USS Savo Island
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USS Savo Island (CVE-78) was the twenty-fourth of fifty Casablanca-class escort carriers built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was named to memorialize the U.S. casualties of the Battle of Savo Island, which was fought as part of the Guadalcanal campaign. The ship was launched in December 1943, commissioned in February 1944, and served as a frontline carrier throughout the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign and the Philippines campaign. During the Battle of Okinawa, she provided air cover for the replenishment carrier fleet. Postwar, she participated in Operation Magic Carpet, repatriating U.S. servicemen from throughout the Pacific. She was decommissioned in December 1946, when she was mothballed in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. Ultimately, she was sold for scrapping in February 1960.
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speed 19 knot,
Kaiser Shipyards, United States Navy, 
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CVE-78 Savo Island
Savo Island CVE-78
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| commons | image | Savo Island CVE-78 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | SavoIslandSuluSea | Commons | ||
| commons | image | USS Savo Island | Commons | ||
