USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73)
kapal induk kawal
USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) adalah sebuah kapal induk pengawal kelas Casablanca milik Angkatan Laut Amerika Serikat. Dia tenggelam dalam Pertempuran Samar selama Pertempuran Teluk Leyte setelah berperan besar dalam memukul balik kapal-kapal permukaan milik Jepang. Dia hanyalah satu-satunya kapal induk Amerika yang tenggelam oleh tembakan musuh selama Perang Dunia II.
 USS Gambier Bay
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| Sejarah | |
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 Amerika Serikat
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| Nama | USS Gambier Bay |
| Pembangun | Kaiser Shipyards |
| Pasang lunas | 10 Juli 1943 |
| Diluncurkan | 22 November 1943 |
| Mulai berlayar | 28 Desember 1943 |
| Dicoret | 27 November 1944 |
| Julukan | Kaiser Coffin[1] |
| Nasib | Tenggelam pada 25 Oktober 1944 dalam Pertempuran Samar |
Bacaan lanjutan
- Cox, Robert Jon (2010). The Battle Off Samar: Taffy III at Leyte Gulf (5th Edition). Agogeebic Press, LLC. ISBN 0-9822390-4-1.
- Cutler, Thomas J. (1994). The Battle of Leyte Gulf 23-26 October 1944. HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN 978-0060169497.
- Hoyt, Edwin P. (1979). The Men of the Gambier Bay. Avon Books, New York, NY. ISBN 0-380-55806-8.
- Ross, Allan (1993). The Escort Carrier "Gambier Bay" -- (Anatomy of the Ship). London: Conway Maritime Press LTD. ISBN 0-85177-613-2.
- Morison, Samuel Eliott (2011). LEYTE,June 1944 - January 1945 History of United States Naval Operations of World War II. Volume 12. Naval Institute Press,. ISBN 978-1591145356.
- Sears, David (2007). The Last Epic Naval Battle-Voices of Leyte. Greenwood Publishing Group Inc. ISBN 978-0275985202.
- Thomas, Evan (2006). Sea of Thunder. Simon & Schulster. ISBN 978-0743252218.
- Y'Blood, William T. (2012). THE LITTLE GIANTS: U.S. Escort Carriers Against Japan. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1557509802.
Pranala luar
Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73).
- USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) & Composite Squadron VC-10 official website
- USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) & Composite Squadron VC-10 association website
- Building the Gambier Bay (CVE-73) in 1/72 Scale article by Bill Waldorf
- Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Gambier Bay
- NavSource Online: Escort Carrier Photo Archive USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73)
- The Battle Off Samar - Taffy III at Leyte Gulf website by Robert Jon Cox
- Donation of model to USS Midway
- The Ship Has Sunk and the Sharks are Hungry The account of survivor Earl Bagley