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CVE-62 Natoma Bay
United States Navy escort carrier
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Casablanca | 1943/01/17 Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver | 1943/06/20 | 1943/10/14 | 1959/07/30
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| Camouflage: 44: Ms 33/14a, 45: Ms 22 | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 43/11 | 44/01/03 | aircraft and personnel ferrying duties betw. San Diego & Hawaii | 66 | ||
| 44/01/03 | 44/01/10 | sail San Diego > P.H. - VC-63 | 66 | ||
| 44/01/10 | 44/01/23 | CarDiv24 | P.H. | 66 | |
| 44/01/31 | 44/03/07 | Flint | 51.2/CarDiv24 | VC-63 | 70 |
| 44/03 | 44/04/02 | 36.3 | land Emirau - VC-63 | 70 | |
| 44/03/07 | 44/03/12 | sail Majuro > Esp. Santo | 66 | ||
| 44/03/12 | 44/03/15 | Esp. Santo | 70 66 | ||
| 44/03/15 | 44/04/02 | 36.3 | land Emirau - strike Kavieng | 70 | |
| 44/04/02 | departed Emirau to Tulagi for supplies | 70 | |||
| 44/04/19 | 44/04/28 | Persec | 78.2/CarDiv24/FF,GF,DF | VC-63 | 66 70 |
| 44/04/28 | 44/05/07 | Seeadler Harbor, Manus | 66 | ||
| 44/05/07 | 44/05/18 | sail Manus > P.H. | 66 | ||
| 44/05/18 | 44/06/05 | Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard - boilers and engines repairs | 70 | ||
| 44/06/05 | 44/06/19 | Forage | 50.? | carry P-47 P.H. > Eniwetok > Saipan (escort = Halligan) | 66 |
| 44/06/22 | 44/06/27 | Forage | 50.? | launch P-47D from 19.FS, 318.FG | 70 |
| 44/06/24 | Forage | 50.? | refuel - attacked by IJNAF | 70 66 | |
| 44/06/27 | 44/06/28? | Forage | 50.? | Eniwetok - embark WIA for transfer to USA | 66 |
| 44/06/28 | 44/07/16 | Forage | 50.? | sail Eniwetok > San Diego | 66 |
| 44/07/16 | 44/09/05 | San Diego - availability, logistics and ferry duty | 66 | ||
| 44/09/05 | 44/09/14 | San Diego - VC-81 qualification and training | 66 | ||
| 44/09/15 | 44/10/03 | sail San Diego > Manus | 66 | ||
| 44/09/15 | 44/09/25 | sail from P.H. to Marshalls | 66 | ||
| 44/10/12 | 44/11/04 | King2 | 77.4.2/CarDiv24/UF,DF | VC-81 | 70 |
| 44/10/24 | 44/10/25 | King2 | 77.4.2/CarDiv24/UF,DF | xLeyte | 70 |
| 44/11/04 | 44/11/27 | Seeadler Harbor, Manus | 66 | ||
| 44/11/27 | 44/12/?? | sail Manus > Kossol Roads | 66 | ||
| 44/12/12 | 44/12/20? | Love3 | 77.12.7/CarDiv24/UF,DF | land Mindoro | 70 |
| 44/12/17 | 44/12/28? | sail Mindoro > Kossol Roads > Manus > Kossol Roads | 66 | ||
| 44/12/30 | 45/01/17 | Mike1 | 77.4.2/CarDiv25/UF,DF | VC-81 | 70 |
| 45/01/17 | 45/02/05 | Mike1 | 77.4 | VC-81 | 70 |
| 45/02/10 | 45/03/08 | Detach | 52.2.1/CarDiv26/UF,DF | VC-81 | 70 |
| 45/03/08 | 45/03/11 | Detach | sail Iwojima > Ulithi | 70 | |
| 45/03/11 | 45/03/21 | Ulithi - replenish, VC-9 replaced VC-81 | 66 | ||
| 45/03/21 | 45/04/17 | Iceber | 52.1.1 | VC-9 | 70 |
| 45/04/17 | Iceber | 52.1.1 | detached for Guam to repare engines | 70 | |
| 45/04/2? | 45/05/04 | Guam - engine repairs | 66 | ||
| 45/05/04 | 45/05/08 | sail from Guam to Okinawa | 66 | ||
| 45/05/08 | 45/05/28 | Iceber | 52.1 | 66 | |
| 45/05/28 | 45/06/20 | Iceber | 32.1 | 66 | |
| 45/06/06 | 45/06/20 | Iceber | Kerama Retto - temporary repairs | 66 | |
| 45/06/07 | Iceber | 32.1 | disable(kami) Okinawa/RP2 (24-46N, 126-37E) > repairs after war | 85 | |
| 45/06/20 | 45/08/19 | sail Kerama Retto > Guam > San Diego | 66 | ||
| 45/08/19 | 44/10 | San Diego - repairs, alternations | 66 | ||