HMS Ameer (D01)
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| Career |
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|---|---|
| Laid down: | 18 July 1942 |
| Launched: | 18 October 1942 |
| Commissioned (RN): | 20 July 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 20 March 1946 |
| Fate: | merchant ship, scrapped 1969 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 8,333 tons |
| Length: | 495.66 ft (151 m) |
| Beam: | 69.5 ft (21.2 m) |
| Draft: | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Speed: | 17 knots (31 km/h) |
| Complement: | 890 officers and men |
| Armament: | 2 x 5 inch (127 mm) guns |
| Aircraft: | 24 |
The escort carrier USS Baffins (CVE-35) (originally AVG-35, then later ACV-35) was launched 18 October 1942 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma, Washington; sponsored by Mrs. Laurance Bennett, wife of Commander Bennett; and commissioned 28 June 1943, Captain W. L. Rees in command.
Baffins remained at Puget Sound Navy Yard until 18 July 1943. Her classification was changed to CVE-35 on 15 July 1943. On the 18th she proceeded to Vancouver, British Columbia, where she was decommissioned the following day and transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease.
During World War II she was operated by the British as HMS Ameer (D01) and she served in operations off Burma including Operation Matador and Malaya. She was returned 17 January 1946 and sold into merchant service by the Navy 17 September 1946 as Robin Kirk. She was later scrapped in Taiwan in 1969.
References
- This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''.
- [DANFS: Baffins]
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