USN · CVE
AfloatCasablanca-class escort carrier, CVE-92, mostly an aircraft ferry. In 1945 she served with the Fleet Logistics Group in support of the carrier strikes at Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
| Class | Casablanca class |
|---|---|
| Type | Escort carrier (CVE) |
| Hull | CVE-92 |
| Builder | Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington |
| Launched | 1944-03-29 |
| Commissioned | 1944-05-03 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the war with three battle stars. Scrapped in Japan in February 1961. |
| 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 Windham Bay (CVE-92). U.S. Navy photograph (public domain). Wikimedia Commons File:CVE-92 Windham Bay - DPLA - 08e3400cb1ca3fa7481a0747994ac1a2.jpg. Public domain.
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Command
COOexle, Charles WilliamCommanding officer from 3 May 1944Relieved on 19 December 1944GMMundorff, George Theodore Jr.Commanding officer from 19 December 1944Relieved on 22 December 1945
Moore, Theophilus HornerCommander in command from 22 December 1945Relieved on 2 January 1946
Leslie, Maxwell FranklinCaptain from 2 January 1946Relieved on 1 March 1946Moore, Theophilus HornerCommander in command from 1 March 1946Relieved on 30 November 1946
Moore, Theophilus HornerCommander in command from 22 December 1945Relieved on 2 January 1946Leslie, Maxwell FranklinCaptain from 2 January 1946Relieved on 1 March 1946Moore, Theophilus HornerCommander in command from 1 March 1946Relieved on 30 November 1946Crew stories
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