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CVE-55 Casablanca
United States Navy escort carrier
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Casablanca | 1943/01/23 Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver | 1943/04/05 | 1943/07/08 | 1947/04/23
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| Camouflage: 43: Ms 14, 44: Ms 32/12a, 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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| 43/07 | 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  |