![]() ![]() In the defense of their country and of the cause of world freedom. Sacrifice, or were injured, or performed outstanding acts of heroism Here is a permanent record of those who made the supreme Sacrifices and achievements to be commemorated in this memorial Killed we owe such special gratitude that it is fitting and proper for their Those who suffered in combat, however, and were decorated, wounded, or Partment of the United States Navy during World War II. HONOR IS DUE to each of the men and women, numbering 169,225īy 1945, who gave loyal and unstinting service in the Medical De. ![]() To rally the workers, Kaiser initiated a campaign called "18 or More by '44" to meet the new challenge being the 19th and last Kaiser-built carrier commissioned in 1943, Gambier Bay was dubbed the "Bonus Ship".Full text of " THE HISTORY OF THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY IN WORLD WAR II Volume 2: A COMPILATION OF THE KILLED, WOUNDED AND DECORATED PERSONNEL" ![]() However, in September the Navy asked the yard to increase that number by at least two more. The yard had originally projected 16 carriers would be delivered before the end of 1943. The ship was referred to as the "Bonus Ship" by yard personnel because she was the 19th carrier delivered in 1943. Zitzewitz, the Senior Naval Liaison Officer (SNLO) assigned to Kaiser's Vancouver Yard from the Navy's Bureau of Ships and commissioned at Astoria, Oregon on 28 December 1943, Captain Hugh H. Zitzewitz, wife of Lieutenant Commander Herbert C. Named for Gambier Bay on Admiralty Island in the Alaska Panhandle, she was originally classified AVG-73, was reclassified ACV-73 on 20 August 1942 and again reclassified CVE-73 on 15 July 1943 launched under a Maritime Commission contract by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington on 22 November 1943 sponsored by Mrs. She was the only American aircraft carrier sunk by enemy surface gunfire during World War II. She was sunk in the Battle off Samar during the Battle of Leyte Gulf after helping to turn back a much larger attacking Japanese surface force. USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. ![]()
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