USS Rudyerd Bay

USS Rudyerd Bay (CVE-81) was the twenty-seventh of fifty Casablanca-class escort carriers built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was named after Rudyerd Bay, within Ketcchikan Gateway Bourough, of the Territory of Alaska. Today, the bay lies within Misty Fjords National Monument. The ship was launched in January 1944, commissioned in February, and served as a replenishment and transport carrier throughout the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign and the Philippines campaign. Later, she served as a frontline carrier, providing air cover and support for the invasion of Iwo Jima, and the Battle of Okinawa. Postwar, she participated in Operation Magic Carpet, repatriating U.S. servicemen from throughout the Pacific. She was decommissioned in June 1946, when she was mothballed in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. Ultimately, she was sold for scrapping in January 1960.

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1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II

1946-06-11T00:00:00Z

1946-06-11T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1943-10-24T00:00:00Z

1943-10-24T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1944-01-12T00:00:00Z

1944-01-12T00:00:00Z

ship launching

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Frameless

Overhead Shot of Rudyerd Bay

USS Severn (AO-61) and USS Rudyerd Bay (CVE-81) underway in April 1944

USS Rudyerd Bay (CVE-81) underway in 1944

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Overhead Shot of Rudyerd Bay		Commons
commons	image		USS Severn (AO-61) and USS Rudyerd Bay (CVE-81) underway in April 1944		Commons
commons	image		USS Rudyerd Bay (CVE-81) underway in 1944		Commons