>From the “Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships,” 

(1969) Vol. 4, pp.366-367.





MINDORO



CVE-120

Displacement:  11,373 t.

Length:  557’1”

Beam:  75’

Extreme Width:  105’2”

Draft:  32’

Speed:  19 k.

Complement:  1,066

Armament:  2 5”; 36 40mm; 20 20mm

Aircraft:  34

Class:  COMMENCEMENT BAY



	MINDORO (CVE-120) was laid down by Todd-Pacific 

Shipyards, Inc., Tacoma, Wash., 2 January 1945; launched 27 

June 1945; sponsored by Mrs. R. I. Bowman; and commissioned 

at Tacoma 4 December 1945, Capt. Edwin R. Peck in command.



	After shakedown along the west coast, MINDORO sailed 

for the east coast late in January 1946 and arrived Norfolk, 

Va., 15 February.  Assigned to Carrier Division 14, she 

began carrier air training operations along the east coast, 

and in May she joined ships of the 8th Fleet for exercises 

in waters of the West Indies.  During the remainder of the 

year, she ranged the Atlantic from New England to Cuba, 

training naval aviators and taking part in ASW hunter-killer 

exercises.



	As the Nation underwent a general demobilization, even 

in spite of the emerging and growing menace of worldwide 

communism, MINDORO continued to carry out a busy schedule of 

training and readiness operations.  During the next 9 years, 

she operated out of Norfolk.  Her numerous type training and 

fleet exercises sent her the length of the eastern coast of 

North America from Davis Strait to the Caribbean, and across 

the Atlantic to the British Isles and the Mediterranean.  In 

1950 and again in 1954, she deployed to the Mediterranean 

where she bolstered the ever-vigilant forces of the 6th 

Fleet.



	After completing exercises off the Virginia Capes, 

MINDORO steamed to Boston 17 January 1955.  She 

decommissioned at Boston 4 August 1955 and joined the 

Atlantic Reserve Fleet.  While berthed at Boston, she was 

reclassified AKV-20 on 7 May 1959.  Later that year, she was 

authorized for disposal, and her name was struck from the 

Navy list 1 December.  Subsequently, she was disposed of in 

June 1960 and scrapped at Hong Kong later that year.





Transcribed by Michael Hansen

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