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AMEER escort aircraft carriers (23, 1943 - 1944)


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Trumpeter 1945

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Slinger (ex-CVE32 Chatham) D26, R313 27 Seattle-Tacoma, Seattle, USA // Willamette Iron and Steel, USA 25.5.1942 15.12.1942 11.8.1943 to USA 27.2.1946
Atheling* (ex-CVE33 Glacier) D51, R304 28 Seattle-Tacoma, Seattle, USA 9.6.1942 7.9.1942 3.7.1943 // 1.8.1943 to USA 6.12.1946
Emperor* (ex-CVE34 Pybus) D98, R307 29 Seattle-Tacoma, Seattle, USA 23.6.1942 7.10.1942 31.5.1943 // 6.8.1943 to USA 12.2.1946
Ameer* (ex-ACV35 Baffins) D01, R302 30 Seattle-Tacoma, Seattle, USA 18.7.1942 18.10.1942 28.6.1943 // 20.7.1943 to USA 17.1.1946
Begum (ex-CVE36 Bolinas) D38, R305 31 Seattle-Tacoma, Seattle, USA 3.8.1942 11.11.1942 22.7.1943 // 3.8.1943 to USA 4.1.1946
Trumpeter (ex-CVE37 Bastian) D09, R318 32 Seattle-Tacoma, Seattle, USA // Commercial Iron Works, Portland, USA 25.8.1942 15.12.1942 4.8.1943 to USA 6.4.1946
Empress* (ex-CVE38 Carnegie) D42 33 Seattle-Tacoma, Seattle, USA 9.9.1942 30.12.1942 13.8.1943 to USA 28.1.1946
Khedive* (ex-CVE39 Cordova) D62 34 Seattle-Tacoma, Seattle, USA 22.9.1942 27.12.1942 23.8.1943 // 25.8.1943 to USA 26.1.1946
Speaker* (ex-CVE40 Delgada) D90, R314 35 Seattle-Tacoma, Seattle, USA // Willamette Iron and Steel, USA 9.10.1942 20.2.1943 20.11.1943 to USA 27.7.1946
Nabob (ex-CVE41 Edisto) D77 36 Seattle-Tacoma, Seattle, USA 20.10.1942 9.3.1943 7.9.1943 CTL 22.8.1944
Premier (ex-CVE42 Estero) D23 37 Seattle-Tacoma, Seattle, USA 31.10.1942 22.3.1943 3.11.1943 to USA 12.4.1946
Shah (ex-CVE43 Jamaica) D21, R312 38 Seattle-Tacoma, Seattle, USA 13.11.1942 21.4.1943 27.9.1943 to USA 6.12.1945
Patroller (ex-CVE44 Keewenaw) D07 39 Seattle-Tacoma, Seattle, USA 27.11.1942 6.5.1943 25.10.1943 to USA 13.12.1946
Rajah (ex-CVE45 Prince, ex-McClure) D10, R310 40 Seattle-Tacoma, Seattle, USA // Willamette Iron and Steel, USA 17.12.1942 18.5.1943 17.1.1944 to USA 13.12.1946
Ranee (ex-CVE46 Niantic) D03, R323 41 Seattle-Tacoma, Seattle, USA 5.1.1943 2.6.1943 8.11.1943 to USA 21.11.1946
Trouncer (ex-CVE47 Perdita) D85 42 Seattle-Tacoma, Seattle, USA // Commercial Iron Works, Portland, USA 1.2.1943 16.6.1943 31.1.1944 to USA 3.3.1946
Thane* (ex-CVE48 Sunset) D48, R316 43 Seattle-Tacoma, Seattle, USA 23.2.1943 15.7.1943 19.11.1943 CTL 15.1.1945
Queen (ex-CVE49 St. Andrews) D19, R320 44 Seattle-Tacoma, Seattle, USA 12.3.1943 31.7.1943 7.12.1943 to USA 31.10.1946
Ruler* (ex-CVE50 St. Joseph) D72, R311, A731 45 Seattle-Tacoma, Seattle, USA 25.3.1943 21.8.1943 22.12.1943 to USA 29.1.1946
Arbiter (ex-CVE51 St. Simon) D31, R303 46 Seattle-Tacoma, Seattle, USA 26.4.1943 9.9.1943 31.12.1943 to USA 3.3.1946
Smiter (ex-CVE52 Vermillion) D55, R321 47 Seattle-Tacoma, Seattle, USA 10.5.1943 27.9.1943 20.1.1944 to USA 6.4.1946
Puncher (ex-CVE53 Willapa) D79 48 Seattle-Tacoma, Seattle, USA 21.5.1943 8.11.1943 5.2.1944 to USA 16.1.1946
Reaper (ex-CVE54 Winjah) D82, R324 49 Seattle-Tacoma, Seattle, USA 5.6.1943 22.11.1943 21.2.1944 to USA 20.5.1946


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

11400
Displacement full, t

15390
Length, m

150.8

Nabob: 151.1
Breadth, m

21.2 wl 24.0 fd
Draught, m

7.75 deep load
No of shafts

1
Machinery

1 set Allis-Chamber geared steam turbines, 2 Foster-Wheeler boilers
Power, h. p.

