HMCS Louisburg (K401)

HMCS Louisburg
History
Canada
Name	HMCS Louisburg
Namesake	Louisburg, Nova Scotia
Ordered	2 January 1942
Builder	Morton Engineering and Dry Dock Co., Quebec City
Laid down	11 January 1943
Launched	13 July 1943
Commissioned	13 December 1943
Decommissioned	25 June 1945
Identification	Pennant number: K401
Honours and awards	Atlantic 1944–45, English Channel 1944, Normandy 1944[1]
Fate	Sold to Dominican Navy
Dominican Republic
Name	Juan Alejandro Acosta
Acquired	purchased from Canada
Commissioned	1947
Decommissioned	1978
Fate	Removed from active list 1978; wrecked 1979
General characteristics
Class and type	Flower-class corvette (modified)
Displacement	1,015 long tons (1,031 t; 1,137 short tons)
Length	208 ft (63.40 m)o/a
Beam	33 ft (10.06 m)
Draught	11 ft (3.35 m)
Propulsion	single shaft 2 × oil fired water tube boilers 1 triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
Speed	16 knots (29.6 km/h)
Range	7,400 nautical miles (13,705 km) at 10 knots (18.5 km/h)
Complement	90
Sensors and processing systems	1 Type 271 SW2C radar 1 Type 144 sonar
Armament	1 × 4 in (102 mm) QF Mk XIX naval gun 1 × 2-pounder Mk.VIII single "pom-pom" 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon single 1 × Hedgehog A/S mortar 4 × Mk.II depth charge throwers 2 × depth charge rails with 70 depth charges

HMCS Louisburg was a modified Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She fought primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic as a convoy escort. She was named for Louisburg, Nova Scotia. She was the second ship named for the town, the first having been sunk earlier in the war. She was sold to the Dominican Navy after the war.