USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116)
USS Badoeng Strait off the coast of Korea in 1952
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| Name: | USS Badoeng Strait |
| Builder: | Todd-Pacific Shipyards |
| Laid down: | 18 August 1944 |
| Launched: | 15 February 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 14 November 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 20 April 1946 |
| Recommissioned: | 6 January 1947 |
| Decommissioned: | 17 May 1957 |
| Refit: | April–September 1953 |
| Fate: | Sold and scrapped 1972 |
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| Class and type: | Commencement Bay-class escort carrier |
| Displacement: | 10,330 long tons (10,500 t) |
| Length: | 557 ft 1 in (169.80 m) |
| Beam: | 105 ft 2 in (32.05 m) |
| Draft: | 30 ft 8 in (9.35 m) |
| Speed: | 19.1 knots (22.0 mph; 35.4 km/h) |
| Complement: | 1,072 officers and men |
| Armament: | 2 × 5 in (130 mm) guns |
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| Operations: | Korean War (1950–1953) |
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USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116) was a Commencement Bay-class escort carrier of the United States Navy during the Korean War.
She was named after the Badung Strait, located between the Indonesian islands of Bali and Nusa Besar, which was the site of a World War II battle in February 1942, between American–Netherlands and Japanese naval forces.
Initially named San Alberto Bay, the vessel was renamed Badoeng Strait on 6 November 1944; launched 15 February 1945 by Todd-Pacific Shipyards, Inc., Tacoma, Washington; sponsored by Mrs. T. H. Binford, wife of Captain Binford; commissioned 14 November 1945, Captain Thomas A. Turner, Jr. in command; and reported to the Pacific Fleet.
Badoeng Strait operated out of San Diego until March 1946, when she made a brief cruise to Hawaii. On 20 April 1946 she was placed out of commission and was subsequently recommissioned on 6 January 1947.
Between February 1947 and June 1950 Badoeng Strait operated in the Pacific, testing new anti-submarine warfare equipment, training her personnel, and participating in numerous anti-submarine warfare exercises. At various intervals she served as flagship of Carrier Divisions 17 and 15.
From July 1950 until February 1953 Badoeng Strait completed three tours off Korea (29 July 1950– 23 January 1951, 2 October 1951– 14 February 1952, and 6 October 1952– 11 February 1953), as a unit of TF's 95 and 77. During these tours she operated on anti-submarine warfare duty and as a part of the blockade-escort force. Her aircraft provided invaluable close ground support during the early period of the action, particularly during the defense of the Pusan Perimeter (6 August–12 September 1950), Inchon landing (15 September), and Hŭngnam evacuation (9–24 December 1950).
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