USS Block Island (CVE-8)
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 15 May 1941 |
| Launched: | 22 May 1942 |
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| Decommissioned (USN): | |
| Commissioned (RN): | 10 January 1943 |
| Decommissioned (RN): | 29 December 1945 |
| Fate: | Sold as a merchant ship |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 14,400 tons |
| Length: | 491 ft 6 in (150 m) |
| Beam: | 105 ft (32 m) |
| Draught: | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steam turbines, 1 shaft, 8,500 shp (6.3 MW) |
| Speed: | 18 knots (33 km/h) |
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| Complement: | 646 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 2 x 4 in (102 mm), 8 x 40 mm, 20 x 20 mm guns |
| Aircraft: | 20 |
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The USS Block Island (CVE-8) (originally AVG and then ACV) was built by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, Mississippi. She was transferred to the United Kingdom, under Lend-Lease, 9 January 1943 and commissioned the following day as HMS Hunter. The vessel was returned to United States' custody 29 December 1945 and sold into merchant service 17 January 1947 as Almdijk. In October 1965 the ship was sold for scrapping in Spain.
See USS Block Island for other ships of the same name.
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
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