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Allied Warships

USS Tripoli (CVE 64)

Escort carrier of the Casablanca class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeEscort carrier
ClassCasablanca 
PennantCVE 64 
Built byKaiser Shipbuilding Co. (Vancouver, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down1 Feb, 1943 
Launched13 Jul, 1943 
Commissioned31 Oct, 1943 
End service22 Nov, 1958 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned 22 May 1946.
Reactivated as an aircraft transport on 5 January 1952 and operated with civilian crew under MSTS control as T-CVE 64.
Placed out of service on 22 November 1958.
Stricken 1 February 1959.
Sold and scrapped in Japan in January 1960.  

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