USS Commencement Bay
USS Commencement Bay (CVE-105) (ex-St. Joseph Bay), the lead ship of her class, was an escort carrier and later helicopter carrier of the United States Navy, used mostly as a training ship.
USS Commencement Bay in early 1945 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Commencement Bay |
| Namesake | Commencement Bay in Washington |
| Builder | Todd Pacific Shipyards, Tacoma, Washington |
| Laid down | 23 September 1943 |
| Launched | 9 May 1944 |
| Commissioned | 27 November 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 30 November 1946 |
| Reclassified |
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| Stricken | 1 April 1971 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 25 August 1972 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Commencement Bay-class escort carrier |
| Displacement | 10,900 long tons (11,100 t) |
| Length | 557 ft (170 m) |
| Beam | 75 ft (23 m) |
| Draft | 30 ft 6 in (9.30 m) |
| Propulsion | 2-shaft geared turbines, 16,000 shp |
| Speed | 19 knots (22 mph; 35 km/h) |
| Complement | 1,066 |
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| Aircraft carried | 34 |
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