Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Croatan, after the Croatan Sound of the North Carolina coast.
USS Croatan (CVE-14), was an escort carrier loaned to the United Kingdom and operated as HMS Fencer from February 1943 to 1946.
USS Croatan (CVE-25), was also an escort carrier, commissioned August 1943 and placed out of service in 1946, but operated by a civilian crew for some years thereafter.
United States Navy have been named USSCroatan, after the Croatan Sound of the North Carolina coast. USSCroatan (CVE-14), was an escort carrier loaned...
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8 March, the ship was given a new assignment: to join escort carrier USSCroatan (CVE-25) antisubmarine group in the Atlantic. Sailing from Norfolk 24...
hunter-killer group in the Atlantic, built around the escort carrier USSCroatan. The ships sailed on 24 March for the convoy lanes to search for German...
by aircraft from USSCroatan on 12 June 1944. U-860 sailed on 11 April 1944 and was sunk in the South Atlantic by aircraft from USS Solomons on 15 June...
Stanton arrived at Port Royal Bay on 5 November, joined the screen of USSCroatan and returned to New York on 13 November 1944. The task group then proceeded...
aircraft from USSCroatan (CVE-25) could drop sonar buoys, which produced negative results. On 28 April, Snowden, USS Frost (DE-144), and USS Barber (DE-161)...
in the area. She rendezvoused with a hunter killer group, headed by USSCroatan, at noon the 12th; however, patrolling aircraft and escorting destroyers...
Fencer Attacker-class escort carrier Lend-Lease acquisition, former USSCroatan [citation needed] 1 March Royal Navy Kite Black Swan-class sloop [citation...
defenses to Norfolk, Virginia. On 9 February, Morse and USS Commodore Perry steamed up Croatan Sound for Elizabeth City, North Carolina, to destroy Confederate...
Island, to serve as plane guard during carrier qualification exercises on Croatan (CVE-25). Reassigned in August, she proceeded to southern Florida for similar...
recognition signals. Sea Cloud received orders to report to the escort carrier Croatan and join the five other escort ships under her command. The envoy searched...
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