USS Tripoli (CVE-64)
USS Tripoli (CVE-64) in April 1944 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Tripoli |
| Namesake | Battle of Derna |
| Builder | Kaiser Shipbuilding Company |
| Laid down | 1 February 1943 |
| Launched | 13 July 1943 |
| Commissioned | 31 October 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 22 May 1946 |
| Recommissioned | 5 January 1952 |
| Decommissioned | 25 November 1958 |
| Stricken | 1 February 1959 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, January 1960 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Casablanca-class escort carrier |
| Displacement | 7,800 long tons (7,925 t) |
| Length | 512 ft 3 in (156.13 m) overall |
| Beam | 65 ft (20 m), 108 ft (33 m) maximum width |
| Draft | 22 ft 4 in (6.81 m) |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
| Range | 10,240 nmi (18,960 km; 11,780 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
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| Aircraft carried | 28 |
| Service record | |
| Part of: | Escort Carrier Task Group 21.15 (1943-44), 4th Fleet (1944-1945), Military Sealift Command (1952-58) |
| Operations: | Operation Magic Carpet (1945), Korean War (1952) |
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USS Tripoli (CVE-64) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. Tripoli is the first US Navy ship named for the Battle of Derne in 1805. It was the decisive victory of a mercenary army led by a detachment of United States Marines and soldiers against the forces of Tripoli during the First Barbary War. It was the first recorded land battle of the United States fought overseas.