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style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>19 January 1942</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>1 May 1942</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Sponsored by</td><td>Mrs. H. B. Hutchinson</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>8 March 1943</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Honors and<br />awards</td><td>2 <a href="/wiki/Service_star" title="Service star">Battle Stars</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Torpedoed by <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-549" title="German submarine U-549"><i>U-549</i></a>; scuttled by escort screen, 29 May 1944</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Class and type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Bogue-class_escort_carrier" title="Bogue-class escort carrier"><i>Bogue</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Escort_carrier" title="Escort carrier">escort carrier</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td>16,620 <a href="/wiki/Long_ton" title="Long ton">long tons</a> (16,887 <a href="/wiki/Tonne" title="Tonne">t</a>)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>495.66 ft (151.08 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>111 ft 6 in (33.99 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draft</td><td>26 ft (7.9 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Installed power</td><td>8,500 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Shaft_horsepower" title="Horsepower">shp</a> (6,300 kW)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × Allis-Chalmers geared <a href="/wiki/Steam_turbine" title="Steam turbine">steam turbine</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × shaft</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>18 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">kn</a> (21 mph; 33 km/h)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>890 officers and men</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td>2 × <a href="/wiki/4-inch/50-caliber_gun" title="4-inch/50-caliber gun">4"/50</a>, <a href="/wiki/5-inch/38-caliber_gun" title="5-inch/38-caliber gun">5"/38</a> or <a href="/wiki/5-inch/51-caliber_gun" title="5-inch/51-caliber gun">5"/51</a>/38 cal <a href="/wiki/Dual_purpose_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Dual purpose gun">dual purpose guns</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Aircraft carried</td><td>24</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Aviation facilities</td><td>2 × elevators</td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>USS <i>Block Island</i> (CVE-21/AVG-21/ACV-21)</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Bogue-class_escort_carrier" title="Bogue-class escort carrier"><i>Bogue</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Escort_carrier" title="Escort carrier">escort carrier</a> for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. She was the first of two escort carriers named after <a href="/wiki/Block_Island_Sound" title="Block Island Sound">Block Island Sound</a> off <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a> and was the only American carrier sunk in the Atlantic during the war. </p><p>Originally classified <b>AVG-21</b>, she became <b>ACV-21</b> on 20 August 1942, and <b>CVE-21</b> on 15 July 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-CVE21_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CVE21-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was named after <a href="/wiki/Block_Island" title="Block Island">Block Island</a>, an island in Rhode Island east of New York.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Construction_and_commissioning">Construction and commissioning</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Block_Island_(CVE-21)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Construction and commissioning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Block Island</i> was launched on 6 June 1942 by <a href="/wiki/Seattle-Tacoma_Shipbuilding_Corporation" title="Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation">Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tacoma,_Washington" title="Tacoma, Washington">Tacoma, Washington</a>, under a <a href="/wiki/Maritime_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Maritime Commission">Maritime Commission</a> contract; sponsored by Mrs H. B. Hutchinson, wife of <a href="/wiki/Commander_(United_States)" title="Commander (United States)">Commander</a> Hutchinson. She transferred to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> on 1 May 1942 and commissioned on 8 March 1943, with <a href="/wiki/Captain_(naval)" title="Captain (naval)">Captain</a> Logan C Ramsey in command. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aircraft_carried">Aircraft carried</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Block_Island_(CVE-21)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Aircraft carried"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Block Island</i> had capacity for up to 24 <a href="/wiki/Fighter_aircraft" title="Fighter aircraft">fighter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-submarine">anti-submarine</a> aircraft normally a mixture of <a href="/wiki/Grumman" title="Grumman">Grumman</a> <a href="/wiki/Grumman_Wildcat" class="mw-redirect" title="Grumman Wildcat">Wildcat</a> and <a href="/wiki/Grumman_Avenger" class="mw-redirect" title="Grumman Avenger">Avengers</a> with composition dependent upon the mission. The squadron had the callsign VC-25 USN (Composite Squadron Twenty Five).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When she was utilised in a ferry role, she could carry up to 90 aircraft depending on aircraft type. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Service_history">Service history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Block_Island_(CVE-21)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Service history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Departing <a href="/wiki/San_Diego,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego, California">San Diego, California</a> in May 1943, <i>Block Island</i> steamed to <a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk, Virginia</a>, to join the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Fleet_Forces_Command" title="United States Fleet Forces Command">Atlantic Fleet</a>. She then made two trips from <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> to <a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a>, Ireland, carrying <a href="/wiki/Republic_P-47_Thunderbolt" title="Republic P-47 Thunderbolt">Republic P-47 Thunderbolt</a> fighters. </p><p><a href="/wiki/USS_Bogue" title="USS Bogue">USS <i>Bogue</i> (CVE-9)</a> and <a href="/wiki/USS_Card" title="USS Card">USS <i>Card</i> (CVE-11)</a> had pioneered new <a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">anti-submarine warfare</a> (ASW) techniques in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Atlantic" title="Battle of the Atlantic">Battle of the Atlantic</a>, forming <a href="/wiki/Hunter-killer_Group" title="Hunter-killer Group">hunter-killer groups</a> to destroy German <a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">submarines</a>. <i>Block Island</i> formed another group with four veteran <a href="/wiki/Clemson-class_destroyer" title="Clemson-class destroyer">flush-deck destroyers</a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Paul_Jones_(DD-230)" title="USS Paul Jones (DD-230)"><i>Paul Jones</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Parrott" title="USS Parrott"><i>Parrott</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Barker" title="USS Barker"><i>Barker</i></a>, and <a href="/wiki/USS_Bulmer" title="USS Bulmer"><i>Bulmer</i></a> as <a href="/wiki/Task_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Task Group">Task Group</a> (TG) 21.1. During her four anti-submarine cruises, <i>Block Island'</i>s aircraft sank two submarines and shared another two with her escorts. </p><p>On 28 October 1943, her Avenger and Wildcat aircraft sank <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-220" title="German submarine U-220"><i>U-220</i></a> with <a href="/wiki/Depth_charges" class="mw-redirect" title="Depth charges">depth charges</a> at <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=USS_Block_Island_(CVE-21)&params=48_53_N_33_30_W_scale:10000000&title=German+submarine+U-220"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">48°53′N</span> <span class="longitude">33°30′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">48.883°N 33.500°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">48.883; -33.500</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">German submarine U-220</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span>, fifty-six men were killed (all hands). </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:U-66_Gerettet_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/U-66_Gerettet_3.jpg/220px-U-66_Gerettet_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/U-66_Gerettet_3.jpg/330px-U-66_Gerettet_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/U-66_Gerettet_3.jpg/440px-U-66_Gerettet_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="1019" /></a><figcaption>Survivors from <i>U-66</i> aboard <i>Block Island</i></figcaption></figure> <p>On 17 March 1944, <i>Block Island</i>, destroyer <a href="/wiki/USS_Corry_(DD-463)" title="USS Corry (DD-463)"><i>Corry</i></a>, and <a href="/wiki/Destroyer_escort" title="Destroyer escort">destroyer escort</a> <a href="/wiki/USS_Bronstein_(DE-189)" title="USS Bronstein (DE-189)"><i>Bronstein</i></a> sank <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-801" title="German submarine U-801"><i>U-801</i></a> at <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=USS_Block_Island_(CVE-21)&params=16_42_N_30_20_W_scale:10000000&title=German+submarine+U-801"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">16°42′N</span> <span class="longitude">30°20′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">16.700°N 30.333°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">16.700; -30.333</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">German submarine U-801</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span>. Nine of the boat's crew were killed and 47 taken prisoner. </p><p>On 19 March 1944, her aircraft sank <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1059" title="German submarine U-1059"><i>U-1059</i></a> in <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=USS_Block_Island_(CVE-21)&params=13_10_N_33_44_W_scale:10000000&title=German+submarine+U-1059"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">13°10′N</span> <span class="longitude">33°44′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">13.167°N 33.733°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">13.167; -33.733</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">German submarine U-1059</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> southwest of the <a href="/wiki/Cape_Verde_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape Verde Islands">Cape Verde Islands</a>. <i>U-1059</i> was transporting torpedoes to the <i><a href="/wiki/Monsun_Gruppe" title="Monsun Gruppe">Monsun Gruppe</a></i> ("Monsoon Group"), a group of U-boats that operated in the <a href="/wiki/Pacific" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific">Pacific</a> and <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a>. Of <i>U-1059</i>’s crew, 47 were killed and 8 captured.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 6 May 1944, <i>Block Island</i> and destroyer escort <a href="/wiki/USS_Buckley" title="USS Buckley"><i>Buckley</i></a> sank <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-66_(1940)" title="German submarine U-66 (1940)"><i>U-66</i></a> at <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=USS_Block_Island_(CVE-21)&params=17_17_N_32_29_W_scale:10000000&title=German+submarine+U-66"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">17°17′N</span> <span class="longitude">32°29′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">17.283°N 32.483°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">17.283; -32.483</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">German submarine U-66</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-CVE21_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CVE21-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The boat lost 24 killed and there were 36 survivors, later transferred to <i>Block Island</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sinking">Sinking</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Block_Island_(CVE-21)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Sinking"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_Block_Island_(CVE-21)_after_being_torpedoed_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean,_29_May_1944.