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margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>Bucareli Bay</i></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>Kwajalein</i></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Namesake</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Bucareli Bay, <a href="/wiki/Baker_Island_(Alaska)" title="Baker Island (Alaska)">Baker Island</a>, Alaska</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kwajalein" title="Battle of Kwajalein">Battle of Kwajalein</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Ordered</td><td>as a <a href="/wiki/Casablanca-class_escort_carrier" title="Casablanca-class escort carrier">Type S4-S2-BB3</a> hull, <a href="/wiki/Maritime_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Maritime Commission">MCE</a> hull 1135<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKaiser_Vancouver2010_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKaiser_Vancouver2010-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Awarded</td><td>18 June 1942</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td><a href="/wiki/Kaiser_Shipyards" title="Kaiser Shipyards">Kaiser Shipyards</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>19 February 1944</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>4 May 1944</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>7 June 1944</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Decommissioned</td><td>16 August 1946</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Stricken</td><td>1 April 1960</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Identification</td><td><a href="/wiki/Hull_classification_symbol#Aircraft_carrier_type" title="Hull classification symbol">Hull symbol</a>: CVE-98</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Honors and<br />awards</td><td>2 <a href="/wiki/Battle_star" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle star">Battle stars</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Sold for scrap, 11 January 1961</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChesneauGardiner1980109_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChesneauGardiner1980109-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Class and type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Casablanca-class_escort_carrier" title="Casablanca-class escort carrier"><i>Casablanca</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Escort_carrier" title="Escort carrier">escort carrier</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">8,188 <a href="/wiki/Long_ton" title="Long ton">long tons</a> (8,319 <a href="/wiki/Tonne" title="Tonne">t</a>) <a href="/wiki/Displacement_(ship)#Standard_displacement" title="Displacement (ship)">(standard)</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">10,902 long tons (11,077 t) <a href="/wiki/Displacement_(ship)#Loaded_displacement" title="Displacement (ship)">(full load)</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">512 ft 3 in (156.13 m) (<a href="/wiki/Length_overall" title="Length overall">oa</a>)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">490 ft (150 m) (<a href="/wiki/Waterline_length" title="Waterline length">wl</a>)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">474 ft (144 m) (<a href="/wiki/Flight_deck" title="Flight deck">fd</a>)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">65 ft 2 in (19.86 m)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">108 ft (33 m) (<a href="/wiki/Beam_(nautical)" title="Beam (nautical)">extreme width</a>)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draft</td><td>20 ft 9 in (6.32 m) (max)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Installed power</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 × <a href="/wiki/Babcock_%26_Wilcox_boiler" class="mw-redirect" title="Babcock & Wilcox boiler">Babcock & Wilcox boilers</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">9,000 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Shaft_horsepower" title="Horsepower">shp</a> (6,700 <a href="/wiki/Kilowatt" class="mw-redirect" title="Kilowatt">kW</a>)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × <a href="/wiki/Skinner_Unaflow" class="mw-redirect" title="Skinner Unaflow">Skinner Unaflow</a> <a href="/wiki/Steam_engine" title="Steam engine">reciprocating steam engines</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × <a href="/wiki/Propeller" title="Propeller">screws</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>19 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (35 km/h; 22 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Range</td><td>10,240 nmi (18,960 km; 11,780 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Total: 910 – 916 officers and men</li> <ul style="list-style: none"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Embarked Squadron: 50 – 56</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Ship's Crew: 860</li> </ul> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><b>As designed:</b></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × <a href="/wiki/5%22/38_caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="5"/38 caliber gun">5 in (127 mm)/38 cal</a> <a href="/wiki/Dual-purpose_gun" title="Dual-purpose gun">dual-purpose gun</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">8 × <a href="/wiki/Bofors_40_mm_Automatic_Gun_L/60" class="mw-redirect" title="Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60">40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">12 × <a href="/wiki/Oerlikon_20_mm_cannon" title="Oerlikon 20 mm cannon">20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><b>Varied, ultimate armament:</b></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal gun</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">8 × twin 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">30 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Aircraft carried</td><td>27</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Aviation facilities</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_catapult" title="Aircraft catapult">catapult</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × <a