file created: 12/07/02 01:06:04 , last update: 06/30/00
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CVE-72 Tulagi
United States Navy escort carrier
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Casablanca 1943/06/07
Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver
1943/11/15 1943/12/21 1946/05/08
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Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 44: Ms 32/4a


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/01       joinPac  
44/01/29 44/02/04     sail P.H. > San Diego   66 
44/02/04 44/03?     off San Diego   66 
44/03/0?       leftPac   66 
44/10/17?       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
44/10/17? 44/10/26     sail Panama > San Diego   66 
44/10/26 44/10/29     San Diego - embark 2 squadrons for transport to P.H.   66 
44/10/29 44/11/05     sail San Diego > P.H.   66 
44/11/05 44/11/24     P.H. - ASW exercises   66 
44/11/24 44/12/28   12.4 ASW patrols - Marshalls, Ulithi, Saipan   66 
44/12/28 45/01/17 Mike1 77.5 VC-92   70 
45/01/17 45/02/05 Mike1 77.4 VC-92   70 
45/02/05 45/02/10     Ulithi - replenish   66 
45/02/10 45/03/08 Detach 50.7.3 VC-92   70 
45/03/08 45/03/11 Detach 52.2.3     70 
45/03/11       sail Iwojima > Ulithi   70 
45/03/21 45/05/28 Iceber 52.1.2 VC-92   70 
45/04/29   Iceber 52.1.2 sinking I-44 220 nm SE of Okinawa (24-15N, 131-16E)   85 
45/05/28 45/06/06 Iceber 32.1.2    
45/06/06 45/06/08     Guam   66 
45/06/08 45/06/2?     sail Guam > San Diego   66 
45/07 45/09/04     San Diego - overhul. trials, training   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex Fortaleza Bay, renamed 1943/11/06
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 4 Battle Stars
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