file created: 12/07/02 00:16:30 , last update: 05/30/02
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CVE-88 Cape Esperance
United States Navy escort carrier
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Casablanca 1943/12/11
Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver
1944/03/05 1944/04/09 1959/05/14
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Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 44: Ms 32/12a, 45: Ms 21


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/05/14       San Diego   88 
44/05/21 44/05/22     San Diego   88 
44/05/22 44/05/23     eexrcises out of San Diego   88 
44/05/26 44/09/20     2 ferry cruises to SoPac   66 
44/09/20 44/10/02     San Francisco   66 
44/10/02 44/11/02     sail San Francisco > Leyte   66 
44/11/02 44/11/ King2 30.8     70 
44/12/01 44/12/24 Love3 30.8.14/UF land Mindoro   70 
44/12/18     30.8.14/UF damage(typhoon)   70 
45/02 45/08     ferry cruises from west coast to Guam, Iwojima, Okinawa   66 
45/07/05? 45/07/10     sail from Guam towards P.H. with Bull   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1959/01/15 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 2 Battle Stars
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