USS Breton (ii) (CVE 23)

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Escort carrier
Class	Bogue
Pennant	CVE 23
Built by	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	25 Feb 1942
Launched	27 Jun 1942
Commissioned	12 Apr 1943
End service	20 Aug 1946
History	Decommissioned 20 Aug 1946. Redesignated as a utility carrier (CVU 23) on 1 July 1958 and reactivated as aircraft transport the same date. Underwent transport conversion and operated with a civilian crew as T-CVU 23. Redesignated as an aviation transport (T-AKV 42) on 7 May 1959. Placed out of service in 1971. Stricken 6 August 1972. Sold and scrapped in 1972.

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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.

	Commander	From	To
1	T/Capt. Edward Coyle Ewen, USN	12 Apr 1943	2 Dec 1943
2	T/Capt. Frederick MacKay Trapnell, USN	2 Dec 1943	7 Oct 1944
3	T/Capt. Frank O'Beirne, USN	7 Oct 1944	4 Jul 1945
4	T/Capt. Hysell Prater Cooper, USN	4 Jul 1945	30 Aug 1946

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