No. | Name | Comm. | Notes (![]() |
CVB-43 | Coral Sea | 1 Oct 1947 | |
CVB-42 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 27 Oct 1945 | |
CVB-41 | Midway | 10 Sep 1945 |
No. | Name | Comm. | Notes (![]() |
CV-2 | Lexington | 14 Dec 27 | ![]() |
CV-3 | Saratoga | 16 Nov 27 |
No. | Name | Comm. | Notes (![]() |
CV-4 | Ranger | 4 Jun 34 |
No. | Name | Comm. | Notes (![]() |
CV-6 | Enterprise | 12 May 38 | |
CV-5 | Yorktown | 30 Sep 37 | ![]() |
No. | Name | Comm. | Notes (![]() |
CV-7 | Wasp | 25 Apr 40 | ![]() |
No. | Name | Comm. | Notes (![]() |
CV-8 | Hornet | 20 Oct 41 | Launched 16 B-25s on Tokyo raid, 18 Apr 42![]() |
No. | Name | Comm. | Notes (![]() |
CV-20 | Bennington | 6 Aug 44 | |
CV-31 | Bon Homme Richard | 26 Nov 44 | |
CV-17 | Bunker Hill | 24 May 43 | |
CV-9 | Essex | 31 Dec 42 | |
CV-13 | Franklin | 31 Jan 44 | |
CV-12 | Hornet | 29 Nov 43 | |
CV-11 | Intrepid | 16 Aug 43 | |
CV-16 | Lexington | 17 Feb 43 | |
CV-18 | Wasp | 24 Nov 43 | |
CV-10 | Yorktown | 15 Apr 43 |
No. | Name | Comm. | Notes (![]() |
CV-36 | Antietam | 28 Jan 45 | |
CV-21 | Boxer | 16 Apr 45 | |
CV-19 | Hancock | 15 Apr 44 | |
CV-39 | Lake Champlain | 3 Jun 45 | |
CV-15 | Randolph | 9 Oct 44 | |
CV-38 | Shangri-La | 15 Sep 44 | |
CV-14 | Ticonderoga | 8 May 44 |
No. | Name | Comm. | Notes (![]() |
CVL-29 | Bataan | 17 Nov 43 | |
CVL-24 | Belleau Wood | 31 Mar 43 | |
CVL-28 | Cabot | 24 Jul 43 | |
CVL-25 | Cowpens | 28 May 43 | |
CVL-22 | Independence | 14 Jan 43 | |
CVL-27 | Langley | 31 Aug 43 | |
CVL-26 | Monterey | 17 Jun 43 | |
CVL-23 | Princeton | 25 Feb 43 | ![]() |
CVL-30 | San Jacinto | 15 Dec 43 |
No. | Name | Comm. | Notes (![]() |
CVL-48 | Saipan | 1945 | |
CVL-49 | Wright | 1946 |
Cuts and Guts
Verse 1:
Chorus: Navy fliers fly off the big carriers
Cuts and guts, cuts and guts. Army fliers aren't seen oe'r the sea
The guys that make carriers are nuts. Are nuts! But we're in the lousy Marine Corps
Cuts and guts, cuts and guts. So we get these dang CVE's!
The guys that make carriers are nuts. Verse 2:
Verse 3: O Midway has thousand-foot runways
Our catapult shots are so hairy, And Leyte, eight hundred and ten.
Our catapult gear is red hot We'd still not have much of a carrier
It never goes off when you're ready, With two of ours laid end to end.
It always goes off when you're not! Verse 4:
Verse 5: We envy the boys on the big ones.
Some day when this fracas is over And we'd trade in a minute or two,
And back at El Toro we'll be, 'Cause we'd like to see those poor bastards
We'll load up with rockets and napalm Try doing the things we do!
And we'll sink every damned CVE!
