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USS KITKUN BAY   (CVE-71)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Kilo - Whiskey - Oscar
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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CVE-71 Kitkun Bay
NS0307101		 51k Undated, underway with aircraft on deck. Haze Gray & Underway
CVE-71 Kitkun Bay
NS0307102		 74k

Japanese plane shot down as it attempted to attack USS Kitkun Bay, near Marianas Islands, June 1944 (photo # 80-G-238363).

 National Archives
CVE-71 Kitkun Bay
NS0307104		 80k

Battle off Samar, 25 October 1944 — USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71) prepares to launch FM-2 "Wildcat" fighters during the action. In the center distance, Japanese shells are splashing near USS White Plains (CVE-66).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (photo # 80-G-287497).

 Scott Dyben
CVE-71 Kitkun Bay
NS0307103		 35k January 8 1945, Seen smoking after kamikaze hit. USN

For more photos and information about this ship, see:
USS KITKUN BAY CVE-71 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)
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Contact: Dean Baughman, President/Treas.
Address: 27 Linwood NE, East Wenatchee, WA 98802
Phone: 509-884-6065
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