USS Siboney ( CVE - 112 ) USS " Siboney " ( CVE - 112 / AKV - 12 ) ( ex - Frosty Bay ) was a of the United States Navy . She was the second ship named for Siboney , Cuba , the Cuban Village near which troops of Theodore Roosevelt ' s Rough Riders fought during the Spanish - American War . " Siboney " was laid down as Frosty Bay on 1 April 1944 by the Todd - Pacific Shipyards at Tacoma , Washington ; renamed Siboney on 26 April 1944 ; launched on 9 November 1944 ; sponsored by Mrs . Charles F . Greber ; and commissioned on 14 May 1945 , Captain Stanhope Cotton Ring in command . Service history . " Siboney " completed fitting out on 23 May 1945 in the Seattle area , and on 31 May 1945 , sailed for San Diego . She held shakedown operations in the Bay Area until 3 August . The carrier then loaded bombs , aircraft , and personnel from Air Group 36 , and on 8 August departed for Pearl Harbor . Hostilities with Japan ceased the day before " Siboney " arrived , on 15 August , to discharge her cargo . She was in Hawaiian waters until early September when she sailed for Okinawa , via the Marshall , Caroline , and Philippine Islands . On 5 October , she stood out of Buckner Bay for Honshū , Japan . En route , the carrier conducted air search operations in an attempt to locate Rear Admiral William Dodge Sample and his PBM Mariner , which had been missing since 2 October . " Siboney " called at Honshū from 8 – 11 October , and then continued the search for the missing Mariner , with negative results . The ship operated in the Tokyo Bay area from 24 October until 16 November 1945 , when she was ordered to return to the United States . After port calls at Saipan , Manila , Hong Kong , Guam , and Pearl Harbor , she arrived at San Diego on 23 January 1946 . The carrier deployed to the western Pacific again from 15 February - 7 May . " Siboney " stood out of San Diego on 9 June 1947 , en route to Norfolk , Virginia . The carrier arrived on 26 June and operated between there and Guantánamo Bay , Cuba until November , when she was inactivated . In March 1948 , " Siboney " was returned to active duty , and , in May , ferried former United States Air Force planes to Yesilkoy , Turkey . She returned to Norfolk for a month and made another voyage to the Near East before entering the Boston Naval Shipyard in October 1948 for a three - month overhaul . " Siboney " stood out of Boston in January 1949 for Guantanamo Bay and refresher training . The carrier operated with the Atlantic Fleet until 6 December 1949 , when she was placed in the inactive fleet at Philadelphia . The outbreak of war in Korea in June 1950 brought a need for more combat ships , and " Siboney " was returned to an active status on 22 November 1950 . The carrier put to sea on 2 February 1951 and was assigned to Norfolk . From 27 February - 10 April , she carried out extensive training exercises in the Guantanamo Bay area . She operated in Canadian waters in July and , from September to 14 November , in the Mediterranean with North Atlantic Treaty Organisation ( NATO ) units . Siboney participated in evaluation tests and carrier qualifications of A - 1 Skyraider es and F4U Corsair s in January 1952 . She also tested the new concept of vertical landings , using Marine helicopters . The ship was modernized at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard and rejoined the fleet on 20 January 1953 . After training in the Caribbean , she operated in the Atlantic with a hunter - killer group until August . From 16 September - 1 December , Siboney was again deployed with the 6th Fleet . 1954 - 1955 were spent in fleet operations along the east coast , from New England to the Caribbean and in midshipman cruises to Spain during the summers . " Siboney " was overhauled at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard from 28 September 1954 – 22 January 1955 . She operated along the east coast until 4 October , when she was ordered to load as many supplies as possible and sail for Mexican waters in the Gulf . Until 19 October , helicopters from the carrier flew relief missions and transported supplies to the inhabitants of Tampico which had been devastated by a hurricane and subsequent flooding . 1956 was " Siboney " s last year of active service with the fleet . She operated along the east coast from January – May , and then made a final cruise with the 6th Fleet from 26 May - 6 July . The carrier sailed to Philadelphia on 27 July and , four days later , was placed in reserve , out of commission , with the Atlantic Reserve Fleet . " Siboney " was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 June 1970 , and sold to Union Minerals and Alloys Corps . a year later for scrap .