"[Mission Bay entered] the New York channel the 17th [June 1944]. That same day she collided with a dredge and had to continue on to Portsmouth for repairs, mooring 22 June." (Quoted from DANFS, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.)

This photo is believed to have been taken on her way to Portsmouth.

USS Mission Bay operated primarily as an ASW carrier in the Atlantic. She is shown on 10 August 1944, off the East Coast, wearing Measure 32 Design 4A camouflage. Note Hellcats on deck and the large SK air search radar antenna on the mast.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command (# NH 106582).

USS Mission Bay (CVE-59) underway, location and date unknown (probably 1945.) Note the lighter color island, compared to the Measure 21 hull up to the flight deck. Several CVE's wore this modified scheme in 1945.

US Navy photo, via US Naval Institute.

"Ex-Navy Carriers [Guadalcanal and Mission Bay] May Go To Japan for Breaking Up."

Stripped and powerless, the veteran WWII escort carriers Guadalcanal and Mission Bay take a last voyage to a Japanese scrapyard under the charge of the Dutch tug Elbe.