Escort Carrier of the Attacker class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Escort Carrier |
| Class | Attacker |
| Pennant | D 80 |
| Built by | Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. (Pascagoula, Mississippi, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 15 May, 1941 |
| Launched | 22 May, 1942 |
| Commissioned | 11 Jan, 1943 |
| End service | 29 Dec, 1945 |
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| History | Transferred to the Royal Navy under lend-lease.
Returned to the United States Navy on 29 December 1945.
Stricken by the United States Navy on 26 February 1946.
Sold into merchantile service on 17 January 1947 being renamed Almdijk.
Sold to be broken up for scrap in October 1965.
Scrapped in Spain.
Commanding Officers:
Capt. Henry Hastings McWilliam, RN
27 May 1942 – 10 September 1944
Capt. Arthur David Torlesse, RN
10 September 1944 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List |
| Former name | USS Block Island (i) |
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Books dealing with this subject include: 
Hunter-Killer, Y\'Blood, William T., 1983
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