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/USS_Block_Island_%28CVE-21%29_after_being_torpedoed_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean%2C_29_May_1944.jpg/220px-USS_Block_Island_%28CVE-21%29_after_being_torpedoed_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean%2C_29_May_1944.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/USS_Block_Island_%28CVE-21%29_after_being_torpedoed_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean%2C_29_May_1944.jpg/330px-USS_Block_Island_%28CVE-21%29_after_being_torpedoed_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean%2C_29_May_1944.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/USS_Block_Island_%28CVE-21%29_after_being_torpedoed_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean%2C_29_May_1944.jpg/440px-USS_Block_Island_%28CVE-21%29_after_being_torpedoed_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean%2C_29_May_1944.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1568" /></a><figcaption>USS <i>Block Island</i> (CVE-21) down by the stern after being torpedoed by the German submarine U-549 in the Atlantic Ocean, 29 May 1944.</figcaption></figure> <p><i>Block Island</i> was <a href="/wiki/Torpedo" title="Torpedo">torpedoed</a> off the <a href="/wiki/Canary_Islands" title="Canary Islands">Canary Islands</a> at 20:13 on 29 May 1944 by <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-549" title="German submarine U-549"><i>U-549</i></a> who had slipped through her screen of escorts. <i>U-549</i> fired three <a href="/wiki/G7e_torpedo#G7e.2FT3" title="G7e torpedo">T-3 torpedoes</a>, hitting her with two and severely damaging the ship which later sank.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Six crewmen were killed in the attack; the remaining 951 were picked up by the escorting destroyers.<sup id="cite_ref-CVE21_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CVE21-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/USS_Eugene_E._Elmore" title="USS Eugene E. Elmore"><i>Eugene E. Elmore</i></a> attacked and sank <i>U-549</i> using her <a href="/wiki/Hedgehog_(weapon)" title="Hedgehog (weapon)">hedgehog</a> spigot mortar system and depth charges in <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=USS_Block_Island_(CVE-21)&params=31_13_N_23_03_W_scale:10000000&title=German+submarine+U-549"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">31°13′N</span> <span class="longitude">23°03′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">31.217°N 23.050°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">31.217; -23.050</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">German submarine U-549</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-CVE21_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CVE21-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When <i>Block Island</i> was torpedoed, six of her Wildcats (<a href="/w/index.php?title=VC-55&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="VC-55 (page does not exist)">VC-55</a>) were in the air and had no place to land. They headed for the <a href="/wiki/Canary_Islands" title="Canary Islands">Canary Islands</a> but all had to ditch at night after running out of fuel and only two of the pilots were rescued.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reunions">Reunions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Block_Island_(CVE-21)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Reunions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Former crewmembers held several reunions, the final one in <a href="/wiki/Fargo,_North_Dakota" title="Fargo, North Dakota">Fargo, North Dakota</a> in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Block_Island_(CVE-21)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Block Island</i> received two <a href="/wiki/Service_star" title="Service star">battle stars</a> for her service. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Block_Island_(CVE-21)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._Navy_losses_in_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="List of U.S. Navy losses in World War II">List of U.S. Navy losses in World War II</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/30px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/45px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/60px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Attacker-class_escort_carrier" title="Attacker-class escort carrier"><i>Attacker</i> class</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Attacker_(D02)" title="HMS Attacker (D02)"><i>Attacker</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Battler_(D18)" title="HMS Battler (D18)"><i>Battler</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Chaser_(D32)" title="HMS Chaser (D32)"><i>Chaser</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Fencer_(D64)" title="HMS Fencer (D64)"><i>Fencer</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Hunter_(D80)" title="HMS Hunter (D80)"><i>Hunter</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Pursuer_(D73)" title="HMS Pursuer (D73)"><i>Pursuer</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ravager_(D70)" title="HMS Ravager (D70)"><i>Ravager</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Searcher_(D40)" title="HMS Searcher (D40)"><i>Searcher</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Stalker_(D91)" title="HMS Stalker (D91)"><i>Stalker</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Striker_(D12)" title="HMS Striker (D12)"><i>Striker</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Tracker_(D24)" title="HMS Tracker (D24)"><i>Tracker</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Ruler-class_escort_carrier" title="Ruler-class escort carrier">Ruler class</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ameer_(D01)" title="HMS Ameer (D01)"><i>Ameer</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Arbiter" title="HMS Arbiter"><i>Arbiter</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Atheling" title="HMS Atheling"><i>Atheling</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Begum_(D38)" title="HMS Begum (D38)"><i>Begum</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Emperor_(D98)" title="HMS Emperor (D98)"><i>Emperor</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Empress_(D42)" title="HMS Empress (D42)"><i>Empress</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Khedive_(D62)" title="HMS