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USS SAGINAW BAY   (CVE-82)
(later CVHE-82)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Kilo - X-Ray - Victor
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-82 Saginaw Bay
NS0308202		 18k

Champagne flies as Mrs. Howard L. Vickery, wife of Rear Admiral Howard L. Vickery, vice chairman of the U.S. Maritime Commission, christens Saginaw Bay on Wednesday, 19 January 1944.

(From "Bo's'n's Whistle," Vol. 4, No. 2; January 28, 1944; pages 4–5.)

 Courtesy of Ron Gough,
Bea Dee, Ltd.,
Kaiser Vancouver / Swan Island & Oregon Shipyards website
CVE-82 Saginaw Bay
NS0308203		 75k

USS Saginaw Bay (CVE-82) underway, date and location unknown.

 Haze Gray & Underway
CVE-82 Saginaw Bay
NS0308201		 86k Rough water in the South China Sea as evidenced by the pitch and roll of the Saginaw Bay's deck on January 16, 1945. USN

For more photos and information about this ship, see:
USS SAGINAW BAY CVE-82 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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Hazegray & Underway World Aircraft Carrier Pages By Andrew Toppan.
Official U.S. Navy Carrier Website
Escort Carrier Sailors & Airmen Association
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