USS Shamrock Bay
Casablanca-class escort carrier of the US Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS Shamrock Bay (CVE-84) was the thirtieth of fifty Casablanca-class escort carriers built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was named after Shamrock Bay, located within Baranof Island, of the Territory of Alaska. The ship was launched in February 1944, commissioned in March, and served in support of the Invasion of Lingayen Gulf, the Invasion of Iwo Jima and the Battle of Okinawa. Postwar, she participated in Operation Magic Carpet. She was decommissioned in July 1946, when she was mothballed in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. Ultimately, she was broken up in November 1959.
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USS Shamrock Bay underway carrying Composite Squadron (VC) 42 off of Norfolk, Virginia, 11 November 1944. | |
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Name | Shamrock Bay |
Namesake | Shamrock Bay, Baranof Island, Alaska |
Ordered | as a Type S4-S2-BB3 hull, MC hull 1121[1] |
Awarded | 18 June 1942 |
Builder | Kaiser Shipyards |
Laid down | 15 November 1943 |
Launched | 4 February 1944 |
Commissioned | 15 March 1944 |
Decommissioned | 6 July 1946 |
Stricken | 27 June 1958 |
Identification | Hull symbol: CVE-84 |
Honors and awards | 3 Battle stars |
Fate | Scrapped in November 1959 |
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Class and type | Casablanca-class escort carrier |
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Draft | 20 ft 9 in (6.32 m) (max) |
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Speed | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
Range | 10,240 nmi (18,960 km; 11,780 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
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Aircraft carried | 27 |
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