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U.S.S. SALERNO BAY

(CVE-110)

HUNTER-KILLER

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USS Salerno Bay (CVE-110)

USS Salerno Bay was commissioned in May of 1945 and was a Sangamon-class escort aircraft carrier. By the end of June, the ship had embarked the first air group and trained off California. After this, she headed to Hawaiian waters for more training after the Japanese had surrendered, and then went on to Okinawa and onto Hagushi after that.

 

She was then sent to support the Formosa operation and to Saipan, Guam, Pearl Harbor, and then San Diego. Once the ship reached San Diego, it was sent on to Norfolk in December of 1944. It was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet and used to qualify carrier pilots, working in the Atlantic and off the Caribbean until 1947.

USS Salerno Bay was sent to Boston and prepared for decommissioning in June of that year. The ship was in reserve until 1951, and then started working again off the coast of Virginia and in the Caribbean. She went back and forth between Norfolk and the Caribbean many times until 1954, when she was decommissioned and reclassified AKV-10. The ship remained a part of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet until June 1, 1961, when she was struck from the Naval Register. In December of that year, she was sold for scrap.

CVE-110 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
MAY1941-JAN1944Mediterranean-West Africa
FEB1944-Keel Date: 7 FEB 1944
at Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation
SEP1944-Launch Date: 26 SEP 1944
MAY1945-Commissioned: 19 MAY 1945
SEP1945-DEC1946Guantanamo Bay
SEP1952-SEP1954Caribbean
SEP1952-SEP1952Exercise
OCT1952-NOV1952Mediterranean
FEB1954-Decommissioned: 16 FEB 1954
JAN1957-JAN1957Regular Overhaul
MAY1957-DEC1958South America
MAY1957-DEC1957Regular Overhaul
MAY1957-APR1958Regular Overhaul
JUL1957-AUG1958Dependents Cruise
SEP1958-DEC1958Guantanamo Bay

CVE-110 General Specifications

Class: Commencement Bay-class escort carrier

Complement: 1066 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 10900 tons

Length: 557 feet

Beam: 75 feet

Draft: 32 feet

Final Disposition: Sold on 30 October 1961 Scrapped Bilbao 1962