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USS SOLOMONS   (CVE-67)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Kilo - Whiskey - Charlie

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

The second Solomons (CVE-67), was converted from a Maritime Commission hull (MC hull 1104) built by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company of Vancouver, Wash.  Her keel was laid down on 19 March 1943.  Soon thereafter, she was assigned the first of her three names, Emperor.  After being designated an auxiliary aircraft carrier, ACV-67, she was renamed Nassuk Bay on 28 June. On 15 July, she was redesignated an escort carrier, CVE-67.  She was launched on 6 October 1943 while still bearing the name Nassuk Bay. One month later, she received her third and final name, Solomons, and as such, was commissioned on 21 November

FATE
On 15 May 1946, Solomons was decommissioned at Boston Naval Shipyard and struck from the Navy List on 5 June.
Sold for scrap to the Patapsco Scrap Corp., Bethlehem, Pa., she was delivered to its agent on 22 December at Newport, R.I.

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By And/Or Copyright
The Ship
CVE-67 Solomons
NS0306701		 57k Late war image, deck load of aircraft. USN
CVE-67 Solomons
NS0306702		 178k Hand colored photo of the Solomons in the Azores. © Jack Phifer
CVE-67 Solomons
NS0306706		 83k Excellent port bow view. Date and place unknown. William Thornton
The Crew
CVE-67 Solomons
NS0306707		 96k Date and place unknown. William Thornton
CVE-67 Solomons
NS0306708		 78k (Back row) Mc Dowell, Thompson, Clark, Tarte.
(Front row) Camp, John (Bud) Thornton, Moynihan, Ford.		 William Thornton
CVE-67 Solomons
NS0306703		 50k Crossing the equator. Date unknown. Gaylan Knittel
CVE-67 Solomons
NS0306704		 113k Plank Owner's Certificate for George Richard Knittel. Gaylan Knittel
CVE-67 Solomons
NS0306705		 78k "Season's Greetings". Gaylan Knittel
USS SOLOMONS CVE-67 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: Joseph E. Comeau Jr.
Address: P.O. Box 235
LaGrange, Maine 04453
Phone: (207) 943-8856
E-mail: comeaufa@ggcg.org
Web site:  
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Additional Resources
Hazegray & Underway World Aircraft Carrier Pages By Andrew Toppan.
Official U.S. Navy Carrier Website
Escort Carrier Sailors & Airmen Association
USS Solomons CVE 67, by Joseph E. Comeau Jr.
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