No. | Name | Comm. | Notes (![]() |
CVE-30 | Charger | 3 Mar 42 | Used in a training capacity |
CVE-1 | Long Island | 2 Jun 41 |
No. | Name | Comm. | Notes (![]() |
CVE-18 | Altamaha | 15 Sep 42 | |
CVE-20 | Barnes | 20 Feb 43 | |
CVE-21 | Block Island | 8 Mar 43 | ![]() |
CVE-9 | Bogue | 26 Sep 42 | |
CVE-23 | Breton | 12 Apr 43 | |
CVE-11 | Card | 8 Nov 42 | |
CVE-12 | Copahee | 15 Jun 43 | |
CVE-13 | Core | 10 Dec 42 | |
CVE-25 | Croatan | 28 Apr 43 | |
CVE-16 | Nassau | 20 Aug 42 | |
CVE-31 | Prince William | 9 Apr 43 | Prince William class -- CVE-32-54 transferred to UK |
No. | Name | Comm. | Notes (![]() |
Sangamon Class | |||
---|---|---|---|
CVE-28 | Chenango | 19 Sep 42 | |
CVE-26 | Sangamon | 25 Aug 42 | |
CVE-29 | Santee | 24 Aug 42 | |
CVE-27 | Suwanee | 24 Sep 42 |
No. | Name | Comm. | Notes (![]() |
CVE-99 | Admiralty Islands | 13 Jun 44 | |
CVE-55 | Alazon Bay Casablanca |
8 Jul 43 3 Apr 45 |
(renamed) |
CVE-102 | Attu | 30 Jun 44 | |
CVE-95 | Bismarck Sea | 20 May 44 | ![]() |
CVE-100 | Bouganville | 18 Jun 44 | |
CVE-88 | Cape Esperance | 9 Apr 44 | |
CVE-57 | Coral Sea Anzio |
27 Aug 43 15 Sep 44 |
(renamed) |
CVE-58 | Corregidor | 31 Aug 43 | |
CVE-70 | Fanshaw Bay | 9 Dec 43 | |
CVE-73 | Gambier Bay | 28 Dec 43 | ![]() |
CVE-60 | Guadalcanal | 18 Sep 43 | |
CVE-75 | Hoggatt Bay | 11 Jan 44 | |
CVE-97 | Hollandia | 1 Jun 44 | |
CVE-69 | Kasaan Bay | 4 Dec 43 | |
CVE-76 | Kadashan Bay | 18 Jan 44 | |
CVE-68 | Kalinin Bay | 27 Nov 43 | |
CVE-71 | Kitkun Bay | 15 Dec 43 | |
CVE-98 | Kwajalein | 7 Jun 44 | |
CVE-56 | Liscome Bay | 7 Aug 43 | ![]() |
CVE-94 | Lunga Point | 14 May 44 | |
CVE-91 | Makassar Strait | 27 Apr 44 | |
CVE-93 | Makin Island | 9 May 44 | |
CVE-61 | Manila Bay | 5 Oct 43 | |
CVE-77 | Marcus Island | 26 Jan 44 | |
CVE-101 | Matanikau | 24 Jun 44 | |
CVE-63 | Midway St. Lo |
23 Oct 43 15 Sep 44 |
(renamed) ![]() |
CVE-59 | Mission Bay | 13 Sep 43 | |
CVE-104 | Munda | 8 Jul 44 | |
CVE-62 | Natoma Bay | 14 Oct 43 | |
CVE-74 | Nehenta Bay | 3 Jan 44 | |
CVE-79 | Ommaney Bay | 11 Feb 44 | ![]() |
CVE-80 | Petrof Bay | 18 Feb 44 | |
CVE-103 | Roi | 6 Jul 44 | |
CVE-81 | Rudyerd Bay | 25 Feb 44 | |
CVE-82 | Saginaw Bay | 2 Mar 44 | |
CVE-96 | Salamaua | 26 May 44 | |
CVE-83 | Sargent Bay | 9 Mar 44 | |
CVE-78 | Savo Island | 3 Feb 44 | |
CVE-84 | Shamrock Bay | 15 Mar 44 | |
CVE-85 | Shipley Bay | 21 Mar 44 | |
CVE-86 | Sitkoh Bay | 28 Mar 44 | |
CVE-67 | Solomons | 21 Nov 43 | |
CVE-87 | Steamer Bay | 4 Apr 44 | |
CVE-89 | Takanis Bay | 15 Apr 44 | |
CVE-90 | Thetis Bay | 21 Apr 44 | |
CVE-64 | Tripoli | 31 Oct 43 | |
CVE-72 | Tulagi | 21 Dec 43 | |
CVE-65 | Wake Island | 7 Nov 43 | |
CVE-66 | White Plains | 15 Nov 43 | |
CVE-92 | Windham Bay | 3 May 44 |
No. | Name | Comm. | Notes (![]() |
CVE-116 | BadoengStrait | 1945 | |
CVE-115 | Bairoko | 16 Jul 45 | |
CVE-106 | Block Island | 30 Dec 44 | |
CVE-109 | Cape Gloucester | 5 Mar 45 | |
CVE-105 | Commencement Bay | 27 Nov 44 | |
CVE-107 | Gilbert Islands | 5 Feb 45 | |
CVE-108 | Kula Gulf | 12 May 45 | |
CVE-120 | Mindoro | 1945 | |
CVE-122 | Palau | 1946 | |
CVE-119 | Point Cruz | 1945 | |
CVE-113 | Puget Sound | 18 Jun 45 | |
CVE-121 | Rabaul | 1946 | |
CVE-114 | Rendova | 1945 | |
CVE-117 | Saidor | 4 Sep 1945 | |
CVE-110 | Salerno Bay | 19 May 45 | |
CVE-112 | Siboney | 14 May 45 | |
CVE-118 | Sicily | 1945 | |
CVE-123 | Tinian | 1946 | |
CVE-111 | Vela Gulf | 9 Apr 45 |
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