British Ships Involved
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| HMS D.77 Nabob |
| HMS D.77 Nabob (Bogue/Attacker Class) | ||
| General Details | ||
| Nationality | American-British | |
| Type | Escort Aircraft Carrier | |
| Builder | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma, Washington, USA | |
| Laid down | 20 October 1942 | |
| Launched | 22 March 1943 | |
| Commissioned | 7 September 1943 | |
| Fate | Ex-CVE.41 Ex-ACV.41 Ex-AVG.41 Edisto Acquired (USN) and redesignated AVG.40 Redesignated ACV.40 20 August 1942 Redesignated CVE.40 15 July 1943 Lend lease to UK 7 September 1943 Manned by RCN personnel Torpedoed 22 August 1944 in the Barents Sea by U-354 CTOL and paid off 30 September 1944 Used as part's hulk Returned to USN 16 March 1946 Stricken 16 March 1946 Sold for scrap Mar 1947 Resold into merchant service Not renamed Resold and renamed Glory 1968 Sold for scrap 1977 in Taiwan. Scrapping began 6. December 1977. |
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| Displacement | ||
| Standard | 11.420 tons | |
| Full Load | 15.390 tons 14.170 tons |
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| Ballast | Approx. 300 tons low in ship to offset added top weight | |
| Dimensions | ||
| Lenght (waterline) | N/A | |
| Lenght (Overall) | 495.67' or 492' | |
| Beam | 69.5' | |
| Draft | 25.5' or 24.67' | |
| Flight Deck Length | 466.67' or 465' | |
| Flight Deck Width | 78.45' or 75' | |
| Height of flight deck above water | 48' | |
| Elevators etc | Fore and aft; 9 hydraulic arrestor wires; 3 barriers abreast the island bridge structure. |
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| Armament | ||
| Main Gun | 2 x 5"/38 cal DP (2 x 1) | |
| Heavy AA | 16 x 40 mm Bofors (8 x 2) | |
| Light AA | 20 x 20 mm Mk 5 Oerlikons (20 x 1) | |
| Radars (in UK service) | ||
| Air Search | Type 291 ./44 | |
| Surface Search | Type 132 Type 272 A/S Type 86TBS aerials (111' above waterline) |
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| Navigation | N/A | |
| Fire Control | N/A | |
| Propulsion | ||
| Boilers | 2 F.W. Type "D" 285 psi 577F or 4 Admiralty 3 drum | |
| Turbines | 1 Allis-Chalmers or Westinghouse steam 85 rpm Parsons geared | |
| Shafts | 1 | |
| Horsepower | 8,500-9,350 shp | |
| Endurance | 26.340 nm at 15 knots (service) 23.664 nm at 17 knts |
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| Fuel | 3.459 tons | |
| Gasoline Storage | 196.091 gallons in 4 tanks (normally only 1 in use) | |
| Speed | 31 knots | |
| Complement | ||
| Usual | 908 Navy & Air Wing | |
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