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| Career |   |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | 17 April 1941 |
| Launched: | 27 September 1942 |
| Commissioned (RN): | 30 September 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 26 February 1946 |
| Fate: | merchant ship |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 7,800 tons |
| Length: | 495.7 ft |
| Beam: | 111.5 ft |
| Draft: | 26 ft |
| Speed: | 18 knots |
| Complement: | 890 officers and men |
| Armament: | 2 x 5-inch gun |
| Aircraft: | ?? |
The USS Barnes (CVE-7) (originally AVG then ACV) was an escort aircraft carrier built by Western Pipe and Steel Co., San Francisco, California. She was commissioned 30 September 1942 and transferred to the United Kingdom, under Lend-Lease, on the same day, as HMS Attacker. The vessel was returned to the United States’ custody 5 January 1946 and sold into merchant service on 28 October 1946 as Castel Forte.
The ship was renamed Fairsky in the 1970s and hit a submerged wreck on 23 June 1977 and was beached to prevent sinking. Six days later, the ship was refloated.
In 1978, the ship began conversion to the floating hotel Philippine Tourist but was destroyed by fire on 3 November 1979 and subsequently scrapped in Hong Kong on 24 May 1980.
