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USS WHITE PLAINS   (CVE-66)
(later CVU-66)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Kilo - Victor - Zulu
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.
Operational and Building Data

Laid down as Elbour Bay (ACV-66), MC hull 1103, by Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Inc., Vancouver, Washington, 11 Feb 1943. Renamed White Plains, 3 Apr 1943; redesignated CVE-66, 15 July 1943. Launched 27 Sep 1943; commissioned 15 Nov 1943.

Decommissioned 10 Jul 1946. Reclassified as an "Utility Aircraft Carrier" and redesignated CVU-66, 12 Jun 1955, while in reserve.

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CVE-66 White Plains
NS0306605		 14k

White Plains (CVE-66) at San Diego, 8 March 1944, with Wildcat fighters and Avenger torpedo bombers on her deck. She is followed by a Fletcher-class destroyer in the pattern camouflage widely used in the Pacific during 1944. National Archives photo # 80-G-381865.

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CVE-66 White Plains
NS0306606		 65k Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 25, 1944. This kamikaze apparently "expected to land on the after end of the flight deck." CAPT Sullivan, White Plains commanding officer, avoided a direct hit by ordering a hard turn to starboard: the plane and its bomb exploded just off the port side of the carrier and caused only minor damage; eleven men were injured, none seriously. Hugh Stratford, USS White Plains
CVE-66 White Plains
NS0306607		 332k Letter from President Truman, sent to all who served and survived. Hugh Stratford, USS White Plains
CVE-66 White Plains
NS0306601		 82k

USS White Plains as she appeared in late 1944, painted in Ms.33, Design 10A. She is seen here being positioned by a harbor tug, at San Diego. (Thanks to Robert Hurst, who provided additional information.)

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Ex-USS White Plains
CVE-66 White Plains
NS0306602		 67k Castle Island, South Boston, 1959. © Richard Leonhardt
CVE-66 White Plains
NS0306603		 120k Castle Island, South Boston, 1959. © Richard Leonhardt
CVE-66 White Plains
NS0306604		 120k Castle Island, South Boston, 1959. © Richard Leonhardt

For more photos and information about this ship, see:
USS WHITE PLAINS CVE-66 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
Date:  
Place:  
Contact: Marvin Cave
Address: 4724 Brentridge Parkway
Greenwood, IN 46143
Phone: 317-881-8371
E-mail: MCave8229@aol.com
Web site:  
Remarks: Contact person for the USS White Plains (CVE-66) and Squadron VC-4
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