USS Siboney (CVE-112)
USS Siboney (CVE-112)
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United States | |
Builder | Todd-Pacific Shipyards, Tacoma, Washington |
Laid down | as Frosty Bay, 1 April 1944 |
Renamed | Siboney, 26 April 1944 |
Namesake | Siboney, Cuba |
Launched | 9 November 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Charles F. Greber |
Commissioned | 14 May 1945 |
Decommissioned | 6 December 1949 |
Recommissioned | 22 November 1950 |
Decommissioned | 31 July 1956 |
Reclassified | AKV-12, on 7 May 1959 |
Stricken | 1 June 1970 |
Homeport | Norfolk, Virginia |
Motto | Nulli Secunda |
Fate | Scrapped 1971 |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Commencement Bay-class escort carrier |
Displacement | 21,397 long tons (21,740 t) |
Length | 557 ft 1 in (169.80 m) loa |
Beam | 75 ft (23 m) |
Draft | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
Complement | 1,066 |
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Aircraft carried | 33 |
Aviation facilities | 2 × aircraft catapults |
USS Siboney (CVE-112/AKV-12) (ex-Frosty Bay) was a Commencement Bay-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was the second ship named for Siboney, Cuba, the Cuban Village near which troops of Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders fought during the Spanish–American War.
Design
In 1941, as United States participation in
Siboney was 557 ft 1 in (169.80 m)
The ship was powered by two
Her defensive
Service history
Siboney was laid down as Frosty Bay on 1 April 1944 by the Todd-Pacific Shipyards at Tacoma, Washington; renamed Siboney on 26 April 1944; launched on 9 November 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Charles F. Greber; and commissioned on 14 May 1945, Captain Stanhope Cotton Ring in command.
Siboney completed fitting out on 23 May 1945 in the
On 5 October, she stood out of
Siboney stood out of San Diego on 9 June 1947, en route to
Siboney stood out of
The outbreak of war in Korea in June 1950 brought a need for more combat ships, and Siboney was returned to an active status on 22 November 1950. The carrier put to sea on 2 February 1951 and was assigned to Norfolk. From 27 February – 10 April, she carried out extensive training exercises in the Guantanamo Bay area.
She operated in Canadian waters in July and, from September to 14 November, in the Mediterranean with North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (
1954–1955 were spent in fleet operations along the east coast, from New England to the Caribbean and in midshipman cruises to Spain during the summers. Siboney was overhauled at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard from 28 September 1954 – 22 January 1955. She operated along the east coast until 4 October, when she was ordered to load as many supplies as possible and sail for Mexican waters in the Gulf. Until 19 October, helicopters from the carrier flew relief missions and transported supplies to the inhabitants of Tampico which had been devastated by a hurricane and subsequent flooding.
1956 was Siboney's last year of active service with the fleet. She operated along the east coast from January–May, and then made a final cruise with the 6th Fleet from 26 May – 6 July. The carrier sailed to Philadelphia on 27 July and, four days later, was placed in reserve, out of commission, with the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. Siboney was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 June 1970, and sold to Union Minerals and Alloys Corporation a year later for scrap.
See also
- USS Siboney lists other ships of the same name.
- The Ciboney people were indigenous occupants of the Antilles islands of the Caribbean.
Notes
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- Friedman, Norman (1986). "United States of America". In Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 105–133. ISBN 978-0-85177-245-5.
- "Siboney II (CVE-112)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
- Photo gallery of Siboney at NavSource Naval History