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single propeller through reduction gears for a design speed of 17.5 kn (20.1 mph; 32.4 km/h). The ships were designed to carry 196 passengers with all passenger spaces air conditioned, another first for passenger ships. The passenger design was not completed due to requisitioning for war service. The passenger-cargo design was to be a 17,500 ton displacement, 9,800
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s area of operations throughout the war was
Chesapeake Bay, and her duty the basic task of training pilots and ships' crews in carrier operations. Men trained on her decks played an important role in the successful contest for the Atlantic with hostile submarines carried out by the escort carrier
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The modified C3 type was intended for Moore-McCormack's
American Republics Line for serving the east coast of the United States to South America and the first large U.S. passenger ships to be fitted with diesel engines. Two six cylinder Sun Doxford diesels with over 9,000 shaft horsepower drove a
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On 1 August 1941 the four ships were delivered to the Navy for conversion before completion as commercial vessels. Conversion for naval duties was by the
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co.,
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446:) with 40,000 cubic feet (1,132.7 m) of refrigerated space. Passengers were to be quartered in 76 staterooms, 22 single cabins, 34 double cabins and 20 cabins with private verandahs.
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serving the east coast of South
America. The ship was requisitioned for conversion to an escort carrier type intended for Royal Navy use and initially commissioned as
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engaged largely in refugee and immigrant voyages from Europe to
Australia. After a disabling engine room fire in January 1969 the ship was sold for scrap in Italy.
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453:, MC hull 61, yard hull 188, was laid 19 January 1940 with launch on 1 March 1941 and delivery on 2 October 1941. The ship was sponsored by Mrs. Felipe A. Espil (
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418:(MC) accepted Sun Shipbuilding's bid to build the four C3-P&C cargo/passenger liners on 29 November 1939 at a cost of $ 2,720,800 each.
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left
Chesapeake Bay for two ferry voyages, one to Bermuda in October 1942, and one to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, in September 1945.
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The ship was sold into merchant service on 30 January 1947 to the Vlasov group. After conversion the vessel became the
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682:. Successive accommodation upgrades secured the vessel's long-term employment, mainly as a migrant carrier from
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control on 4 October 1941. The vessel was reclassified AVG-30 on 24 January 1942 and commissioned as USS
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Pacific
American Steamship Association; Shipowners Association of the Pacific Coast (September 1941).
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American Steamship Association; Shipowners Association of the Pacific Coast (September 1941).
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Pacific
American Steamship Association; Shipowners Association of the Pacific Coast (October 1940).
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Pacific
American Steamship Association; Shipowners Association of the Pacific Coast (January 1939).
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985:"Outboard Profiles of Maritime Commission Vessels – The C3 Cargo Ship, Sub-Designs and Conversions"
381:. Days later the transfer was rescinded with the ship returning to U.S. Navy control to become USS
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After decommissioning in March 1946 the ship was sold in January 1947 to become the Italian
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on 29 January 1969. Primarily due to a lack of spare parts she was sold for scrap in
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in 1969, the last of the four to cease operation. Her last surviving former sister
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vessel, 492 ft (150.0 m) length overall and 465 ft (141.7 m)
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requisitioned all four unfinished combiliners, for conversion to military use.
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groups. Reclassified ACV-30 on 20 August 1942, and CVE-30 on 15 July 1943,
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497:(D27). However, the transfer was rescinded and the ship returned to
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Type of 1942 (Class)", she actually had several sister ships in
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Karsten-Kunibert Krueger-Kopiske has passenger capacity at 216.
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which operated throughout the war as a training ship on the
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World War II escort aircraft carriers of the United States
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List of escort aircraft carriers of the United States Navy
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was planned as the third of four ships to be built by the
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Ships built by the Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company
30:"HMS Charger (D27)" redirects here. For other ships, see
944:"New Combination Liners for American Republics Line"
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1399:List of escort aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy
264:111 ft 2 in (33.88 m) extreme width
2250:United States naval ship classes of World War II
162:1 August 1941 (delivery to Navy for conversion)
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1160:Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
1098:Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
209:Sold into merchant service, 30 January 1947
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493:was commissioned on 2 October 1941 as HMS
983:Karsten-Kunibert Krueger-Kopiske (2007).
678:, nominally for Vlasov's Italian managed
1154:This article incorporates text from the
697:in 1958 was the Gibb family with future
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1212:carries aid to Greek earthquake victims
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1120:"10 pound Pom arrival lists go online"
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1048:"Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company"
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38:
1185:1944 Booklet Booklet of General Plans
911:
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693:Among the immigrants arriving aboard
55:
7:
1100:. Naval History And Heritage Command
1092:Naval History And Heritage Command.
359:cargo/passenger liner hull built as
261:69 ft 6 in (21.18 m)
1194:en route to Australia (ship photo)
950:. San Francisco: J.S. Hines: 30–31
274:26 ft 3 in (8.00 m)
117:Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.
