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CVE-96 Salamaua
United States Navy escort carrier
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Casablanca | 1944/02/04 Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver | 1944/04/22 | 1944/05/26 | 1946/11/18
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| Camouflage: 44: Ms 32/18a, 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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| 44/06/ | 44/08 | 2 ferry trips from San Diego: to P.H, then to Finschhafen | 66 | ||
| 44/09/01 | 44/10/16 | Alameda - overhaul, training | 66 | ||
| 44/10/16 | 44/10/23 | sail San Diego > P.H. | 66 | ||
| 44/10/23? | 44/11/05 | sail P.H. > Ulithi | 66 | ||
| 44/11/05? | 44/11/1? | sail Ulithi > Palau > Philippines | 66 | ||
| 44/11/14 | 44/11/23 | King2 | 77.4.5 | 66 | |
| 44/11/23 | 44/12/0? | sail Leyte > Manus | 66 | ||
| 44/12/0? | 44/12/27 | Seeadler Harbor, Manus | 66 | ||
| 44/12/30 | 45/01/13 | Mike1 | 77.4.1/CarDiv29 | VC-87 | 70 |
| 45/01/13 | Mike1 | 77.4.1/CarDiv29 | disable(kami) (17-09N, 119-21E) | 85 | |
| 45/02/26 | 45/04/21 | San Francisco - repairs | 6 | ||
| 45/04/21 | 45/05/20 | sail west coast > Guam | 66 | ||
| 45/05/20 | 45/05/26 | sail Guam > Okinawa | 66 | ||
| 45/05/26 | 45/05/28 | Iceber | 52.1 | 66 | |
| 45/05/28 | 45/06/04 | Iceber | 32.1 | 66 | |
| 45/06/04 | 45/06/06 | Iceber | 30.8 | 66 | |
| 45/06/05 | Iceber | 30.8 | damage(typhoon) | 70 | |
| 45/06/1? | 45/07?? | Guam - repairs | 66 | ||
| 45/07/ | 45/07/30? | ASW duties in Marianas <> Okinawa shipping lanes | 66 | ||
| 45/08/0? | 45/08/15 | ASW duties in Leyte <> Okinawa shipping lanes | 66 | ||
| 45/08/25 | 45/09/02 | escort convoy Leyte > Tokio Bay | 66 | ||
| 45/09/02 | Tokio Bay - surrender ceremony | 81 | |||