Pacific ships
USS Casablanca (CVE-55)

USN · CVE

Casablanca

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Afloat

Casablanca-class escort carrier, CVE-55, the name ship of the class. Kaiser, Vancouver. She was launched as Casablanca on 5 April 1943 after earlier names Ameer and Alazon Bay. Commissioned 8 July 1943, Commander W. W. Gallaway. She trained escort-carrier crews in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, then ferried men, planes, and aviation gasoline across the Pacific. Decommissioned at Norfolk on 10 June 1946. Sold 23 April 1947.

ClassCasablanca class
TypeEscort carrier (CVE)
HullCVE-55
BuilderKaiser, Vancouver
Launched1943-04-05
Commissioned1943-07-08
FateAfloat. Casablanca-class escort carrier, the name ship. Commissioned 8 July 1943. Training carrier, then a Pacific transport. Decommissioned at Norfolk on 10 June 1946. Sold 23 April 1947.
Armament (class)Escort carrier. Flight deck over a merchant hull, small island set aft, one 5-inch gun.
Command

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 Casablanca (CVE-55) underway on 2 March 1945. The hull number 55 is on the flight deck. U.S. Navy photograph 80-G-320296. Public domain.

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Command

Steven Ward CallawayCallaway, Steven WardCommander in command from 8 July 1943Relieved on 12 February 1945John Lewis MurphyMurphy, John LewisCaptain from 12 February 1945Relieved on 6 October 1945William Miller, Jr.Miller, William Jr.Captain from 6 October 1945Relieved on 15 February 1946Aquilla Gibbs Dibrell, Jr.Dibrell, Aquilla Gibbs Jr.Commander in command from 15 February 1946Relieved on 8 March 1946CFFeatherston, Charles NicholasLieutenant Commander in command from 8 March 1946Relieved on 26 April 1946Aquilla Gibbs Dibrell, Jr.Dibrell, Aquilla Gibbs Jr.Commander in command from 26 April 1946Relieved on 10 Juny 1946

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