href="/wiki/Elevator#Aircraft_elevators" title="Elevator">elevators</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Service record</th> </tr> <tr><td>Part of:</td><td> <ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Pacific_Fleet" title="United States Pacific Fleet">United States Pacific Fleet</a> (1944–1946)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Reserve_Fleet" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Reserve Fleet">Pacific Reserve Fleet</a> (1946–1960)</li> </ul></td></tr><tr><td>Operations:</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Operation_Magic_Carpet_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Magic Carpet (World War II)">Operation Magic Carpet</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>USS <i>Kwajalein</i> (CVE-98)</b> was the forty-fourth of fifty <a href="/wiki/Casablanca-class_escort_carrier" title="Casablanca-class escort carrier"><i>Casablanca</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Escort_carrier" title="Escort carrier">escort carriers</a> built for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. She was named after the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kwajalein" title="Battle of Kwajalein">Battle of Kwajalein</a>, in which American forces captured <a href="/wiki/Kwajalein_Atoll" title="Kwajalein Atoll">Kwajalein Atoll</a>. The ship was <a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_ship_launching" title="Ceremonial ship launching">launched</a> in May 1944, <a href="/wiki/Ship_commissioning" title="Ship commissioning">commissioned</a> in June, and served in support of the <a href="/wiki/Philippines_campaign_(1944%E2%80%9345)" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippines campaign (1944–45)">Philippines campaign</a>. Later in the war, she served as a replenishment carrier, during which she was damaged by <a href="/wiki/Typhoon_Cobra" title="Typhoon Cobra">Typhoon Cobra</a>. Postwar, she participated in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Magic_Carpet" title="Operation Magic Carpet">Operation Magic Carpet</a>, repatriating U.S. servicemen from throughout the Pacific. She was decommissioned in May 1946, when she was <a href="/wiki/Reserve_fleet" title="Reserve fleet">mothballed</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Reserve_Fleet" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Reserve Fleet">Pacific Reserve Fleet</a>. Ultimately, she was sold for <a href="/wiki/Ship_breaking" title="Ship breaking">scrapping</a> in January 1961. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design_and_description">Design and description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Kwajalein&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design and description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Inboard_and_outboard_profiles_of_a_Casablanca-class_escort_carrier,_1946.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Inboard_and_outboard_profiles_of_a_Casablanca-class_escort_carrier%2C_1946.png/220px-Inboard_and_outboard_profiles_of_a_Casablanca-class_escort_carrier%2C_1946.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Inboard_and_outboard_profiles_of_a_Casablanca-class_escort_carrier%2C_1946.png/330px-Inboard_and_outboard_profiles_of_a_Casablanca-class_escort_carrier%2C_1946.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Inboard_and_outboard_profiles_of_a_Casablanca-class_escort_carrier%2C_1946.png/440px-Inboard_and_outboard_profiles_of_a_Casablanca-class_escort_carrier%2C_1946.png 2x" data-file-width="1598" data-file-height="780" /></a><figcaption>A profile of the design of <a href="/wiki/USS_Takanis_Bay" title="USS Takanis Bay"><i>Takanis Bay</i></a>, which was shared with all <i>Casablanca</i>-class escort carriers.</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Casablanca-class_escort_carrier" title="Casablanca-class escort carrier">Casablanca-class escort carrier</a></div> <p><i>Kwajalein</i> was a <i>Casablanca</i>-class <a href="/wiki/Escort_carrier" title="Escort carrier">escort carrier</a>, the most numerous type of <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carriers</a> ever built,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChesneauGardiner1980109_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChesneauGardiner1980109-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and designed specifically to be mass-produced using prefabricated sections, in order to replace heavy early war losses. Standardized with her <a href="/wiki/Sister_ship" title="Sister ship">sister ships</a>, she was 512 ft 3 in (156.13 m) <a href="/wiki/Length_overall" title="Length overall">long overall</a>, at the <a href="/wiki/Waterline_length" title="Waterline length">waterline</a>, she was 490 ft (150 m) long, she had a <a href="/wiki/Beam_(nautical)" title="Beam (nautical)">beam</a> of 65 ft 2 in (19.86 m), at her widest point, this was 108 ft (33 m), and a <a href="/wiki/Draft_(nautical)" class="mw-redirect" title="Draft (nautical)">draft</a> of 20 ft 9 in (6.32 m). She <a href="/wiki/Displacement_(ship)" title="Displacement (ship)">displaced</a> 8,188 <a href="/wiki/Long_ton" title="Long ton">long tons</a> (8,319 <a href="/wiki/Tonne" title="Tonne">t</a>) <a href="/wiki/Standard_displacement" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard displacement">standard</a>, 10,902 long tons (11,077 t) with a <a href="/wiki/Full-load_displacement" class="mw-redirect" title="Full-load displacement">full load</a>. She had a 257 ft (78 m) long <a href="/wiki/Hangar#Hangars_aboard_ships" title="Hangar">hangar deck</a> and a 477 ft (145 m) long <a href="/wiki/Flight_deck" title="Flight deck">flight deck</a>. She was powered with two <a href="/wiki/Skinner_Unaflow" class="mw-redirect" title="Skinner Unaflow">Skinner Unaflow</a> reciprocating steam engines, which drove two shafts, providing 9,000 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Shaft_horsepower" title="Horsepower">shaft horsepower</a> (6,700 <a href="/wiki/Kilowatt" class="mw-redirect" title="Kilowatt">kW</a>), thus enabling her to make 19 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (35 km/h; 22 mph). The ship had a cruising range of 10,240 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nautical miles</a> (18,960 km; 11,780 mi) at a speed of 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). Her compact size necessitated the installation of an <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_catapult" title="Aircraft catapult">aircraft catapult</a> at her bow, and there were two <a href="/wiki/Elevator#Aircraft_elevators" title="Elevator">aircraft elevators</a> to facilitate movement of aircraft between the flight and hangar deck: one each fore and aft.