USS Delgada (CVE-40)
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| Career | Missing image USN-Jack.png United States Navy Jack  |
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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 |
| Beam: | 69.5 ft |
| Draft: | 23.25 ft |
| Speed: | 18 knots |
| Complement: | 646 officers and men |
| Armament: | 2 x 5-inch guns, 8 x twin 40mm Bofors, 35 x single 20mm Oerlikon |
| Aircraft: | 18-24 |
The USS Delgada (CVE-40) (originally AVG-40 then later ACV-40) was an 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. 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.
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