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HMS Shah (D21)
The USS ''Jamaica'' (CVE-43) (originally AVG-43 then later ACV-43), was an escort aircraft carrier of World War II that served in the British Royal Navy as HMS ''Shah'' (D21). Returned to the USA at War's end, she was converted into a merchant vessel and she was sold into civilian service in 1946 as ''Salta''. She was ultimately scrapped in 1966.
==Design and description==
HMS ''Shah'' was a Ruler class escort carrier in the Royal Navy. The ships in this class were all larger and had a greater aircraft capacity than all preceding American-built escort carriers. Their hulls were designed as merchant ships but they were laid down as escort carriers and were not later conversions. All had a complement of 646 men and an overall length of , a beam of and a draught of .〔Cocker (2008), p.82.〕 Propulsion was provided a steam turbine, two boilers connected to one shaft giving 9,350 brake horsepower (SHP), which could propel the ship at .〔Cocker (2008), p.79.〕
Aircraft facilities were a small combined bridge–flight control on the starboard side, two aircraft lifts , one aircraft catapult and nine arrestor wires.〔Cocker (2008), p.82.〕 Aircraft could be housed in the hangar below the flight deck.〔 Armament comprised: two 4 inch Dual Purpose guns in single mounts, sixteen 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns in twin mounts and twenty 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons in single mounts.〔
Her operational complement of aircraft carried changed over time, typically being some combination of up to about 18 Grumman Avengers, Grumman Wildcats, Grumman Hellcats, and Supermarine Walrus, plus deck cargo.〔(A History of HMS Shah ), Royal Navy Research Archive〕
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