| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Escort carrier |
| Class | Repeat Bogue |
| Pennant | CVE 48 |
| Built by | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 23 Feb 1943 |
| Launched | 15 Jul 1943 |
| Commissioned | |
| End service | |
| History | Never commissioned in the United States Navy. HMS Thane was torpedoed by the German submarine U-1172 off the Clyde Light Vessel, but survived and was towed to Greenock by HMS Loring, deemed beyond economical repair, declared a Constructive Total Loss and put on reserve March 1945. Returned to the United States Navy on 15 December 1945.
Stricken for disposal. |
| Career notes | To the Royal Navy as HMS Thane |
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