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEY'Blood201434–35_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEY'Blood201434–35-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChesneauGardiner1980109_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChesneauGardiner1980109-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHazegray1998_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHazegray1998-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One <a href="/wiki/5%22/38_caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="5"/38 caliber gun">5-inch (127 mm)/38</a> <a href="/wiki/Caliber_(artillery)" title="Caliber (artillery)">caliber</a> <a href="/wiki/Dual-purpose_gun" title="Dual-purpose gun">dual-purpose gun</a> was mounted on the stern. Anti-aircraft defense was provided by eight <a href="/wiki/Bofors_40_mm_Automatic_Gun_L/60" class="mw-redirect" title="Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60">Bofors 40-millimeter (1.6 in) anti-aircraft guns</a> in single mounts, as well as 12 <a href="/wiki/Oerlikon_20_mm_cannon" title="Oerlikon 20 mm cannon">Oerlikon 20-millimeter (0.79 in) cannons</a>, which were mounted around the perimeter of the deck.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHazegray1998_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHazegray1998-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the end of the war, <i>Casablanca</i>-class carriers had been modified to carry thirty 20 mm cannons, and the amount of 40 mm guns had been doubled to sixteen, by putting them into twin mounts. These modifications were in response to increasing casualties due to <a href="/wiki/Kamikaze" title="Kamikaze">kamikaze</a> attacks. Although <i>Casablanca</i>-class escort carriers were designed to function with a crew of 860 and an embarked squadron of 50 to 56, the exigencies of wartime often necessitated the inflation of the crew count. In a combat situation, <i>Casablanca</i>-class escort carriers were designed to carry 27 aircraft, but an additional number could be accommodated on the hangar deck.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHazegray1998_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHazegray1998-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEY'Blood201410_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEY'Blood201410-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Construction">Construction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Kwajalein&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Construction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Her construction was awarded to <a href="/wiki/Kaiser_Shipyards" title="Kaiser Shipyards">Kaiser Shipbuilding Company</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vancouver,_Washington" title="Vancouver, Washington">Vancouver, Washington</a>, under a <a href="/wiki/Maritime_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Maritime Commission">Maritime Commission</a> contract, on 18 June 1942. The escort carrier was <a href="/wiki/Keel_laying" title="Keel laying">laid down</a> on 19 February 1944 under the name <i>Bucareli Bay</i>, as part of a tradition which named escort carriers after bays or sounds in Alaska.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMaksel2012_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMaksel2012-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was later renamed <i>Kwajalein</i>, as part of a new naval policy which named subsequent <i>Casablanca</i>-class carriers after naval or land engagements.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStubblebine2011_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStubblebine2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The escort carrier was laid down as MC hull 1135, the forty-fourth of a series of fifty <i>Casablanca</i>-class escort carriers. She was <a href="/wiki/Ship_naming_and_launching" class="mw-redirect" title="Ship naming and launching">launched</a> on 4 May 1944; <a href="/wiki/Ship_sponsor" title="Ship sponsor">sponsored</a> by Mrs. Rudolf L. Johnson; transferred to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ship_commissioning" title="Ship commissioning">commissioned</a> on 7 June 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKaiser_Vancouver2010_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKaiser_Vancouver2010-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDANFS2015_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDANFS2015-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Service_history">Service history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Kwajalein&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Service history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_Kwajalein_(CVE-98)_transporting_aircraft_1944.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/USS_Kwajalein_%28CVE-98%29_transporting_aircraft_1944.jpeg/220px-USS_Kwajalein_%28CVE-98%29_transporting_aircraft_1944.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/USS_Kwajalein_%28CVE-98%29_transporting_aircraft_1944.jpeg/330px-USS_Kwajalein_%28CVE-98%29_transporting_aircraft_1944.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/USS_Kwajalein_%28CVE-98%29_transporting_aircraft_1944.jpeg/440px-USS_Kwajalein_%28CVE-98%29_transporting_aircraft_1944.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="1902" data-file-height="1483" /></a><figcaption>The packed flight deck of <i>Kwajalein</i> during a transport mission, 19 July 1944. Numerous <a href="/wiki/Vought_F4U_Corsair" title="Vought F4U Corsair">Vought F4U Corsair</a> fighters and <a href="/wiki/Grumman_TBF_Avenger" title="Grumman TBF Avenger">Grumman TBF Avenger</a> torpedo bombers are visible.