HMS Empress (D42)

HMS Empress (D42)

The USS "Carnegie" (CVE-38) (previously AVG-38 then later ACV-38) was an escort aircraft carrier built in 1942-43 for transfer to the United Kingdom. She was reclassified ACV-38 on 20 August 1942, and CVE-38 on 15 July 1943. She was commissioned on 9 August 1943 for a period of three days prior to being turned over to the United Kingdom, under whom she served as HMS "Empress" (D42).

During World War II, she served in both the Pacific and Indian Oceans. On 28 January 1946, she was restored to United States custody, was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 28 March 1946 and was sold for scrap 21 June 1946.General Montgomery once famously contracted food poisoning after eating food from the ship whilst on a routine inspection.

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*Andrew Carnegie

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