Refits of RN ships in USA
January 2nd, 2009 From
>Date: Thu, 05 Jun 1997 06:21:16 -0500
>From: Brooks A Rowlett
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>Subject: Re: Refits of RN ships in USA
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>In addition to the RN ships, a question on the WW2 list has led to me
>positng there a list of major French warhisp of WWII. It should be
>noted that the following major French warships had refits in the US in
>1943-44:
>
>Battleship RICHILIEU
>Carrier BEARN (to aircraft transport)
>heavy cruisers DUQUESNE and TOURVILLE
>CL’s EMILE BERTIN, GLOIRE, MONTCALM, and GEORGES LEYGUES
>Training CL JEANNE D”ARC
>LE FANTASQUE class destroyers (nameship), LE TERRIBLE, and LE MALIN.
>
>Most of these were ships at Martinique or Dakar after the fall of
>France.
>
>-Brooks