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The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Triumph (R16) at Iwakuni, Japan, during the Korean War. Note the type 181b radar at the head of the foremast and the type 277 on the island. Type 279 radar is carried on the mainmast.United Kingdom · Royal NavyHMS TriumphR16 · Colossus classNo verified photograph is currently available for this profile.No verified photoUnited Kingdom · Royal NavyHMS PerseusA197 · Colossus classNo verified photograph is currently available for this profile.No verified photoUnited Kingdom · Royal NavyHMS PioneerA198 · Colossus classJapanese Aircraft Carrier HIJMS Taiho anchored in Tawi-Tawi, the Philippines (May 1944). タウイタウイに停泊する大鳳(1944年5月)。 [ 1 ]Japan · Imperial Japanese NavyTaihōTaihō classNo verified photograph is currently available for this profile.No verified photoJapan · Imperial Japanese NavyUnryūUnryū classNo verified photograph is currently available for this profile.No verified photoJapan · Imperial Japanese NavyAmagiUnryū classKatsuragi in Simpson Harbour . The ship was transporting 5000 Japanese troops from the Solomon Islands to Japan and had called at Rabaul to refuel. 特別輸送艦時、シンプソン港(現パプアニューギニア)での葛城(1946年1月13日)Japan · Imperial Japanese NavyKatsuragiUnryū classUnryu leaving Yokosuka (日本海軍航空母艦 雲龍型「雲龍」横須賀軍港を出港しているところ)Class imageJapan · Imperial Japanese NavyKasagiUnryū classUnryu leaving Yokosuka (日本海軍航空母艦 雲龍型「雲龍」横須賀軍港を出港しているところ)Class imageJapan · Imperial Japanese NavyAsoUnryū classUnryu leaving Yokosuka (日本海軍航空母艦 雲龍型「雲龍」横須賀軍港を出港しているところ)Class imageJapan · Imperial Japanese NavyIkomaUnryū classUSS Casablanca (ACV-55) in the Puget Sound, Washington (USA), circa in July 1943, at about the time she was commissioned. Note that radar antennas have been deleted from this photo due to wartime censorship.United States · United States NavyUSS CasablancaCVE-55 · Casablanca classInboard and outboard profiles of a U.S. Navy Casablanca -class escort carrier, in this case USS Takanis Bay (CVE-89).Class imageUnited States · United States NavyUSS Liscombe BayCVE-56 · Casablanca classUSS Anzio (CVE-57) arrives at Shanghai, China, on 1 December 1945 as part of the "Magic Carpet" operation to return U.S. servicemen to the United States. Anzio was the first U.S. carrier to visit Shanghai.United States · United States NavyUSS AnzioCVE-57 · Casablanca classUSS Corregidor (CVE-58), circa in 1944. Note the flight deck officer giving hand signals (in yellow suit), and the chockmen standing by to block wheels.United States · United States NavyUSS CorregidorCVE-58 · Casablanca classThe U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Mission Bay (CVE-59) underway in the Caribbean Sea, circa 23 November 1943.United States · United States NavyUSS Mission BayCVE-59 · Casablanca classThe U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) tows the captured German submarine U-505 in the Atlantic Ocean on 4 June 1944.United States · United States NavyUSS GuadalcanalCVE-60 · Casablanca classUSS Manila Bay (CVE-61) underway whilst operating as an attack carrier in the Pacific, circa 1944.United States · United States NavyUSS Manila BayCVE-61 · Casablanca classThe U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Natoma Bay (CVE-62) at Tulagi harbour, Solomon Islands, on 4 July 1944. Also identifiable is USS LCI-66.United States · United States NavyUSS Natoma BayCVE-62 · Casablanca classUSS St. Lo in the selected Wikimedia Commons image.United States · United States NavyUSS St. LoCVE-63 · Casablanca classThe U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Tripoli (CVE-64) underway with a convoy in the Atlantic Ocean, in April 1944.United States · United States NavyUSS TripoliCVE-64 · Casablanca classUSS Wake Island (CVE-65) underway in Hampton Roads, Virginia (USA), on 9 November 1944. