A brief history of the
U.S.S. St. Lo (formerly Midway) CVE 63
Originally scheduled to be named Chapin Bay, the keel of the
CVE 63 was laid on January 23, 1943 at Kaiser Shipyard in Vancouver
, Washington. It was launched on August 17, 1943 and commissioned
on October 23, 1943 at Astoria, Oregon with Capt. Francis J. McKenna
in command.