USS Wake Island
Casablanca-class escort carrier of the US Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS Wake Island (CVE-65) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy.
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United States | |
Name | USS Wake Island |
Namesake | Battle of Wake Island |
Builder | Kaiser Shipyards |
Laid down | 6 February 1943 |
Launched | 15 September 1943 |
Commissioned | 7 November 1943 |
Decommissioned | 5 April 1946 |
Stricken | 17 April 1946 |
Fate | Sold for scrap on 19 April 1946 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Casablanca-class escort carrier |
Displacement | 7,800 tons |
Length | 512 ft 3 in (156.13 m) overall |
Beam | 65 ft (20 m), 108 ft (33 m) maximum width |
Draft | 22 ft 4 in (6.81 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 19 knots (35 km/h) |
Range | 10,240 nmi (18,960 km) @ 15 kn (28 km/h) |
Complement |
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Armament | 1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal dual-purpose gun, 16 × Bofors 40 mm gun guns (8×2), 28 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons (28×1) |
Aircraft carried | 28 |
Service record | |
Part of: | United States Atlantic Fleet, United States Pacific Fleet |
Operations: | Philippines campaign, Invasion of Iwo Jima, Battle of Okinawa |
Victories: | German submarine U-543 |
Awards: | 3 Battle stars |
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She was laid down under a United States Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1102) on 6 February 1943 at Vancouver, Washington, by the Kaiser Shipyards; launched on 15 September 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Frederick Carl Sherman, the wife of Rear Admiral Frederick Sherman; and commissioned on 7 November 1943, with Captain Hames R. Tague in command.