USS Gambier Bay

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
escort carrier
gptkbp:aircraftCarried 27 aircraft
gptkbp:armament 12 × 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons
8 × 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns
1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal dual-purpose gun
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
4 battle stars
gptkbp:battle gptkb:Battle_off_Samar
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkbp:beam 65 ft 2 in (19.9 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kaiser_Shipyards
gptkbp:class gptkb:Casablanca-class_escort_carrier
gptkbp:commissioned 28 December 1943
gptkbp:complement 860 officers and men
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:displacement 7,800 tons (standard)
10,400 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 22 ft 6 in (6.9 m)
gptkbp:fate sunk in action
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Gambier Bay
gptkbp:hullNumber CVE-73
gptkbp:laidDown 10 July 1943
gptkbp:launched 22 November 1943
gptkbp:length 512 ft 3 in (156.1 m)
gptkbp:locationSunk off Samar, Philippines
gptkbp:namedAfter Gambier Bay, Alaska
gptkbp:notableEvent only US aircraft carrier sunk by naval gunfire
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Task_Unit_77.4.3_(Taffy_3)
gptkbp:propulsion 2 Skinner Unaflow reciprocating steam engines
gptkbp:servicePeriod 1943–1944
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USS_St._Lo
gptkb:USS_Fanshaw_Bay
gptkb:USS_Kalinin_Bay
gptkb:USS_White_Plains
USS Kitkun Bay
USS Manila Bay
USS Marcus Island
USS Natoma Bay
USS Ommaney Bay
USS Savo Island
gptkbp:speed 19 knots
gptkbp:sunkBy gptkb:Chokai
gptkb:Yamato
gptkb:Chikuma
Tone
25 October 1944
Japanese cruisers
Japanese surface ships
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_Samar
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6