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DE-565 |
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HMS Thornborough K-574 |
Type: |
Destroyer Escort (USN) Frigate (RN) |
Class: |
Buckley (USN) Captain (RN) |
Builder: |
Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard Inc. Hingham, Massachusetts |
Hull Number: |
DE-565 (USN) K-574 (RN) |
Ordered: |
1942 |
Commissioned: |
December 31, 1943 (RN) |
Keel Laid: |
September 22, 1943 |
Decommissioned: |
January 29, 1947 (RN) |
Launched: |
November 13, 1943 |
Stricken: |
N/A |
Fate: |
Returned to the USN Jan. 29, 1947. Sold for scrap Apr. 24, 1947. |
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Dimensions, machinery and performance |
Length: |
306' |
Engines: |
2 General Electric turbo-electric dive |
Beam: |
36' 9" |
Boilers: |
2 D Express type |
Draft: |
10' 6" |
Shafts: |
2 |
Displacement: |
1,400 std. / 1,740 full |
SHP: |
12,000 |
Speed: |
24 |
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Crew: |
186 |
Range: |
4,940 NM @ 12 knots |
Notes |
Laid down as DE-565 but never named or commissioned in US Navy. Leased to the United Kingdom. |
Class Overview |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Jan. 2, 2007 |