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CVE-115 USS
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CVE-115 USS
Bairoko
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Commencement Bay
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Builder |
Todd
Pacific Shipyards Inc.
Tacoma
Washington |
Laid
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25.
July 1944 |
Launched |
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January 1945 |
Commissioned
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July 1945 |
Flag
Hoist / Radio Call Sign |
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Camouflage |
Jul.
1945 - Okt. 1945 Measures 32/16a
Okt. 1945 - 1946 Measures
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NS San
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October 1946 - 20. Jaunary 1947 |
West
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February 1947 - 30. May 1947 |
West
Pacific |
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Decommissioned
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April 1950 |
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Recommissioned
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September 1950 |
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14.
November 1950 - 15. August 1951 |
West
Pacific (Korea) |
VS-21
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TBM-3W, TBM-3E |
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VS-23
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TBM-3W, TBM-3E |
MI
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HU-1
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HO3S-1 |
UP
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VS-25
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1952 and May 1952 until 10. June 1952
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Janaury 1953 - 24. August 1953 |
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TBM-3W, TBM-3E |
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MI
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F4U-4B |
WR
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HO3S-1 |
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Decommissioned
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History
(short) |
Initially Portage Bay,
CVE-115 was renamed Bairoko 6 June 1944; launched 25 January 1945 by
Todd-Pacific Shipyards, Inc., Tacoma, Washington; sponsored by Mrs.
J. J. Ballentine, wife of Rear Admiral John J. Ballentine; and
commissioned 16 July 1945, Captain H. B. Temple in command.
Commissioned too late to take an active part in World War II,
Bairoko engaged in peacetime fleet cruises, maneuvers, and exercises
until December 1949. During the period she made two cruises to the
Far East (18 October 1946-25 January 1947 and 18 February–30 May
1947), and participated in the atomic bomb test at Eniwetok Atoll.
On 16 December 1949 she reported to San Francisco for
pre-inactivation overhaul and went out of commission in reserve 14
April 1950.
When the Korean War broke out Bairoko was immediately readied for
active duty. She was recommissioned 12 September 1950 and reported
to the Pacific Fleet. Between November 1950 and August 1953 she made
three extended cruises to the Far East (14 November 1950– 15 August
1951, 1 December 1951-9 June 1952 and February–August 1953), acting
in support of the United Nations Forces in Korea. Her planes flew
hundreds of strikes against North Korean and "Chinese Volunteer"
troops, installations, transportation facilities, and naval units.
On 9 May 1951 she had five men killed and 13 injured by an explosion
and flash fire in Japanese waters.
Returning to the west coast late in August 1953, Bairoko remained
there until January 1954 when she departed to assist in the hydrogen
bomb tests in the Eniwetok Bikini area. During the Castle Bravo test
on 1 March 1954, sixteen crew members received beta radiation burns.
From May through June 1954 she operated out of San Diego on training
exercises. In July 1954 she reported to Long Beach Naval Shipyard to
commence pre-inactivation overhaul and went out of commission in
reserve at San Francisco 18 February 1955. |
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