USS Tripoli (CVE-64)

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USS Tripoli (CVE-64) in April 1944
History
United States
Name	Tripoli
Namesake	Battle of Derna
Builder	Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
Laid down	1 February 1943
Launched	13 July 1943
Commissioned	31 October 1943
Decommissioned	22 May 1946
Recommissioned	5 January 1952
Decommissioned	25 November 1958
Stricken	1 February 1959
Fate	Sold for scrap, January 1960
General characteristics
Class and type	Casablanca-class escort carrier
Displacement	7,800 long tons (7,925 t)
Length	512 ft 3 in (156.13 m) overall
Beam	65 ft (20 m), 108 ft (33 m) maximum width
Draft	22 ft 4 in (6.81 m)
Installed power	4 × 285 psi (1,970 kPa) steam boilers 9,000 shp (6,700 kW)
Propulsion	2 × 5-cylinder reciprocating Skinner Unaflow engines 2 × screws
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)
Complement	Total:910-916 officers and men Embarked Squadron:50-56 Ship's Crew:860
Armament	1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal dual purpose gun 16 × Bofors 40 mm guns (8×2) 20 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons
Aircraft carried	28
Service record
Part of:	Escort Carrier Task Group 21.15 (1943-44), 4th Fleet (1944-1945), Military Sealift Command (1952-58)
Operations:	Operation Magic Carpet (1945), Korean War (1952)

USS Tripoli (CVE-64) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. Tripoli is the first US Navy ship named for the Battle of Derne in 1805. It was the decisive victory of a mercenary army led by a detachment of United States Marines and soldiers against the forces of Tripoli during the First Barbary War. It was the first recorded land battle of the United States fought overseas.^[1]