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CVE-65 Wake Island
United States Navy escort carrier
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Casablanca 1943/02/06
Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver
1943/11/15 1943/11/07 1946/04/19
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Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 44-45: Ms 33/10a


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/11/28 43/12/06     off Puget Sound   66 
43/12/06 43/12/10     sail Puget Sound > San Francisco   66 
43/12/10 43/12/12     San Francisco - refuel   66 
43/12/12 43/12/14     sail San Francisco > San Diego   66 
43/12/14 44/01/11     San Diego - shakedown and availability   66 
44/01/11 44/01/20?     sail San Diego > Panama   66 
44/01/20?       leftPac   66 
44/11/17 44/11/28     sail Panama > NAS Alameda, San Francisco Bay   66 
44/11/17       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
44/11/28 44/11/29     NAS Alameda - embark VC-9, VPB-149   66 
44/11/29 44/12/05     sail San Francisco > P.H.   66 
44/12/05 44/12/15     P.H. - disembark VC-9, VPB-149, embark ferry planes   66 
44/12/15 44/12/27     sail P.H. > Manus loaded with cargo escorted by DE-340, DE-403   66 
44/12/27 45/01/01     sail Manus > Kossol Roads   66 
45/01/01 45/01/17 Mike1 77.4.2/CarDiv24 VOC-1   70  66 
45/01/17 45/01/23   77.14 sail Luzon > Ulithi   66 
45/01/23 45/01/31     Ulithi   66 
45/02/10 45/03/08 Detach 52.2.1/CarDiv26 VOC-1   70 
45/03/08 45/03/14 Detach 52.2.3     70  66 
45/03/14 45/03/19     Ulithi   70  66 
45/03/21 45/04/06 Iceber 52.1.2 VOC-1   70 
45/04/03   Iceber 52.1.2 disable(kami) 110 nm E of Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa (26-05N, 128-57E)   70  66  85
45/04/06 45/04/10     sail Kerama Retto > Apra Harbor, Guam   66 
45/04/10 45/05/20     Apra Harbor, Guam - repairs   66 
45/05/16 45/05/19 Iceber 32.1 Kerama Retto - refuel, rearm   66 
45/05/21 45/05/25     sail Guam > Okinawa   66 
45/05/25 45/05/28 Iceber 52.1     66 
45/05/28 45/06/19 Iceber 32.1     66 
45/06/02 45/05/06 Iceber 32.1 Kerama Retto - refuel, rearm   66 
45/06/19       Kerame Retto - detached from 32.1 due to battle damage from 45/04/03   66 
45/06/20 45/06/24     sail Kerama Retto > Guam   66 
45/06/25 45/06/29     ferry 46 planes Guam > Okinawa   66 
45/06/29 45/07/03     sail Okinawa > Guam   66 
45/07/05? 45/07/17     sail Guam > P.H. - ferry mail, 10 F4U, 20 SB2C   66 
45/07/18 45/07/25     sail P.H. > San Diego - ferry 200 mens   66 
45/07/26? 45/10     San Diego - carrier qualifications, training   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: struck 1946/04/17
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 3 Battle Stars
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