CVE-31 Prince William
| Ships | ||||||
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| Hull No. | Ship Name | Laid Down | Launched | Commission | Status | |
| CVE 31 | PRINCE WILLIAM | 5/18/1942 | 8/23/1942 | 4/9/1943 | Sold for scrap, Mar 1961. | |
| CVE 32 | CHATHAM | 5/25/1942 | 9/19/1942 | Transferred to Royal Navy under lend lease, 11 Aug 1943; renamed HMS SLINGER (D-26). Returned 27 Feb 1946. Sold for into mercantile service, 21 Nov 1946. Renamed ROBIN MOWBRAY. Scrapped in Taiwan starting Jan 1970. | ||
| CVE 33 | GLACIER | 6/9/1942 | 9/7/1942 | Transferred to Royal Navy under lend lease, 31 July 1943; renamed HMS ATHELING. Returned to USN, 6 Dec 1946. Sold for conversion to merchant service, Nov 1947; renamed ROMA. Scrapped in Nov 1967. | ||
| CVE 34 | PYBUS | 6/23/1942 | 10/7/1942 | 5/31/1943 | Transferred to Royal Navy under lend lease, 6 Aug 1943; renamed HMS EMPORER (D-98). Returned 12 Feb 1946. Sold for scrap May 1946. | |
| CVE 35 | BAFFINS | 7/18/1942 | 10/18/1942 | 6/28/1943 | Transferred to Royal Navy under lend lease, 19 July 1943; renamed HMS AMEER (D-01). Returned to USN 17 Jan 1946. Sold for scrap, Sep 1946. Renamed ROBIN KIRK. Scrapped in Taiwan in 1969. | |
| CVE 36 | BOLINAS | 8/3/1942 | 11/11/1942 | 7/22/1943 | Transferred to Royal Navy under lend lease, 2 Aug 1943; renamed HMS BEGUM (D-38). Returned to USN 12 Feb 1946. Sold for merchant service, 16 Apr 1947 as RAKI. Renamed I YUNG in 1966. Scrapped in Taiwan starting March 1974. | |
| CVE 37 | BASTIAN | 8/25/1942 | 12/15/1942 | Loaned to RN, 4 Aug 1943; renamed HMS TRUMPETER (D-37). Returned to USN, 6 Apr 1946. Sold into merchant service as ALBLASSERDIJK. Later renamed IRENE VALMAS. Scrapped in Spain starting Jan 1971. | ||
| CVE 38 | CARNEGIE | 9/9/1942 | 12/30/1942 | 8/9/1943 | Transferred to Royal Navy under lend lease, 12 Aug 1943; renamed HMS EMPRESS (D-42). Returned to USN, 28 Jan 1946. Sold for scrap, June 1946. | |
| CVE 39 | CORDOVA | 12/27/1942 | Transferred to Royal Navy under lend lease, 25 Aug 1943; renamed HMS KHEDIVE. Returned to USN 26 Jan 1946. Sold for scrap, Jan 1947. | |||
| CVE 40 | DELGADA | 2/20/1943 | Transferred to Royal Navy under lend lease, 20 Nov 1943; renamed HMS SPEAKER. Returned to USN 27 July 1946. Sold for scrap, Apr 1947. | |||
| CVE 41 | EDISTO | Transferred to Royal Navy under lend lease, 7 Sep 1943; renamed HMS NABOB (D.77). Returned Feb 1946. Sold for scrap, Oct 1946 but went to commercial use. Scrapped 1977 in Taiwan. | ||||
| CVE 42 | ESTERO | 3/22/1943 | Transferred to Royal Navy under lend lease, 3 Nov 1943; renamed HMS PREMIER (D.23). Returned to USN in April 1946. Stricken 21 May 1946. Sold into mercantile service. | |||
| CVE 43 | JAMAICA | 4/21/1943 | Transferred to Royal Navy under lend lease, 27 Sep 1943; renamed HMS SHAH. Returned to USN, 6 Dec 1945. Sold for scrap, June 1947. Purchased in 1949 by Compania Argentina de Navegacion Dodero, Buenos Aires and rebuilt at Newport News, Va. as a passenger ship, renamed SALTA. 1951 used on the Buenos Aires - Genoa service with stops at intermediate ports. 1955 transferred to ownership of Flota Argentina de Navigacion de Ultramar, B.A. 1962 transferred to Empresa Lineas Maritimas Argentinas. Dec.1964 laid up at Buenos Aires. 1966 scrapped at Buenos Aires. | |||
