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CVE-68 Kalinin Bay
United States Navy escort carrier
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Casablanca | 1943/04/26 Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver | 1943/10/15 | 1943/11/27 | 1946/12/08
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| Namesake: named for a bay on the northern shore of Kruzof Island of southeastern Alaska. | |||||
| TTD differences from class: | |||||
| Camouflage: 43-44: 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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| 44/01/03 | San Diego - start Pacific replenishment duty | 66 | |||
| 44/01/03 | 44/01/24 | San Diego - sail to Tarawa with planes & troops | 66 | ||
| 44/01/24 | 44/02/07? | Flint | direct landing support | 66 | |
| 44/01/25 | Flint | Tarawa - bring 24xF4U (VMF-422),31xF6F,12xTBM,5xSB2U from P.H. | 66 | ||
| 44/02/24 | Alameda, California | 66 | |||
| 44/04/09 | 44/04/23 | sail Alameda > Majuro (VC-3) | 66 | ||
| 44/04/23 | 44/05/13 | 11.2 | ASpatro-off Mili Atoll (VC-3) | 66 | |
| 44/05/29 | 44/07/13 | Forage | 52.14.2/CarDiv25 | VC-3 | 66 70 |
| 44/06/19 | 44/06/24 | Forage | 52.14.2/CarDiv25 | detached to bring replacement planes from Eniwetok | 70 |
| 44/07/13 | Forage | 52.14.2/CarDiv25 | detached to Eniwetok | 70 | |
| 44/07/2? | Forage | 53.7 | VC-3 | 70 | |
| 44/08/10 | 44/08/11 | Eniwetok | 88 | ||
| 44/08/18 | 44/10/03 | Stale2 | 32.7.2/CarDiv28 | land Palau: VC-3 | 66 70 |
| 44/08/18 | 44/08/22 | 57.5.5 | sail from Eniwetok to Tulagi | 88 | |
| 44/10/12 | 44/10/25 | King2 | 77.4.3/CarDiv25 | VC-3 | 66 70 |
| 44/10/25 | 77.4.3/CarDiv25 | xSamar -disable(CenFor,kami) | 66 | ||
| 44/10/25 | 44/11/01 | off Samar Is - sail to Woleai > Manus | 66 | ||
| 44/11/01 | 44/11/07 | Manus - emergency repairs | 66 | ||
| 44/11/07 | 44/11/27 | sail Manus > San Diego | 66 | ||
| 44/11/27 | 45/01/18 | San Diego - repairs | 66 | ||
| 45/01/20 | San Diego - carry planes to P.H. > Guam | 66 | |||
| 45/02 | 45/09 | PacCarrTransron | W.coast > P.H. > Eniwetok > Guam | 66 | |
| 45/06/30 | 45/07/11 | carry CVG-12 Guam > P.H. | 84 | ||
| 45/07/11 | 45/07/12 | P.H. - refuel | 84 | ||
| 45/07/12 | 45/07/19 | carry CVG-12 P.H. > San Diego | 84 | ||
| 45/09/02 | San Diego | 81 | |||