French frigate Oise
For other ships of the same name, see USS Cronin.
.jpg) Port side view of Free French Destroyer Escort Algerien (F701). | |
| Career (United States) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Cronin |
| Namesake: | Cornelius Cronin |
| Builder: | Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware |
| Laid down: | 13 May 1943 |
| Launched: | 27 November 1943 |
| Fate: | Transferred to France, 23 January 1944 |
| Struck: | 14 May 1952 |
| Career (Free France) |  |
| Name: | Algerien |
| Namesake: | Algerian people |
| Acquired: | 23 January 1944 |
| Reclassified: | F701 |
| Career (France) |  |
| Name: | Algerien |
| Acquired: | 14 October 1946 |
| Decommissioned: | Returned to US Navy May 1964 |
| Renamed: | Oise, for Oise, August 1962 |
| Reclassified: | F701 |
| Struck: | May 1965 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping, November 1965 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | Cannon-class destroyer escort |
| Displacement: | 1,240 long tons (1,260 t) standard 1,620 long tons (1,646 t) full |
| Length: | 306 ft (93 m) o/a 300 ft (91 m) w/l |
| Beam: | 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m) |
| Draft: | 8 ft 9 in (2.67 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6,000 shp (4,474 kW), 2 screws |
| Speed: | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Range: | 10,800 nmi (20,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement: | 15 officers and 201 enlisted |
| Armament: | 3 × single Mk.22 3"/50 caliber guns 1 × twin 40 mm Mk.1 AA gun 8 × 20 mm Mk.4 AA guns 3 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 1 × Hedgehog Mk.10 anti-submarine mortar 8 × Mk.6 depth charge projectors 2 × Mk.9 depth charge tracks |
Oise, originally named Algérien, was a frigate in the Free French Naval Forces during World War II and the French Navy post-war. The ship was originally built as USS Cronin (DE-107), an American Cannon-class destroyer escort named for Cornelius Cronin, a sailor who was awarded the Medal of Honor during the American Civil War.
History
World War II
During World War II, the Cronin was transferred to the Free French Naval Forces under lend lease on 23 January 1944, and renamed Algérien.
Algérien participated in Operation Anvil-Dragoon on 15 August 1944.[2]
Ownership of the vessel was transferred to France on 21 April 1952 under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program. She was renamed Oise shortly before being transferred back to the US Navy.
References
- ↑ "ALGÉRIEN - destroyer d'escorte - Classe "CANNON (États Unis d'Amérique)"". Alamer.fr. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
- Photo gallery of Oise/Algérien/Cronin'' (DE-107) at NavSource Naval History
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