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USS Kitkun Bay underway, 10 February 1944
History
USS Kitkun BayUnited States
NameKitkun Bay
NamesakeKitkun Bay, Prince of Wales Island
Orderedas a Type S4-S2-BB3 hull, MCE hull 1108[1]
Awarded18 June 1942
BuilderKaiser Shipyards
Laid down3 May 1943
Launched8 November 1943
Commissioned15 December 1943
Decommissioned19 April 1946
Stricken1 April 1960
IdentificationHull symbol: CVE-71
Honors and
awards		6 Battle stars, a Presidential Unit Citation for conduct during the Battle off Samar
FateSold for scrap, 18 November 1946
General characteristics [2]
Class and typeCasablanca-class escort carrier
Displacement
  • 8,188 long tons (8,319 t) (standard)
  • 10,902 long tons (11,077 t) (full load)
Length
  • 512 ft 3 in (156.13 m) (oa)
  • 490 ft (150 m) (wl)
  • 474 ft (144 m) (fd)
Beam
  • 65 ft 2 in (19.86 m)
  • 108 ft (33 m) (extreme width)
Draft20 ft 9 in (6.32 m) (max)
Installed power
  • 4 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers
  • 9,000 shp (6,700 kW)
Propulsion
  • 2 × Skinner Unaflow reciprocating steam engines
  • 2 × screws
Speed19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Range10,240 nmi (18,960 km; 11,780 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement
  • Total: 910 – 916 officers and men
    • Embarked Squadron: 50 – 56
    • Ship's Crew: 860
Armament
  • As designed:
  • 1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal dual-purpose gun
  • 8 × 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns
  • 12 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons
  • Varied, ultimate armament:
  • 1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal gun
  • 8 × twin 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns
  • 30 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons
Aircraft carried27
Aviation facilities
  • 1 × catapult
  • 2 × elevators
Service record
Part of: United States Pacific Fleet (1944–1946)
Operations:
  • Mariana and Palau Islands campaign
    • Battle of the Philippine Sea
  • Philippines campaign
    • Battle off Samar
    • Invasion of Lingayen Gulf
  • Operation Magic Carpet

USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71) was the seventeenth of fifty Casablanca-class escort carrier built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was launched in November 1943, and transferred to the Navy and commissioned in December. She served in the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, the Battle off Samar, in which she was the first ship to undergo kamikaze attack, and the Invasion of Lingayen Gulf, during which she was damaged by another kamikaze and forced to withdraw. Post-war, she participated in Operation Magic Carpet, repatriating U.S. servicemen from around the Pacific. She was decommissioned in April 1946, and sold for scrapping in November. Ultimately, she was broken up in early 1947.

  1. ^ Kaiser Vancouver 2010.
  2. ^ Chesneau & Gardiner 1980, p. 109.

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