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CVE-23 Breton
United States Navy escort carrier
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Bogue | . . Seattle Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, Wash. | 1942/06/27 | 1943/04/12 | 1972
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| Namesake: Breton is a sound in Louisiana | |||||
| TTD differences from class: | |||||
| Camouflage: 43-44: Ms 14, 45: Ms 21 | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 43/08/06 | 43/08/30 | Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 43/08/30 | 43/09/02? | 37 | tactical exercises with TF 38 and TF 39 out of Esp. Santo | 88 | |
| 43/09/04 | 43/09/16 | Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 43/09/17 | 43/09/20 | Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 43/09/28 | 43/09/30 | Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 43/10/06 | 43/10/07 | Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 43/10/07 | 43/10/10 | 37/38/39, probably 38 | fleet (combined TF 37, TF 38, TF 39) exercises SW of Esp. Santo | 88 | |
| 43/10/10 | 43/10/16 | Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 43/10/25 | 43/11/14 | escort convoy from San Francisco to P.H. > Nandi, Fiji Is. | 66 81 | ||
| 43/11/14 | 43/11/2? | sail from Esp. Santo to P.H. | 81 | ||
| 44/05/24 | off San Diego | 88 | |||
| 44/06/07 | P.H. | 88 | |||
| 44/06/11 | 44/08/10 | Forage | 16.7.11 | spare planes & parts for TF 58 | 66 125 |
| 44/08/08 | 44/08/11 | Eniwetok | 88 | ||
| 44/09/08 | 44/09/1? | escort convoy from P.H. to Emirau | 66 | ||
| 44/09/13 | collision with Gendreau during refueling | 66 | |||
| 44/10 | King2 | transport reserve planes TF 38 off Philippines | |||
| 45/04 | Iceber | SpecEscCarGrp | carry F4U+F6F from MAG-31 and MAG-33 (future Okinawa air groups) | 70 | |
| 45/04/07 | Iceber | raid Okinawa | |||