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DE-522
HMS MOORSOM (K.567)

Specifications:
Class: Evarts (Lend-Lease) (Royal Navy Captain Class)
Type: GMT (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, short hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,140 tons (light), 1,430 tons (full)
Length: 283' 6" (wl), 289' 5" (oa)
Beam: 35' 0" (extreme)
Draft: 11' 0" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 4 GM Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 19 kts
Range: 4,150 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 3 - 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 4 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 4 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Complement: 15 / 183
HMS Moorsom (K.567) Building and Operational Data:
  • 14 August 1943: Keel laid by the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Mass.
  • 24 September 1943: Launched
  • 10 December 1943: Transferred to Great Britain as lend lease, commissioned in the Royal Navy the same day as Moorsom (K-567)
  • 25 October 1945: Decommissioned from the Royal Navy at the New York Navy Yard, reverted to U.S. Navy custody
  • 05 December 1945: Struck from the NVR
  • .. July 1946: Sold for scrapping
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    By And/Or Copyright
    Moorsom 19k Moorsom astern of Capel, undated John Vandereerden
    Moorsom 103k An undated aerial view of the Captain-class frigate HMS Moorsom (K-567) underway at sea.
    (Official Royal Navy photo, photographer unknown, photo #A 25520 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums    		 Bob Hurst
    Worksop, Nottinghamshire,
    England, United Kingdom
    Moorsom 41k Moorsom at sea, undated Nick Tiberio
    Shelton, Conn.
    View the HMS Moorsom (K.567), ex-DE 522, DANFS history entry
    located on the U.S. Naval Historical Center web site.
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