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| | DANFS: USS Kalinin Bay (CVE-68) |
 | | Casablanca; T. Kalinin Bay, originally designated an AVG, was classified ACV-68 on 20 August 1942; laid down under a Maritime Commission contract 26 April 1943 by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Inc., Vancouver, Wash.; reclassified CVE-68 on 15 July 1943; launched 16 October 1943; sponsored by Mrs. |
 | | She departed the Palaus 30 September; and, upon arriving Seeadler Harbor, Manus Island, 3 October, she received a new commanding officer, Captain T.B. Williamson. |
 | | Weary and battle scarred, Kalinin Bay was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for heroic conduct as a unit of "Taffy 3." She steamed via Woendi, Schouten Islands, to Manus, arriving 1 November for emergency repairs. |
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