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	USS Casablanca (CVE-55) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The USS Casablanca (CVE-55) (also ACV-55) was a United States Navy escort aircraft carrier, lead ship of her class, named after the city of Casablanca, Morocco.
		Casablanca was launched 5 April 1943 by Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington, under a Maritime Commission contract, sponsored by Eleanor Roosevelt, acquired by the Navy 8 July 1943, and commissioned the same day, Commander W.
		Casablanca operated in the Straits of Juan de Fuca as a training ship for escort carrier crews from the time of her commissioning through August 1944.
	www.wapipedia.org /wikipedia/mobiletopic.aspx?cur_title=USS_Casablanca_(CVE-55) (415 words)

	Casablanca: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Casablanca (population 3 million, Arabic: Dar-al-Baida, Arabic: الدار البيضاء) is a city in western Morocco.
		A port on the Atlantic Ocean, Casablanca is Morocco's biggest city and chief port.
		The town of Casablanca was founded in 1515 by the Portuguese, who had destroyed the town of Anfa[?] located at the same site just years earlier.
	www.encyclopedian.com /ca/Casablanca.html (248 words)

	USS Ranger (CV-4) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The sixth USS Ranger (CV-4) was the first ship of the United States Navy to be designed and built from the keel up as an aircraft carrier.
		She was laid down 26 September 1931 by Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia, launched 25 February 1933, sponsored by Lou Henry Hoover (wife of the President of the United States), and commissioned at the Norfolk Navy Yard 4 June 1934, Captain Arthur L. Bristol in command.
		Casablanca capitulated to the American invaders 11 November 1942 and Ranger departed the Moroccan coast 12 November, returning to Norfolk, on the 23rd.
	www.xasa.biz /wiki/en/wikipedia/u/us/uss_ranger__cv_4_.html (1384 words)

	USS CASABLANCA (CVE-55) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		USS casablanca было эскортный авианосец военно-морского флота Соединенных Штатов, кораблем руководства ее типа, названным после города casablanca, Марокко.
		Casablanca носил 3 имени и 3 обозначителя типа.
		Casablanca работал в проливах Жуан de Фуча как корабль тренировки для экипажа несущей сопроводителя from the time of она поручая до 1944 -го август.
	www.faktoru.com /wiki/ru/us/USS%20Casablanca%20%28Cve55%29.htm (398 words)

	USS Brooklyn (CL-40)
		While thus engaged she was hit by a dud projectile from a coastal defense gun[?] which damaged two of the cruiser's guns and wounded five of her crew.
		She departed Casablanca for the east coast 17 November 1942.
		Between January and July 1943 she made three convoy escort voyages between the east coast and Casablanca and then steamed to the Mediterranean where she carried out screening and fire support duties during the invasion of Sicily (10-14 July).
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/us/USS_Brooklyn_(CL-40).html (640 words)

	USS Otterstetter DE/DER-244 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		USS Otterstetter sailed on her shakedown cruise along the East Coast of the United States and on 14 November 1943, joined a convoy and steamed as escort from Norfolk to Casablanca, French Morocco.
		USS Otterstetter arrived at Sasebo, Japan, on 29 March and at Shanghai, China, on 6 April.
		USS Otterstetter underwent a pre-inactivation overhaul and departed for Green Cove Springs FL 10 September 1946.
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	USS Casablanca (CVE 55) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The USS Casablanca (CVE-55) (also ACV-55) was a United States Navy escortaircraft carrier, lead ship of her class, named after the city of Casablanca, Morocco.
		Casablanca was launched 5 April 1943 by Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington, under a Maritime Commission contract, sponsored by Eleanor Roosevelt, acquired by the Navy 8 July 1943, andcommissioned the same day, Commander W. Gallaway in command.
		Casablanca operated in the Straits of Juan de Fuca as a training ship for escort carrier crews from the time of hercommissioning through August 1944.
	www.therfcc.org /uss-casablanca-cve-55--334587.html (389 words)

	P-47 Thunderbolt USS Casablanca CVE-55 8x10 Photograph
		USS Casablanca was named after the port city of French Morocco which served as the major base for American campaigns in North Africa during World War II.
		The Casablanca would be redesignated ACV-55 on August 20th, 1942, and was renamed Alazon Bay on January 23rd, 1943.
		She finally became the Casablanca on April 3rd, 1943 two days before she was launched.
	www.mach1collectibles.com /p_47_thunderbolt_uss_casablanca_cve_55_8x10_photograph.html (145 words)

	USS Casablanca (Cve-55) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		El USS Casablanca (Cve-55) (también Acv-55) era portaaviones del acompañamiento de la marina de Estados Unidos, nave del terminal de su clase, nombrada después de la ciudad de Casablanca, Marruecos.
		Casablanca fue lanzada el 5 de abril de 1943 por Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington, bajo contrato marítimo de Comisión, patrocinada por Eleanor Roosevelt, adquirida por la marina el 8 de julio de 1943, y comisionada el mismo día, comandante W. Gallaway en comando.
		Casablanca operatorio en los estrechos de Juan de Fuca como nave del entrenamiento para los equipos del portador del acompañamiento a partir de la época de ella que comisionaba con agosto de 1944.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/us/USS%20Casablanca%20%28Cve55%29.htm (524 words)

