USN · CVE

Admiralty Islands

Afloat

Casablanca-class escort carrier, CVE-99, laid down as Chaplin Bay. She flew aircraft to New Guinea and Guam and joined the logistics support group for Task Force 58 at Iwo Jima.

Class	Casablanca class
Type	Escort carrier (CVE)
Hull	CVE-99
Builder	Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington
Launched	1944-05-10
Commissioned	1944-06-13
Fate	Afloat. Survived the war with three battle stars. Struck on 8 May 1946 and sold for scrap.
Armament (class)	Escort carrier. Flight deck over a merchant hull, small island set aft, one 5-inch gun.
Command	Gouin, Marcel Emil Alcan Commanding officer from 13 June 1944; Relieved on 29 May 1945 Barner, James Duke Captain from 13 June 1944; Relieved on 13 June 1944 Eldredge, Edward Hastings Captain from 29 May 1945

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

USS Admiralty Islands (CVE-99) off the California coast on 30 August 1945. U.S. Navy National Naval Aviation Museum photo NNAM.1996.488.034.002. Wikimedia Commons File:USS Admirality Islands (CVE-99) at anchor, 30 August 1945 (NNAM.1996.488.034.002).jpg. Public domain.

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Command

MGGouin, Marcel Emil AlcanCommanding officer from 13 June 1944Relieved on 29 May 1945 JBBarner, James DukeCaptain from 13 June 1944Relieved on 13 June 1944 EEEldredge, Edward HastingsCaptain from 29 May 1945

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