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USS WAKE ISLAND   (CVE-65)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Kilo - Victor - Whiskey
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.
Operational and Building Data

Initially named Dolomi Bay; renamed 3 April 1943.

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CVE-65 Wake Island
NS0306501		 48k Small, port side view taken on November 9, 1944. USN
CVE-65 Wake Island
NS0306501a		 114k

USS Wake Island (CVE-65) underway in Hampton Roads, Virginia, 9 November 1944. Photographed from a plane based at Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia. The ship is painted in Camouflage Measure 33, Design 10A.

Official U.S. Navy photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command (#NH 106569).

 Robert Hurst
CVE-65 Wake Island
NS0306501b		 55k

USS Wake Island (CVE-65) underway in Hampton Roads, Virginia, 9 November 1944.

National Archives photo (# 80-G-289882).

 Tracy White, Researcher @ Large
CVE-65 Wake Island
NS0306502		 51k Starboard side view. Camouflage Measure 33, Design 10A (thanks to Aryeh Wetherhorn). USN
CVE-65 Wake Island
NS0306503		 56k Thanksgiving Day dinner menu, Thursday, November 25, 1943. USN
CVE-65 Wake Island
NS0306504		 109k

USS Wake Island (CVE-65) underway, in a photo dated 24 June 1945. The escort aircraft carrier had been detached "from TG 32.1 due to battle damage received on 3 April [(kamikaze)] and a subsequent finding by the Bureau of Ships that 'pending yardwork, this vessel is considered unsafe for operations in a forward area.' She headed for Guam and conducted firing practices and launched LASP sorties en route. Upon her arrival at Port Apra on 24 June, all personnel of squadron VOC-1 were transferred to Naval Air Base, Agana." (Quoted from DANFS.)

US Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation Museum, Photo No.1996.488.034.016. Robert L. Lawson Photograph Collection.

 Mike Green
USS WAKE ISLAND CVE-65 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Mr. Ronald E Paul
Address:1036 S Vassauilt St Tacoma, WA, 98465-2016
Phone: 253-565-5018
E-mail: None
Additional Resources
Hazegray & Underway World Aircraft Carrier Pages By Andrew Toppan.
Official U.S. Navy Carrier Website
Escort Carrier Sailors & Airmen Association
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