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	USS Ommaney Bay (CVE-79) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		From 11 September until the beginning of October Ommaney Bay stood off (additional info and facts about Peleliu) Peleliu and Anguar Islands and provided air cover for the fleet and close support strikes for the forces ashore.
		Ommaney Bay left on New Year’s Day 1945 and transitted (additional info and facts about Surigao Strait) Surigao Strait 2 days later.
		Ommaney Bay received 2 (additional info and facts about battle star) battle stars for (A war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherl) World War II service.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/u/us/uss_ommaney_bay_(cve-79)5.htm (678 words)

	USS Steamer Bay
		Steamer Bay (CVE-87), ex-MC hull 1124, was laid down on 4 December 1943 at Vancouver, Wash., by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Co.; launched on 26 February 1944; sponsored by Mrs.
		Steamer Bay held sea trials in Puget Sound and sailed for San Diego on 2 May. On the 14th, she headed for the New Hebrides, carrying the men and aircraft of Marine Air Group (MAG) 61.
		Steamer Bay was in drydock when hostilities with Japan ended, and she was given additional bunks to accommodate veterans returning from overseas.
	www.multied.com /navy/cruiser/steamerbay.html (715 words)

	Encyclopedia: Battle of Leyte Gulf
		USS Saginaw Bay (CVE-82) was laid down as MC hull 1119 on 1 November 1943 by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Co....
		USS Kadashan Bay (AVG-76) was reclassified ACV-76 20 August 1942; reclassified CVE-76 15 July 1943 and launched 11 December 1943 by Kaiser Co....
		USS Ommaney Bay (CVE–79), formerly MC hull 1116, was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract 6 October 1943 by Kaiser Company, Inc....
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Battle-of-Leyte-Gulf (8824 words)

	History
		A CVE pilot, accustomed to the small deck of his own ship was preparing to land on the expansive of one of our largest and fastest carriers.
		OMMANEY BAY launched four TBMs loaded with 500# bombs and escorted by seven FM-2s, several hits were scored on a heavy cruiser and the fighters strafed two destroyers.
		At 0900, KITKUN BAY was under shell fire again and at 0907, GAMBIER BAY rolls over on her port side as the heavy cruiser continues to fire at point blank range (less than 2000 yards).
	usskadashanbaycve76.homestead.com /History.html (7704 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/USS Wake Island (CVE-65)
		On the 11th, she stood out of Norfolk in company with Shamrock Bay (CVE-84) and escorts bound via the Panama Canal for the west coast.
		She burned with explosions of ammunition and was finally scuttled astern of the Fleet by a torpedo from an American destroyer.
		Natoma Bay (CVE-62) was hit by a suicide plane, and Sargent Bay (CVE-83) was attacked by a second.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/USS_Wake_Island_(CVE-65) (2785 words)

	USS Manila Bay (CVE 61)
		Decommissioned on July 31, 1946, the MANILA BAY was reclassified CVU 61 on June 12, 1955, and her name was struck from the Navy list on May 27, 1958.
		MANILA BAY (CVE 61) was laid down as BUCARELI BAY (ACV 61) under Maritime Commission contract by Kaiser Co., Inc., Vancouver, Wash., 15 January 1943; renamed MANILA BAY 3 April 1943; launched 10 July 1943; sponsored by Mrs.
		As MANILA BAY cruised to the east of Leyte Gulf with other carriers of Rear Adm. Felix B. Stump's Taffy 2 (TU 77.4.2), powerful Japanese naval forces converged upon the Philippines and launched a three-pronged offensive to drive the Americans from Leyte.
	navysite.de /cve/cve61.htm (2046 words)

	Chapter 2 - Copyright © 2001 Robert Jon Cox
		On any given day a CVE pilot might fly Combat Air Patrol, bring water to thirsty army troops, hunt submarines, bomb bridges, perform reconnaissance, or the ship itself be used in an auxiliary role to ferry replacement aircraft to the larger fleet carriers.
		Such was the life of a CVE pilot, less than glamorous when compared to their brothers on the large fleet carriers.
		Although the CVEs carried some armor-piercing bombs and torpedoes, they were not adequately stocked nor were their pilots adequately trained in warship-attack tactics.
	www.bosamar.com /book/bosc2.html (1855 words)