	USS Mayo DD422
		Casablanca was the staging point for her long journey across the Atlantic and on the way MAYO passed USS Kearny DD432.
		We changed tugs in Casablanca and were taken under tow by the ocean going tug, USS CHEROKEE, that had been sent all the way from Bermuda to bring us back.
		At the end of October 1944, Captain H.H. Connelley reported aboard as a convoy escort commander of a group of DE's whereas MAYO was to act as flagship on fast troopship runs to England and France.
	www.ussjpkennedyjr.org /mayorepair.html (998 words)

	1/700 USS Block Island
		The USS BLOCK ISLAND (CVE-21) was one of the BOGUE class of escort carriers.
		Originally released by Skywave, the Tamiya USS Bogue was relatively straightforward to build.
		USS Block Island's air wing consisted of VC-xx with Avengers and F4F Wildcats.
	www.internetmodeler.com /2000/april/ships/block_island.htm (879 words)

	USS Casablanca (CVE 55)
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	USS Casablanca (CVE 55)
		She became CASABLANCA on April 3, 1943, and CVE 55 on July 15, 1943.
		CASABLANCA was launched 5 April 1943 by Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver, Wash., under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs.
		CASABLANCA cleared San Francisco 23 January for Norfolk, Va., arriving 10 February.
	www.united-states-navy.com /cve/cve55.htm (481 words)

	TonyRogers.com \| USS Massachusetts Battleship
		While cruising off the city of Casablanca, Morocco, the Battleship engaged in a gun duel with the unfinished French battleship Jean Bart, moored at a Casablanca pier.
		The world's only exhibited example of a Soviet-built missile corvette, Hiddensee was designed to oppose any naval threat to the East German Coast, and to fulfill this mission carried long-range STYX anti-ship missiles and an array of defensive weapons designed to ensure her own survivability.
		The 16/45 triple turrets were built into the USS North Carolina and Washington as well as the South Dakota-class battleships.
	www.tonyrogers.com /images/2004_uss_mass/index.htm (853 words)

	Senator Kennedy visits Battleship Cove.
		At age 62, USS Massachusetts is the youngest historic property in Massachusetts to receive a grant this year.
		The USS Massachusetts was commissioned in 1942 and served as the Allied flagship for the invasion of North Africa that same year.
		A National Historic Landmark, USS Massachusetts is the centerpiece of the world's largest exhibition of historic naval ships and is home to Massachusetts' official memorials for all Commonwealth citizens who gave their lives in service to their country during World War II and the Persian Gulf War.
	www.battleshipcove.org /news-kennedy-visit.htm (361 words)

	USS Casablanca (CVE-55) . Kaiser Shipbuilding Company (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		She became Casablanca 3 April 1943, and CVE-55 on 15
		The Kaiser Shipbuilding Company was a creation of United States US industrialist Henry J. Kaiser, who established the shipbuilding company around 1939 in order to help meet the construction goals set by the Maritime Commission for...
		See also: 1670s in architecture, 1680s other events of the 1680s, 1690s in architecture and the architecture timeline.
	www.uk.fraquisanto.net /USS_Casablanca_%28CVE-55%29 (283 words)

	Operation Torch - Invasion of North Africa
		The plan for the WNTF was to land a force of about 9,000 at Port Lyautry which was north of Casablanca to capture the airport.
		At 0700 in Casablanca Harbor five Vichy French submarines were preparing to stand out of the harbor to go on patrol.
		At 0804 as the Ranger's bombers were releasing their loads the battleship USS Massachusetts opened up with salvoes of her 16 inch guns on Casablanca's quays and ships.
	www.internet-esq.com /ussaugusta/torch/index.htm (1161 words)

	Mirago : Regional: North America: United States: Government: Military: Navy: Ships: Surface Combatant: Gun Cruiser
		USS Portland (CA-33) - The WW II cruiser, USS Portland.
		USS Rochester (CA-124) Association - The USS Rochester Association is comprised of naval veterans who served on the Rochester while it was commissioned.
		USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37) and USS Wichita (CA-45) - USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37) and USS Wichita (CA-45) - celebrating these WWII heavy cruisers and their crews.
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	USN Ships--USS Mayrant (DD-402) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		USS Mayrant, a 1500-ton Benham class destroyer, was built at the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts.
		Left radioactive by this experience, USS Mayrant was decommissioned in late August 1946 and sunk off Kwajalein on 4 April 1948.
		USS Mayrant was named in honor of Lieutenant John Mayrant (1762-1836), who served in the South Carolina and Continental Navies during the American Revolution.
	138.147.50.20 /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-m/dd402.htm (626 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Ships hit by U-boats - USS Barr (DE 576) (Destroyer escort)
		At 20.40 hours the escort destroyer USS Barr was damaged by a Gnat in the stern and a second Gnat missed the escort destroyer USS Eugene E. Elmore (DE 686).
		The USS Barr, which was on her first war voyage, lost 16 dead and 14 injured.
		On the following morning the injured an some personnel were transferred to USS Eugene E. Elmore and Barr was towed by that vessel, USS Wolhoite (DE 397) and the Dutch tug Antic into Casablanca on 5 June.
	www.uboat.net /allies/merchants/ship.html?shipID=3254 (292 words)

