Isle Royale (AD-29) was launched by Todd Pacific Shipyards, Inc., Seattle, Wash., 19 September 1945; sponsored, by Mrs. Greer A. Duncan; and delivered to the Navy 2 July 1946 for layup in the San Diego Reserve Fleet.

During her period of inactivation, Isle Royale served as headquarters ship for the San Diego Subgroup, Pacific Reserve Fleet. She was designated to replace Hamul in the active fleet, and commissioned at Long Beach 9 June 1962, taking Hamul's officers and men as that ship decommissioned. After shakedown Isle Royale moved to Long Beach to begin her services to Pacific Fleet destroyers, supplying them with parts and vital repair facilities.

The tender sailed for Pearl Harbor 8 February 1963 and for the next seven months served the destroyers roaming the Pacific on their vital peace-keeping mission. She re; turned to Long Beach from this deployment 11 September 1963, and conducted training operations in California waters until June 1964. The ship then got underway again for Pearl Harbor, where she operated until 30 October. She returned to Long Beach 5 November where she operated until departing 3 August 1965 for a scheduled 6-month mid-Pacific cruise. However, upon arriving Pearl Harbor, she received orders to proceed on to the Philippines where she tended ships of the 7th Fleet fighting in Vietnam.

Isle Royale returned to Long Beach 5 March 1966 and operated along the West Coast until sailing again for the Far East 16 September. She remained in the Orient operating primarily out of Subic Bay tending the destroyers of the 7th Fleet until her return to Long Beach 12 April 1967. Thereafter Isle Royale operated in waters off southern California preparing for future action.

 

USS Bataan (CVL-29, later AVT-4), 1943-1961

USS Bataan, an 11,000-ton Independence class small aircraft carrier built at Camden, New Jersey, was begun as the light cruiser Buffalo (CL-99). Converted to a carrier before launching, she was commissioned in November 1943 and assigned to the Pacific. During April-June 1944, Bataan took part in attacks on Japanese positions in New Guinea, the Caroline, Mariana and Bonin Islands and in the Battle of the Philippine Sea. Following an overhaul, she participated in 1945 assaults in the Western Pacific, including the Okinawa Campaign and raids against the Japanese home islands. In October 1945, after Japan's surrender, the carrier returned to the United States and subsequently helped transport servicemen home from overseas. Inactive after January 1946, Bataan was decommissioned in February 1947.

Bataan recommissioned in May 1950, and was soon involved in transporting aircraft to the Korean war zone. From December 1950 until June 1951, her planes supported United Nations' ground operations in the embattled peninsula. She again went to the Far East in January-August 1952 and in October 1952-May 1953, taking part in Korean War actions during both tours. Following a final brief deployment to Asiatic waters in mid-1953, USS Bataan was decommissioned in April 1954. She was reclassified as an aircraft transport (AVT-4) in May 1959, but was stricken from the Navy List in September of that year and sold for scrapping in May 1961.

 

 

 

look at this cheater cant wait a few more days

 

Can you blame him?

 

i guess not

 

i have a better reputation than raulo