Tag: warship
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US Navy Escort Carrier USS Breton CVE-23
US Navy Escort Carrier USS Breton CVE-23 The USS Breton (CVE-23) was a Bogue-class escort aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that served during World War II and was later reactivated as an aircraft transport vessel in the post-war period. Escort carriers such as Breton played a vital but often underappreciated role in naval… Read more
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US Navy Escort Carrier USS Block Island CVE-21
US Navy Escort Carrier USS Block Island CVE-21 USS Block Island (CVE-21) was a Bogue-class escort carrier, commissioned into the U.S. Navy in March 1943 during a period of accelerated naval construction driven by anti-submarine warfare (ASW) requirements in the Atlantic. Escort carriers—converted from merchant or support hulls—were optimized for convoy defence and hunter-killer operations… Read more
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HMS Argus I49 British Aircraft Carrier
HMS Argus HMS Argus was a British aircraft carrier that served in the Royal Navy from 1918 to 1944. She was converted from an ocean liner that was under construction when the First World War began and became the first example of the standard pattern of aircraft carrier, with a full-length flight deck that allowed… Read more