USS Cape Esperance (CVE 88)

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Escort carrier
Class	Casablanca
Pennant	CVE 88
Built by	Kaiser Shipbuilding Co. (Vancouver, Washington, U.S.A.)
Ordered	17 Jul 1942
Laid down	11 Dec 1943
Launched	3 Mar 1944
Commissioned	9 Apr 1944
End service	15 Jan 1959
History	Decommissioned 22 August 1946. Reactivated as aircraft transport 5 August 1950 and operated with civilian crew under MSTS control as T-CVE 88. Placed out of service 15 January 1959. Stricken 1 March 1959. Sold 14 May 1959 and scrapped in Japan in January 1961.

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Capt. Robert Wurts Bockius, USN	4 Sep 1944	3 May 1945
2	T/Capt. Patrick Henry, Jr., USN	3 May 1945

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