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USS Fanshaw Bay

USS Fanshaw Bay is documented as an ships within the WAR-CL-000203 roster.

CVE-70 · Casablanca classUnited States NavyWorld War IIVerified subject image
The U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70) transporting U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft on 9 February 1944. Indentifiable are 13 Curtiss P-40 Warhawk and a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt .
The U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70) transporting U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft on 9 February 1944. Indentifiable are 13 Curtiss P-40 Warhawk and a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt .U.S. Navy, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domainImage source
Hull / pennantCVE-70
ClassCasablanca class
NavyUnited States Navy
CountryUnited States
Builder / shipyardKaiser, Vancouver
Recorded statusScrapped

What is known about this ship

USS Fanshaw Bay is documented as an ships within the WAR-CL-000203 roster.

Service history

Source-recorded disposition: stricken after wartime service.

Class context: Casablanca class

The Casablanca class comprised fifty purpose-built escort carriers produced on an industrial scale.

Later service and disposition

stricken after wartime service.

This ship is recorded as a member of Casablanca class. Shared design history belongs on the class page; this page concentrates on the individual hull where evidence is available.

Sources and further reading

  1. CASABLANCA escort aircraft carriers (1943–1944) ↗Navypedia · accessed 2026-09-18
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1922–1946Conway Maritime Press
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