USS Nassau (CVE-16)
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uss-nassau-cve-16-324-5050890
title:
USS Nassau (CVE-16)
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USS Nassau (CVE-16) was laid down 27 November 1941 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation of Tacoma, Washington, as M.C. Hull No. 234; launched 4 April 1942; sponsored by Mrs. G. H. Hasselman, Tongue Point, Oregon; acquired by the Navy 1 May, towed to the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, and converted to an escort carrier; and commissioned 20 August, Captain Austin K. Doyle in command. Nassau was one of thirty-seven Tacoma-built C3 CVEs, of which twenty-six went to the Royal
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Escort carrier that served in the U.S. Navy
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Nassau_(CVE-16)
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date modified:
2023-08-27T22:04:22Z
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