![]() ![]() She also took part in the Balikpapan operations. on 16 June 1945 she steamed to Leyte where she participated in operations. The USS Block Island arrived off the shore of Okinawa on to support invasion operations. Most of the original CVE 21 crew was assigned to CVE 106 which was unique in US Navy history. This carrier was renamed and commissioned as CVE 106 USS Block Island on with Captain Francis M. ![]() Hallenbeck (mother of Major Pappy Boyington). On 10 June 1944 a new carrier was launched as Sunset Bay by Todd-Pacific Shipyards of Tacoma, WA, it was sponsored by Mrs. ![]() She was the second ship to carry her name, done in honor of the first one, CVE 21 which served in the Atlantic and was sunk by a German submarine on 29 May 29 1944. Original text by Jack Greer. Updated Fall 2009.ĬVE 106 USS Block Island was a Commencement Bay class escort carrier of the United States Navy. ![]()
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