USS Thetis Bay (CVE 90)

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Escort carrier
Class	Casablanca
Pennant	CVE 90
Built by	Kaiser Shipbuilding Co. (Vancouver, Washington, U.S.A.)
Ordered	17 Jul 1942
Laid down	22 Dec 1943
Launched	16 Mar 1944
Commissioned	21 Apr 1944
End service	1 Mar 1964
History	Decommissioned 7 August 1946. Redesignated as a helicopter assault carrier (CVHA 1) on 1 July 1955, converted and recommissioned on 20 July 1956. Extensivley modified and aft section of flight deck cut away. Redesignated as an amphibious assault ship (LPH 6) on 28 May 1959. Decommissioned and stricken 1 March 1964. Sold in december 1964 and scrapped in 1966.

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Capt. Donald Edmund Wilcox, USN	21 Apr 1944	21 Jan 1945
2	T/Cdr. Benjamin Eugene Moore, Jr., USN	21 Jan 1945	Oct 1945

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