"BRIAN P EHNI" <bpehni@gmail.com> wrote in message...
> Patricia@hotmales.com said:
>> Was this built in the USA with a Victory Class cargo ship hull?
>
> Don't think so; the hull was ordered in 1941:
> http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/ESCORT/CAMPANIA.htm
Well, wiki says,
"She was built at Harland & Wolff shipyards in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
When construction started in 1941 she was intended as a refrigerated
cargo ship for transporting lamb and mutton from New Zealand, but was
requisitioned by the British Government during construction and completed
and launched as an escort carrier, entering service in early 1944.
The ship was of a similar, but not identical design to the other ships of
the
Nairana class.
Displacement: 13,000 tons standard,
15,970 tons loaded
Length: 540 ft (160 m)
Beam: 70 ft (21 m)
Draught: 22.8 ft (6.9 m)
Propulsion: Two shafted diesel engines, 13,250 shp"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Campania_%28D48%29
while
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_ship
"One of the first acts of the United States War Shipping Administration
upon its formation in February 1942 was to commission the design of
what came to be known as the Victory class.
Tonnage: 7200 (gross), 4300 (net), 10,600 (deadweight)[1]
Displacement: 15,200 tons[2] (at 28-foot draft)[1]
Length: 455 feet (139 m)[1]
Beam: 62 feet (19 m)[1]
Rather than the Libertys' 2,500 horsepower triple expansion steam engines,
Victory ships were designed to use either Lentz type reciprocating steam
engines, steam turbines or Diesel engines, variously putting out between
6000 and 8500 horsepower (4.5 and 6 MW). Most used steam turbines,"
So, the timing and propulsion do net to me,
seem to match as a "Victory".
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