USS Makassar Strait at dock, 1951
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Name | Makassar Strait |
Namesake | Battle of Makassar Strait |
Ordered | as a Type S4-S2-BB3 hull, MCE hull 1128[1] |
Awarded | 18 June 1942 |
Builder | Kaiser Shipyards |
Laid down | 29 December 1943 |
Launched | 22 March 1944 |
Commissioned | 27 April 1944 |
Decommissioned | 9 August 1946 |
Stricken | 1 September 1958 |
Identification | Hull symbol: CVE-91 |
Honors and awards | 2 Battle stars |
Fate | Grounded and used as a target, April 1961 |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | Casablanca-class escort carrier |
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Draft | 20 ft 9 in (6.32 m) (max) |
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Speed | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
Range | 10,240 nmi (18,960 km; 11,780 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
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Aircraft carried | 27 |
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USS Makassar Strait (CVE-91) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was named after the Battle of Makassar Strait, an early naval engagement to the east of Borneo. Launched in March 1944, and commissioned in April, she served in support of the Battle of Okinawa. Postwar, she participated in Operation Magic Carpet. She was decommissioned in August 1946, when she was mothballed in the Pacific Reserve Fleet. Ultimately, she was used as a target, and she was accidentally run aground on San Nicolas Island in April 1961. Her wreckage survived until at least 1965.