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US Commencement Bay class



Aircraft Carrier

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  Specifications


1050crew
24000full load (tn)
169.90length (m)
22.30beam (m)
8.50draught (m)
8500range (nm)
19max speed (knots)
16000power (shp)

4Naval Engine steam turbines




  Shipyards


US Tacoma Boatbuilding - 1
US Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle - Harbor Island2



  List of Ships


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19441946USUS NavyCVE-105USS Commencement Bay
19461954USUS NavyCVE-118USS SicilyNKCA - 118
19461954USUS NavyCVE-122USS Palau



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  Events


1943-jan-23OrderedOrdered US CVE-105 USS Commencement Bay
1943-sep-23Laid downLaid down US CVE-105 USS Commencement Bay as St. Joseph Bay
1944-may-09LaunchedLaunched US CVE-105 USS Commencement Bay
1944-oct-23Laid downLaid down US CVE-118 USS Sicily Todd Pacific Shipyard no. 68
1944-nov-27CommissionedCommissioned US CVE-105 USS Commencement Bay
1945-feb-19Laid downLaid down US CVE-122 USS Palau
1945-apr-14LaunchedLaunched US CVE-118 USS Sicily as USS Sandy Bay
1945-aug-06LaunchedLaunched US CVE-122 USS Palau
1946-jan-15CommissionedCommissioned US CVE-122 USS Palau
1946-feb-27CommissionedCommissioned US CVE-118 USS Sicily as USS Sicily
1946-nov-30DecommissionedDecommissioned US CVE-105 USS Commencement Bay
1948-marDeploymentDeployment US CVE-122 USS Palau reactivated from Reserve for trials with HMX-1 off the US east coast, to develop USMC helicopter doctrine
1948-augPort VisitPort Visit US CVE-118 USS Sicily alongside in Glasgow on 9 Aug, offloading aircraft to be flown on to Germany.
1951-feb-05Port VisitPort Visit US CVE-118 USS Sicily returned to San Diego, following 1st Korean War deployment
1951-jun-13DeploymentDeployment US CVE-118 USS Sicily operated off Korean west coast with US 7th Fleet with TG95.1 as TE95.11, relieving and being relieved by HMS Glory from time to time, until Sep 1951.
1952-sep-01DeploymentDeployment US CVE-118 USS Sicily landed US Marines off Inchon, using HRS-1 of HMR-161, including 122789 / HR-69.
1952-sep-04DeploymentDeployment US CVE-118 USS Sicily operated off Korean west coast with US 7th Fleet with TG95.1 as TE95.11, relieving and being relieved by HMS Ocean, until 13 Sep 1952. VMA-312 embarked.
1952-oct-06DeploymentDeployment US CVE-118 USS Sicily operated in Sea of Japan off Korean coast with US 7th Fleet with TG76, until 16 Oct 1952. VMA-312 embarked.
1954-jun-15DecommissionedDecommissioned US CVE-122 USS Palau at Philadelphia
1954-oct-04DecommissionedDecommissioned US CVE-118 USS Sicily
1959-may-07 US CVE-118 USS Sicily while in reserve (at Hunters Point ?), redesignated AKV-18.
1960-apr-01StruckStruck US CVE-122 USS Palau
1960-jul-01StruckStruck US CVE-118 USS Sicily
1960-jul-13Fate: scrappedFate: scrapped US CVE-122 USS Palau sold for scrap to Jacques Pierot Jr and Sons, NY
1960-oct-31Fate: scrappedFate: scrapped US CVE-118 USS Sicily sold for scrap
1971-apr-01StruckStruck US CVE-105 USS Commencement Bay
1972-aug-25Fate: scrappedFate: scrapped US CVE-105 USS Commencement Bay









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