USN · CVE
Hoggatt Bay
Photos and infoCasablanca-class escort carrier, CVE-75, named for a bay on Baranof Island. Kaiser, Vancouver. Commissioned at Astoria on 11 January 1944, Captain William Vincent Saunders. Her radar found I-177 before dawn on 3 October 1944, and the destroyer escort Samuel S. Miles sank the boat. She covered Leyte, Lingayen Gulf, and Okinawa. Decommissioned at Boston on 20 July 1946. Sold for scrap in 1960.
| Class | Casablanca class |
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| Type | Escort carrier (CVE) |
| Hull | CVE-75 |
| Builder | Kaiser, Vancouver |
| Launched | 1943-12-04 |
| Commissioned | 1944-01-11 |
| Fate | Afloat. Casablanca-class escort carrier. Commissioned at Astoria on 11 January 1944, Captain William Vincent Saunders. Her radar found I-177 before dawn on 3 October 1944, and Samuel S. Miles sank the boat. Decommissioned at Boston on 20 July 1946. Reclassified CVHE-75 on 12 June 1955 and AKV-25 on 7 May 1959. Struck 1 September 1959. Sold 31 March 1960 and broken up at Bilbao that May. |
| Armament (class) | Escort carrier. Flight deck over a merchant hull, small island set aft, one 5-inch gun. |
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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 Hoggatt Bay (CVE-75) at Astoria, Oregon, around her commissioning on 11 January 1944. The hull number 75 is on the bow. U.S. Navy photograph, National Naval Aviation Museum 1996.488.034.022. Public domain.
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Command
Martin, Harold M.Flag, not her captain, 2 April 1945 – 28 September 1945FKKivette, Frederick NormanCaptain, 14 September 1945 – 30 January 1946MEEvenson, Marvin PabodieCaptain, 30 January 1946 – 11 June 1946WSSchroeder, William PaulIn command, 11 June 1946 – 20 July 1946Decommissioned her