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USS TULAGI   (CVE-72)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Kilo - Whiskey - Romeo
(Ex- FORTALEZA BAY)
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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CVE-72 Tulagi
NS0307204		 12k

Tulagi was sponsored by Mrs. James Duke Barner, wife of the commanding officer of the Astoria Naval Station.

(From "Bo's'n's Whistle," Vol. 3, No. 22; November 25, 1943; page 7.)

 Courtesy of Ron Gough,
Bea Dee, Ltd.,
Kaiser Vancouver / Swan Island & Oregon Shipyards website
World War II
CVE-72 Tulagi
NS0307201		 74k

Good overhead, showing starboard side AA armament. Painted in camouflage Measure 32, Design 4A (thanks to Aryeh Wetherhorn.)

 USN
CVE-72 Tulagi
NS0307202		 67k Underway, aircraft on deck. USN
CVE-72 Tulagi
NS0307203		 131k Grumman F6F Hellcats aboard USS Tulagi (CVE-72) en-route to Operation Dragoon, August 1944. USS Kasaan Bay (CVE-69) is behind her, and a British-manned escort carrier leaves the convoy (left) presumably to operate aircraft for CAP. Robert Hurst
USS TULAGI CVE-72 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
Date:  
Place:  
Contact: Bill Rochford
Address: 31 Lambourne Rd. Unit 507 — Baltimore, Maryland 21204
Phone: 410 825 0093
E-mail: usstulagi@netscape.net
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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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