Commencement Bay 1945
Commencement Bay 1963
Annapolis 1965
| No | Name | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| CVE105, 6.1955- CVHE105, 5.1959- AKV37 | Commencement Bay (ex-St. Joseph Bay) | 55 | Todd-Pacific, Tacoma | 23.9.1943 | 9.5.1944 | 27.11.1944 | helicopter escort carrier 6.1955, aviation transport 5.1959, stricken 4.1971 |
| CVE106, 12.1957- LPH1, 2.1959- CVE106, 5.1959- AKV38 | Block Island (ex-Sunset Bay) | 56 | Todd-Pacific, Tacoma | 25.10.1943 | 10.6.1944 | 30.12.1944 | assault helicopter carrier 12.1957 (conversion cancelled 6.1958), escort carrier 2.1959, aviation transport 5.1959, stricken 7.1959 |
| CVE107, 5.1959- AKV39, 6.1963- AGMR1 | Gilbert Islands (ex-St. Andrews Bay), 6.1963- Annapolis | 57 | Todd-Pacific, Tacoma | 29.11.1943 | 20.7.1944 | 5.2.1945 | aviation transport 5.1959, communications relay ship 3.1964, stricken 10.1976 |
| CVE108, 5.1959- AKV8, 6.1965- T-AKV8 | Kula Gulf (ex-Vermillion Bay) | 58 | Todd-Pacific, Tacoma | 16.12.1943 | 15.8.1944 | 12.5.1945 | aviation transport 5.1959, aircraft transport 6.1965, stricken 9.1970 |
| CVE109, 6.1955 - CVHE109, 5.1959- AKV9 | Cape Gloucester (ex-Willapa Bay) | 59 | Todd-Pacific, Tacoma | 10.1.1944 | 12.9.1944 | 5.3.1945 | helicopter escort carrier 6.1955, aviation transport 5.1959, stricken 4.1971 |
| CVE110, 5.1959- AKV10 | Salerno Bay (ex-Winjah Bay) | 60 | Todd-Pacific, Tacoma | 7.2.1944 | 26.9.1944 | 19.5.1945 | aviation transport 5.1959, stricken 6.1961 |
| CVE111, 6.1955 - CVHE111, 5.1959- AKV11 | Vella Gulf (ex-Totem Bay) | 61 | Todd-Pacific, Tacoma | 7.3.1944 | 19.10.1944 | 9.4.1945 | helicopter escort carrier 6.1955, aviation transport 5.1959, stricken 12.1970 |
| CVE112, 5.1959- AKV12 | Siboney (ex-Frosty Bay) | 62 | Todd-Pacific, Tacoma | 1.4.1944 | 9.11.1944 | 14.5.1945 | aviation transport 5.1959, stricken 6.1970 |
| CVE113, 6.1955 - CVHE113, 5.1959- AKV13 | Puget Sound (ex-Hobart Bay) | 63 | Todd-Pacific, Tacoma | 12.5.1944 | 30.11.1944 | 18.6.1945 | helicopter escort carrier 6.1955, aviation transport 5.1959, stricken 6.1960 |
| CVE114, 5.1959- AKV14 | Rendova (ex-Mosser Bay) | 64 | Todd-Pacific, Tacoma | 15.6.1944 | 28.12.1944 | 22.10.1945 | aviation transport 5.1959, stricken 4.1971 |
| CVE115, 5.1959- AKV15 | Bairoko (ex-Portage Bay) | 65 | Todd-Pacific, Tacoma | 25.7.1944 | 25.1.1945 | 16.7.1945 | aviation transport 5.1959, stricken 4.1960 |
| CVE116, 5.1959- AKV16 | Badoeng Strait (ex-San Alberto Bay) | 66 | Todd-Pacific, Tacoma | 18.8.1944 | 15.2.1945 | 14.11.1945 | aviation transport 5.1959, stricken 12.1970 |
| CVE117, 6.1955 - CVHE117, 5.1959- AKV17 | Saidor (ex-Saltery Bay) | 67 | Todd-Pacific, Tacoma | 29.9.1944 | 17.3.1945 | 4.9.1945 | helicopter escort carrier 6.1955, aviation transport 5.1959, stricken 12.1970 |
| CVE118, 5.1959- AKV18 | Sicily (ex-Sandy Bay) | 68 | Todd-Pacific, Tacoma | 23.10.1944 | 14.4.1945 | 27.2.1946 | aviation transport 5.1959, stricken 7.1960 |
| CVE119, 5.1959- AKV19, 8.1965- T-AKV19 | Point Cruz (ex-Trocadero Bay) | 69 | Todd-Pacific, Tacoma | 4.12.1944 | 18.5.1945 | 16.10.1945 | aviation transport 5.1959, aircraft transport 8.1965, stricken 9.1970 |
| CVE120, 5.1959- AKV20 | Mindoro | 76 | Todd-Pacific, Tacoma | 2.1.1945 | 27.6.1945 | 4.12.1945 | aviation transport 5.1959, stricken 12.1959 |
| CVE121, 6.1955 - CVHE121, 5.1959- AKV21 | Rabaul | 77 | Todd-Pacific, Tacoma | 29.1.1945 | 14.7.1945 | 30.8.1946 | helicopter escort carrier 6.1955, aviation transport 5.1959, stricken 9.1971 |
