USN · CVE
St. Lo
Photos and infoCasablanca-class escort carrier. In Taffy 3. The surface ships did not sink her. A kamikaze did, later that morning.
| Class | Casablanca class |
|---|---|
| Type | Escort carrier (CVE) |
| Hull | CVE-63 |
| Fate | Sunk. In Taffy 3 off Samar. Got clear of the Japanese guns. Sunk later that morning, 25 October 1944, by a kamikaze. Not sunk by the battleships. |
| 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.
U.S. Navy. St. Lo (CVE-63) in dazzle camouflage. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
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Command
Battle off Samar
1944-10-25 · clear of the guns; sunk later that morning by a kamikaze