	USS Steamer Bay CVE-87
		At the time that the STEAMER BAY was commissioned the KAISER Ship Building Company had begun to incorporate most of the changes found necessary in the earlier ships of this class prior to delivery to the CVE Commissioning Detail at Astoria.
		After a fitting-out period of about three weeks the STEAMER BAY departed from Astoria on 25 April for Puget Sound, where the ship was depermed and degaussed, the radio director finder, magnetic compass and pitometer log were calibrated, structural test and practice firing were conducted, and bombs, ammunition, and torpedoes were loaded.
		On 1 June 1944 the shake-down period for the STEAMER BAY ended and she became a unit of Carrier Transport Squadron, Pacific Fleet.
	petrofbay.com /steamer.htm (2465 words)

	Eichenberger
		She saw action in the landings at Biak and Humboldt Bay, and the initial landings at Wakde during May and June, and escorted convoys from Manus.
		On 4 January 1945 she was bound for Mindoro when Ommaney Bay (CVE-79) was bombed.
		Returning, she found three of her men had been killed by explosions on board the burning carrier, but several of Ommaney Bay's men had been picked up from the water by the whaleboat.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/e2/eichenberger.htm (408 words)

	Steamer Bay
		Of the six carriers, Ommaney Bay (CVE-79) was sunk on 4 January by a kamikaze plane; and Manila Bay (CVE-6) and Saw Island (CVE-78) were damaged the next day.
		She sailed for the Eyukyus on 27 March and arrived in the operating area south of Okinawa on the morning of 1 April.
		Steamer Bay was assigned to the Pacific Reserve Fleet on 4 February 1946 and berthed at Tacoma, Wash.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/s18/steamer_bay.htm (728 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: USS West Virginia (BB-48) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		West Virginia, already carrying the crew of Ommaney Bay on board, took on board another group of survivors: the crew of the high-speed minesweeper Hovey (DMS-11) which had been sunk by a Japanese torpedo on 6 January.
		She reached Tokyo Bay on the last day of August and was thus present at the time of the formal surrender on 2 September 1945.
		Shifting to Buckner Bay on 23 September, the battleship sailed for Pearl Harbor soon thereafter, reaching her destination on 4 October.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=USS_West_Virginia_(BB-48) (6164 words)

	USS Liscome Bay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Lo (CVE-63), sunk by a Japanese kamikaze plane attack on October 25, 1944; Ommaney Bay (CVE-79), scuttled after being struck by a kamikaze on January 4, 1945; and Bismarck Sea (CVE-95), sunk by a kamikaze off Iwo Jima on February 21, 1945.
		Her primary functions were to serve as a convoy escort, to provide aircraft for close air support during amphibious landing operations, and to ferry aircraft to naval bases and fleet carriers at sea.
		Liscome Bay's "fl gang" worked with her two Skinner Uniflow reciprocating steam engines in twin, split-plan engine rooms, using superheated steam running at 4,500 ihp (indicated horsepower) and 161 rpm to turn the ship's twin propellers and produce her top speed of 16 knots.
	www.thehistorynet.com /wwii/blliscomebay (1561 words)

	USS Ommaney Bay (CVE 79) Crew List
		Would like to hear from anyone that was on the Ommaney Bay when it went down.
		Our Uncle LTJG William Marsh was on the Ommaney Bay and died on January 4, 1945.
		My uncle, Robert Valdez survived the sinking of the Ommaney Bay and was reassigned to the battleship USS NEW MEXICO.
	navysite.de /crew.php?action=ship&ship=cve_79 (582 words)

	Casablanca class escort carrier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Some units were reactivated as helicopter escort carriers (CVHE and T-CVHE) or utility carriers (CVU and T-CVU) after the war, but most were scrapped without further service once the war ended.
		One ship, USS Thetis Bay, was heavily modified into an amphibious assault ship (LPH-6).
		Originally, half of their number were to be transferred to the Royal Navy under Lend-Lease, but instead they were retained in the US Navy and the Batch II Bogue-class escort carriers were transferred instead as the HMS Ameer class (the RN's Batch I Bogues were the HMS Attacker class).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Casablanca_class_escort_carrier (333 words)

	DANFS Online: Escort Aircraft Carriers
		Naming: Most escort carriers were initially named for various bays, but a great many were renamed in honor of WWII battles prior to commissioning.
		Numbering: Ships of this type were initially designated as auxiliary aircraft escort vessels (AVG); this was changed to auxiliary aircraft carrier (ACV) 20 August 1942.
		On 15 July 1943 all were redesignated escort aircraft carriers, CVE.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/carriers/cve.htm (120 words)

