List of ship commissionings in 1944 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The list of ship commissionings in 1944 includes a chronological list of all ship

Ship

Since the end of the age of sail a ship has been any large buoyant marine vessel. Ships are generally distinguished from boats based on size and cargo or passenger capacity. Ships are used on lakes, seas, and rivers for a variety of activities, such as the transport of people or goods, fishing,...

USS Nehenta Bay (CVE-74)

USS Nehenta Bay was an Casablanca class escort carrier of the United States Navy.She was launched by Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver, Washington, 28 November 1943, under Maritime Commission contract: sponsored by Mrs. Robert H. Smith; acquired 3 January 1944: and commissioned at Astoria,...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

The Casablanca class escort aircraft carriers were the greatest number of not only escort carriers, but also any size aircraft carrier ever built to a like-design by any nation at any time. Fifty were laid down, launched and commissioned within the space of less than two years - 3 November 1942...

USS Hoggatt Bay (CVE-75)

USS Hoggatt Bay was a Casablanca class escort carrier of the United States Navy.She was launched under Maritime Commission contract by Kaiser Co. Inc., Vancouver, Washington, on 4 December 1943. Originally classified AVG-75, she had been reclassified ACV-75 on 20 August 1942. Sponsored by Mrs...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

HMS Rajah (D10)

The USS Prince was an escort aircraft carrier laid down 17 December 1942 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation of Tacoma, Washington, renamed Prince 13 November 1942; launched 18 May 1943; sponsored by Mrs. J. L...

| Attacker class

Attacker class escort carrier

Attacker class escort carriers were a type of aircraft carrier in service with the British Royal Navy during the Second World War. There were eight ships in the class, all constructed in the United States and supplied under the terms of Lend-Lease to the Royal Navy.The ships served in two different...

USS Kadashan Bay (CVE-76)

USS Kadashan Bay was an Casablanca class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She is named for Kadashan Bay Alaska.Kadashan Bay was launched 11 December 1943 by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company in Vancouver, Washington, under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Miss Audrey Ackerman...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

USS Marcus Island (CVE-77)

USS Marcus Island was an Casablanca class escort carrier of the United States Navy.She was laid down as Kanalku Bay under Maritime Commission contract by Kaiser Co., Inc., Vancouver, Washington on 15 September 1943; renamed Marcus Island on 6 November 1943; launched on 16 December 1943; sponsored...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

USS Franklin (CV-13)

The USS Franklin , nicknamed "Big Ben," was one of 24 s built during World War II for the United States Navy, and the fifth US Navy ship to bear the name. Commissioned in January 1944, she served in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, earning four battle stars...

| Essex class

Essex class aircraft carrier

The Essex class was a class of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy, which constituted the 20th century's most numerous class of capital ships with 24 vessels built in both "short-hull" and "long-hull" versions. Thirty-two were originally ordered; however as World War II wound down, six were...

HMS Trouncer (D85)

The USS Perdido was laid down as ACV-47 under Maritime Commission contract by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding of Tacoma, Washington, 1 February 1943; launched 16 June 1943; sponsored by Mrs. H. M...

| Attacker class

Attacker class escort carrier

USS Savo Island (CVE-78)

USS Savo Island , was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named in memory of a naval battle fought off Savo Island in the Solomons on 9 August 1942, she was the only U.S...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

HMS Puncher (D79)

USS Willapa was a Bogue-class escort aircraft carrier in the United States Navy, leased to the United Kingdom....

| Bogue class

Bogue class escort carrier

The Bogue-class were a group of escort carriers built in the United States for service with the U.S. Navy and the Royal Navy during World War II....

escort carrier
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Royal Canadian Navy

The history of the Royal Canadian Navy goes back to 1910, when the naval force was created as the Naval Service of Canada and renamed a year later by King George V. The Royal Canadian Navy is one of the three environmental commands of the Canadian Forces...

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| Ommaney Bay

USS Ommaney Bay (CVE-79)

USS Ommaney Bay was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy, named for Ommaney Bay, Alaska.Ommaney Bay, formerly MC hull 1116, was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract 6 October 1943 by Kaiser Company, Inc., Vancouver, Washington; launched 29 December 1943, sponsored...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80)

USS Petrof Bay was an Casablanca class escort carrier of the United States Navy.She was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington, 15 October 1943; launched 5 January 1944; sponsored by Mrs. J. G. Atkins; acquired 18 February 1944 and...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

HMS Reaper (D82)

The USS Winjah was a Bogue-class escort aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, leased to the Royal Navy during World War II....

| Attacker class

Attacker class escort carrier

USS Rudyerd Bay (CVE-81)

