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USS TRIPOLI   (CVE-64)
(later CVU-64)

(Ex-DIDRICKSON BAY)

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Kilo - Victor - Tango
CLASS - CASABLANCA
Displacement 7,800 Tons, Dimensions, 512' 3" (oa) x 65' 2" x 22' 4" (Max)
Armament 1 x 5"/38AA 8 x 40mm, 12 x 20mm, 27 Aircraft.
Machinery, 9,000 IHP; 2 Skinner, Uniflow engines, 2 screws
Speed, 19 Knots, Crew 860.
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World War II
CVE-64 Tripoli
NS0306402		 69k USS Tripoli departs Hampton Roads, May 24, 1944 with Composite Squadron 6 (VC-6; 12 Avengers and 9 Wildcats) aboard. She is painted in camouflage Measure 32, Design 4A (although there are deviations from the original Bureau of Ships design drawing). Haze Gray & Underway
The 1950s
CVE-64 Tripoli
NS0306404		 53k

USS Tripoli (CVE-64) underway circa 1953, location unknown.

 Robert Hurst
CVE-64 Tripoli
NS0306401		 67k

Tripoli, operated by the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) and with a deck load of USAF North American F-86D Sabre fighters, circa 1954.

Master Chief Boatswain's Mate Carl M. Brashear, USN, served aboard Tripoli, November 1951–March 1955. MCBM Brashear (1931–2006) was a pioneer in the Navy as the first black deep-sea diver, the first black Master Diver and the first Navy diver to be restored to full active duty as an amputee, the result of a leg injury he sustained during a salvage operation in January 1966, off the coast of Spain. His life story was immortalized on the big screen in the movie "Men of Honor" (2000).

 USN
CVE-64 Tripoli
NS0306403		 41k As an aircraft transport. Ted Stone photo. Haze Gray & Underway
USS TRIPOLI CVE-64 History
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Contact: Mr. James G Metts
Address: 1103 N 22nd St
Nederland, TX, 77627-5731
Phone: 409-722-1468
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Hazegray & Underway World Aircraft Carrier Pages By Andrew Toppan.
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