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USS CORAL SEA   (CVE-57),
later USS ANZIO   (CVE-57)
(later CVHE-57)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - X-Ray - Papa - Quebec
CLASS - CASABLANCA
Displacement 7,800 Tons, Dimensions, 512' 3" (oa) x 65' 2" x 22' 4" (Max)
Armament 1 x 5"/38AA 16x 40mm, 20 x 20mm, 27 Aircraft.
Machinery, 9,000 IHP; 2 Skinner, Uniflow engines, 2 screws
Speed, 19 Knots, Crew 860.

Operational and Building Data
Auxiliary aircraft carrier ACV-57 was laid down on 12 December 1942 by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver, Wash. under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1094). Named Alikula Bay on 22 January 1943; renamed Coral Sea on 3 April 1943. Launched on 1 May 1943. Redesignated CVE-57 on 15 July 1943. Commissioned on 27 August 1943. Renamed Anzio on 15 September 1944. Decommissioned on 5 August 1946.

Reclassified as an Escort Helicopter Aircraft Carrier and redesignated CVHE-57 on 12 June 1955, while in reserve.

FATE: Struck from the Navy list on 1 March 1959. Sold on 24 November 1959 and scrapped.

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CVE-57 Anzio
NS0305701		 79k Poor quality image, in port. USN
CVE-57 Anzio
NS0305702		 60k Seen as Coral Sea, underway, before her name was changed to allow it to be given CVB-43. USN
CVE-57 Coral Sea/Anzio
NS0305704		 99k

USS Coral Sea (CVE-57) underway in 1943–1944 with VC-33, consisting of Avenger torpedo-bombers and Wildcat fighters, aboard. Location unknown (USN photo.)

 Robert Hurst
CVE-57 Anzio
NS0305703		 70k Late war image © Cecil Noennich
CVE-57 Coral Sea/Anzio
NS0305705		 37k

This is a photo of my father, Verval O'Veal "Bill" Estes. He is the one on the right side. He served on USS Coral Sea/Anzio (CVE-57), August 11, 1944–Oct 1945. I think this may have been taken in Hawaii as he was stationed there for a while. I would like to find out who the two men with him are and where the photo was actually made.

 Jewell Estes Collier
CVE-57 Coral Sea/Anzio
NS0305706		 67k

A model of USS Coral Sea/Anzio (CVE-57).

 Courtesy of Joel Rosen, Motion Models
USS CORAL SEA/ANZIO CVE-57 History
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