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Sargent Bay 1944

Ships

No	Name	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
ACV55, 7.1943- CVE55	Casablanca (ex-Alazon Bay, ex-Ameer)	301	Kaiser, Vancouver	3.11.1942	5.4.1943	8.7.1943	stricken 7.1946
CVE56	Liscombe Bay	302	Kaiser, Vancouver	9.12.1942	19.4.1943	7.8.1943	sunk 24.11.1943
CVE57, 6.1955 - CVHE57	Coral Sea (ex-Alikula Bay), 9.1944- Anzio	303	Kaiser, Vancouver	12.12.1942	1.5.1943	27.8.1943	helicopter escort carrier 6.1955, stricken 3.1959
CVE58, 5.1951- T-CVE58, 6.1955- T-CVHE58	Corregidor (ex-Anguilla Bay, ex-Atheling)	304	Kaiser, Vancouver	17.12.1942	12.5.1943	31.8.1943	aircraft transport 5.1951, helicopter escort carrier 6.1955, stricken 10.1958
CVE59, 6.1955- CVU59	Mission Bay (ex-Atheling)	305	Kaiser, Vancouver	28.12.1942	26.5.1943	13.9.1943	utility carrier 6.1955, stricken 9.1958
CVE60, 6.1955- CVU60	Guadalcanal (ex-Astrolabe Bay)	306	Kaiser, Vancouver	5.1.1943	5.6.1943	25.9.1943	utility carrier 6.1955, stricken 5.1958
CVE61, 6.1955- CVU61	Manila Bay (ex-Bucareli Bay)	307	Kaiser, Vancouver	15.1.1943	10.7.1943	5.10.1943	utility carrier 6.1955, stricken 5.1958
CVE62, 6.1955- CVU62	Natoma Bay (ex-Begum)	308	Kaiser, Vancouver	17.1.1943	20.7.1943	14.10.1943	utility carrier 6.1955, stricken 9.1958
CVE63	Midway (ex-Chapin Bay), 9.1944 - St. Lo	309	Kaiser, Vancouver	23.1.1943	17.8.1943	23.10.1943	sunk 25.10.1944
CVE64, 1.1952- T-CVE64, 6.1955- T-CVU64	Didrickson Bay, 11.1943- Tripoli	310	Kaiser, Vancouver	1.2.1943	2.9.1943	31.10.1943	aircraft transport 1.1952, utility carrier 6.1955, stricken 2.1959
CVE65	Wake Island (ex-Dolomi Bay)	311	Kaiser, Vancouver	6.2.1943	15.9.1943	7.11.1943	stricken 4.1946
CVE66, 6.1955- CVU66	White Plains (ex-Elbour Bay)	312	Kaiser, Vancouver	11.2.1943	27.9.1943	15.11.1943	utility carrier 6.1955, stricken 7.1958
CVE67	Solomons (ex-Nassuk Bay, ex-Emperor)	313	Kaiser, Vancouver	19.3.1943	6.10.1943	21.11.1943	stricken 6.1946
CVE68	Kalinin Bay	314	Kaiser, Vancouver	26.4.1943	15.10.1943	27.11.1943	damaged 25.10.1944, recommissioned as aircraft tender, stricken 6.1946
CVE69, 6.1955- CVHE69	Kassan Bay	315	Kaiser, Vancouver	11.5.1943	24.10.1943	4.12.1943	helicopter escort carrier 6.1955, stricken 3.1959
CVE70, 6.1955- CVHE70	Fanshaw Bay	316	Kaiser, Vancouver	18.5.1943	1.11.1943	9.12.1943	helicopter escort carrier 6.1955, stricken 3.1959
CVE71	Kitkun Bay	317	Kaiser, Vancouver	31.5.1943	8.11.1943	15.12.1943	stricken 5.1946
CVE72	Tulagi (ex-Fortaleza Bay)	318	Kaiser, Vancouver	7.6.1943	15.11.1943	21.12.1943	stricken 5.1946
CVE73	Gambier Bay	319	Kaiser, Vancouver	10.7.1943	22.11.1943	28.12.1943	sunk 25.10.1944
CVE74, 6.1955- CVU74, 5.1959- AKV24	Nehenta Bay (ex-Khedive)	320	Kaiser, Vancouver	20.7.1943	28.11.1943	3.1.1944	utility carrier 6.1955, aviation transport 5.1959, stricken 8.1959
CVE75, 6.1955- CVHE75, 5.1959- AKV25	Hoggatt Bay	321	Kaiser, Vancouver	17.8.1943	4.12.1943	11.1.1944	helicopter escort carrier 6.1955, aviation transport 5.1959, stricken 9.1959
CVE76, 6.1955- CVU76, 5.1959- AKV26	Kadashan Bay	322	Kaiser, Vancouver	2.9.1943	11.12.1943	18.1.1944	utility carrier 6.1955, aviation transport 5.1959, stricken 8.1959
CVE77, 6.1955- CVHE77, 5.1959- AKV27	Marcus Island (ex-Kanalku Bay)	323	Kaiser, Vancouver	15.9.1943	16.12.1943	26.1.1944	helicopter escort carrier 6.1955, aviation transport 5.1959, stricken 9.1959
CVE78, 6.1955- CVHE78, 5.1959- AKV28	Savo Island (ex-Kaita Bay)	324	Kaiser, Vancouver	27.9.1943	22.12.1943	3.2.1944	helicopter escort carrier 6.1955, aviation transport 5.1959, stricken 9.1959
CVE79	Ommaney Bay	325	Kaiser, Vancouver	6.10.1943	29.12.1943	11.2.1944	sunk 4.1.1945
