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USS SHIPLEY BAY   (CVE-85)
(later CVHE-85)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Kilo - Yankee - Echo
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-85 Shipley Bay
NS0308504		 9k

Mrs. Lawrence B. Richardson (right,) wife of RADM Richardson (Bureau of Aeronautics,) christened Shipley Bay (CVE-85) on Saturday, February 12, 1944. Plate ship welder Mm. Helen Larkin, wife of Marine Brig. Gen. Claude A. Larkin (left,) presented flowers.

(From "Bo's'n's Whistle," Vol. 4, No. 4; February 25, 1944; page 7.)

 Courtesy of Ron Gough,
Bea Dee, Ltd.,
Kaiser Vancouver / Swan Island & Oregon Shipyards website
World War II
CVE-85 Shipley Bay
NS0308501		 65k Excellent overhead showing AA armament. USN
CVE-85 Shipley Bay
NS0308501a		 147k

Another view, as above. Date and location unknown.

 Paul D. Elliot
CVE-85 Shipley Bay
NS0308506		 157k

A photo of USS Shipley Bay (CVE-85) operating off the Southern California coast, taken by an airship from ZP-31 on 24 April 1944, not long after her commissioning. Camouflaged in Measure 32, Design 15A.

 David Buell
CVE-85 Shipley Bay
NS0308505		 175k

USS Shipley Bay (CVE-85) at anchor off Majuro Atoll, 18 May 1944. She had just arrived from the West Coast of the United States with a deck load of replacement aircraft destined for the occupation of the Marshall Islands. Her camouflage, Measure 32 Design 15A, is still in good condition (USN photo)

 Initially submitted by Robert Hurst

Larger copy submitted by Gerd Matthes
CVE-85 Shipley Bay
NS0308503		 28k V-4 Division, July 1945. Front row, center to right: LT(JG) Watson, Division officer; Hugh Stratford (the chief with the wind-blown tie); Fergenson(?); Bob Wood. Hugh Stratford, USS Shipley Bay
Ex-USS Shipley Bay
CVE-85 Shipley Bay
NS0308502		 56k In reserve. South Boston Naval Annex, 1959. Also visible is ex-USS Stockham (DD-683). © Richard Leonhardt
USS SHIPLEY BAY CVE-85 History
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