CVE-23 was named for a sound in Louisiana, located between the Mississippi River delta and the mainland.

(Image courtesy of Google Maps.)

"Tacoma, Wash., April 5[, 1943].—A new-type aircraft carrier, the U.S.S. Breton, an impressive and speedy mass of fighting machinery, is ready for the fleet after successful trials."

USS Breton (ACV-23) underway in the Pacific, 9 May 1943.

National Naval Aviation Museum, Photo No.1996.488.032.014. Robert L. Lawson Photograph Collection.

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

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

45° off centerline view of USS Breton (ACV-23) in San Francisco Bay, 10 May 1943. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 3603-43.

Source: NARA, San Francisco, Mare Island Naval Shipyard Files & Photos.

USS Breton (CVE-23), broad on quarter, 2 December 1943 (the photo was in all probability taken earlier, as on said date Breton was moored to Wharf F-9-5, Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, TH.)

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) photo, #80-G-276733.

At 0130Z, 6 December 1943, USS Breton (CVE-23), in company with USS Bell (DD-587), forming Task Unit 19.9.7, departed Pearl Harbor for Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, in accordance with ComAirPac despatch 050216 (5 December), to transport two TBF-1C and nine TBM-1C Avengers, nine SB2C-1 Helldivers, four F4U-1 Corsairs, 22 F6F-3 Hellcats, and 13 Army P-40K Warhawks.

On 10 December, Breton catapulted the 13 P-40s for Canton Island.

NS0302319: Curtiss P-40K Warhawk, serial 42 46205, White 181, 15 Fighter Group.

NS0302319a: Curtiss P-40K Warhawk, serial 42 46178, White 203, 45 Fighter Squadron, 15 Fighter Group.

NS0302319b: Curtiss P-40K Warhawk, serial 42 45205, White 18, 6 Night Fighter Squadron, 15 Fighter Group.

NS0302319c: Curtiss P-40K Warhawk, serial 42 46208, White 220, 15 Fighter Group, launching from Breton.

Breton arrived in Pallikula Bay, Espiritu Santo, N.H., 15 December 1943, and proceeded to unload the remaining planes.

Stern view of USS Breton (CVE-23) off San Francisco on 4 March 1944. Mare Island Navy Yard photo, # 1488-44.

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

Broadside, starboard view of USS Breton (CVE-23) off San Francisco on 4 March 1944. Mare Island Navy Yard photo, # 1490-44.

Official U.S. Navy photo, from the collections of the Naval History & Heritage Command (#NH 45509).

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

45° off centerline. Alterations circled on M.I. photo # 1511-44. San Francisco, Cal., 4 March 1944. Mare Island Navy Yard photo, # 1492-44.

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) photo, # 19-N-66657.

135° off centerline. Alterations circled on M.I. photo # 1511-44. San Francisco, Cal., 4 March 1944. Mare Island Navy Yard photo, # 1489-44.

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) photo, # 19-N-66658.

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

Plan view, island structure. Mare Island, Cal., 6 March 1944. Mare Island Navy Yard photo, # 1511-44.

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) photo, # 19-N-66661.

Slightly retouched to highlight modification numbers.

USS Breton (CVE-23) in the moonlight at Ford Island's Fox 5 the night of 7 October 1944, after having taken aboard 77 F6F-5 Hellcats and a single SOC‑1 Seagull for transport to Manus in the Admiralty Islands. She departed the next morning on a delivery trip that took ten days. US Navy photo, now in the custody of the US National Archives and Records Administration in College Park, Maryland (# 80-G-283683).

USS Breton (CVE-23) in San Francisco Bay, 17 November 1945, returning from a Magic Carpet trip. She is painted in Measure 21 camouflage.

U.S. training sub Greenling (SS-213) sails out of South Boston Navy Yard, 29 October 1956. Note the humidifiers on the mothballed ships. There are several CVE's among them, and a few can be identified: ex-Suwannee (CVHE-27), ex-Santee (CVHE-29), and ex-Breton (CVHE-23), just behind Greenling.

Another photo of the same vintage. Some of the "mothballed" ships can be identified: ex-Suwannee (CVHE-27), left; ex-Breton (CVHE-23), foreground; then the former light cruiser ex-Dayton (CL-105), ex-Salerno Bay (CVE-110), and ex-Kula Gulf (CVE-108). Although out of sight, other decommissioned ships present were: Ex-Hoggatt Bay (CVHE-75), ex-Rudyerd Bay (CVU-81), ex-White Plains (CVU-66), ex-Savo Island (CVHE-78), etc.

See above.

As an aviation transport, after reactivation in 1958. Note cranes and funnels, simple radar outfit and lack of weapons.

As an Aviation Transport.

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).

USNS Breton (T-AKV 42) docked at Long Beach, California, loading equipment, 1963.

Official USMC Photograph. From the Warren Smith Collection (COLL/5713) at the Archives Branch, Marine Corps History Division. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. This image was originally posted to Flickr by Archives Branch, USMC History Division at https://flickr.com/photos/60868061@N04/48425044567.

USNS Breton (T-AKV 42) with Sikorsky UH-34 Seahorse helicopters and Lockheed F-104 Starfighters in Latex Cocoons, 1963.

Official USMC Photograph. From the Warren Smith Collection (COLL/5713) at the Archives Branch, Marine Corps History Division. USMC Archives from Quantico, USA. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. This image was originally posted to Flickr by Archives Branch, USMC History Division at https://flickr.com/photos/60868061@N04/48425044027.

The cargo ship and aircraft ferry USNS Breton (T-AKV 42) underway with a cargo of cocooned USAF F-104A Starfighters on deck, in 1964, location unknown. US Navy official photo. Image scanned from the 1966–67 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships.

USS Valley Forge (LPH-8) and, probably, the aircraft transport USNS Breton (T-AKV 42) docked at Naval Station Subic Bay, Philippines, circa 1964. Note the six Douglas A-1 Skyraiders visible on Breton's deck.

"I saw this one at Pearl Harbor in October 1965 from the deck of [USS Ticonderoga] (CVA-14)."

Appears to be USNS Breton (T-AKV 42).

USS Coral Sea (CVA-43), with A-4E Skyhawks from VA-153 "Blue Tail Flies" and VA-155 "Silver Foxes," moored to pier #3 South, U.S. Naval Air Station, Alameda, California, 22–26 July 1967. USS Hancock (CVA-19) is moored to pier #3 North, and USS Ranger to pier #2 North. Other ships present include: USS Bellatrix (AF-62) and USS Aludra (AF-55), moored port side and starboard side, respectively, to pier #2 South; and probably USNS Breton (T-AKV 42), astern of Coral Sea.

The former USNS Breton (AKV-42, ex-CVE-23, ex-ACV-23) being prepared for towing to a scrap yard in 1972.

Naval History & Heritage Command photo (# NH 89320).