Allied Warships

USS St. Simon (CVE 51)

Escort carrier of the Repeat Bogue class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeEscort carrier
ClassRepeat Bogue 
PennantCVE 51 
Built bySeattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down26 Apr 1943 
Launched9 Sep 1943 
Commissioned 
End service 
History

Never commissioned into the United States Navy.

Transferred to the Royal Navy under lend-lease.
Returned to the United States Navy on 3 March 1946.
Stricken by the United States Navy on 12 April 1946.
Sold into merchantile service on 30 January 1947 neing renamed as Coracero.
Renamed President Macapagal in 1965.
Scrapped in Taiwan in May 1972.

 
Career notesTo the Royal Navy as HMS Arbiter

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