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 33, Design 10A. The photo was taken by an aircraft from Naval Air Station Norfolk.United States · United States NavyUSS Wake IslandCVE-65 · Casablanca classThe U.S. Navy escort carrier USS White Plains (CVE-66) at Ulithi Atoll on 31 March 1945, transporting Vought F4U-1D Corsair fighters. The aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) is visible in the left background.United States · United States NavyUSS White PlainsCVE-66 · Casablanca classUSS Solomons (CVE-67) in July 1945. USS Solomons was engaged in qualifying U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Ccorps pilots in carrier...United States · United States NavyUSS SolomonsCVE-67 · Casablanca classThe U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Kalinin Bay (CVE-68) underway at sea, circa in 1944.United States · United States NavyUSS Kalinin BayCVE-68 · Casablanca classA U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat of Fighting Squadron 74 (VF-74) is launched during the invasion of Southern France from the decks of the escort carrier USS Kasaan Bay (CVE-69).United States · United States NavyUSS Kasaan BayCVE-69 · Casablanca classThe U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70) transporting U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft on 9 February 1944. Indentifiable are 13 Curtiss P-40 Warhawk and a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt .United States · United States NavyUSS Fanshaw BayCVE-70 · Casablanca classUSS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71) prepares to launch Grumman FM-2 Wildcat fighters of Composite Squadron 5 (VC-5) during the Battle off Samar on 25 October 1944. The aircraft visible on the left is a Grumman TBF Avenger .United States · United States NavyUSS Kitkun BayCVE-71 · Casablanca classThe U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Tulagi (CVE-72) underway at sea, circa in 1944.United States · United States NavyUSS TulagiCVE-72 · Casablanca classThe U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) is straddled by fire from Japanese surface ships during the Battle off Samar.United States · United States NavyUSS Gambier BayCVE-73 · Casablanca classThe U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Nehenta Bay (CVE-74) underway at sea, in 1944.United States · United States NavyUSS Nehenta BayCVE-74 · Casablanca classThe U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Hoggatt Bay (CVE-75) underway at sea, circa in 1945.United States · United States NavyUSS Hoggatt BayCVE-75 · Casablanca classThe U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Kadashan Bay (CVE-76) underway transporting aircraft (Lockheed PV and Martin JD).United States · United States NavyUSS Kadashan BayCVE-76 · Casablanca classUSS Marcus Island (CVE-77) in San Pedro Bay, California.United States · United States NavyUSS Marcus IslandCVE-77 · Casablanca classUSS Savo Island (CVE-78) underway on 25 May 1944. Note dismantled SO3C Seamew , a J2F Duck (minus its engine), and SOC Seagull and three F6F Hellcat s lining the port side, with spare floats lashed down aft.United States · United States NavyUSS Savo IslandCVE-78 · Casablanca classUSS Ommaney Bay (CVE-79) underway off Hawaii with lifts lowered, July 1944. Note additional width of after lift, enabling non-folding aircraft as the older F4F Wildcats to be brought up from and taken down to the hangar…United States · United States NavyUSS Ommaney BayCVE-79 · Casablanca classUSS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) underway in the Pacific Ocean on 18 March 1944. Petrof Bay had been commissioned on 18 February and left San Diego, California (USA), on 29 March for the southwest Pacific.United States · United States NavyUSS Petrof BayCVE-80 · Casablanca classInboard and outboard profiles of a U.S. Navy Casablanca -class escort carrier, in this case USS Takanis Bay (CVE-89).Class imageUnited States · United States NavyUSS Rudyard BayCVE-81 · Casablanca classThe U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Saginaw Bay (CVE-82) underway, circa 1944.United States · United States NavyUSS Saginaw BayCVE-82 · Casablanca classOverhead view of the U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Sargent Bay (CVE-83), circa in 1944.United States · United States NavyUSS Sargent BayCVE-83 · Casablanca classUSS Shamrock Bay (CVE-84) taken by a blimp from Airship Patrol Squadron (ZP) 32 whilst the carrier proceeded down the West Coast on its shakedown cruise on 18 April 1944, the carrier is shown wea...United States · United States NavyUSS Shamrock BayCVE-84 · Casablanca classU.S. Navy Grumman TBF Avenger s in flight over the escort carrier USS Shipley Bay (CVE-85) and a destroyer in 1944-1945.United States · United States NavyUSS Shipley