HMS Shah (D21)

	HMS Shah in January 1944, en route from Alameda to Cochin via Williamstown, Australia. In addition to her usual complement of aircraft, she ferried Wildcats and Curtiss P-40s on her deck.
History
United States
Name	USS Jamaica
Builder	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down	13 November 1942
Launched	21 April 1943
Fate	Transferred to Royal Navy 27 September 1943
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Shah
Namesake	Shah of Persia
Commissioned	27 September 1943
Decommissioned	7 February 1946
Identification	Pennant number D21
Honours and; awards	Burma 1945
Fate	Returned to US ownership. Sold as merchant ship Salta; sold for scrap 1966
Badge	On a Field Blue, a Shah's crown Gold.
General characteristics
Class and type	Bogue-class escort carrier (US); Ruler-class escort carrier (UK);
Displacement	7,800 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 (6,300 kW)
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement	890 officers and ratings
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 carried	12–24

USS Jamaica (CVE-43) (originally AVG-43 then later ACV-43), was an escort carrier of World War II that served in the British Royal Navy as HMS Shah (D21). Returned to the United States at war's end, she was converted into a merchant vessel and she was sold into civilian service in 1946 as Salta. She was ultimately scrapped in 1966.

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