USN · CVE
AfloatCasablanca-class escort carrier, CVE-62. Flagship of Rear Admiral Stump's Taffy 2 at Leyte on 25 October 1944.
| Class | Casablanca class |
|---|---|
| Type | Escort carrier (CVE) |
| Hull | CVE-62 |
| Builder | Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington |
| Launched | 1943-07-20 |
| Commissioned | 1943-10-14 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the war with seven battle stars. Struck in 1958 and sold for scrap in 1959. |
| 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 Natoma Bay (CVE-62) at Tulagi on 4 July 1944. U.S. Navy photo 80-G-373146. Wikimedia Commons File:USS Natoma Bay (CVE-62) at Tulagi on 4 July 1944 (80-G-373146).jpg. Public domain.
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Command
1922, Albert Kellogg Morehouse, USN USNACaptain from 7 August 1944Relieved on 1 March 1945BNNichol, Bromfield BradfordCommanding officer from 1 March 1945Relieved on 22 March 1946
Elliott, James MeachamCommander in command from 22 March 1946Relieved on 20 May 1946Marshall Islands
1944-01-31 · sortied on 23 January 1944 for the Marshalls; not sunk
Battle off Samar
1944-10-25 · flagship of Taffy 2 (Rear Admiral Stump); her aircraft joined the strikes on Kurita's force on 25 October 1944; not sunk
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