USS Makassar Strait (CVE 91)

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Escort carrier
Class	Casablanca
Pennant	CVE 91
Built by	Kaiser Shipbuilding Co. (Vancouver, Washington, U.S.A.)
Ordered	17 Jul 1942
Laid down	29 Dec 1943
Launched	22 Mar 1944
Commissioned	27 Apr 1944
End service	9 Aug 1946
History	Decommissioned 9 August 1946. Stricken 1 September 1958. Became a target ship for Tartar/Terrier missile tests. Ran aground on San Nicholas Island in April 1961. The ship's back was broken and she became a total loss and eventually broke up.

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Capt. Warren Kenneth Berner, USN	27 Apr 1944	10 Jan 1945
2	Lt.Cdr. Herbert Douglas Riley, USN	10 Jan 1945	29 Jul 1945
3	T/Cdr. John Osgood Lambrecht, USN	29 Jul 1945

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