USS Prince William (CVE-19)
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| Career | Missing image USN-Jack.png United States Navy Jack 
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 15 December 1941 |
| Launched: | 7 May 1942 |
| Commissioned (USN): | 28 April 1943 |
| Decommissioned (USN): | |
| Commissioned (RN): | 18 May 1943 |
| Decommissioned (RN): | 12 February 1946 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in 1948 |
| Struck: | 28 March 1946 |
| 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) |
| Range: | |
| 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 name Prince William (CVE-19) (earlier AVG-19 then ACV-19) was assigned to MC hull 198, a converted C3 laid down by the Western Pipe and Steel Co., San Francisco, California, 15 December 1941. Designated for transfer to the United Kingdom under the Lend-Lease Agreement, she was renamed and launched as HMS Striker, 7 May 1942; redesignated ACV-19, 20 August 1942; delivered to the United States Navy 28 April 1943; and transferred to the Royal Navy 18 May 1943. Redesignated CVE-19, on the US Navy List, 15 July 1943, she served with the Royal Navy throughout the remainder of World War II. She was returned to the US Navy, at Norfolk, 12 February 1946; struck from the Naval Register, 28 March 1946; and sold to the Patapsco Steel Scrap Co., Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 5 June 1948 and scrapped.
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
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