Category:Almdijk (ship, 1942)
Ship edit
- Type: C3-S-A2 freighter, completed as escort carrier, later converted to merchant ship
- Built by: Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula MS
- Yard No: 294
- Keel laid: 1941.05.15
- Launched: 1942.05.22
- Completed: 1942.12.31
- Length over all: 492 ft
- Beam:
- GRT: 7800
- DWT:
- www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk
- shipbuildinghistory.com
History edit
- Ordered as C3-S-A2 freighter Mormacpenn
- Taken over by U.S. Navy to be built as escort carrier USS Block Island (AVG-8)
- Transferred to Royal Navy as Trailer
- 1943.01.11 Commissioned in Royal Navy as HMS Hunter (D80)
- 1945.12.29 Returned to U.S. Navy
- 1947.01.17 Renamed Almdijk; Flag: Netherlands
- Owner: Holland America Line
- 1953 Renamed Almdyk
- 1965.11.02 Arrived in Valencia, Spain, for scrapping
Media in category "Almdijk (ship, 1942)"
The following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total.
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Gezicht op een haven, vermoedelijk in Duitsland, RP-F-F01076-G.jpg 4,514 × 3,628; 1.44 MB
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Schip 'Almdijk', RP-F-F01076-H.jpg 4,526 × 3,626; 1.42 MB
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Schip 'S.S. Gelria', RP-F-F01076-J.jpg 4,526 × 3,624; 1.42 MB
