USS Kalinin Bay

USS Kalinin Bay
History
United States
Name	Kalinin Bay
Builder	Kaiser Shipyards
Laid down	26 April 1943
Launched	15 October 1943
Commissioned	27 November 1943
Decommissioned	15 May 1946
Fate	Sold for scrap 8 December 1946
General characteristics
Class and type	Casablanca-class escort carrier
Displacement	7,800 tons
Length	512 ft 3 in (156.13 m) overall
Beam	65 ft 2 in (19.86 m) 108 ft (33 m) maximum width
Draft	22 ft 6 in (6.86 m)
Propulsion	2 × 5-cylinder reciprocating Skinner Unaflow engines 4 × 285 psi boilers 2 shafts, 9,000 shp (6,700 kW)
Speed	19 knots (35 km/h)
Range	10,240 nmi (18,960 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement	860 officers and men Embarked Squadron: 50 to 56 officers and men Total: 910 to 916 officers and men.
Armament	1 × 5-inch/38 cal DP gun 16 × 40 mm AA cannon in 8 twin mounts 20 × 20 mm guns AA machine guns in single mounts
Aircraft carried	27
Service record
Part of:	United States Pacific Fleet
Operations:	Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign Mariana and Palau Islands campaign Battle off Samar Operation Magic Carpet
Awards:	Presidential Unit Citation 5 Battle stars

USS Kalinin Bay (CVE-68) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy.

She originally designated an AVG, was classified ACV-68 on 20 August 1942; laid down under a United States Maritime Commission contract 26 April 1943 by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Inc., Vancouver, Washington; reclassified CVE-68 on 15 July 1943; launched 15 October 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Anna Mary Updegraff, mother of Captain William N. Updegraff, U.S. Navy; and commissioned 27 November at Astoria, Oregon, Captain C. R. Brown in command.

USS Kalinin Bay was named after a bay on the northern shore of Kruzof Island in the Alexander Archipelago of southeastern Alaska.