Allied Warships

USS Prince (CVE 45)

Escort carrier of the Repeat Bogue class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeEscort carrier
ClassRepeat Bogue 
PennantCVE 45 
Built bySeattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down17 Dec 1942 
Launched18 May 1943 
Commissioned 
End service 
History

Never commissioned in the United States Navy.

Transferred to the Royal Navy under lend-lease.
Returned to the United States Navy on 13 December 1946.
Stricken by the United States Navy on 7 February 1947.
Sold into merchantile service on 7 July 1947 being renamed Drente.
Renamed Lambros in 1966.
Renamed Ulysses in 1969.
Scrapped in Taiwan in June 1975.

 
Career notesTo the Royal Navy as HMS Rajah

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