HMS Ameer (D01)
HMS Ameer (D01) was an American escort carrier, the USS Baffins (CVE-35), that was transferred to the Royal Navy in mid-1943. As a Ruler-class escort carrier served in the Far East until the end of the war. Ameer was returned to the US Navy in 1946 and sold off to commercial service.
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Baffins |
| Namesake | Baffin Bay in Texas |
| Builder | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation |
| Laid down | 18 July 1942 |
| Launched | 18 October 1942 |
| Fate | Transferred to Royal Navy |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Ameer |
| Commissioned | 20 July 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 20 March 1946 |
| Stricken | 1946 |
| Identification | Pennant number:D01 |
| Fate | Sold as a merchant ship; scrapped 1969 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type |
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| Displacement | 8,333 tons |
| Length | 495 ft 7 in (151.05 m) |
| Beam | 69 ft 6 in (21.18 m) |
| Draught | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam turbines, 1 shaft, 8,500 shp (6.3 MW) |
| Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h) |
| Complement | 890 |
| Armament | 2 × 4"/50, 5"/38 or 5"/51 guns |
| Aircraft carried | 24 |
| Service record | |
| Part of: | Eastern Fleet |
| Operations: |
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