USS Salerno Bay
Commencement Bay-class escort carrier of the US Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS Salerno Bay (CVE-110) (ex-Winjah Bay) was a Commencement Bay-class escort carrier laid down on 7 February 1944 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Tacoma, Washington; launched on 26 September 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Ward Gilbert; transferred to the Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon, for completion on 29 September 1944; and commissioned on 19 May 1945, Captain W. C. Holt in command.
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USS Salerno Bay in the early 1950s | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Salerno Bay |
Namesake | Landings at Salerno, Italy |
Builder | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation |
Laid down | 7 February 1944 |
Launched | 26 September 1944 |
Commissioned | 19 May 1945 |
Decommissioned | 4 October 1947 |
Recommissioned | 20 June 1951 |
Decommissioned | 16 February 1954 |
Reclassified | Cargo Ship and Aircraft Ferry, AKV-10, 1959 |
Stricken | 1 June 1961 |
Fate | Sold on 30 October 1961, Scrapped Bilbao, 1962[1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Commencement Bay-class escort carrier |
Displacement | 21,397 long tons (21,740 t) |
Length | 557 ft 1 in (169.80 m) loa |
Beam | 75 ft (23 m) |
Draft | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
Complement | 1,066 |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 33 |
Aviation facilities | 2 × aircraft catapults |
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