
| Attacker (US Bogue) Class Escort Carrier | |||||
| Ordered | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Returned to US | Stricken |
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| - | 3 Nov 1941 | 7 Mar 1942 | 31 Jan 1943 | 29 Nov 1945 | 2 Nov 1946 |
| Builder: Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle-Tacoma, Wash. | |||||
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238k | Three views of soon-to-be HMS Tracker during trials in the Columbia river conducted by her builders, Willamette Iron & Steel Corporation, Portland, Oregon, before being accepted by the Admiralty on January 31, 1943. Tracker was the first of 10 RN CVE's to be completed at Portland — five each at Willamette Iron & Steel Corporation, and Commercial Iron Works. These were (in order of completion): Tracker (WI&SC), Searcher (CIW), Ravager (CIW), Trumpeter (CIW), Slinger (WI&SC), Premier (WI&SC), Speaker (WI&SC), Arbiter (CIW), Rajah (WI&SC), and Trouncer (CIW). |
Courtesy of Tony Drury, Royal Navy Escort Carriers | |
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111k | HMS Tracker probably photographed off Orchard Point, Washington, 8 March 1943. Photograph taken by Naval Air Station, Seattle, Washington. Note the ship's British-style pattern camouflage and the British radar antenna in the middle of her island. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command (# NH 97123). Note: This photograph's original World War II-era caption identifies the ship seen as USS Barnes (ACV-20), which is incorrect. A number of visible details prove that the ship is definitely British. (The mistake was noticed in the first place by NavSource.) |
Naval History & Heritage Command, via Robert Hurst | |
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169k | From "All Hands" magazine, May 1943 issue. | Joe Radigan | |
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43k | HMS Tracker (D24). | Haze Gray & Underway | |
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62k | Undated photo of a Fairey Swordfish, its arrester hook trailing, [as it comes to land] on board the escort carrier HMS Tracker. The batsman is giving the "steady" signal; in seconds, this will be changed to "cut," indicating to the pilot that he should switch off his engine, whereupon the pilot will drop the last few feet under forward momentum (and gravity) only. A second aircraft is following, its pilot hoping fervently that his predecessor will have an incident-free touch-down. [L]ocation unknown. Photo Imperial War Museum. Photo and text from Swordfish: From The Cockpit, by Donald Payne. |
Robert Hurst | |
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143k | HMS Tracker underway whilst escorting a convoy, with Avenger torpedo-bombers on the deck, aft. Date and location unknown. |
Robert Hurst | |
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75k | A gun crew cleaning one of the twin 40mm Bofors mounts aboard HMS Tracker after firing whilst she was on patrol in the North Atlantic (IWM). Photo was taken from "U-Boats vs Destroyer Escorts," by Gordon Williamson. |
Robert Hurst | |
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118k | Official photo of HMS Tracker (D24). Robert Collinson was the NAAFI careen manager (U.S. equivalent is the PX, Post Exchange). |
Peter S. Collinson, son of Robert Collinson. Via Tony Drury, Royal Navy Escort Carriers |
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79k | Undated photo of a Fairey Swordfish Mk II of No. 816 Squadron carrying rocket-projectiles underwing, about to take-off from the deck of the escort carrier HMS Tracker, location unknown. Photo Imperial War Museum. |
Robert Hurst | |
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87k | Good overhead showing the location and look of the anti-aircraft gun mounts. Swordfish on deck belong to 816 Squadron. 1943. | IWM | |
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78k | HMS Tracker underway circa 1943 with Seafire and Swordfish aircraft of 816 Sqd, FAA on deck, location unknown. |
Robert Hurst | |
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79k | Starboard quarter view of HMS Tracker underway circa August 1943, location unknown. |
Robert Hurst | |
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111k | Fire aboard HMS Tracker (D24), ex-BACV-6, ex-Mormacmail, after one of her Avengers crashed on landing in April 1944. The work of the fire teams has added urgency as they struggle to stop flames reaching the ready-use ammunition locker for the aft AA armament just below the flight deck. Imperial War Museum. Photo No:A22863. Photo and text from "Fleet Air Arm Handbook: 1939–1945" by David Wragg. |
Robert Hurst | |
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358k | Post-war, as mercantile Corrientes. Alberto, then 4 years old, was a passenger aboard Corrientes in June 1952, from Genoa, Italy to Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
Alberto de la Vega (Chile) | |
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