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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Oswald |
| Builder | Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard |
| Laid down | 5 April 1943 |
| Launched | 30 June 1943 |
| Out of service | Assigned to the Royal Navy June 1943. |
| Reinstated | Returned August 1945. |
| Fate | Sold into mercantile service 24 January 1947. |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Affleck |
| Commissioned | 29 September 1943 |
| Fate | Returned to the United States Navy in August 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Captain-class frigate |
| Displacement | 1,800 tons fully loaded |
| Length | 306 ft (93 m) overall |
| Beam | 36.5 ft (11.1 m) |
| Draught | 11 ft (3.4 m) fully loaded |
| Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h) |
| Endurance | 5,500 nautical miles (10,190 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement | Typically between 170 & 180 |
HMS Affleck was a Captain-class frigate which served during World War II. The ship was named after Sir Edmund Affleck, commander of HMS Bedford at the Moonlight Battle in 1780 during the American Revolutionary War.
Originally destined for the US Navy as a turbo-electric (TE) type Buckley-class destroyer escort, HMS Affleck was provisionally given the name USS Oswald (later this name was reassigned to DE-767). However, the delivery was diverted to the Royal Navy before the launch.