HMS Shah (D21)

HMS Shah (D21)

The USS "Jamaica" (CVE-43) (originally AVG-43 then later ACV-43), was an escort aircraft carrier laid down 13 November 1942 as MC Hull 254 and launched under Maritime Commission contract by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding, (later Todd Pacific), Tacoma, Washington, 21 April 1943; sponsored by Mrs. C. T. Simard; reclassified CVE-43 on 15 July 1943; acquired by the United States Navy, and transferred to the United Kingdom under lend-lease 27 September 1943.

One of a large group of escort carriers transferred to the Royal Navy for antisubmarine work in the Atlantic, "Jamaica" was renamed HMS "Shah" (D21). Commanded by William John Yendell [ [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/YENDELL.shtml YENDELL, William John (1903-1988), Rear Admiral ] ] she took an active part in the war, heading the hunter-killer group which sank "U-198" in the Indian Ocean, 12 August 1944 and taking part in the Burma campaign in 1945. She was returned to the United States 6 December 1945 and sold into merchant service 20 June 1947 as "Salta". She was scrapped in Buenos Aires in 1966.

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