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HMS Caicos
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HMS Caicos was a Colony-class frigate of the United Kingdom that served during World War II. She was originally ordered by the United States Navy as the Tacoma-class patrol frigate USS Hannam and was transferred to the Royal Navy prior to completion. It was named after the Caicos Islands.
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Name | USS Hannam |
Namesake | British name assigned in anticipation of ship's transfer to United Kingdom |
Reclassified | Patrol frigate, PF-77, 15 April 1943 |
Builder | Walsh-Kaiser Company, Providence, Rhode Island |
Laid down | 23 April 1943[1] |
Renamed | Caicos, 1943 |
Namesake | The Caicos Islands |
Launched | 6 September 1943 |
Commissioned | never |
Identification | PG-185 |
Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom 31 December 1943 |
Acquired | Returned by United Kingdom 12 December 1945 |
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Name | HMS Caicos |
Namesake | The Caicos Islands |
Acquired | 31 December 1943 |
Commissioned | 31 December 1943[1] or 2 January 1944[2] |
Decommissioned | 1945[3] |
Identification | K505 |
Fate | Returned to United States 12 December 1945 |
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Name | ARA Trinidad |
Namesake | ARA Santísima Trinidad, an Argentine brigantine which saw prominent action in 1815–1816 during the Argentine War of Independence.[4] |
Acquired | 6 July 1947 |
Commissioned | 1948 |
Identification | P-34 |
Renamed | ARA Santísima Trinidad (P-34) 3 October 1950 |
Namesake | ARA Santísima Trinidad of 1815–1816 |
Decommissioned | Placed in reserve 1961–1962 |
Honours and awards | Battle honor, 8 December 1960 |
Renamed | Comodoro Augusto Laserre (Q-9) 1963 |
Namesake | Augusto Lasserre (1826–1906), Argentine Navy officer |
Reclassified | Buque de Investigacion (survey vessel) 1963 |
Recommissioned | 27 January 1964 |
Renamed | Comodoro Augusto Lasserre (Q-9) 1964 |
Namesake | Corrected spelling of "Augusto Lasserre" |
Stricken | 20 February 1969 |
Decommissioned | March 1969 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping 1971 |
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Class and type | Colony-class frigate |
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Beam | 37.5 ft (11.4 m) |
Draught | 13.75 ft (4.19 m) |
Propulsion | Triple expansion, 2 × 3-drum type boilers, 2 shafts5,500 ihp (4,100 kW) |
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After her return to U.S. Navy custody, she was sold to Argentina and served in the Argentine Navy (Armada de la Republica Argentina) as a frigate under the names ARA Trinidad (P-34) and ARA Santísima Trinidad (P-34) from 1948 to 1962. After a refit she then served as a survey ship as ARA Augusto Lasserre (Q-9) from 1963 to 1969.