HMS Puncher

USS Willapa (AVG-53/ACV-53/CVE-53) was a Bogue-class escort carrier built during World War II for the United States Navy. Never seeing American service, the ship was transferred to the United Kingdom as part of Lend-Lease. The escort carrier was renamed HMS Puncher (D79) of the British Ruler class and crewed by the Royal Canadian Navy with aircrew from the Fleet Air Arm. Primarily used as an aircraft transport, Puncher took part in operations along the Norwegian coast towards the end of the war. Following the war the ship was converted for mercantile service and renamed Muncaster Castle, Bardic and Ben Nevis, before being broken up in 1973.

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1944  Wikimedia, Wikidata
D79; SS Bardic; SS Ben Nevis; SS Muncaster Castle; USS Willapa
speed 18 knot, 
Bogue-class escort carrier, Ruler-class escort carrier, escort carrier, Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Royal Navy, United States, 

• naval-history.net page^@
• Ship Design Drawings archive page^@
• uboat.net page^@
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1944 HMS Puncher

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World War II Q362

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keel laying

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ship commissioning

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ship decommissioning

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ship launching

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Frameless

HMS Puncher

HMS Puncher at Halifax 1945 LAC 3238329

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		naval-history.net page@		Wikidata
link	page		Ship Design Drawings archive page@		Wikidata
link	page		uboat.net page@		Wikidata
commons	image		HMS Puncher		Commons
commons	image		HMS Puncher at Halifax 1945 LAC 3238329		Commons