	USS Stafford
		Three days later, at the entrance to Casco Bay, Maine, YMS-169 relieved Stafford of her charge, and the destroyer escort stood into Boston Bay and moored at Charlestown, Mass.
		She arrived at San Pedro Bay, Leyte, on 16 January, went into drydock for hull repairs on the 19th, and departed on the 27th with a convoy bound for Hollandia.
		She then moved to Buckner Bay and remained in that area until 11 October, when she headed back toward Japan.
	www.navyhistory.com /DE/stafford.html (1401 words)

	A U.S. Navy Destroyer History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		She conducted her initial training out of Casco Bay, Maine, until 18 June and, during the next three months, served as an escort for larger warships conducting their own shakedown cruises.
		On 4 January, one suicider succeeded in crashing into Ommaney Bay (CVE-79) and damaged that escort carrier so badly that she was abandoned and sunk by a torpedo from destroyer Burns (DD-588).
		In August, she was ordered to Guantanamo Bay where she served as a base defense ship during disorders in Haiti.
	www.destroyers.org /DANFS/Histories/h-dd600-699/h-dd-629.html (3409 words)

	USS West Virginia History
		West Virginia--in addition to the Ommaney Bay sailors on board-- soon took on board another group of survivors from yet another ship: the men from the high-speed minesweeper Hovey (DMS-11) which had been sunk by a Japanese torpedo on the 6th.
		West Virginia drilled her landing force in preparation for the upcoming occupation of the erstwhile enemy's homeland and sailed for Tokyo Bay on the 24th as part of TG 35.90.
		Shifting to Buckner Bay on the 23d, the battleship sailed for Pearl Harbor soon thereafter, reaching her destination on 4 October.
	www.usswestvirginia.org /uss_west_virginia_history.htm (5849 words)

	U.S. Navy Battleships - USS Pennsylvania (BB 38) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Based at Yorktown, she kept in battle trim with Fleet maneuvers, tactics, and training in the areas of the Chesapeake Bay, intervened by overhaul at Norfolk and New York, with brief maneuvers in Long Island Sound.
		During 11-12 May, she engaged in shore bombardment of Holtz Bay and Chicago Harbor, Attu, in support of the landings.
		The Group came under heavy air attacks 4-5 January and the escort carrier USS Ommaney Bay (CVE 79) was hit by a suicide plane and destroyed by the resulting fire.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/battleships/pennsylvania/bb38-penn.html (3425 words)

	350gambay
		Meeting a critical need for aircraft carriers that could be built quickly and economically, Henry Kaiser created a small escort carrier based on a merchant hull.
		As part of the famous Taffy III Battle Group, she was crucial in halting the advance of the Japanese Imperial Fleet.
		Included in the kit are three each of the two types of aircraft (TBM- 1-C Avengers and FM-2 Wildcats) carried by the GAMBIER BAY, finely cast in resin, with brass props and landing gear, and insignia decals.
	www.modelshipbuilding.com /350gambay.htm (213 words)

	JOSE ANDRES CHACON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Chacón served in the Navy as an aerial gunner during WWII surviving the sinking of the USS Ommaney Bay by the Japanese on 1/4/45.
		One airman fell off the flight deck of the USS Ommaney Bay while we were anchored at Manus Island.
		The USS Ommaney Bay had to be torpedoed by our own destroyers in order for it to finally go down.
	wardbook.west-point.org /display_grad.cgi?grad_uid=18250 (4965 words)

	USS Sheridan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		She then took on board 108 Navy casualties and survivors mainly from the escort carrier Ommaney Bay (CVE-79), and sailed the same day for Leyte, arriving on the 12th.
		There she embarked troops, and, after a landing rehearsal on 25 January, put them ashore on the 29th at La Paz, P. I., which turned out to be under the control of friendly guerillas.
		The ship entered Tokyo Bay as the surrender document was being signed on board battleship, Missouri (BB-63), and offloaded her troops on 3 September.
	www.navyhistory.com /APA/sheridan.html (1276 words)

	Escort Carriers
		U.S. ESCORT CARRIERS of World War II Lightly armored, slower than the fleet carriers and with far less defensive armament and aircraft, yet in great need, early escort carriers were quickly converted from existing cruiser and oiler hulls.
		Originally considered as auxiliary aircraft carriers, ACV, on 15July43 all were redesignated as combatant ships, CVE.
		These Commencement Bay class escort carriers were commissioned too late to participate in the War.
	www.ww2pacific.com /cve.html (126 words)

