Allied Warships

HMS Arbiter (D 31)

Escort Carrier of the Ameer class

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Escort Carrier
Class	Ameer
Pennant	D 31
Built by	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	26 Apr 1943
Launched	9 Sep 1943
Commissioned	31 Dec 1943
End service	3 Mar 1946
History	Transferred to the Royal Navy under lend-lease. Returned to the United States Navy on 3 March 1946. Stricken by the United States Navy on 12 April 1946. Sold into merchantile service on 30 January 1947 neing renamed as Coracero. Renamed President Macapagal in 1965. Scrapped in Taiwan in May 1972.
Former name	USS St. Simon

Commands listed for HMS Arbiter (D 31)

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	Commander	From	To
1	A/Capt. Roy Carlton Harry, RN	Dec 1943	9 Nov 1944

2	Capt. Douglas Henry Everett, DSO, RN	12 Dec 1944	3 Sep 1945
3	Capt. Cyril William Byas, RN	3 Sep 1945	Nov 1945

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