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A merchant aircraft carrier (also known as a MAC ship, the Admiralty's official 'short name') [1] was a limited-purpose aircraft carrier operated under British and Dutch civilian registry during World War II.
Merchant aircraft carrier 1943–1945 [notes 6] Returned to commercial service Empire MacColl British Merchant Navy: MB Empire: Merchant aircraft carrier 1943–1945 [notes 2] Returned to commercial service Empire MacDermott British Merchant Navy: MS Empire: Merchant aircraft carrier 1944–1945 [notes 6] Returned to commercial service Empire ...
merchant aircraft carrier: 14,250 29 September 1942 Converted to merchant service 20 October 1945; scrapped 24 April 1967 Empire MacAlpine: Empire: merchant aircraft carrier: 8,000 14 April 1943 transferred to merchant service post-war; renamed Derryname: Empire MacAndrew: Empire: merchant aircraft carrier: 8,000 7 July 1943
Before World War II started, the U.S. Navy had contemplated converting merchant ships to small aircraft carriers for this purpose, so the quick solution was to build escort carriers on merchant ship hulls. [39] The first escort carrier, USS Long Island, was converted from a freighter. [39]
Merchant Aircraft Carriers. Britain converted a total of nineteen merchant ships to Merchant Aircraft Carriers during the war. Nine of these were converted Royal Dutch Shell oil tankers, two of which operated under the flag of the Netherlands. [s] All served in the Atlantic theater and typically carried three or four Fairey Swordfish torpedo ...
Aircraft carriers are warships that act as airbases for carrier-based aircraft. In the United States Navy , these ships are designated with hull classification symbols such as CV (Aircraft Carrier), CVA (Attack Aircraft Carrier), CVB (Large Aircraft Carrier), CVL (Light Aircraft Carrier), CVE (Escort Aircraft Carrier), CVS (Antisubmarine ...
Aircraft carriers were used from the start of the war in Europe looking for German merchant raiders and escorting convoys. Offensive operations began with the Norwegian campaign where British carriers supported the fighting on land.
MV Empire MacAlpine was a grain ship converted to become the first Merchant Aircraft Carrier (MAC ship). The Burntisland Shipbuilding Company, Fife, Scotland, built her under order from the Ministry of War Transport and was delivered on 14 April 1943. [1] As a MAC ship, only her air crew and the necessary maintenance staff were naval personnel. [2]