	U.S.S. Petrof Bay CVE-80 Dedication Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		CVE-76 Kadashan Bay, CVE-77 Kanalku Bay, CVE-77 Markus Island,
		CVE-78 Kaita Bay, CVE-78 Savo Island, CVE-79 Ommaney Bay, CVE-80 Petrof Bay,
		CVE-89 Takansis Bay, CVE-90 Thetis Bay, CVE-91 Makassar Strait, CVE-92 Windham Bay,
	home.comcast.net /~ivorjeffreys/petrof.html (606 words)

	U.S. Navy Battleships - USS West Virginia (BB 48) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Assigned in the spring of 1943 to the newly constructed USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56), Miller was lost when the carrier was torpedoed on 24 November 1943 during Operation Galvanic in the Gilbert islands.
		West Virginia, in addition to the Ommaney Bay sailors on board, soon took on board another group of survivors from yet another ship: the men from the high-speed minesweeper USS Hovey (DM5-11) which had been sunk by a Japanese torpedo on the 6th.
		Shifting to San Pedro Bay, Leyte, at the end of June, the battleship reached her destination on 1 July, escorted by USS Connolly (DE-306).
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/battleships/wvirginia/bb48-wva.html (5863 words)

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		The escort carrier USS Sargent Bay (CVE-83), destroyer escort USS Robert F. Keller (DE-419) and minelayer USS Monadnock (CM-9) are damagd by collision in the Philippines.
		The escort carriers USS Manila Bay (CVE-61) and USS Savo Island (CVE-78); the heavy cruiser USS Louisville (CA-28), the destroyer USS Helm (DD-388), the destroyer escort USS Stafford (DE-411), seaplane tender (small) USS Orca (AVP-49) and ocean tug USS Apache (ATF-67) are damaged by suicide planes in the Luzon area.
		The Japanese in the Brunei Bay area are bombarded by cruisers and destroyers under Rear Admiral Berkey.
	www.america-at-war.net /wwii1945.html (10861 words)

	USS Thorn
		After departing the “Pearl of the Pacific”, the Thorn was detoured to escort a detached oiler group to Guadalcanal and Rendova in the Solomon Islands on 23 and 24 February.
		During her deployment as screen and plane guard, Thorn rescued the crews of three Grumman TBF “Avenger” torpedo planes from the USS Ommaney Bay (CVE-79) on 13, 18 and 23 September.
		While in Tokyo Bay, Thorn was ordered alongside the damaged Japanese battleship HIJMS Nagato, to transfer fuel into her tanks.
	www.ww2aircraft.net /forum/ntopic1804.html (2880 words)

	The Carrier Project - The World at War- 1941-1945
		CV-16 USS Lexington as the USS Lexington Museum on the Bay at Corpus Christi, Texas.
		Designated CVE (Carrier, Aviation, Escort), the Jeeps were half-jokingly referred to as "combustible, vulnerable and expendable" by their crews.
		Smaller, slower and very lightly armed compared to their larger cousins, they were pressed into service as early Anti-Submarine Warfare forces (with several ships and crews becoming quite adept at destroying enemy submarines) and as support for amphibious assaults.
	home.grandecom.net /~cvproj/war.htm (1756 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Army troops are landed at Masugbu, south of the entrance to Manila Bay, Luzon, P. I., by naval attack group (Rear Adm. W.
		Motor torpedo boats enter Manila Bay, Luzon, P. I., for night reconnaissance; these are the first United States naval units to enter Manila Bay since May 1942.
		Army troops land on Carabao Island at the entrance to Manila Bay, Luzon, P. I.; landing is preceded by cruiser and destroyer bombardment and air attack.
	history.acusd.edu /cdr2/BYRD/NAVAL_CH/CHR45.TXT (13081 words)

	CVE-55 Casablanca class (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This was considerably faster, and the class considerably more maneuverable, than the previous ships.
		The new carriers received the standard CVE island, which was obviously more than satisfactory, and a large margin of fuel oil for refueling destroyers.
		There were, to be certain, certain gaps in the design, mostly concerning protection (which was limited to splinter plating).
	www.microworks.net /pacific/ships/carriers/casablanca.htm (404 words)

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