She was commissioned in March 1943. In Summer 1943 she made two trips from New York to Belfast, UK with cargoes of Army fighters. From the second half of the 1943 she operated in the Atlantic in the hunter-killer team. During her four anti-submarine cruises her planes sank two German submarines: U-220 and U-1059, also she shared credit for the sinking of U-801 and U-66. On May 29th, 1944 she was torpedoed off the Canary Islands by German submarine U-549. After crew left the ship she was torpedoed by American destroyers and sank.
Took part in wars: Battle of Atlantic (1939-1945)
Aircraft:
USA Grumman F4F Wildcat [ 6 ].
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