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ACV-43 (later CVE-43) was named Jamaica for Jamaica
Bay, an inlet of the Atlantic bordered by Brooklyn and Queens in southwestern Long Island, southeastern
New York state (NS0304310).
Transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease, she was placed in service as HMS Shah.
"Shah" is "a sovereign of Iran." The crown featured on the ship's badge appears
to be a stylized version of the Pahlavi Crown of Imperial Iran with added egret's feathers and pearls.
(Map courtesy of Google Maps. Ship's badge courtesy
of Tommy Trampp; text courtesy of Tony Drury, Royal
Navy Escort Carriers.) |
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HMS Shah (D21)
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HMS Shah (D21), ex-Jamaica (CVE-43), with Avengers
of 851 Squadron on deck. Date and place unknown. |
Jaume Cifré Sánchez |
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HMS Shah (D21), ex-Jamaica (CVE-43), date and
location unknown. |
Courtesy of Tony Drury, Royal
Navy Escort Carriers |
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HMS Shah (D21), ex-Jamaica (CVE-43), date and
location unknown. |
Gerhard Mueller‑Debus |
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Overhead view of HMS Shah (D21), formerly Jamaica
(CVE-43), moored at San Francisco in January 1944. The ship is ready to ferry a deck load of 29 Wildcats,
12 Avengers and 22 Curtiss Warhawks (P-40) to Melbourne, Australia, Kochi (Cochin), India
and Colombo, Ceylon. The CVE painted in camouflage Measure 21, moored on the opposite side of the pier,
is sometimes identified as USS Rudyerd Bay (CVE-81), but this is highly
questionable given the date of the photo. A more likely candidate is USS Prince
William (CVE-31).
Photo source unknown. |
Mike Green |
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HMS Shah ferrying aircraft, possibly in January 1944, en route
to Melbourne from San Francisco. |
Courtesy of Tony Drury, Royal
Navy Escort Carriers |
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HMS Shah, ex-Jamaica, at Kochi (Cochin), India,
after unloading aircraft, late February–early March 1944. |
Courtesy of Tony Drury, Royal
Navy Escort Carriers |
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One of HMS Shah's Grumman Avengers gets airborne from
the flight deck of HMS Emperor, May 1945, during the British East Indies
Fleet hunt for the Japanese heavy cruiser HIMJS Haguro (Shah's catapult was defective).
Because of the range, they were carrying no torpedoes, nor could they be supported by Hellcat
fighters. Fleet Air Arm photo. Imperial War Museum photo. |
Robert Hurst |
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Salta, ex-Jamaica (CVE-43), ex-HMS Shah
(D21), date and location unknown. |
Gerhard Mueller‑Debus |
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Salta, ex-Jamaica (CVE-43), ex-HMS Shah
(D21), date and location unknown. |
Gerhard Mueller‑Debus |
