HMS Khedive (D62)

HMS Khedive (D62)

The USS "Cordova" (CVE-39) (originally AVG-39 then later ACV-39) was an escort aircraft carrier launched 27 December 1942 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding of Tacoma, Washington; sponsored by Mrs. A. E. Mitchell. Reclassified CVE-39 on 15 July 1943, "Cordova" was transferred to the Royal Navy on 25 August 1943, as HMS "Khedive" (D62). She was returned to United States custody on 26 January 1946 and sold into merchant service 23 January 1947 as "Rempang" (later "Daphne"). She was sold for scrap in Spain in 1975.

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