| CVE122, 5.1959- AKV22 | Palau | 78 | Todd-Pacific, Tacoma | 19.2.1945 | 6.8.1945 | 15.1.1946 | aviation transport 5.1959, stricken 4.1960 |
| CVE123, 6.1955 - CVHE123, 5.1959- AKV23 | Tinian | 79 | Todd-Pacific, Tacoma | 20.3.1945 | 5.9.1945 | 30.7.1946 | helicopter escort carrier 6.1955, aviation transport 5.1959, stricken 6.1970 |
| CVE124 | Bastogne | 80 | Todd-Pacific, Tacoma | 2.4.1945 | --- | --- | cancelled 11.8.1945 |
| CVE125 | Eniwetok | 81 | Todd-Pacific, Tacoma | 20.4.1945 | --- | --- | cancelled 11.8.1945 |
| CVE126 | Lingayen | 82 | Todd-Pacific, Tacoma | 1.5.1945 | --- | --- | cancelled 11.8.1945 |
| CVE127 | Okinawa | 83 | Todd-Pacific, Tacoma | 22.5.1945 | --- | --- | cancelled 11.8.1945 |
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Displacement standard, t |
18908 |
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Displacement full, t |
21397 |
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Length, m |
160.0 wl 169.9 oa |
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Breadth, m |
22.9 wl 32.1 a |
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Draught, m |
8.50 full load |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets Allison-Chalmers geared steam turbines, 4 Combustion Engineering boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
16000 |
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Max speed, kts |
19 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 1789 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 10000 (15) |
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Armament |
CVE105 - 107: 2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 12, 3 x 4 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 12 x 2 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 20 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 33 aircraft (F4F Wildcat, F4U Corsair, F6F Hellcat fighters, SB2C Helldiver dive bombers, TBF/TBM Avenger torpedo bombers, TBM-S Avenger ASW planes, TBM-W Avenger EW planes, SOC Seagull, F4F-P Wildcat, F4U-P Corsair, F6F-P Hellcat reconnaissance planes) CVE108, 110, 112 - 117: 2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 12, 3 x 4 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 12 x 2 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 20 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 33 aircraft (F4F Wildcat, F4U Corsair, F6F Hellcat, FR Fireball, F8F Bearcat fighters, SB2C Helldiver dive bombers, TBF/TBM Avenger torpedo bombers, TBM-S Avenger ASW planes, TBM-W Avenger EW planes, SOC Seagull, F4F-P Wildcat, F4U-P Corsair, F6F-P Hellcat, F8F-P Bearcat reconnaissance planes) CVE109, 111: 2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 12, 3 x 4 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 12 x 2 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 20 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 33 aircraft (F4F Wildcat, F4U Corsair, F6F Hellcat, FR Fireball fighters, SB2C Helldiver dive bombers, TBF/TBM Avenger torpedo bombers, TBM-S Avenger ASW planes, TBM-W Avenger EW planes, SOC Seagull, F4F-P Wildcat, F4U-P Corsair, F6F-P Hellcat reconnaissance planes) CVE118: 2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk Mk 30, 3 x 4 - 40/56 Mk 2, 12 x 2 - 40/56 Mk 1, 20 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 33 aircraft (F4U Corsair, F6F Hellcat, FR Fireball, F8F Bearcat fighters, SB2C Helldiver dive bombers, TBF/TBM Avenger torpedo bombers, TBM-S