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

(1976) Vol. 6, p.678.





SUNSET



	The name SUNSET (ACV-48) was assigned on 23 August 1942 

to MC hull 259, a modified C3-S-A1 laid down on 23 February 

1943 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma, Wash.; 

launched on 15 July and redesignated CVE-48 the same day; 

sponsored by Mrs. C.E. Taylor; transferred to the United 

Kingdom under Lend-Lease agreement on 19 November; and 

commissioned the same day as THANE (D.48) in the Royal Navy.



	HMS THANE operated in the North Atlantic protecting 

convoys and ferrying aircraft for use in the European 

Theater until she was severely damaged by a German submarine 

torpedo in mid-January 1945 while in the Irish Sea.  Taken 

to Gare Loch in the Firth of Clyde, southwest Scotland, she 

was examined and declared a constructive total loss.  She 

was returned to United States custody while in the United 

Kingdom on 12 May.  Determined to be of no use to the United 

States Navy, she was slated for disposal in October; and she 

was subsequently scrapped.





Transcribed by Michael Hansen

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