Escort Carrier Steamer Bay (CVE-87)

Steamer Bay

國家	美國
艦級	Casablanca 級護航航空母艦
Hull Number	CVE-87
造船廠	Kaiser Vancouver Shipyard
安放龍骨日期	1943年12月4日
下水日期	1944年2月26日
服役日期	1944年4月4日
除役日期	1946年7月1日
排水量	7,800 tons standard; 10,400 tons full
長度	512 feet
寬度	65 feet
吃水	22 feet
動力來源	Four boilers with two screws
速度	19 knots
乘員	860
武裝	1x5-in Anti-aircraft, 8x40mm, 12x20mm
Catapults	1
Aircraft	28

Contributor: C. Peter Chen

ww2dbaseSteamer Bay, CVE-87, was launched in Feb 1944 and had her trials in Puget Sound. Her first two missions involve ferrying men and aircraft of the United States Marine Corps to New Hebrides and Marshall Islands. Starting from her third mission she directly supported combat crafts, carrying replacement aircraft for Task Force 38, which busied itself with the landings at Palau and the Philippines. After repairs and training at Pearl Harbor from 15 Nov to 5 Dec 1944, she was assigned to Task Group 77.4, which supported the landings at Lingayen Gulf in the Philippines, and was directly involved in combat. She was the target of Japanese air attacks, seeing many of her fellow CVEs damaged, but she sustained little or no damage herself. On 31 Jan 1945, she steamed for Ulithi, preparing for the assault on Iwo Jima.

ww2dbaseSteamer Bay arrived near Iwo Jima on 16 Feb 1945, and with three other escort carriers launched air missions against the Japanese ground defenses. When the landings started, her aircraft provided air cover for the marines. On 1 Apr 1945, she provided similar support for the landing at Okinawa as well. She remained in Okinawa until 26 May.

ww2dbaseOn 10 Jun 1945, after spending some time at Guam for repairs, Steamer Bay joined the Third Fleet and bombarded Sakishima Gunto islands between Okinawa and Taiwan between 14 and 22 Jun.

ww2dbaseOn 10 Aug, Steamer Bay returned to San Diego, where she remained until the end of the war. After the war, she was assigned to the Pacific Reserve Fleet, then she was placed out of commission in Jan 1947. She was sold for scrap on 29 Aug 1959.

ww2dbaseSource: Wikipedia.

Last Major Revision: Jan 2006

Escort Carrier Steamer Bay (CVE-87) 互動地圖

Photographs

USS Steamer Bay in Apr 1944, location uncertain. Note the single catapult on the flight deck’s port side.

Escort carrier USS Steamer Bay launching two F6F Hellcat fighters as replacement aircraft for Task Force 38 aircraft carriers, fall of 1944 in the Philippine Sea. Note the radome on one of the Hellcats.

FM-2 Wildcat of Composite Squadron VC-90 coming aboard the escort carrier USS Steamer Bay in the Pacific, circa 1944

Burning escort carrier USS Ommaney Bay as seen from sister ship USS Steamer Bay, 4 Jan 1945, Sulu Sea, Philippines. Ommaney Bay had been struck by a Japanese special attack aircraft and was later scuttled.

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Steamer Bay Operational Timeline

