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HMS Prefect (Z-263)
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 Prefect (AN-75)


Prefect (AN-75) Lend-Lease to the United Kingdom as HMS Prefect (Z-263)
Ailanthus Class Net Laying Ship:
  • Laid down, 1 April 1943, as Yard Net Tender Prefect (YN-88) at American Car and Foundry Co., Wilmington, DE.
  • Reclassified Net Laying Ship (AN-75), 17 January 1944
  • Launched, 8 March 1944
  • Delivered to the Navy, 3 June 1944
  • Transferred under Lend Lease to the United Kingdom 3 June 1944
  • Commissioned HMS Prefect
  • Custody returned to the US Navy, 28 December 1945, at Norfolk, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 28 March 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 3 April 1947, for disposal
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,460 t.(fl)
    Length 194' 6"
    Beam 37'
    Draft 13' 6"
    Speed 12.1 kts.
    Complement
    Officers 4
    Enlisted 52
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    four twin 20mm AA gun mounts
    Largest Boom Capacity 12 t.
    Fuel Capacity
    Diesel 760 Bbls
    Ship's Service Generators
    two Diesel-drive 60Kw 120V D.C.
    Propulsion
    two Busch-Sulzer BS-539 Diesel-electric engines
    single propeller, 1,200shp
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