The force included the cruiser Diadem, three escort carriers, and eight destroyers and other vessels. The carriers embarked three Naval Air Squadrons and 846 Squadron in HMS Trumpeter contributed eight Avenger torpedo-bombers and four…
USS Bastian (CVE-37) (originally AVG-37 and then ACV-37) was a Bogue-class escort aircraft carrier built by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding of Tacoma, Washington, laid down on 25 August 1942 and launched 15 December 1942.
Gunnar Isachsen is particularly known for his topographical work on Otto Sverdrup’s 2nd Fram Expedition in northeast Canada 1898-1902, for his leadership of scientific expeditions to Svalbard 1906-10 and as director of the Norwegian…