8500
Max speed, kts

18
Fuel, t

oil 3160
Endurance, nm(kts)27500(11)
Armament

2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 12, 8 x 2 - 40/56 Bofors Mk 1.2, 14 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk 1.2, 7 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk 1.2, 18 - 24 aircraft (Fulmar, Sea Hurricane, Seafire, Martlet/Wildcat, Corsair, Gannet/Hellcat fighters, Swordfish, Albacore, Barracuda, Tarpon/Avenger torpedo bombers)
Electronic equipmentSK, SG radars
Complement646


Air group


Year Fighters torpedo bombers Flying boats
12.1943 Emperor 10 Hellcat --- ---
2.1944 Emperor 20 Hellcat --- ---
5.1944 Atheling 10 Wildcat, 10 Seafire --- ---
5.1944 Emperor 20 Hellcat --- ---
6.1944 Emperor 22 Hellcat --- ---
7.1944 Begum 4 Wildcat 12 Avenger ---
7.1944 Shah 6 Wildcat 12 Avenger ---
8.1944 Ameer 4 Wildcat 12 Avenger ---
8.1944 Trumpeter 4 Wildcat 8 Avenger ---
8.1944 Emperor 23 Hellcat --- 1 Walrus
8.1944 Nabob 4 Wildcat 12 Avenger ---
9.1944 Trumpeter --- 18 Avenger ---
9.1944 Emperor 20 Hellcat --- 1 Walrus
9.1944 Rajah --- 21 Avenger ---
10.1944 Trumpeter 4 Wildcat 16 Avenger ---
11.1944 Emperor 20 Hellcat 1 Swordfish 1 Walrus
11.1944 Premier --- 16 Avenger ---
12.1944 Trumpeter 20 Wildcat --- ---
1.1945 Ameer 20 Hellcat --- ---
1.1945 Trumpeter 8 Wildcat 8 Avenger ---
2.1945 Empress 11 Hellcat 8 Avenger ---
2.1945 Puncher 12 Wildcat 9 Barracuda ---
2.1945 Premier 12 Wildcat 7 Avenger ---
3.1945 Emperor 24 Hellcat --- ---
3.1945 Speaker 16 Hellcat --- ---
3.1945 Queen 4 Wildcat 12 Avenger ---
4.1945 Empress 20 Hellcat --- 1 Walrus
4.1945 Shah 5 Seafire, 4 Hellcat 10 Avenger ---
4.1945 Premier --- 12 Avenger ---
5.1945 Emperor 11 Hellcat 9 Avenger ---
5.1945 Shah 4 Hellcat, 5 Seafire 10 Avenger ---
5.1945 Queen 8 Wildcat 8 Avenger ---
5.1945 Ruler 18 Hellcat --- ---
6.1945 Ameer 24 Hellcat --- ---
6.1945 Ruler 18 Hellcat -- 1 Walrus
7.1945 Ameer 24 Hellcat --- 1 Walrus
7.1945 Emperor 22 Hellcat --- 1 Walrus
9.1945 Ameer --- --- 22 Hellcat
9.1945 Emperor 24 Hellcat --- ---


Standard scale images


<i>Emperor</i> 1943
Emperor 1943


Graphics


<i>Trumpeter</i> 1945
Trumpeter 1945


Aircraft facilities(fd - 3,204 (3,293)m², ha - ~ 1,500m² / 7,995m³)

 (fd - 3,204 (3,293)m², ha - ~ 1,500m² / 7,995m³): Flight deck: 133.5 (Smiter 137.2)x24.4m, hangar: 79.2x18.9x5.33m. There were 2 lifts (12.6x10.1m, 6.3t) and 1 catapult H-IV (3.9t plane was launched at 137km/h). Aircraft fuel stowage was 164,000l (Begum - 158,000, Emperor - 218,000, Slinger - 229,000).

Project history

The second series of the American Bogue class. 22 carriers from 24 built have been transferred on lend-lease to the RN, one to RCN (Nabob was manned by RCN but served in the RN) and one remained in the USN. In comparison with previous design, second series ships had strengthened artillery, increased flight deck and a smaller aviation petrol stowage. US 127mm Mk 12 guns with maximal elevation angle only 27° could not conduct AA fire.

Modernizations

5 - 7.1945, Arbiter: + 4 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk I/III

8/1945, Trouncer: - 14 x 2 - 20/70; + 14 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk I/III

1/1946, Atheling, Emperor, Ameer, Begums, Slinger, Trumpeter, Khedive, Empress, Speaker, Premier, Patroller, Rajah, Ranee, Queen, Ruler, Smiter, Puncher, Reaper: 2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 8 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 14 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, 7 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 18 - 24 aircraft, SK, SG radars

1/1946, Arbiter: 2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 8 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III, 14 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, 7 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 18 - 24 aircraft, SK, SG radars

1/1946, Trouncer: 2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 8 x 2 - 40/56 Mk 1, 14 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III, 7 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 18 - 24 aircraft, SK, SG radars

Naval service

Ameer, Atheling, Begum and Emperor were commissioned by US Navy and transferred to RN later. Slinger  was stricken by a mine 5.2.1944 and repaired till November, 1944. Nabob was damaged by a torpedo from German submarine U354 22.8.1944, laid up and never completely repaired. Thane was torpedoed by German submarine U482 15.1.1945 in a mouth of Clyde (10 people were lost), laid up and never repaired and never commissioned again.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.