Allied Warships

USS Jamaica (CVE 43)

Escort carrier of the Repeat Bogue class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeEscort carrier
ClassRepeat Bogue 
PennantCVE 43 
Built bySeattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down13 Nov, 1942 
Launched21 Apr, 1943 
Commissioned 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistoryNever commissioned in the United States Navy.

Transferred to the Royal Navy under lend-lease.
Returned to the United States Navy on 6 December 1945.
Stricken by the United States Navy on 7 February 1946.
Sold into merchantile service on 20 June 1947 being renamed Salta.
Salta was scrapped at Buenos Aires in June 1966. 

Career notesTo the Royal Navy as HMS Shah

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