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CVE-86 U.S.S. Sitkoh Bay

SITKOH BAY was converted from a Maritime Commission hull (MC hull 1123) by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., of Vancouver, Washington. Her keel was laid down on 23 November 1943, and she was launched on 19 February 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Kathryn Mullinnix; and commissioned at Astoria, Oreg., on 28 March 1944, Capt. Robert G. Lockhart, USN, in command.

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