Breton (CVE10) was built by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, Miss.
Breton was launched 27 June 1942 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma, Wash., under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs A. Rooks widow of Captain Rooks, and commissioned 12 April 1943, Captain L. a.
Upon her return to the west coast in January 1946 after serving as a unit of the Far Eastern occupation forces, Breton prepared for inactivation at Tacoma, Wash., and went out of commission in reserve there 30 August 194G.
Beyond the quarterdeck is the cavernous gray interior of the hangar deck; this is the storage and repair area for the aircraft that take off and land on the flight deck overhead.
Delivery of the first F4B-4s, with larger fin and rudder, was in 1932 to Navy fighter squadrons on the USS Langley and the USS Saratoga.
This A-4C is displayed in its markings as a member of VA-76 (Navy attack squadron) on the USS Bon Homme Richard off the coast of Vietnam from March to June 1967.
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USSBreton, CVE-23 -- Escort carrier in USS Wintle's first trip Oct '44
USS Buchanan, DD-484 -- Destroyer relieved by USS Wintle at Palaus, Nov '44 (picture) (log)
USS Snyder, DE-745, Destroyer Escort relieved by USS Wintle July, 45
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50 of these were..., from CVE 55 Casablanca to CVE 104 Munda.
The Special Escort Group of the Ministry of Defence Police is responsible for the protection of nuclear materials in transit between military establishments throughout the United Kingdom.
Unlike earlier Escort aircraft carrier CVE classes which were laid down as something..
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