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Destination’s Journey

It’s About the Journey Not Just the Destination

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Well That’s it for us. Have had enough abuse from Social Media (particularly Reddit). Site will run until current subscription expires. Had just hoped to share pictures and our travels with people . Was also a great help with my mental health, but just can’t take the shit anymore. Enjoy the existing pages while they last.

USS Matanikau (CVE-101) underway shortly after her commissioning, July 1944

USS Matanikau CVE-101 US Navy Escort Carrier

USS Matanikau CVE-101 US Navy Escort Carrier

Launched on 22 May 1944 and commissioned on 2 June, USS Mantaikau was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the US Navy during the Second World War. Operating as a training carrier for eight months, she qualified 1,332 aviators. Matanikau also operated as a transport, taking aircraft, supplies and personnel throughout the Pacific.

Post war, she participated in Operation Magic Carpet, repatriating servicemen to the USA. Decommissioned on 11 October 1946, she was placed in Pacific Reserve Fleet and scrapped in 1960.

Matanikau (CVE-101), shown during launching, Monday, 22 May 1944
Matanikau (CVE-101), shown during launching, Monday, 22 May 1944
USS Matanikau (CVE-101) underway shortly after her commissioning, July 1944
USS Matanikau (CVE-101) underway shortly after her commissioning, July 1944
USS Matanikau (CVE-101), docked, taken on 13 July 1944
USS Matanikau (CVE-101), docked, taken on 13 July 1944
USS Matanikau (CVE-101), pilot house boat approaches, taken on 13 July 1944
USS Matanikau (CVE-101), pilot house boat approaches, taken on 13 July 1944
USS Matanikau (CVE-101), heading out to sea, taken on 13 July 1944
USS Matanikau (CVE-101), heading out to sea, taken on 13 July 1944
USS Matanikau (CVE-101), broadside view, taken on 13 July 1944
USS Matanikau (CVE-101), broadside view, taken on 13 July 1944
USS Matanikau (CVE-101) wearing camouflage Measure 32, Design 16A
USS Matanikau (CVE-101) wearing camouflage Measure 32, Design 16A
USS Matanikau (CVE-101)
USS Matanikau (CVE-101)
USS Matanikau (CVE-101) circa 1945
USS Matanikau (CVE-101) circa 1945
An FM-2 Wildcat fighter preparing for launch aboard USS Matanikau (CVE-101) 27 July 1944
An FM-2 Wildcat fighter preparing for launch aboard USS Matanikau (CVE-101) 27 July 1944
An FM-2 Wildcat fighter preparing for launch aboard USS Matanikau (CVE-101) 27 July 1944
An FM-2 Wildcat fighter preparing for launch aboard USS Matanikau (CVE-101) 27 July 1944
FM-2 Wildcats flying in formation. Aircraft from USS Matanikau (CVE-101), circa 1944
FM-2 Wildcats flying in formation. Aircraft from USS Matanikau (CVE-101), circa 1944
A TBM Avenger recovering aboard USS Matanikau (CVE-101), 16 October 1944
A TBM Avenger recovering aboard USS Matanikau (CVE-101), 16 October 1944
TBM Avenger taxis to the catapult of USS Matanikau (CVE-101) during training exercises off San Diego October 1944–July 1945
TBM Avenger taxis to the catapult of USS Matanikau (CVE-101) during training exercises off San Diego October 1944–July 1945
A U.S. Navy blimp looms in the background as a cameraman films from the deck of the carrier USS Matanikau (CVE-101)
A U.S. Navy blimp looms in the background as a cameraman films from the deck of the carrier USS Matanikau (CVE-101)
USS Matanikau (CVE-101), with K-blimp coming in to be secured, 14 October 1944
USS Matanikau (CVE-101), with K-blimp coming in to be secured, 14 October 1944
Crewmembers of USS Matanikau (CVE-101) use an implement to sink tar into grooves in the flight deck, 11 August 1944
Crewmembers of USS Matanikau (CVE-101) use an implement to sink tar into grooves in the flight deck, 11 August 1944