History:
PERDIDO (CVE-47) was laid
down as ACV-47 under Maritime Commission contract by
Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma, Wash., 1 February
1943; launched 16 June 1943; sponsored by Mrs. H. M. Bemis,
reclassified as CVE-47 on 15 July 1943; and completed at the
Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Ore.
Assigned to the United
Kingdom under lend lease 23 June 1943, PERDIDO was taken over by
the British Navy at Portland, 31 January 1944. During the
remainder of World War II, she served the Royal Navy as HMS
TROUNCER and took part in convoy escort and ASW patrol
operations. The escort carrier returned to Norfolk, Va., 21
February 1946. PERDIDO was returned to the U. S. Navy 3 March
1946, and on 25 March, the Secretary of the Navy authorized her
for disposal. Her name was struck from the Naval Register 12
April 1946. She was sold to William B. St. John and delivered to
her purchaser 6 March 1947.
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