9, 1945
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1945-1970
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Scrapped in 1971
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Vella Gulf
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Commencement Bay
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CVE-112
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May 14, 1945
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1945-1956
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Scrapped in 1971
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Siboney
|
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Commencement Bay
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CVE-113
|
|
June 18, 1945
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1945-1946
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Scrapped in 1962
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|
Puget Sound
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Commencement Bay
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CVE-114
|
|
October 22, 1945
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1945-1955
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|
Scrapped in 1971
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|
Rendova
|
|
Commencement Bay
|
|
CVE-115
|
|
July 16, 1945
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1945-1955
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|
Scrapped in 1961
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|
Bairoko
|
|
Commencement Bay
|
|
CVE-116
|
|
November 14, 1945
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|
1945-1957
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|
Scrapped in 1972
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|
Badoeng Strait
|
|
Commencement Bay
|
|
CVE-117
|
|
September 4, 1945
|
|
1945-1947
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|
Scrapped in 1971
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|
Saidor
|
|
Commencement Bay
|
|
CVE-118
|
|
February 27, 1946
|
|
1946-1954
|
|
Scrapped in 1960
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|
Sicily
|
|
Commencement Bay
|
|
CVE-119
|
|
October 16, 1945
|
|
1945-1969
|
|
Scrapped in 1971
|
|
Point Cruz
|
|
Commencement Bay
|
|
CVE-120
|
|
December 4, 1945
|
|
1945-1955
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|
Scrapped in 1960
|
|
Mindoro
|
|
Commencement Bay
|
|
CVE-121
|
|
Completed but never commissioned
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|
N/A
|
|
Scrapped in 1972
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|
Rabaul
|
|
Commencement Bay
|
|
CVE-122
|
|
January 15, 1946
|
|
1946-1954
|
|
Scrapped in 1960
|
|
Palau
|
|
Commencement Bay
|
|
CVE-123
|
|
Completed but never commissioned
|
|
N/A
|
|
Scrapped in 1971
|
|
Tinian
|
|
Commencement Bay
|
|
CVE-124
|
|
Cancelled
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
Bastogne
|
|
Commencement Bay
|
|
CVE-125
|
|
Cancelled
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
Eniwetok
|
|
Commencement Bay
|
|
CVE-126
|
|
Cancelled
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
Lingayen
|
|
Commencement Bay
|
|
CVE-127
|
|
Cancelled
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|
N/A
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|
N/A
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Okinawa
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