HMS Hunter (D80)
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| Career (US) |  |
|---|---|
| Class and type: | Bogue-class escort carrier |
| Name: | USS Block Island |
| Builder: | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Laid down: | 15 May 1941, as Mormacpenn |
| Launched: | 22 May 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 9 January 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 1946? |
| Career (UK) |  |
| Name: | HMS Hunter |
| Commissioned: | 11 January 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 29 December 1945 |
| Renamed: | Initially HMS Trailer, before being named HMS Hunter As merchant ship: Almdijk |
| Struck: | 17 January 1947 |
| Fate: | Sold into Merchant service, Scrapped in Spain in 1965 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 14,400 tons |
| Length: | 491 ft 6 in (149.8 m) |
| Beam: | 105 ft (32 m) |
| Draught: | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steam turbines, 1 shaft, 8,500 shp (6.3 MW) |
| Speed: | 18 knots (33 km/h) |
| Complement: | 646 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 2 × 4 in (102 mm), 8 × 40 mm, 20 × 20 mm guns |
| Aircraft carried: | 20 |
USS Block Island (CVE-8) (originally AVG and then ACV) was a Bogue-class escort aircraft carrier that served during World War II.
She was laid down on 15 May 1941 as Mormacpenn under Maritime Commission contract at Pascagoula, Mississippi by Ingalls Shipbuilding, acquired by the United States Navy on 9 January 1943 and simultaneously transferred via the Lend-Lease program to the United Kingdom as Trailer. On 11 January 1943 the ship was renamed HMS Hunter (D80) and commissioned by the Royal Navy. The vessel was returned to United States' custody 29 December 1945 and sold into merchant service on 17 January 1947 as Almdijk. In October 1965 the ship was sold for scrapping in Spain.
[edit] References
- This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
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