</figcaption></figure> <p>After commissioning, <i>Kwajalein</i> underwent a shakedown cruise down the West Coast to <a href="/wiki/San_Pedro,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Pedro, California">San Pedro</a>. She then underwent a transport mission on 19 July to <a href="/wiki/Espiritu_Santo" title="Espiritu Santo">Espiritu Santo</a> in the <a href="/wiki/New_Hebrides" title="New Hebrides">New Hebrides</a>, ferrying military passengers and aircraft. She arrived on 3 August, and proceeded westwards on 7 August for <a href="/wiki/Guam" title="Guam">Guam</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Mariana_Islands" title="Mariana Islands">Mariana Islands</a>, transporting additional aircraft. There, she took on a load of salvaged Japanese equipment, which she carried back to the United States for analysis.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDANFS2015_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDANFS2015-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Arriving at the West Coast, she underwent repairs and overhaul at <a href="/wiki/San_Diego,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego, California">San Diego</a>. She was then assigned to replenishment carrier duties, departing on 7 October to support the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Third_Fleet" title="United States Third Fleet">Third Fleet</a>'s frontline <a href="/wiki/Fast_Carrier_Task_Force" title="Fast Carrier Task Force">Fast Carrier Task Force</a> as part of Task Group 30.8, the Fleet Oiler and Transport Carrier Group.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEY'Blood2014121_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEY'Blood2014121-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Replenishment escort carriers such as <i>Kwajalein</i> enabled the frontline carriers to replace battle losses and to stay at sea for longer durations of time. She took on a load of replacement aircraft at <a href="/wiki/Manus_Island" title="Manus Island">Manus Island</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Islands" title="Admiralty Islands">Admiralty Islands</a>, and sailed for <a href="/wiki/Enewetak_Atoll" title="Enewetak Atoll">Enewetak Atoll</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Islands" title="Marshall Islands">Marshall Islands</a> on 5 November, where she rendezvoused with the replenishment carrier fleet. She was stationed off Manus and <a href="/wiki/Ulithi" title="Ulithi">Ulithi</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Caroline_Islands" title="Caroline Islands">Caroline Islands</a>, where she received supplies and replacement aircraft. Her aircraft were sent to support U.S. forces in the <a href="/wiki/Philippines_campaign_(1944%E2%80%9345)" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippines campaign (1944–45)">Philippines campaign</a>. During these duties, on 18 December, as part of Task Group 30.8.14, she weathered <a href="/wiki/Typhoon_Cobra" title="Typhoon Cobra">Typhoon Cobra</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDANFS2015_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDANFS2015-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEY'Blood2014110_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEY'Blood2014110-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEY'Blood2014121_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEY'Blood2014121-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Third Fleet had been operating against positions on <a href="/wiki/Luzon" title="Luzon">Luzon</a> since 14 December, but its escorting destroyers ran low on fuel. As a result, the fleet retired to the east to refuel and to receive replacement aircraft from Task Group 30.8. She rendezvoused with the Third Fleet about 300 mi (480 km) east of Luzon early on 17 December. The location had been chosen because it lay out of range of Japanese fighters, but it also happened to lie within <a href="/wiki/Typhoon#Paths" title="Typhoon">Typhoon Alley</a>, where many Pacific <a href="/wiki/Tropical_cyclone" title="Tropical cyclone">tropical cyclones</a> transited. As the escort carriers and the Third Fleet met, Typhoon Cobra began to bear down. At 01:00 on 18 December, fueling operations were attempted with the destroyers, although heavy winds and listing seas complicated the matter. At the same time, barometers on-board the ships began to drop, and tropical storm force winds were recorded. Some preparations were made onboard <i>Kwajalein</i>, with the aircraft on her flight deck being lashed down to prevent their loss.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEY'Blood2014267_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEY'Blood2014267-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Typhoon_Cobra,_18_December_1944_east_of_Luzon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Typhoon_Cobra%2C_18_December_1944_east_of_Luzon.jpg/220px-Typhoon_Cobra%2C_18_December_1944_east_of_Luzon.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Typhoon_Cobra%2C_18_December_1944_east_of_Luzon.jpg/330px-Typhoon_Cobra%2C_18_December_1944_east_of_Luzon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Typhoon_Cobra%2C_18_December_1944_east_of_Luzon.jpg/440px-Typhoon_Cobra%2C_18_December_1944_east_of_Luzon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="707" /></a><figcaption>A radar image of Typhoon Cobra, 18 December 1944.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SB2C_Helldiver_on_USS_Kwajalein_(CVE-98)_in_a_typhoon_1944.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/SB2C_Helldiver_on_USS_Kwajalein_%28CVE-98%29_in_a_typhoon_1944.jpg/220px-SB2C_Helldiver_on_USS_Kwajalein_%28CVE-98%29_in_a_typhoon_1944.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/SB2C_Helldiver_on_USS_Kwajalein_%28CVE-98%29_in_a_typhoon_1944.jpg/330px-SB2C_Helldiver_on_USS_Kwajalein_%28CVE-98%29_in_a_typhoon_1944.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/SB2C_Helldiver_on_USS_Kwajalein_%28CVE-98%29_in_a_typhoon_1944.jpg/440px-SB2C_Helldiver_on_USS_Kwajalein_%28CVE-98%29_in_a_typhoon_1944.