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CVE-74 was named Nehenta Bay for a bay that extends NE 0.6
miles from Clarence Strait, on SW coast of Gravina Island, Alexander Archipelago, Alaska (NS0307408).
The name is a Tinglit Indian word meaning "copper ore" (in fact, the bay is also known as Copper Bay)
and was given in 1922 by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS).
(Map courtesy of Google Maps.) |
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Nehenta Bay was sponsored by Mrs. Robert H. Lewis, wife of
the commanding general of the Northwest sector of the Western Defense Command, Major-General Lewis.
With the launching of Nehenta Bay on November 28, 1943 Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver,
had launched 20 escort carriers.
(From "Bo's'n's Whistle," Vol. 3, No. 23; December 9, 1943; page 6.) |
Courtesy of Ron Gough,
Bea Dee, Ltd.,
Kaiser Vancouver / Swan Island & Oregon Shipyards website |
World War II
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USS Nehenta Bay. Date and place unknown. |
Haze Gray & Underway |
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The Casablanca-class escort carrier Nehenta Bay (CVE-74),
January 1944. She was armed with one 5-in/38, eight twin 40-mm, and twenty single 20-mm guns.
Drawing and text from U.S.
Aircraft Carriers: An Illustrated Design History, by Norman Friedman. |
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Starboard aerial view of USS Nehenta Bay (CVE-74) underway,
ca. 1944.
Naval History and Heritage Command (NH&HC),
photo # L45-196.03.01. |
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A 3rd wire landing aboard USS Nehenta Bay, underway in the
Pacific, 1945. Camouflaged in Measure 33, Design 10A (thanks to Aryeh Wetherhorn.) |
Robert J. Tewes |
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Getting ready for flight operations aboard USS Nehenta Bay,
underway in the Pacific, 1945. |
Robert J. Tewes |
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A U.S. Navy General Mortors
FM-2 Wildcat of Composite Squadron (VC) 11 slams into the barricade during flight operations
aboard the escort carrier USS Nehenta Bay (CVE-74) on 21 January 1945. Plane sustained
major damage, but there were no injuries to personnel.
National Naval Aviation Museum photo,
# 1996.253.7387.008. |
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Lieutenant (junior grade) Donald C. Ward was engineering officer
on USS Nehenta Bay (CVE-74).
NS0307407: LT(JG) Ward in his whites.
NS0307407a: Plank Owner Certificate for Ensign D.C. Ward.
NS0307407b: Shellback Certificate for ENS Donald C. Ward, USNR.
NS0307407c: Don and his crew.
NS0307407d: Don's crew. |
Russ Ward, son of LT(JG) Donald C. Ward |
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Ex-USS Nehenta Bay
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Hurricane Carol caused extensive damage to buildings at both Charlestown and
South Boston, 31 August 1954. A dockyard crane toppled onto the decommissioned escort carrier Nehenta
Bay, berthed at the Naval Operating Base in East Boston. |
Courtesy of the Facebook Carriers!
group,
via Bob Canchola, BT, USN (Ret.) |
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