HMS Shah (D21) (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The USS Jamaica (CVE-43) (originally AVG-43 then later ACV-43), was an escort aircraft carrier laid down 13 November 1942 as MC Hull 254 and launched under Maritime Commission contract by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding, (later Todd Pacific), Tacoma, Washington, 21 April 1943; sponsored by Mrs. C. T. Simard; reclassified CVE-43 on 15 July 1943; acquired by the United States Navy, and transferred to the United Kingdom under lend-lease 27 September 1943.