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The Casablanca class of escort aircraft carriers was the largest class of this type ever built. 50 of these were laid down, launched and commissioned within the space of a year, 1943 and 1944.

They were built by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company in Vancouver, Washington on the Columbia River.

The hull number s are consecutive, from CVE-55 (Casablanca) to CVE-104 (Munda).

Originally, half of their number were to be transferred to the Royal Navy under Lend-Lease, but instead they were retained in the US Navy and the Batch II Bogue-class escort carriers were transferred instead as the HMS Ameer class (the RN's Batch I Bogues were the HMS Attacker class).

General Characteristics
Displacement:7,800 tons
Length:512.3 ft (156 m) overall
Beam:65.2 ft (19.9 m)
Extreme Width:108.1 ft (33 m)
Draft:22.5 ft (6.9 m)
Speed:20 knots
Complement:860 officers and men
Armament:1 x 5-inch gun
Aircraft:28
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