CVE80, 6.1955- CVU80	Petrof Bay	326	Kaiser, Vancouver	15.10.1943	5.1.1944	18.2.1944	utility carrier 6.1955, stricken 6.1958
CVE81, 6.1955- CVU81, 5.1959- AKV29	Rudyard Bay	327	Kaiser, Vancouver	24.10.1943	12.1.1944	25.2.1944	utility carrier 6.1955, aviation transport 5.1959, stricken 8.1959
CVE82, 6.1955 - CVHE82	Saginaw Bay	328	Kaiser, Vancouver	1.11.1943	19.1.1944	2.3.1944	helicopter escort carrier 6.1955, stricken 8.1959
CVE83, 6.1955- CVU83	Sargent Bay	329	Kaiser, Vancouver	8.11.1943	31.1.1944	9.3.1944	utility carrier 6.1955, stricken 6.1958
CVE84, 6.1955- CVU84	Shamrock Bay	330	Kaiser, Vancouver	15.11.1943	4.2.1944	15.3.1944	utility carrier 6.1955, stricken 6.1958
CVE85, 6.1955 - CVU85	Shipley Bay	331	Kaiser, Vancouver	22.11.1943	12.2.1944	21.3.1944	utility carrier 6.1955, stricken 3.1959
CVE86, 7.1950- T-CVE86, 6.1955- CVU86, 5.1959- AKV30	Sitkoh Bay	332	Kaiser, Vancouver	23.11.1943	19.2.1944	28.3.1944	aircraft transport 7.1950, utility carrier 6.1955, aviation transport 5.1959, stricken 4.1960
CVE87, 6.1955- CVHE87	Steamer Bay	333	Kaiser, Vancouver	4.12.1943	26.2.1944	4.4.1944	helicopter escort carrier 6.1955, stricken 3.1959
CVE88, 8.1950- T-CVE88, 6.1955- T-CVU88	Cape Esperance (ex-Tananek Bay)	334	Kaiser, Vancouver	11.12.1943	3.3.1944	9.4.1944	aircraft transport 8.1950, utility carrier 6.1955, stricken 3.1959
CVE89, 6.1955- CVU89, 5.1959- AKV31	Takanis Bay	335	Kaiser, Vancouver	16.12.1943	10.3.1944	15.4.1944	utility carrier 6.1955, aviation transport 5.1959, stricken 8.1959
CVE90, 7.1955- CVHA1, 5.1959- LPH6	Thetis Bay	336	Kaiser, Vancouver	22.12.1943	16.3.1944	21.4.1944	assault helicopter carrier 7.1956, stricken 3.1964
CVE91, 6.1955- CVU91	Makassar Strait (ex-Ulitaka Bay)	337	Kaiser, Vancouver	29.12.1943	22.3.1944	29.4.1944	utility carrier 6.1955, stricken 9.1958
CVE92, 10.1951- T-CVE92, 6.1955- T-CVU92	Wyndham Bay	338	Kaiser, Vancouver	5.1.1944	29.3.1944	3.5.1944	aircraft transport 10.1951, utility carrier 6.1955, stricken 2.1959
CVE93	Makin Island (ex-Woodcliff Bay)	339	Kaiser, Vancouver	12.1.1944	5.4.1944	9.5.1944	stricken 7.1947
CVE94, 6.1955- CVU94, 5.1959- AKV32	Lunga Point (ex-Alazon Bay)	340	Kaiser, Vancouver	19.1.1944	11.4.1944	14.5.1944	utility carrier 6.1955, aviation transport 5.1959, stricken 4.1960
CVE95	Bismarck Sea (ex-Alikula Bay)	341	Kaiser, Vancouver	31.1.1944	17.4.1944	20.5.1944	sunk 21.2.1945
CVE96	Salamaua (ex-Anguilla Bay)	342	Kaiser, Vancouver	4.2.1944	22.4.1944	26.5.1944	stricken 9.1946
CVE97, 6.1955- CVU97, 5.1959- AKV33	Hollandia (ex-Astrolabe Bay)	343	Kaiser, Vancouver	12.2.1944	28.4.1944	1.6.1944	utility carrier 6.1955, aviation transport 5.1959, stricken 4.1960
CVE98, 6.1955- CVU98, 5.1959- AKV34	Kwajalein (ex-Bucareli Bay)	344	Kaiser, Vancouver	19.2.1944	4.5.1944	7.6.1944	utility carrier 6.1955, aviation transport 5.1959, stricken 4.1960
CVE99	Admiralty  Islands  (ex-Chapin Bay)	345	Kaiser, Vancouver	26.2.1944	10.5.1944	13.6.1944	stricken 5.1946
CVE100, 6.1955- CVU100, 5.1959- AKV35	Bougainville (ex-Didrickson Bay)	346	Kaiser, Vancouver	3.3.1944	16.5.1944	18.6.1944	utility carrier 6.1955, aviation transport 5.1959, stricken 4.1960
CVE101, 6.1955- CVU101, 5.1959- AKV36	Matanikau (ex-Dolomi Bay)	347	Kaiser, Vancouver	10.3.1944	22.5.1944	24.6.1944	utility carrier 6.1955, aviation transport 5.1959, stricken 4.1960
CVE102	Attu (ex-Elbour Bay)	348	Kaiser, Vancouver	16.3.1944	27.5.1944	30.6.1944	stricken 7.1946
CVE103	Roi (ex-Alava Bay)	349	Kaiser, Vancouver	22.3.1944	2.6.1944	6.7.1944	stricken 5.1946
CVE104, 6.1955- CVU104	Munda (ex-Tonowek Bay)	350	Kaiser, Vancouver	29.3.1944	8.6.1944	8.7.1944	utility carrier 6.1955, stricken 9.1958

