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ORPL Rzeczypospolita (eng. PLCW Commonwealth) was a Polish-Lithuanian fleet only used in battle aircraft carrier. She was the only built AC43A class ship. Commissioned in 1943 in Gdańska Stocznia Floty Bałtyckiej im. Bolesława Chrobrego. She served in a Bay of Bengal in 1944 and as a HQ in the Moroccan civil war in 1949. ORPL Rzeczypospolita was badly damage by a Japanese Light Cruiser Naka on 19 July 1944. She was the first Aircraft carrier ever used by Polish-Lithuanian navy, ORPL Rzeczypospolita was also the only polish-lithuanian aircraft carrier to be used in an open combat. Official CEA (Central European Alliance) code name of this aircraft carrier was "Lady", but it was changed after the 1949 Moroccan Civil war to "Eye of the Strom" due to her role in the conflict.

ORPL Rzeczypospolita's motto: "Jeśli Bóg z nami, któż przeciwko?" (eng. "If god is with us, who is against?")

Commissioning
The kneel of the Rzeczypospolita was laid down on 14 December 1942 in Gdańska Stocznia Floty Bałtyckiej im. Bolesława Chrobrego, and she was launched in the same shipyard on 29 December 1943. Right after commissioning she was ordered to join second task force, which at the time was exercising, near the Suez Canal on the Mediterranean Sea. Task force was leas by the man named Józef Unrug, who right after she arrived, made her his flagship.

Indian Theatre 1944
Right after joining the second task force, she was exercising near the Suez Canal since 13 January 1944 to 13 of April 1944. On 3 May 1944 whole second task force was ordered to move toward west coast of India through the Suez Canal. Task Force arrived on 29 May 1944, and after refueling, they were ordered to patrol Bay of Bengal, because of the vital for the Indian economy trade nodes. On 19:34 on 11 of July, heavy cruiser ORPL Unia Lubelska, spotted Japanese warships heading towards the east. Józef Unrug, Task force commander, thought that those were the Japanese Light Cruiser heading to refuel. He decided to chase them, after 16 hours the Japanese ships came in range of the carrier fighters. After fighters came back they reported that they met unbelievable hard resistance, as it turned out later, the Polish-Lithuanian second task forced attacked IV Japanese Fleet, consisted of 2 Battleships, 4 armored cruisers, 7 light cruisers and 11 destroyers. Józef's Unrug chase resulted in the Battle of Perka on 19 of June 1944, in this battle Rzeczypospolita was badly damaged by Japanese light cruiser Naka. . After attack ORPL Rzeczypospolita returned to her port in India, and after 2 months, she returned with a second task force back to Dunkirk, where she was refitted with newly developed A4 class radar, becoming at a time, the most modern ship in Polish-Lithuanian Fleet, along the three Torpedo Cruisers: ORPL Ameryka, ORPL Polar and ORPL Pacyfik.

Moroccan Civil War 1949
After the war, ORPL Rzeczypospolita was detached from the second task force, and she was operating on her own near the Canary Islands. She also took part in the Moroccan civil war in 1949, where she was the used as a headquarter for the European Peace Forces. She earned there a nick name "Eye of the storm".

Decommission 1952
She was decommissioned in 1952, in the Gdańska Stocznia Floty Bałtyckiej im. Bolesława Chrobrego, where she serves as a museum of the Polish-Lithuanian Fleet. She was the first aircraft carrier ever used in the Polish-Lithuanian Navy.