Allied Warships

USS Winjah (CVE 54)

Escort carrier of the Repeat Bogue class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeEscort carrier
ClassRepeat Bogue 
PennantCVE 54 
Built bySeattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered28 Apr 1942 
Laid down5 Jun 1943 
Launched22 Nov 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 20 May 1946.
Stricken by the United States Navy on 2 July 1946.
Sold into merchantile service being renamed South Africa Star.
Scrapped in Japan in May 1967.

 
Career notesTo the Royal Navy as HMS Reaper

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