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ST. JOSEPH (CVE-50)  /  HMS RULER


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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St. Joseph (CVE-50)/HMS Ruler
NS0305001		 44k

HMS Ruler (D72). Place unknown; circa 1943-1944.

 Haze Gray & Underway
St. Joseph (CVE-50)/HMS Ruler
NS0305004		 31k

British escort aircraft carrier HMS Ruler (D72), ex-U.S. St. Joseph (CVE-50) docked with her flight deck packed with snow-covered Grumman Hellcat fighters, on 21 January 1945, on the Clyde. Photo by unknown Royal Navy official photographer. Imperial War Museum photo, No: A 28796.

 Robert Hurst
St. Joseph (CVE-50)/HMS Ruler
NS0305002		 130k

HMS Ruler (A731), ex-St. Joseph (CVE-50), Sydney harbour, 1945.

 Courtesy of Tony Drury, Royal Navy Escort Carriers
St. Joseph (CVE-50)/HMS Ruler
NS0305003		 42k

HMS Ruler operating the Hellcats of 885 squadron in the Pacific with the British Pacific Fleet, 1945. She appears to be refuelling another ship astern.

 Courtesy of Tony Drury, Royal Navy Escort Carriers
St. Joseph (CVE-50)/HMS Ruler
NS016399c		 114k

USS Missouri (BB-63) tied up to the pier, 9–12 May 1946 at Norfolk Naval Base, Virginia.

An escort aircraft carrier is off to Missouri's starboard side. What is left of her hull number identifies her as one of the British CVEs used as aircraft transports in the Pacific, late in WW2. Only HMS Ruler carried an A pennant number in the 700 series. Ruler was returned to USN custody at Norfolk on 29 January 1946 and is awaiting disposal in this shot. (Thanks to Tony Drury, Royal Navy Escort Carriers, for his help.)

What looks like an attack transport is off Missouri's stern.

 Photo by Joseph Albright, courtesy of Christopher Albright
ST. JOSEPH (CVE-50) / HMS RULER History
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