USS Rudyerd Bay was a of the United States Navy. She was laid down under Maritime Commission contract on 24 October 1943 by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, in Vancouver, Washington; launched on 12 January 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Scott E. Peck; acquired by the Navy on 25 February 1944, and...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

USS Saginaw Bay (CVE-82)

USS Saginaw Bay was an Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was laid down as MC hull 1119 on 1 November 1943 by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Inc., of Vancouver, Washington; launched on 19 January 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Howard L...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

USS Sargent Bay (CVE-83)

Escort carrier USS Sargent Bay , originally classified AVG-83, was reclassified ACV-83 on 20 August 1942, allocated to the United Kingdom under Lend Lease on 11 November, reallocated to the United States on 21 June 1943, reclassified CVE-83 on 15 July...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

USS Shamrock Bay (CVE-84)

USS Shamrock Bay was a of the United States Navy. She was laid down with the hull code ACV-84 on 15 March 1943 by the Kaiser Co., Vancouver, Washington, under a Maritime Commission contract ; re-designated CVE-84 on 10 June 1943; launched on 4 February 1944; sponsored by Mrs. James R. Dudley;...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

USS Shipley Bay (CVE-85)

USS Shipley Bay was an Casablanca class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was laid down under Maritime Commission contract on 22 November 1943 by Kaiser Co., Inc., Vancouver, Washington; launched on 12 February 1944; sponsored by Mrs. L. B. Richardson; and commissioned on 21 March...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

USS Sitkoh Bay (CVE-86)

USS Sitkoh Bay , an escort aircraft carrier, was converted from a Maritime Commission hull by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company of Vancouver, Washington. Her keel was laid down on 23 November 1943, and she was launched on 19 February 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Kathryn Mullinnix; and commissioned at...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

USS Steamer Bay (CVE-87)

USS Steamer Bay was a Casablanca class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was laid down on 4 December 1943 at Vancouver, Washington, by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company; launched on 26 February 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Henry S...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

USS Cape Esperance (CVE-88)

USS Cape Esperance was an Casablanca class escort carrier of the United States Navy.She was launched on 3 March 1944 by Kaiser Co., Inc., Vancouver, Washington, under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. W. M...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

USS Hancock (CV-19)

USS Hancock was one of 24 s built during World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name, and was named for John Hancock, president of the Second Continental Congress and first governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts...

| Essex class

Essex class aircraft carrier

USS Takanis Bay (CVE-89)

USS Takanis Bay was a United States Navy Casablanca-class escort aircraft carrier, named after Takanis Bay on the west side of Yakobi Island in Alaska ....

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

USS Abarenda (IX-131)

The second USS Abarenda was a storage tanker, one of many miscellaneous-class Navy vessel manned by the United States Coast Guard during World War II....

USS Thetis Bay (CVE-90)

USS Thetis Bay was a of the United States Navy. Though not the last of the class to be built, she was the last Casablanca class hull to be scrapped....

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

USS Makassar Strait (CVE-91)

USS Makassar Strait was a Casablanca class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was named after Makassar Strait, the strait between Kalimantan and Sulawesi, Indonesia....

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

USS Windham Bay (CVE-92)

USS Windham Bay was an Casablanca class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract on 5 January 1944 at Vancouver, Washington, by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Co.; launched on 29 March 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Henry M. Cooper; and commissioned on 3...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

USS Ticonderoga (CV-14)

USS Ticonderoga was one of 24 s built during World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name, and was named for historic Fort Ticonderoga, which played a role in the American Revolutionary War...

| Essex class

Essex class aircraft carrier

USS Makin Island (CVE-93)

USS Makin Island was an Casablanca class escort carrier of the United States Navy. Named for the 1942 Makin raid, she was laid down on 12 January 1944 by Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington; launched 5 April 1944; sponsored by Mrs. B. B. Nichol; and commissioned at Astoria, Oregon,...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

USS Lunga Point (CVE-94)

USS Lunga Point , originally Alazon Bay, was a Casablanca class escort carrier. It was named for Lunga Point on the northern coast of Guadalcanal, the site of a naval battle during World War II. It was laid down by Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver, Washington on 19 January 1944; launched on 11...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

USS Bismarck Sea (CVE-95)

USS Bismarck Sea was a Casablanca class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was launched on 17 April 1944 by Kaiser Co., Inc., Vancouver, Washington, under a Maritime Commission contract as Alikula Bay; sponsored by Mrs. M. C...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

USS Salamaua (CVE-96)

USS Salamaua was an Casablanca class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was originally named Anguilla Bay ...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

