USS Corregidor ( CVE - 58 ) USS " Corregidor " ( CVE - 58 ) was an " Casablanca " class escort carrier of the United States Navy . She was laid down as " Auguilla Bay " ( AVG - 58 ) , was reclassified ACV - 58 on 20 August 1942 and launched as " Corregidor " on 12 May 1943 by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company , of Vancouver , Washington , under a Maritime Commission contract ; sponsored by Mrs . J . Hallett . She was reclassified CVE - 58 on 15 July 1943 , acquired by the Navy on 31 August 1943 ; and commissioned the same day , Captain R . L . Bowman in command . Service history . World War II . Clearing San Diego , California on 26 October 1943 , " Corregidor " joined Carrier Division 24 ( CarDiv 24 ) at Pearl Harbor for air strikes in the Gilbert Islands invasion from 10 November - 6 December . She returned to San Diego to undergo repairs and load aircraft and men , then resumed operations out of Pearl Harbor with her division . From 22 January - 3 March 1944 , she sailed in the Marshall Islands operation , providing air cover for the invasion of Kwajalein . " Corregidor " put to sea on 11 March 1944 for Guadalcanal , arriving there on 21 March . With the 3rd Fleet , she sortied on 30 March to provide air cover for the landings on Emirau Island , returning to Port Purvis on 14 April . Two days later , she sailed to join the 7th Fleet for air operations at Hollandia ( currently known as Jayapura ) between 22 – 26 April , then put in to Manus Island for replenishment and antisubmarine patrols until 4 May . Embarking Commander , Carrier Division 24 for the Marianas operation , " Corregidor " provided combat air patrols and anti - aircraft support for the invasion of Saipan from 15 – 25 June , with her aircraft accounting for at least eight enemy planes . She covered the logistics force off Eniwetok from 1 – 3 July , then aided in the softening up bombardment of Guam and provided air cover for the invasion until 28 July , when she returned to San Diego for overhaul . She worked on qualifying pilots in carrier operations at Pearl Harbor from 12 October - 21 November 1944 . On 26 October , she formed as a hunter - killer group with EscDiv 64 , around to check out reported enemy submarine movements between Pearl Harbor and California . On 2 January 1945 , this group moved to patrol the area between Pearl Harbor and Eniwetok to protect heavy Allied shipping , returning to Pearl Harbor on 13 February . " Corregidor " sailed from Pearl Harbor on 27 February to search for an overdue plane carrying Lieutenant General M . F . Harmon , USA , arriving at Majuro on 20 March . From 21 March - 27 April , she conducted an anti - submarine patrol in the vicinity of Japanese - held Wotje and Maloelap in the Marshalls , then off Eniwetok . Post - War . Returning to Pearl Harbor on 4 May 1945 , " Corregidor " was assigned duty as a training ship in Hawaii , conducting carrier pilot qualifications until the end of the war . From 2 October 1945 – 10 January 1946 , she alternated this duty with three voyages from Pearl Harbor to San Diego to return homeward - bound servicemen . " Corregidor " cleared San Diego on 18 January 1946 for Norfolk , Virginia , arriving there on 4 February . Here she was placed out of commission in reserve on 30 July 1946 . Korea . Recommissioned on 19 May 1951 , " Corregidor " was assigned to operate with the Military Sealift Command . She ferried men , aircraft , and aviation cargo to NATO nations under the Mutual Defense Assistance Plan , but also made five voyages through the Panama Canal to bring men and cargo to the United Nations forces in Korea in 1952 - 1954 . " Corregidor " was reclassified T - CVU - 58 on 12 June 1955 . When the Lebanon crisis broke in the summer of 1958 , " Corregidor " was at Brindisi , Italy , and immediately lifted two reconnaissance planes of the 24th Infantry Division , and 10 helicopters to support the landings in Lebanon . Returning to the United States , the ship suffered hull damage in the Atlantic Ocean due to high seas on the night of 2 April 1958 . She was transiting from Barcelona , Spain to NAS Pensacola , Florida , with 20 officers and 150 enlisted men . She made an emergency stop - over in the Azores . " Corregidor " was decommissioned on 4 September 1958 , and sold for scrap on 28 April 1959 . Awards . " Corregidor " received four battle star s for her World War II service . References . Not to be confused with the expeditionary strike vessel , named for the battle of Corregidor .