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5412" data-file-height="4060" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Curtiss_SB2C_Helldiver" title="Curtiss SB2C Helldiver">Curtiss SB2C Helldiver</a> dive bomber rocks in the midst of Typhoon Cobra. Note the restraints tying the aircraft to the flight deck.</figcaption></figure> <p>As the weather continued to deteriorate, <a href="/wiki/Admiral_(United_States)" title="Admiral (United States)">Admiral</a> <a href="/wiki/William_Halsey_Jr." title="William Halsey Jr.">William Halsey Jr.</a> ordered fueling operations suspended at 13:10. In a clumsy attempt to evade the cyclone, and misled by sketchy data, Halsey ordered several conflicting orders in quick succession, which ultimately brought <i>Kwajalein</i> and the rest of the escort carriers into the quadrant of the typhoon with the strongest winds.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEY'Blood2014268_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEY'Blood2014268-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At 07:00, the fleet was inescapably trapped in the typhoon's path. Conflicting orders meant that some of the destroyers attempted to do some fueling during the morning, even as waves with an estimated height of 60 ft (18 m) pounded the task force. At 07:22, <i>Kwajalein</i> came to course at 60°, along with her <a href="/wiki/Sister_ship" title="Sister ship">sisters</a> <a href="/wiki/USS_Nehenta_Bay" title="USS Nehenta Bay"><i>Nehenta Bay</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/USS_Rudyerd_Bay" title="USS Rudyerd Bay"><i>Rudyerd Bay</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEY'Blood2014269_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEY'Blood2014269-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At 09:40, she lost most steering control, but careful manipulation of the rudder meant that <i>Kwajalein</i> only faced rolls of about 10°, and at the time, she fared much better than many of her fellow replenishment carriers. However, with visibility down to only 1,000 yd (910 m), each ship moving independently of each other, and the ship's lack of steering control, the ship's officers were gravely concerned about potential collisions.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEY'Blood2014270_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEY'Blood2014270-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Eventually, as she proceeded deeper into the typhoon's <a href="/wiki/Eye_(cyclone)" title="Eye (cyclone)">eyewall</a>, her roll began to increase drastically. At one point, Warrick reported that she had rolled 39° to port, a very dangerous angle. At 13:00, a <a href="/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Grumman F6F Hellcat">Grumman F6F Hellcat</a> <a href="/wiki/Fighter_aircraft" title="Fighter aircraft">fighter</a> broke free of its restraints, and rolled across the flight deck into a gun mount. Several crewmen, at great personal risk, shoved the plane overboard before it could wreak any more damage. During the height of the storm, two more planes were jettisoned off her flight deck, with two more damaged and rendered inoperational. However, the majority of her aircraft remained intact and usable, in stark contrast to some of the other escort carriers who went through the typhoon, which had almost their entire aircraft contingent ejected or damaged beyond repair. Only minor damage was dealt to <i>Kwajalein</i>, and she was able to continue operating as a replenishment carrier.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEY'Blood2014271_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEY'Blood2014271-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Later, in January 1945, she transitioned northwards, providing replacement aircraft in support of the Fast Carrier Task Force, which was operating against Japanese bases along the <a href="/wiki/Formosa" class="mw-redirect" title="Formosa">Formosan</a> and Chinese coasts. Upon completing her duties, she was discharged from the replenishment carrier fleet, steaming back to the United States. She returned on San Diego on 23 February, where she underwent overhaul, and received a load of aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDANFS2015_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDANFS2015-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After completing her overhaul, she proceeded to <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Harbor" title="Pearl Harbor">Pearl Harbor</a> with her load of aircraft. There, she served as a transport carrier until the cession of hostilities with Japan. She conducted three transport runs from <a href="/wiki/Territory_of_Hawaii" title="Territory of Hawaii">Hawaii</a> to bases in the West Pacific, ferrying aircraft, supplies, and munitions. The aircraft she transported helped replace losses sustained in raids against the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_archipelago" title="Japanese archipelago">Japanese home islands</a>. During these transport runs, Captain Charles Murray Heberton took over command of the vessel on 15 July 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDANFS2015_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDANFS2015-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After news of the <a href="/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan" title="Surrender of Japan">Japanese surrender</a> broke, she joined the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Magic_Carpet_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Magic Carpet (World War II)">Operation Magic Carpet</a> fleet, which repatriated U.S. servicemen from around the Pacific. In total, she made four Magic Carpet runs, making stops throughout the Pacific. She arrived at San Pedro on 2 February 1946, whereupon she was discharged from the Magic Carpet fleet. On 23 April, she departed San Pedro, and sailed north for <a href="/wiki/Mukilteo,_Washington" title="Mukilteo, Washington">Mukilteo, Washington</a>, arriving there on 5 February. She then proceeded to <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Reserve_Fleet,_Tacoma" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Reserve Fleet, Tacoma">Pacific Reserve