Order
by ComAirPac
02.06.1945, Confidential Technical Letter No. 4CTL-45
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Each Carrier
Division - CarDiv - is assigned six carriers, on each of these the
CarDiv marking in white colour has to be shown as follows: |
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| CarDiv 22 |
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CarDiv 23 |
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CarDiv 24 |
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CarDiv 25 |
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CarDiv 26 |
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CarDiv 27* |
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The
six escort carriers within the Carrier Division are identified by stripes in
front of them. The second color was not specified, but since nothing is
known of a use of the second marking color "Light Green (ANA 503) during the
war, but very well of "Orange Yellow" (ANA 614) and the latter is secured on
CVE-109 "Cape Gloucester", it can be assumed that this color was also used
as second color in other cases. - System using the example of the CVE in
CarDiv 23: |
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| 1th carrier |
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2nd carrier |
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3rd carrier |
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4th carrier |
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5th carrier |
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6th carrier |
| "Kitkun Bay" |
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"Hoggatt Bay" |
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"Wake Island" |
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"Nehenta Bay" |
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"Shamrock Bay" |
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"Anzio" |
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The marking is repeated on the upper side of the
right wing and the underside of the left wing: |
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| CarDiv 22 |
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CarDiv 23 |
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CarDiv 24 |
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CarDiv 25 |
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CarDiv 26 |
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CarDiv 27 |
| 1th carrier |
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2nd carrier |
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3rd carrier |
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4th carrier |
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5th carrier |
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6th carrier |
* Although
eight Carrier Divisions were affected by the ComAirPac order, CarDiv 28 and -29 consisted exclusively of
carriers of the "Commencement Bay" class, only some of which were already ready
for service, while others were still under construction or - as was not yet
known on 2 June 1945 - would be transferred to the
reserves or cancelled because of the end of the war. In this respect, the
markings of CarDiv 28 and -29 were more of a theoretical nature and could be
omitted from this overview in order to avoid confusion. In fact, only one Marine
Corps squadron stationed in Hawaii in 1946 adopted the markings assigned to
CVE-117 "Saidor" (see F4U-1D on "Markings
June 1945"
But also in the rest, the new system was only
partially used for various reasons (see "Markings June 1945").
