USS Thetis Bay

	USS Thetis Bay underway on 7 August 1944. The ship is painted in Measure 33, Design 10A camouflage.
History
United States
Name	Thetis Bay
Namesake	Thetis Bay, Kuiu Island, Alaska
Ordered	as a Type S4-S2-BB3 hull, MC hull 1127
Awarded	18 June 1942
Builder	Kaiser Shipyards
Laid down	22 December 1943
Launched	16 March 1944
Commissioned	12 April 1944
Decommissioned	7 August 1946
Identification	CVE-90 (1944–55); CVHA-1 (1955–59); LPH-6 (1959–64);
Recommissioned	20 July 1956
Decommissioned	1 March 1964
Reclassified	1 July 1955
Stricken	1 March 1964
Honors &; awards	1 battle star
Fate	Scrapped in 1966
General characteristics
Class & type	Casablanca-class escort carrier
Displacement	8,188 long tons (8,319 t) (standard); 10,902 long tons (11,077 t) (full load);
Length	512 ft 3 in (156.13 m) (oa); 490 ft (150 m) (wl); 474 ft (144 m) (fd);
Beam	65 ft 2 in (19.86 m); 108 ft (33 m) (extreme width);
Draft	20 ft 9 in (6.32 m) (max)
Installed power	4 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers; 9,000 shp (6,700 kW);
Propulsion	2 × Skinner Unaflow reciprocating steam engines; 2 × screws;
Speed	19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Range	10,240 nmi (18,960 km; 11,780 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	Total: 910 – 916 officers and men; Embarked Squadron: 50 – 56; Ship's Crew: 860;
Armament	As designed:; 1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal dual-purpose gun; 8 × 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns; 12 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons; Varied, ultimate armament:; 1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal gun; 8 × twin 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns; 30 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons;
Aircraft carried	27
Aviation facilities	1 × catapult; 2 × elevators;
Service record
Part of:	United States Pacific Fleet (1944–1946); Pacific Reserve Fleet (1946–1956); United States Pacific Fleet (1956–1961); United States Atlantic Fleet (1961–1964); Atlantic Reserve Fleet (1964);
Operations:	Operation Magic Carpet

USS Thetis Bay (CVE-90) was the thirty-sixth of fifty Casablanca-class escort carriers built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was launched in March 1944, commissioned in April, and served as a transport carrier in the Pacific, as well as a replenishment carrier supporting the Allied bombardment of Tokyo and the Main Islands. Postwar, she participated in Operation Magic Carpet, before being decommissioned in August 1946, being mothballed in the Pacific Reserve Fleet. She was reactivated in July 1956, and converted to a helicopter transport carrier, serving in relief operations in Taiwan and Haiti. Ultimately, she was broken up in 1966, the last Casablanca-class hull to be scrapped.

History
USS Thetis Bay underway on 7 August 1944. The ship is painted in Measure 33, Design 10A camouflage.
United States
Name	Thetis Bay
Namesake	Thetis Bay, Kuiu Island, Alaska
Ordered	as a Type S4-S2-BB3 hull, MC hull 1127
Awarded	18 June 1942
Builder	Kaiser Shipyards
Laid down	22 December 1943
Launched	16 March 1944
Commissioned	12 April 1944
Decommissioned	7 August 1946
Identification	CVE-90 (1944–55) CVHA-1 (1955–59) LPH-6 (1959–64)
Recommissioned	20 July 1956
Decommissioned	1 March 1964
Reclassified	1 July 1955
Stricken	1 March 1964
Honors & awards	1 battle star
Fate	Scrapped in 1966
General characteristics
Class & type	Casablanca-class escort carrier
Displacement	8,188 long tons (8,319 t) (standard) 10,902 long tons (11,077 t) (full load)
Length	512 ft 3 in (156.13 m) (oa) 490 ft (150 m) (wl) 474 ft (144 m) (fd)
Beam	65 ft 2 in (19.86 m) 108 ft (33 m) (extreme width)
Draft	20 ft 9 in (6.32 m) (max)
Installed power	4 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers 9,000 shp (6,700 kW)
Propulsion	2 × Skinner Unaflow reciprocating steam engines 2 × screws
Speed	19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Range	10,240 nmi (18,960 km; 11,780 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	Total: 910 – 916 officers and men Embarked Squadron: 50 – 56 Ship's Crew: 860
Armament	As designed: 1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal dual-purpose gun 8 × 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns 12 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons Varied, ultimate armament: 1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal gun 8 × twin 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns 30 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons
Aircraft carried	27
Aviation facilities	1 × catapult 2 × elevators
Service record
Part of:	United States Pacific Fleet (1944–1946) Pacific Reserve Fleet (1946–1956) United States Pacific Fleet (1956–1961) United States Atlantic Fleet (1961–1964) Atlantic Reserve Fleet (1964)
Operations:	Operation Magic Carpet