USS Point Cruz (CVE 119)

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Escort carrier
Class	Commencement Bay
Pennant	CVE 119
Built by	Todd-Pacific Shipyards, Inc. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.)
Ordered	25 Jan 1943
Laid down	4 Dec 1944
Launched	18 May 1945
Commissioned	16 Oct 1945
End service	16 Oct 1969
History	Decommissioned 30 June 1947. Recommissioned 26 July 1951. Decommissioned 31 Aug 1956. Reactivated as aircraft transport on 23 August 1965, operated with civilian crew under MSTS control as T-AKV 19. Placed out of service on 16 October 1969. Stricken 15 September 1970. Sold and scrapped in 1971.

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Capt. Douglas Turner Day, Jr., USN	16 Oct 1945

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