The Escort Carrier in the Second World War: Combustible, Vulnerable, Expendable!Casemate Publishers, 2005年1月1日 - 232 頁 To the US Navy they were CVEs! To the Royal Navy auxiliary carriers! To crews of endangered merchantmen in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans they were heaven-sent protection! To their crews they were Combustible, Vulnerable, Expendable! The need for air cover against enemy aircraft and submarines brought unprecedented demand for carriers. Over 100 vessels were converted on specially built for convoy duty. This is their story, warts and all. |
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1946 and converted 1946 and placed aboard Admiralty aircraft carriers aircraft transport aircrew Ameer-class American anti-submarine April Arctic convoys Armament ashore Atlantic attack Avenger aviation battleships Bay-class Bogue-class bombs breakers British carrier originally Casablanca-class transport carrier catapult Commander Commencement Bay-class commissioned into Royal converted to merchantman crew cruiser damaged deck landings decommissioned depth charges destroyer escort carriers Fairey Fairey Swordfish feet fighters fire Fleet Air Arm fleet carriers flight deck flown flying fuel German Godley Grumman Grumman Avenger Grumman Wildcats guns hangar deck Hellcats hull Imperial Japanese Imperial Japanese Navy Island June kamikaze knots MAC-ships Maru miles Nairana naval Navy’s operations originally intended Pacific patrol pilots placed in reserve Post-war radar re-designated refuelling returned rockets role Royal Air Force Royal Canadian Navy Royal Navy scrapped Sea Hurricanes Seafire September ship’s sold speed squadron starboard Stringbag submarine sunk Swordfish tanker tons standard torpedo U-boats VindeX warship Wildcats