| CVE 44 | KEWEENAW | 11/27/1942 | 5/6/1943 | Transferred to Royal Navy under lend lease, 22 Oct 1943; renamed HMS PATROLLER. Returned to USN, 9 Dec 1946. Sold, Aug 1947 for conversion to merchant service. Final disposition unknown. | ||
| CVE 45 | MCCLURE | 12/17/1942 | 5/18/1943 | Transferred to Royal Navy under lend lease, 17 Oct 1943; renamed HMS RAJAH (D.10). Returned to USN 13 Dec 1946. Sold for conversion to merchant service, 7 July 1947. Became the merchant ship DRENTE in 1948. | ||
| CVE 46 | NIANTIC | 1/5/1943 | 6/2/1943 | Transferred to Royal Navy under lend lease, 8 Nov 1943; renamed HMS RANEE. Returned to USN 21 Nov 1946. Sold for conversion to merchant service, 9 June 1947. Final disposition unknown. | ||
| CVE 47 | PERDIDO | 2/1/1943 | 6/16/1943 | Transferred to Royal Navy under lend lease, 31 Jan 1944; renamed HMS TROUNCER. Returned to USN, 3 Mar 1946. Sold for scrap, Mar 1947. | ||
| CVE 48 | SUNSET | 2/23/1943 | 7/15/1943 | Transferred to Royal Navy under lend lease, 19 Nov 1943; renamed HMS THANE. Severely damaged by a torpedo from a German submarine in mid-January 1945. Returned to USN, 12 May 1945. Declared unfit for repairs. Stricken October 1945 and scrapped. | ||
| CVE 49 | ST ANDREWS | 3/12/1943 | 7/31/1943 | Transferred to Royal Navy under lend lease, 7 Dec 1943; renamed HMS QUEEN. Returned to USN, 31 Oct 1946. Sold to Netherlands, July 1947. Operated in mercantile service until sold to Phillipine Presidents Line Inc. in 1967; renamed PRESIDENT MARCOS. Operated as late as 1974. Final disposition unknown. | ||
| CVE 50 | ST JOSEPH | 3/25/1943 | 8/21/1943 | Transferred to Royal Navy under lend lease, 22 Dec 1943; renamed HMS RULER (D.72). Returned to USN, 29 Jan 1946. Sold for scrap, May 1946. | ||
| CVE 52 | VERMILLION | 5/10/1943 | 9/27/1943 | Transferred to Royal Navy under lend lease, 20 Jan 1944; renamed HMS SMITER (D.55). Returned to USN, 6 Apr 1946. Sold for conversion to merchant, 28 Jan 1947; resold to a company in Argentina; served as SS ARTILLERO. Final disposition unknown. | ||
| CVE 53 | WILLAPA | 5/21/1943 | 11/8/1943 | Transferred to Royal Navy under lend lease, 5 Feb 1944; renamed HMS PUNCHER (D.79). Returned to USN, 16 Feb 1946. Sold for conversion to merchant, 9 Jan 1947; resold to British firm, 4 Feb 1947. She later served successively as MUNCASTER CASTLE, BARDIC, and BENNEVIS, into the 1970s. Final disposition unknown. | ||
| CVE 54 | WINJAH | 6/5/1943 | 11/22/1943 | Transferred to Royal Navy under lend lease, 18 Feb 1944; renamed HMS REAPER (D.82). Returned to USN, 20 May 1946. Sold for conversion to merchant service, 12 Feb 1947. Final disposition unknown. | ||
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