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CVE-71 Kitkun Bay
United States Navy escort carrier
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Casablanca | 1943/05/03 Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver | 1943/11/08 | 1943/12/15 | 1946/11/18
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| Camouflage: 43-44: Ms 14, 44: Ms 32/12a | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 44/01/28 | 44/02/? | San Diego - sail to replenish New Hebridas | 66 | ||
| 44/02/18 | 44/03/06 | New Hebridas - carry planes & passengers to San Diego | 66 | ||
| 44/03/06 | 44/05/01 | VC-6 training off San Diego | 66 | ||
| 44/05/01 | 44/05/29 | CarDiv26/DF | San Diego - sail to P.H., then training | 66 | |
| 44/05/29 | 44/08/04 | Forage | 52.11.1/CarDiv26/GF,UF,DF | VC-5 | 25 66 70 |
| 44/08/04 | Guam area - sail to Esp. Santo for upkeep | 66 | |||
| 44/08/10 | 44/08/11 | Eniwetok | 88 | ||
| 44/08/24 | sail from Esp. Santo to Purvis Bay, Florida Is, Solomons | 66 | |||
| 44/09/08 | Esp. Santo - sail to join TF 31 | 66 | |||
| 44/09/15 | 44/10/03 | Stale2 | 32.7.3/CarDiv26/GF,UF,DF | land Palau: VC-5 | 66 70 |
| 44/09/23 | Stale2 | 31.2/CarDiv26/GF,DF | land Ulithi - VC-5 | 70 | |
| 44/10/10 | King2 | 77.4.3/CarDiv26/DF | VC-5 | ||
| 44/10/25 | King2 | 77.4.3/CarDiv26/DF | xSamar -damage(kami - A6M), sinking Cokai | ||
| 44/11/01 | 44/11/07 | Seeadler Harbor | 66 | ||
| 44/11/07 | 44/11/?? | Seeadler Harbor - sail to P.H. - VC-5 replaced by VC-91 | 66 | ||
| 44/12/1? | 44/12/17 | sail P.H. > Seeadler Harbor | 66 | ||
| 44/12/30 | 45/01/08 | Mike1 | 77.4.3/CarDiv26/UF,DF | VC-91 | 66 70 |
| 45/01/08 | Mike1 | 77.4.3/CarDiv26/UF,DF | disable(kami - Oscar) off Luzon (15-48N, 119-08E) - 16 KIA, 37 WIA | 66 70 85 | |
| 45/01/09 | 45/02/28 | sail from Luzon to Leyte > Manus | 66 | ||
| 45/02/1? | 45/02/17 | sail from Manus to P.H. | 66 | ||
| 45/02/2? | 45/02/28 | sail from P.H. to San Pedro, Cal. | 66 | ||
| 45/02/28 | 45/04 | San Pedro - repairs | 66 | ||
| 45/04 | 45/06/15 | training period off Hawaii | 66 | ||
| 45/06/15 | P.H. - sail to Ulithi | 66 | |||
| 45/07/03 | 45/08/15 | 30.8 | raid Home Islands | 66 | |
| 45/08/15 | 44 | surrender force | 66 | ||