file created: 12/07/02 00:09:40 , last update: 12/22/00
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CVE-99 Admiralty Islands
United States Navy escort carrier
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Casablanca 1944/02/26
Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver
1944/05/10 1944/06/13 1960
decomm
Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 45: Ms 21


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/07/14       San Diego   66 
44/08/01       P.H. - sail to Majuro   66 
44/08/01 44/08/09   CarTransRon carry planes from P.H. to Majuro escorted by Snyder and William C. Cole   66 
44/08/09 44/08/18?     sail back from Majuro to P.H. escorted by William C. Cole   66 
44/08/24       San Francisco   66 
44/09       sail San Francisco <> Finschhafen   66 
44/10/07 44/10/26     San Diego - refit   66 
44/10/29       San Diego - sail to NAS Alameda to load planes   66 
44/11 44/11/22     Alameda - sail to Finschhafen with USAF planes   66 
44/11/22       Finschhafen - sail to Manus   66 
44/11/23       Seeadler Harbor   66 
44/12/06 44/12/07     P.H.   66 
44/12/14       San Diego - load planes and personel   66 
44/12/24       P.H.   66 
44/12/25 45/01/06     sail P.H. > Guam   66 
45/01/06 45/01/10     off Guam   66 
45/01/10 45/01/20     sail Guam > P.H.   66 
45/01/20 45/01/31     Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyards - main engine repairs   66 
45/02/02       P.H. - sail to Eniwetok > Ulithi   66 
45/02/16 45/03/02 Detach 50.8     66 
45/03/02 45/03/13     Guam - minor hull repairs   66 
45/03/13 45/04/24 Iceber 50.8.4     66 
45/04/24 45/05/14     Guam - boilers repairs   66 
45/05/14 45/05/28 Iceber 50.8.4     66 
45/05/28 45/06/15 Iceber 30.8.4     66 
45/06/15 45/06/29     Guam   66 
45/06/29 45/07/21   30.8 raid Home Islands   66 
45/07/21       sail to Guam   66 
45/08/11       San Diego - sail to San Pedro,USA   66 
45/08/II 45/09     San Pedro, USA repairs   66 
46/04/24       decomm   66 
46/05/08       struck from Navy List   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex Chaplin Bay
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 3 Battle Stars
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