| CVE-118 USS Sicily | |
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Class |
Commencement Bay Class |
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Builder |
Todd Pacific Shipyards Inc. Tacoma Washington |
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Laid down |
23. October 1944 |
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Launched |
14. April 1945 |
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Commissioned |
27. February 1946 |
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Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign |
N |
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? |
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| 15. May 1946 - 6. June 1946 | ||
| San Diego to New York | ||
| ? | ? | ? |
| CVEG-2 | ||
| 1947 - 1947 | ||
| West Pacific | ||
| VF-2E | F6F-5 | SL 100 |
| VA-2E | TBM-3E | SL 200 |
| 3. April 1950 - 28. April 1950 | ||
| Trip to San Diego | ||
| ? | ? | ? |
| 4. July 1950 - 5. February 1951 | ||
| West Pacific (Korea) | ||
| VS-21 | TBM-3E | BS 00 |
| VMF-314 * | F4U-4B | WE 00 |
| HU-1 Det. | HO3S-1 | UP 00 |
| * VMF-314 was on Board from the 1. August 1950 until 13. November 1950 | ||
| 12. May 1951 - 12. October 1951 | ||
| West Pacific (Korea) | ||
| VS-892 * | TBM-3E | ST 00 |
| VMF-323 ** | F4U-4B | WS 00 |
| HU-1 Det. | HO3S-1 | UP 00 |
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* VS-892 was on Board from the 13. July 1951 until 12. October 1951 ** VMF-323 was on Board from the 5. June 1951 until 20. September 1951 |
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| 8. May 1952 - 4. December 1952 | ||
| West Pacific (Korea) | ||
| VS-931 * | AF-2W, AF-2S | SV 00 |
| VMF-312 ** | F4U-4B | WR 00 |
| HU-1 Det. | HO3S-1 | UP 00 |
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* VS-931 was on Board from the 4. November 1952 until 4. December 1952 ** VMF-312 was on Board from the 4. September 1952 until 19. October 1952 |
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| 14. July 1953 - 25. February 1954 | ||
| West Pacific | ||
| VS-25 * | AF-2W, AF-2S | SK 00 |
| HS-4 | HO3S-3S | VO 00 |
| * VS-25 was on Board from the 14. July 1953 until August 1954 and from the December 1953 to the 25. February 1954 | ||
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Decommissioned |
5. July 1954 |
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History (short) |
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Commencement Bay reported at Seattle 1 February 1946 for duty as a training ship in Puget Sound until 2 October 1946. During this time she trained 545 officers and 5,053 men of precommissioning crews for sister es |