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U.S.S. WAKE ISLAND/CVE-65
Casablanca-Class

[Source: U.S. Navy photo]
USS Wake Island (CVE-65) was an Casablanca class escort carrier of the United States Navy.

She was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1102) on 6 February 1943 at Vancouver, Washington, by the Kaiser Shipyards; launched on 15 September 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Frederick Carl Sherman, the wife of Rear Admiral Frederick Sherman; and commissioned on 7 November 1943, with Captain Hames R. Tague in command.

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