Allied Warships

USS Niantic (CVE 46)

Escort carrier of the Repeat Bogue class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeEscort carrier
ClassRepeat Bogue 
PennantCVE 46 
Built bySeattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down5 Jan 1943 
Launched2 Jun 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 21 November 1946.
Stricken by the United States Navy on 22 January 1947.
Sold into merchantile in 1948 being renamed Friesland.
Renamed Pacific Breeze in 1967.
Scrapped in Taiwan in May 1974.

 
Career notesTo the Royal Navy as HMS Ranee

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