Charger 1942
| No | Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| AVG30, 8/1942- ACV30, 7/1943- CVE30 | Charger (ex-BAVG4, ex-Rio de la Plata) | Sun SB, Chester // Newport News | 19/1/1940 | 1/3/1941 | 3/3/1942 | stricken 28/3/1946 |
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Displacement standard, t |
11800 |
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Displacement full, t |
16000 |
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Length, m |
141.7 wl 150.0 oa |
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Breadth, m |
21.2 wl 33.9 oañ |
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Draught, m |
7.66 full load |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
2 Sun-Doxford diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
8500 |
|
Max speed, kts |
16.5 |
|
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 3061 |
| Endurance, nm (kts) | |
|
Armament |
1 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 12, 2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 10/20/21, 10 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 36 aircraft (F2A Buffalo fighters, SOC Seagull reconnaissance planes) |
| Sensors |
SC radar |
|
Complement |
856 |
Charger Aircraft facilities (fd - 3,189 m², ha - 493 m² / 2,615 m³): Flight deck: 134.0 x 23.8 m. Hangar: 29.9 x 16.5 x 5.3 m. There was 1 lift in center line (3.4 t, 11.6 x 10.4 m). There was 1 H-II catapult. Aircraft fuel stowage: 341 000 l.
| Year | fighters | reconnaissance planes |
Ship project history: One of five ships of Archer class, built in the USA by order of UK Admiralty. 4/10/1940, already after launching, decision was accepted to leave the ship in the USA and to use her for training of British naval pilots. Ship was commissioned by RN 2/10/1941 and 4/10/1941 returned to USN under British name. Charger was converted from cargo m/s Rio de la Plata (type Ñ-3). Structurally she was very much close to Long Island, but had a flight deck of the increased sizes, small island superstructure and a smaller aviation petrol stowage. Simultaneously the fuel stowage was increased more than twice (at the expense of the disappeared necessity to load in addition the ship by a ballast as it should be made on Long Island.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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