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Encyclopedia > HMS Nabob
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Career United States Navy Jack Royal Navy Ensign
Laid down: 20 October 1942
Launched: 22 March 1943
Commissioned (RN): 7 September 1943
Decommissioned: 16 March 1946
Fate: merchant ship; sold for scrap, 1977
General Characteristics
Displacement: 15,390 tons (full)
Length: 495.66 ft
Beam: 69.5 ft
Draft: 25.5 ft
Speed: 18 knots
Complement: 1,000 officers and men
Armament: 2 x 5-inch guns, 8 x twin 40mm Bofors, 20 x single 20mm Oerlikon
Aircraft: 18-24

The USS Edisto (CVE-41) (originally AVG-41 then later ACV-41) was a Bogue-class escort aircraft carrier that was laid down 20 October 1942, launched 22 March 1943, transferred under Lend-Lease to the United Kingdom 7 September 1943 prior to her commissioning as the HMS Nabob (D77). She served as an ASW carrier and was manned by the Royal Canadian Navy. On 22 August 1944, she was torpedoed by U-354 in the Barents Sea and received heavy damage. Five days later, she steamed into Scapa Flow under her own power, but had lost 21 men. She was eventually judged not worth repairing, was beached and abandoned, cannibalized for other ships and decommissioned 30 September 1944. She was returned to United States custody and sold into merchant service 26 October 1946 as the merchant Nabob (later renamed Glory). She was sold for scrap in Taiwan in 1977. This image is a temporary placeholder for articles(mostly those utilizing the table from Wikipedia:WikiProject Ships/Tables) which still need a picture to illustrate them. ... The source for an SVG image of the United States Navy jack can be found at USN Jack. ... The source for an SVG image of the White Ensign can be found at User:David Newton/SVG Graphics/White Ensign. ... October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... This article is about the year. ... March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in Leap years). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... The Bogue class were a group of Escort Carriers built during the second world war. ... The escort aircraft carrier or escort carrier, was a small aircraft carrier developed by the Royal Navy in the early part of World War II to deal with the U-boat crisis of the Battle of the Atlantic. ... October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... This article is about the year. ... March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... The Lend-Lease program was a program of the United States during World War II that allowed the United States to provide the Allied Powers with war material without becoming directly involved in the war. ... September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Anti-submarine warfare is a term referring to warfare directed against submarines. ... The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) was the navy of Canada from 1911 until 1968 when the three branches of the Canadian military were merged into the Canadian Armed Forces. ... August 22 is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (235th in leap years), with 131 days remaining. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Southeastern portion of Barents Sea, the Kola Peninsula and the White Sea. ... Scapa Flow is a body of water in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom. ... September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 92 days remaining. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 66 days remaining. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...


See also

  • See USS Edisto and HMS Nabob for other ships of these names.

References


The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ... The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS for short) is the primary reference work for the basic facts about every ship ever used by the United States Navy. ...

Bogue-class escort carrier
Royal Navy
Battler | Attacker | Hunter | Chaser | Fencer | Stalker | Pursuer | Striker | Searcher | Ravager | Tracker | Slinger | Atheling | Emperor | Ameer | Begum | Trumpeter | Empress | Khedive | Speaker | Nabob | Premier | Shaha | Patroller | Rajah | Ranee | Trouncer | Thane | Queen | Ruler | Arbiter | Smiter | Puncher | Reaper
United States Navy
Bogue | Card | Copahee | Core | Nassau | Altamaha | Barnes | Block Island | Breton | Croatan | Prince William

List of escort aircraft carriers of the United States Navy
List of escort aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy

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H.M.S. NABOB (1582 words)
Nabob was still a British naval vessel however; the terms of the lend-lease agreement under which she was supplied prohibited her transfer to the Canadian government.
Nabob unloaded her cargo of P51 Mustangs to RAF Speke, Liverpool before continuing on to the Clyde; the aircraft of 852 squadron were flown off to RNAS Machrihanish on April 6th.
HMS Nabob was loaned to the Home Fleet from August 1st 1944 and she proceeded to the anchorage at Scapa Flow.
British Ships Involved - Aircraft Carriers - HMS D.77 Nabob - Gallery (648 words)
HMS Nabob before she was engaged in the attack against the German battleship Tirpitz in Norway.
HMS Nabob participated in the attacks against the German battleship Tirpitz in Norway, Operation "Goodwood I" and "II", on 22 August 1944.
HMS Nabob were shadowed by an enemy submarine but a brave pilot from Nabob managed to get his aircraft off from the sloping deck and kept the submarine down while Nabob escaped.
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