Khedive (D62)"><i>Khedive</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Nabob_(D77)" title="HMS Nabob (D77)"><i>Nabob</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Patroller_(D07)" title="HMS Patroller (D07)"><i>Patroller</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Premier_(D23)" title="HMS Premier (D23)"><i>Premier</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Puncher_(D79)" title="HMS Puncher (D79)"><i>Puncher</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Queen_(D19)" title="HMS Queen (D19)"><i>Queen</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Rajah_(D10)" title="HMS Rajah (D10)"><i>Rajah</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ranee" title="HMS Ranee"><i>Ranee</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Reaper_(D82)" title="HMS Reaper (D82)"><i>Reaper</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ruler" title="HMS Ruler"><i>Ruler</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Shah_(D21)" title="HMS Shah (D21)"><i>Shah</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Slinger_(D26)" title="HMS Slinger (D26)"><i>Slinger</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Smiter_(D55)" title="HMS Smiter (D55)"><i>Smiter</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Speaker_(D90)" title="HMS Speaker (D90)"><i>Speaker</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Thane" title="HMS Thane"><i>Thane</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Trouncer_(D85)" title="HMS Trouncer (D85)"><i>Trouncer</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Trumpeter_(D09)" title="HMS Trumpeter (D09)"><i>Trumpeter</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Preceded by: <a href="/wiki/Long_Island-class_escort_carrier" title="Long Island-class escort carrier"><i>Long Island</i> class</a></li> <li>Followed by: <a href="/wiki/Sangamon-class_escort_carrier" title="Sangamon-class escort carrier"><i>Sangamon</i> class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td 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href="/wiki/HMS_Nabob_(D77)" title="HMS Nabob (D77)"><i>Edisto</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Premier_(D23)" title="HMS Premier (D23)"><i>Estero</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Atheling_(D51)" class="mw-redirect" title="HMS Atheling (D51)"><i>Glacier</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Shah_(D21)" title="HMS Shah (D21)"><i>Jamaica</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Patroller_(D07)" title="HMS Patroller (D07)"><i>Keweenaw</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Rajah_(D10)" title="HMS Rajah (D10)"><i>McClure</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Tracker_(D24)" title="HMS Tracker (D24)"><i>Mormacmail</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Hunter_(D80)" title="HMS Hunter (D80)"><i>Mormacpenn</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Nassau_(CVE-16)" title="USS Nassau (CVE-16)"><i>Nassau</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ranee_(D03)" class="mw-redirect" title="HMS Ranee (D03)"><i>Niantic</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Trouncer_(D85)" title="HMS Trouncer (D85)"><i>Perdido</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Emperor_(D98)" title="HMS Emperor (D98)"><i>Pybus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Prince_William_(CVE-31)" title="USS Prince William (CVE-31)"><i>Prince William</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Searcher_(D40)" title="HMS Searcher (D40)"><i>Searcher</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Queen_(D19)" title="HMS Queen (D19)"><i>St. Andrews</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ruler_(D72)" class="mw-redirect" title="HMS Ruler (D72)"><i>St. Joseph</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Arbiter_(D31)" class="mw-redirect" title="HMS Arbiter (D31)"><i>St. Simon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Thane_(D48)" class="mw-redirect" title="HMS Thane (D48)"><i>Sunset</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Smiter_(D55)" title="HMS Smiter (D55)"><i>Vermillion</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Puncher_(D79)" title="HMS Puncher (D79)"><i>Willapa</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Reaper_(D82)" title="HMS Reaper (D82)"><i>Winjah</i></a></li></ul> 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href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-959" title="German submarine U-959"><i>U-959</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">3 May: <a href="/wiki/USS_Donnell" title="USS Donnell">USS <i>Donnell</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-852" title="German submarine U-852"><i>U-852</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">4 May: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-371" title="German submarine U-371"><i>U-371</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-846" title="German submarine U-846"><i>U-846</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">5 May: <a href="/wiki/USS_Fechteler_(DE-157)" title="USS Fechteler (DE-157)">USS <i>Fechteler</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">6 May: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-66_(1940)" title="German submarine U-66 (1940)"><i>U-66</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-473" title="German submarine U-473"><i>U-473</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-765" title="German submarine U-765"><i>U-765</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">7 May: <a href="/wiki/HMCS_Valleyfield" title="HMCS Valleyfield">HMCS <i>Valleyfield</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">9 May: <a href="/wiki/USS_PC-558" title="USS PC-558">USS <i>PC-558</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">10 May: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Karukaya" title="Japanese destroyer Karukaya"><i>Karukaya</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/MS_Totila" title="MS Totila"><i>Totila</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">11 May: <a href="/wiki/USS_YF-415" title="USS YF-415">USS <i>YF-415</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">13 May: <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1224" title="German submarine U-1224">Ro-501</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">14 May: <i><a href="/wiki/America_Maru" title="America Maru">America