| HMS Inman (K571) | |
|---|---|
 HMS Inman off Greenock, Scotland, on 22 May 1944. | |
| Career |  |
| Name: | unnamed (DE-526) |
| Builder: | Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts |
| Laid down: | 25 September 1943[1] |
| Launched: | 2 November 1943 |
| Completed: | 13 January 1944 |
| Commissioned: | never |
| Fate: | Transferred to United Kingdom 13 January 1944 |
| Acquired: | Returned by United Kingdom 1 March 1946 |
| Fate: | Sold November 1946 for scrapping |
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
| Class and type: | Captain class frigate |
| Name: | HMS Inman (K571) |
| Namesake: | Captain Henry Inman (1762-1809), British naval officer |
| Acquired: | 13 January 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 13 January 1944[2] |
| Decommissioned: | 1945[3] |
| Fate: | Returned to United States 1 March 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,140 tons |
| Length: | 289.5 ft (88.2 m) |
| Beam: | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Draught: | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Propulsion: |
Four General Motors 278A 16-cylinder engines GE 7,040 bhp (5,250 kW) generators (4,800 kW) GE electric motors for 6,000 shp (4,500 kW) Two shafts |
| Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Range: | 5,000 nautical miles (9,260 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement: | 156 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
SA & SL type radars Type 144 series Asdic MF Direction Finding antenna HF Direction Finding Type FH 4 antenna |
| Armament: |
3 × 3 in (76 mm) /50 Mk.22 guns 1 x twin Bofors 40 mm mount Mk.I 7-16 x 20 mm Oerlikon guns Mark 10 Hedgehog antisubmarine mortar Depth charges QF 2 pounder naval gun |
| Notes: | Pennant number K571 |
HMS Inman (K471) 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 DE-526, she served in the Royal Navy from 1944 to 1945.
Construction and transfer[]
The ship was laid down as the unnamed U.S. Navy destroyer escort DE-526 by the Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts, on 25 September 1943 and launched on 2 November 1943.[1] The United States transferred her to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease on 13 January 1944; she was the last of the 78 destroyer escorts the United States transferred to the United Kingdom.
Service history[]
The ship was commissioned into service in the Royal Navy as HMS Inman (K571) under the command of Lieutenant Commander Philip Sydney Evans, RN, on 13 January 1944[2] simultaneously with her transfer. She served on patrol and escort duty for the remainder of World War II and was decommissioned in 1945 after the conclusion of the war.[3]
The Royal Navy returned Inman to the U.S. Navy on 1 March 1946.
Disposal[]
The United States sold Inman in November 1946 to George H. Nutman, Inc., of Brooklyn, New York, for scrapping.[1]
References[]
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- Navsource Online: Destroyer Escort Photo Archive DE-526 HMS Inman (K-571)
- uboat.net HMS Inman (K 571)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 uboat.net HMS Inman (K 571)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Per uboat.net HMS Inman (K 571), Inman was not on the Royal Navy's October 1945 active list, strongly implying that she was decommissioned earlier that year.
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