USS Corregidor

USS Corregidor (CVE-58)
History
United States
Name	HMS Atheling Anguilla Bay Corregidor
Namesake	Ætheling Anguilla Bay, Alaska The Battle of Corregidor
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	ACV, 20 August 1942 CVE, 15 July 1943
Identification	Hull symbol: AVG-58 ACV-58 CVE-58 Code letters: NXRB
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
Displacement	8,188 long tons (8,319 t) (standard) 10,902 long tons (11,077 t) (full load)
Length	512 ft 3 in (156.13 m) (oa) 490 ft (150 m) (wl) 474 ft (144 m) (fd)
Beam	65 ft 2 in (19.86 m) 108 ft (33 m) (extreme width)
Draft	20 ft 9 in (6.32 m) (max)
Installed power	4 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers 9,000 shp (6,700 kW)
Propulsion	2 × Skinner Unaflow reciprocating steam engines 2 × screws
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)
Complement	Total: 910–916 officers and men Embarked Squadron: 50–56 Ship's Crew: 860
Armament	As designed: 1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal dual-purpose gun 8 × 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns 12 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons Varied, ultimate armament: 1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal gun 8 × twin 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns 30 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons
Aircraft carried	27 aircraft
Aviation facilities	1 × catapult 2 × elevators
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.