USS Marocain (DE-109)

Port side view of Free French Destroyer Escort Marocain (F-705).
History
United States
Name: USS Marocain (DE-109)
Builder: Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware
Laid down: 7 September 1943
Launched: 1 January 1944
Commissioned: 29 February 1944
Fate: Transferred to Free France, 29 February 1944
Struck: 14 May 1952
History
Free France
Name: Marocain (F-705)
Namesake: Moroccan
Acquired: 29 February 1944
History
France
Name: Marocain (F-705)
Acquired: 14 October 1946
Struck: 1960
Fate: Returned to USN May 1964
General characteristics [1]
Class & 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:

Marocain, 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 Marocain (DE-109), an American Cannon-class destroyer escort.

History

World War II

During World War II, Marocain was transferred to the Free French Naval Forces under lend lease on 29 February 1944, and retained the name Marocain.

Marocain 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.

References

  1. ↑ "ex-Marocain (DE 109)". Navsource.org. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
  2. ↑ "MAROCAIN - destroyer d'escorte - Classe "CANNON (États Unis d'Amérique)"". Alamer.fr. Retrieved April 25, 2015.

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