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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 (170 m). Unlike most earlier CVE classes which were laid down as something else and converted to aircraft carriers mid-construction, the ''Commencement Bay''s were built as carriers from the keel up. Their general layout was similar to the s, but some of the Sangamon's engineering shortcomings were addressed. They entered service late in World War II — launched on 9 May 1944 — so most of them saw little or no operational service. Thirty-three of them were ordered but many were cancelled prior to completion. Nineteen saw commissioned service in the US Navy, four were broken up on the ways at the end of the war, two were accepted from the builders, but never commissioned and the remainder were cancelled before being laid down. After the war they were seen as potential helicopter, anti-submarine, or auxiliary (transport) carriers, and a number of ships served in these roles during the Korean War. The onrushing jet age ended their lives, as the ships were no longer large enough to safely carry the much larger jet aircraft of the late 1950s, and all units were out of service or reclassified by 1960. == Ships == * * * * originally USS ''Vermillion Bay'' * * * originally named ''Totem Bay'' * originally named ''Frosty Bay'' * * originally named ''Mosser Bay'', then ''Willamette'' * originally named ''Portage Bay'' * * originally named ''Saltery Bay'' * originally named ''Sandy Bay'' * originally named ''Trocadero Bay'' * * never commissioned, straight to Reserve Fleet * * never commissioned, straight to Reserve Fleet * cancelled * cancelled * cancelled * cancelled 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Commencement Bay-class escort carrier」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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