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USS BRETON   (ACV-23)
(later CVE-23, CVHE-23, CVU-23 and AKV-42)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Whiskey - Mike - Charlie
Unit Awards, Campaign and Service Medals and Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: American Campaign Medal / Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2 stars) / World War II Victory Medal
Bogue Class Escort Carrier
Ordered Laid down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned Stricken
(see below) 25 Feb 1942 27 Jun 1942 12 Apr 1943
14 Jul 1958 (*)		 30 Aug 1946
?? ??? 196?
6 Aug 1971
Builder: Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, Wash.
(*) Under MSTS control (see below)
Specifications
(As commissioned, 1943)
Displacement: 7,800 tons standard; 15,700 tons full load (design)
Dimensions (wl): 465' x 69.5' x 23.25'  /  141.7 x 21.2 x 7.1 meters
Dimensions (max.): 495' 8" x 111.5'  /  151.1 x 34 meters
Armor: None
Power plant: 2 boilers (285 psi); 1 steam turbine; 1 shaft; 8,500 shp
Speed: 16.5 knots
Endurance:
Armament: 2 single 5"/51 (later 5"/38) gun mounts; (1943) 8 twin 40-mm/56-cal gun mounts; (1943) 27 single 20-mm/70-cal gun mounts
Aircraft: 24
Aviation facilities: 2 elevators; 1 hydraulic catapult
Crew: 890
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USS Breton, 1943–1958
ACV-23 Breton
NS0302309		 69k

USS Breton (ACV-23) underway in the Pacific, circa May 1943(?).

 Robert Hurst
ACV-23 Breton
NS0302302		 105k

Stern view of USS Breton (ACV-23) in San Francisco Bay, 10 May 1943. Navy photo # 3599-43.

 Darryl Baker
ACV-23 Breton
NS0302303		 74k

Starboard broadside view of USS Breton (ACV-23) in San Francisco Bay, 10 May 1943. Navy photo # 3601-43.

 Darryl Baker
CVE-23 Breton
NS0302301		 91k

USS Breton (CVE-23), broad on quarter, 2 December 1943.

National Archives photo (#80-G-276733).

 Daniel Dunham
CVE-23 Breton
NS0302304		 49k

Stern view of USS Breton (CVE-23) off San Francisco on 4 March 1944. Navy photo # 1483-44.

(So, how many Seagulls does a CVE carry?)

 Darryl Baker
CVE-23 Breton
NS0302305		 51k

Broadside view of USS Breton (CVE-23) off San Francisco on 4 March 1944. Navy photo # 1491-44.

 Darryl Baker
CVE-23 Breton
NS0302306		 41k

Bow on view of USS Breton (CVE-23) off San Francisco on 4 March 1944. Navy photo # 1493-44.

 Darryl Baker
USNS Breton, 1958–1971
USNS Breton
NS0302307		 42k

As an Aviation Transport.

 Haze Gray & Underway
USNS Breton
NS0302308		 148k

As an Aviation Transport.

 USN
USNS Breton
NS0302310		 49k

The cargo ship and aircraft ferry USNS Breton (T-AKV 42, ex-T-CVU 23, ex-CVHE 23, ex-CVE 23, ex-ACV 23) underway, date and location unknown (USN, MSTS photo).

 Robert Hurst
View the USS Breton (ACV-23 / CVE-23 / CVHE-23 / CVU-23 / AKV-42)
DANFS History entry located on the Naval Historical Center Web Site.
Crew Contact and Reunion Information
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Place:  
Contact: Mr. Arthur Thornbury
Address: 5130 S Dearborn St
Indianapolis, IN, 46227-6677
Phone: 317-787-6494
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