HMS Reaper (D82)

HMS Reaper (D82)

The USS "Winjah" (CVE-54) (originally AVG-54 then later ACV-54) was a Bogue-class escort aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, leased to the Royal Navy during World War II.

"Winjah" was laid down on 5 June 1943 at Tacoma, Washington, by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding; assigned to the United Kingdom under lend-lease on 23 June; redesignated CVE-54 on 15 July; launched on 22 November; and delivered to the British on 18 February 1944.

Renamed HMS "Reaper" (D82), the carrier operated in the Royal Navy for the duration of World War II. After arriving at Norfolk, Virginia, on 13 May 1946, "Reaper" was decommissioned on 20 May and returned to the United States Government. Authorized for disposal on 14 June, "Winjah" was struck from the Navy Registry on 8 July and sold to the Waterman Steamship Company of Mobile, Alabama on 12 February 1947 as the "South Africa Star". She was scrapped in Nikara, Japan in May 1967.

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