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The escort aircraft carrier or escort carrier (popularly known as the jeep carrier), was a small aircraft carrier utilized by the British Royal Navy, the Imperial Japanese Navy and the United States Navy in World War II. In the Atlantic the escort carriers were employed to deal with the U-boat crisis of the Battle of the Atlantic, while in the Pacific they provided air support to ground forces during amphibious operations, served as backup aircraft transports for fleet carriers, and transported...
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