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USS GUADALCANAL   (CVE-60)
(later CVU-60)

(Ex- ASTROLABE BAY)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - X-ray - Victor - Lima

CLASS - CASABLANCA
Displacement 7,800 Tons, Dimensions, 512' 3" (oa) x 65' 2" x 22' 4" (Max)
Armament 1 x 5"/38AA 8 x 40mm, 12 x 20mm, 27 Aircraft.
Machinery, 9,000 IHP; 2 Skinner, Uniflow engines, 2 screws
Speed, 19 Knots, Crew 860.

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World War II
CVE-60 Guadalcanal
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212k USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60). EMC(SW) Brian Kroenung
CVE-60 Guadalcanal
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60k

"The Guadalcanal (CVE-60) operated in the Atlantic and, like other ships of the class assigned to antisubmarine escort duties, was equipped with a high-frequency direction-finding antenna on a pole mast forward of the island. She carried the standard class armament of a single 5-inch/38-caliber dual-purpose gun at the stern, eight twin 40-mm Bofors antiaircraft mounts paired on the gallery deck at the four corners of the flight deck, and 20 single 20-mm Oerlikons spaced along the gallery deck. Six Avengers and eight Wildcats are on deck in this May 1944 view."

(Text from the April 2007 issue of Naval History Magazine, US Naval Institute, via Joe Radigan.)

USN
CVE-60 Guadalcanal
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94k Circa 1944, while painted in camouflage Measure 32, Design 4A. Nice overhead showing details of the Casablanca-class. USN
CVE-60 Guadalcanal
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165k Another nice aerial view of USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) underway, circa 1944. EMC(SW) Brian Kroenung
CVE-60 Guadalcanal
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245k Image from the USS Guadalcanal Memory Log (Cruise Book.) Perhaps taken at Bermuda in 1944. EMC(SW) Brian Kroenung
Capture of U-505, June 4, 1944
CVE-60 Guadalcanal
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37k Small image of USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) with captured German submarine U-505 alongside, off the coast of Africa, June 4, 1944. USN
CVE-60 Guadalcanal
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68k Photo taken just prior to taking the captured U-505 in tow. Note ship's boat alongside U-505. USN
Miscellany
CVE-60 Guadalcanal
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159k

This 8-foot (2.44 meters) model of USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) was donated to the Intrepid Museum in NYC and will go on display in 2008.

Tom Dunham
Ex-USS Guadalcanal
CVE-59 Mission Bay
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220k

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.

EMC(SW) Brian Kroenung

USS GUADALCANAL CVE-60 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Not Sure Of This One, It Might Be LPH-7 Guadalcanal.

Contact Name: Mr. Jack S Dutton
Address:35 Graeler Dr Saint Louis, MO, 63146-4938
Phone: 314-567-3919
E-mail: None

Additional Resources
Hazegray & Underway World Aircraft Carrier Pages By Andrew Toppan.
Official U.S. Navy Carrier Website
Escort Carrier Sailors & Airmen Association

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