USS Kula Gulf (CVE-108).

National Archives photo (#80-G-265619).

USS Kula Gulf (CVE-108), circa 1945-46.

The USS Kula Gulf at sea during a typhoon.

National Archives photo (#80-G-265624).

Bow on-bottom painted (in drydock at Todd's Shipyard Harbor Island in Seattle, Washington).

National Archives photo (#80-G-334016).

Underway, circa 1950–1951.

Underway with F4U Corsairs on the after flight deck, location unknown. Circa 1950–1951.

Collage (probably 1951).

S-3 Division, 12 October 1951.

Sailor in the 3rd row from front to back, 10th from left, is Gerald Weinmann (thanks to Earl Weinmann, his son).

USS Kula Gulf (CVE-108) underway with F4U Corsair fighters on her flight deck, circa 1951–1953.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command (# NH 106716).

Undated.

"An unusual feat is accomplished at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard when two carriers are placed in one dry-dock. Shown are the USS Kula Gulf (CVE-108) and the USS Monterey (CVL-26)." From a Philadelphia Naval Shipyard booklet, late 1950s.

"(PX-4)PHILADELPHIA, July 20[, 1965]—WORLD WAR II CARRIER REACTIVATED—The 15,000 ton escort carrier Kula Gulf, is being reactivated at Philadelphia Naval Base after ten years of inactivity as part of the mothball fleet. Food is loaded aboard the vessel by a crane as workmen aboard restore the ship for service as an aircraft ferry cargo ship in the Navy's Military Sea Transportation Service. The ship will be known as the U.S. Naval Ship Kula Gulf and will be operated by MSTS with an all-Civil service crew. A sea trial has been scheduled for Monday and Tuesday. (AP WIREPHOTO)"

Liberty card, USS Kula Gulf (CVE-108), 1944–1945. Gerald A. La-Haise was an Aviation Machinist's Mate, 3rd Class (AMM/3c), who served aboard Kula Gulf in the Pacific until 1945.