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Title: Escort carrier Gambier Bay (CVE 73)
Post by: Arlo on December 28, 2019, 03:54:51 PM
The escort carrier Gambier Bay (CVE 73), was commissioned #OTD in 1943, her service life destined to last less than a year and ending with her sinking during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

(via National Naval Aviation Museum)

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Title: Re: Escort carrier Gambier Bay (CVE 73)
Post by: Chalenge on December 28, 2019, 04:24:56 PM
I've been looking for erection/construction prints for this class (Casablanca) for along time. If you find anything like that, then please pass it along.
Title: Re: Escort carrier Gambier Bay (CVE 73)
Post by: Arlo on December 28, 2019, 06:50:54 PM
Not sure if tthis will suffice, but ...

Internet results Liscomb Bay (Casablanca Class) - navsource.org:


(http://www.navsource.org/archives/03/0305606.jpg)

(http://www.navsource.org/archives/03/0305606b.jpg)

(http://www.navsource.org/archives/03/0305606a.jpg)
Title: Re: Escort carrier Gambier Bay (CVE 73)
Post by: davidpt40 on December 28, 2019, 08:13:21 PM
I was trying to identify the aircraft on the Gambier, and I came across a really interesting after-action report of the Battle of Leyte Gulf by the pilots aboard. They flew FM-2s and TBMs (large plane for an escort carrier). One of the pilots mentions that another of the escort carriers had F6Fs.

http://www.ussgambierbay-vc10.com/PDF/vc10BattleofLeyteGulf.pdf

There is a photo of the battleship Yamato firing directly at the Gambier.  It is most likely that the Yamato sank her (though two battleships were firing on the Gambier, the Yamato was the closest).
Title: Re: Escort carrier Gambier Bay (CVE 73)
Post by: MiloMorai on December 28, 2019, 11:19:01 PM
Quote from: Chalenge on December 28, 2019, 04:24:56 PM
I've been looking for erection/construction prints for this class (Casablanca) for along time. If you find anything like that, then please pass it along.

Anatomy of the Ship: Gambier Bay has many, many pages of drawings.

(https://www.bing.com/th?id=OIP.dI4A4NBFIB-vzbolxzdCXQHaG9&pid=Api&rs=1)

ISBN 10: 1557502358 
ISBN 13: 9781557502353
Title: Re: Escort carrier Gambier Bay (CVE 73)
Post by: Ramesis on December 31, 2019, 03:36:40 PM
Quote from: Arlo on December 28, 2019, 03:54:51 PM
The escort carrier Gambier Bay (CVE 73), was commissioned #OTD in 1943, her service life destined to last less than a year and ending with her sinking during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

(via National Naval Aviation Museum)

I was stationed with VC-10 at gtmo '71-'73 as an AE
at the time VC-10 was flying F-8K/Us and S2c
I believe the squadron was decommissioned sometime around '76 or '86
When standing the POW watch, I would read the squadron logs in the ready room which
chronicled VC-10s time on the Gambier Bay and had pictures on the ready room wall