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CVE-95 Bismarck Sea
United States Navy escort carrier
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Casablanca | 1944/01/31 Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver | 1944/04/17 | 1944/05/20 | 1945/02/21
sunk | |
| Namesake: The Bismarck Sea, northeast of New Guinea, was the scene of attacks by United States and Australian aircraft on a Japanese troop convoy (2-5 March 1943). | |||||
| TTD differences from class: | |||||
| Camouflage: 44: Ms 32/18a , 44-45: Ms 21 | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 44/07 | 44/08 | escort convoys San Diego <> Marshalls | 66 | ||
| 44/08 | 44/10 | San Diego - repairs, training | 66 | ||
| 44/08/07 | discharging old F4U in Muga Beach(Calif.) | ||||
| 44/10/16 | 44/10/23 | 19.5 | sail from San Diego to P.H. | 66 | |
| 44/11 | escort convoy Manus < > Leyte | 70 | |||
| 44/11/14 | 44/11/23 | 77.4 | 66 | ||
| 45/01/03 | 45/01/17 | Mike1 | 77.4.3/CarDiv29 | VC-86 | 66 70 |
| 45/02/16 | 45/02/21 | Detach | 52.2.2/CarDiv29 | VC-86 | 66 70 |
| 45/02/21 | Detach | 52.2.2/CarDiv29 | sunk(kami) off Iwojima - 218 KIA, 943 WIA (24-36N, 141-48E) | 66 70 | |