Allied Warships

USS Perdido (CVE 47)

Escort carrier of the Repeat Bogue class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeEscort carrier
ClassRepeat Bogue 
PennantCVE 47 
Built bySeattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down1 Feb 1943 
Launched16 Jun 1943 
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 3 March 1946.
Stricken by the United States Navy on 12 April 1946.
Sold into merchantile service as Greystoke Castle.
Renamed Gallic in 1954.
Renamed Berinnes in 1959.
Scrapped in Taiwan in November 1973.

 
Career notesTo the Royal Navy as HMS Trouncer

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