Fleet, Tacoma</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tacoma,_Washington" title="Tacoma, Washington">Tacoma, Washington</a>, where inactivation work was conducted. She was decommissioned on 16 August, and mothballed as part of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Reserve_Fleet" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Reserve Fleet">Pacific Reserve Fleet</a>. She was redesignated as a utility aircraft carrier, <b>CVU-98</b>, on 12 June 1955. She was once again redesignated, this time as an aircraft transport, <b>AKV-34</b>, on 7 May 1959. She was struck from the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Vessel_Register" title="Naval Vessel Register">Navy list</a> on 1 April 1960, and sold for <a href="/wiki/Ship_breaking" title="Ship breaking">scrapping</a>. She was ultimately broken up in Japan sometime in 1961. She received two <a href="/wiki/Battle_star" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle star">battle stars</a> for her World War II service.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHazegray1998_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHazegray1998-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDANFS2015_8-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDANFS2015-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Kwajalein&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/USS_Nehenta_Bay" title="USS Nehenta Bay"><i>Nehenta Bay</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Hoggatt_Bay" title="USS Hoggatt Bay"><i>Hoggatt Bay</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Kadashan_Bay" title="USS Kadashan Bay"><i>Kadashan Bay</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Marcus_Island" title="USS Marcus Island"><i>Marcus Island</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Savo_Island" title="USS Savo Island"><i>Savo Island</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Ommaney_Bay" title="USS Ommaney Bay"><i>Ommaney Bay</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Petrof_Bay" title="USS Petrof Bay"><i>Petrof Bay</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Rudyerd_Bay" title="USS Rudyerd Bay"><i>Rudyerd Bay</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Saginaw_Bay" title="USS Saginaw Bay"><i>Saginaw Bay</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Sargent_Bay" title="USS Sargent Bay"><i>Sargent Bay</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Shamrock_Bay" title="USS Shamrock Bay"><i>Shamrock Bay</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Shipley_Bay" title="USS Shipley Bay"><i>Shipley Bay</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Sitkoh_Bay" title="USS Sitkoh Bay"><i>Sitkoh Bay</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Steamer_Bay" title="USS Steamer Bay"><i>Steamer Bay</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Cape_Esperance" title="USS Cape Esperance"><i>Cape Esperance</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Takanis_Bay" title="USS Takanis Bay"><i>Takanis Bay</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Thetis_Bay" title="USS Thetis Bay"><i>Thetis Bay</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Makassar_Strait" title="USS Makassar Strait"><i>Makassar Strait</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Windham_Bay" title="USS Windham Bay"><i>Windham Bay</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Makin_Island_(CVE-93)" title="USS Makin Island (CVE-93)"><i>Makin Island</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Lunga_Point" title="USS Lunga Point"><i>Lunga Point</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Bismarck_Sea" title="USS Bismarck Sea"><i>Bismarck Sea</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Salamaua" title="USS Salamaua"><i>Salamaua</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Hollandia" title="USS Hollandia"><i>Hollandia</i></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Kwajalein</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Admiralty_Islands" title="USS Admiralty Islands"><i>Admiralty Islands</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Bougainville_(CVE-100)" title="USS Bougainville (CVE-100)"><i>Bougainville</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Matanikau" title="USS Matanikau"><i>Matanikau</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Attu" title="USS Attu"><i>Attu</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Roi" title="USS Roi"><i>Roi</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Munda" title="USS Munda"><i>Munda</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Preceded by: <a href="/wiki/Sangamon-class_escort_carrier" title="Sangamon-class escort carrier"><i>Sangamon</i> class</a></li> <li>Followed by: <a href="/wiki/Commencement_Bay-class_escort_carrier" title="Commencement Bay-class escort carrier"><i>Commencement Bay</i> class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_escort_aircraft_carriers" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Navy escort aircraft carriers">List of escort aircraft carriers of the United States Navy</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="MARCOM_ships_built_by_the_Kaiser_Company_(Vancouver,_Washington),_during_World_War_II" style=";wide;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Kaiser_Vancouver_Shipyard" title="Template:Kaiser Vancouver Shipyard"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:inherit">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Kaiser_Vancouver_Shipyard" title="Template talk:Kaiser Vancouver Shipyard"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:inherit">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Kaiser_Vancouver_Shipyard" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Kaiser Vancouver Shipyard"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:inherit">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="MARCOM_ships_built_by_the_Kaiser_Company_(Vancouver,_Washington),_during_World_War_II" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Maritime_Commission" title="United States Maritime Commission">MARCOM</a> ships built by the <a href="/wiki/Vancouver_Shipyard" title="Vancouver Shipyard">Kaiser