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Casualty Info
Home Town Spokane, WA
Last Address Spokane, WA
Casualty Date Oct 29, 1944
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Artillery, Rocket, Mortar
Location Pacific Ocean
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Manila American Cemetery - Taguig City, Philippines
Wall/Plot Coordinates Tablets of the Missing
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Additional Information
Comments/Citation:
Service numbers: Enlisted - 5100339 Officer - 104070
CLASS - CASABLANCA Displacement 7,800 Tons, Dimensions, 512' 3" (oa) x 65' 2" x 22' 4"(Max) Armament 1 x 5"/38AA 8 x 40mm, 12 x 20mm, 27 Aircraft. Machinery, 9,000 IHP; 2 Skinner, Uniflow engines, 2 screws Speed, 19 Knots, Crew 860.Operational and Building Data
Originally classified AVG-83, was reclassified ACV-83 on 20 August1942,
allocated to Great Britain, under Lend Lease, on 11 November,
reallocated to the United States on 21 June 1943; reclassified CVE-83
on 15 July. laid down on 8 November 1943; launched on
31 January 1944, and commissioned on 9 March 1944.
Decommissioned to reserve on 23 July 1946.
Reclassified "Utility Aircraft Carrier" and redesignated CVU-83 on 12 June 1955, while in reserve FATE Struck from the Navy list on 27 June 1958