USS Core ( CVE - 13 ) USS " Core " ( CVE - 13 ) was originally classified AVG - 13 , but was reclassified ACV - 13 , 20 August 1942 ; CVE - 13 , 15 July 1943 ; CVHE - 13 , 12 June 1955 ; CVU - 13 , 1 July 1958 ; and T - AKV - 41 , 7 May 1959 . She was launched 15 May 1942 by Seattle - Tacoma Shipbuilding of Tacoma , Washington , under a Maritime Commission contract ; sponsored by Mrs . B . B . Smith , wife of Lieutenant Commander Smith ; acquired by the Navy , 1 May 1942 ; and commissioned 10 December 1942 , Captain M . R . Greer in command . Service history . Clearing Puget Sound 6 February 1943 , " Core " qualified pilots in carrier operations off San Diego , then sailed on to the east coast , arriving at Norfolk 11 April . She continued to train pilots in Chesapeake Bay until 27 June when she sortied as the nucleus of TG 21 . 12 , a hunter - killer group . Such groups , providing cover for the movement of convoys , made a contribution of great significance to winning the Battle of the Atlantic , and the innovation represented by their formation was a marked advance in antisubmarine warfare . Planes from " Core " worked in coordination with accompanying destroyer s scoring a number of successful attacks . Her planes sank " U - 487 " on 13 July 1943 , at , and " U - 67 " on 16 July at . One of her escorts , , sank " U - 613 " on 23 July , at . " Core " returned to Norfolk 31 July from a most successful first patrol . On " Core " s second hunter - killer patrol , from 16 August to 2 September 1943 , her planes sank " U - 84 " on 24 August at , and " U - 185 " the same day at . Putting to sea again 5 October in TG 21 . 15 , " Core " ' s planes sank " U - 378 " on 20 October at . She returned to Norfolk 19 November . Following another hunter - killer patrol from 6 December 1943 to 18 January 1944 , " Core " ferried 56 P - 51 s and other cargo to Liverpool from 6 February to 9 March . From 3 April to 29 May , she operated with TG 21 . 16 in the central and North Atlantic , then sailed from New York 24 June to ferry 85 Army aircraft to Glasgow , Scotland , returning to Norfolk 20 July . Returning to antisubmarine operations 8 August as CTG 22 . 4 , " Core " conducted training exercises against newly revealed enemy submarine tactics off Bermuda until 8 October when she returned to Norfolk for an overhaul . After a period qualifying carrier pilots at Quonset Point , she sailed from Norfolk 24 January 1945 to lead her group against weather reporting submarines operating in the North Atlantic , but fog and rough weather prevented successful attacks . She sailed from Norfolk 3 April to join a large antisubmarine unit at Guantanamo Bay 7 April . Operating in the central and North Atlantic as part of Operation Teardrop , the escorts of this group combined to sink " U - 546 " on 24 April at , after the enemy submarine had torpedoed and sunk . " Core " returned to New York 11 May for repairs and replenishment . Clearing Norfolk 13 June 1945 , " Core " arrived at San Diego 25 June . She carried aircraft and aviation personnel to Pearl Harbor and to Samar , returning 30 August . Until 20 October , she sailed between Alameda and Seattle on transport duty then sailed for Yokosuka , Japan , on " Magic Carpet " duty , to return homeward - bound servicemen . She made two such voyages from 20 October 1945 to 18 January 1946 . " Core " was placed out of commission in reserve 4 October 1946 at Port Angeles , Washington . The ship was redesignated as a helicopter escort carrier ( CVHE - 13 ) 12 June 1955 , a utility carrier ( CVU - 13 ) 1 July 1958 and finally an aviation transport ( T - AKV - 41 ) 7 May 1959 . On December 11 , 1961 , the USNS " Core " docked in the Saigon Port to unload 32 H - 21 Shawnee helicopters and more than 400 U . S . soldiers from the 57th Transport Company from Fort Lewis , and the 8th and 9th Transport Companies from Fort Bragg . " Core " was stricken for disposal on 15 September 1970 and sold for scrap in 1971 . Awards . " Core " received one battle star for World War II service .