page_title: USS Kula Gulf
hierarchical_section_title: USS Kula Gulf
caption_attribution_description: The U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Kula Gulf (CVE-108) underway on 5 September 1945.
context_page_description: USS Vermillion Bay was an Commencement Bay-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was renamed Kula Gulf on 6 November 1943; laid down by Todd-Pacific Shipyards, Inc., Tacoma, Wash. on 16 December 1943; launched on 15 August 1944; sponsored by Miss Dorothy Mott; completed by Willamette Iron & Steel Corp., Portland, Oregon; and commissioned at Portland on 12 May 1945, Captain J. W. King in command.
context_section_description: USS Vermillion Bay (CVE-108) was an Commencement Bay-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was renamed Kula Gulf on 6 November 1943; laid down by Todd-Pacific Shipyards, Inc., Tacoma, Wash. on 16 December 1943; launched on 15 August 1944; sponsored by Miss Dorothy Mott; completed by Willamette Iron & Steel Corp., Portland, Oregon; and commissioned at Portland on 12 May 1945, Captain J. W. King in command.
caption: USS Kula Gulf on 5 September 1945
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