March 1945, arriving in Portland to be completed by Commercial Iron Works.

Seattle Branch of the National Archives photo.

USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116) underway, date and location unknown. Photo U.S. Navy official.

From Jane's Fighting Ships, 1961–62 edition.

A Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter is catapulted from USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116), during operations in the eastern Pacific, circa early 1946. The carrier was then flagship of Commander Carrier Division 17, Rear Admiral Dixwell Ketcham.

Collection of Vice Admiral Dixwell Ketcham.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center (# NH 95747).

A Ryan FR-1 Fireball launches from the flight deck of the escort carrier USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116), March–June 1947. U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.7133.011.

USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116), exact date and location unknown. This photo might have been taken at Smith Cove, just north of the old "Navy Base, Seattle" that is now Pier 91 (note Mt. Rainier in the background), in early July 1949.

(Thanks to Tracy White, Researcher@Large, who helped identify the possible location.)

USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116).

Capt. A.S. Born, USN, Commanding — Cdr. C.J. Odend'hal, Jr., USN, Ex.Off.

16 July 1949.

(Larger, 6Mb copy available on request.)

One of the photos available for the crew to purchase. Most likely taken during the later 1940s or early 1950s.

Another view, as above.

"Upon completion of maneuvers, USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116) is tied up at Pearl Harbor while her personnel enjoy liberty and Aloha Week celebrations in Honolulu — Photo by James H. Curtright, SN, USN." (original caption from All Hands magazine, February 1950 issue; thanks to Stanley Svec for this information.)

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center (# NH 97371).

USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116) loading Marine Corps F4U-4B Corsair fighters at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California, for transportation to Korea, July 1950. Badoeng Strait carried planes and aircrew of Marine Air Group 33 as part of the trans-Pacific movement of the First Provisional Marine Brigade, the initial Marine Corps deployment of the Korean War. She left San Diego in mid-July and arrived at Kobe, Japan on 31 July, flying her planes off the following day.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center (# NH 96995).

"Old Glory" flies from USS Badoeng Strait's icy rigging, during operations off Korea, 14 November 1950.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the "All Hands" collection at the Naval History & Heritage Command (# NH 97027).

Crewmen clear snow from the carrier's flight deck, during operations off the Korean coast, 14 November 1950. Planes on deck are Marine Corps F4U-4B Corsair fighters.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center (# NH 97372).

Marine Corps F4U-4B Corsair fighter parked on the snowy flight deck of USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116), during operations off the Korean coast, 14 November 1950.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History & Heritage Command (# NH 97373).

Aboard USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116), crewmen use a power brush and shovels to remove ice and snow from the carrier's flight deck, during operations off the Korean coast, 30 November 1950.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History & Heritage Command (# NH 97374).

Aboard USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116), crewmen use a power brush to remove ice and snow from the carrier's flight deck, during operations off the Korean coast, 30 November 1950.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History & Heritage Command (# NH 97375).

U.S. Navy and Marine ordnance personnel load Marine F4U Corsair fighter-bombers with rockets and napalm bombs aboard USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116) off the coast of Korea, December 1950.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History & Heritage Command (# NH 97059).

USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116) underway on 6 August 1952, while en route to the Far East for her third, and final, Korean War deployment. Seven F4U Corsair fighter bombers are spotted on the forward end of her flight deck. The "LD" painted on their vertical stabilizers shows that they belong to Marine Fighter Squadron 212 (VMF-212).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center (# NH 97370).

A Grumman AF-2S Guardian anti-submarine plane landing on board USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116), 1 April 1954. This was the ship's 20,000th landing.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History & Heritage Command (# NH 52419).

USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116) at sea with Sikorsky HO4S helicopters of squadron HS-4 on board, during exercises off the U.S. west coast, 27 July 1954.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History & Heritage Command (# NH 52412).

USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116) operating with Sikorsky HO4S helicopters of squadron HS-4, during exercises off the U.S. west coast, 27 July 1954.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History & Heritage Command (# NH 52413).

USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116) underway while operating Sikorsky HO4S helicopters of squadron HS-4, during exercises off the U.S. west coast, 27 July 1954.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History & Heritage Command (# NH 52414).

Sikorski HO4S helicopter, of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Four (HS-4) lifts off for a routine guard mail run, during exercises off the U.S. west coast, 27 July 1954.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center (# NH 52417).

S2F aboard USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116), Summer 1955, Pacific Ocean.

VS-38, S2F ASW on USS Badoeng Strait, Pacific Ocean, Summer 1955. R.N. Runion, AE2; Jerry Kane, AE3; Bruce Chapin, AE3.

Photo number (6293-56) indicates the year is 1956. Probably in the San Francisco bar.

Source: San Francisco Naval Shipyard – Hunters Point, Historical Shipyard Photographic Collection 1904–74 NARA Pacific Region (San Francisco).

Model of USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116).