USS Gilbert Islands (ex-St. Andrews Bay) was a Commencement Bay-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. The Commencement Bay class were built...

Ellice Islands became Tuvalu in 1978, and the Gilbert Islands with Banaba (Ocean Island) became part of Kiribati in 1979. The Gilbert Islands sometimes...

The Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign were a series of battles fought from August 1942 through February 1944, in the Pacific theatre of World War II...

USS Annapolis (PF-15), a Tacoma-class frigate in service from 1944 to 1946, and sold to Mexico in 1947 USS Annapolis (AGMR-1), ex-USS Gilbert Islands (CVE-107)...

The Gilbert Islands (Gilbertese: Tungaru; formerly Kingsmill or King's-Mill Islands) are a chain of sixteen atolls and coral islands in the Pacific Ocean...

today's amphibious assault ships. In the second conversion, in 1961, USS Gilbert Islands had all her aircraft handling equipment removed and four tall radio...

against Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) garrisons in the Marshall and Gilbert Islands on 1 February 1942. It was the first of six American raids against...

A. (1997). The Loss of the USS Juneau (CL-52) and the Relief of Captain Gilbert C. Hoover, Commanding Officer of the USS Helena (CL-50). Callaghan-Scott...

installations, including the Sakishima Islands with repeated bomb and rocket attacks. Later in June, the USS Gilbert Islands departed for Leyte, in the Philippines...

Buin-Faisi-Tonolai Raid Santa Cruz Islands Guadalcanal (Third Savo) Rennel Island Jan. New Georgia-Rendova-Vaugunu Buka-Bonins Strike Gilbert Islands Occupation Kwajelein-Wotje...