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To: SMEDLEYBUTLER
No, it wasn't.

27 Feb 42 USS Langley CV-1 attacked by bombers off Java, abandoned and scuttled
8 May 42 USS Lexington CV-2 sunk by aerial torpedoes in Battle of Coral Sea
7 Jun 42 USS Yorktown CV-5 damaged by aircraft on 4 Jun during Battle of Midway, torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I-168
15 Sep 42 USS Wasp CV-7 torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I-19 south of Guadalcanal
26 Oct 42 USS Hornet CV-8 sunk after being damaged by aircraft torpedoes during Battle of Santa Cruz
24 Nov 43 USS Liscome Bay CVE-56 torpedoed and sunk by I-175 off Gilbert Islands
29 May 44 USS Block Island CVE-21 torpedoed and sunk by U-549 northwest of Canary Islands
24 Oct 44 USS Princeton CVL-23 sunk after being damaged by aircraft bombs east of Luzon during the Battle of Leyte Gulf
4 Jan 45 USS Ommaney Bay CVE-79 sunk by kamikaze south of Mindoro, Philippine Islands
21 Feb 45 USS Bismarck Sea CVE-95 sunk by kamikaze off Iwo Jima

34 posted on 05/11/2003 8:47:10 AM PDT by jdege
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To: jdege
Escort Carriers aren't on the Navy's list. The Jeep carriers, CVEs, were not the subject of the original post, either.
38 posted on 05/11/2003 9:09:38 AM PDT by SMEDLEYBUTLER
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