USS Bismarck Sea CVE-95 |
Type: |
Escort Carrier |
Class: |
Casablanca |
Builder: |
Kaiser Shipbuilding Company Vancouver, Washington, U.S.A. |
Hull Number: |
CVE-95 |
Ordered: |
July 17, 1942 |
Commissioned: |
May 20, 1944 |
Keel Laid: |
January 31, 1942 |
Decommissioned: |
N/A |
Launched: |
April 17, 1944 |
Stricken: |
March 30, 1945 |
Fate: |
Sunk in action Feb. 21, 1945 by Kamikaze aircraft. Location: North Pacific, 30 miles east southeast of Iwo Jima. (24.36N-141.48E) 322 men lost (including crew, air squadron personnel and Marine Corps personnel.) (Roll of Honor) 625 survivors picked up by USS Edmonds DE-406, USS Helm DD-388, USS Lawrence C. Taylor DE-415 and USS Patterson DD-392 and landed at Iwo Jima. |
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Notes: |
Launched as Alikula Bay CVE-95, renamed Bismarck Sea May 16, 1944. |
Commanding Officer
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From |
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Name |
May 20, 1944 |
Feb. 21, 1945 |
Captain John Lockwood Pratt, USN (later Rear Admiral) |
Air Squadron
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From |
To
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Squadron |
Sept. 5, 1944 |
Feb. 21, 1945 |
Composite Squadron Eighty-Six (VC-86) |
Squadron Commander
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From |
To
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Name |
Jan. 18, 1944 |
Feb. 21, 1945 |
Lt. Commander Benjamin Marshall Lakin, USNR |
Combat Victories |
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Date |
Name |
Type |
Tons |
Nationality |
Notes |
Jan. 5, 1945 |
Momi |
Destroyer |
1,262 |
A |
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Total: |
Sunk |
Tons |
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1 |
1,262 |
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A: Sunk by combined aircraft attack from TU-77.4.1 including VC-86 (Bismarck Sea CVE-95), VC-85 (Lunga Point CVE-94), VC-92 (Tulagi CVE-72) and VC-75 (Hoggart Bay CVE-75). |
Awards |
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Combat Action Ribbon |
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Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3 Battle Stars) |
From |
To |
Engagement |
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Nov. 14, 1944 |
Nov. 23, 1944 |
Leyte operation: Leyte landings. (Also applies to VC-86) |
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Jan. 4, 1945 |
Jan. 18, 1945 |
Luzon operation: Lingayen Gulf landing. (Also applies to VC-86) |
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Feb. 16, 1945 |
Feb. 21, 1945 |
Iwo Jima operation: Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima. |
World War II Victory Medal |
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Philippine Liberation Ribbon |
Class Overview |
Builder's Data |
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Page published July 9, 2017 |