HMS Speaker (D90)
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| Career |
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|---|---|
| Laid down: | 9 October 1942 |
| Launched: | 20 February 1943 |
| Commissioned (RN): | 20 November 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 25 September 1946 |
| Fate: | merchant ship; sold for scrap, 1972 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 8,333 tons |
| Length: | 496 ft (151.2 m) |
| Beam: | 69.5 ft (21.2 m) |
| Draft: | 23.25 ft (7.1 m) |
| Speed: | 18 knots |
| Complement: | 646 officers and men |
| Armament: | 2 x 5 inch guns, 8 x twin 40 mm Bofors, 35 x single 20 mm Oerlikon |
| Aircraft: | 18-24 |
The USS Delgada (CVE-40) (originally AVG-40 then later ACV-40) was a Bogue-class escort aircraft carrier launched 20 February 1943 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, Washington; sponsored by Mrs. James B. Sykes and reclassified CVE-40 on 15 July 1943. She was transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease on 20 November 1943, and served as HMS Speaker (D90). She was returned to the United States on 27 July 1946 and sold into merchant service 22 April 1947 as Lancero (later renamed President Osmena in 1965 and Lucky One in 1971). She was sold for scrap in Taiwan in 1972.
See also
- See HMS Speaker for other ships of these names.
References
- This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''.
| Bogue-class escort carrier |
| Royal Navy |
| Battler | Attacker | Hunter | Chaser | Fencer | Stalker | Pursuer | Striker | Searcher | Ravager | Tracker | Slinger | Atheling | Emperor | Ameer | Begum | Trumpeter | Empress | Khedive | Speaker | Nabob | Premier | Shah | Patroller | Rajah | Ranee | Trouncer | Thane | Queen | Ruler | Arbiter | Smiter | Puncher | Reaper |
| United States Navy |
| Bogue | Card | Copahee | Core | Nassau | Altamaha | Barnes | Block Island | Breton | Croatan | Prince William |
| List of escort aircraft carriers of the United States Navy |
| List of escort aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy |
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