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 carried
27
Aviation facilities
1 × catapult
2 × elevators
Service record
Part of:
United States Eighth Fleet (1943–46)
Atlantic Reserve Fleet (1946–58)
Operations:
Battle of the Atlantic
USS Mission Bay (CVE-59) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was named after Mission Bay, located northwest of San Diego. Launched in May 1943, and commissioned in September, she served as a transport carrier, ferrying aircraft to bases in Europe, Africa, and Asia. She also participated in the Battle of the Atlantic, protecting convoys and conducting antisubmarine patrols. Notably, she escorted President Roosevelt on-board the cruiser Quincy as he returned from the Yalta Conference. She was decommissioned in February 1947, when she was mothballed in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. Ultimately, she was sold for scrapping in April 1959.
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