The Escort Carrier Gambier Bay (Anatomy of the Ship)
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Book Details
Author(s)
Al Ross
Publisher
US Naval Institute Press
ISBN / ASIN
1557502358
ISBN-13
9781557502353
Sales Rank
#2,647,007
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
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Description
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.
