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USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. [1] During the Battle off Samar, part of the overall Battle of Leyte Gulf, during a successful effort to turn back a much larger attacking Japanese surface force, Gambier Bay was sunk by naval gunfire, primarily from the battleship Yamato, taking at least 15 hits between 8:10 and 8:50.
On 5 April 1944, VC-10 was assigned as part of the air group for the escort carrier USS Gambier Bay. [2] [3] Gambier Bay was sunk in the Battle off Samar. At the time, the squadron had 195 men and 31 pilots assigned. After Gambier Bay ' s sinking the squadron operated
Battle off Samar; Part of the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Philippines Campaign (1944–45), Pacific War (World War II): The escort carrier Gambier Bay, burning from earlier gunfire damage, is bracketed by a salvo from a Japanese cruiser (faintly visible in the background, center-right) shortly before sinking during the Battle off Samar.
USS Lunga Point USS Gambier Bay under fire at Samar, 1944 USS Thetis Bay ferrying aircraft, 1944 USS Sargent Bay underway, 1944 Although designated as convoy escort carriers, the Casablanca class was far more frequently used in large fleet amphibious operations, where speed was less important and their small airgroups could combine to provide ...
Hugh Hilton Goodwin (December 21, 1900 – February 25, 1980) was a decorated officer in the United States Navy with the rank of vice admiral.A veteran of both World Wars, he commanded escort carrier USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) during the Mariana Islands campaign.
Kitkun Bay (Capt. John P. Whitney) Composite Squadron 5 (Cmdr. R.L. Fowler) 14 FM-2 Wildcat fighters 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers Gambier Bay (sunk at the Battle off Samar, 25 Oct) (Capt. Walter V. R. Vieweg) Composite Squadron 10 (Lt. Cmdr. E.J. Huxtable) 18 FM-2 Wildcat fighters 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers Screen (Cmdr. W.D. Thomas) 3 ...
A Main Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club and the Military Book Club, the book tells the story of the remarkable two-and-a-half-hour sea battle fought on October 25, 1944, in which Rear Admiral Clifton A. F. Sprague's task unit, known as "Taffy 3" (7th Fleet's Task Unit 77.4.3), of escort carriers and their "tin can" escorts rose to the impossible challenge of beating back an overwhelming ...
In World War II Bell was a lieutenant assigned as an intelligence officer to Composite Squadron VC-10 aboard the USS Gambier Bay, an escort carrier. In the Battle off Samar, on 25 October 1944, the Gambier Bay was part of a task force attacked by Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita's "Center Force". Bell rushed to the ready room to put on his flying gear ...