HMS Pursuer (D73)
HMS Pursuer in March 1944. HMS Furious can be seen in the background | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS St. George |
| Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 31 July 1941 |
| Launched | 18 July 1942 |
| Fate | Transferred to Royal Navy |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Pursuer |
| Commissioned | 14 June 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 12 February 1946 |
| Stricken | 28 March 1946 |
| Fate | Scrapped in 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Attacker-class escort carrier |
| Displacement | 14,400 tons |
| Length | 491 ft 6 in (149.81 m) |
| Beam | 105 ft (32 m) |
| Draught | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam turbines, one shaft, 8,500 shp (6,300 kW) |
| Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement | 646 officers and ratings |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 20 |
| Service record | |
| Part of: | Home Fleet |
| Operations: | |
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USS St. George (CVE-17) (originally AVG-17 then ACV-17) was laid down on 31 July 1941 as a C3-S-A2 by Ingalls Shipbuilding, Hull 296 of Pascagoula, Mississippi, under Maritime Commission contract as the (second) SS Mormacland for Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., (MC Hull 163). She was renamed St. George (AVG-17) by the United States Navy on 7 January 1942; and assigned to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease as HMS Pursuer on 24 February 1942. The vessel was launched on 18 July 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Mary Ann S. Bartman. The escort carrier was reclassified ACV-17 on 20 August 1942, acquired by the US Navy and simultaneously transferred to Britain on 14 June 1943. She was reclassified CVE-17 on 15 July 1943.