The USSAttu (CVE-102) was a Casablanca-class escort aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, named after Attu in the Aleutian Islands.
Attu was steaming in a fueling area south of the Japanese home islands when word of Japan’s capitulation arrived.
The escort carrier sailed to Norfolk, Virginia, via the Panama Canal and Jacksonville, Fla. Attu decommissioned at Norfolk on 8 June1946, and her name was struck from the Navy list on 3 July1946.
Attu was assigned the role of supplying replacement aircraft and pilots to the fast carrier task forces operating in the forward area.
The carrier sailed back to the west coast on 11 November and, on the 25th, began her participation in Operation "Magic Carpet." In this capacity, Attu made voyages to numerous points in the Pacific to shuttle troops back to the United States.
The escort carrier sailed to Norfolk, Va., via the Panama Canal and Jacksonville, Fla. Attu was decommissioned at Norfolk on 8 June1946, and her name was struck from the Navy list on 3 July1946.
The Japanese submarine RO-112 is sunk by the submarine USS Batfish (SS-310) in the Philippines.
The destroyer USS Pritchett (DD-561) is damaged by horizontal bomber; the destroyer escort USS Foreman (DE-633) by dive bomber; and the attack transports USS Chilton (APA-38), USS Henrico (APA-45), USS Goodhue (APA-107) and USS Telfair (APA-210) and LST 599 are damaged by suicide plane, all in the Okinawa area.
The battleship USS Colorado (BB-45) is damaged by an explosion, the destroyer USS Ammen (DD-527) by a horizontal bomber and the submarine chaser SC-737 by grounding, all in the Okinawa area.
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During World War II, Attu was invaded by Japanese forces in June 1942 and was recaptured by the Americans in May 1943.
She was laid down on 16 March1944 at Vancouver, Wash., by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Co. under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1139); launched on 27 May1944; sponsored by Mrs.
The carrier sailed back to the west coast on 11 November and, on the 25th, began her participation in Operation "Magic Carpet" In this capacity, Attu made voyages to numerous points in the Pacific.
Fish were caught in local Attu lake with stream to the ocean.
USS Hitchiti ATF 103 Unknown tug photo taken from the mast of the Hitchiti in Attu (Circa 1954) (Contributed by Hal Tenney)
Tied up at the dock on one of the Aleutian Islands with a group of civilian contractors who were bidding on the salvage rights to all installations on all the islands.
These survivors were picked up by submarine USS Grunion on 31 May and landed at the submarine base in Coco Solo on 3 June, after the submarine conducted a fruitless search for other survivors.
The third aircraft exploded close aboard the starboard beam and sprayed the ship with fragments and 18 of her crew are wounded and there is some internal damage.
- High-speed transport USS Rednour is struck by a kamikaze on the stern, starting fires and blowing a 10-foot hole in her main deck killing three and wounding 13 of her crew.
Comments: I was aboard the USS Albuquerque l952-3 as a radioman.
Comments: I was assigned to the USS Albuquerque PF-7 right out of Radio school in April 1952.
As this was going on, the DD USS Perkins, I think, came steaming from the back side of an island where she had been hiding in order to locate the Koreans guns.
This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USSATTU.
It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.
ELBOUR BAY (CVE 102) was renamed ATTU6 November 1943.
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The pulpit used in the chapel today was used at the Naval Academy from the turn of the century until early 1943, when it was placed at St. Nicholas.
Also, the 300-pound church bell was the ship's bell of the aircraft carrier USSAttu (CVE 10), which saw action at the invasion of Iwo Jima.
However, the most unique feature of the chapel, by far, is the chapel's crucifix, sculpted by the now famous Felix de Weldon, a Navy combat artist and a second class seaman stationed at Pax during World War II.
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James Schatzman 609-889-2185 201 Sunray Rd Villas, NJ 08251-3233 USS Pasadena Mr.
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Lois Guffy 405-474-2572 PO Box 28 Byron, OK 73723 USSAttu CVE 102 and USS Mungford DD 389 Newsletter Ms Marie Moore, Sectry, Treas.
Paul D McManuels 717-737-2516 317 Somerset Dr Shiremanstown, PA 17011-6539 USS Charleston PG 51 The "Geech" Gazette Mr.
Luther Rice 812-926-2790 414 Water St Aurora, IN 47001-1242 USS Missouri BB 63 Reunion Newsletter Mr.
Phil embarked aboard the USSAttu at Kahalui on October 6, 1945 and six days later, on October 12, arrived at San Diego - his last stop before he returned home to Moores Hill, Indiana.
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