USS Attu (CVE-102) was a Casablanca class escort carrier of the US Navy. Launched on 27 May 1944, she as commissioned on 30 June 1944. During the Second World War she was used as a transport and replenishment carrier.
As a replacement carrier she supported the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. By providing replacement aircraft to the fleet carriers, she enabled them to stay on station longer.
Post war she undertook several Operation Magic Carpet missions repatriating US servicemen home. She was decommissioned on 8 June 1946 and scrapped in 1949.
USS Attu (CVE-102) underway, September 1944USS Attu (CVE-102)Gunnery drills aboard USS Attu (CVE-102), circa 1944General Motors FM-2 Wildcat taking off from USS Attu (CVE-102) during carrier qualifications off California 1944Aerial view of USS Attu (CVE-102) underway off California, 28 September 1944Grumman F6F Hellcat launched from USS Attu (CVE-102) 1945USS Attu (CVE-102) underway in the western Pacific, after passing through a typhoon on the morning of 5 June 1945Wrecked aircraft strewn about the flight deck of USS Attu (CVE-102) following Typhoon ConnieUSS Attu (CVE-102) is shown transferring personnel with the ex-destroyer USS Fox (AG-85). 3 September 1945. Vought F4U Corsairs are on the flight deckThe hangar bay of USS Attu (CVE-102) filled with beds in 1944A Mitsubishi Ki-46 is loaded on USS Attu (CVE-102) in 1944 for transport back to the USUSS Attu (CVE-102) arrives at San Diego, California, at the end of a magic carpet transport run, transporting the US 4th US Marine Division on 12 October 1945USS Attu (CVE-102) arrives at San Diego, California, at the end of a magic carpet transport run, transporting the US 4th US Marine Division on 12 October 1945
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