Maru</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Inazuma_(1932)" title="Japanese destroyer Inazuma (1932)"><i>Inazuma</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1234" title="German submarine U-1234"><i>U-1234</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">15 May: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-731" title="German submarine U-731"><i>U-731</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">16 May: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-176" title="Japanese submarine I-176"><i>I-176</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">17 May: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-616" title="German submarine U-616"><i>U-616</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">19 May: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-16" title="Japanese submarine I-16"><i>I-16</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-960" title="German submarine U-960"><i>U-960</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1015" title="German submarine U-1015"><i>U-1015</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">21 May: <a href="/wiki/USS_LST-353" title="USS LST-353">USS <i>LST-353</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_LST-480" title="USS LST-480">USS <i>LST-480</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-453" title="German submarine U-453"><i>U-453</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">22 May: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Asanagi" title="Japanese destroyer Asanagi"><i>Asanagi</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_gunboat_Hashidate" title="Japanese gunboat Hashidate"><i>Hashidate</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-106" title="Japanese submarine Ro-106"><i>Ro-106</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">23 May: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-104" title="Japanese submarine Ro-104"><i>Ro-104</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">24 May: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-116" title="Japanese submarine Ro-116"><i>Ro-116</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-675" title="German submarine U-675"><i>U-675</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">25 May: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-476" title="German submarine U-476"><i>U-476</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-990" title="German submarine U-990"><i>U-990</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">26 May: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-108" title="Japanese submarine Ro-108"><i>Ro-108</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">27 May: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-292" title="German submarine U-292"><i>U-292</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">28 May: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_chaser_UJ_2210" title="German submarine chaser UJ 2210"><i>UJ 2210</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">29 May: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">USS <i>Block Island</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-549" title="German submarine U-549"><i>U-549</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">31 May: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_escort_Ishigaki" title="Japanese escort Ishigaki"><i>Ishigaki</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_gunboat_Kotaka" title="Japanese gunboat Kotaka"><i>Kotaka</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-105" title="Japanese submarine Ro-105"><i>Ro-105</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-289" title="German submarine U-289"><i>U-289</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Unknown date: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-240" title="German submarine U-240"><i>U-240</i></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other incidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">2 May: <a href="/wiki/USS_Parrott" title="USS Parrott">USS <i>Parrott</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">4 May: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Elgin_(J39)" title="HMS Elgin (J39)">HMS <i>Elgin</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">5 May: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_fleet_oiler_Hayasui" title="Japanese fleet oiler Hayasui"><i>Hayasui</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-55_(1925)" title="Japanese submarine I-55 (1925)">I-155</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">12 May: <a href="/wiki/USS_Bream" title="USS Bream">USS <i>Bream</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1102" title="German submarine U-1102"><i>U-1102</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">15 May: <a href="/wiki/French_submarine_La_Sultane_(Q177)" title="French submarine La Sultane (Q177)"><i>La Sultane</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">16 May: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-616" title="German submarine U-616"><i>U-616</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">21 May: <a href="/wiki/West_Loch_disaster" title="West Loch disaster">West Loch disaster</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">24 May: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-476" title="German submarine U-476"><i>U-476</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">26 May: <i><a href="/wiki/RMS_Ebro" title="RMS Ebro">Serpa Pinto</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">27 May: <a href="/wiki/USS_Lapon_(SS-260)" title="USS Lapon (SS-260)">USS <i>Lapon</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Raton" title="USS Raton">USS <i>Raton</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">28 May: <a href="/wiki/USS_Permit_(SS-178)" title="USS Permit (SS-178)">USS <i>Permit</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Unknown date: <a href="/wiki/USS_Medusa_(AR-1)" title="USS Medusa (AR-1)">USS <i>Medusa</i></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1943" title="List of shipwrecks in 1943">1943</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1943" title="List of shipwrecks in 1943"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/12px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/18px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/24px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1944" title="List of shipwrecks in 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