United States Navy escort carrier CVE-66 White Plains

Class: Casablanca Laid down: 1943/02/11
Shipyard: Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver
Launched: 1943/09/15 Commissioned: 1943/11/15 Decommissioned: 1958/07/29 Scrapped
Namesake: named for the battle off White Plains on October 28, 1776 during the Revolutionary War.
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 43: Ms 14, 44: Ms 33/10a

 

CVE-66 White Plains WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action
43/12/21 43/12/30     San Diego - load ferry planes
43/12/30 44/01/11     carry VMF-113, VMF-532 from San Diego to Tarawa via P.H.
44/01/11 44/01/17     disembark VMF-113, VMF-532 , embark VF-1
44/01/17 44/01/23     carry VF-1 from Tarawa to P.H.
44/01/23 44/01/27     P.H. - turnaround period
44/01/27 44/02/03     sail P.H. > Tarawa
44/02/04 44/02/05     sail Tarawa > Majuro
44/02/07       damaged in collision with Caldwell off Marshalls
44/02/17 44/02/23     sail Kwajalein > P.H.
44/02/23 44/03/03     sail P.H. > Alameda
44/03/03 44/04/24     California coast - training
44/04       embark VC-4
44/04/24 44/05/01     sail San Diego > P.H.
44/05/01 44/05/28     off P.H. - air operations and amphibious support training
44/05/29 44/08/02 Forage 52.14.2/CarDiv25/GF from 06/18 VC-4
44/06/21   Forage 52.14.2/CarDiv25/GF sinking AK Shoun Maru off Rota Is. (14-10N, 145-10E)
44/08/02 44/08/16     sail Marianas > Esp. Santo
44/08/02 44/08/05   51.18.10 sail from Saipan to Eniwetok
44/08/06 44/08/11     Eniwetok
44/08/16 44/09/10      
44/09/15 44/10/04 Stale2 32.7.3/CarDiv26 land Palau: VC-4
44/09/23   Stale2 31.2/CarDiv26 land Ulithi: VC-4
44/10/10 44/10/31 King2 77.4.3/CarDiv25 VC-4
44/10/24 44/10/25 King2 77.4.3/CarDiv25 xLeyte
44/10/25   King2 77.4.3/CarDiv25 damage(kami) off Leyte
44/10/31 44/11/06     Seeadler Harbor, Manus - temporary repairs
44/11/06 44/11/27     sail Manus > P.H. > San Diego
44/11/27 45/01/19     San Diego - repairs
45/02 45/09     ferry durties
45/04   Iceber SpecEscCarGrp carry F4U+F6F from MAG-31 and MAG-33 (future Okinawa air groups)
45/06/17 45/07/09     sail from Leyte to California (CVG-82: VF-82, VB-82, VT-82)
45/08/1 45/08/22     sail P.H. > San Pedro Bay, California

Ship status, hull number changes...: laid as Elbour Bay, renamed 43/04/03
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 5 Battle Stars, Presidential Unit Citation for Taffy 3
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    Bibliography:

    Magazine References: +

  • Airfix Magazines (English) - http://www.airfix.com/
  • Avions (French) - http://www.aerostories.org/~aerobiblio/rubrique10.html
  • FlyPast (English) - http://www.flypast.com/
  • Flugzeug Publikations GmbH (German) - http://vdmedien.com/flugzeug-publikations-gmbh-hersteller_verlag-vdm-heinz-nickel-33.html
  • Flugzeug Classic (German) - http://www.flugzeugclassic.de/
  • Klassiker (German) - http://shop.flugrevue.de/abo/klassiker-der-luftfahrt
  • Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://boutique.editions-lariviere.fr/site/abonnement-le-fana-de-l-aviation-626-4-6.html
  • Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://www.pdfmagazines.org/tags/Le+Fana+De+L+Aviation/
  • Osprey (English) - http://www.ospreypublishing.com/
  • Revi Magazines (Czech) - http://www.revi.cz/

    Web References: +

  • http://www.acesofww2.com/
  • http://www.navsource.org/archives/
  • http://www.battle-fleet.com/
  • Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/

 

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