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USS Block Island (CVE-21)
USS ''Block Island'' (CVE-21/AVG-21/ACV-21) was a for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the first of two escort carriers named after Block Island Sound off Rhode Island. ''Block Island'' was launched on 6 June 1942 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation of Seattle, Washington, under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. H. B. Hutchinson, wife of Commander Hutchinson; transferred to the United States Navy on 1 May 1942; and commissioned on 8 March 1943, Captain Logan C. Ramsey in command. Originally classified AVG-21, she became ACV-21 on 20 August 1942, and CVE-21 on 15 July 1943.
==Service history==
Departing San Diego, California in May 1943, ''Block Island'' steamed to Norfolk, Virginia, to join the Atlantic Fleet. After two trips from New York City to Belfast, United Kingdom, during the summer of 1943 with cargoes of Army fighters, she operated as part of a hunter-killer group. During her four anti-submarine cruises, ''Block Island''′s planes sank two submarines: in on 28 October 1943 and in on 19 March 1944. She shared credit with destroyer and destroyer escort for the sinking of in on 17 March 1944 and with for sunk on 6 May 1944 in . , , and ''Bronstein'' sank on 1 March 1943 and the same day ''Bronstein'' got .
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