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

Seattle Branch of the National Archives photo.

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).

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).

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).

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).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

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.

Model of USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116).