USS Corregidor (CVE-58)
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| Name: | USS Corregidor |
| Ordered: | 20 August 1942 |
| Builder: | Kaiser Shipyards |
| Launched: | 12 May 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 31 August 1943 |
| Recommissioned: | 19 May 1951 |
| Decommissioned: | 4 September 1958 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap on 28 April 1959 |
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| Class and type: | Casablanca-class escort carrier |
| Displacement: | 7,800 tons |
| Length: | 512 ft 4 in (156.16 m) overall |
| Beam: | 65 ft 3 in (19.89 m) |
| Draft: | 22 ft 6 in (6.86 m) |
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| Speed: | 19 knots (35 km/h) |
| Range: | 10,240 nmi (18,960 km) @ 15 kn (28 km/h) |
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| Armament: | 1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal dual purpose gun, 16 × Bofors 40 mm guns (8×2), 28 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons (28×1) |
| Aircraft carried: | 28 |
| Service record | |
| Part of: | United States Pacific Fleet (1943-46), Military Sealift Command (1951-58) |
| Operations: | Western New Guinea campaign, Battle of Saipan, Battle of Guam, Korean War, 1958 Lebanon crisis |
| Awards: | 4 Battle stars |
USS Corregidor (CVE-58) was an Casablanca class escort carrier of the United States Navy.
She was laid down as Auguilla Bay (AVG-58), was reclassified ACV-58 on 20 August 1942 and launched as Corregidor on 12 May 1943 by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, of Vancouver, Washington, under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. J. Hallett. She was reclassified CVE-58 on 15 July 1943, acquired by the Navy on 31 August 1943; and commissioned the same day, Captain R. L. Bowman in command.
Clearing San Diego, California on 26 October 1943, Corregidor joined Carrier Division 24 (CarDiv 24) at Pearl Harbor for air strikes in the Gilbert Islands invasion from 10 November-6 December. She returned to San Diego to undergo repairs and load aircraft and men, then resumed operations out of Pearl Harbor with her division. From 22 January-3 March 1944, she sailed in the Marshall Islands operation, providing air cover for the invasion of Kwajalein.
Corregidor put to sea on 11 March 1944 for Guadalcanal, arriving there on 21 March. With the 3rd Fleet, she sortied on 30 March to provide air cover for the landings on Emirau Island, returning to Port Purvis on 14 April. Two days later, she sailed to join the 7th Fleet for air operations at Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) between 22–26 April, then put in to Manus Island for replenishment and antisubmarine patrols until 4 May. Embarking Commander, Carrier Division 24 for the Marianas operation, Corregidor provided combat air patrols and anti-aircraft support for the invasion of Saipan from 15–25 June, with her aircraft accounting for at least eight enemy planes. She covered the logistics force off Eniwetok from 1–3 July, then aided in the softening up bombardment of Guam and provided air cover for the invasion until 28 July, when she returned to San Diego for overhaul.
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