Contact Admin. Search the history of over billion web pages on the Internet. Commissioned in November , she went to the Pacific in March and in June joined the fast carriers in the combat zone and took part in the final raids on Japan.
She was thereafter generally inactive until decommissioning at Seattle, Washington, in January She recommissioned in January and deployed to the Western Pacific that May, launching her planes against enemy targets in Korea until the deployment ended late in the year.
The carrier decommissioned in May to undergo a major conversion to equip her to operate high-performance jet aircraft. After campaigning for 27 days, the.
The mission of Task Force 77 was as follows: The ship rendezvoused with TF in the early morning to replenish. We received , gallons of fuel oil, , gallons of aviation gasoline and Excellent results were reported on close air support and 5 troops were killed and 20 wounded, sorties were flown for the day. Close air support, bridge strikes, combat air patrol and anti-sub patrol were flown, 11 railroad cars, 1 railroad yard, 1 tank, 1 car, 1 highway bridge, 4 buildings, 1 house and 7 trucks were damaged.
Results were reported excellent for close air support with 20 troops killed. Bridge strikes, close air support and armed reconnaissance were conducted. There were 87 troops killed. We rendezvoused with the replenishment group and received , gallons of fuel oil, , gallons of aviation gasoline and tons of ammunition. The ship launched close air support, armed reconnaissance, bridge strikes, combat air patrol, anti-sub patrol and photo missions, 9 buildings, 11 houses, 1 highway bridge, 1 tank, 1 barracks, 2 trucks, and 6 oxcarts were destroyed.
