Bogue-class escort carrier

The Bogue class was a class of 45 escort carriers built in the United States during World War II. Of this total 34 were transferred, through the Lend-Lease program, to Britain's Royal Navy for wartime service. Several subclasses were recognized within the group, one of which, consisting of the 11 ships retained in American service, was also, by itself, identified as the Bogue class.
The first 22 ships of the class were converted from finished or near-finished Maritime Commission Type C3-S-A1 and C3-S-A2 hulls, with 11 being retained by the USN as the Bogue class, and the other 11 transferring to the Royal Navy, where they were given new names and classified as the Attacker class. The remaining 23 ships were built from the keel up on hulls based on the C3-class, but incorporating greater internal subdivision and retaining their as-built American-made main armament, and were classified as Ruler class, or the Ameer class. Prince William, the last of the USN ships to be built, was the only unit in American service considered equivalent to the Ruler-class, rather than the Attackers; as such it is sometimes referred to as its own subclass.
Following the war, those ships that served with...