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&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Breton_(CVE-23)_underway_1943.jpeg) USS Breton (CVE-23) underway in 1943
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Breton |
| Namesake | Breton Sound, Louisiana |
| Laid down | 25 February 1942 |
| Launched | 27 June 1942 |
| Commissioned | 12 April 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 20 August 1946 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 1972 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Bogue-class escort carrier |
| Displacement | 7,800 tons |
| Length | 495.66 ft (151.08 m) |
| Beam | 111.5 ft (34.0 m) |
| Draft | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Speed | 17.6 knots |
| Complement | 1,205 officers and men |
| Armament | 2 × 4"/50, 5"/38 or 5"/51 guns |
| Aircraft carried | 24 |
USS Breton (CVE-23) (previously AVG-23 then ACV-23) was a Bogue-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. Breton was in service as an escort carrier from 1943 to 1946 and as an aircraft transport from 1958 to 1970.
Breton launched on 27 June 1942 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding of Tacoma, Washington under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. A. H. Rooks, widow of Captain Albert Harold Rooks a posthumous Navy Medal of Honor recipient in World War II; and commissioned on 12 April 1943.