&sq=&lang=&file=File:HMS_Shah_(D21).jpg) HMS Shah in January 1944, en route from Alameda to Cochin via Williamstown, Australia. In addition to her usual complement of aircraft, she ferried Wildcats and Curtiss P-40s on her deck.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Jamaica |
| Builder | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation |
| Laid down | 13 November 1942 |
| Launched | 21 April 1943 |
| Fate | Transferred to Royal Navy 27 September 1943 |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Shah |
| Namesake | Shah of Persia |
| Commissioned | 27 September 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 7 February 1946 |
| Identification | Pennant number D21 |
| Honours and awards | Burma 1945 |
| Fate | Returned to US ownership. Sold as merchant ship Salta; sold for scrap 1966 |
| Badge | On a Field Blue, a Shah's crown Gold. |
| General characteristics | |
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| Displacement | 7,800 tons |
| Length | 495 ft 7 in (151.05 m) |
| Beam | 69 ft 6 in (21.18 m) |
| Draught | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam turbines, 1 shaft, 8,500 shp (6,300 kW) |
| Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h) |
| Complement | 890 officers and ratings |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 12–24 |
USS Jamaica (CVE-43) (originally AVG-43 then later ACV-43), was an escort carrier of World War II that served in the British Royal Navy as HMS Shah (D21). Returned to the United States at war's end, she was converted into a merchant vessel and she was sold into civilian service in 1946 as Salta. She was ultimately scrapped in 1966.