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ASHEVILLE patrol frigates (1942 / 1942)


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Natchez

Ships


No Name Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
PG101, 4.1943 - PF1 Asheville (ex- Adur) 155 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada 10.1941 22.8.1942 12.1942 stricken 2.1946, to Argentina (Hércules)
PG102, 4.1943 - PF2 Natchez (ex-Annan) 156 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada 3.1942 12.9.1942 12.1942 to Maritime Commission 11.1945, sold 7.1947, later to Dominican Republic (Juan Pablo Duarte)


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

1412

Displacement full, t

2150

Length, m

86.3 wl 91.9 oa

Breadth, m

11.1

Draught, m

4.01

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 2 boilers

Power, h. p.

5500

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

oil 674

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

3 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20, 2 x 2 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 2.4, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (100)

Electronic equipmentSA, SL radars, type 128 sonar
Complement

190



Standard scale images


<i>nearly sister-ship Forsyth</i> 1945
nearly sister-ship Forsyth 1945


Graphics


<i>Natchez</i>
Natchez


Project history

In the first war years USA was pressed by shortage of escort ships for support of Atlantic convoys. In the beginning of 1942 USA and United Kingdom reached the agreement on delivery of 10 newest frigates of "River" class. British yards were overloaded by military orders, and the order was transferred to Canada. By the time of commission of frigates, need for the help of Allies has disappeared, and Americans commissioned really only two ships.

Modernizations

Asheville, 1944: - 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL; + 1 x 3 - 305 Squid Mk 3 ASWRL, type 147B sonar (temporarily for tests, replaced again by Hedgehog in 1944)

1.1946, both: 3 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (100)

Naval service

Both served in Atlantic.