HMS Hunter (D80)
USS Block Island (CVE-8) (originally AVG and then ACV) was an Attacker-class escort aircraft carrier that served during World War II. 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.
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HMS Hunter (D80)
USS Block Island (CVE-8) (originally AVG and then ACV) was an Attacker-class escort aircraft carrier that served during World War II. 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.
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HMS Hunter (D 80) war einer de ...... nd „Burma 1945“ ausgezeichnet.
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Le porte-avions d'escorte USS ...... prêt-bail pour la Royal Navy.
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USS Block Island (CVE-8) (orig ...... s sold for scrapping in Spain.
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Авіаносець «Хантер» (англ. HMS ...... итанії за програмою ленд-лізу.
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ブロック・アイランド(USS Block Island, AVG/ACV/CVE-8)は、アメリカ海軍の護衛空母。ボーグ級航空母艦の1隻。
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1943-01-09
1943-01-11
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1945-12-29
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1941-05-15
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1942-05-22
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Sold into merchant service, Scrapped in Spain in 1965
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Ship aircraft
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*2 × 4"/50, 5"/38 or 5"/51
*8 × 40 mm
*20 × 20 mm guns
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1943-01-09
1943-01-11
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United Kingdom
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United States
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1945-12-29
Sold for scrapping 1965
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Sold into merchant service, Scrapped in Spain in 1965
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1942-05-22
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HMS Hunter
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USS Block Island
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*Steam turbines
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Initially HMS Trailer, before being named HMS Hunter, As merchant ship:Almdijk
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1947-01-17
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HMS Hunter (D 80) war einer de ...... die Royal Navy weitergegeben.
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Le porte-avions d'escorte USS ...... prêt-bail pour la Royal Navy.
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USS Block Island (CVE-8) (orig ...... d Singapore from the Japanese.
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Авіаносець «Хантер» (англ. HMS ...... итанії за програмою ленд-лізу.
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ブロック・アイランド(USS Block Island, AVG/ACV/CVE-8)は、アメリカ海軍の護衛空母。ボーグ級航空母艦の1隻。
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HMS Hunter (D80)
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HMS Hunter (D80)
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HMS Hunter (D80)
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HMS Hunter (D80)
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ハンター (護衛空母)
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HMS Hunter
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USS Block Island
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