CVE-76 U.S.S. SAvo Island

SAVO ISLAND, originally KAITA BAY (AVG 78), was reclassified ACV 78 on 20 August 1942 and CVE 78 on 15 July 1943; laid down under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1115) on 27 September 1943 by Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver, Wash. ; renamed SAVO ISLAND on 6 November 1943; launched on 22 December 1943; sponsored by Miss Margaret Taffinder; and commissioned on 3 February 1944, Capt. C. E. Eckstrom in command.