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CVE-82 Saginaw Bay
United States Navy escort carrier
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Casablanca 1943/11/01
Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver
1944/01/19 1944/03/02 1959/11/27
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Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 44: Ms 33/14a


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/04/15 44/04/21     ferry planes San Diego > P.H.   66 
44/04/22 44/05/??     ferry damaged planes back to NAS Alameda   66 
44/05/ 44/06     carrier qualifications   66 
44/06/29? 44/07/05     ferry planes to P.H.   66 
44/07/05 44/07/09     P.H.   66 
44/07/09 44/07/??     sail P.H. > Eniwetok > Majuro   66 
44/08       Tulagi   66 
44/09/15 44/10/04 Stale2 32.7.2/CarDiv28/UF,DF land Palau: VC-78   70 
44/10/10 44/11/04 King2 77.4.1/CarDiv28/DF VC-78   70 
44/10/24 44/10/28 King2 77.4.1/CarDiv28/DF detached to Morotai to bring replacement planes   70 
44/11/04 44/11/??     Seeadler Harbor, Manus   66 
44/11/10       damaged by AE-11 Mount Hood explosion in Seeadler Harbor, Manus   85 
44/12/30 45/01/17 Mike1 77.4.5/CarDiv28/UF,DF VC-78   70 
45/01/10   Mike1 77.4.6/CarDiv28/UF,DF VC-78   70 
45/02/10 45/03/11 Detach 52.2.3/CarDiv25/UF,DF VC-88   70 
45/03/11   Detach   sail Iwojima > Ulithi   70 
45/03/21 45/04/29 Iceber 52.1.2 VC-88   70 
45/04/29 45/05/03     sail Okinawa > Guam   66 
45/05/0? 45/05/22     sail from Guam to San Diego   69 
45/05/22 45/08     San Diego - repairs, overhaul   66 
45/08 45/08/20     ferry planes San Diego > Guam   66 
45/08/20       San Diego   66 
45/08/30?       Hawaii - training   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1959/03/01 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 5 Battle Stars
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