USS Tripoli (CVE-64) Faded MS Grey Deck

USS Tripoli (CVE-64) Faded MS Grey Deck — 1-2400 Scale Deck Decal
 
Historically accurate 1-2400 scale aircraft carrier deck decal representing USS Tripoli (CVE-64) in the Faded MS Grey Deck configuration.
 
Historical Information
 
Commissioning: USS Tripoli (CVE-64) was a Casablanca-class escort aircraft carrier built by Kaiser Shipbuilding Company at Vancouver, Washington, and commissioned on 31 October 1943.
 
Major Campaigns & Notable Operations: Served first in the Atlantic as a hunter-killer carrier, patrolling the sea lanes around the Cape Verde Islands and South Atlantic to disrupt German U-boat activity, and later performed training and transport duties.
 
Combat Service: Her Wildcats and Avengers flew daily antisubmarine searches and convoy-cover missions. After the war she also completed Magic Carpet voyages returning veterans home.
 
Ultimate Fate / Postwar Disposition: Decommissioned in May 1946, recommissioned in 1952 as an MSTS aircraft transport, decommissioned again in 1958, and sold for scrap in 1960.
 
The deck treatment represented by this decal reflects the faded grey-blue appearance of weathered wartime flight-deck stain.