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	8188
Displacement full, t	10902
Length, m	149.4 wl 156.1 oa
Breadth, m	19.9 wl 32.9 oa
Draught, m	6.32 full load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Skinner Uniflow VQuiE, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Power, h. p.	9000
Max speed, kts	19
Fuel, t	oil 2228
Endurance, nm(kts)	10200 (15)
Armament	1 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 12, 4 x 2 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 12 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 27 aircraft (F4F Wildcat,  F4U Corsair, F6F Hellcat fighters, SBD Dauntless dive bombers,  TBF Avenger torpedo bombers, SOC Seagull, F4F-P Wildcat, F4U-P Corsair, F6F-P Hellcat reconnaissance planes)
Electronic equipment	SG, SK radars
Complement	860

Air group

Year	Fighters	torpedo bombers
1943 - 1945 ASW carriers	9 F4F-8/FM-2	10 - 12 TBF-1/TBM-3
8.1944 Kasaan Bay	24 F6F-5, 7 F6F-3N	---
4.1945 Fanshaw Bay	24 F4F-8/FM-2	6 TBM-3
4.1945 Savo Island	20 F4F-8/FM-2	11 TBM-1C, 4 TBM-3

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Aircraft facilities

(fd - 3,526 m², ha - 1,334 m² / 7,069 m³): Flight deck: 144.5 x 24.4 m. Hangar: 78.0 x 17.1 x 5.3 m. There were 2 elevators in the center line (fore, 6.3 t, 12.6 x 10.1 m and aft, 6.3 t, 12.7 x 11.5 m). There was 1 H 2 catapult. Aircraft fuel stowage: 378 500 l.  

