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	Encyclopedia: Escort carrier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The escort aircraft carrier or escort carrier, was a small aircraft carrier developed by the U.S. Navy in the early part of World War II to deal with the U-boat crisis of the Battle of the Atlantic.
		Escort carriers were given the US Navy hull classification symbol CVE — this was said by their crews to stand for Combustible, Vulnerable, and Expendable.
		Many of the escort carriers produced were assigned to the Royal Navy for the duration of the war under the Lend-lease act.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Escort-carrier (739 words)

	Escort aircraft carrier -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The first escort carrier was (Click link for more info and facts about HMS Audacity) HMS Audacity which was converted from a captured German merchant ship the MV Hannover and commissioned in July 1941.
		Escort carriers were given the US Navy (Click link for more info and facts about hull classification symbol) hull classification symbol CVE — this was said by their crews to stand for Combustible, Vulnerable, and Expendable.
		Many of the escort carriers produced were assigned to the (Click link for more info and facts about Royal Navy) Royal Navy for the duration of the war under the (The transfer of goods and services to an ally to aid in a common cause) Lend-lease act.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/es/escort_aircraft_carrier.htm (939 words)

	Aircraft carrier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Modern aircraft carriers have a flat-top deck, the flight deck that serves as a take-off and landing area for aircraft.
		By the late 1930s, aircraft carriers around the world typically carried three types of aircraft: torpedo bombers, also used for conventional bombings and reconnaissance; dive bombers, also used for reconnaissance (in the U.S. Navy, this type of aircraft were known as "scout bombers"); and fighters for fleet defence and bomber escort duties.
		Escort carriers were built in the US from two basic hull designs: one from a merchant ship, and the other from a slightly larger, slightly faster tanker.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aircraft_carrier (4239 words)

	ipedia.com: Escort aircraft carrier Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Escort carriers were used to ferry aircraft, hunt submarines, for patrols, scouting, and the escorting of convoys.
		They were developed at the behest of the United Kingdom and many of the ships produced were assigned to the Royal Navy for the duration of the war under the Lend-lease act.
		Perhaps the finest moment for the escort carriers was the Battle of Leyte Gulf's Battle off Samar, where three escort carrier groups fended off the battleships of the Japanese Combined Fleet, allowing General MacArthur's army to complete the liberation of Leyte.
	www.ipedia.com /escort_aircraft_carrier.html (596 words)

	uboat.net - Articles
		USS Bogue was the name ship of a class of 11 escort carriers (CVEs) built for the US Navy, and the fourth ship of that class to be completed.
		The United Sates had already built six escort carriers (four for Britain) on the C3 cargo hull, but the Bogues were the first truly effective C3-based carriers due to their higher speed (turbines instead of diesels), larger flight decks and hangars, and a second elevator.
		After completing the Bogue class, the US Navy acquired no further escort carriers based on the C3 hull, although the United States used C3 hulls to build 11 of the Attacker class and 23 of the Ameer class for the Royal Navy.
	uboat.net /allies/ships/uss_bogue.htm (3831 words)

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