HMS Chaser (D32)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Breton and HMS Chaser.

CVE-10 in Royal Navy service as HMS Chaser c. 1944
History
USA
Name	USS Breton
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down	28 June 1941
Launched	15 February 1943
Fate	Transferred to Royal Navy
History
UK
Name	HMS Chaser
Commissioned	9 April 1943
Decommissioned	12 May 1946
Stricken	1946
Fate	Sold as a merchant ship; destroyed in 1972 or 1973
General characteristics
Class and type	Bogue class escort carrier
Displacement	14,400 tons
Length	491 feet 6 inches (149.81 m)
Beam	105 feet (32 m)
Draught	26 feet (7.9 m)
Propulsion	Steam turbines, 1 shaft, 8,500 shp (6.3 MW)
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement	646 officers and enlisted
Armament	2 × 4 in (102 mm) guns 8 × 40 mm AA 20 × 20 mm guns AA
Aircraft carried	28 aircraft
Service record
Operations:	Battle of the Atlantic, Arctic convoys (1943-45)
Victories:	Sank U-472, U-366, U-973 (1944)

The USS Breton (CVE-10) (originally AVG-10 then later ACV-10) was a Bogue-class escort aircraft carrier that served during World War II.

She was laid down on 28 June 1941 under Maritime Commission contract at Pascagoula, Mississippi by Ingalls Shipbuilding. The ship was commissioned by the United States Navy on 9 April 1943 and simultaneously transferred via the Lend-Lease program to the United Kingdom. That same day, the ship was renamed HMS Chaser (D32) and commissioned by the Royal Navy. Chaser was assigned to convoy escort on Arctic routes, assisting in the sinking of U-472 on 4 March 1944 and U-366 and U-973 in the next two days.

The carrier was returned to United States' custody 12 May 1946 and sold into merchant service 20 December 1946 as Aagtekerk. The ship was renamed E Yung in 1967.

Records on the matter are unclear, but the ship was apparently either burned and run ashore at Kaohsiung, Taiwan on 20 December 1972 or sank on 4 December 1973.

References

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.