CVE-30 USS Charger (1942)

[Roger Pellett]

Richie, Great job building an unusual subject! Winston Churchill supposedly said that the only problem during the war that caused him to lose sleep was the Battle of the Atlantic. These escort carriers were necessary to solve the “air gap” where the German Submarines were particularly effective. They are often overlooked by their more glamorous sisters that fought in the Pacific.

Roger

 

[richie incident]

Richie, Great job building an unusual subject! Winston Churchill supposedly said that the only problem during the war that caused him to lose sleep was the Battle of the Atlantic. These escort carriers were necessary to solve the “air gap” where the German Submarines were particularly effective. They are often overlooked by their more glamorous sisters that fought in the Pacific.

Roger

Thank you sir
I'm aiming to start building a new hull this spring. It might be a Bogue-type carrier model (the same С3 hull), since I can't find the necessary materials for the Independence. Then it will be a British version with a Swordfish on board.

 

[Davidp]

Richie, what materials are you looking for like in information like in plans for that class of light carriers?

 

[richie incident]

Richie, what materials are you looking for like in information like in plans for that class of light carriers?

Hi David
As before, I still don't have the ship's hull plan with bulges. I only have a personal, poorly-accurate reconstruction.

 

[Davidp]

would these work for you?
Booklet of General Plans CVL-25 USS Cowpens 1945 https://archive.org/details/cvl25bogp1945
Booklet of General Plans CVL-26 USS Monterey 1950 https://archive.org/details/cvl26bogp1950
i have plans saved on my computer of USS Langley (CVL-27) later the French aircraft carrier La Fayette but need your email address to send it to you.
i found your email address as has sent files to you before so will send the Langley/ La Fayette files to you.
just found in my outlook that i had sent even those files back in Nov 4 2025.

 

[richie incident]

just found in my outlook that i had sent even those files back in Nov 4 2025.

Yes, we talked about this topic recently. and exchanged information

 

[richie incident]

This is what the AVG-30 USS Charger" looks like today. All the work was done to prepare the flight deck for final installation on the hull. Although it's not noticeable, the fitting process was extensive. It was necessary to ensure the mounting strength in advance and prevent any possible deformation (which was already a problem when I was building CVE-68 USS Kalinin Bay).

 

[richie incident]

I finally installed the flight deck. And put work on hold for the holidays. I also started developing the air group. This time I won’t be making it out of wood, so I’ve taken up 3D development.
At the same time, it was possible to establish the exact composition of the air group from March and November 1942.
Since the ship was a training ship, its VGS-30 group was small. It consistently consisted of 6 - F4F-4 Wildcats. And at various times, between 2 and 18 SOC-3 Seagulls.
However, the aircraft's tactical numbers and paint schemes are still unknown. However, there is some information about the appearance of the temporary training aircraft.
Various other aircraft (SB2U Vindicators, SBD Dauntlesses, TBF Avenger, J2F-4 Duck) arrived briefly from shore bases during training.