USS Manila Bay
Casablanca-class escort carrier of the US Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS Manila Bay (CVE-61) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy.
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USS Manila Bay (CVE-61) underway whilst operating as an attack carrier in the Pacific, circa 1944. | |
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United States | |
Name | Manila Bay |
Namesake | Battle of Manila Bay |
Ordered | as Bucareli Bay (ACV-61) |
Builder | Kaiser Shipyards, Vancouver, Washington |
Laid down | 15 January 1943 |
Launched | 10 July 1943 |
Commissioned | 5 October 1943 |
Decommissioned | 31 July 1946 |
Reclassified | CVU-61 on 12 June 1955 |
Stricken | 27 May 1958 |
Identification |
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Fate | Sold for scrap on 2 September 1959 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Casablanca-class escort carrier |
Displacement | 7,800 long tons (7,925 t) |
Length | 512 ft (156 m) overall |
Beam | 65 ft (20 m) |
Draft | 22 ft 6 in (6.86 m) |
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Propulsion | |
Speed | 19 kn (22 mph; 35 km/h) |
Range | 10,240 nmi (18,960 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) |
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Aircraft carried | 27 |
Service record | |
Operations: | Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, Western New Guinea campaign, Battle off Samar, Battle of Mindoro, Invasion of Lingayen Gulf, Operation Magic Carpet |
Awards: | 8 battle stars |
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She was laid down as Bucareli Bay (ACV-61) under Maritime Commission contract by Kaiser Company, Inc., Vancouver, Washington on 15 January 1943; renamed Manila Bay on 3 April 1943; launched on 10 July 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Robert W. Bockius; reclassified CVE-61 on 15 July 1943; acquired by the Navy on 5 October 1943; and commissioned the same day at Astoria, Oregon, Captain Boynton L. Braun in command.