file created: 12/07/02 01:04:19 , last update: 05/30/02
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CVE-87 Steamer Bay
United States Navy escort carrier
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Casablanca 1943/12/01
Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver
1944/02/26 1944/04/04 1959/08/29
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Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 44: Ms 14, 44-45: Ms 32/12a,


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/05/02       sail from Puget Sound to San Diego   66 
44/05/10 44/05/14     San Diego   88  66 
44/05/14 44/05/30     sail from San Diego to Esp.Santo MAG-61 onboard   66 
44/05/30 44/06/02     Esp. Santo - unload cargo   66 
44/06/02 44/06/20     sail Esp. Santo > San Diego   66 
44/06/20 44/07/19     San Diego   66 
44/07/19 44/08/01     sail San Diego > Majuro (298 USMC men, 72 planes)   66 
44/08/01 44/08/21     sail Majuro > P.H. > Manus   66 
44/09 44/10 Stale2 30.8     70 
44/10 44/11 King2 30.8     70 
44/11       escort convoy Manus < > Leyte   70 
44/12/30 45/01/17 Mike1 77.4.2/CarDiv24 VC-90   70 
45/01/17 45/02/05 Mike1 77.4 VC-90   70 
45/02/05 45/01/10     Ulithi   66 
45/02/10 45/03/07 Detach 52.2.1/CarDiv26 VC-90   70 
45/03/07 45/03/12 Detach   sail Iwojima > San Pedro Bay, Leyte   70 
45/03/12 45/03/27     San Pedro Bay, Leyte   66 
45/03/27 45/05/26 Iceber 52.1.1 VC-90   70 
45/04/25   Iceber 52.1.1 damaged in collision with Hale 235 nm ESE of NAkagusuku Bay, Okinawa (24-48N, 131-58E)   85 
45/05/26 45/05/30     sail Okinawa > Guam   66 
45/05/30 45/06/10     Guam - VC-93 replaced VC-90   81 
45/06/10 45/06/15     sail Guam > Okinawa escorted by Brown   81 
45/06/11       damaged by operational aircraft casualty 130 nm S of Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa (24-00N, 128-00E)   85 
45/06/15 45/06/22 Iceber 32.1.3 VC-93   81 
45/06/22 45/06/2?     sail Okinawa > Ulithi   81 
45/06/25? 45/07/03     Ulithi   81 
45/07/03 45/07/21   30.8     81 
45/07/21 45/07/24     sail to Guam   81 
45/07/24 45/07/25     Guam   81 
45/07/25 45/08/03     sail Guam > P.H.   81 
45/08/03 45/08/10     sail P.H. > San Diego   66 
45/08/10 45/09/28     San Diego - overhaul   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1959/03/01 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 6 Battle Stars
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