U.S.S. Long Island/CVE-1
USS Long Island (AVG-1), Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA, October 18, 1941.
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Name: U.S.S. Long Island
Number: CVE 1
Number: CVE 1
Class: Singular
Commisioned: 2 June 1941
Commisioned: 2 June 1941
She was laid down on 7 July 1939, as the C-3 cargo liner Mormacmail, under Maritime Commission contract, by the Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Chester, Pennsylvania as Yard No 185, launched on 11 January 1940, sponsored by Ms. Dian B. Holt, acquired by the Navy on 6 March 1941, and commissioned on 2 June 1941 as Long Island (AVG-1), Commander Donald B. Duncan in command.
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