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CVL-24 Belleau Wood
United States Navy light aircraft carrier
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| 1941/08/11 New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J. | 1942/12/06 | 1943/03/31 | 1953/09
sold | ||
| Namesake: Belleau Wood, near Chateau Thierry, France, was the scene of a WW I battle, 6 June 1918 | |||||
| TTD differences from class:45: 28x40, 4x20 | |||||
| Camouflage: 43: Ms 14, 44: Ms 33/3d, 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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| 43/07 | joinPac-P.H. | ||||
| 43/08/25 | 43/09/14 | 11.2 | land Baker Is. | 66 81 | |
| 43/09/11 | 43/09/19 | 50 | raid -Tarawa&Makin | ||
| 43/09/29 | 43/10/11 | 14 | raid -Wake | 66 | |
| 43/10/21 | 43/12/09 | Galvan | 50.2 | VF-6,VF-24, VC-22 | |
| 43/12/29 | P.H. | 88 | |||
| 44/01/07 | damaged in collision with Dunlap off P.H. | 85 | |||
| 44/01/27 | 44/02/13 | Flint | 58.1.5 | CVG-24: VF-24,VT-24 | 104 |
| 44/02/17 | Hailst | 58.1.5 | |||
| 44/02/20 | 44/02/22 | 58 | raid -Marianas | ||
| 44/03/15 | 44/04/06 | Desec1 | 58 | raid -Palau | |
| 44/04/13 | 44/05/04 | Reckle | 58.1 | ||
| 44/06/06 | 44/08/02 | Forage | 58.1 | CVG-24 | 81 20 |
| 44/06/19 | Forage | 58.1 | xPhilip | ||
| 44/06/20 | Forage | 58.1 | xPhilip-sinking Hijo NW of Yap Is. (15-30N, 133-50E) | 85 | |
| 44/08/02 | 44/08/?? | Forage | 58.4 | 81 | |
| 44/08/26 | 44/10/31 | King2 | 38.4 | CVG-21 | 81 |
| 44/10/24 | 44/10/26 | King2 | 38.4 | xLeyte | 81 |
| 44/10/28 | VT-21 sinking/share(Gridley, Helm) I-46 120 nm NE of Surigao (10-56N, 127-13E) | 85 | |||
| 44/10/30 | King2 | 38.4 | disable(kami) 92 KIA, 54 WIA (10-20N, 126-40E) | ||
| 44/10/31 | 44/11/02 | detached from TG 38.4, sail to Ulithi for repairs | 69 | ||
| 44/11/02 | 44/11/11 | Ulithi - temporary repairs | 66 | ||
| 44/11/11 | 44/11/29 | sail Ulithi > Hunters Poin Naval Shipyard | 66 | ||
| 44/11/29 | 45/01/20 | Hunters Point Naval Shipyard - repairs | 66 | ||
| 45/01/20 | 45/01/2? | sail San Francisco > P.H. | 66 | ||
| 45/01/29 | 45/02/07 | 12.2 | sail from P.H. to Ulithi | 81 | |
| 45/02/07 | 45/03/04 | Detach | 58.1 | CVG-30 | 80 |
| 45/03/14 | 45/05/28 | Iceber | 58.1 | ||
| 45/05/28 | 45/06/13 | Iceber | 38.1 | ||
| 45/06/04 | Iceber | 38.1 | damage(typhoon) (22-45N, 132-10E) | 85 | |
| 45/06/13 | 45/07/01 | Leyte Gulf | 66 | ||
| 45/07/01 | 45/07/30 | 38.1 | raid Home Islands - CVG-30 | 104 | |