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US Escort Carrier USS Copahee CVE-12

Starboard broadside view of USS Copahee (ACV-12) in San Francisco Bay, 9 May 1943

US Escort Carrier USS Copahee CVE-12

The Bogue-class escort carrier USS Copahee (CVE-12) was launched on 21 October 1941 and commissioned on 15 June 1942. Originally classified AVG-12, this was changed to ACV-12 on 20 August 1942 and to CVE-12 on 15 July 1943 Her final designation was CVHE-12 allotted on 12 June 1955.

Once commissioned Copahee transported aircraft from the US to bases in the Pacific. At the end of the Second World War, she took part in Operation Magic Carpet, transporting servicemen back to the US.

She was decommissioned on 5 July 1946 and placed in reserve. USS Copahee was scrapped in 1961.

Photos of USS Capahee

Aircraft Operations

Heinkel He 114 in German Service

Heinkel He 114 A-2

Heinkel He 114 in German Service

Designed to relace the Heinkel He 60 on German warships, the Heinkel He 114 floatplane was not a great success and was soon replaced by the Arado Ar 196.

He 114 floatplanes were used aboard the hilfskreuzer (auxiliary cruisers or raiders) Atlantis, Pinguin and Widder with each equipped with two He 114. They made extensive use of these aircraft during their raiding careers in 1940-41, until the aircraft were lost or worn out.

Heinkel He 114 in Spanish Service

Spanish Heinkel He 114

Heinkel He 114 in Spanish Service

Spain purchased twelve Heinkel He 114 floatplanes. the last was retired in 1954.