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USS Gambier BayThe USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) was a Casablanca class escort carrier of the United States Navy. Named for Gambier Bay on Admiralty Island in Southeast Alaska, 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, 22 November 1943; sponsored by Mrs. H. C. Zitzewitz of Oswego, Oreg.; and commissioned at Astoria, Oregon, 28 December 1943, Captain Hugh H. Goodwin in command. The ship was informally referred to as Kaiser's "Bonus Baby" because she was built in a record 171 days.
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