file created: 12/07/02 01:02:41 , last update: 05/30/02
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CVE-78 Savo Island
United States Navy escort carrier
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Casablanca 1943/09/27
Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver 		1943/12/22 1944/02/03 1960/02/29
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Namesake:
TTD differences from class:SG(45/01)
Camouflage: 44: Ms 14 / Ms 33/14a, 45: Ms 22


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/03/15 44/07/02     2 ferry voyages to South Pacific   66 
44/05/12 44/05/15     San Diego   88 
44/05/20 44/05/22     San Diego   88 
44/07/06 44/08/04     training off San Diego, P.H. - VC-27   66 
44/09/15 44/10/04 Stale2 32.7.1/CarrDiv27 VC-27   70 
44/10/04 44/10/12     Seeadler Harbor, Manus   66 
44/10/10 44/10/30 King2 77.4.2/CarDiv27 VC-27   70 
44/10/25   King2 77.4.2/CarDiv27 xSamar   70 
44/10/30 44/11/04 King2 77.4.4     70 
44/11       escort convoy Manus < > Leyte   70 
44/11/04 44/11/19     Seeadler Harbor, Manus   66 
44/11/19 44/11/22     sail to Leyte   66 
44/11/22 44/11/27     convoy lanes to Leyte - escort & patrol force   66 
44/11/27? 44/12/10     Kossol Passage   66 
44/12/12 44/12/19 Love3 77.12.7/CarDiv27 land Mindoro   70 
44/12/19 44/12/30     Kossol Roads   66 
44/12/30 45/01/17 Mike1 77.4.2/CarDiv24 VC-27   70 
45/01/05   Mike1 77.4.2/CarDiv24 damaged (kami) (14-50N, 119-00E)   85 
45/01/17 45/02/05 Mike1 77.4 VC-27   70 
45/02/05 45/03/21     Ulithi - repairs, training   66 
45/03/21 45/04/07 Iceber 52.1.1 VC-91   70 
45/04/07 45/04/16 Iceber 50.8 VC-91   70 
45/04/16 45/04/29 Iceber 52.1.2 ?? VC-91   66 
45/04/29 45/05/?     sail Okinawa > San Diego for overhaul   66 
45/05/ 45/07     San Diego - overhaul   66 
45/07/11 45/08/     ferry cruise San Diego > P.H. and back to Alameda   66 
45/08/06 45/08/15     sail San Diego > Adak, Alaska   66 
45/08/15 45/09   44 occupation force   66 

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