USS Breton (CVE-10)
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 28 June 1941 |
| Launched: | 15 February 1942 |
| Commissioned (USN): | 9 April 1943 |
| Decommissioned (USN): | |
| Commissioned (RN): | 9 April 1943 |
| Decommissioned (RN): | 12 May 1946 |
| 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 Breton (CVE-10) (originally AVG-10 then later ACV-10) was built by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, Mississippi. She was commissioned 9 April 1943 and transferred the same day, under Lend-Lease to the United Kingdom as HMS Chaser. The Chaser was assigned to convoy escort on Arctic routes, assisting in the sinking of U472 on 4 March 1944 and U366 and U973 in the next two days.
The carrier was returned to United States' custody 12 May 1946 and sold into merchant service 20 December 1946 as Aagtekerk. The ship was renamed E Yung in 1967.
Records on the matter are unclear, but the ship was apparently either burned and run ashore at Kaohsiung, Taiwan on 20 December 1972 or sank on 4 December 1973.
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
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