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USS Block Island (CVE-8) (originally AVG and then ACV) was an Attacker-class escort aircraft carrier that served during World War II.

HMS Hunter
History
United States
NameUSS Block Island
NamesakeBlock Island Sound
BuilderIngalls Shipbuilding
Laid down15 May 1941, as Mormacpenn
Launched22 May 1942
Commissioned9 January 1943
Out of serviceLoaned to Royal Navy 1943-1945
Stricken17 January 1947
FateSold into merchant service 1947, scrapped in Spain in 1965
United Kingdom
NameHMS Hunter
Commissioned11 January 1943
Decommissioned29 December 1945
RenamedInitially HMS Trailer, before being named HMS Hunter, As merchant ship:Almdijk
FateReturned to United States 29 December 1945
General characteristics
Class and typeAttacker-class escort carrier
Displacement14,400 tons
Length491 ft 6 in (149.81 m)
Beam105 ft (32 m)
Draught26 ft (7.9 m)
Propulsion
  • Steam turbines
  • 1 shaft
  • 8,500 shp (6,300 kW)
Speed18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement646
Armament
  • 2 × 4"/50, 5"/38 or 5"/51
  • 8 × 40 mm
  • 20 × 20 mm guns
Aircraft carried20

The ship 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. In March 1945 was attached to the 21st Aircraft Carrier Squadron. She participated in Operation Jurist and Operation Tiderace in August 1945, the reoccupation of Malaya and Singapore from the Japanese.

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.


Design and description


There were eight Attacker-class escort carriers in service with the Royal Navy during the Second World War. They were built between 1941 and 1942 by Ingalls Shipbuilding and Western Pipe & Steel shipyards in the United States, both building four ships each.[1]

The ships had a complement of 646 men and crew accommodation was different from the normal Royal Navy's arrangements. The separate messes no longer had to prepare their own food, as everything was cooked in the galley and served cafeteria style in a central dining area. They were also equipped with a modern laundry and a barber shop. The traditional hammocks were replaced by three tier bunk beds, eighteen to a cabin which were hinged and could be tied up to provide extra space when not in use.[2]

The ships dimensions were; an overall length of 492.25 feet (150.04 m), a beam of 69.5 feet (21.2 m) and a height of 23.25 ft (7.09 m). They had a displacement of 11,420 long tons (11,600 t) at deep load.[3] Propulsion was provided by four diesel engines connected to one shaft giving 8,500 brake horsepower (6,300 kW), which could propel the ship at 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph).[4]

Aircraft facilities were a small combined bridge–flight control on the starboard side and above the 450-by-120-foot (137 by 37 m) flight deck,[5] two aircraft lifts 42 by 34 feet (13 by 10 m), and nine arrestor wires. Aircraft could be housed in the 260-by-62-foot (79 by 19 m) hangar below the flight deck.[3] Armament comprised two 4"/50, 5"/38 or 5"/51 in single mounts, eight 40 mm anti-aircraft guns in twin mounts and twenty-one 20 mm anti-aircraft cannon in single or twin mounts.[3] They had the capacity for up to eighteen aircraft which could be a mixture of Grumman Martlet, Hawker Sea Hurricane, Vought F4U Corsair fighter aircraft and Fairey Swordfish or Grumman Avenger anti-submarine aircraft.[3]


References


  1. Cocker (2008), p.79.
  2. Poolman (1972), pp.74–75.
  3. Cocker (2008), p.80.
  4. Cocker (2008), pp.80–81.
  5. Poolman (1972), p.57.

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[de] HMS Hunter (D80)

HMS Hunter (D 80) war einer der acht Geleitflugzeugträger der Attacker-Klasse der Royal Navy. Die Schiffe waren als Frachtschiffe des Typs C3-S-A1 für amerikanische Reedereien begonnen, dann von der US Navy übernommen und als AVG, dann ACV und schließlich CVE fertiggestellt worden. Sie wurden von der US Navy als Geleitträger der Bogue-Klasse übernommen. Von den 45 in zwei Gruppen fertiggestellten Trägern wurden unmittelbar nach der Fertigstellung 31 im Rahmen des Lend-Lease-Programms an die Royal Navy weitergegeben.
- [en] HMS Hunter (D80)

[fr] HMS Hunter (D80)

Le porte-avions d'escorte USS Block Island (CVE-8) (à l'origine AVG-8, puis plus tard ACV-8), a été lancé le 22 mai 1942 du Chantier naval Ingalls de Pascagoula à Pascagoula. Il a été transféré au Royaume-Uni, il a été mis en service le 11 janvier 1943 sous le nom de HMS Hunter (D80), en prêt-bail pour la Royal Navy.



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