HMS Hunter (D 80)

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
Loss position

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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	Commander	From	To
1	Capt. Henry Hastings McWilliam, RN	27 May 1942	10 Sep 1944
2	Capt. Arthur David Torlesse, RN	10 Sep 1944	Oct 1945 ?

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Books dealing with this subject include:

Hunter-Killer, Y\'Blood, William T., 1983

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