HMS Smiter (D55)
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| Career |
|
|---|---|
| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 10 May 1943 |
| Launched: | 27 September 1943 |
| Commissioned (RN): | 20 January 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 6 May 1946 |
| Fate: | merchant ship SS Artillero wrecked 1967 |
| Struck: | 6 May 1946 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 7,800 tons |
| Length: | 495 ft 8 in (151.1 m) |
| Beam: | 69 ft 6 in (21.2 m) |
| Draft: | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Propulsion: | |
| Speed: | 17.5 knots |
| Range: | |
| Depth: | |
| Complement: | 890 officers and men |
| Armament: | 2 x 5 inch guns, 4 x twin 40 mm Bofors, 10 x single 20 mm Oerlikon |
| Aircraft: | 28 |
| Motto: | |
Commissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Smiter (D55), a “Ruler-class” escort carrier, she served the British throughout the remainder of World War II. She returned to the United States at Norfolk, Virginia on 20 March 1946 and was officially transferred back to the United States Navy on 6 April 1946. She was immediately determined to be surplus to the needs of the Navy and was designated for sale. Her name was struck from the Navy Registry on 6 May 1946. On 28 January 1947, she was sold to the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Norfolk, Va., for conversion to mercantile service. She was subsequently resold to Compania Argentina de Navigacion Dodero, S.A., and entered mercantile service in 1948 at Buenos Aires as the SS Artillero (renamed President Garcia in 1965). She was wrecked off Guernsey in July 1967, deemed a total loss and was scrapped at Hamburg in November of the same year.
See also
- See USS Vermillion and HMS Smiter for other ships of these names.
References
- This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''.
External links
- [history.navy.mil: USS Vermillion]
- [navsource.org: USS Vermillion (CVE-52) / HMS Smiter]
- [hazegray.org: USS Vermillion]
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