	USN Ships--USS Farquhar (DE-139) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		USS Farquhar, a 1200-ton Edsall class escort ship, was built at Orange, Texas.
		She was commissioned in August 1943 and began war operations in October, escorting a trans-Atlantic convoy to Casablanca, Morocco.
		USS Farquhar (DE-139) underway in the Atlantic, coming alongside USS Mission Bay (CVE-59) in October 1944.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-f/de139.htm (496 words)

	USS Jenkins (DD/DDE-447), Fletcher-class destroyer
		USS Jenkins, DD (later DDE) 447, was a destroyer with a long and varied career that encompassed most of the history of the US Navy’s 2100-ton Fletcher class, World War II through Vietnam.
		The second Jenkins was named for 19th century Rear Admiral Thornton A. Jenkins, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation and President of the Naval Institute.
		Redeployed to the Pacific in January 1943, she operated with Destroyer Squadron 21 in supporting the invasion of New Georgia Island and participated in the Battles of Kula Gulf and Kolombangara.
	www.destroyerhistory.org /fletcherclass/ussjenkins (336 words)

	USS Anne Arundel
		I was reading in P-40 Warhawk Aces of the MTO, that the ground personnel of the 33rd FG were transported aboard the USS Anne Arundel for Operation Torch, while the pilots and their planes were launched from the USS Chenango.
		I am working on the assumption that he was on a ship, because all of the pilots in the fighter group were brought over by an aircraft carrier, and the quote from the book that says that the ground personnel of the 33rd FG were on that ship.
		The D+5 "advance attrition" was a group of 35 planes that were sent on the British carrier Archer as replacement aircraft, due to anticipated losses of the original 77 P-40's launched from the Chenango.
	www.armyairforces.com /forum/fb.asp?go=next&m=83440&viewType=tm (4082 words)

	World War II Sea Service Images
		USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) and USS Colorado (BB-45) followed by three cruisers at Lingayen Gulf, preceding the landing at Luzon, Philippines.
		USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) hit by two Kamikazes in 30 seconds off Kyushu, JP.
		USS Iowa (BB-61) firing during gunnery drill in the Pacific.
	www.bluejacket.com /ww2_images.html (398 words)

	Uss Ranger Air Wing - Green Power Ranger Sogn - www.walkertexasranger.redhair.be (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		USS Midway CV 41 USS Nimitz CVN 68 USS Ranger CV 61 USS Ronald Reagan CVN 76 USS Saratoga CV...
		The next day, Ranger relieved USS Independence (CV-62) in an unusual close aboard ceremony and along with her embarked Air Wing, Carrier Air Wing TWO, immediately began flying patrol...
		RANGER relieved USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62) in an unusual close aboard ceremony and along with her embarked Air Wing, Carrier Air Wing...
	www.walkertexasranger.redhair.be /green-power-ranger-sogn/uss-ranger-air-wing.html (453 words)

	Uss Ranger Air Wing - Green Power Ranger Sogn - www.walkertexasranger.thereasonmp.be (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		While embarked in USS Ranger (CV-4), the squadron provided air support for the invasion of...
		USS RANGER was the third ship in the FORRESTAL - class and the second carrier of...
		Details of the USS Ranger's participation in the North African campaign...
	www.walkertexasranger.thereasonmp.be /green-power-ranger-sogn/uss-ranger-air-wing.html (482 words)

	Operation Torch. Task Force 34 Commander in USS Augusta led U.S. Forces in North Africa invasion.
		TORCH forces destined for the Moroccan invasion departed in late October 1942, from the U.S. Navy's main eastern sea base at Hampton Roads, Norfolk Virginia, from Casco Bay in Maine, and from other eastern U.S. ports, and would be joined at sea by forces deployed earlier to Bermuda.
		Typical of the ships in convoy was the USS Joseph Hewes, the former passenger liner SS Excalibur, redesignated APA-50 by the U.S. Navy.
		The Western Naval Task Force, Task Force 34, was tasked to land at simultaneously at Safi, Casablanca, and Mehedia in French Morocco, shown along the lower left Atlantic Ocean coastline.
	www.daileyint.com /wwii/picwar1.htm (511 words)

	USS St Simon
		15 20mm., 18 act; cl. Casablanca; T. St. Simon (CVE-51) was laid down on 26 April 1943 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Co., under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 262); launched on 9 September 1943; sponsored by Mrs.
		Lewis; and transferred to the United Kingdom on 31 December 1943; and renamed Arbiter.
		She was sold in 1948 for mercantile service to the Compania Argentina de Navegacion Dodero and was renamed Coracero.
	www.navyhistory.com /cruiser/stsimon.html (117 words)

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