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USS THETIS BAY   (CVE-90)
(later CVHA-1 and LPH-6)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Kilo - Yankee - Tango
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

Built by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver, Wash. Laid down 22 Dec 1943, launched 16 Mar 1944 and commissioned 21 Apr 1944. Decommissioned to reserve, 7 Aug 1946.

Converted to an "Assault Helicopter Aircraft Carrier"; redesignated CVHA-1, 1 Jul 1955. Recommissioned 20 Jul 1956; conversion completed 1 Sep.

Reclassified as an "Amphibious Assault Ship (Helicopter)" and redesignated LPH-6, 28 May 1959.

FATE Decommissioned and struck from the Navy list, 1 Mar 1964. Sold for scrap.

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CVE-90 Thetis Bay
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USS Thetis Bay (CVE-90) photographed on 7 August 1944. The ship is painted in Camouflage Measure 33, Design 10A.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives (# 19-N-69574).

 Robert Hurst
CVE-90 Thetis Bay
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USS Thetis Bay (CVE-90) in San Francisco Bay, 12 December 1945, completing a Magic Carpet trip from the Pacific Theater. Anti-aircraft guns are covered with canvas. The ship is painted in Measure 21 camouflage.

 Gerd Matthes, Germany
CVE-90 Thetis Bay
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The escort carrier USS Thetis Bay (CVE-90) underway in the Pacific with her deck crammed with PBY-5A Catalinas and other cargo, date and location unknown.

 Robert Hurst

For more information about this ship, see:
USS THETIS BAY CVE-90 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: Dennis "Doc" Moss
Address: PO Box 65, Isle, MN 56342
Phone: 320-676-8940
E-mail: drmoss@ecenet.com
Web site: USS Thetis Bay Association
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Additional Resources
 Hazegray & Underway World Aircraft Carrier Pages By Andrew Toppan.
Official U.S. Navy Carrier Website
USS Thetis Bay Association
Escort Carrier Sailors & Airmen Association
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