She remains at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean today, a victim of an Imperial Japanese Navy attack on October 25, 1944. No ships of her class survive today.Sailor Survived a Sinking Ship/Carl Amundson Served Aboard USS Gambier Bayīy: Julie Buntjer, Worthington Daily GlobeĬHANDLER – The USS Gambier Bay went down in history as the only American aircraft carrier to be sunk by gunfire during World War II. To rally the workers, Kaiser initiated a campaign called "18 or More by '44" to meet the new challenge being the 19th and last Kaiser-built carrier commissioned in 1943, Gambier Bay was dubbed the "Bonus Ship". However, in September the Navy asked the yard to increase that number by at least two more.
The yard had originally projected 16 carriers would be delivered before the end of 1943.
The ship was referred to as the "Bonus Ship" by yard personnel because she was the 19th carrier delivered in 1943. Zitzewitz, the Senior Naval Liaison Officer (SNLO) assigned to Kaiser's Vancouver Yard from the Navy's Bureau of Ships and commissioned at Astoria, Oregon on 28 December 1943, Captain Hugh H. Zitzewitz, wife of Lieutenant Commander Herbert C. Named for Gambier Bay on Admiralty Island in the Alaska Panhandle, she was originally classified AVG-73, was reclassified ACV-73 on 20 August 1942 and again reclassified CVE-73 on 15 July 1943 launched under a Maritime Commission contract by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington on 22 November 1943 sponsored by Mrs. Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, Philippines campaign, Battle off Samar
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