Charger 1942
| No | Name | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| AVG30, 8.1942- ACV30, 7.1943- CVE30 | Charger (ex-BAVG4, ex-Rio de la Plata) | 188 | Sun SB, Chester // Newport News | 19.1.1940 | 1.3.1941 | 3.3.1942 | stricken 3.1946 |
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Displacement standard, t |
11800 |
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Displacement full, t |
16000 |
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Length, m |
141.7 wl 150.0 oa |
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Breadth, m |
21.2 wl 33.9 oañ |
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Draught, m |
7.66 full load |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
2 Sun-Doxford diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
8500 |
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Max speed, kts |
16.5 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 3061 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 26340(15) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 12, 2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20, 10 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 36 aircraft (F2A Buffalo fighters, SOC Seagull reconnaissance planes) |
| Electronic equipment |
SC radar |
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Complement |
856 |
Charger Aircraft facilities (fd - 3,189 m², ha - 493 m² / 2,615 m³): Flight deck: 134.0 x 23.8 m. Hangar: 29.9 x 16.5 x 5.3 m. There was 1 elevator in the center line (3.4 t, 11.6 x 10.4 m). There was 1 H 2 catapult. Aircraft fuel stowage: 341 000 l.
| Year | fighters | reconnaissance planes |
Project history: One of five Archer class ships, built in the USA by UK order. 4.10.1940, already after launching, decision was accepted to leave one ship in the USA and to use her for British naval pilots training. Ship was commissioned by RN 2.10.1941 and 4.10.1941 returned under USN flag with British name. Charger was converted from cargo m/s Rio de la Plata (Ñ-3 type). Structurally she was very much close to Long Island, but had increased flight deck, small island superstructure and a smaller aviation petrol stowage. Simultaneously the fuel stowage was increased more than twice, at the expense of the disappeared necessity to load the lead ballast as it should be made on Long Island.
Modernizations: None.
1.1946: 1 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 11, 10 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 catapult, 36 aircraft, SC radar
Naval service: No significant events.
Charger 1945
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