29 May 2001
    Ken Hatfield writes:

    My father, Jim Hatfield served on the ship HMS Speaker during WWII.

    Are there any contact e-mail addresses for anyone else who served on the ship?   Would appreciate hearing from them.

    Ken Hatfield
    Kjhatfield@aol.com



    Editor's Note:
    The DELGADA (ACV-40) was launched 20 February 1943 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, Wash.; sponsored by Mrs. James B. Sykes and reclassified CVE-40 on 15 July 1943.   She was transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease on 20 November 1943, and served as HMS SPEAKER.   She was returned to the United States on 27 July 1946 and sold on 22 April 1947.