HMS Patroller
Service
- as USS Keweenaw? — 22 October 19431,512 days of the war
- as HMS Patroller25 October 1943 — 7 February 1947678 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Patroller
- Pennant / hull number
- D07
- Builder
- Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation
- Laid down
- 27 November 1942
- Launched
- 6 May 1943
- Commissioned
- 25 October 1943
- Decommissioned
- 7 February 1947
- Fate
- Sold as merchant ship; renamed Almkerk 1948 and Pacific Alliance 1969 sold for scrap 1974 (1948)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 9,800 long tons (9,957 t)
- Length
- 149.96 m (492 ft)
- Beam
- 21.03 m (69 ft)
- Draught
- 7.62 m (25 ft)
- Speed
- 17 knots (31.5 km/h, 19.6 mph)
- Complement
- 646
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
HMS Patroller was a escort carrier of the Bogue-class escort carrier (USA) in service with the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number D07. Her keel was laid at Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation on 27 November 1942. She entered service on 25 October 1943, having been launched on 6 May 1943.
Her class ran to 14 ships. The class followed the Long Island-class escort carrier and was succeeded by the Sangamon-class escort carrier.
Displacement was 9,800 long tons. She measured 150.0 m (492 ft) long with a beam of 21.0 m (69 ft). Her designed speed was 17 knots, and she carried a complement of 646. Her main battery was of 127 mm (5 in) calibre.
She carried 24 aircraft.
She served with the United States Navy as USS Keweenaw until 22 October 1943. She then passed to the Royal Navy, serving as HMS Patroller from 25 October 1943. She was in commission for 2,190 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 7 February 1947.
She was broken up for scrap in 1948.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- Steam turbines, 1 shaft, 9,350 shp
- Armament
- 2 × 4"/50, 5"/38 or 5"/51 Dual Purpose guns in single mounts
- 16 X 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns in twin mounts
- 20 X 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons in single mounts
- Aircraft
- 24
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Patroller on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Lt. S.J. Beadell, Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205119781 A21343 ] comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-01) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons