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USS PYBUS (ACV-34)  /  HMS EMPEROR


CLASS - BOGUE
Displacement 7,800 Tons, Dimensions, 495' 8" (oa) x 69' 6" x 26' (Max)
Armament 2 x 5"/51 4 x 40mm, 10 x 20mm, 28 Aircraft.
Machinery, 8,500 SHP; Allis-Chambers, Geared Turbines, 1 screw
Speed, 17.5 Knots, Crew 890.

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HMS Emperor
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258k HMS Emperor was outfitted as a strike/CAP carrier. Provided fighter cover for a strike on German battleship Tirpitz; served as an ASW patrol ship at Normandy and supported invasion of southern France before transferring to the Pacific. Maureen Ross
HMS Emperor
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44k HMS Emperor underway with Hellcats of 800 NAS on deck. One of them is painted with stripes from Operation Dragoon (the invasion of Southern France, August 1944). Haze Gray & Underway
HMS Emperor
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65k Left to right, the battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth, the escort carrier HMS Emperor, and the French battleship Richelieu during Operation Sunfish in the East Indies, April 1945. Robert Hurst
HMS Emperor
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74k Entering Singapore, September 1945, with 800 Squadron's Hellcats lined up on deck. The cruiser steaming astern is HMS Ceylon, and the French battleship Richelieu is in the background. IWM
HMS Emperor
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77k Captain of HMS Emperor, Sir Charles Edward Madden, inspecting the crew with Gunnery Warrant Officer Frank Bulley accompanying him (1945). Alfred and Colin Bulley, sons of Gunnery Warrant Officer Frank Bulley
HMS Emperor
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92k Gunnery Warrant Officer Frank Bulley. Alfred and Colin Bulley, sons of Gunnery Warrant Officer Frank Bulley

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View the USS Pybus (ACV-34 / CVE-34) / HMS Emperor
DANFS History entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site.
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Hazegray & Underway World Aircraft Carrier Pages By Andrew Toppan.
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