file created: 12/07/02 00:53:46 , last update: 10/15/01
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CVE-93 Makin Island
United States Navy escort carrier
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Casablanca 1944/01/12
Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver
1944/04/05 1944/05/09 1947/01/01
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Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 44-45: Ms 32/16a, 45: Ms 21


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/06/19 44/07/24     ferry planes San Diego > P.H. and back   66 
44/06/28 44/07/06     sail from P.H. to Kwajalein   66 
44/07/24 44/10/16     San Diego - training duty   66 
44/10/16 44/10/23   19.5 sail San Diego > P.H.  
44/10/24? 44/11/05     sail P.H. > Eniwetok > Ulithi   66 
44/11/05 44/11/10     Ulithi   66 
44/11/10 44/11/20?   77.4 escort convoy Manus < > Leyte   70  69 
44/11/22       sail for Manus   66 
44/12/30 45/01/17 Mike1 77.4.1/CarDiv29/GF,UF,DF VC-84   70 
45/02/10 45/03/08 Detach 52.2.2/CarDiv29/GF,UF,DF VC-84   70 
45/03/08   Detach   sail Iwojima > Ulithi   70 
45/03/21 45/05/28 Iceber 52.1.1/GF VC-84   70 
45/05/10   Iceber 52.1.1/GF Kerama Retto   66 
45/05/28 45/06/01 Iceber 32.1.1/GF     66 
45/06/01 45/06/05     sail Okinawa > Guam   66 
45/06/05 45/07/11         66 
45/07/11 45/07/2?     antishipping sweep off China coast   70 
45/08/01 45/08/13   95.3 antishipping sweep off Shanghai (VC-41)   70  85 
45/08/13 45/09/09     Buckner Bay, Okinawa   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 46/07/11 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 5 Battle Stars
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