USN · CVE

Nehenta Bay

Afloat

Casablanca-class escort carrier, CVE-74. She flew antisubmarine and combat patrols off Guam and Saipan in 1944 and was with the formation that came under kamikaze attack on 7 June 1945.

Class	Casablanca class
Type	Escort carrier (CVE)
Hull	CVE-74
Builder	Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington
Launched	1943-11-28
Commissioned	1944-01-03
Fate	Afloat. Survived the war with seven battle stars. Sold on 29 June 1960 and scrapped.
Armament (class)	Escort carrier. Flight deck over a merchant hull, small island set aft, one 5-inch gun.
Command	Butterfield, Horace Bushnell Commanding officer from 3 January 1944; Relieved on 27 December 1944 McDonnell, Edward Orrick (Medal of Honor) Captain from 27 December 1944; Relieved on 25 September 1945 Smoot, Otho Perry Jr. Captain from 25 September 1945; Relieved on 15 May 1946

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 Nehenta Bay (CVE-74) underway at sea in 1945. U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org. Wikimedia Commons File:USS Nehenta Bay (CVE-74) underway at sea in 1945.jpg. Public domain.

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Command

HBButterfield, Horace BushnellCommanding officer from 3 January 1944Relieved on 27 December 1944

McDonnell, Edward Orrick (Medal of Honor)Captain from 27 December 1944Relieved on 25 September 1945

Smoot, Otho Perry Jr.Captain from 25 September 1945Relieved on 15 May 1946

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