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CVE-106 Block Island II
United States Navy escort carrier
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Commencement | 1943/10/25 Todd Pacific Shipyards Inc., Tacoma, Wash. | 1944/06/10 | 1944/12/30 | 1960
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| Namesake: Block Island Sound is off the south coast of New England. | |||||
| TTD differences from class: | |||||
| Camouflage: 44-45: Ms 33/18a | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 45/03/? | 45/04/17 | training off P.H. | 66 | ||
| 45/03/20 | Tacoma - sail to P.H. | 66 | |||
| 45/04/17 | 45/05/03 | P.H. - sail to Ulithi > Okinawa | 66 | ||
| 45/05/03 | 45/05/28 | Iceber | 52.1.3 | MCVG-1: VMF-511,VMTB-233 | 66 70 |
| 45/05/28 | 45/06/16 | Iceber | 32.1.3 | MCVG-1: VMF-511,VMTB-233 | 66 70 |
| 45/06/15 | Iceber | 32.1.3 | damaged in collision with O´Flaherty 15 nm SE of Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa (26-00N, 128-00E) | 85 | |
| 45/06/2? | San Pedro Bay - sail to Makassar Strait > Borneo | 66 | |||
| 45/06/26 | 45/07/06 | Oboe6 | 78.4.1 | land Balikpapan | 66 70 |
| 45/08 | Guam | ||||