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USS Marcus Island (CVE-77) was the twenty-third of fifty Casablanca-class escort carriers built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was named after an engagement on 31 August 1943 over Minami-Tori-shima, known on American maps as Marcus Island. She was launched in December 1943, commissioned in January 1944, and she served in the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, the Philippines campaign, as well as the Battle of Okinawa. She spent the majority of her World War II as a flagship for various escort carrier formations, serving as the headquarters for Rear Admiral William D. Sample and Felix Stump. During the Philippines campaign, she participated in the Battle off Samar, the largest naval engagement in history, and during the Battle of Mindoro, she had multiple near-brushes

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  • L'USS Marcus Island (CVE-77) est un porte-avions d'escorte de classe Casablanca en service dans l'US Navy durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Commandé en juillet 1942 sous le nom de Kanalku Bay, sa quille est posée en vertu du contrat de la United States Maritime Commission le 15 septembre 1943 au chantier naval Kaiser Shipyards de Vancouver, dans l'État de Washington. Renommé Marcus Island le 6 novembre 1943, il est lancé le 16 décembre 1943, parrainé par Mme S. L. La Hache ; et mis en service à Astoria (Oregon) le 26 janvier 1944 sous les ordres du capitaine Charles F. Greber. (fr)
  • USS Marcus Island (CVE-77) was the twenty-third of fifty Casablanca-class escort carriers built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was named after an engagement on 31 August 1943 over Minami-Tori-shima, known on American maps as Marcus Island. She was launched in December 1943, commissioned in January 1944, and she served in the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, the Philippines campaign, as well as the Battle of Okinawa. She spent the majority of her World War II as a flagship for various escort carrier formations, serving as the headquarters for Rear Admiral William D. Sample and Felix Stump. During the Philippines campaign, she participated in the Battle off Samar, the largest naval engagement in history, and during the Battle of Mindoro, she had multiple near-brushes with Japanese kamikazes. Post-war, she participated in Operation Magic Carpet, repatriating U.S. servicemen from throughout the Pacific. She was decommissioned in December 1946, being mothballed in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. Ultimately, she was broken up in 1960. (en)
  • マーカス・アイランド (USS Marcus Island, CVE-77) は、アメリカ海軍の護衛空母。カサブランカ級航空母艦の23番艦。艦名は南鳥島(英名 Marcus Island )に因んで命名された。 (ja)
  • Авіаносець «Маркус Айленд» (англ. USS Marcus Island (CVE-77)) — ескортний авіаносець США часів Другої світової війни, типу «Касабланка». (uk)
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  • 1944-01-26 (xsd:date)
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  • 1946-12-12 (xsd:date)
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  • 1943-09-15 (xsd:date)
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  • 1943-12-16 (xsd:date)
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  • Scrapped in 1960
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  • yes (en)
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  • *Mariana and Palau Islands campaign *Philippines campaign **Battle of Leyte ***Battle off Samar **Battle of Mindoro **Invasion of Lingayen Gulf *Battle of Okinawa *Operation Magic Carpet (en)
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  • *United States Pacific Fleet *Atlantic Reserve Fleet (en)
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  • 27 (xsd:integer)
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  • *1 × catapult *2 × elevators (en)
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  • 1942-06-18 (xsd:date)
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  • 1944-01-26 (xsd:date)
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  • *Ship's Crew: 860 officers and men (en)
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  • United States (en)
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  • Scrapped in 1960 (en)
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  • *CVE-77 *CVHE-77 *AKV-27 (en)
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  • 1943-09-15 (xsd:date)
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  • 1943-12-16 (xsd:date)
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  • *Kanalku Bay *Marcus Island (en)
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  • 0001-08-31 (xsd:gMonthDay)
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  • as a Type S4-S2-BB3 hull, MC hull 1114 (en)
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  • 1959-09-01 (xsd:date)
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  • L'USS Marcus Island (CVE-77) est un porte-avions d'escorte de classe Casablanca en service dans l'US Navy durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Commandé en juillet 1942 sous le nom de Kanalku Bay, sa quille est posée en vertu du contrat de la United States Maritime Commission le 15 septembre 1943 au chantier naval Kaiser Shipyards de Vancouver, dans l'État de Washington. Renommé Marcus Island le 6 novembre 1943, il est lancé le 16 décembre 1943, parrainé par Mme S. L. La Hache ; et mis en service à Astoria (Oregon) le 26 janvier 1944 sous les ordres du capitaine Charles F. Greber. (fr)
  • マーカス・アイランド (USS Marcus Island, CVE-77) は、アメリカ海軍の護衛空母。カサブランカ級航空母艦の23番艦。艦名は南鳥島(英名 Marcus Island )に因んで命名された。 (ja)
  • Авіаносець «Маркус Айленд» (англ. USS Marcus Island (CVE-77)) — ескортний авіаносець США часів Другої світової війни, типу «Касабланка». (uk)
  • USS Marcus Island (CVE-77) was the twenty-third of fifty Casablanca-class escort carriers built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was named after an engagement on 31 August 1943 over Minami-Tori-shima, known on American maps as Marcus Island. She was launched in December 1943, commissioned in January 1944, and she served in the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, the Philippines campaign, as well as the Battle of Okinawa. She spent the majority of her World War II as a flagship for various escort carrier formations, serving as the headquarters for Rear Admiral William D. Sample and Felix Stump. During the Philippines campaign, she participated in the Battle off Samar, the largest naval engagement in history, and during the Battle of Mindoro, she had multiple near-brushes (en)
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  • USS Marcus Island (fr)
  • マーカス・アイランド (護衛空母) (ja)
  • USS Marcus Island (en)
  • USS Marcus Island (CVE-77) (uk)
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  • *Kanalku Bay (1943) (en)
  • *Marcus Island (1943–60) (en)
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