USS Block Island (CVE-21)
- USS Block Island (CVE-21)
The first of two escort carriers named for Block Island Sound off Rhode Island, USS "Block Island" (CVE-21) (previously AVG-21 then later ACV-21) was launched on 6 June 1942 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation of Seattle, Washington, under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. H. B. Hutchinson, wife of Commander Hutchinson; transferred to the United States Navy on 1 May 1942; and commissioned on 8 March 1943, Captain Logan C. Ramsey in command. Originally classified AVG-21, she became ACV-21 on 20 August 1942, and CVE-21 on 15 July 1943.
Departing San Diego in May 1943 "Block Island" steamed to Norfolk, Virginia, to join the Atlantic Fleet. After two trips from New York to Belfast, United Kingdom, during the summer of 1943 with cargoes of Army fighters, she operated as part of a hunter-killer team. During her four anti-submarine cruises "Block Island"’s planes sank two submarines: "U-220" in coord|48|53|N|33|30|W |scale:10000000 |name=Unterseeboot 220 on 28 October 1943 and "U-1059" in coord|13|10|N|33|44|W |scale:10000000 |name=Unterseeboot 1059, 19 March 1944. She shared credit with "Corry" (DD-463) and "Bronstein" (DE-189) for the sinking of "U-801" in coord|16|42|N|30|20|W |scale:10000000 |name=Unterseeboot 801, 17 March 1944 and with "Buckley" (DE-51) for "U-66" sunk 6 May 1944 in coord|17|17|N|32|29|W |scale:10000000 |name=Unterseeboot 66. Three of "Block Island"’s escorts, "Thomas" (DE-102), "Bostwick" (DE-103) and "Bronstein" sank "U-709" on 1 March 1943 and the same day "Bronstein" got "U-603".
"Block Island" was torpedoed off the Canary Islands at 20:13, 29 May 1944. The U-boat "U-549" had slipped undetected through her screen. The submarine put three torpedoes into the carrier before being sunk herself by the "Eugene E. Elmore" (DE-686) and "Ahrens" (DE-575) of the screen in coord|31|13|N|23|03|W |scale:10000000 |name=Unterseeboot 549.
"Block Island" (CVE-21) received two battle stars for her service.
ee also
* List of U.S. Navy losses in World War II
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