USS Tripoli (CVE-64)

Ts 7800 ( Standard) 10,400 ts (insert)

156.2 m

32.9 m

6.9 m

860

4 piston steam engines, 9000 hp two propellers

19 kn

10,200 nautical miles at 15 knots

28

The USS Tripoli ( CVE -64 ) was an escort aircraft carrier of the Casablanca- class services in the United States Navy during the Second World War. The vehicle was put into service on 31 October 1943, and under the command of Capt.. Wendell G. Switzer asked.

Data

The carrier had a crew of 860 men and could carry 28 aircraft. The dimensions were 156 feet long, 33 feet maximum width and 19.9 meters in height. With a displacement of 7800 tons, it could reach a top speed of 20 knots with a total of 9000 hp by two drive shafts and four engines.

Use

The support was used in the Atlantic to disrupt the refueling German submarines.

On April 19, 1944 some carrier aircraft attacked the spotted by radar U 513. On patrol off the Brazilian coast the boat from a U.S. aircraft, type of PBM Mariner was attacked and severely damaged. The ship sank, but the severely injured captain Friedrich Guggenberger and six other crew members were able to save. It is unclear whether the carrier on 1 August 1944 succeeded the sinking of a German U- boat. German naval records have not yet confirmed this, although the carrier from debris and oil slicks were seen. The carrier was also involved later, especially in the North Atlantic in the persecution of many U- boats. After the Japanese surrender, the carrier also brought more troops from the Pacific home (Operation Magic Carpet ).

Subsequent use

After the war, the USS Tripoli was converted into a transport vessel and supplied the U.S. forces in Europe. On November 25, 1958, the former carrier, now classified as an aircraft transporter of the Military Sealift Command with the identifier T- CVU -64 to be decommissioned and scrapped in January 1960 by a Japanese company.