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CVE-79 Ommaney Bay
United States Navy escort carrier
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Casablanca 1943/10/06
Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver
1943/12/29 1944/02/11 1945/01/04
sunk
Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 44-45: Ms 33/15a


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/03/19 44/04/27     ferry voyage from Oakland, Cal. to Brisbane and back   66 
44/04/27 44/05/07     San Diego - carrier qualifications, training   66 
44/05/07 45/06/10     San Diego - repairs, alternations   66 
44/06/10 44/06/17?     sail San Diego > P.H.   66 
44/06/17? 44/08/12     P.H. - training   66 
44/08/12 44/09/?     sail P.H. > Tulagi   66 
44/09/ ? 44/09/15     Tulagi   66 
44/09/15 44/10/04 Stale2 32.7.1/CarDiv27 land Palau: VC-75   70 
44/10/04 44/10/10     Seeadler Harbor, Manus   66 
44/10/10 44/11/04 King2 77.4.2/CarDiv27 VC-75   70 
44/10/14 44/10/22 King2 77.4.24/CarDiv27 escort TG 78.6 from Manus to Leyte vicinity   66 
44/10/25   King2 77.4.2/CarDiv27 xSamar   70 
44/11/04 44/12/12     Seeadler Harbor, Manus   66 
44/12/12 44/12/19 Love3 77.12.7/CarDiv27 land Mindoro   70 
44/12/19 44/12/30     Kossol Passage   66 
44/12/30 45/01/04 Mike1 77.4.2/CarDiv24 VC-75   70 
45/01/04   Mike1 77.4.2/CarDiv24 sunk(kami - D4Y1-3) - 93 KIA   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 2 Battle Stars
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