page_title: USS Copahee
hierarchical_section_title: USS Copahee
caption_attribution_description: English: The U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Copahee (CVE-12) underway. She left the Garapan anchorage off Saipan on 8 July 1944 with a load of captured Japanese planes (13 Mitsubishi A6M and one Nakajima B5N) and equipment (37 engines) to be used for intelligence and training purposes, and arrived in San Diego, California (USA) on 28 July.
context_page_description: USS Copahee was a Bogue-class escort carrier that served in the United States Navy during World War II. Originally classified AVG-12, was changed to ACV-12, 20 August 1942; CVE-12, 15 July 1943; and CVHE-12, 12 June 1955.
  She was laid down on 18 June 1941, as Steel Architect, under Maritime Commission contract in Tacoma, Washington by Todd Pacific Shipyards, launched 21 October 1941; sponsored by Mrs. W. M. Wells; acquired by the United States Navy on 8 February 1942; and commissioned 15 June 1942, Commander J. G. Farrell in command.
context_section_description: USS Copahee (CVE-12) was a Bogue-class escort carrier that served in the United States Navy during World War II.  Originally classified AVG-12, was changed to ACV-12, 20 August 1942; CVE-12, 15 July 1943; and CVHE-12, 12 June 1955.
  She was laid down on 18 June 1941, as Steel Architect, under Maritime Commission contract (hull 169) in Tacoma, Washington by Todd Pacific Shipyards, launched 21 October 1941; sponsored by Mrs. W. M. Wells; acquired by the United States Navy on 8 February 1942; and commissioned 15 June 1942, Commander J. G. Farrell in command.
caption: USS Copahee in 1944
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