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RABAUL   (CVE-121)
(later CVHE-121 and AKV-21)

CLASS - COMMENCEMENT BAY
Displacement 11,3730 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

Fate: Stricken from the Navy list 1 September 1971. Sold to Nicolai Joffe Corporation, Beverly Hills, CA, 25 August 1972, for $133,261. Scrapped by Marine Salvage Co., Pier 54, Oakland, CA. (Thanks to Ron Reeves for the information.)

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CVE-121 Rabaul
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Launching Rabaul. She was sponsored by Mrs. Henry A. Schade.

National Archives photo # 80-G-345308.

 Daniel Dunham
CVE-121 Rabaul
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Launching Rabaul. Bow-on view of vessel.

National Archives photo # 80-G-345309.

 Daniel Dunham
CVE-121 Rabaul
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Rabaul (CVE-121) afloat immediately after launching at the Todd Pacific Shipyard, Tacoma, Washington, 14 July 1945. At this time she had been constructed only up to the hangar deck level. Though completed and delivered to the Navy in mid-1946, this ship went directly into the Reserve Fleet and had no commissioned service.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command photograph (#NH 85461), courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1977.

 Naval History & Heritage Command, via Robert Hurst
USS RABAUL CVE-121 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)
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Additional Resources
Hazegray & Underway World Aircraft Carrier Pages By Andrew Toppan.
Official U.S. Navy Carrier Website
Escort Carrier Sailors & Airmen Association
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