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Casablanca Class Escort Carrier

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  • Casablanca Class Escort Carrier
  • CVE-CASABLANCA-HBG-P
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    Deck Insignia - US Carriers*

    Hull Camouflage New!*

  • $23.99 inc. tax

    $23.99 ex. tax
    ? Tax based on California, United States.

  • Units in Stock: 1

Casablanca Class Escort Carrier Summary

This is a 3D printed sculpt of the Casablanca class escort carrier by HBG.

The Casablanca-class were the most numerous class of aircraft carriers ever built. Fifty were laid down, launched and commissioned within a span of under two years – 3 November 1942 through to 8 July 1944.

Casablanca was the first class designed from the keel up as an escort carrier. It had a larger and more useful hangar deck than previous conversions. It also had a larger flight deck than the Bogue class. Unlike larger carriers which had more extensive armor protection, the class was limited to splinter plating. Their small size made them useful for transporting assembled aircraft of various sizes, including ferrying many aircraft types that were unable to operate from their decks. However, aircraft that were operational on the ships were limited to smaller and lighter aircraft such as the Grumman F4F Wildcat. 

Originally, half of the class size were to be transferred to the Royal Navy under Lend-Lease, but instead they were retained. In their place, the Batch II Bogue-class escort carriers were transferred as the Ruler class.

Although designated as convoy escort carriers, which they excelled at, they also proved useful providing air support for amphibious operations, freeing fleet carriers to focus on offensive air-strike missions. When used in amphibious operations, where speed was less important, their small airgroups could combine to provide the effectiveness of a fleet carrier.

The United States lost 11 aircraft carriers of all types lost during World War II. Six were escort carriers, and five of those were the Casablanca class. 

Ship of Class:

The hull numbers were assigned consecutively, from CVE-55 Casablanca to CVE-104 Munda.

CVE-56 Liscome Bay - Sunk by submarine 24 November 1943.

CVE-73 Gambier Bay - Sunk by surface fire 25 October 1944.

CVE-63 St. Lo - Sunk by kamikaze attack 25 October 1944. 

CVE-79 Ommaney Bay - Sunk by kamikaze attack 4 January 1945. 

CVE-95 Bismarck Sea - Sunk by kamikaze attack 21 February 1945. 

CVE-96 Anguilla Bay - Damaged by kamikaze attack 6 January1945, repaired and put back in to service.

Each carrier comes with a unique, historically accurate flight deck decal and one strong neodymium rare earth magnets to hold one aircraft. Never have your airwing fall off a carrier again!


Hull camouflage patterns available are based on war period.

Early War - Measure 12 mod Late War - Measure 32/22d


The optional damage marker by makes a great game addition. 

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