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

(1970) Vol. 5, p.263.





PERDIDO



CVE-47

Displacement:  9,800 t.

Length:  495’8”

Beam:  69’6”

Extreme Width:  111’6”

Draft:  26’

Speed:  18 k.

Complement:  890

Armament:  2 5”; 8 40mm; 27 20mm

Aircraft:  28

Class:  PRINCE WILLIAM

Maritime Commission standard type:  C3-S-A1



	PERDIDO (CVE-47) was laid down as ACV-47 under Maritime 

Commission contract by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., 

Tacoma, Wash., 1 February 1943; launched 16 June 1943; 

sponsored by Mrs. H. M. Bemis, reclassified as CVE-47 on 15 

July 1943; and completed at the Commercial Iron Works, 

Portland, Ore.



	Assigned to the United Kingdom under lend lease 23 June 

1943, PERDIDO was taken over by the British Navy at 

Portland, 31 January 1944.  During the remainder of World 

War II, she served the Royal Navy as HMS TROUNCER and took 

part in convoy escort and ASW patrol operations.  The escort 

carrier returned to Norfolk, Va., 21 February 1946.  PERDIDO 

was returned to the U. S. Navy 3 March 1946, and on 25 

March, the Secretary of the Navy authorized her for 

disposal.  Her name was struck from the Naval Register 12 

April 1946.  She was sold to William B. St. John and 

delivered to her purchaser 6 March 1947.





Transcribed by Michael Hansen

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