USS Gambier Bay
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USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. 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. She was the only American aircraft carrier sunk by enemy surface gunfire during World War II.
1943 — 1944
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CVE-73; Gambier Bay
speed 19 knot, length 156.13 metre, beam 33 metre,
United States Navy, Kaiser Shipyards, 
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Location: 11.767, 126.15, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1943 Fletcher-class destroyer -
USS Samuel B. Roberts ⓘ
1944 John C. Butler-class destroyer escort
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1943 — 1944 USS Gambier Bay
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1944-11-27T00:00:00Z
ship decommissioning
1943-11-22T00:00:00Z
1943-11-22T00:00:00Z
ship launching
1943-12-28T00:00:00Z
1943-12-28T00:00:00Z
ship commissioning
1943-07-10T00:00:00Z
1943-07-10T00:00:00Z
keel laying
1944-10-25T00:00:00Z
1944-10-25T00:00:00Z
sinking
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USS Gambier Bay burning from earlier gunfire damage, Battle of Samar, Leyte Gulf
CVE 73 Gambier Bay
CVE 73 Gambier Bay underway
USS Gambier Bay on fire
USS Gambier Bay at the Battle off Samar
USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) and escorts making smoke off Samar 1944
Captain Hugh H. Goodwin during inspection of the crew of USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) in January 1944Captain Hugh H. Goodwin during inspection of the crew of USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) in January 1944
Official portrait of Captain Hugh H. Goodwin, USNOfficial portrait of Captain Hugh H. Goodwin, USN
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