HMS Dominica in February 1944
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Harman (PG-187) |
Namesake | British name assigned in anticipation of ship's transfer to United Kingdom |
Reclassified | Patrol frigate, PF-79, 15 April 1943 |
Builder | Walsh-Kaiser Company, Providence, Rhode Island |
Laid down | 27 July 1943[1] |
Renamed | Dominica, 1943 |
Namesake | Dominica |
Launched | 14 September 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Andrew D. Manchester |
Commissioned | Never |
Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom 25 January 1944 |
Acquired | Returned by United Kingdom 23 April 1946 |
Fate | Sold 27 March 1947 for scrapping |
History | |
United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Dominica (K507) |
Namesake | Dominica |
Acquired | 25 January 1944 |
Commissioned | 25 January 1944 |
Decommissioned | 1945[2] |
Fate | Returned to United States, 23 April 1946 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Colony-class frigate/Tacoma-class patrol frigate |
Displacement | 1,264 long tons (1,284 t) |
Length | 303 ft 11 in (92.63 m) |
Beam | 37 ft 6 in (11.43 m) |
Draft | 13 ft 8 in (4.17 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 190 |
Armament |
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The fourth HMS Dominica (K507) was a Colony-class frigate of the United Kingdom which served in the Royal Navy during World War II. She originally was ordered by the United States Navy as the Tacoma-class patrol frigate USS Harman (PF-79) and was transferred to the Royal Navy prior to completion.