HMS Chaser (D32)

	HMS Chaser in 1945
History
United States
Name	Mormacgulf; Mormacdove; Breton;
Namesake	Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.; Breton Sound, Louisiana;
Operator	Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. (intended)
Ordered	as a C3-S-A1 hull MC-162
Awarded	9 September 1940
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Cost	$7,412,192
Yard number	295
Way number	3
Laid down	28 June 1941
Launched	19 June 1942
Acquired	27 March 1943
Renamed	Breton, 26 December 1941
Reclassified	ACV, 20 Aug 1942; CVE, 15 July 1943;
Identification	Hull symbol: AVG-10; ACV-10; CVE-10;
Fate	Transferred to the Royal Navy, 9 April 1943
United Kingdom
Name	Chaser
Namesake	One that chases or purses another
Acquired	9 April 1943
Commissioned	9 April 1943
Identification	Pennant number: D32; R306; A727;
Fate	Returned to USN, 12 May 1946
United States
Name	CVE-10
Acquired	12 May 1946
Stricken	3 August 1946
Fate	Sold for merchant use, 20 Dec 1946
General characteristics
Class & type	Bogue-class escort carrier (USA); Attacker-class escort carrier (UK);
Displacement	8,390 long tons (8,520 t) (standard); 13,980 long tons (14,200 t) (full load);
Length	465 ft (142 m) (wl); 495 ft 8 in (151.08 m) (oa); 440 ft (130 m) (fd);
Beam	69 ft 6 in (21.18 m) wl; 82 ft (25 m) (fd); 111 ft 6 in (33.99 m) (extreme width);
Draught	23 ft 3 in (7.09 m) (mean); 26 ft (7.9 m) (max);
Installed power	2 × Foster-Wheeler 285 psi (1,970 kPa) boilers ; 8,500 shp (6,300 kW);
Propulsion	1 × Allis-Chalmers steam turbine; 1 × Screw;
Speed	18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	646
Armament	2 × 4 in (102 mm)/50 caliber MK 9 guns; 4 × twin 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns (AA) (4×2); 8 × twin 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon AA cannons; 10 × single 20 mm Oerlikon AA cannons;
Aircraft carried	24
Aviation facilities	1 × hydraulic catapult; 2 × elevators;
Service record
Operations:	Battle of the Atlantic, Arctic convoys (1943–45)
Victories:	Sank U-472, U-366, U-973 (1944)

HMS Chaser (D32/R306/A727) was an American-built Attacker-class escort carrier that served with the Royal Navy during the Second World War.

Acquired by the United States Navy for conversion to a Bogue-class escort carrier; she was transferred to the Royal Navy and commissioned as Chaser on 9 April 1943, under the Lend-Lease agreement. She spent most of her career escorting convoys in Arctic, she transferred to the British Pacific Fleet in March 1945.

History
HMS Chaser in 1945
United States
Name	Mormacgulf Mormacdove Breton
Namesake	Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. Breton Sound, Louisiana
Operator	Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. (intended)
Ordered	as a C3-S-A1 hull MC-162
Awarded	9 September 1940
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Cost	$7,412,192
Yard number	295
Way number	3
Laid down	28 June 1941
Launched	19 June 1942
Acquired	27 March 1943
Renamed	Breton, 26 December 1941
Reclassified	ACV, 20 Aug 1942 CVE, 15 July 1943
Identification	Hull symbol: AVG-10 ACV-10 CVE-10
Fate	Transferred to the Royal Navy, 9 April 1943
United Kingdom
Name	Chaser
Namesake	One that chases or purses another
Acquired	9 April 1943
Commissioned	9 April 1943
Identification	Pennant number: D32 R306 A727
Fate	Returned to USN, 12 May 1946
United States
Name	CVE-10
Acquired	12 May 1946
Stricken	3 August 1946
Fate	Sold for merchant use, 20 Dec 1946
General characteristics
Class & type	Bogue-class escort carrier (USA) Attacker-class escort carrier (UK)
Displacement	8,390 long tons (8,520 t) (standard) 13,980 long tons (14,200 t) (full load)
Length	465 ft (142 m) (wl) 495 ft 8 in (151.08 m) (oa) 440 ft (130 m) (fd)
Beam	69 ft 6 in (21.18 m) wl 82 ft (25 m) (fd) 111 ft 6 in (33.99 m) (extreme width)
Draught	23 ft 3 in (7.09 m) (mean) 26 ft (7.9 m) (max)
Installed power	2 × Foster-Wheeler 285 psi (1,970 kPa) boilers 8,500 shp (6,300 kW)
Propulsion	1 × Allis-Chalmers steam turbine 1 × Screw
Speed	18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	646
Armament	2 × 4 in (102 mm)/50 caliber MK 9 guns 4 × twin 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns (AA) (4×2) 8 × twin 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon AA cannons 10 × single 20 mm Oerlikon AA cannons
Aircraft carried	24
Aviation facilities	1 × hydraulic catapult 2 × elevators
Service record
Operations:	Battle of the Atlantic, Arctic convoys (1943–45)
Victories:	Sank U-472, U-366, U-973 (1944)