The second Antietam (CV-36) was commissioned on 28 January 1945. She was in the final stage of crossing the Pacific when the war ended. The carrier remained in the Far East for more than three years. The Yellow Sea constituted Antietam?s primary theater of operations while her air group observed and provided support for the Allied occupation of North China, Manchuria, and Korea. In 1949 Antietam was deactivated, but recommissioned in January 1951 for the Korean conflict. Antietam began the only combat deployment of her career in October 1951 with Task Force 77. In September 1952 Antietam entered overhaul to receive an experimental angle deck that proved essential to carrier operations. Antietam became the training carrier in April 1957. She was a familiar sight on the Gulf Coast until decommissioned in May 1963.



Awards: Antietam (CV-36) earned two battle stars for service in the Korean conflict.