Allied Warships

USS St. Andrews (CVE 49)

Escort carrier of the Repeat Bogue class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeEscort carrier
ClassRepeat Bogue 
PennantCVE 49 
Built bySeattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down12 Mar 1943 
Launched2 Aug 1943 
Commissioned 
End service 
History

Never commissioned into the United States Navy.

Transferred to the Royal Navy under lend-lease.
Returned to the United States Navy on 31 October 1946.
Stricken by the United States Navy on 22 Janaury 1947.
Sold into merchantile service on 29 July 1947 being renamed Roebiah.
Renamed President Marcos in 1967.
Scrapped in Taiwan in 1972.

 
Career notesTo the Royal Navy as HMS Queen

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