Category: US Navy
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US Navy Escort Carrier USS Ommaney Bay (CVE-79)
US Navy Escort Carrier USS Ommaney Bay (CVE-79) USS Ommaney Bay was a United States Navy escort carrier of the Casablanca class, built during the rapid wartime expansion of American naval aviation in the Second World War. She was laid down in 1943 by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company at Vancouver, Washington, and commissioned in January… Read more
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US Navy Escort Carrier USS Breton CVE-23
US Navy Escort Carrier USS Breton CVE-23 The USS Breton (CVE-23) was a Bogue-class escort aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that served during World War II and was later reactivated as an aircraft transport vessel in the post-war period. Escort carriers such as Breton played a vital but often underappreciated role in naval… Read more
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US Navy Escort Carrier USS Block Island CVE-21
US Navy Escort Carrier USS Block Island CVE-21 USS Block Island (CVE-21) was a Bogue-class escort carrier, commissioned into the U.S. Navy in March 1943 during a period of accelerated naval construction driven by anti-submarine warfare (ASW) requirements in the Atlantic. Escort carriers—converted from merchant or support hulls—were optimized for convoy defence and hunter-killer operations… Read more