Name, USS Block Island (CVE 21). Type: Escort carrier (Bogue). Tonnage, 9.393 tons. Completed, 1942 - Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp, Tacoma WA ... Sometimes called �jeep carriers� because they were small, mass-produced, and versatile, the escort carrier crewmen also grimly joked that the class ... Nov 2, 2008 ... Cape Esperance, CVE 88, Escort Carrier. Cape Gloucester, CVE 109 ... Daginaw Bay , CVE 82, Escort Carrier. Fanshaw Bay, CVE 70 ... Confederation CVE-01 Wake Island class Escort Carrier:. The Wake Island-class warships serve in the role of escort carrier in the Confederation Forces. ...