HMS Reaper
Service
- as USS Winjah2,193 days of the war
- as HMS Reaper18 February 1944 — 2 July 1946562 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Reaper
- Pennant / hull number
- D82
- Namesake
- Winjah Bay in South Carolina
- Builder
- Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation
- Laid down
- 5 June 1943
- Launched
- 22 November 1943
- Commissioned
- 18 February 1944
- Decommissioned
- 2 July 1946
- Fate
- Sold as a merchant ship; scrapped in 1967 (1967)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 7,800 long tons (7,925 t)
- Length
- 150.88 m (495 ft)
- Beam
- 21.03 m (69 ft)
- Draught
- 7.92 m (26 ft)
- Speed
- 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h, 20.1 mph)
- Complement
- 890
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
HMS Reaper was a escort carrier of the Bogue-class escort carrier (US) in service with the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number D82. The ship was named after Winjah Bay in South Carolina. Her keel was laid at Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation on 5 June 1943. Launched on 22 November 1943, she entered service on 18 February 1944.
Her class ran to 14 ships. The class followed the Long Island-class escort carrier and was succeeded by the Sangamon-class escort carrier.
She displaced 7,800 long tons. She measured 150.9 m (495 ft) long with a beam of 21.0 m (69 ft). Her designed speed was 17.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 890. Her main battery was of 127 mm (5 in) calibre.
She carried 28 aircraft.
She served with the United States Navy as USS Winjah. She then passed to the Royal Navy, serving as HMS Reaper from 18 February 1944. She was in commission for 2,755 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 2 July 1946.
She was broken up for scrap in 1967.
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, one shaft, 8500 shp
- Armament
- 2 × 4"/50, 5"/38 or 5"/51 guns
- 4 × twin 40 mm Bofors
- 10 × single 20 mm Oerlikon
- Aircraft
- 28
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Reaper on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Coote, R G G (Lt) Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph A 25715 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-01) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons