USS Hoggatt Bay ( CVE - 75 ) 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 . Sponsored by Mrs . Victor Sundrik , she was reclassified again to CVE - 75 on 15 July 1943 , and was commissioned at Astoria , Oregon on 11 January 1944 , with Captain W . V . Saunders in command . Service history . After intensive training off the California coast , " Hoggatt Bay " transported aircraft and crews to Pearl Harbor from 10 – 25 March 1944 . Upon her return and further training in antisubmarine work , she sailed on 1 May for Pearl Harbor and Majuro . The combination of escort carriers and destroyers had proven itself effective against submarines in the Second Battle of the Atlantic , and was now to be used in the Pacific against the Japanese . " Hoggatt Bay " and a group of destroyers and destroyer escorts patrolled in the southwest Pacific from 26 May - 19 June with notable success . scored a kill on " Ro - 105 " on 31 May and sank " Ro - 111 " with depth charges and gunfire 11 June . These operations and those of other groups did much to reduce Japanese submarine interference with the invasion of the Marianas . Returning to the patrol area after a brief stay at Eniwetok , " Hoggatt Bay " s group provided air support and cover for the Marianas operation from 5 July – 9 August , after which the ships returned to Manus Island . Next on the timetable of Pacific conquest was Peleliu , a valuable air base for further advances , and " Hoggatt Bay " sortied 1 September to furnish antisubmarine protection and search planes for the invasion . For nearly two months the escort carrier cruised these seas south and west of the Marianas in support of American operations . , a member of her group , sank on 3 October , and later in the month planes from " Hoggatt Bay " helped provide air cover for as she struggled toward Ulithi . The ship arrived at Ulithi on 28 October , and sailed on 10 November to provide air support for the developing campaign in the Philippines . This was followed by amphibious exercises in Huon Gulf , New Guinea , in preparation for the Lingayen unit operations . 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 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 . The veteran escort carrier returned to San Diego 15 February 1945 , and after much - needed repairs sailed 6 April to join the vast fleet arrayed off Okinawa in support of the invasion . She arrived Okinawa 8 May via Pearl Harbor and Ulithi and immediately took station south of the island to lend her aircraft to the carrier air forces engaged in the operation . Her planes flew direct support missions , photographic flights , and supply drops during the period from 8 May - 24 June . " Hoggatt Bay " arrived at Leyte Gulf on 27 June , and after a month of training sailed on 28 July for Adak , Alaska . The surrender came while the carrier was en route , however , and the planned operation was replaced by occupation plans . After her arrival on 18 August , " Hoggatt Bay " sailed for Ominato . She arrived September and supported the occupation of Hokkaidō and northern Honshū . During this period aircraft from the ship discovered many Japanese prison camps , and the ship had the pleasure of evacuating Lieutenant Colonel James Devereux , Marine Commander at Wake Island when captured by the Japanese . " Hoggatt Bay " also participated in the occupation of Aomori before anchoring in Tokyo Bay on 27 September . The escort carrier departed Tokyo on 30 September and , after a brief service with the " Magic Carpet " fleet , returned to Boston and was decommissioned on 20 July 1946 . Placed in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet , Boston , the ship was re - classified CVHE - 75 on 12 June 1955 , and AKV - 25 on 7 May 1959 . She was sold for scrap on 31 March 1960 . Awards . " Hoggatt Bay " received five battle star s for World War II service .