USN · CVE
AfloatCasablanca-class escort carrier, CVE-76, a ship of Taffy 2. Her air group made six strikes on Kurita's force off Samar, and a kamikaze hit her in January 1945.
| Class | Casablanca class |
|---|---|
| Type | Escort carrier (CVE) |
| Hull | CVE-76 |
| Builder | Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington |
| Launched | 1943-12-11 |
| Commissioned | 1944-01-18 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the kamikaze hit and the war, with two or three battle stars (the record gives both). Scrapped in 1959 or 1960. |
| 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 Kadashan Bay (CVE-76) carrying aircraft, about 1945. U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.488.034.021. Wikimedia Commons File:USS Kadashan Bay (CVE-76) transporting aircraft c1945.jpeg. Public domain.
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Command
Battle off Samar
1944-10-25 · Taffy 2; her air group launched three fighter and three torpedo strikes on 25 October 1944; not sunk
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