USS Corregidor

USS Corregidor (AVG/ACV/CVE/CVU-58) was the fourth of fifty Casablanca-class escort carriers built to serve the United States Navy during World War II.

She was powered by two Skinner Uniflow reciprocating steam engines which drove two shafts, providing 9,000 hp (6,700 kW) and enabling her to make 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph).

[6] Ordered as HMS Atheling, she was laid down as Anguilla Bay, was reclassified ACV-58 on 20 August 1942, and launched as Corregidor on 12 May 1943, by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, of Vancouver, Washington, under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. J. Hallett.

[7] Clearing San Diego, California, on 26 October 1943, Corregidor joined Carrier Division 24 (CarDiv 24) at Pearl Harbor for air strikes in the Gilbert Islands invasion from 10 November-6 December.

Two days later, she sailed to join the 7th Fleet for air operations at Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura), between 22 and 26 April, then put into Manus Island, for replenishment and antisubmarine patrols until 4 May.

Embarking Commander, Carrier Division 24 for the Marianas operation, Corregidor provided combat air patrols and anti-aircraft support for the invasion of Saipan, from 15 to 25 June, with her aircraft accounting for at least eight enemy planes.

[7] Corregidor sailed from Pearl Harbor, on 27 February, to search for an overdue plane carrying Lieutenant General M. F. Harmon, USA, arriving at Majuro, on 20 March.

Returning to Pearl Harbor on 4 May 1945, Corregidor was assigned duty as a training ship in Hawaii, conducting carrier pilot qualifications until the end of the war.

A profile of the design of Takanis Bay , which was shared with all Casablanca -class escort carriers.
U.S. Army aircraft lift off Corregidor off Lebanon, 1958.
Newsreel video of Corregidor delivering H-34 helicopters to Bremerhaven in 1956.