USS Saginaw Bay (CVE-82)

USS Saginaw Bay (CVE-82)

USS Saginaw Bay (CVE-82) was an Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was laid down as MC hull 1119 on 1 November 1943 by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Inc., of Vancouver, Washington; launched on 19 January 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Howard L. Vickery; delivered to the Navy on 2 March 1944 at Astoria, Oregon; and commissioned the same day, with Captain Frank C. Sutton in command.

Although the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships states that it was named after an inlet on Kuiu Island in the Alexander Archipelago of Alaska, the ship is actually named after Saginaw Bay, a large bay of Lake Huron located in Michigan.