CASABLANCA CLASS CVE 55 - 104 (37 ships)
ADMIRALTY ISLANDS (ex- Chapin
Bay, May 10, 1944)
ANZIO (ex- Alikula Bay, ex- Coral Sea, May 1, 1943)
BISMARCK SEA (May 16, 1944)
BOUGAINVILLE (ex- Didrickson Bay,
May 16, 1944)
CAPE ESPERANCE (ex- Tananek Bay,
March 3, 1944)
CORREGIDOR (ex- Atheling, ex- Anguilla
Bay, March 12, 1943)
FANSHAW BAY (Nov. 1, 1943)
GAMBIER BAY
GUADALCANAL (ex- Astrolabe Bay,
June 5, 1943)
HOGGATT BAY (Dec. 4, 1943)
HOLLANDIA (ex- Astrolabe Bay, April
28, 1944)
KADASHAN BAY (Dec. 11, 1943)
KALININ BAY
KASAAN BAY (Oct. 24, 1943)
KITKUN BAY (Nov. 8, 1943)
KWAJALEIN (ex- Bucareli Bay, May
4, 1944)
LUNGA POINT (ex- Alazon Bay, April
11, 1944)
MAKASSAR STRAIT (ex- Ulitaka Bay,
March 23, 1944)
MANILA BAY (ex- Bucareli Bay, July
10, 1943)
MARCUS ISLAND (ex- Kanaku Bay,
Dec. 16, 1943)
MATANIKAU (ex- Dolomi Bay, May
22, 1944)
MISSION BAY (May 26, 1943)
MUNDA (ex- Tonowek Bay, June 8,
1944)
NATOMA BAY (ex- Begum, July 20,
1943)
NEHENTA BAY (ex- Khedive, Nov.
28, 1943)
PETROF BAY (Jan. 19, 1944)
RUDYERD BAY (Feb. 25, 1944)
SARGENT BAY (Jan. 31, 1944)
SAVO ISLAND (ex- Kaita Bay, Dec.
22, 1943)
SHAMROCK BAY (Feb. 3, 1944)
SHIMPLEY BAY (Feb. 26, 1944)
SITKOH BAY (Feb. 19, 1944)
ST. LO (ex- Midway)
STEAMER BAY (Feb. 26, 1944)
TAKANIS BAY (March 10, 1944)
THETIS BAY (March 16, 1944)
TRIPOLI (ex- Didrickson Bay, Sept.
2, 1943)
TULAGI (ex- Fortaleza Bay, Nov.
15, 1943)
WHITE PLAINS (ex-
Elbour Bay, Sept. 27, 1943)
WINDHAM BAY (March 29, 1944) |
Displacement: 6,730 tons (10,200 tons full load)
Complement: 800
Length: 487 ft (w.l.), 498.6
ft (o.a.)
Beam: 80 ft
Draught: 19.7 ft
Aircraft: 28
Guns:
1 - 5 inch, 38 cal
24 - 20 mm AA
later:
8 - 40 mm AA
24 - 20 mm AA
Armour:
Machinery: Skinner Unaflow engines. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 11,200
= 18 kts.
Notes: All these ships were built by the Henry J. Kaiser
Co., Inc., at Vancouver, Wash., or by the Oregon S.B. Corp. at
Portland, Oregon. They are of an improved design, differing from
converted ships of Bogue class, which were found difficult
to land upon in light airs. Beam given above is width of flight
deck. Admiralty Islands and Bougainville each took
76 days to build.
War losses:
Bismarck Sea (CVE-95) - 21st February 1945. Kamikaze
aerial attack off Iwo Jima.
Gambier Bay (CVE-73) - 25th October 1944. Concentrated
surface gunfire from IJN Center Force during Battle off Samar.
Liscome Bay (CVE-56) - 24th November 1943. Submarine
torpedo launched from IJN I-175 SW of Butaritari (Makin).
Ommaney Bay (CVE-79) - 4th January 1945. Kamikaze
aerial attack in the Sulu Sea en route to Lingayen Gulf.
St. Lo (CVE-63) - 25th October 1944. Kamikaze aerial
attack during Battle of Leyte Gulf.
Sold or scrapped since: Attu, Casablanca, Kalinin Bay,Makin
Island, Roi, Salamaua, Solomons, Wake Island.
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