Escort carriers began as conversions from merchant ship hulls, but soon evolved into sophisticated warships. This text examines the US Navy escort carrier "Gambier Bay", a mid-war Casablanca class ship which operated with distinction in the Pacific, before being lost off Samar in 1944.
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Escort carriers began as conversions from merchant ship hulls, but soon evolved into sophisticated warships. This text examines the US Navy escort carrier "Gambier Bay", a mid-war Casablanca class ship which operated with distinction in the Pacific, before being lost off Samar in 1944.
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