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BLOCK ISLAND   (ACV-8)  /  HMS HUNTER   (D80)
(later CVE-8)


Battle Honours

Atlantic 1943-1944 — Salerno 1943 — South France 1944 — Aegean 1944 — Burma 1945 — Malaya 1945
Attacker (US Bogue) Class Escort Carrier
Ordered Laid down Launched Commissioned Returned to US Stricken
- 15 May 1941 22 May 1942 9 Jan 1943 29 Dec 1945 26 Feb 1946
Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, Miss.
Specifications
(As converted, 1943)
Displacement: 7,800 tons standard; 14,170 tons full load
Dimensions (wl): 465' x 69.5' x 24' 8"  /  141.7 x 21.2 x 7.5 meters
Dimensions (max.): 495' 8" x 111.5'  /  151.1 x 34 meters
Armor: None
Power plant: 2 boilers (285 psi); 1 steam turbine; 1 shaft; 8,500 shp
Speed: 18+ knots
Endurance: 27,300 nautical miles @ 11 knots
Armament: 2 single 4"/50 gun mounts; 4 twin 40-mm/56-cal gun mounts; 8 twin and 10 single 20-mm/70-cal gun mounts
Aircraft: 12+
Aviation facilities: 2 elevators; 1 hydraulic catapult (H 2); 9 arresting wires and 3 barriers
Crew: 646
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HMS Hunter (D80)
CVE-8 Block Island/HMS Hunter
NS0300801		 49k Water level image showing her multi level anti-aircraft protection. Seen here at the flight deck level as well as in bulges added to her hull. IWM
CVE-8 Block Island/HMS Hunter
NS0300804		 38k HMS Hunter, place unknown. January 1943 (thanks to Robert Hurst). Haze Gray & Underway
CVE-6/HMS Battler
NS0300605		 48k HMS Battler as seen from HMS Hunter in an angry sea on passage to the Mediterranean for Operation Avalanche at Salerno, Italy (September 1943). Note the overhang of the sponsons from the flight deck catwalk (the Goofers). Robert Hurst
CVE-8 Block Island/HMS Hunter
NS0300803		 49k HMS Hunter and HMS Empress entering Singapore harbour after the Japanese surrender (September 1945). Note aircraft and ship's company lined up on the flight deck. Two cruisers of the Eastern Fleet are also in harbour. Robert Hurst
Commercial Service
CVE-8 Block Island/HMS Hunter
NS0300802		 60k Holland America Line Almdyk taking on cargo for the Far East. Bremerhaven, March 1965. Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus

For more information and photos of this ship, see:
View the Block Island (ACV-8 / CVE-8)  /  HMS Hunter (D80)
DANFS History entry located on the Hazegray & Underway Web Site.
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Related Links
Hazegray & Underway World Aircraft Carrier Pages By Andrew Toppan.
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