KEWEENAW CVE 44

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Bogue Class Escort Carrier Keel Laid as (ACV-44) November 27 1942 at the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding company Launched May 6 1943 Assigned to British Service June 10 1943 Reclassified (CVE-44) on July 15 1943 USS KEWEENAW CVE-44 Commissioned October 22 1943 - Decommissioned October 22 1943 HMS PATROLLER D-07 (British Naval Service) Commissioned October 22 1943 - Decommissioned December 9 1946 See HMS PATROLLER D-07 USS KEWEENAW CVE-44 Returned to USN custody December 13 1946 Stricken for disposal February 7 1947 Sold August 26 1947 to Waterman Steamship Corp and converted to a cargo ship ALMKERK (Commercial Service) Sold to Vereenigde Nederlandsche Scheepvaartmaatschappij (VNS) in 1948, given Dutch registry and renamed PACIFIC ALLIANCE (Commercial Service) Sold to Thai Hwa Navigation Corporation S.A., Panama in 1968 and renamed Scrapped March 1974 at Kaohsiung, Taiwan

 

Conflicting History Data

Wikipedia says the ship was "renamed Pacific Reliance" but this is incorrect.
NavSource provides the correct name: Pacific Alliance
This is supported by Lloyd's Register of Shipping which has entries for both PACIFIC ALLIANCE and PACIFIC RELIANCE in its 1969 edition.
PACIFIC ALLIANCE shows as being built by Seattle Tacoma S.B. Co in 1943 (correct) while PACIFIC RELIANCE shows as being built in 1951 by Vickers-Armstrongs Nwc.

 

Naval Covers

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1. HMS Patroller D-07 Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Ship's Mark "COMMANDER'S OFFICE" HMS PATROLLER

1946-12-12

N/A

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Other Information

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