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CVE-18 Altamaha
United States Navy escort carrier
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Bogue 1941/12/19
Seattle Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, Wash. 		1942/05/22 1942/09/15 1959
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Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 42-43: Ms 14, 44-45: Ms 21


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
42/10/27 42/10/31     Tacoma - sail to San Diego   66 
42/10/31 42/11/03     San Diego - loading planes and passengers   66 
42/11/03 42/11/28     sail San Diego > Espiritu Santo > Noumea   66 
42/11/28 42/12/27?     training exercises off Noumea   66 
42/12/30 43/01/13     Esp. Santo - sail to Nandi, Fiji Is   66 
43/02/0? 43/02/10     unload cargo in Funafuti, Ellice Is > sail to P.H.   66 
43/02/19 43/02/28     carry CVG-11 P.H. > Nandi   66 
43/02/28       unload CVG-11 in Nandi, Fiji Is > sail back to P.H.   66 
43/03/09       P.H. - carry spare planes for SoPac carriers   66 
43/03/15 43/03/17     sail Palmyra Is > Johnston Is   66 
43/03/17 43/03/20     sail Johnston Is > Midway Is   66 
43/03/20 43/03/23     sail Midway Is > P.H.   66 
43/03/23 43/04/01     sail P.H. > San Diego   66 
43/04/01 43/07/13     off California Coast   66 
43/07/13 43/07/16     load planes from NAS Alameda, Calif.   66 
43/07/16 43/08/03     sail Alameda > Brisbane with P-51 onboard   66  70 
43/08/06 43/08/16     Brisbane   66 
43/08/16 43/08/28     Brisbane - carry 29 USAF planes to > Karaci, India   66 
43/09/02 43/09/18     Karaci,India - sail to Melbourne   66 
43/09/21 43/10/08     Melbourne - sail to Mare Island   66 
43/10/08 43/11/08     Mare Island Naval Shipyard - overhaul   66 
43/11/08 43/11/11?     Mare Island - sail to Alameda to load spare planes   66 
43/11/13 43/11/30     Alameda - departed with spare planes to Brisbane   66 
43/12/04 43/12/21     sail Brisbane > San Diego   66 
43/12/21 44/03/22     off San Diego - repairs, carrier qualifications etc   66 
44/03/22 44/03/28     sail San Diego > P.H.   66 
44/03/30 44/04/20?   11.1 ASpatro-off Marshalls - VC-66   66 
44/04/05     11.1 VC-66 damaging I-45 650 nm NE of Majuro (14-27N, 176-37E)   85 
44/04/20? 44/05/??     P.H. - upkeep   66 
44/05/?? 44/05/11     ASpatro-off Marshalls   66 
44/05/11 44/05/13     P.H.   66 
44/05/13 44/05/18     sail P.H. > Alameda   66 
44/05/18 44/05/31     United Engineering Shipb. Co.,Alameda - refit   66 
44/05/31       Alameda - sail to P.H. with planes & spare parts   66 
44/06/?? 44/06/19     sail P.H. > Alameda > San Diego   66 
44/06/07 44/06/09     P.H.   88 
44/06/19 44/06/21     San Diego - load cargo   66 
44/06/21 44/07/07     San Diego - sail to Esp. Santo - unload cargo   66 
44/07/12 44/07/16     Esp. Santo - sail to Morobe, N. Guinea   66 
44/07/20? 44/07/25     Morobe, N. Guinea - sail to Langemark>Seeadler>Esp. Santo   66 
44/07/27? 44/08/9?     Esp. Santo - sail to Seeadler>Guadalcanal>Esp. Santo   66 
44/08/?       P.H. - sail to San Diego   66 
44/08/? 44/09/08     San Diego - 4 days in San Diego, then sail to P.H.   66 
44/08/10 44/08/?     Esp. Santo - sail to P.H.   66 
44/09/08 44/10/06     P.H. - sail to Emirau Is > Seeadler > San Diego   66 
44/10/06 44/10/26     local operations off San Diego   66 
44/10/26 44/11/15     San Diego - sail to P.H. > Eniwetok > Ulithi   66 
44/11/15 44/12/14   30.8 flight operations off Ulithi   66 
44/12/16 44/12/24 Love3 30.8 land Mindoro   66 
44/12/18     30.8 damage(typhoon)  
44/12/30 45/01/25 Mike1 30.8     66 
45/02/15 45/02?     P.H.   66 
45/02/26       Alameda   66 
45/03/03 45/03/14     HPNY - refit, propeller repair   66 
45/04 45/08     transport service in various places in Pacific   66 
45/08? 45/10     HPNY - repairs, overhaul   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 1 Battle Star
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