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U.S.S. FANSHAW BAY

(CVE-70)


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USS Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70) was a Casablanca-class aircraft carrier whose successful efforts earned her five battle stars and a Presidential Unit Citation for World War II service. Her battle highlights were as follows:

  • June 15, 1944: During the invasion of Saipan, Fanshaw Bay narrowly avoided a torpedo but was hit by a bomb after she was targeted by more than seventy Japanese planes. Of her crew, fourteen were killed and twenty-three wounded. The damage was controlled, but she was sent to Pearl Harbor for repairs.
  • Sept. 16, 1944: Her planes provided air cover for the rescue of a downed pilot off the coast of Wasile Bay.
  • Oct. 25, 1944: In the Battle of Samar, which was part of the Battle for Leyte Gulf, Fanshaw Bay launched planes for antisubmarine missions, observation, drops of psychological warfare material, and support of on-shore troops. Japanese cruisers hit her three times. She survived the attacked and avoided another torpedo, but four of her crew was killed and four wounded, and she needed repair again; another American ship was sunk during the battle.
  • March 25, 1945: The carrier’s planes flew in pre-invasion attacks on Okinawa.
  • Summer 1945: She took part in the occupation of Japan.

Fanshaw Bay was sold for scrap in 1959.

CVE-70 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
JAN1943-MAY1945Saipan Okinawa Morati Guadalcanal Leyte Gulf
MAR1943-AUG1943Leyte Gulf
MAY1943-Keel Date: 18 MAY 1943
at Kaiser Shipyards
NOV1943-Launch Date: 1 NOV 1943
DEC1943-Commissioned: 9 DEC 1943
SEP1944- Shellback Initiation - 14 SEP 1944 - Pacific Ocean
AUG1946-Decommissioned: 14 AUG 1946

CVE-70 General Specifications

Class: Casablanca-class escort carrier

Complement: 764 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 7800 tons

Length: 512 feet 3 inches

Beam: 65 feet 2 inches

Draft: 22 feet 6 in

Range: 10 240 Nautical Miles

Final Disposition: Sold for scrap 26 September 1959