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Escort carriers at the Vancouver Shipyard in 1943 The USS Gambier Bay CVE-73, an escort carrier that was made in the Vancouver Shipyard. The Kaiser Company (Vancouver, Washington), commonly known as the Vancouver Shipyard, was an emergency shipyard constructed along the Columbia River in Vancouver, Washington, to help meet the production demands of the U.S. Maritime Commission in World War II.
The Kaiser Shipyards were seven major ... and the Vancouver Shipyard in Vancouver, Washington. [2] Henry Kaiser was known for developing new methods of shipbuilding ...
USS LST-475 while under construction at Kaiser, Inc., Vancouver, WA. She was built in record time, 71 hours and 50 minutes from keel laying to launching, 16 November 1942. She was built in record time, 71 hours and 50 minutes from keel laying to launching, 16 November 1942.
Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington: Yard number: 152 [1] Laid down: 10 July 1942: Launched: 26 September 1942: Commissioned: 23 December 1942: Identification: Hull symbol: LST-448: Honors and awards: 2 × battle stars: Fate: Sunk, 5 October 1943: General characteristics [2] Class and type: LST-1-class tank landing ship ...
Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington: Yard number: 176 [1] Laid down: 31 October 1942: Launched: 7 December 1942: Commissioned: 13 March 1943: Stricken: 19 January 1945: Identification: Hull symbol: LST-472; Code letters: NGDC; Honors and awards: 6 × battle stars: Fate: Sunk in action, 21 December 1944: General characteristics [2 ...
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USS Anzio (ACV/CVE/CVHE-57), was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy that saw service during World War II in the Pacific War.Originally classified as an auxiliary aircraft carrier ACV-57, the vessel was laid down in 1942, in Vancouver, Washington, by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company and initially named Alikula Bay, then renamed Coral Sea and redesignated CVE-57 in 1943.
During World War II, LST-471 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the following operations: the Lae occupation in September 1943; the Leyte operation in October and November 1944; the Lingayen Gulf landings in January 1945; the Mindanao Island landings in March 1945; and the Balikpapan operation in June and July 1945.