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U.S.S. BAIROKO

(CVE-115)

THE BAIROKO IS THE BEST

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USS Bairoko was commissioned in July of 1945, and was built as an escort aircraft carrier of the Commencement Bay class. Weighing in at over 10,000 tons, the vessel served in the Pacific for her entire career. She first went to the Far East, taking part in atomic bomb testing at Bikini, and then made another trip to the Western Pacific in 1947. In April of 1950, the USS Bairoko was decommissioned, but was reactivated the following September due to the outbreak of the Korean War.

In the last two months of 1950, Bairoko was used to transport aircraft from the U.S. to Korean seas, and remained there until August of 1951. She was responsible for operating Marine Corps aircraft and anti-submarine planes, guarding against potential Soviet intervention. There was an accidental explosion and fire that damaged the ship in May of 1951, but she remained in action.

The vessel made two more tours to Korea during the war, and became a supporting member of the nuclear weapons testing force in the Pacific in 1954. She was reclassified and redesignated in 1959 and then sold for scrapping in August of 1960 with no return to combat.

CVE-115 Deployments - Major Events

Add a CVE-115 Shellback Initiation Add a CVE-115 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
OCT1944-Shellback Initiation - 2 OCT 1944 - Pacific Ocean
JAN1945-Launch Date: 25 JAN 1945
MAY1945-Shellback Initiation - 15 MAY 1945 - Pacific Ocean
JUL1945-Commissioned: 16 JUL 1945
JUL1945-AUG1945Middle Pacific
FEB1948-JUN1948Middle Pacific
JAN1951-FEB1952West Pac
JAN1953-SEP1953West Pac
JAN1954-JUN1954Operation Castle Bikini Atoll
FEB1955-Decommissioned: 18 FEB 1955

CVE-115 General Specifications

Class: Commencement Bay-class escort carrier

Named for: The Battle of Bairoko

Complement: 1086 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 10330 tons

Length: 667 feet 1 inches

Beam: 105 feet 2 inches

Flank Speed: 19 Knots