Allied Warships

USS Mission Bay (CVE 59)

Escort carrier of the Casablanca class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeEscort carrier
ClassCasablanca 
PennantCVE 59 
Built byKaiser Shipbuilding Co. (Vancouver, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down28 Dec 1942 
Launched26 May 1943 
Commissioned13 Sep 1943 
End service21 Feb 1947 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 21 February 1947.
Stricken 1 September 1958. Sold 30 April 1959 and scrapped in Japan in January 1960.

 

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1Capt. William Lehigh Rees, USN13 Sep 1943???

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