BADOENG STRAIT CVE 116

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Commencement Bay Class Escort Carrier Authorized as SAN ALBERTO BAY
Renamed November 6 1943
Keel Laid August 18 1944 - Launched February 15 1945


1. USS BADOENG STRAIT CVE-116
   Commissioned November 14 1945 - Decommissioned to reserve April 20 1946
   Recommissioned January 6 1947 - Decommissioned to reserve May 17 1957
   Redesignated Aviation Transport AKV-16 May 7 1959, While in reserve
   
   Struck from Naval Register December 1 1970
   Sold May 8 1972 to American Ship Dismantlers, Inc., Portland, Oreg. for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1954)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Image

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2nd Commissioning January 6 1947 to May 17 1957

 

Locy Type 2

1954-06-07

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Locy Type 2(n)

1948-02-10

Add-on cachet by Roger A. Wentworth

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1948-10-27

Navy Day

 

Locy Type 9ef(nu)

1948-10-27

Navy Day

 

Locy Type 9efu

1954-06-07

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Other Information

BADOENG STRAIT earned 6 Battle Stars for Korea service

NAMESAKE - A strait in The Netherlands East Indies (now Indonesia), between the islands of Bali and Nusa Besar and at the confluence of the Bali Sea and the Indian Ocean. It was the site of a night surface action between Japanese naval units and a Dutch-American force early in the Pacific War. Japanese naval forces, having seized Borneo and the Celebes in January 1942, sailed to Bali in mid-February. Allied ships departed Tjilatjap and Ratai Bay, Sumatra, to intercept the Japanese. The Allied force (Rear Admiral Karel W.F.M. Doorman, RNN) of three cruisers and accompanying destroyers attacks the retiring Japanese Bali occupation force (Rear Admiral Kubo Kyuji) in Badoeng Strait on the evening of February 19. Destroyer USS STEWART DD-224 is damaged by gunfire of destroyers OSIHO and ASASHIO. Dutch destroyer PIET HIEN is sunk and Dutch light cruisers JAVA and TROMP are damaged by Japanese gunfire. Japanese destroyers USHIO and MICHISIO are damaged by Allied gunfire. The naval engagement did not prevent the loss of Bali, or the Dutch East Indies

 

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