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NS0310207 |
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CVE-102 was initially named Elbour Bay. (Note:
DANFS spells the name assigned to CVE-102 as Elbour Bay, but the correct name was, probably,
Elbow Bay, a bay off Cordova Bay, on the east coast of Long Island, Alexander Archipelago,
Alaska.)
Renamed Attu, 6 November 1943, after the westernmost island in the Aleutians, located
between the Bering Sea and the north Pacific Ocean (NS0310207.) During World
War II, Attu was invaded by Japanese forces in June 1942 and was recaptured by the Americans in May
1943.
NS0310207a: Smoke rising from American attacks on Chichagof Harbor, Attu
Island, Aleutians, during the Battle of Attu, 11–30 May 1943.
(Map NS0310207 courtesy of Google Maps
Aircraft Carriers: An Illustrated Design History, by Norman Friedman..
Photo NS0310207a courtesy of Library
of Congress Prints & Photographs Division, Digital ID fsa 8e01342, Reproduction Number LC-USW33-029017-ZC.) |
NavSource |
NS0310207a |
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1944–1946
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NS0310209 |
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A U.S. Navy General Motors
FM-2 Wildcat taking off from the escort carrier USS Attu (CVE-102) during carrier
qualifications off the coast of California on 2 August 1944.
U.S. Navy photo from the Attu World War II Cruise Book. |
Robert Hurst |
NS0310204 |
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USS Attu (CVE-102) underway, September 1944. USN
photo. |
Tom Walkowiak,
The Floating Drydock |
NS0310202 |
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Aerial view of USS Attu (CVE-102) underway off California,
28 September 1944. Note contrast of the various colors of the camouflage pattern. USN photo. |
Gerd Matthes, Germany |
NS0310208 |
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USS Attu (CVE-102), date (circa 1945) and location unknown. |
John Spivey |
NS0310201 |
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USS Attu (CVE-102) underway in the western Pacific, after passing
through a typhoon on the morning of 5 June 1945. Note the upended airplanes on her deck, including
at least three TBMs. Collection of Captain Hays R. Browning, USNR.
Naval History and Heritage Command photo (#NH 96050) |
Naval History & Heritage Command, via Robert Hurst |
NS0310205 |
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With her deck packed with F4U Corsairs, USS Attu (CVE-102)
is shown transferring personnel with the ex-destroyer USS Fox
(AG-85). Photo dated 3 September 1945. (See also NS023818.)
National Naval Aviation Museum Photo,
No.1996.488.035.002. Robert L. Lawson Photograph Collection. |
Mike Green
Pieter Bakels |
NS0310206 |
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USS Attu (CVE-102) arrives at San Diego, California, at the
end of a "magic carpet" transport run, on 12 October 1945. Personnel on deck are paraded in honor
of the Fourth Marine Division. Photo by NAS San Diego.
Collection of Captain Nays R. Browning, USNR.
Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC), photo # NH 96048. |
Mike Green |
NS0310206a |
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USS Attu (CVE-102) arrives at San Diego, California, at the
end of a "magic carpet" transport run, on 12 October 1945. Personnel on deck are paraded in honor
of the Fourth Marine Division. Photo by NAS San Diego.
Collection of Captain Nays R. Browning, USNR.
Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC), photo # NH 96049. |
Mike Green |
Models
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Courtesy of Joel Rosen, Motion Models |
NS0310203a |
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