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USS VELLA GULF
CVE-111




     USS VELLA GULF was placed in inactive status ,out of commission,on August 9, 1946.The vessel was placed in reserve at Tacoma, Washington.The VELLA GULF was reclassified as a helicopter carrier (CVHE) on June 12,1955.She was later transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service and was again reclassified to T-AKV-11. However VELLA GULF never sailed again. She was struck from the Navy list June 1,1960, she was later reinstated on November 1, 1960. Struck for the second time on December 1, 1970,the VELLA GULF was sold to the American Ship Dismantlers ,INC of Portland ,Oregon on October 22, 1971 and scrapped.

     USS VELLA GULF received one battle star for her world war II service.



USS VELLA GULF CVE-111 USS VELLA GULF CVE-111

USS VELLA GULF

Puget Sound, Washington
April 21, 1945



USS LOWRY DE-770

USS LOWRY
DD-770

Escorting VELLA GULF,Lowry received four battle stars for service in world war II



USS PREBLE

USS PREBLE

    Originally DD-345 (SEE PHOTO) PREBLE was redesignated miscellaneous auxiliary vessel AG-99 on June 5, 1945 She was assigned to duty escorting aircraft carriers engaged in training, acting as anti-submarine patrol vessel and plane guard during flight operations. She reached Guam with Vella Gulf (CVE-111) 20 July, subsequently escorting Vella Gulf to Okinawa.



USS CARD CVE-11

The last CVE on active duty. After receiving three battle stars for service in WW II Card was placed out of commission in reserve on May 13, 1946. Reclassified CVHE-11 in 1955 Card returned to active service in May 1958 with Military Sea Transport Service. Card was reclassified twice more to CVU-11 and finally to AKV-40 on May 7, 1959.

With a civilian crew Card was used to ferry troops and planes to Vietnam throughout the 1960's.In 1964 a bomb blast sunk Card while she was moored at a Saigon dock she was quickly re-floated , repaired and back to work

AKV-40 USNS CARD was sold for scrap September 12, 1970.




USS VELLA GULF CG-72

CG-72
USS VELLA GULF

Commissioned September 18, 1993

CG-72 is a Ticonderoga Class Aegis guided missile cruiser
VELIA GULF's weapons include SM-2 surface-to-air missiles, Harpoon anti-ship missiles, Tomahawk cruise missiles, torpedoes, Phalanx Close-in Weapons Systems for self-defense against aircraft and missiles, and five-inch, rapid fire guns. These weapons are supplemented by electronic warfare countermeasures, decoys, and passive detection systems.



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