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USS Hoggatt Bay (CVE-75) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was launched under Maritime Commission contract by Kaiser Co. Inc., Vancouver, Washington, on 4 December 1943. Originally classified AVG-75, she had been reclassified ACV-75 on 20 August 1942. She was reclassified again to CVE-75 on 15 July 1943, and was commissioned at Astoria, Oregon, on 11 January 1944
Arriving at Manus on 20 December 1944, Hoggatt Bay joined the great task force which departed from that and other staging bases in late December for Lingayen Gulf. The voyage through the Philippines was a perilous one, as the Japanese attacked with their last desperate weapon, the suicide plane. Crewmen on Hoggatt Bay and the other ships fought continuously after 3 January, downing many of the attackers, but Ommaney Bay was lost and other ships damaged. Arriving Lingayen Gulf on 6 January, Hoggatt Bay sent her carrier planes in to support the landings and destroy strong points despite suicide attacks; this vital work continued until 17 January, when the ship set course for Ulithi, and then San Diego. Temporary repairs at Ulithi and more extensively at San Diego were necessitated by an accidental explosion of bombs as aircraft landed onboard on 15 January off Luzon, Philippine Islands.
Deck log USS Hoggatt Bay (CVE-75) 15 Jan 1945, At 1424 hours TBM-3 Bureau # 23365, one or more 100# bombs exploded during landing killing crew of 3. 5 others were kill and 11 injured. At 1502 the plane, which was completely destroyed, was jettisoned. At 1534 the Karry Krane, while being used to jettison the engine overturned and trapped Bauer, Gene Ancel, 6770301, AMM3c, V6, USNR injuring him fatally. At 1848 funeral services were held for the dead and they were burred at sea . Position L-17 degrees N, L-119 degrees 17 minutes E.
S/O Ester Carolyn & Robert S Bauer
Service # 6770301
Unit United States Naval Reserve
Rank Aviation Machinist's Mate Third Class U.S. Navy
★ Purple Heart
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Remembered by Buffalo (50696055)
USS Hoggatt Bay (CVE-75) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was launched under Maritime Commission contract by Kaiser Co. Inc., Vancouver, Washington, on 4 December 1943. Originally classified AVG-75, she had been reclassified ACV-75 on 20 August 1942. She was reclassified again to CVE-75 on 15 July 1943, and was commissioned at Astoria, Oregon, on 11 January 1944
Arriving at Manus on 20 December 1944, Hoggatt Bay joined the great task force which departed from that and other staging bases in late December for Lingayen Gulf. The voyage through the Philippines was a perilous one, as the Japanese attacked with their last desperate weapon, the suicide plane. Crewmen on Hoggatt Bay and the other ships fought continuously after 3 January, downing many of the attackers, but Ommaney Bay was lost and other ships damaged. Arriving Lingayen Gulf on 6 January, Hoggatt Bay sent her carrier planes in to support the landings and destroy strong points despite suicide attacks; this vital work continued until 17 January, when the ship set course for Ulithi, and then San Diego. Temporary repairs at Ulithi and more extensively at San Diego were necessitated by an accidental explosion of bombs as aircraft landed onboard on 15 January off Luzon, Philippine Islands.
Deck log USS Hoggatt Bay (CVE-75) 15 Jan 1945, At 1424 hours TBM-3 Bureau # 23365, one or more 100# bombs exploded during landing killing crew of 3. 5 others were kill and 11 injured. At 1502 the plane, which was completely destroyed, was jettisoned. At 1534 the Karry Krane, while being used to jettison the engine overturned and trapped Bauer, Gene Ancel, 6770301, AMM3c, V6, USNR injuring him fatally. At 1848 funeral services were held for the dead and they were burred at sea . Position L-17 degrees N, L-119 degrees 17 minutes E.
S/O Ester Carolyn & Robert S Bauer
Service # 6770301
Unit United States Naval Reserve
Rank Aviation Machinist's Mate Third Class U.S. Navy
★ Purple Heart
Source material from multiple public domain websites.
