Frigate of the Royal Navy
History
United States
Name unnamed (DE-97)
Builder Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard , Hingham , Massachusetts
Laid down 25 August 1943
Launched 31 October 1943
Completed 28 December 1943
Commissioned never
Fate Transferred to United Kingdom 28 December 1943
Acquired Returned by United Kingdom 31 January 1946
Stricken 12 March 1946
Fate Scrapping completed 15 June 1948
United Kingdom
Name HMS Stockham (K572)
Namesake Captain John Stockham (1765–1814), British naval officer who was the commanding officer of HMS Thunderer at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805
Acquired 28 December 1943
Commissioned 28 December 1943
Fate Returned to United States 31 January 1946
General characteristics
Displacement 1,400 long tons (1,422 t)
Length 306 ft (93 m)
Beam 36.75 ft (11.2 m)
Draught 9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion
Two Foster-Wheeler Express "D"-type water-tube boilers
GE 13,500 shp (10,070 kW) steam turbines and generators (9,200 kW)
Electric motors for 12,000 shp (8,900 kW)
Two shafts
Speed 24 knots (44 km/h)
Range 5,500 nautical miles (10,200 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement 186
Sensors and processing systems
Armament
Notes Pennant number K562
HMS Stockham (K562) was a British Captain-class frigate of the Royal Navy in commission during World War II . Originally constructed as a United States Navy Buckley class destroyer escort , she served in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1946.
Construction and transfer
The ship was laid down as the unnamed U.S. Navy destroyer escort DE-97 by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard , Inc., in Hingham , Massachusetts , on 25 August 1943 and launched on 31 October 1943. She was transferred to the United Kingdom upon completion on 28 December 1943.
Service history
Commissioned into service in the Royal Navy [ 1] as the frigate HMS Stockham (K562) on 28 December 1943 simultaneously with her transfer, the ship served on patrol and escort duty in the English Channel for the remainder of World War II. She also participated in the invasion of Normandy in 1944.
The Royal Navy returned Stockham to the U.S. Navy at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , on 31 January 1946.
Disposal
The U.S. Navy received authorization on 21 February 1946 to dispose of Stockham and struck her from its Naval Vessel Register on 12 March 1946. She was sold to the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Newport News , Virginia , for scrapping, which was completed on 15 June 1948.
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