USS Solomons

USS Solomons (CVE-67) was the 13th of 50 Casablanca-class escort carriers built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the first Navy vessel named after the Solomon Islands campaign, a lengthy operation that most famously included the Guadalcanal campaign, albeit she was not the first to be named Solomons. The ship was launched in October 1943, commissioned in November, and served in antisubmarine operations during the Battle of the Atlantic, as well as in other miscellaneous training and transport missions. Her frontline duty consisted of four antisubmarine patrols, with her third tour being the most notable, when her aircraft contingent sank the German submarine U-860. She was decommissioned in August 1946, being mothballed in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. Ultimately, she was broken up in 1947.