Project history

In the early summer of 1942 the owner of shipyard in Vancouver (WA) G. Kaiser has suggested the American government to manage mass bulding of escort carriers, commit to build 100 in a year. To that time Kaiser already developed mass building of merchant vessels, and now technology of continuous assembling was planned to spread to warships. President Roosevelt has become interested in the project, and Kaiser received an offer on 50 aircraft carriers at once. Casablanca in many respects reminded Bogue but had smaller displacement, two shafts and was faster. As a design basis the fast dry cargo carrier of S4-S2ВВ-3 type was used, but, unlike the predecessors, new carriers were built quite new, instead of earlier carriers converted from merchant hulls. Term of building of the first 10 ships was 241-287 days, last ships of the class were built in 101-112 days. Machinery included two original 'Uniflow' five-cylinder steam engines, quite often called by turbines.

Modernizations

To 1945, all survived: + 4 x 2 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 8 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4

1.1946, all survived: 1 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 8 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 20 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 catapult, 27 aircraft, SG, SK radars

1950s, almost all survived: + SLR-2 ECM suite

(6/1955 - 7.1956, San Francisco N Yd) Thetis Bay: was converted to assault helicopter carrier CVHA1. Full displacement was 10886 t, armament consisted of 4 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1. Ship can carry up to 20 helicopters and 1004 marines.

Naval service

: Liscombe Bay at atoll Makin (02°58'N, 172°26'E) 24.11.1943 was torpedoed by Japanese submarine I175. As a result of explosion of gasoline steam and amunition she was sunk in 23 minutes after attack. St. Lo 25.10.1944 during battle at Samar received hit of A6M kamikaze plane, a number of internal explosions followed. Gambier Bay 25.10.1944 during battle at Samar was sunk by gunfire of Japanese cruisers Chikuma, Chokai, Haguro and Tone. Ommaney Bay 4.1.1945 S of Mindoro was badly damaged by kamikaze hit, abandoned by crew and sunk by destroyer Barnes. Bismarck Sea 21.2.1945 off Iwo Jima was hit by two kamikaze, called many fires and explosions. She foundered 2 hours after attack. Corregidor 20.4.1945 was damaged by a storm and was under repair about two months, she was used for training of naval pilots later. Manila Bay 5.1.1945 was damaged by kamikaze and was under repair till March, 1945. Wake Island 3.4.1945 was damaged by kamikaze hit and returned to service only at the end of war. White Plains 25.10.1944 during battle at Samar was damaged by kamikaze blown near the stern and close underwater explosion of a shell from Japanese battleship, repair lasted till March, 1945. Kalinin Bay 25.10.1944 during battle at Samar received 15 hits of 203mm shells from Japanese cruisers and two kamikaze hits, was badly damaged and never repaired. Fanshaw Bay 25.10.1944 in battle at Samar received heavy damages from gunfire of Japanese cruisers (6 203mms shells hits) and was under repair till March, 1945. Kitkun Bay 8.1.1945 was damaged by kamikaze hit and was under repair till March, 1945. Hoggatt Bay 15.1.1945 was damaged by internal explosion, returned to service in June, 1945. Kadashan Bay 8.1.1945 was damaged by kamikaze hit, and after repair used as TS. Wyndham Bay was badly damaged during a storm 5.6.1945 and repaired till the end of war. Salamaua 13.1.1945 was damaged by kamikaze hit, repair lasted till March, 1945; 5.6.1945 she was badly damaged during a storm and was under repair till the end of war. Kwajalein received weather damage 18.12.1944 and repaired some months.

After the war Thetis Bay was converted to assault helicopter carrier and designated CVHA1 (reclassified to LPH6 28.5.1959). Second conversion, of Block Island to LPH2 under FY57 program, was cancelled. Ship had very insufficient troop berthings and was not considered true LPH by the Marines.