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USS SALAMAUA (CVE-96)

(Ex- ANGUILLA 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.

Operational and Building Data
ANGUILLA BAY (ACV-96) was reclassified CVE-96 on 15 July 1943, renamed SALAMAUA on 6 November 1943. Laid down under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1133) on 4 February 1944 by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver,
Wash.; launched on 22 April 1944, and commissioned on 26 May 1944.

FATE
She was decommissioned on 9 May 1946, struck from the Navy list on the 21st; and subsequently sold to the Zidell Ship Dismantling Co., Portland, Oreg., for scrapping on 18 November 1946,

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By And/Or Copyright
NS0309601	95k	USS *Salamaua* (CVE-96) underway off San Francisco, California, circa 1945 (possibly postwar).		© John W. Smith

USS SALAMAUA CVE-96 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. John W Smith
Address:7268 NW 16th St Ankeny, IA, 50021-8823
Phone: 515-289-1467
E-mail: None

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