USS Hollandia (CVE-97)

USS Hollandia , formerly AVG-97 and ACV-97, was an Casablanca class escort carrier of the United States Navy.Hollandia was launched under Maritime Commission contract as Astrolabe Bay by Kaiser Co., Inc., Vancouver, Washington on 28 April 1944; sponsored by Mrs. William H...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

USS Kwajalein (CVE-98)

USS Kwajalein , formerly Bucareli Bay, was a Casablanca class escort carrier of the United States Navy.It was launched on 4 May 1944, by the Kaiser Co., Inc., Vancouver, Washington, under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. Rudolf L. Johnson; acquired by the Navy on 7 June 1944, and...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

USS Admiralty Islands (CVE-99)

USS Admiralty Islands was a United States Navy Casablanca-class escort aircraft carrier, named after the Admiralty Islands group north of New Guinea, scene of fighting early in 1944....

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

USS Bougainville (CVE-100)

USS Bougainville was an Casablanca class escort carrier of the United States Navy, built and used during World War II. She was launched on 16 May 1944 by the Kaiser Shipyards in Vancouver, Washington, under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. Sally A. Montfort, wife of Captain...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

USS Matanikau (CVE-101)

USS Matanikau was a Casablanca class escort carrier of the United States Navy.Matanikau was laid down as Dolomoi Bay under Maritime Commission contract by Kaiser Co., Inc. Vancouver, Washington on 10 March 1944; renamed Matanikau 26 April 1944; launched on 22 May 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Robert A...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

USS Attu (CVE-102)

USS Attu was a Casablanca-class escort aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, named after Attu in the Aleutian Islands.Originally Elbour Bay, CVE-102 was renamed Attu 6 November 1943...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

USS Roi (CVE-103)

USS Roi , originally MC hull 1140 and later projected as an AVG and an ACV, was laid down as Alava Bay on 22 March 1944 by Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver, Washington; renamed Roi on 26 April 1944; launched on 2 June 1944; sponsored by Mrs. William Sinton; acquired from the Maritime Commission...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

USS Munda (CVE-104)

USS Munda was a United States Navy Casablanca-class escort aircraft carrier. She was the last of the series to be built.More Casablanca-class carriers were built than any other single class of aircraft carrier in history, and the last to be built on the Liberty Ship platform; the Commencement Bay...

| Casablanca class

Casablanca class escort carrier

USS Fairfax (DD-93)

USS Fairfax was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I, later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Richmond , as a Town class destroyer.-USS Fairfax:...

| Wickes class

Wickes class destroyer

The Wickes-class destroyers were a group of 111 destroyers built by the United States Navy in 1917-1919. Along with the 6 preceding Caldwell class and 155 subsequent Clemson-class destroyers, they formed the "flush-deck" or "four-stack" class. Only a few were completed in time to serve in World...

USS Bennington (CV-20)

USS Bennington was one of 24 s built during World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was the second US Navy ship to bear the name, and was named for the Revolutionary War Battle of Bennington...

| Essex class

Essex class aircraft carrier

USS Shangri-La (CV-38)

USS Shangri-La was one of 24 s completed during or shortly after World War II for the United States Navy.Commissioned in 1944, Shangri-La participated in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations in World War II, earning two battle stars...

| Essex class

Essex class aircraft carrier

USS Randolph (CV-15)

USS Randolph was one of 24 s built during World War II for the United States Navy. The second US Navy ship to bear the name, she was named for Peyton Randolph, president of the First Continental Congress. Randolph was commissioned in October 1944, and served in several campaigns in the Pacific...

| Essex class

Essex class aircraft carrier

Essex class aircraft carrier

USS Commencement Bay (CVE-105)

USS Commencement Bay was launched 9 May 1944 by Todd Pacific Shipyards, Tacoma, Washington; sponsored by Mrs. F. Eves; and commissioned 27 November 1944, Captain Roscoe Leroy Bowman in command....

| Commencement Bay class

Commencement Bay class escort carrier

The Commencement Bay-class escort aircraft carriers were based on the Maritime Commission T3 type tanker hull, which gave them a displacement of approximately 23,000 tons and a length of 557 feet...

USS Block Island (CVE-106)

USS Block Island was a Commencement Bay class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was the second ship to carry her name, done in honor of the first one, being launched 12 days after the original was sunk....

| Commencement Bay class

Commencement Bay class escort carrier

The Commencement Bay-class escort aircraft carriers were based on the Maritime Commission T3 type tanker hull, which gave them a displacement of approximately 23,000 tons and a length of 557 feet...

escort carrier
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