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
Aviation facilities
1 × catapult
2 × elevators
Service record
Part of:
United States Pacific Fleet (1943–1944)
United States Atlantic Fleet (1944–1946)
Atlantic Reserve Fleet (1946)
Operations:
Battle of the Atlantic
USS Solomons (CVE-67) was the thirteenth of fifty Casablanca-class escort carriers built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the first Navy vessel named after the Solomon Islands campaign, a lengthy operation that most famously included the Guadalcanal campaign, albeit she was not the first named Solomons.[note 1] The ship was launched in October 1943, commissioned in November, and served in anti-submarine operations during the Battle of the Atlantic, as well as in other miscellaneous training and transport missions. Her frontline duty consisted of four anti-submarine patrols, with her third tour being the most notable, when her aircraft contingent sank the German submarine U-860 during her third combat patrol. She was decommissioned in August 1946, being mothballed in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. Ultimately, she was broken up in 1947.
^Kaiser Vancouver 2010.
^Chesneau & Gardiner 1980, p. 109.
^DANFS-I 2015.
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USSSolomons (CVE-67) was the thirteenth of fifty Casablanca-class escort carriers built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the first...
survivors through a pool of oil and aviation gasoline. The escort carrier USSSolomons also reported losing radar contact with an aircraft at the same position...
of the Eastern Solomons (also known as the Battle of the Stewart Islands and in Japanese sources as the Second Battle of the Solomon Sea) took place...
the Eastern Solomons on 24 August 1942 and Battle of Santa Cruz Islands on 26 October 1942. Tenders that were stationed at Solomons: USS McFarland (DD-237)...
leading the air attack on Japanese positions in the initial invasion of the Solomons on 7 August and 8 August 1942, he was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross...
Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons, is a country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Melanesia, part of Oceania...
in 1942, but was taken over and launched in 1943 as USS Nassuk Bay, and later renamed USSSolomons. HMS Emperor (D98) was an Ameer-class escort carrier...
November when she arrived at Mayport, Fla., to serve as plane guard for USSSolomons (CVE-67) during the qualifications of pilots in carrier operations. On...
Group 41.6 on patrol in the South Atlantic. Working with escort carrier USSSolomons (CVE-67) she searched the seas in the never-ending battle against German...
aircraft from USS Croatan on 12 June 1944. U-860 sailed on 11 April 1944 and was sunk in the South Atlantic by aircraft from USSSolomons on 15 June. Japanese...
for survivors through a pool of oil but found none. The escort carrier USSSolomons (CVE-67) reported losing radar contact with an aircraft at the same position...
of the United States Navy have been named USS Vella Gulf, after the 1943 battle of Vella Gulf in the Solomon Islands. The names of these are sometimes...
aircraft carrier USS Lexington at the battle of the Coral Sea, before she fought US carriers at the battle of the Eastern Solomons, and helped to sink...
On Saturday, March 17, 2018, the wreckage of the USS Juneau was discovered off the coast of the Solomon Islands by the expedition crew of Research Vessel...
USS Carnelian (PY-19) was a converted yacht that patrolled with the United States Navy in World War II. She was named for carnelian, a semi-precious stone...
Battle of Midway, the landing on Guadalcanal and the Battle of the Eastern Solomons. Lieutenant (junior grade) Rhodes was killed in action in the Naval Battle...
named USS Helena, after the city of Helena, Montana, though only four were completed. USS Helena (PG-9) was a gunboat in service from 1897 to 1932. USS Helena (CL-50)...
the Solomons. By 27 August, Stanly and the other three destroyers were off Guadalcanal, patrolling the anchorage at Lengo Channel. The Solomons-Bismarcks...
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