This two-page article from the May 1943 issue of All Hands — the Bureau of Naval Personnel magazine — explains the role of auxiliary carriers (escort carriers, or CVEs) in the U.S. Navy’s wartime strategy. Converted from merchant hulls and tankers, CVEs were smaller and slower than fleet carriers but proved indispensable for convoy escort in the Atlantic, anti-submarine patrol, and close air support during amphibious landings across both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters.
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