Avenger ASW planes, TBM-W Avenger EW planes, SOC Seagull, F4U-P Corsair, F6F-P Hellcat, F8F-P Bearcat reconnaissance planes) CVE119: 2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 12, 3 x 4 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 12 x 2 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 20 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 33 aircraft (F4F Wildcat, F4U Corsair, F6F Hellcat, FR Fireball, F8F Bearcat fighters, SB2C Helldiver dive bombers, TBF/TBM Avenger torpedo bombers, TBM-S Avenger ASW planes, TBM-W Avenger EW planes, SOC Seagull, F4F-P Wildcat, F4U-P Corsair, F6F-P Hellcat, F8F-P Bearcat reconnaissance planes) CVE120: 2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 12, 3 x 4 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 12 x 2 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 20 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 33 aircraft (F4U Corsair, F6F Hellcat, FR Fireball, F8F Bearcat fighters, SB2C Helldiver dive bombers, TBF/TBM Avenger torpedo bombers, TBM-S Avenger ASW planes, TBM-W Avenger EW planes, SOC Seagull, F4U-P Corsair, F6F-P Hellcat, F8F-P Bearcat reconnaissance planes) CVE120 - 123: 2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 3 x 4 - 40/60 Mk 2, 12 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 20 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 33 aircraft (F4U Corsair, F6F Hellcat, FR Fireball, F8F Bearcat fighters, SB2C Helldiver dive bombers, TBF/TBM Avenger torpedo bombers, TBM-S Avenger ASW planes, TBM-W Avenger EW planes, SOC Seagull, F4U-P Corsair, F6F-P Hellcat, F8F-P Bearcat reconnaissance planes) |
| Sensors |
SG, SK-2, SP radars |
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Complement |
1066 |
Aircraft facilities (fd - 3,726 m², ha - 1,382 m² / 7,365 m³): Flight deck: 152.7 x 24.4 m. Hangar: 65.8 x 21.0 x 5.33 m. There were 2 elevators in the center line (7.7 t, 13.4 x 12.8 m). There was 1 H 2 and 1 H 4C catapults. Aircraft fuel stowage: 700 000 l.
| Year | fighters | torpedo bombers | ASW planes and helicopters |
| 6.1945 Block Island | 20 F4U-1D and F6F-5N | 9 TBM-3 | --- |
| 9.1950 Sicily | 15 F4U-4B | --- | 10 TBM-3E/S, 2 HO3S-1 |
| 9.1952 Badoeng Strait | --- | --- | 10 - 15 AF-2S/W, 2 HO3S-1 |
Project history: Largest and most successful US-built escort aircraft carriers. The project represented improved Sangamon. Hull repeated the hull of T-3 tanker, but was thoroughly improved and re-arranged; the number of watertight bulkheads has increased. Stern-arranged engine and boiler rooms were stored, but machinery became arranged on en echelon, its power was increased also. The area of a flight deck in comparison with Sangamon was a little moderated, but the hangar became larger.
Modernizations: 1.1946, all completed: 2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 3 x 4 - 40/60 Mk 2, 12 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 20 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 catapults, 33 aircraft, SG, SK-2, SP radars
1950s, almost all survived: + SLR-2 ECM suite
1960s, almost all survived: - SLR-2 ECM suite; + WLR-1, ULQ-6 ECM suites
(8/1962 - 3.1964, New York N Yd, Brooklyn) Gilbert Islands: was converted to communications relay ship AGMR1 Annapolis: displacement was 11473 / 22500 t, complement was 710 men, armament consisted of 4 x 2 - 76/50 Mk 33 mountings.
Naval service: No significant events.
Kula Gulf 1950
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