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USS Bismarck Sea (CVE-95) was the fortieth [1] of fifty Casablanca-class escort carriers built to serve the United States Navy during World War II; she was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Battle of the Bismarck Sea. Completed in May 1944, she served in support of the Philippines campaign, and the landings on Iwo Jima.
RMS Majestic was a British ocean liner working on the White Star Line’s North Atlantic run, originally launched in 1914 as the Hamburg America Liner SS Bismarck. At 56,551 gross register tons , she was the largest ship ever operated by the White Star Line under its own flag and the largest ship in the world until completion of SS Normandie in ...
Sunk 4 January 1945. Kamikaze aerial attack in the Sulu Sea en route to Lingayen Gulf. CVE-95 Bismarck Sea; Sunk 21 February 1945. Kamikaze aerial attack off Iwo Jima. CVE-96 Anguilla Bay renamed USS Salamaua; Damaged at Lingayen Gulf on 6 January 1945 after kamikaze with two 551-pound (250 kg) bombs hit her flight deck. She was repaired and ...
The following 39 pages use this file: USS Admiralty Islands; USS Attu; USS Bismarck Sea; USS Bougainville (CVE-100) USS Cape Esperance; USS Casablanca
The Battle of the Bismarck Sea (2–4 March 1943) took place in the South West Pacific Area (SWPA) during World War II when aircraft of the U.S. Fifth Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) attacked a Japanese convoy carrying troops to Lae, New Guinea. Most of the Japanese task force was destroyed, and Japanese troop losses were heavy.
The U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Bismarck Sea (CVE-95) at anchor in Majuro Atoll, ... File history. Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
USS Bismarck Sea United States Navy: World War II: The Casablanca-class escort carrier was sunk in the Pacific Ocean near Iwo Jima by two Japanese kamikaze aircraft. Dettifoss Iceland: World War II: Convoy UR 155: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea by U-1064 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of fifteen of her 44 crew.
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