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USS Thetis Bay (CVE-90)

USN · CVE

Thetis Bay

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Afloat

Casablanca-class escort carrier, CVE-90, named for a bay at the south end of Tebenkof Bay on Kuiu Island, Alaska. Kaiser, Vancouver. Commissioned 21 April 1944, Captain Donald Edmund Wilcox. She ferried aircraft and men across the Pacific and, in the summer of 1945, replenished the fast carriers. One battle star. Out of commission at Bremerton on 7 August 1946. In 1956 she came back as the Navy's first assault helicopter carrier. Decommissioned and struck on 1 March 1964. Sold for scrap that December.

ClassCasablanca class
TypeEscort carrier (CVE)
HullCVE-90
BuilderKaiser, Vancouver
Launched1944-03-16
Commissioned1944-04-21
FateAfloat. Casablanca-class escort carrier. Commissioned 21 April 1944. Ferry and replenishment duty, and one battle star. Out of commission, in reserve, at Bremerton on 7 August 1946. Redesignated CVHA-1 on 1 July 1955 and LPH-6 on 28 May 1959. Decommissioned and struck on 1 March 1964. Sold for scrap in December 1964.
Armament (class)Escort carrier. Flight deck over a merchant hull, small island set aft, one 5-inch gun.
Command

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 Thetis Bay (CVE-90) underway on 7 August 1944, painted in Measure 33, Design 10A. The hull number 90 is on the flight deck. U.S. Navy photograph 19-N-69574. Public domain.

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Command

DWWilcox, Donald EdmundCaptain, 21 April 1944 – 21 January 1945Benjamin Eugene Moore, Jr.Moore, Benjamin Eugene Jr.Captain, 21 January 1945 – 19 October 1945Allen Smith, Jr.Smith, Allen Jr.Captain, 19 October 1945 – 10 February 1946GBBolser, Gordon ErnestIn command, 10 February 1946 – 7 August 1946Decommissioned her

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