USS Irish Sea (CVE)

The USS Irish Sea was a U.S. Navy escort airplane carrier built and launched during the Second Great War.

In 1944 the Irish Sea and her sister ship, the Oahu, were part of a task force belonging to the US Atlatic Fleet which was tasked with hunting English convy ships travelling between the United Kingdom and Argentina. The carrier contained only fighters and dive bombers; No torpedo bombers. This was because the brass believed that they would be sitting ducks, while the dive bombers could do a better job.

The carrier was also slower than a cruiser or destroyer, causing the task force to slow down for her.