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Motto: None
Pennant Number:
D32 - R306
Battle Honours:
Atlantic 1943
Arctic 1944
Okinawa 1945
Specifications:
Builder:
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Corp, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Displacement:
14,170 tons
length
(Overall):
486ft
Beam:
69 ft 6 in
Speed:
18 knots
Crew Complement:
646
A/C Capacity:
20
Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. S.K.
Horn RN May 42 – Jan 43
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Capt. |Capt. H.V.P. McClintock RN
Feb 43 – Jun 44
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Capt. R.G. Poole RN Jan 45 – Jul 45
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Cdr. M.N. Tufnell RN Aug 45 – May 46
Squadrons:
816
Feb-Mar 44
Wildcat V
835
Nov-Dec 43
Swordfish II
899
Jan-Apr 45
Seafire L.III
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A History of HMS CHASER
Laid down 28 June 1941, by the Ingalls
Shipbuilding Corp. Pascagoula, Mississippi as a Maritime Commission
C3-S-A2 type freighter, hull number 162, Ingalls hull number 295, a
11,900 ton freighter Mormacgulf for the US operator
Moore-McCormack Lines; she was launched 19 June 1942.
The Mormacgulf was purchased by the US navy to
be the USS BRETON AVG – 10, but this was cancelled when it was
decided that AVG - 10 was to be transferred to the Admiralty on
loan). AVG – 10 was transferred to the Royal Navy and was
commissioned 9 April 1943 as HMS CHASER (D32), Captain H.V.P.
McClintock RN in command. US designation now became BAVG – 10, and
CVE-10 on July 15th, 1943.
Returned to USN 12 May 1946, stricken for disposal 3 July 1946. Sold
into merchant service 20 Dec 1946 as Aagtekerk. Renamed E Yung 1967.
Burned and run ashore at Kaohsiung, Taiwan 20 Dec 1972 (or sank 4 December
1973; records are unclear); hulk scrapped in Taiwan in 1973.
Content revised: July 2008
Sources used in compiling this account:
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Hobbs, D. (2003) 'Royal Navy Escort Carriers'
Liskeard, Maritime Books
Hobbs, D. (2007) ‘Moving bases: Royal Navy Maintenance Carriers and MONABs' Liskeard, Maritime Books
Poolman, K. (1988) 'Allied Escort Carriers of World War Two in Action' London, Blandford Press
Poolman, K. (1972) 'Escort Carriers 1941 - 1945' Shepperton, Ian Allen Ltd.
Smith,P.C., (12001) ‘Task Force 57: The British Pacific Fleet, 1944 - 45’ Bristol, Crecy Books
Sturtivant, R. & Burrows, M. (1995) ‘Fleet Air Arm Aircraft 1939 to 1945’ Tonbridge Wells, Air Britain (Historians)
Sturtivant, R & Balance, T., (1994) ‘Squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm’ Tonbridge Wells, Air Britain (Historians)
Winton, J. (1969) ‘The forgotten Fleet’, London, Michael Joseph Ltd.
British officers
(including Commonwealth officers serving in British units) Part of WWII Unit Histories and Officers web site.
Convoy Web A comprehensive resource listing
WW2 convoys and ships .
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