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The USS Windham Bay CVE 92 was built by the Kaiser Company in Vancouver, WA. Commissioned May 3, 1944, she served with the Pacific Fleet until August, 1946. At that time she was placed out of commission. On October 28, 1950, she was re-commissioned to again serve with the Pacific Fleet.
In January 1959, USS Windham Bay CVE 92 was placed out of commission and was struck from the list of Naval Vessels on February 1, 1959.
In 1990, a group of former crew members assembled in Grand Rapids, Michigan for a reunion. Since that time, a reunion has been held every year in different cities around the country. There are 241 active members of the USS Windham Bay Association. Association dues are $10.00 per year which provides for a quarterly newsletter.
The Association Officers are:
President; Bud Routh
Vice President: Ken Peters
Secretary: Evelyn Savage
Treasurer: Clyde Davenport
Membership: Byron “Bud” Routh
Historian (West); Bill Miller
Historian (North): Don Koch
Historian (East): Don Walsh
Newsletter Editor: Evelyn Savage
For information about the association contact:
The following Links are to web sites of Interest:
The 2008 reunion was in the Washington, DC area and a Windham Bay Plaque was dedicated at the Naval Heritage Center during that reunion.
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2011 Reunion Registrations as of August 7, 2011
Dean and Evelyn Savage
Troy Lollis
Dan Nolan
Peggy Jorgenson
Virginia Finchum
Rachel Quate
Don & Joan Lauritsen,
Don & Carolyn Walsh
Bud & Mary Routh
M.W. “Stu” Steward
Charles & Barbara Bearden
Milt & Sue Russikoff
Sheila Gimbel
Jesse & Janet Lee
Kirk & Joan Smith
Charles & Betty Hartsfield
Shirley Markezich
Jeni Markezich
Lowell Fetters
Bil & Pat Miller
Josephine Croonenberghs
Sons and daughters of Josephine
Edwin Horney
Jacque Horney
Allie Horney
Dean & Dotty Williams
Dick & Judy Jenot
Albert & Delores Vallejos
Leslie Clanton
Neil & Glenda Dickinson
Jesse Gutierrez
Nina Jensen
Anthony & Connie Galinde
Ken & Margaret Peters
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