1943年12月4日	Casablanca-class escort carrier Steamer Bay was laid down at Kaiser Vancouver Shipyard, Vancouver, Washington, United States.
1944年2月26日	Casablanca-class escort carrier Steamer Bay was launched at Kaiser Vancouver Shipyard, Vancouver, Washington, United States with Mrs. Evelyn Kendall as sponsor, wife of Rear Admiral Henry S. Kendall.
1944年4月4日	USS Steamer Bay was commissioned at Astoria, Oregon with Captain Steadman Teller in command.
1944年5月2日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay departed Seattle, Washington bound for San Diego, California.
1944年5月6日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay arrived at San Diego, California.
1944年5月14日	After loading 47 F4U Corsair fighters and personnel from two Marine Corps Fighting Squadrons, carrier USS Steamer Bat departed San Diego, California bound for Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides.
1944年5月30日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay arrived at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides.
1944年6月2日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay departed Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides bound for Pago Pago, American Samoa.
1944年6月5日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay arrived at Pago Pago, American Samoa.
1944年6月6日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay departed Pago Pago, American Samoa bound for San Diego, California.
1944年6月19日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay arrived at San Diego, California.
1944年6月21日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay shifted from San Diego, California to the US Naval Drydocks at Terminal Island, San Pedro, California.
1944年7月19日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay departed from Los Angeles, California bound for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
1944年7月25日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
1944年7月26日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay departed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii bound for Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands
1944年8月1日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay arrived at Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands.
1944年8月3日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay departed Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands bound for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
1944年8月8日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
1944年8月21日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay departed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii bound for Manus in the Admiralty Islands.
1944年9月1日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay arrived at Seeadler Harbor, Manus, Admiralty Islands.
1944年9月6日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay departed Seeadler Harbor in the Admiralty Islands to join the fleet in the campaign against the Palau Islands.
1944年9月15日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay returned to Seeadler Harbor, Manus, Admiralty Islands.
1944年9月18日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay departed Seeadler Harbor in the Admiralty Islands to rejoin the fleet in the campaign against the Palau Islands.
1944年9月30日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay returned to Seeadler Harbor, Manus, Admiralty Islands.
1944年10月4日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay departed Seeadler Harbor in the Admiralty Islands to rejoin the fleet in the campaign against the Philippine and Mariana Islands.
1944年10月20日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay returned to Seeadler Harbor, Manus, Admiralty Islands.
1944年10月25日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay departed Seeadler Harbor bound for Ulithi, Caroline Islands.
1944年10月28日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay arrived at Ulithi, Caroline Islands.
1944年11月5日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay departed Ulithi, Caroline Islands bound for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
1944年11月15日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
1944年11月21日	At Pearl Harbor, Composite Squadron VC-90 reported aboard escort carrier USS Steamer Bay for duty with aircraft and personnel.
1944年12月5日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay departed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii bound for Manus in the Admiralty Islands.
1944年12月7日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay launched 4 SBD Dauntless bombers for delivery to Palmyra Island. Steamer Bay then continued for Manus.
1944年12月11日	Torpedo wakes passed close aboard carrier USS Steamer Bay. No submarine was seen or detected.
1944年12月17日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay arrived at Seeadler Harbor, Manus, Admiralty Islands.
1944年12月24日	At Seeadler Harbor, Manus, Captain Joe Paschal came aboard escort carrier USS Steamer Bay as relief of Captain Teller as commanding officer. The actual exchange of command would occur two weeks later.
1944年12月27日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay departed Seeadler Harbor as part of a task unit of 17 escort carriers bound for Kossol Passage in the Palau Islands.
1944年12月30日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay arrived at Kossol Roads in the Palau Islands.
1945年1月1日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay departed Kossol Roads in the Palau Islands on her first combat sortie of the war bound for Lingayen Gulf in the Philippines.
1945年1月3日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay and her task group transited the Surigao Strait in the Philippines bound for the Lingayen Gulf, Luzon.
1945年1月4日	In the Sulu Sea, Philippines, escort carriers USS Steamer Bay and USS Ommaney Bay exchanged positions in the formation and a short time later, Ommaney Bay was struck by a Japanese special attack aircraft.
1945年1月6日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay and her task group arrived on station northwest of Luzon and began providing air cover for the Lingayen Gulf landings.
1945年1月21日	During a replenishment stop at Mangarin Bay, Mindoro, Philippines, Captain Joe Paschal relieved Captain Teller as commanding officer of escort carrier USS Steamer Bay.
