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Frigate of the Royal Navy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HMS Domett (K473) 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 USS Eisner (DE-269), she served in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1946.
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Name | USS Eisner (DE-269) |
Namesake | U.S. Navy Lieutenant, junior grade Jacques Rodney Eisner (1918-1942), killed in action aboard the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco (CA-38) in the First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942 |
Ordered | 25 January 1942[1] |
Builder | Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts |
Laid down | 7 April 1943[2] |
Launched | 19 May 1943[2] |
Commissioned | Never |
Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom 3 September 1943 |
Acquired | Returned by United Kingdom 5 March 1946[2] |
Fate | Sold 3 June 1947 for scrapping |
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Name | HMS Domett (K473) |
Namesake | Admiral Sir William Domett (1752-1828), British naval officer who served as commanding officer of HMS Royal George at the Glorious First of June in 1794[3] |
Acquired | 3 September 1943 |
Commissioned | 3 September 1943[1] |
Fate | Returned to United States 5 March 1946[2] |
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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) |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h) |
Range | 5,000 nautical miles (9,260 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
Complement | 156 |
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Notes | Pennant number K473 |
The ship was assigned the name USS Eisner, the first ship of the name, on 23 February 1943 and laid down as the U.S. Navy destroyer escort DE-269 by the Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts, on 7 April 1943.[2] She was launched on 19 May 1943. On 3 September 1943 she was christened by 9-year-old Carol E. Pyne, one of the youngest sponsors in the history of the Boston Navy Yard,[4] and transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease.[2]
Commissioned into service in the Royal Navy as HMS Domett (K473) on 3 September 1943[1] simultaneously with her transfer, the ship served on patrol and escort duty. On 29 June 1944 she joined the British frigates Cooke, Duckworth, and Essington and a Royal Air Force Liberator aircraft of No. 244 Squadron in a depth charge attack that sank the German submarine U-988 in the English Channel west of Guernsey at 49°37′00″N 003°41′00″W.[1]
The Royal Navy returned Domett to the U.S. Navy on 5 March 1946.[2]
The United States sold Domett on 3 June 1947 for scrapping.
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