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HMS Ameer (D01)
American escort carrier transferred to the Royal Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Baffins and HMS Ameer.
HMS Ameer (D01) was an American escort carrier, the USS Baffins (CVE-35), that was transferred to the Royal Navy in mid-1943. As a Ruler-class escort carrier served in the Far East until the end of the war. Ameer was returned to the US Navy in 1946 and sold off to commercial service.
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Name | USS Baffins |
Namesake | Baffin Bay in Texas |
Builder | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation |
Laid down | 18 July 1942 |
Launched | 18 October 1942 |
Fate | Transferred to Royal Navy |
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Name | HMS Ameer |
Commissioned | 20 July 1943 |
Decommissioned | 20 March 1946 |
Stricken | 1946 |
Identification | Pennant number:D01 |
Fate | Sold as a merchant ship; scrapped 1969 |
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Displacement | 8,333 tons |
Length | 495 ft 7 in (151.05 m) |
Beam | 69 ft 6 in (21.18 m) |
Draught | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
Propulsion | Steam turbines, 1 shaft, 8,500 shp (6.3 MW) |
Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h) |
Complement | 890 |
Armament | 2 × 4"/50, 5"/38 or 5"/51 guns |
Aircraft carried | 24 |
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Part of: | Eastern Fleet |
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