USS Thetis Bay (CVE-90) was the thirty-sixth of fifty Casablanca-class escort carriers built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was launched...
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was commissioned in the US Navy from 1941 to 1945 as USS Thetis USS Thetis Bay (CVE-90) USCGC Thetis, United States Coast Guard ships of the name This article...
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USS St. Lo (AVG/ACV/CVE–63) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy during World War II. On 25 October 1944, St. Lo became the...
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Carriers navsource.org, USS Kalinin Bay CVE-68 US Navy, A Brief History of U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers navsource.org, USS Guadalcanal CVE-60 The Escort Carrier...
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USS White Plains (CVE-66) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was named after the 1776 Battle of White Plains. She was...
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1370) USS Huntington (CL-107) USS Dayton (CL-105) USS Thetis Bay (CVE-90) USS Houston (CL-81) USS Conger (SS-477) USS William T. Powell (DE-213) USS Spangenberg...
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USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy, which served during and after World War II. She was the first...
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USS Theta (1864) USS Thetis (1881, SP-391, WPC-115) USS Thetis Bay (CVE-90/CVHA-1/LPH-6) USS Thistle (1862, SP-1058) USS Thomas (DD-182, DE-102) USS Thomas...
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of escort carriers consisted of two conversions: as an experiment, USS Thetis Bay was converted from an aircraft carrier into a pure helicopter carrier...
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Commencement Bay-class escort carrier) USS Boxer – (converted Essex-class aircraft carrier) USS Princeton – (converted Essex-class aircraft carrier) USS Thetis Bay...
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June 20 – The U.S. Navy commissions its first helicopter carrier, USS Thetis Bay (CVE-90), redesignated CVHA-1 on July 1. June 24 – The BOAC Canadair C-4...
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Thetis Bay (CVE-90) USS Hollandia (CVE-97) USS Admiralty Islands (CVE-99) 29 June – 21 July) USS Roi (CVE-103) USS Munda (CVE-104) From 20 July USS Gilbert...
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USS Tripoli (CVE-64) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. Tripoli is the first US Navy ship named for the Battle of Derne in...
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sequence. The five existing ships were: ^a Block Island was redesignated from CVE-106 to LPH-1 in anticipation of the ship being converted into the LPH role...
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with the escort carriers Admiralty Islands (CVE-99), Hollandia (CVE-97), Thetis Bay (CVE-90) and Roi (CVE-103), and their screen, Reynolds (DE-42), McClelland (DE-750)...
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Thetis Bay was a converted Casablanca class escort carrier. Under the hull designation CVHA-1, she was the prototype for the LPH concept. USS Thetis Bay (LPH-6)...
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USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) was the twenty-sixth of fifty Casablanca-class escort carriers built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was named...
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than a seaplane tender. USS Long Island. Includes HMS Archer that was transferred on 17 November 1941. Includes thirty-eight CVEs that were constructed...
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25 February, Tisdale exited the lagoon at Eniwetok in company with Thetis Bay (CVE-90). The task unit reached Apra Harbor, Guam, on the 28th, and she conducted...
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Prior to the creation of the escort carrier hull classification symbol (CVE) on 15 July 1943, these ships were designated as Auxiliary aircraft escort...
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Ship Characteristics Board (section USS Thresher loss)
Friedman, Amphibious Ships, p. 303 Friedman, Submarines, p. 90 Friedman, Submarines, p. 90 Crierie, SCB Numbers Friedman, Amphibious Ships, p. 311 Friedman...
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