25:
462:United States Maritime Commission
430:for the Moore-McCormack company.
416:United States Maritime Commission
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1054:. San Francisco: J.S. Hines: 106
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509:in command; and reported to the
424:Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Co.
243:15,125 long tons (15,368 t)
57:
42:
1013:. San Francisco: J.S. Hines: 80
880:. San Francisco: J.S. Hines: 54
481:. Intended for transfer to the
918:"Sun Shipbuilding, Chester PA"
758:and sunk as a target in 1966.
1:
3518:Charger-class escort carriers
916:Colton, Tim (28 March 2014).
874:"Sun Gets Four C3 Motorships"
440:length between perpendiculars
754:), had been returned to the
355:converted from a commercial
389:with two ferry missions to
286:(31 km/h; 20 mph)
130:$ 2,720,800 (1939 contract)
3544:
1181:at NavSource Naval History
29:
3474:
3436:Motor torpedo boat tender
2194:
1422:
1389:
1363:
814:as the sole ship of the "
565:SBD-4 Dauntless crash on
505:on 3 March 1942, Captain
294:856 officers and enlisted
218:
50:
41:
251:492 ft (150 m)
100:Royal Navy name retained
3481:Completed after the war
2312:Light aircraft carriers
455:Courtney Letts de Espil
371:American Republics Line
306:5 in (130 mm)
219:General characteristics
191:AVG-30, 24 January 1942
188:D27 (R.N. pennant 1941)
3466:Underway replenishment
1254:-class escort carriers
1007:"Navy Takes Rio Ships"
666:
629:FM-2 "Wildcat" aboard
531:was decommissioned at
479:Newport News, Virginia
194:ACV-30, 20 August 1942
1416:Type C3-P&C ships
1203:en route to Australia
1052:Pacific Marine Review
1011:Pacific Marine Review
948:Pacific Marine Review
920:. ShipbuildingHistory
878:Pacific Marine Review
661:
597:Ship’s dispensary on
428:Chester, Pennsylvania
319:Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
121:Chester, Pennsylvania
3487:Single ship of class
3416:High-speed transport
460:On 20 May 1941, the
395:Guantánamo Bay, Cuba
212:Sold for scrap, 1969
197:CVE-30, 15 July 1943
18:USS Charger (CVE-30)
2131:Miscellaneous-cargo
1558:President Van Buren
1208:The migrant vessel
712:. Also aboard were
553:stern view (AVG-30)
2099:Type S4-SE2-BE1 ("
2086:Type S4-SE2-BD1 ("
2068:-class cable layer
2055:Landing Ship, Tank
1530:President Garfield
1270:United States Navy
1130:on 1 December 2014
812:United States Navy
667:
535:on 15 March 1946.
473:United States Navy
349:United States Navy
313:3"/50 caliber guns
3500:
3499:
2862:Destroyer escorts
2257:Aircraft carriers
2217:
2216:
2146:("Coastal Cargo")
2107:attack cargo ship
2073:Type S4-S2-BB3 ("
1871:
1870:
1820:Hawaiian Merchant
1595:
1594:
1544:President Jackson
1407:
1406:
648:(AVG-30) underway
507:T. L. Sprague USN
365:intended for the
334:
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16:(Redirected from
3535:
3461:Submarine tender
3406:Destroyer tender
3381:Floating drydock
2383:Commencement Bay
2244:
2237:
2230:
2221:
2164:("Refrigerated")
2094:attack transport
2053:Type S3-S2-BP ("
1898:
1891:
1884:
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1841:Hawaiian Shipper
1834:Hawaiian Planter
1806:Cumberland Sound
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1551:President Monroe
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1126:. Archived from
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327:Aircraft carried
108:29 November 1939
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3496:
3470:
3456:Seaplane tender
3426:Ice cream barge
3368:Auxiliary ships
3362:
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3220:
3101:
3046:
2963:
2938:
2917:Patrol frigates
2911:
2856:
2844:Robert H. Smith
2837:Allen M. Sumner
2717:
2634:
2567:
2498:
2478:
2388:
2339:Escort carriers
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2173:
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2034:Special-purpose
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1979:Emergency cargo
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1855:Kenneth Whiting
1827:Hawaiian Packer
1779:
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1572:Rio de la Plata
1537:President Hayes
1523:President Adams
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420:Rio de la Plata
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367:Moore-McCormack
362:Rio de la Plata
146:19 January 1940
76:Rio de la Plata
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2097:
2084:
2081:escort carrier
2071:
2061:Type S3-S2-BP1
2058:
2051:
2037:
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2026:("Z-ET1-S-C3")
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2089:Gilliam
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1957:Type C8
1950:Type C7
1943:Type C6
1937:Type C5
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