page_title: HMS Pursuer (D73)
hierarchical_section_title: HMS Pursuer (D73)
caption_attribution_description: The Royal Navy escort carrier HMS Pursuer (D73) underway in March 1944. HMS Furious (47) is and another escort carrier are visible in the background.
context_page_description: USS St. George was laid down on 31 July 1941 as a C3-S-A2 by Ingalls Shipbuilding, Hull 296 of Pascagoula, Mississippi, under Maritime Commission contract as the SS Mormacland for Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.. She was renamed St. George by the United States Navy on 7 January 1942; and assigned to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease as HMS Pursuer on 24 February 1942.
  Launched on 18 July 1942; she was sponsored by Mrs. Mary Ann S. Bartman, reclassified ACV-17 on 20 August 1942, acquired by the US Navy and simultaneously transferred to Britain on 14 June 1943. She was reclassified CVE-17 on 15 July 1943.
context_section_description: USS St. George (CVE-17) (originally AVG-17 then ACV-17) was laid down on 31 July 1941 as a C3-S-A2 by Ingalls Shipbuilding, Hull 296 of Pascagoula, Mississippi, under Maritime Commission contract as the (second) SS Mormacland for Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.,  (MC Hull 163). She was renamed St. George (AVG-17) by the United States Navy on 7 January 1942; and assigned to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease as HMS Pursuer on 24 February 1942.
  Launched on 18 July 1942; she was sponsored by Mrs. Mary Ann S. Bartman, reclassified ACV-17 on 20 August 1942, acquired by the US Navy and simultaneously transferred to Britain on 14 June 1943. She was reclassified CVE-17 on 15 July 1943.
caption: HMS Pursuer in March 1944. HMS Furious can be seen in the background
    HMS Pursuer(1943) in Mediterranean Sea
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