USS Commencement Bay (CVE-105)
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USS Commencement Bay (CVE-105) (ex-St. Joseph Bay) was launched 9 May 1944 by Todd Pacific Shipyards, Tacoma, Washington; sponsored by Mrs. F. Eves; and commissioned 27 November 1944, Captain Roscoe Leroy Bowman USNA 1921-a in command.
Commencement Bay reported at Seattle 1 February 1945 for duty as a training ship in Puget Sound until 2 October. During this time she trained 545 officers and 5,053 men of precommissioning crews for sister escort carriers, and qualified 249 pilots of eight air groups in carrier takeoffs and landings. She sailed from Bremerton 21 October 1945, and arrived at Pearl Harbor 4 November for training and to conduct carrier qualifications until sailing 27 November for Seattle and Tacoma.
After visits to Los Angeles and San Pedro, she returned to Tacoma 28 January, where she was placed out of commission in reserve 30 November 1946. She was re-classified CVHE-105, 12 June 1955; and AKV-37, 7 May 1959.
References
- ↑ Silverstone, Paul H. (1965). US Warships of World War 2. USA: Naval Institute Press. pp. 444. ISBN 0-87021-773-9. http://www.usni.org/.
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
| USS Commencement Bay | |
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| Name: | USS Commencement Bay |
| Builder: | Todd Pacific Shipyards |
| Launched: | 9 May 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 27 November 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 30 November 1946 |
| Reclassified: |
Helicopter Carrier, CVHE-105, 12 June 1955 Cargo Ship and Aircraft Ferry, AKV-37, 7 May 1959 |
| Fate: | Scrapped sometime after 1971 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Commencement Bay-class escort carrier |
| Displacement: | 10,900 long tons (11,100 t)[1] |
| Length: | 557 ft (170 m) |
| Beam: | 75 ft (23 m) |
| Draft: | 30 ft 6 in (9.30 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2-shaft geared turbines, 16,000 shp |
| Speed: | 19 knots (22 mph; 35 km/h) |
| Complement: | 1,066 |
| Armament: |
• 2 × 5 in (130 mm) guns (2×1) • 36 × 40 mm AA guns |
| Aircraft carried: | 34 |
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