BayCVE-85 · Casablanca classThe U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Sitkoh Bay (CVE-86) underway transporting aircraft.United States · United States NavyUSS Sitkoh BayCVE-86 · Casablanca classUSS Steamer Bay (CVE-87) , 1944/45. The plane on the catapult is an F6F-5N night fighter, and has an APS-6 radar installed in a starboard wing-mounted radome. Both aircraft had obviously been ferri...United States · United States NavyUSS Steamer BayCVE-87 · Casablanca classThe U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Cape Esperance (CVE-88) underway.United States · United States NavyUSS Cape EsperanceCVE-88 · Casablanca classThe U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Takanis Bay (CVE-89) underway on 8 May 1944. She had been commissioned on 15 April and was used as a training carrier, qualifying 2,509 pilots between May 1944 and August 1945.United States · United States NavyUSS Takanis BayCVE-89 · Casablanca classAn aerial photo of the starboard side of the Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Thetis Bay (CVE-90) underway in the Pacific, 7 August 1944. She is painted in Measure 33, Design 10A camouflage.United States · United States NavyUSS Thetis BayCVE-90 · Casablanca classThe U.S. escort carriers USS Makassar Strait (CVE-91) (nearer to the camera) and USS Thetis Bay (CVE-90) docked behind at Tacoma, Washington (USA). A third escort carrier is docked to the left.United States · United States NavyUSS Makassar StraitCVE-91 · Casablanca classUSS Wyndham Bay in the selected Wikimedia Commons image.United States · United States NavyUSS Wyndham BayCVE-92 · Casablanca classThe U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Makin Island (CVE-93) underway in the southwestern Pacific, near Leyte, Philippine Islands, 18 November 1944. The ship is wearing Camouflage Measure 32, Design 16A.United States · United States NavyUSS Makin IslandCVE-93 · Casablanca classThe U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Lunga Point (CVE-94) operating with Task Force 77.4 in the Mindanao Sea, Philippines, 3 January 1945. Lunga Point is painted in Camouflage Measure 33, Design 18A.United States · United States NavyUSS Lunga PointCVE-94 · Casablanca classThe U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Bismarck Sea (CVE-95) underway at sea on 24 June 1944.United States · United States NavyUSS Bismarck SeaCVE-95 · Casablanca classUSS Salamaua (CVE-96) underway off San Francisco, California (USA). Salamaua was one of the few CVEs fitted with the SC-2 air search radar, and not SK-1 (mast, aft).United States · United States NavyUSS SalamauaCVE-96 · Casablanca classUSS Hollandia (CVE-97) underway, circa 1944. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 16A.United States · United States NavyUSS HollandiaCVE-97 · Casablanca classThe U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Kwajalein (CVE-98) underway transporting Vought F4U Corsair and Grumman TBF Avenger aircraft to the war zone.United States · United States NavyUSS KwajaleinCVE-98 · Casablanca classOverhead view of the U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Admiralty Islands (CVE-99) off the coast of California (USA), circa in 1944.United States · United States NavyUSS Admiralty IslandsCVE-99 · Casablanca classThe U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Bougainville (CVE-100) at sea, circa in 1945.United States · United States NavyUSS BougainvilleCVE-100 · Casablanca classAerial view of the U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Matanikau (CVE-101) underway, circa in 1944.United States · United States NavyUSS MatanikauCVE-101 · Casablanca classUSS Attu (CVE-102) underway in the western Pacific, after passing through a typhoon on the morning of 5 June 1945. Note the upended airplanes on her deck, including at least three General Motors TBM Avenger s.United States · United States NavyUSS AttuCVE-102 · Casablanca classThe U.S. Navy Casablanca -class escort carrier USS Roi (CVE-103) at anchor, circa in 1945.United States · United States NavyUSS RoiCVE-103 · Casablanca classThe last U.S. Navy Casablanca -class escort carrier, USS Munda (CVE-104), at anchor in San Francisco Bay. Note her large post-war hull number on the island.United States · United States NavyUSS MundaCVE-104 · Casablanca class