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USS Gambier Bay CVE-73 Model Ship

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This is a resin kit 269.95  - - - - Kit# A123


This is a very fine replica kit of the Casablanca Class Carriers.
Any of the ships of the class can be built with this resin kit.
This kit also comes in wood. Click Here!

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"Basics of Ship Building" by Mike Ashey
The bible today for the Model Shipbuilder. This book will give step by
step pictures on building plastic kits, resin kits plus photoetching. This is
the best book for the beginner to experienced builder on the newer
special high price kits resin kits and customizing parts.
 1. Building Plastic Kits 2. Building Resin Kits
3. Scratchbuilding & Detailing Superstructure Shapes
4. Working with Brass & Stainless Steel Photoetching
5. Painting, Masking, & Decal Application
There is also an 18-page section of color photographs
of finished models by Mike and others. Of the hundreds
of black and white how - to photos. I recognized very
few from his first book. Most highly recommended.
Published by Kalmbach.     #BK02 19.95

Casablanca Class:

First Escort Carriers designed and built from the keel up as such.

No. Name                               Comm. Notes (: Lost)                                      
CVE-99 Admiralty Islands 13 Jun 44  
CVE-55 Alazon Bay
Casablanca		 8 Jul 43
3 Apr 45		  
(renamed)
CVE-102 Attu 30 Jun 44  
CVE-95 Bismarck Sea 20 May 44 21 Feb 45; bomb at Iwo Jima
CVE-100 Bouganville 18 Jun 44  
CVE-88 Cape Esperance 9 Apr 44  
CVE-57 Coral Sea
Anzio		 27 Aug 43
15 Sep 44		  
(renamed)
CVE-58 Corregidor 31 Aug 43  
CVE-70 Fanshaw Bay 9 Dec 43  
CVE-73 Gambier Bay 28 Dec 43 25 Oct 44; gunfire at Leyte Gulf
CVE-60 Guadalcanal 18 Sep 43  
CVE-75 Hoggatt Bay 11 Jan 44  
CVE-97 Hollandia 1 Jun 44  
CVE-69 Kaasan Bay 4 Dec 43  
CVE-76 Kadashan Bay 18 Jan 44  
CVE-68 Kalinin Bay 27 Nov 43  
CVE-71 Kitkun Bay 15 Dec 43  
CVE-98 Kwajalein 7 Jun 44  
CVE-56 Liscome Bay 7 Aug 43 24 Nov 43; torpedo off Tarawa
CVE-94 Lunga Point 14 May 44  
CVE-91 Makassar Strait 27 Apr 44  
CVE-93 Makin Island 9 May 44  
CVE-61 Manila Bay 5 Oct 43  
CVE-77 Marcus Island 26 Jan 44  
CVE-101 Matanikau 24 Jun 44  
CVE-63 Midway
St. Lo		 23 Oct 43
15 Sep 44
 		  (renamed)
25 Oct 44; bomb at Leyte Gulf
CVE-59 Mission Bay 13 Sep 43  
CVE-104 Munda 8 Jul 44  
CVE-62 Natoma Bay 14 Oct 43  
CVE-74 Nehenta Bay 3 Jan 44  
CVE-79 Ommaney Bay 11 Feb 44 4 Jan 45; bomb at Lingayen Gulf
CVE-80 Petrof Bay 18 Feb 44  
CVE-103 Roi 6 Jul 44  
CVE-81 Rudyerd Bay 25 Feb 44  
CVE-82 Saginaw Bay 2 Mar 44  
CVE-96 Salamua 26 May 44  
CVE-83 Sargent Bay 9 Mar 44  
CVE-78 Savo Island 3 Feb 44  
CVE-84 Shamrock Bay 15 Mar 44  
CVE-85 Shipley Bay 21 Mar 44  
CVE-86 Sitkoh Bay 28 Mar 44  
CVE-67 Solomons 21 Nov 43  
CVE-87 Steamer Bay 4 Apr 44  
CVE-89 Takanis Bay 15 Apr 44  
CVE-90 Thetis Bay 21 Apr 44  
CVE-64 Tripoli 31 Oct 43  
CVE-72 Tulagi 21 Dec 43  
CVE-65 Wake Island 7 Nov 43  
CVE-66 White Plains 15 Nov 43  
CVE-92 Windham Bay 3 May 44  

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