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  HMS Pursuer D73 (CVE-17 USS St George)   
1943 - 1946 .
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HMS Pursuer

Class

US Bogue Class / Attacker Class

Builder

Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi

Laid down

31 July 1941

Launched

18 July 1942

Commissioned

14 June 1943

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April 1944

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881 NAS Wildcat V (10) -
896 NAS 26. Nov. 43 - 6. Apr. 44 Wildcat V (10) -
Operation Tungsten 3 April 1944 (Tirpitz Raid)
last update 20. October 2013
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April 1944

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896 NAS 11. Apr.1944 - 1. May 44 Wildcat V (10) -
 
last update 20. October 2013
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June 1944

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896 NAS 2. Jun 44 - 12. Jun. 44 Wildcat V (10) -
 
last update 20. October 2013
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1945 (general)

Ceylon Aera
898 NAS 6. Aug. 45 - 18. Aug. 45 Hellcat II (24) -
     
last update 1 November 2011
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1945 (general)

Trip to the UK
898 NAS 20. Nov. 45 - 12. Dec. 45 - none - -
     
last update 1 November 2011
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Decommissioned

12 February 1946
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last update 1. Februay 2013

written 1. November 2011

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