Western Pipe & Steel Co. (builder's) trials, San Francisco bay, May 1943.

HMS Striker, ex-Prince William (ACV-19), seen 45° off centerline off San Francisco, Calif., May 20, 1943.

Mare Island Naval Ship Yard Ship Files, U.S. National Archives, San Francisco (MINY photo #3773-43).

HMS Striker. Date and place unknown.

An undated photo of a Fairey Swordfish of No. 824 Squadron aboard the escort carrier HMS Striker preparing for an anti-submarine patrol, location unknown. This photo gives a good idea of the restricted deck area of a wartime escort carrier. Photo Imperial War Museum.

Photo and text from British Naval Aircraft Since 1912, by Owen Thetford.

An irreparably damaged Swordfish being unceremoniously consigned to the "oggin"—after having been stripped of all useful components for spares. This "burial at sea" was conducted aboard the escort carrier HMS Striker. Photo Les Sayer Collection.

Photos and text from Swordfish: From The Cockpit, by Donald Payne.

A No. 824 Squadron Swordfish Mk II that came to grief after "doing the splits" on board the escort carrier HMS Striker, April 1944. The aircraft cannot, unfortunately, be positively identified, but it carries an interesting emblem, apparently depicting a mouse jumping over the nose of a cat, on the engine panelling. Photo Ad Hoc Publications.

Photo and text from Swordfish: From The Cockpit, by Donald Payne.

Sub-Lieutenant E.C. Godden in Sea Hurricane Mk.IIc, NF674 'R' flies into the barrier after failing to catch a wire, June 7, 1944.

Sub-Lieutenant P.A. Clark in Sea Hurricane Mk.IIc, NF694 'U' Uniform, flies into the barrier after failing to catch a wire, June 13, 1944.

HMS Striker underway in the North Atlantic circa summer 1944. Striker operated in Northern waters between April and October on convoy protection duties.

Shown here is HMS Striker as seen from the British-built escort carrier HMS Vindex during Operation Victual, the passage of Convoy JW59 to Russia, August 1944.

Escort carriers HMS Striker and HMS Vindex astern as seen from the battleship Arkhangel'sk (ex-HMS Royal Sovereign) while en route to Murmansk, Russia. Photo navsource.narod.ru.

Photo and text from Battleships at War: HMS Royal Sovereign and her Sister Ships, by Peter C. Smith.

A Fairey Swordfish Mk II of No 824 Squadron on her nose after a "prang" on board the escort carrier HMS Striker, in August 1944. Photo courtesy Philip Jarrett.

Photo and text from Swordfish: From The Cockpit, by Donald Payne.

HMS Fencer (ex-USS Croatan), left, is painted "as delivered," but HMS Striker (ex-Prince William) has the "false hull" scheme already applied. Both ships have arrived in Australia direct from the U.K. to join the British Pacific Fleet (BPF), early 1945.