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CVE-98 USS
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CVE-98
USS Kwajalein |
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Casablanca Class |
Builder |
Kaiser
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Vancouver
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February 1944 |
Launched |
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May 1944 |
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last
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Operations as replenishment carrier |
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October 1944 - 9. March 1945 |
Operations as replenishment carrier |
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March 1945 - August 1945 |
Operations as replenishment carrier |
San Diego,
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August 1945
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Magic Carpet
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History
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After shakedown along
the West Coast, Kwajalein cleared San Pedro, California on 19 July
1944, bound for Espiritu Santo with passengers and a cargo of fuel
and planes. Arriving on 3 August, she sailed 4 days later to
transport aircraft to Guam and pick up salvaged Japanese equipment
for intelligence studies in the United States.
Following repairs at San Diego, Kwajalein got underway on 7 October
for operations as replenishment carrier. She loaded combat-ready
aircraft at Manus Island and sailed for Eniwetok on 5 November to
replenish the carriers of Task Force 38 (TF 38) as they prepared for
raids on Manila and the Visayas. Continuing operations from Ulithi,
Kwajalein furnished the big carriers with the planes needed to drive
the Japanese out of the Philippines. In January 1945, replacement
aircraft roared from her decks to TF 38 flat tops for strikes on
enemy air bases on Formosa and the China coast. Kwajalein returned
San Diego on 23 February for overhaul and additional aircraft before
resuming operations on 9 March.
From March-August Kwajalein carried aircraft on three cruises from
Pearl Harbor to the western Pacific keeping carrier-based air groups
at full strength for the massive carrier raids on the Japanese home
islands. With the cessation of hostilities on 14 August 1945, the
carrier was assigned the task of returning Pacific veterans to the
United States. She made four cruises to the Pacific Islands before
arriving San Pedro on 2 February 1946, from her final "Magic-Carpet"
mission. On 23 April, Kwajalein cleared San Pablo Bay for Mukilteo,
Wash., arriving there 3 days later. She decommissioned at Tacoma,
Washington on 16 August, and joined the Pacific Reserve Fleet. Her
name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 April 1960, and
she was scrapped in Japan the following year. |
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