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Courtesy of CAPT Gene Oleson, CHC, USN (Ret)
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USS SIBONEY   (CVE-112)
(later AKV-12)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Juliet - Romeo - Foxtrot
CLASS - COMMENCEMENT BAY
Displacement 11,373 Tons, Dimensions, 557' 7" (oa) x 75' x 30' 8" (Max)
Armament 2 x 5"/38AA 36 x 40mm, 20 x 20mm, 33 Aircraft.
Machinery, 16,000 SHP; Allis-Chambers, Geared Turbines, 2 screw
Speed, 19 Knots, Crew 1066.
Operational and Building Data

Initially named Frosty Bay. Renamed Siboney on 26 April 1944.

Reclassified as a Cargo Ship and Aircraft Ferry, and redesignated AKV-12, on 7 May 1959.

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CVE-112 Siboney
NS0311201		 116k Newly completed, Siboney steams through Puget Sound on 24 May 1945. She had two flight deck catapults: a short "H 2-1" (stbd) and a long "H 4C" (port). Note the prominent antennas of the air search and fighter-control radars (SK-2 and SP) on her mast. U.S. Navy photo.
CVE-112 Siboney
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USS Siboney (CVE-112) at anchor, date and location unknown.

 Mario Canevaro
CVE-112 Siboney
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Air Officer, Commanding Officer, Executive Officer. Exact date and location unknown (the year was 1949).

 Mario Canevaro
CVE-112 Siboney
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This Avenger (probably assigned to Composite Squadron 31 (VC-31)) missed the arresting wire on April 19, 1949. It ended up crashing into the island. The pilot survived, but a photographer, who was filming the landing, was killed; it was believed at the time that he was hit by the prop.

Mario Canevaro was a signal man assigned to the blinker light which was just below the escape hatch where the photographer lost his life.

 Mario Canevaro
CVE-112 Siboney
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CVE-112 Siboney
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CVE-112 Siboney
NS0311202		 111k Both elevators are clearly outlined in this 3 February 1956 photo. By this time Siboney and her sister ships had a considerably reduced gun armament. She was fitted with the new, standard ASW island and the main air search radar (the largest antenna on the mast) was now an SPS-6B. U.S. Navy photo.

For more photos and information about this ship, see:
  • Photos from the collection of Ted Lewis, USS Siboney, 1948
USS SIBONEY CVE-112 History
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Hazegray & Underway World Aircraft Carrier Pages By Andrew Toppan.
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