USS Siboney (CVE-112)
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USS Siboney (CVE-112)
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| Builder: | Todd-Pacific Shipyards, Tacoma, Washington |
| Laid down: | as Frosty Bay, 1 April 1944 |
| Renamed: | Siboney, 26 April 1944 |
| Namesake: | Siboney, Cuba |
| Launched: | 9 November 1944 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Charles F. Greber |
| Commissioned: | 14 May 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 6 December 1949 |
| Recommissioned: | 22 November 1950 |
| Decommissioned: | 31 July 1956 |
| Reclassified: | AKV-12, on 7 May 1959 |
| Struck: | 1 June 1970 |
| Homeport: | Norfolk, Virginia |
| Motto: | Nulli Secunda |
| Fate: | Scrapped 1971 |
| Badge: |  |
| Displacement: | 10,900 tons (standard), 24,100 tons (full load) |
| Length: | 557 ft (169.77 m) |
| Beam: | 75 ft (22.86 m) |
| Draft: | 32 ft (9.75 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2-shaft 16,000 shp (12,000 kW); Allis-Chambers, Geared Turbines |
| Speed: | 19 knots (35 km/h) |
| Complement: | 1,066 officers and men |
| Armament: | 2 × 5 in (127 mm) guns, 36 × 40 mm guns |
| Aircraft: | 34 |
USS Siboney (CVE-112/AKV-12) (ex-Frosty Bay) was a Commencement Bay-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was the second ship named for Siboney, Cuba, the Cuban Village near which troops of Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders fought during the Spanish–American War.
Siboney was laid down as Frosty Bay on 1 April 1944 by the Todd-Pacific Shipyards at Tacoma, Washington; renamed Siboney on 26 April 1944; launched on 9 November 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Charles F. Greber; and commissioned on 14 May 1945, Captain Stanhope Cotton Ring in command.
Siboney completed fitting out on 23 May 1945 in the Seattle area, and on 31 May 1945, sailed for San Diego. She held shakedown operations in the Bay Area until 3 August. The carrier then loaded bombs, aircraft, and personnel from Air Group 36, and on 8 August departed for Pearl Harbor. Hostilities with Japan ceased the day before Siboney arrived, on 15 August, to discharge her cargo. She was in Hawaiian waters until early September when she sailed for Okinawa, via the Marshall, Caroline, and Philippine Islands.
On 5 October, she stood out of Buckner Bay for Honshū, Japan. En route, the carrier conducted air search operations in an attempt to locate Rear Admiral William Dodge Sample and his PBM Mariner, which had been missing since 2 October. Siboney called at Honshū from 8–11 October, and then continued the search for the missing Mariner, with negative results. The ship operated in the Tokyo Bay area from 24 October until 16 November 1945, when she was ordered to return to the United States. After port calls at Saipan, Manila, Hong Kong, Guam, and Pearl Harbor, she arrived at San Diego on 23 January 1946. The carrier deployed to the western Pacific again from 15 February – 7 May.
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