HMS Kingsmill (K484)

History
United States
Name	unnamed (DE-280)
Ordered	25 January 1942[1]
Builder	Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts
Laid down	9 July 1943[2]
Launched	13 August 1943
Completed	6 November 1943
Fate	Transferred to United Kingdom 29 October 1943[3]
Acquired	Returned by United Kingdom 22 August 1945
Name	USS Kingsmill (DE-280)
Namesake	British name retained
Commissioned	22 August 1945
Decommissioned	26 October 1945
Stricken	16 November 1945
Fate	Sold 17 February 1947 for scrapping
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Kingsmill (K484)
Namesake	Admiral Sir Robert Kingsmill, 1st Baronet (1730-1805), British naval officer who was commanding officer of HMS Vigilant at the Battle of Ushant in 1778[4]
Acquired	29 October 1943[3]
Commissioned	29 October 1943[1]
Decommissioned	1945
Fate	Returned to United States 22 August 1945
General characteristics
Displacement	1,140 long tons (1,158 t)
Length	289.5 ft (88.2 m)
Beam	35 ft (11 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion	Four General Motors 278A 16-cylinder engines GE 7,040 bhp (5,250 kW) generators (4,800 kW) GE electric motors for 6,000 shp (4,500 kW) Two shafts
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h)
Range	5,000 nautical miles (9,260 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement	156
Sensors and processing systems	SA & SL type radars Type 144 series Asdic MF Direction Finding antenna HF Direction Finding Type FH 4 antenna
Armament	3 × 3 in (76 mm) /50 Mk.22 guns 1 × twin Bofors 40 mm mount Mk.I 7–16 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns Mark 10 Hedgehog antisubmarine mortar Depth charges QF 2-pounder naval gun
Notes	Pennant number K484

HMS Kingsmill (K484) was a British Captain-class frigate of the Royal Navy in commission during World War II. Originally constructed as the United States Navy Evarts-class destroyer escort DE-280, she served in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1945 and then in the U.S. Navy as USS Kingsmill (DE-280) from August to October 1945.