Remembered by Buffalo (50696055)
Cenotaph Here
USS Hoggatt Bay (CVE-75) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was launched under Maritime Commission contract by Kaiser Co. Inc., Vancouver, Washington, on 4 December 1943. Originally classified AVG-75, she had been reclassified ACV-75 on 20 August 1942. She was reclassified again to CVE-75 on 15 July 1943, and was commissioned at Astoria, Oregon, on 11 January 1944
Arriving at Manus on 20 December 1944, Hoggatt Bay joined the great task force which departed from that and other staging bases in late December for Lingayen Gulf. The voyage through the Philippines was a perilous one, as the Japanese attacked with their last desperate weapon, the suicide plane. Crewmen on Hoggatt Bay and the other ships fought continuously after 3 January, downing many of the attackers, but Ommaney Bay was lost and other ships damaged. Arriving Lingayen Gulf on 6 January, Hoggatt Bay sent her carrier planes in to support the landings and destroy strong points despite suicide attacks; this vital work continued until 17 January, when the ship set course for Ulithi, and then San Diego. Temporary repairs at Ulithi and more extensively at San Diego were necessitated by an accidental explosion of bombs as aircraft landed onboard on 15 January off Luzon, Philippine Islands.
Deck log USS Hoggatt Bay (CVE-75) 15 Jan 1945, At 1424 hours TBM-3 Bureau # 23365, one or more 100# bombs exploded during landing killing crew of 3. 5 others were kill and 11 injured. At 1502 the plane, which was completely destroyed, was jettisoned. At 1534 the Karry Krane, while being used to jettison the engine overturned and trapped Bauer, Gene Ancel, 6770301, AMM3c, V6, USNR injuring him fatally. At 1848 funeral services were held for the dead and they were burred at sea . Position L-17 degrees N, L-119 degrees 17 minutes E.
S/O Ester Carolyn & Robert S Bauer
Service # 6770301
Unit United States Naval Reserve
Rank Aviation Machinist's Mate Third Class U.S. Navy
★ Purple Heart
Source material from multiple public domain websites.
Remembered by Buffalo (50696055)
USS Hoggatt Bay (CVE-75) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was launched under Maritime Commission contract by Kaiser Co. Inc., Vancouver, Washington, on 4 December 1943. Originally classified AVG-75, she had been reclassified ACV-75 on 20 August 1942. She was reclassified again to CVE-75 on 15 July 1943, and was commissioned at Astoria, Oregon, on 11 January 1944
Arriving at Manus on 20 December 1944, Hoggatt Bay joined the great task force which departed from that and other staging bases in late December for Lingayen Gulf. The voyage through the Philippines was a perilous one, as the Japanese attacked with their last desperate weapon, the suicide plane. Crewmen on Hoggatt Bay and the other ships fought continuously after 3 January, downing many of the attackers, but Ommaney Bay was lost and other ships damaged. Arriving Lingayen Gulf on 6 January, Hoggatt Bay sent her carrier planes in to support the landings and destroy strong points despite suicide attacks; this vital work continued until 17 January, when the ship set course for Ulithi, and then San Diego. Temporary repairs at Ulithi and more extensively at San Diego were necessitated by an accidental explosion of bombs as aircraft landed onboard on 15 January off Luzon, Philippine Islands.
Deck log USS Hoggatt Bay (CVE-75) 15 Jan 1945, At 1424 hours TBM-3 Bureau # 23365, one or more 100# bombs exploded during landing killing crew of 3. 5 others were kill and 11 injured. At 1502 the plane, which was completely destroyed, was jettisoned. At 1534 the Karry Krane, while being used to jettison the engine overturned and trapped Bauer, Gene Ancel, 6770301, AMM3c, V6, USNR injuring him fatally. At 1848 funeral services were held for the dead and they were burred at sea . Position L-17 degrees N, L-119 degrees 17 minutes E.
S/O Ester Carolyn & Robert S Bauer
Service # 6770301
Unit United States Naval Reserve
Rank Aviation Machinist's Mate Third Class U.S. Navy
★ Purple Heart
Source material from multiple public domain websites.
Remembered by Buffalo (50696055)
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