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HMS ''Tracker'' (D24) was a Attacker class escort carrier that was built in the United States, but served in the Royal Navy during World War II. ==History== ''Tracker'' was constructed in the US by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding in Tacoma, she was originally intended to be the 2nd replacement merchant ship ''Mormacmail'' for Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.. However, before completion, the vessel was purchased by the US Navy; in 1942 she was given the designation ''BAVG-6'' and converted into an escort carrier at Willamette Iron & Steel, Portland, Oregon. Upon completion in early 1943, she was transferred to the Royal Navy and renamed HMS ''Tracker''. ''Tracker'' served as an escort during 1943-44 for North Atlantic and Arctic convoys. She originally carried Swordfish torpedo-bombers and Seafire fighters of 813 Naval Air Squadron; in January 1944 switching to the Avengers and Wildcats of 846 Naval Air Squadron. In April 1944 her aircraft, together with those from were responsible for the sinking of a German U-boat ''U-288'' east of Bear Island, during convoy JW-58. On 10 June 1944 while part of the antisubmarine screen of the Western Approaches Command for the D-Day landings, she collided with a River class frigate of the Royal Canadian Navy, HMCS ''Teme'', causing damage to both ships. HMS ''Tracker'' continued operations despite stove-in bows until 12 June 1944. Thereafter she was repaired and partially refitted in Liverpool until 7 September 1944. On 8 December 1944 the ship sailed to the US to be used as an aircraft transport, and spent the remainder of the war ferrying aircraft and personnel in the Pacific. In August 1945 she made a final trip to the UK, being returned to the US Navy in November 1945. She was sold in November 1946 and entered service as the merchant ship ''Corrientes'', based in Argentina. She was scrapped in 1964. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Tracker (D24)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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