USS Palau was a Commencement Bay-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. The Commencement Bay class were built during World War II, and were an improvement over the earlier Sangamon class, which were converted from oil tankers.

2016年4月4日 · Commissioned as the Navy began its post-war demobilization, Palau completed shakedown off California, transited the Panama Canal, underwent post shakedown availability at Boston, and on 11 May...

USS Palau (CVE-122) at anchor in Augusta Bay, Sicily (Italy), between 14 and 19 May 1952. Submarines USS Chivo (SS-341) and USS Burrfish (SSR-312) are visible alongside. Palau, with assigned Air Anti-Submarine Squadron (VS) 31 "Topcats," was deployed to the Mediterranean Sea from 19 April to 28 June 1952. U.S. Navy photo from the Palau 1952 ...

USS PALAU was one of the COMMENCEMENT BAY - class escort carriers and the first ship in the Navy named after the island group in the Carolines some 850 miles east of Mindanao, Philippines. Decommissioned on June 15, 1954, the PALAU was later redesignated AKV 22 while laid up at Philadelphia, Penn.

Weighing in at 10,900 tons, the USS Palau was a Commencement Bay-class escort carrier that was named for a group of islands in the Carolines (which is approximately 850 mi. east of the Philippines). Constructed in Tacoma, Washington, the USS Palau was first launched in August 1945 and, at the time, was sponsored by Mrs. J. Whitney.

USS Palau was commissioned in January of 1946 as a part of the post-war demobilization. She trained in California and Boston, and was sent to Norfolk where she sat until May of 1947. When the ship was again mobilized, she was sent to Cuba for updated training and then back to Norfolk and onto New York.

USS Palau (CVE–122) was a Commencement Bay class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was laid down by the Todd-Pacific Shipyards Inc., Tacoma, Washington, 19 February 1945; launched 6 August 1945; sponsored by Mrs. J. P. Whitney; and commissioned 15 January 1946, Capt. W. E. Cleaves in command.

USS Palau was a Commencement Bay-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. The Commencement Bay class were built during World War II, and were an improvement over the earlier Sangamon class, which were converted from oil tankers.

The USS Palau (CVE-122) was a Commencement Bay-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. It was commissioned in January 1946, just as the Navy began its post-war demobilization. After completing its shakedown off California, the ship underwent post-shakedown availability at Boston before being immobilized until May 1947.

Commissioned as the Navy began its post-war demobilization, Palau completed shakedown off California, transited the Panama Canal, underwent post shakedown availability at Boston, and on 11 May moved down the coast to Norfolk where she was immobilized until May 1947. On 22 May, she steamed south to Cuba for refresher training, after which she ...