HMS Sarawak (K591)

History
United States
Name: USS Patton
Namesake: British name assigned in anticipation of ship's transfer to United Kingdom
Reclassified: Patrol frigate, PF-87, 15 April 1943
Builder: Walsh-Kaiser Company, Providence, Rhode Island
Laid down: 28 September 1943[1] or 30 October 1943[2]
Renamed: Sarawak, 1943
Namesake: Sarawak
Launched: 25 October 1943[1] or 5 February 1944[2]
Commissioned: never
Identification: PG-195
Fate: Transferred to United Kingdom 7 February 1944[1] or 25 July 1944[2]
Acquired: Returned by United Kingdom 22 May 1946
Fate: Scrapped 1947
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Sarawak
Namesake: Sarawak
Commissioned: 7 February 1944[1] or 25 July 1944[3]
Decommissioned: 1945[4]
Identification: K591
Fate: Returned to United States 22 May 1946
General characteristics
Class and type: Colony/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:
  • 3 × boilers
  • 2 × turbines, 5,500 shp (4,100 kW) each
  • 2 shafts
Speed: 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement: 190
Armament:

HMS Sarawak (K591) was a Colony-class frigate of the United Kingdom that served during World War II. She originally was ordered by the United States Navy as the Tacoma-class patrol frigate USS Patton (PF-87) and was transferred to the Royal Navy prior to completion.

Construction and acquisition

The ship, originally designated a "patrol gunboat," PG-195, was ordered by the United States Maritime Commission under a United States Navy contract as USS Patton. She was reclassified as a "patrol frigate," PF-87, on 15 April 1943 and laid down by the Walsh-Kaiser Company at Providence, Rhode Island, on 28 September 1943.[1] Intended for transfer to the United Kingdom, the ship was renamed Sarawak by the British prior to launching and was launched, according to different sources, on either 25 October 1943[1] or 5 February 1944.[2]

Service history

Transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease on, according to different sources, either 7 February 1944[1] or 25 July 1944,[2] the ship served in the Royal Navy as HMS Sarawak (K591) until decommissioned in 1945.[4]

Disposal

The United Kingdom returned Sarawak to the U.S. Navy on 22 May 1946. She was scrapped in 1947.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 uboat.net HMS Seychelles (K 592)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Navsource Online: Frigate Photo Archive HMS Seychelles (K 592) ex-Pearl ex-PF-88 ex-PG-196
  3. ↑ Presumably the date of commissioning if Navsource Online: Frigate Photo Archive HMS Sarawak (K 591) ex-Patton ex-PF-87 ex-PG-195's 25 July 1944 delivery date is correct.
  4. 1 2 According to uboat.net HMS Sarawak (K 591), Sarawak 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.

Bibliography

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