HMS Shah (D21)
Service
- as USS Jamaica? — 27 September 19431,487 days of the war
- as HMS Shah27 September 1943 — 7 February 1946706 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Shah
- Pennant / hull number
- D21
- Builder
- Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation
- Laid down
- 13 November 1942
- Launched
- 21 April 1943
- Commissioned
- 27 September 1943
- Decommissioned
- 7 February 1946
- Fate
- Returned to US ownership. Sold as merchant ship Salta ship; sold for scrap 1966 (1966)
- 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
- 18 knots (33.3 km/h, 20.7 mph)
- Complement
- 890
- Main gun
- 40 mm (1.6 in)
HMS Shah was a escort carrier of the Bogue-class escort carrier (US) in service with the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number D21. Her keel was laid at Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation on 13 November 1942. Launched on 21 April 1943, she entered service on 27 September 1943.
She was one of 14 ships of her class. The class followed the Long Island-class escort carrier and was succeeded by the Sangamon-class escort carrier.
Displacement was 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 18 knots, and she carried a complement of 890.
Her main battery was 16 40 mm (1.6 in) guns. She carried twelve aircraft.
She served with the United States Navy as USS Jamaica until 27 September 1943. She then passed to the Royal Navy, serving as HMS Shah from 27 September 1943. She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 7 February 1946.
She was broken up for scrap in 1966.
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, 8500 shp
- Armament
- 2 × 4-inch dual purpose anti-aircraft guns in single mounts
- 16 × 40 mm Bofors guns in twin mounts
- 20 × single 20 mm Oerlikon cannon in single and twin mounts
- Aircraft
- 12–24
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Shah (D21) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy photo courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org. — JAMAICA (CVE-43) / HMS SHAH; https://www.navsource.net/archives/03/043.htm — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons