Casablanca class escort carrier: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

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 numbers 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).