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USS NASSAU   (ACV-16)
(later CVE-16 and CVHE-16)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Uniform - Sierra - Tango
Unit Awards, Campaign and Service Medals and Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: China Service Medal (extended) / American Campaign Medal
2nd Row: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5 stars) / World War II Victory Medal / Philippine Liberation Medal
Bogue Class Escort Carrier
Ordered Laid down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned Stricken
(see below) 27 Nov 1941 4 Apr 1942 20 Aug 1942 28 Oct 1946 1 Mar 1959
Builder: Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, Wash.
Specifications
(As converted, 1942)
Displacement: 7,800 tons standard; 15,700 tons full load (design)
Dimensions (wl): 465' x 69.5' x 23.25'  /  141.7 x 21.2 x 7.1 meters
Dimensions (max.): 495' 8" x 111.5'  /  151.1 x 34 meters
Armor: None
Power plant: 2 boilers (285 psi); 1 steam turbine; 1 shaft; 8,500 shp
Speed: 16.5 knots
Endurance:
Armament: 2 single 5"/51 (later 5"/38) gun mounts; (1943) 8 twin 40-mm/56-cal gun mounts; (1943) 27 single 20-mm/70-cal gun mounts
Aircraft: 24
Aviation facilities: 2 elevators; 1 hydraulic catapult
Crew: 890
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ACV-16 Nassau
NS0301601		 69k Steaming astern of battleships USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) and USS Idaho (BB-42). Attu occupation, May 1943. USN
ACV-16 Nassau
NS0301602		 38k Considered maneuverable and habitable, the knock against this class was they tended to be hard to conduct flight operations in anything over moderate seas. Nassau is seen here rolling hard to port in a very moderate sea (May 1943, Attu occupation). USN
ACV-16 Nassau
NS0301603		 70k Off Attu, 13 May 1943. The position of the small starboard stack is disclosed by its smoke plume. USN
ACV-16 Nassau
NS0301604		 57k Underway off California, June 1943. Courtesy of Richard White. Webmaster, "USS Nassau CVE-16"
CVE-16 Nassau
NS0301605		 427k Aft plan view of USS Nassau (CVE-16) at Mare Island Navy Yard on 21 Aug 1943. She was at the yard for repairs from 23 July until 23 Aug 1943. US Navy photo # 6023-43. Darryl Baker
CVE-16 Nassau
NS0301606		 410k Forward plan view of USS Nassau (CVE-16) at Mare Island Navy Yard on 21 Aug 1943. She was at the yard for repairs from 23 July until 23 Aug 1943. US Navy photo # 6025-43. Darryl Baker
CVE-16 Nassau
NS0301608		 67k

SN2 Lawrence Britton on duty at port lookout aboard USS Nassau (CVE-16), October 1943. National Archives photo # 80-G-415475.

 Tracy White
CVE-16 Nassau
NS0301609		 183k

Amidships view of USS Nassau (CVE-16) at Mare Island on 28 April 1944. She was undergoing repairs at the yard from 2 April to 29 April 1944. US Navy photo # 2576-44.

 Darryl Baker
CVE-16 Nassau
NS0301610		 147k

Bow on view of USS Nassau (CVE-16) departing Mare Island on 29 April 1944. US Navy photo # 2592-44.

 Darryl Baker
CVE-16 Nassau
NS0301610a		 151k

Stern view of USS Nassau (CVE-16) departing Mare Island on 29 April 1944. US Navy photo # 2597-44.

 Darryl Baker
CVE-16 Nassau
NS0301607		 34k USS Nassau (CVE-16), April 1944. Camouflage Measure 32, Design 2A. Robert Hurst

For more information about this ship, see:
View the USS Nassau (ACV-16 / CVE-16 / CVHE-16)
DANFS History entry located on the Hazegray & Underway Web Site.
Crew Contact and Reunion Information
Date:  
Place:  
Contact: Mr. Sam A Moore
Address: 10320 Calimesa Blvd Space 221
Calimesa, CA, 92320-2316
Phone: 909-795-6070
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Related Links
Hazegray & Underway World Aircraft Carrier Pages By Andrew Toppan.
Official U.S. Navy Carrier Website
Escort Carrier Sailors & Airmen Association
U.S.S. Nassau  CVE-16 By Richard White.
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