file created: 12/07/02 00:25:22 , last update: 05/31/02
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CVE-70 Fanshaw Bay
United States Navy escort carrier
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Casablanca 1943/05/18
Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver
1943/11/01 1943/12/09 1959/09/26
scrap
Namesake: named for a bay in the coast of Alaska
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 43-44: Ms 22, 44: Ms 32/4a


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/04/06 44/04/20     sail San Diego > Majuro   66 
44/04/18 44/05/13   11.2 Majuro - ASW patrols   66 
44/05/29 44/06/18 Forage 52.14.1/CarDiv25/GF,UF,DF VC-68   25  70 
44/06/17   Forage 52.14.1/CarDiv25/GF,UF,DF disable(D4Y) off Saipan (15-00N, 145-00E)   70 
44/06/18   Forage 52.14.1/CarDiv25 retired to Eniwetok   70 
44/06/24 44/07     Eniwetok, P.H. - repairs   70  66  88
44/08/28 44/09/10     Manus - Stalemate preparations   66 
44/09/15 44/10/04 Trade 77.1.2/CarDiv25/UF,DF land Morotai - VC-66   70 
44/10/10 44/11/01 King2 77.4.3/CarDiv25/UF,DF VC-68   70 
44/10/25   King2 77.4.3/CarDiv25/UF,DF xSamar   70 
44/11/01 44/11/07     Manus   81 
44/12/ 45/01     San Diego - repairs, overhaul   81 
45/03/14 45/03/21     Ulithi   66 
45/03/21 45/05/28 Iceber 52.1.1/UF VOC-2   70 
45/05/28 45/06/09     San Pedro Bay, Leyte   81 
45/06/09 45/06/27     air cover for minesweeping in East China Sea   81 
45/07/ 45/08     sail Okinawa > Guam > Eniwetok > Adak, Alaska   66 
45/08 45/09        

Ship status, hull number changes...: nickname "Fanny B"
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 5 Battle Stars, PUC for Taffy 3
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