1945年1月29日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay and her task group arrived on station west of Manila Bay, Luzon and began providing air cover for landings north of Subic Bay.
1945年1月31日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay and her task group departed the Luzon area bound for Ulithi via Leyte.
1945年2月2日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay and her task group transited the Surigao Strait in the Philippines bound for Ulithi, Caroline Islands.
1945年2月5日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay arrived at Ulithi, Caroline Islands.
1945年2月10日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay departed Ulithi bound for Saipan, Mariana Islands.
1945年2月12日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay arrived in the waters around Saipan and Tinian, Mariana Islands to begin rehearsal exercises in advance of the Iwo Jima operations.
1945年2月17日	Aircraft from escort carrier USS Steamer Bay provided smoke over the beaches of Iwo Jima to conceal Underwater Demolition Teams scouting the beaches.
1945年3月7日	After two-and-a-half weeks of support for the Iwo Jima landings, escort carrier USS Steamer Bay departed the aera bound for Leyte in the Philippines.
1945年3月12日	USS Steamer Bay, USS Anzio, and USS Tabberer arrived at San Pedro Bay, Leyte, Philippines.
1945年3月18日	After replenishment and upkeep in San Pedro Bay, Leyte, escort carrier USS Steamer Bay participated in rehearsals for the Okinawa invasion conducted in Leyte Gulf.
1945年3月27日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay departed Leyte bound for operations at Okinawa.
1945年4月1日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay and her task group arrived in their operating area southeast of Okinawa and began support operations.
1945年5月26日	After eight weeks on station in support of the Okinawa operation, escort carrier USS Steamer Bay departed the area bound for Guam.
1945年5月30日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay arrived at Apra Harbor, Guam. Composite Squadron VC-90 aboard Steamer Bay was relieved and Composite Squadron VC-93 came aboard.
1945年6月3日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay entered floating drydock USS ABSD-6 in Apra Harbor, Guam.
1945年6月5日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay was floated out of floating drydock USS ABSD-6 and moored in Apra Harbor, Guam.
1945年6月10日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay departed Apra Harbor, Guam bound for the Okinawa area.
1945年6月14日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay arrived on station in the Okinawa area and began several days of air strikes against Miyako Jima.
1945年6月23日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay departed the Okinawa area bound for Ulithi.
1945年6月25日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay arrived at Ulithi, Caroline Islands.
1945年7月3日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay departed Ulithi, Caroline Islands as part of a replenishment group.
1945年7月12日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay and her replenishment group arrived on station 500 miles east of Honshu, Japan.
1945年7月17日	During a single afternoon, escorts for carrier USS Steamer Bay's replenishment group exploded four separate Japanese floating mines and six more the next two days 850 miles east of Honshu, Japan.
1945年7月21日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay detached from her replenishment group and set a course for Guam.
1945年7月24日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay launched all flyable aircraft (30 planes) for transfer to Orote Field, Guam. Steamer Bay arrived at Apra Harbor, Guam later that same day where she unloaded all non-flyable aircraft (3 planes), all aviation fuel, and all aircraft parts and components.
1945年7月25日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay departed Apra Harbor, Guam bound for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
1945年8月3日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
1945年8月4日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay departed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii bound for San Diego, California.
1945年8月10日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay arrived at San Diego, California. Composite Squadron VC-93 was detached from Steamer Bay.
1945年8月11日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay unloaded all ammunition and pyrotechnics at San Diego, California in preparation for overhaul.
1945年8月13日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay entered drydock No. 1 at San Diego Naval Repair Base, California.
1945年8月18日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay was floated out of drydock No. 1 and shifted to a repair pier at San Diego Naval Repair Base, California. Installation of 920 bunks on Steamer Bay's hangar deck was begun in preparation of Operation Magic Carpet to bring US troops back to the United States.
1945年9月28日	Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay departed San Diego, California bound for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on the first of her Magic Carpet runs to bring US servicemen back to the United States.
1946年7月1日	Steamer Bay was decommissioned and placed in reserves.

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Visitor Submitted Comments

1. Daughter of Serviceman says:
28 Nov 2023 05:57:07 AM

My Dad was on the Steamer Bay. I've requested info from the archives. He participated in the Asiatic Pacific campaign. Mom said he was in the Sea of Japan. One destroyer was sunk. Dad said his buddy got his head blown off right next to him. Dad was a signalman. Am looking for additional information. I remember Mom saying he was in the Aleutian Islands, the Philippines, one document says they were sent to the Panama Canal. He came home with jungle rot on his feet, damage to his shoulder and other issues. Very little was spoken about the war. I would like to know myself and to be able to tell my daughter and granddaughter.

2. Warren Friedrich says:
26 Dec 2024 04:12:54 PM

Thank you for the detailed itinerary of CVE 87 Steamer Bay in her role in WW2. My father was in Composite Squadron VC-93 and spent June & July 1945 aboard Steamer Bay before embarking on a course for home in August.

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