 HMS Caicos on 27 March 1945.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Hannam |
| Namesake | British name assigned in anticipation of ship's transfer to United Kingdom |
| Reclassified | Patrol frigate, PF-77, 15 April 1943 |
| Builder | Walsh-Kaiser Company, Providence, Rhode Island |
| Laid down | 23 April 1943[1] |
| Renamed | Caicos, 1943 |
| Namesake | The Caicos Islands |
| Launched | 6 September 1943 |
| Commissioned | never |
| Identification | PG-185 |
| Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom 31 December 1943 |
| Acquired | Returned by United Kingdom 12 December 1945 |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Caicos |
| Namesake | The Caicos Islands |
| Acquired | 31 December 1943 |
| Commissioned | 31 December 1943[1] or 2 January 1944[2] |
| Decommissioned | 1945[3] |
| Identification | K505 |
| Fate | Returned to United States 12 December 1945 |
 Argentina | |
| Name | ARA Trinidad |
| Namesake | ARA Santísima Trinidad, an Argentine brigantine which saw prominent action in 1815–1816 during the Argentine War of Independence.[4] |
| Acquired | 6 July 1947 |
| Commissioned | 1948 |
| Identification | P-34 |
| Renamed | ARA Santísima Trinidad (P-34) 3 October 1950 |
| Namesake | ARA Santísima Trinidad of 1815–1816 |
| Decommissioned | Placed in reserve 1961–1962 |
| Honours and awards | Battle honor, 8 December 1960 |
| Renamed | Comodoro Augusto Laserre (Q-9) 1963 |
| Namesake | Augusto Lasserre (1826–1906), Argentine Navy officer |
| Reclassified | Buque de Investigacion (survey vessel) 1963 |
| Recommissioned | 27 January 1964 |
| Renamed | Comodoro Augusto Lasserre (Q-9) 1964 |
| Namesake | Corrected spelling of "Augusto Lasserre" |
| Stricken | 20 February 1969 |
| Decommissioned | March 1969 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping 1971 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Colony-class frigate |
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| Beam | 37.5 ft (11.4 m) |
| Draught | 13.75 ft (4.19 m) |
| Propulsion | Triple expansion, 2 × 3-drum type boilers, 2 shafts5,500 ihp (4,100 kW) |
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HMS Caicos was a Colony-class frigate of the United Kingdom that served during World War II. She was originally ordered by the United States Navy as the Tacoma-class patrol frigate USS Hannam and was transferred to the Royal Navy prior to completion. It was named after the Caicos Islands.
After her return to U.S. Navy custody, she was sold to Argentina and served in the Argentine Navy (Armada de la Republica Argentina) as a frigate under the names ARA Trinidad (P-34) and ARA Santísima Trinidad (P-34) from 1948 to 1962. After a refit she then served as a survey ship as ARA Augusto Lasserre (Q-9) from 1963 to 1969.
- ^ a b uboat.net HMS Caicos (K 505)
- ^ Times of the Islands, the International Magazine of the Turks & Caicos Islands, Summer 2007
- ^ According to uboat.net HMS Caicos (K 505), Caicos is not listed as an active unit on the October 1945 Navy List, strongly implying that the Royal Navy decommissioned her sometime earlier that year.
- ^ Page 6, Janes Fighting Ships 1963–64