USS Roi
Built for service during World War II, the ship was launched in June 1944, commissioned in July, and acted as a transport and as a replenishment carrier.She was powered with two Skinner Unaflow reciprocating steam engines, which drove two shafts, providing 9,000 horsepower (6,700 kW), thus enabling her to make 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph).By the end of the war, Casablanca-class carriers had been modified to carry thirty 20-mm cannons, and the amount of 40-mm guns had been doubled to sixteen, by putting them into twin mounts.She was launched on 2 June 1944; sponsored by Mrs. William Sinton; transferred to the United States Navy and commissioned on 6 July 1944, with Captain Percy Haverly Lyon in command.She then underwent several transport missions, first departing from San Diego on 13 August, carrying a load of 287 passengers and 71 aircraft bound for Manus Island and Espiritu Santo.She began operations on 4 July 1945, along with fellow escort carriers Admiralty Islands, Hollandia, and Thetis Bay.[6] Following the end of the war, Roi joined the Operation Magic Carpet fleet, which repatriated U.S. servicemen from around the Pacific.
Revillagigedo IslandBattle of RoiType S4-S2-BB3Kaiser ShipyardsBattle starCasablanca-classescort carrierlong tonsextreme widthBabcock & Wilcox boilersSkinner Unaflowreciprocating steam enginesscrews5 in (127 mm)/38 caldual-purpose gun40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannonscatapultUnited States Pacific FleetOperation Magic CarpetUnited States NavyRoi-NamurWorld War IIFast Carrier Task ForceTakanis BayCasablanca-class escort carrieraircraft carrierPacific Warsister shipslong overalldisplacedstandardfull loadflight deckhorsepowernautical milesaircraft catapult5-inch (127 mm)/38caliberBofors 40-millimeter (1.6 in) anti-aircraft gunsOerlikon 20-millimeter (0.79 in) cannonskamikazeKaiser Shipbuilding CompanyVancouver, WashingtonMaritime CommissionBattle of Kwajaleinlaid downlaunchedsponsoredcommissionedCaptainSan DiegoManus IslandEspiritu SantoEniwetokAlameda, CaliforniaMarshallsMarianaPearl HarborAdmiralty IslandsHollandiaThetis BayJapanese surrenderThird FleetOccupation of JapanBremerton, WashingtonNavy listZidell Machinery & SupplyPortland, OregonscrappingDictionary of American Naval Fighting Shipspublic domainAir & Space/SmithsonianLondonEnglandE-bookAnnapolisCasablanca-class escort carriersCasablancaLiscome BayCorregidorMission BayGuadalcanalManila BayNatoma BaySt. LoTripoliWake IslandWhite PlainsSolomonsKalinin BayKasaan BayFanshaw BayKitkun BayTulagiGambier BayNehenta BayHoggatt BayKadashan BayMarcus IslandSavo IslandOmmaney BayPetrof BayRudyerd BaySaginaw BaySargent BayShamrock BayShipley BaySitkoh BaySteamer BayCape EsperanceMakassar StraitWindham BayMakin IslandLunga PointBismarck SeaSalamauaKwajaleinBougainvilleMatanikauSangamon classCommencement Bay classList of escort aircraft carriers of the United States NavyMARCOMKaiser Company (Vancouver, Washington)Type EC2-S-C1 ship