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  HMS Puncher D79 (CVE-53 USS Willapa)   
1944 - 1946 .
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HMS Puncher

Class

US Bogue Class / Attacker Class

Builder

Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding  Tacoma, Washington

Laid down

21. May 1943

Launched

8. November 1943

Commissioned

5. February 1944

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30. August 1944 - 18. September 1944

Trip from the USA to the UK
1845 NAS 30. Aug. 44 - 18. Sep. 44

Corsair III (18)

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1845 NAS    
last update 19. September 2016
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Decommissioned

12. March 1946
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Commanding Officers HMS Nabob
Cdr. F A. Price, RCNVR 17. Jan. 1944 15. Mar. 1944
Capt. Roger Edward Shelford Bidwell, RCN 15. Mar. 1944 16. Jan. 1946
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last update 1. January 2024

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