Allied Warships

USS Bastian (CVE 37)

Escort carrier of the Repeat Bogue class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeEscort carrier
ClassRepeat Bogue 
PennantCVE 37 
Built bySeattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down25 Aug 1942 
Launched15 Dec 1942 
Commissioned 
End service 
History

Never commissioned in the United States Navy.

Transferred to the Royal Navy under lend-lease.
Returned to the United States Navy on 6 April 1946.
Stricken by the United States Navy on 19 June 1946.
Sold into merchantile service being renamed Alblasserdijk.
Sold and renamed Irene Valmas.
Scrapped in Spain in January 1971.

 
Career notesTo the Royal Navy as HMS Trumpeter

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