USS Rabaul (CVE/CVHE/AKV-21) was a United States Navy Commencement Bay-class escort aircraft carrier, named for Rabaul, a strategically significant port in the Pacific theater of World War II. Rabaul was laid down 2 January 1945 by Todd Pacific Shipyards, Tacoma, Washington, launched 14 June 1945, sponsored by Alice Schade (wife of United States Navy naval architect Commodore Henry Adrian "Packy" Schade), completed by the Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon, and delivered to the Navy 30 August 1946.