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USS CARNEGIE   (CVE-38)  /  HMS EMPRESS


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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CVE-38 Carnegie / HMS Empress
NS0303801		 24k

HMS Empress, August 1944 (thanks to Robert Hurst). Place unknown.

 Haze Gray & Underway
CVE-38 Carnegie / HMS Empress
NS0303805		 63k

"Photo taken looking down onto the flight deck of the Empress and my father [Bill McGregor] has written on the photo that this is VJ Day."

 Ross McGregor, son of Bill McGregor
CVE-38 Carnegie / HMS Empress
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
CVE-38 Carnegie / HMS Empress
NS0303806		 54k

"HMS Empress entering Wellington Harbour in November of 1945 returning New Zealanders back to their homeland. Just prior to going to Wellington they had done the same thing in Melbourne (Australia)."

 Ross McGregor, son of Bill McGregor
CVE-38 Carnegie / HMS Empress
NS0303806a		 125k

Same photo as NS0303806, digitally restored by Ross' sister-in-law.
The Crew
CVE-38 Carnegie / HMS Empress
NS0303802		 96k

Crossing the Equator.

 Ross McGregor, son of Bill McGregor
CVE-38 Carnegie / HMS Empress
NS0303803		 44k

Signalmen Bill McGregor (left) and Dave Campbell.

"This photograph was taken in 1944 and my father had written on the photo 'Happy Days on the Home Fleet.' This is definitely on the Empress as this was the only ship that my father and Dave served together on. My guess is that this also could have been when the Empress was in for a refit on the Clyde River in Scotland just prior to joining the British East India Fleet."

 Ross McGregor, son of Bill McGregor
CVE-38 Carnegie / HMS Empress
NS0303804		 19k

Signalman Bill McGregor on board the Empress at the signal lamp, circa 1945.

 Ross McGregor, son of Bill McGregor
HMS EMPRESS CVE-38 History (Ex- CARNEGIE)
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Hazegray & Underway World Aircraft Carrier Pages By Andrew Toppan.
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