U.S. Navy #6 - USS Gilbert Islands - Road Number CVE-107 - 50’ Standard Box Car, Plug Door, w/o Roofwalk
USS Gilbert Islands was built by Todd-Pacific Shipyards in Tacoma, Washington, and served the US Navy from 5 February 1945 to 1 June 1961. She served in World War II, Korea as an Escort Carrier and then later in Vietnam after being reclassified AGMR1 in 1963 and renamed USS Annapolis. For much of that time she served around the Pacific, joined the Atlantic Fleet briefly, then finally assigned to Long Beach, California, as home port as the Annapolis.