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CVE-77 Marcus Island
United States Navy escort carrier
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Casablanca | 1943/09/15 Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver | 1943/12/16 | 1944/01/26 | 1960/02/29
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| Namesake: A small triangular island in the western Pacific about midway between Wake Island and the Bonins; named Minami Tori Shima by the Japanese; the site of an enemy naval base during World War II, subjected to U.S. naval bombardment beginning in March 1942, bypassed by the Allies during the westward advance across the Pacific; and surrendered by the Japanese 31 August 1945. | |||||
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| Camouflage: 44: Ms 32/15a | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 44/05/11 | 44/05/12 | San Diego | 88 | ||
| 44/05/19 | 44/07/01 | round trip aircraft ferry run to U.S. bases in the South Pacific | 66 | ||
| 44/07/01 | 44/07/20 | San Diego - embark VC-21 | 66 | ||
| 44/07/20 | 44/08/24 | sail San Diego > Tulagi | 66 | ||
| 44/09/06 | 44/10/04 | Stale2 | 32.7.1/CarDiv27/UF,DF | VC-21 | 70 66 |
| 44/10/10 | 44/10/30 | King2 | 77.4.2/CarDiv27/DF | VC-21 | 70 |
| 44/10/25 | King2 | 77.4.2/CarDiv27/DF | xSamar | 70 | |
| 44/10/30 | 44/11/04 | King2 | 77.4.4 | 70 66 | |
| 44/11 | escort convoy Manus < > Leyte | 70 | |||
| 44/12/12 | 44/12/16 | Love3 | 77.12.7/CarDiv27/DF | land Midnoro | 70 |
| 44/12/15 | Love3 | 77.12.7/CarDiv27/DF | damage(kami - 2xA6M) off Mindoro | 70 | |
| 44/12/16 | 44/12/23 | Love3 | sail Mindoro > Manus | 66 | |
| 44/12/23 | 44/12/29 | Manus | 66 | ||
| 44/12/30 | 45/01/17 | Mike1 | 77.4.4/CarDiv27/UF,DF | VC-21 | 70 |
| 45/01/05 | Mike1 | 77.4.4/CarDiv27/UF,DF | attacking midget submarine | 70 | |
| 45/01/10 | Mike1 | 77.4.6/CarDiv27/DF | VC-21 | 70 | |
| 45/01/17 | 45/02/05 | Mike1 | 77.4/CarDiv27/DF | VC-21 | 70 |
| 45/02/05 | 45/03/04 | Ulithi | 66 | ||
| 45/02/06 | Ulithi - changed ComCarDiv27 for ComCarDiv24 | 66 | |||
| 45/02/14 | CarDiv24/DF | Ulithi - changed VC-21 for VC-87 | 66 | ||
| 45/03/04 | 45/03/07 | CarDiv24/DF | sail Ulithi > Leyte | 66 | |
| 45/03/21 | 45/04/29 | Iceber | 52.1.2/CarDiv24/UF,DF | VC-87, from 04/05 VMO-1 | 70 |
| 45/04/29 | 45/05/03 | sail Okinawa > Guam | 66 69 | ||
| 45/05/05 | 45/05/22 | sail Guam > San Diego , ferrying damaged planes | 66 | ||
| 45/05/22 | 45/07/10 | San Diego | 66 | ||
| 45/07/10 | 45/08/15 | ferry cruise San Diego > P.H. > Guam and back to Alameda | 66 | ||
| 45/08/15 | 45/09/28 | sail Alameda > P.H. > Guam > Okinawa | 66 | ||