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CVE-55 Casablanca
United States Navy escort carrier
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Casablanca 1943/01/23
Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver
1943/04/05 1943/07/08 1947/04/23
sold
Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 43: Ms 14, 44: Ms 32/12a, 45: Ms 21


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/07 44/08     training ship for precommissioning crews   66 
44/08/24 44/10/08     ferry planes, personel, aviation fuel to Manus > sail back to Seattle   66 
44/10/08 45/01/22     training duty   66 
45/01/22 45/03/13     Puget Sound - overhaul   66 
45/03/13 45/05/12     ferry duties betw. west coast, Guam, Manus, Palau, Samar   66 
45/05/12       sail to west coast for overhaul   66 
45/06/24       P.H.   66 
45/07 45/09     transport duty betw. west coast, P.H., Guam   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex Ameer, ex Alazon Bay, 1946/06/10 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...):
Notice: laid as AVG-55 Ameer 42/08/20 > ACV-55 43/01/23 > Alazon Bay 43/04/03 > Casablanca 43/07/15 > CVE-55