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CVE-75 USS HOGGATT BAY
(later CVHE-75 and AKV-25)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Kilo - X-Ray - Alpha
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-75 Hoggatt Bay
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Hoggatt Bay was sponsored by Mrs. Esther Irene Sundvik, wife of Victor Sundvik, a Vancouver Way 2 shipwright. Mrs. Sundvik was a cook at Burton Homes, and the first sponsor chosen from among yard employees.

(From "Bo's'n's Whistle," Vol. 3, No. 23; December 9, 1943; page 6.)

 Courtesy of Ron Gough,
Bea Dee, Ltd.,
Kaiser Vancouver / Swan Island & Oregon Shipyards website
World War II
CVE-75 Hoggatt Bay
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Undated. Underway with aircraft on deck. Camouflaged in Measure 32, Design 12A (thanks to Aryeh Wetherhorn.)

 Bob Dunn MM3
Hoggatt Bay W.W.II
CVE-75 Hoggatt Bay
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Excellent overhead showing general configuration of this class. Camouflaged in Measure 32, Design 12A (thanks to Aryeh Wetherhorn.)

 Bob Dunn MM3
Hoggatt Bay W.W.II
CVE-75 Hoggatt Bay
NS0307502		 66k Good image showing Hoggatt Bay launching aircraft. Bob Dunn MM3
Hoggatt Bay W.W.II
USS HOGGATT BAY CVE-75 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
Contact Name: Mr. D. L. Canady
Address:5868 Argyle Way Riverside , CA, 92506-3513
Phone: 909-232-3052
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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