_in_the_1950s.jpg) USS Salerno Bay in the early 1950s
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Salerno Bay |
| Namesake | Landings at Salerno, Italy |
| Builder | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation |
| Laid down | 7 February 1944 |
| Launched | 26 September 1944 |
| Commissioned | 19 May 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 16 February 1954 |
| Stricken | 1 June 1961 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1962 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Commencement Bay-class escort carrier |
| Displacement | 21,397 long tons (21,740 t) |
| Length | 557 ft 1 in (169.80 m) loa |
| Beam | 75 ft (23 m) |
| Draft | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Installed power | |
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| Speed | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
| Complement | 1,066 |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 33 |
| Aviation facilities | 2 × aircraft catapults |
USS Salerno Bay (ex-Winjah Bay) was a Commencement Bay-class escort carrier built by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation for the United States Navy during World War II. The Commencement Bay class were built during World War II, and were an improvement over the earlier Sangamon class, which were converted from oil tankers. They were capable of carrying an air group of 33 planes and were armed with an anti-aircraft battery of 5 in (127 mm), 40 mm (1.6 in), and 20 mm (0.8 in) guns. The ships were capable of a top speed of 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph), and due to their origin as tankers, had extensive fuel storage.