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Ordered:
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Laid down:
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Launched:
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10 June 1944 |
Commissioned:
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30 December 1944 |
Decommissioned:
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27 August 1954 |
Fate:
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Struck:
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1 July 1959 |
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Displacement:
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10,900 tons (24 100 tons - full load) |
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Beam:
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Draft:
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Propulsion:
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2-shaft geared turbines S.H.P. 16,000 |
Speed:
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19 knots (35 km/h) |
Range:
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Complement:
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1,066 officers and men |
Armament:
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2 × 5 inch (127 mm) guns,
36 × 40 mm guns |
Aircraft:
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34 |
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USS Block Island (CVE-106) was a
Commencement Bay class escort carrier of the
United States Navy, named in honor of the
first one, being launched 12 days after the original was sunk.
She was
launched on
10 June 1944 as
Sunset Bay by Todd-Pacific Shipyards, Inc.
Tacoma,
Washington; sponsored by Mrs. L. J. Hallenbeck, and
commissioned as
Block Island on
30 December 1944, Captain F. M. Hughes in command.
Block Island got underway for
Pearl Harbor on
20 March 1945. Upon arrival she underwent a period of provisioning and training in preparation for the invasion of
Okinawa. On
17 April Block Island left
Hawaii and steamed toward Okinawa, via
Ulithi. Flight operations commenced immediately upon her arrival
3 May and lasted until
16 June when she departed for
Leyte. After a brief stay at
San Pedro Bay, the carrier steamed through the
Straits of Makassar for
Borneo. Between
26 June and
6 July she took part in the
Balikpapan operation. She then proceeded to
Guam where she was anchored at the time of the cessation of hostilities. During
6 September–
9 September she took part in the evacuation of Allied prisoners of war from
Formosa. She continued cruising in the Far East until
14 October and arrived at
San Diego 11 December 1946. Leaving San Diego
6 January 1946, she transited the
Panama Canal and reached Norfolk on the 20th. She was placed in service in reserve
28 May 1946.
On
29 May 1946 Block Island was towed from Norfolk to
Annapolis and reported to the Superintendent of the Naval Academy for duty as training ship for the midshipmen. This duty terminated
3 October 1950 and
Block Island was transferred to the
Atlantic Reserve Fleet.
The vessel was recommissioned
28 April 1951 and reported to the
U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Between June 1951 and November 1953 she carried out local operations off the
Virginia Capes; made four cruises to the
Caribbean; and one to the
United Kingdom,
France, and
Italy (
17 April–
26 June 1953).
On
15 January 1954 she was placed in commission in reserve at
Philadelphia and out of commission in reserve
27 August 1954. From 1957 to 1958 she was redesignated
LPH-1 in anticipation of conversion to an
amphibious assault ship, but the conversion was canceled and her designation reverted to CVE-106 before any work was done.
Block Island was stricken from the
Navy List on
1 July 1959.
Block Island received two
battle stars for her
World War II service.
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