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HMS Tracker (D24)
1943 Attacker-class escort aircraft carrier / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Tracker.
HMS Tracker (BACV-6/D24) was an Attacker-class escort carrier that was built in the United States, but served in the Royal Navy during World War II.
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![]() Tracker in circa 1944 - note the Swordfish with folded wings; a solitary aircraft, probably a Seafire, is at the rear of the flight deck | |
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Name | Tracker |
Ordered | as a Type C3-S-A1 hull, MCE hull 233[1] |
Awarded | 5 October 1941 |
Builder | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Tacoma, Washington |
Cost | $17,748,185[2] |
Yard number | 17[2] |
Way number | 4[2] |
Laid down | 3 November 1941 |
Launched | 7 March 1942 |
Commissioned | 31 January 1943 |
Decommissioned | 2 November 1946 |
Identification | Pennant number: D24 |
Fate | Returned to US Navy, 29 November 1945 |
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Name | Tracker |
Stricken | 21 January 1946 |
Fate | Sold into merchant service, renamed Corrientes, scrapped, 24 September 1964 |
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Class and type | Attacker-class escort carrier |
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Speed | 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Complement | 646 officers and ratings |
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Aircraft carried | 16-21 |
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Operations: | Battle of the Atlantic, Normandy Landings |
Victories: | Sank U-288 |
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