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 Pacific Fleet (1943–1946)
Atlantic Reserve Fleet (1946–1959)
Operations:
Mariana and Palau Islands campaign
Philippines campaign
Invasion of Iwo Jima
Battle of Okinawa
Operation Magic Carpet
USS Saginaw Bay (CVE-82) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. It was named after Saginaw Bay, located within Kuiu Island. The bay was in turn named after USS Saginaw, a U.S. Navy sloop-of-war that spent 1868 and 1869 charting and exploring the Alaskan coast. Launched in January 1944, and commissioned in March, she served in support of the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, the Philippines campaign, the Invasion of Iwo Jima, and the Battle of Okinawa. Postwar, she participated in Operation Magic Carpet. She was decommissioned in April 1946, when she was mothballed in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. Ultimately, she was sold for scrapping in November 1959.
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