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USS MAKASSAR STRAIT   (CVE-91)
(later CVU-91)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Kilo - Yankee - Whiskey
(Ex- ULITAKA 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-91 Makassar Strait
NS0309103		 68k USS Makassar Strait (CVE-91). George Broadbent Jr.,
son of George Broadbent,
USS Makassar Strait, 1944
CVE-91 Makassar Strait
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Crew of USS Makassar Strait (CVE-91), 6 October 1945. CO was CAPT John O. Lambrecht.

Note the ship was painted in camouflage Measure 32, Design 16A (thanks to Aryeh Wetherhorn.)

 Richard Robin Reed, former crew member,
via Tom Kermen.
Larger copy submitted by Mark Douty, son of James N. Douty, USN, USS Makassar Strait
CVE-91 Makassar Strait
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Good overhead view at dock; Thetis Bay in the background. National Archives photo # 80-G-372453.

 Courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com
CVE-91 Makassar Strait
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Ex-USS Makassar Strait (CVU-91) breaking up on San Nicholas Island, California, where she had gone ashore while used as a Pacific Missile Range target ship. Photographed on 22 January 1963.

Official U.S. Navy photograph (#USN 1081677).

 Naval History & Heritage Command via Robert Hurst
CVE-91 Makassar Strait
NS0309104		 137k Plank Owner's Certificate. George Broadbent Jr.,
son of George Broadbent,
USS Makassar Strait, 1944
CVE-91 Makassar Strait
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James N. Douty, USN, USS Makassar Strait (CVE-91).

 Mark Douty, son of James N. Douty, USN, USS Makassar Strait
USS MAKASSAR STRAIT CVE-91 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. Robert J Rock
Address:4300 Tabor St Wheat Ridge, CO, 80033-2421
Phone: 303-421-8165
E-mail: None
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Hazegray & Underway World Aircraft Carrier Pages By Andrew Toppan.
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