Allied Warships

USS Block Island (iii) (CVE 106)

Escort carrier of the Commencement Bay class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeEscort carrier
ClassCommencement Bay 
PennantCVE 106 
Built byTodd-Pacific Shipyards, Inc. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down25 Oct 1943 
Launched10 Jun 1944 
Commissioned30 Dec 1944 
End service27 Aug 1954 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 28 May 1946.
Used as a school ship at Annapolis while in reserve.
Recommissioned 28 April 1951.
Decommissioned 27 August 1954.
Stricken 1 July 1959.
Sold and scrapped in Japan in 1960.

 

Commands listed for USS Block Island (iii) (CVE 106)

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1Francis Massie Hughes, USN10 Mar 194429 May 1944

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