USS Tripoli (CVE-64)

Overview
Order	1942
Keel laying	February 1, 1943
Launch	July 13, 1943
Commissioning	October 31, 1943
Decommissioning	November 25, 1958
Whereabouts	scrapped
Technical specifications
displacement	7800 ts (standard) ; 10,400 ts (application)
length	156.2 m
width	32.9 m
Draft	6.9 m
crew	860
drive	4 piston steam engines, 9000 HP on two propellers
speed	19 kn
Range	10,200 nm at 15 kn
Armament	1 × 127 mm gun; 8 × 40mm twins ; 20 × 20 mm MK ;
Planes	28

The USS Tripoli (CVE-64) was an escort carrier of the Casablanca-class in the service of the United States Navy during World War II. The carrier entered service on October 31, 1943 and was placed under the command of Capt. Wendell G. Switzer posed.

Data

The carrier had a crew of 860 men and could carry 28 aircraft. The dimensions were 156 meters long, 33 meters maximum width and 19.9 meters high. With a displacement of 7800 tons, it was able to achieve a top speed of 20 knots with two drive shafts and four engines with a total of 9000 hp.

commitment

The carrier was used in the Atlantic to disrupt the refueling of German submarines .

On April 19, 1944, some carrier aircraft attacked the U 513, which had been detected by radar . While on patrol off the Brazilian coast, the boat was attacked by a US aircraft, type PBM Mariner and badly damaged. The ship sank, but the seriously injured commander Friedrich Guggenberger and six other crew members were able to save themselves . It is unclear whether the carrier succeeded in sinking a German submarine on August 1, 1944. German naval files have not yet confirmed this, although debris and puddles of oil were seen from the carrier. The carrier was also later involved in tracking numerous submarines, especially in the North Atlantic. After the Japanese surrender, the carrier also brought troops home from the Pacific ( Operation Magic Carpet ).

Later use

After the war, the USS Tripoli was converted into a transport ship and supplied to US troops in Europe. On November 25, 1958, the former carrier, now classified as an aircraft transporter of the Military Sealift Command with the registration T-CVU-64, was decommissioned and scrapped from January 1960 by a Japanese company.

Web links

Commons : USS Tripoli (CVE-64) - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

History of Tripoli in the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (English)
Pictures of the Tripoli at navsource.org (English)