USS Shamrock Bay (CVE-84) underway on 11 November 1944 Starboard Shot
The escort carrier USS Shamrock Bay (CVE-84) underway off Norfolk, Virginia (USA) on 11 November 1944. She is painted in camouflage Measure 33, Design 10A. The 28 aircraft of Composite Squadron 42 (VC-42), 16 FM-2 Wildcats and 12 TBM-3 Avengers, are tied down between Shamrock Bay s two elevators, as she steams from Norfolk towards the Panama Canal, which she reached six days later.
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- 1944-11-11
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- U.S. Navy
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