>From the “Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships,” 

(1970) Vol. 5, p.382.





PRINCE WILLIAM



	The name PRINCE WILLIAM (AVG-19) was assigned to MC 

hull 198, a converted C3 laid down by the Western Pipe and 

Steel Co., San Francisco, Calif., 15 December 1941.  

Designated for transfer to the United Kingdom under the 

Lend-Lease Agreement, she was renamed and launched as 

STRIKER, 7 May 1942; redesignated ACV-19, 20 August 1942; 

delivered to the US Navy 28 April 1943; and transferred to 

the Royal Navy 18 May 1943.  Redesignated CVE-19, on the US 

Navy List, 15 July 1943, she served with the Royal Navy 

throughout the remainder of World War II.  She was returned 

to the US Navy, at Norfolk, 12 February 1946; struck from 

the Navy List, 28 March 1946; and sold to the Patapsco Steel 

Scrap Co., Bethlehem, Pa., 5 June 1948 and scrapped.





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