HMS Duckworth (K351)

HMS Duckworth (K351) at Belfast, April 1945
History
United States
Name	Gary
Namesake	Thomas J. Gary
Ordered	10 January 1942
Laid down	16 January 1943
Launched	1 May 1943
Stricken	21 January 1946
Identification	DE-61
Fate	Transferred to Royal Navy under Lend-Lease 4 August 1943
United Kingdom
Name	Duckworth
Namesake	Sir John Duckworth
Commissioned	1943
Decommissioned	1946
Identification	K351
Fate	Returned to US and scrapped 1946
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Captain-class frigate
Displacement	1,300 tons
Length	306 ft (93 m)
Beam	36 ft 9 in (11.20 m)
Draught	10 ft 9 in (3.28 m)
Propulsion	2 shaft GE turbines 2 boilers=12,000shp
Speed	24 knots (44 km/h)
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h)
Complement	186
Sensors and processing systems	HF/DF MF/DF Type 244 Radar
Armament	3 × 3in guns 8 × 20mm cannon 2 × 21in TT 1 × Hedgehog 8 × DCT 2 × DC racks

HMS Duckworth (K351) was a Captain-class frigate of the Royal Navy. She served during the Second World War as a convoy escort and anti-submarine warfare vessel in the Battle of the Atlantic and was an effective U-boat killer, being credited with the destruction of five U-boats during the conflict.