HMS Empress (D42)
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| Career (USA) |  |
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| Name: | USS Carnegie |
| Laid down: | 9 September 1942 |
| Launched: | 30 December 1942 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Royal Navy |
| Career (UK) |  |
| Name: | HMS Empress |
| Commissioned: | 12 August 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 28 March 1946 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Bogue class escort carrier |
| Displacement: | 7,800 tons |
| Length: | 495 feet 7 inches (151.1 m) |
| Beam: | 69 feet 6 inches (21.2 m) |
| Draught: | 26 feet (7.9 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steam turbines, 1 shaft, 8,500 shp (6.3 MW) |
| Speed: | 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h) |
| Complement: | 890 officers and men |
| Armament: | 2 × 5 in (127 mm) guns 8 x twin 40 mm Bofors 35 x single 20 mm Oerlikon |
| Aircraft carried: | 28 |
The USS Carnegie (CVE-38) (previously AVG-38 then later ACV-38) was an escort aircraft carrier built in 1942-43 for transfer to the United Kingdom. She was reclassified ACV-38 on 20 August 1942, and CVE-38 on 15 July 1943. She was commissioned on 9 August 1943 for a period of three days prior to being turned over to the United Kingdom, under whom she served as HMS Empress (D42).
During World War II, she served in both the Pacific and Indian Oceans. On 28 January 1946, she was restored to United States custody, was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 28 March 1946 and was sold for scrap 21 June 1946.
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- This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
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