USS Corregidor (CVE-58)
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United States | |
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Namesake |
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Ordered | as a Type S4-S2-BB3 hull, MCE hull 1095[1] |
Awarded | 18 June 1942 |
Builder | Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington |
Cost | $6,033,429.05[2] |
Yard number | 304[1] |
Way number | 10[2] |
Laid down | 17 December 1942 |
Launched | 12 May 1943 |
Commissioned | 31 August 1943 |
Decommissioned | 30 July 1946 |
Reclassified |
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Identification |
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Honors and awards | 4 × battle stars |
Fate | Transferred to Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), 19 May 1951 |
Name | Corregidor |
Operator | MSTS |
Commissioned | 19 May 1951 |
Decommissioned | 4 September 1958 |
Reclassified | CVU, 12 June 1955 |
Identification | Hull symbol: T-CVU-58 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 28 April 1959 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Casablanca-class escort carrier |
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Beam |
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Draft | 20 ft 9 in (6.32 m) (max) |
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Propulsion | |
Speed | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
Range | 10,240 nmi (18,960 km; 11,780 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 27 aircraft |
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Service record | |
Part of: | United States Pacific Fleet (1943-46), Military Sealift Command (1951-58) |
Operations: | Western New Guinea campaign, Battle of Saipan, Battle of Guam, Korean War, 1958 Lebanon crisis |
Awards: | 4 Battle stars |
USS Corregidor (AVG/ACV/CVE/CVU-58) was the fourth of fifty Casablanca-class escort carriers built to serve the United States Navy during World War II. Launched in May 1943, and commissioned the following August, she was originally named for Anguilla Bay, in Maurelle Island, in the Alexander Archipelago, of Alaska.