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CVE-66 White Plains
United States Navy escort carrier
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Casablanca | 1943/02/11 Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver | 1943/09/15 | 1943/11/15 | 1958/07/29
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| Namesake: named for the battle off White Plains on October 28, 1776 during the Revolutionary War. | |||||
| TTD differences from class: | |||||
| Camouflage: 43: Ms 14, 44: Ms 33/10a | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 43/12/21 | 43/12/30 | San Diego - load ferry planes | 66 | ||
| 43/12/30 | 44/01/11 | carry VMF-113, VMF-532 from San Diego to Tarawa via P.H. | 70 66 | ||
| 44/01/11 | 44/01/17 | disembark VMF-113, VMF-532 , embark VF-1 | 66 | ||
| 44/01/17 | 44/01/23 | carry VF-1 from Tarawa to P.H. | 70 66 | ||
| 44/01/23 | 44/01/27 | P.H. - turnaround period | 66 | ||
| 44/01/27 | 44/02/03 | sail P.H. > Tarawa | 66 | ||
| 44/02/04 | 44/02/05 | sail Tarawa > Majuro | 66 | ||
| 44/02/07 | damaged in collision with Caldwell off Marshalls | 85 | |||
| 44/02/17? | 44/02/23 | sail Kwajalein > P.H. | 66 | ||
| 44/02/23 | 44/03/03 | sail P.H. > Alameda | 66 | ||
| 44/03/03 | 44/04/24 | California coast - training | 66 | ||
| 44/04 | embark VC-4 | 81 | |||
| 44/04/24 | 44/05/01 | sail San Diego > P.H. | 66 | ||
| 44/05/01 | 44/05/28 | off P.H. - air operations and amphibious support training | 66 | ||
| 44/05/29 | 44/08/02 | Forage | 52.14.2/CarDiv25/GF from 06/18 | VC-4 | 70 25 88 |
| 44/06/21 | Forage | 52.14.2/CarDiv25/GF | sinking AK Shoun Maru off Rota Is. (14-10N, 145-10E) | 85 | |
| 44/08/02 | 44/08/16 | sail Marianas > Esp. Santo | 66 | ||
| 44/08/02 | 44/08/05 | 51.18.10 | sail from Saipan to Eniwetok | 88 | |
| 44/08/06 | 44/08/11 | Eniwetok | 88 | ||
| 44/08/16 | 44/09/10? | 66 | |||
| 44/09/15 | 44/10/04 | Stale2 | 32.7.3/CarDiv26 | land Palau: VC-4 | 70 |
| 44/09/23 | Stale2 | 31.2/CarDiv26 | land Ulithi: VC-4 | 70 | |
| 44/10/10 | 44/10/31 | King2 | 77.4.3/CarDiv25 | VC-4 | 70 |
| 44/10/24 | 44/10/25 | King2 | 77.4.3/CarDiv25 | xLeyte | |
| 44/10/25 | King2 | 77.4.3/CarDiv25 | damage(kami) off Leyte | ||
| 44/10/31 | 44/11/06 | Seeadler Harbor, Manus - temporary repairs | 66 | ||
| 44/11/06 | 44/11/27 | sail Manus > P.H. > San Diego | 66 | ||
| 44/11/27 | 45/01/19 | San Diego - repairs | 81 | ||
| 45/02 | 45/09 | ferry durties | 66 | ||
| 45/04 | Iceber | SpecEscCarGrp | carry F4U+F6F from MAG-31 and MAG-33 (future Okinawa air groups) | 70 | |
| 45/06/17 | 45/07/09 | sail from Leyte ?? to California (CVG-82: VF-82, VB-82, VT-82) | 81 | ||
| 45/08/1? | 45/08/22 | sail P.H. > San Pedro Bay, California | 66 | ||