Allied Warships

USS Carnegie (CVE 38)

Escort carrier of the Repeat Bogue class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeEscort carrier
ClassRepeat Bogue 
PennantCVE 38 
Built bySeattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down9 Sep 1942 
Launched31 Dec 1942 
Commissioned 
End service 
History

Never commissioned in the United States Navy.

Transferred to the Royal Navy under lend-lease.
Returned to the United States Navy on 4 February 1946.
Stricken by the United States Navy on 28 March 1946.
Sold to be broken up for scrap on 21 June 1946.

 
Career notesTo the Royal Navy as HMS Empress

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