Company (Vancouver, Washington)</a>, during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberty_ship" title="Liberty ship">Type EC2-S-C1 ship</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Araner_(IX-226)" title="USS Araner (IX-226)"><i>Araner</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Marine_Adder-class_transport" title="Marine Adder-class transport"><i>Marine Adder</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Transport" title="Transport">transports</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Type_C4-class_ship" title="Type C4-class ship">Type C4-S-A3 ships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USNS_Marine_Carp" title="USNS Marine Carp"><i>Marine Carp</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=USNS_Marine_Jumper_(T-AP-200)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USNS Marine Jumper (T-AP-200) (page does not exist)"><i>Marine Jumper</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USNS_Marine_Lynx" title="USNS Marine Lynx"><i>Marine Lynx</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Marine_Marlin" title="SS Marine Marlin"><i>Marine Marlin</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USNS_Marine_Phoenix" title="USNS Marine Phoenix"><i>Marine Phoenix</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=USNS_Marine_Serpent_(T-AP-202)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USNS Marine Serpent (T-AP-202) (page does not exist)"><i>Marine Serpent</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Haskell-class_attack_transport" title="Haskell-class attack transport"><i>Haskell</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Attack_transport" title="Attack transport">attack transports</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Victory_ship" title="Victory ship">Type VC2-S-AP5 ships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Oconto" title="USS Oconto"><i>Oconto</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Olmsted" title="USS Olmsted"><i>Olmsted</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Oxford_(APA-189)" title="USS Oxford (APA-189)"><i>Oxford</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Pickens" title="USS Pickens"><i>Pickens</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Pondera" title="USS Pondera"><i>Pondera</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Rutland" title="USS Rutland"><i>Rutland</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Sanborn" title="USS Sanborn"><i>Sanborn</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Sandoval_(APA-194)" title="USS Sandoval (APA-194)"><i>Sandoval</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Lenawee" title="USS Lenawee"><i>Lenawee</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Logan" title="USS Logan"><i>Logan</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Lubbock" title="USS Lubbock"><i>Lubbock</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_McCracken" title="USS McCracken"><i>McCracken</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Magoffin" title="USS Magoffin"><i>Magoffin</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Marathon_(APA-200)" title="USS Marathon (APA-200)"><i>Marathon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Menard" title="USS Menard"><i>Menard</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Menifee" title="USS Menifee"><i>Menifee</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Meriwether" title="USS Meriwether"><i>Meriwether</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Rawlins" title="USS Rawlins"><i>Rawlins</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Renville" title="USS Renville"><i>Renville</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Rockbridge" title="USS Rockbridge"><i>Rockbridge</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Rockingham" title="USS Rockingham"><i>Rockingham</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Rockwall" title="USS Rockwall"><i>Rockwall</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Saint_Croix" title="USS Saint Croix"><i>Saint Croix</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_San_Saba" title="USS San Saba"><i>San Saba</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Sevier" title="USS Sevier"><i>Sevier</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Bollinger" title="USS Bollinger"><i>Bollinger</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Bottineau" title="USS Bottineau"><i>Bottineau</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Cottle" title="USS Cottle"><i>Cottle</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Crockett_(APA-148)" title="USS Crockett (APA-148)"><i>Crockett</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Audubon" title="USS Audubon"><i>Audubon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Bergen" title="USS Bergen"><i>Bergen</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/LST-1-class_tank_landing_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="LST-1-class tank landing ship"><i>LST-1</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Tank_landing_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Tank landing ship">tank landing ships</a><br />Type S3-M-K2 ships</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_LST-446" title="USS LST-446"><i>LST-446</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_LST-447" title="USS LST-447"><i>LST-447</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_LST-448" title="USS LST-448"><i>LST-448</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_LST-449" title="USS LST-449"><i>LST-449</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_LST-450" title="USS LST-450"><i>LST-450</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_LST-451" title="USS LST-451"><i>LST-451</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_LST-452" title="USS LST-452"><i>LST-452</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Remus" title="USS Remus"><i>LST-453</i></a> / <a href="/wiki/USS_Remus" title="USS Remus"><i>Remus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_LST-454" title="USS LST-454"><i>LST-454</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Achilles_(ARL-41)" title="USS Achilles (ARL-41)"><i>LST-455</i></a> / <a href="/wiki/USS_Achilles_(ARL-41)" title="USS Achilles (ARL-41)"><i>Achilles</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_LST-456" title="USS LST-456"><i>LST-456</i></a> / <a href="/wiki/USS_LST-456" title="USS LST-456"><i>T-LST-456</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_LST-457" title="USS LST-457"><i>LST-457</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_LST-458" title="USS LST-458"><i>LST-458</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_LST-459" title="USS LST-459"><i>LST-459</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_LST-460" title="USS LST-460"><i>LST-460</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_LST-461" title="USS LST-461"><i>LST-461</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_LST-462" title="USS LST-462"><i>LST-462</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_LST-463" title="USS LST-463"><i>LST-463</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_LST-464" title="USS LST-464"><i>LST-464</i></a> / <a href="/wiki/USS_LST-464" title="USS LST-464"><i>LST(H)-464</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_LST-465" title="USS LST-465"><i>LST-465</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_LST-466" title="USS LST-466"><i>LST-466</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_LST-467" title="USS LST-467"><i>LST-467</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_LST-468" title="USS LST-468"><i>LST-468</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_LST-469" title="USS LST-469"><i>LST-469</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_LST-470" title="USS LST-470"><i>LST-470</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_LST-471" title="USS LST-471"><i>LST-471</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_LST-472" title="USS LST-472"><i>LST-472</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_LST-473" title="USS LST-473"><i>LST-473</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_LST-474" title="USS LST-474"><i>LST-474</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_LST-475" title="USS LST-475"><i>LST-475</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Casablanca-class_escort_carrier" title="Casablanca-class escort carrier"><i>Casablanca</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Escort_carrier" title="Escort carrier">escort carriers</a><br />Type S4-S2-BB5 ships</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Casablanca" title="USS Casablanca"><i>Casablanca</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Liscome_Bay" title="USS Liscome Bay"><i>Liscome Bay</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Anzio_(CVE-57)" title="USS Anzio (CVE-57)"><i>Anzio</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Corregidor" title="USS Corregidor"><i>Corregidor</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Mission_Bay" title="USS Mission Bay"><i>Mission Bay</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Guadalcanal_(CVE-60)" title="USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60)"><i>Guadalcanal</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Manila_Bay" title="USS Manila Bay"><i>Manila Bay</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Natoma_Bay" title="USS Natoma Bay"><i>Natoma Bay</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_St._Lo" title="USS St. Lo"><i>St. Lo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Tripoli_(CVE-64)" title="USS Tripoli (CVE-64)"><i>Tripoli</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Wake_Island" title="USS Wake Island"><i>Wake Island</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_White_Plains_(CVE-66)" title="USS White Plains (CVE-66)"><i>White Plains</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Solomons" title="USS Solomons"><i>Solomons</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Kalinin_Bay" title="USS Kalinin Bay"><i>Kalinin Bay</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Kasaan_Bay" title="USS Kasaan Bay"><i>Kasaan Bay</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Fanshaw_Bay" title="USS Fanshaw Bay"><i>Fanshaw Bay</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Kitkun_Bay" title="USS Kitkun Bay"><i>Kitkun Bay</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Tulagi" title="USS Tulagi"><i>Tulagi</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Gambier_Bay" title="USS Gambier Bay"><i>Gambier Bay</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Nehenta_Bay" title="USS Nehenta Bay"><i>Nehenta Bay</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Hoggatt_Bay" title="USS Hoggatt Bay"><i>Hoggatt Bay</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Kadashan_Bay" title="USS Kadashan Bay"><i>Kadashan Bay</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Marcus_Island" title="USS Marcus Island"><i>Marcus Island</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Savo_Island" title="USS Savo Island"><i>Savo Island</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Ommaney_Bay" title="USS Ommaney Bay"><i>Ommaney Bay</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Petrof_Bay" title="USS Petrof Bay"><i>Petrof Bay</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Rudyerd_Bay" title="USS Rudyerd Bay"><i>Rudyerd Bay</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Saginaw_Bay" title="USS Saginaw Bay"><i>Saginaw Bay</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Sargent_Bay" title="USS Sargent Bay"><i>Sargent Bay</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Shamrock_Bay" title="USS Shamrock Bay"><i>Shamrock Bay</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Shipley_Bay" title="USS Shipley Bay"><i>Shipley Bay</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Sitkoh_Bay" title="USS Sitkoh Bay"><i>Sitkoh Bay</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Steamer_Bay" title="USS Steamer Bay"><i>Steamer Bay</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Cape_Esperance" title="USS Cape Esperance"><i>Cape Esperance</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Takanis_Bay" title="USS Takanis Bay"><i>Takanis Bay</i></a></li> <li><a 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