Boyett, Harry William, RMS1c

Deceased

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Service Details

Last Rate
Seaman First Class

Last Primary NEC
RM-0000-Radioman

Last Rating/NEC Group
Radioman

Primary Unit
1946-1946, RM-0000, USS Gilbert Islands (CVE-107)

Service Years
1944 - 1946

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Personal Details

Home State

Ohio

Year of Birth
1927

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Home Town Born in Akron, Ohio	Last Address Born in Akron, Ohio Raised in Waco TX and moved to Los Angles 1940, at age 13. Residence: Studio City, California
Date of Passing Dec 29, 2004

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March 1972

Wm. Boyett

1946-1946, RM-0000, USS Gilbert Islands (CVE-107)

From Month/Year - / 1946	To Month/Year April / 1946
Unit USS Gilbert Islands (CVE-107) Unit Page
Rate Seaman First Class	NEC RM-0000-Radioman
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	USS Gilbert Islands (CVE-107) Details
	Hull number CVE-107 Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Kilo - Alpha - Tango CLASS - COMMENCEMENT BAY Displacement 11,3730 Tons, Dimensions, 557' 7" (oa) x 75' x 30' 8" (Max) Armament 2 x 5"/38AA 36 x 40mm, 20 x 20mm, 33 Aircraft. Machinery, 16,000 SHP; Allis-Chambers, Geared Turbines, 2 screw Speed, 19 Knots, Crew 1066. Operational and Building Data Built by Todd-Pacific Shipyards Inc., Tacoma, Wash. Initially named *St. Andrews Bay. Keel laid 29 Nov 1943, launched 20 Jul 1944, commissioned 5 Feb 1945. Decommissioned 21 May 1946. Recommissioned 7 Sep 1951. Decommissioned 15 Jan 1955. While in reserve, she was reclassified as a "Cargo Ship and Aircraft Ferry" (AKV-39), 7 May 1959. Stricken from the Navy list 1 Jun 1961. Reinstated in the Naval Vessel Register. Converted to a "Major Communications Relay Ship". Redesignated AGMR-1, 1 Jun 1963. Renamed Annapolis*, 22 Jun 1963 Conversion completed and recommissioned on 7 March 1964. Decommissioned 20 December 1969. Stricken 15 October 1976. Sold and scrapped.
	Type Surface Vessel
	Parent Unit Commencement Bay-class	Strength Escort Aircraft Carrier
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

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