Fairsky as an aircraft carrier. HMS Attacker at sea Being able to carry 18 aircraft she served as convoy escort in the North Atlantic. During her war time duties she also served the waters of France and the Pacific. She had a notable wartime career. After she had completed her duties, she was returned to the US in January 1946 and was laid up and placed on the market. She was sold in 1947 to a New York Company who commenced the removal of armaments and the flight deck. This was stopped when she was purchased in 1950 by Navcot Corp, a company set up by Alexander Vlasov, founder of Sitmar Lines. She was renamed Castel Forte and was laid up until 1952, when she was officially transferred to Sitmar. After being sent to Newport for possible conversion she again laid up. In February 1957, Sitmar had her moved to the Bethlehem Shipyards in New York to commence the mammoth task in rebuilding her as a passenger liner. Here she received a new modern superstructure and a stylish funnel. She sailed to Genoa in December 1957, where she received her interior fittings including accommodations for 1,461 passengers. In 1958, she was registered in Liberia with her new name Fairsky.
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