HMS Patroller (D07)

HMS Patroller was an escort carrier in the Royal Navy during the Second World War.

USS Keweenaw (previously AVG-44 then later ACV-44) was an escort carrier laid down under Maritime Commission contract by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding of Tacoma, Washington, 27 November 1942; launched 6 May 1943; sponsored by Mrs. R. G. Risley; assigned to the United Kingdom 10 June 1943; reclassified CVE-44 on 15 July 1943; and transferred to the United Kingdom under lend-lease 22 October 1943.

Arriving Norfolk, Virginia, 9 December 1946, she was returned to the United States Navy the same day.

Her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Registry 7 February 1947 and she was sold to Waterman Steamship Corp., 26 August 1947 as Almkerk (later renamed Pacific Reliance).

These ships were all larger and had a greater aircraft capacity than all the preceding American built escort carriers.