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USS Munda (CVE-104)

USS Munda CVE-104 US Navy Escort Carrier

USS Munda CVE-104 US Navy Escort Carrier

USS Munda CVE-104 was launched on 27 May 1944, and commissioned on 8 July, and served as an aircraft transport and as a replenishment escort carrier in the Pacific Theatre. She was the last of fifty Casablanca-class escort carriers built for the US Navy. Postwar, she participated in Operation Magic Carpet, the repatriation of U.S. forces from bases scattered around the Pacific. She was decommissioned in April 1946, when she was mothballed in the Pacific Reserve Fleet. Ultimately, she was sold for scrapping in June 1960

USS Munda (CVE-104) at anchor in San Francisco Bay, California, circa late 1945
USS Munda (CVE-104) at anchor in San Francisco Bay, California, circa late 1945
USS Munda (CVE-104)
USS Munda (CVE-104)
USS Munda (CVE-104)
USS Munda (CVE-104)
USS Munda (CVE-104) rolling sharply
USS Munda (CVE-104) rolling sharply
USS Munda (CVE-104) at sea
USS Munda (CVE-104) at sea
USS Munda (CVE-104). 40mm/56 Bofors guns, gun crews, and director
USS Munda (CVE-104). 40mm/56 Bofors guns, gun crews, and director
USS Munda (CVE-104). 40mm/56 Bofors gun crew
USS Munda (CVE-104). 40mm/56 Bofors gun crew
USS Munda (CVE-104). Flight deck,
USS Munda (CVE-104). Flight deck,
USS Munda (CVE-104). The ship's CO, CAPT Loverne A. Pope, during a crossing of the Equator ceremony
USS Munda (CVE-104). The ship’s CO, CAPT Loverne A. Pope, during a crossing of the Equator ceremony