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History
USA
Name	USS Cordova
Builder	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down	30 December 1942
Launched	30 January 1943
Fate	Transferred to Royal Navy
History
UK
Name	HMS Khedive
Commissioned	25 August 1943
Decommissioned	19 July 1946
Fate	Sold as merchant ship; for scrap 1975
General characteristics
Class and type	Bogue class escort carrier
Displacement	16,620 tons (full)
Length	495 feet 7 inches (151.05 m)
Beam	69 feet 6 inches (21.18 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 men
Armament	list error: <br /> list (help); 2 × 5 in (127 mm) guns; 8 x twin 40 mm Bofors; 35 x single 20 mm Oerlikon
Aircraft carried	18-24

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The USS Cordova (CVE-39) (originally AVG-39 then later ACV-39) was an escort aircraft carrier launched 27 December 1942 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding of Tacoma, Washington; sponsored by Mrs. A. E. Mitchell. Reclassified CVE-39 on 15 July 1943, Cordova was transferred to the Royal Navy on 25 August 1943, as HMS Khedive (D62). Khedive was to take part in the invasion of Singapore in September 1945, codenamed Operation Tiderace. But with the Japanese surrender, she was merely deployed to the island for security.

She was returned to United States custody on 26 January 1946 and sold into merchant service 23 January 1947 as Rempang (later Daphne). She was sold for scrap in Spain in 1975.

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

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-The '''USS ''Cordova'' (CVE-39)''' (originally '''AVG-39''' then later '''ACV-39''') was an [[escort aircraft carrier]] launched 27 December 1942 by [[Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding]] of [[Tacoma, Washington]]; sponsored by Mrs. A. E. Mitchell.  Reclassified CVE-39 on 15 July 1943, ''Cordova'' was transferred to the [[Royal Navy]] on 25 August 1943, as '''HMS ''Khedive'' (D62)'''.  She was returned to United States custody on 26 January 1946 and sold into merchant service 23 January 1947 as ''Rempang'' (later ''Daphne'').  She was sold for scrap in [[Spain]] in 1975.
+The '''USS ''Cordova'' (CVE-39)''' (originally '''AVG-39''' then later '''ACV-39''') was an [[escort aircraft carrier]] launched 27 December 1942 by [[Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding]] of [[Tacoma, Washington]]; sponsored by Mrs. A. E. Mitchell.  Reclassified CVE-39 on 15 July 1943, ''Cordova'' was transferred to the [[Royal Navy]] on 25 August 1943, as '''HMS ''Khedive'' (D62)'''. ''Khedive'' was to take part in the invasion of Singapore in September 1945, codenamed [[Operation Tiderace]]. But with the Japanese surrender, she was merely deployed to the island for security.
+She was returned to United States custody on 26 January 1946 and sold into merchant service 23 January 1947 as ''Rempang'' (later ''Daphne'').  She was sold for scrap in [[Spain]] in 1975.
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