12 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons
Varied, ultimate armament:
1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal gun
8 × twin 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns
30 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons
Aircraft carried
27 (combat functionality)
Aviation facilities
1 × catapult
2 × elevators
Service record
Part of:
United States Pacific Fleet (1944–1946)
Pacific Reserve Fleet (1946–1958)
Operations:
Operation Magic Carpet
USS Munda (CVE-104) was the last of fifty United States Navy Casablanca-class escort carrier built for service during World War II. She was named after the Battle of Munda Point, which occurred on the island New Georgia, a part of the Solomon Islands in 1943. The ship was launched in May 1944, and commissioned in July, and served as an aircraft transport and as a replenishment escort carrier in the Pacific Theatre. Postwar, she participated in Operation Magic Carpet, the repatriation of U.S. forces from bases scattered around the Pacific. She was decommissioned in April 1946, when she was mothballed in the Pacific Reserve Fleet. Ultimately, she was sold for scrapping in June 1960.
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