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<tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td>Unnamed (DE-87)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td><a href="/wiki/Bethlehem-Hingham_Shipyard" class="mw-redirect" title="Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard">Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hingham,_Massachusetts" title="Hingham, Massachusetts">Hingham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>5 July 1943<sup id="cite_ref-navsource_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navsource-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>2 October 1943<sup id="cite_ref-navsource_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navsource-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Completed</td><td>29 November 1943<sup id="cite_ref-navsource_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navsource-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>Never</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Transferred to United Kingdom 29 November 1943<sup id="cite_ref-navsource_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navsource-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Stricken</td><td>25 June 1945<sup id="cite_ref-navsource_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navsource-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Nominally returned by United Kingdom June 1945<sup id="cite_ref-Colledge_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Colledge-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Sold March 1947 for scrapping<sup id="cite_ref-navsource_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navsource-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Royal Navy Ensign"><img alt="Royal Navy Ensign" 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officer">commanding officer</a> of <a href="/wiki/HMS_Superb_(1798)" title="HMS Superb (1798)">HMS <i>Superb</i></a> at the <a href="/wiki/Bombardment_of_Algiers_(1816)" title="Bombardment of Algiers (1816)">bombardment of Algiers</a> in 1816<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Acquired</td><td>29 November 1943<sup id="cite_ref-navsource_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navsource-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>29 November 1943<sup id="cite_ref-uboatnet_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uboatnet-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Decommissioned</td><td>1945<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Identification</td><td><a href="/wiki/Pennant_number" title="Pennant number">Pennant number</a> K552</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Constructive_total_loss" class="mw-redirect" title="Constructive total loss">Constructive total loss</a> after 16 April 1945<sup id="cite_ref-navsource_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navsource-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Nominally returned to United States June 1945<sup id="cite_ref-Colledge_2-1" class="reference"><a 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<a href="/wiki/Water-tube_boiler" title="Water-tube boiler">water-tube boilers</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">GE 13,500 shp (10,070 kW) steam turbines and generators (9,200 kW)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Electric motors for 12,000 shp (8,900 kW)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Two shafts</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>24 knots (44 km/h)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Range</td><td>5,500 nautical miles (10,200 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>186</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Sensors and <br /> processing systems</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">SA & SL type radars</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Type 144 series <a href="/wiki/Sonar" title="Sonar">Asdic</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">MF <a href="/wiki/Direction_finding" title="Direction finding">Direction Finding</a> antenna</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Huff-Duff" class="mw-redirect" title="Huff-Duff">HF Direction Finding</a> Type FH 4 antenna</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">3 × <a href="/wiki/3%22/50_caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="3"/50 caliber gun">3 in (76 mm)</a> /50 Mk.22 guns</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × twin <a href="/wiki/Bofors_40_mm_Automatic_Gun_L/60" class="mw-redirect" title="Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60">Bofors 40 mm</a> mount Mk.I</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">7–16 × <a href="/wiki/Oerlikon_20_mm_cannon" title="Oerlikon 20 mm cannon">20 mm Oerlikon</a> guns</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Mark 10 <a href="/wiki/Hedgehog_(weapon)" title="Hedgehog (weapon)">Hedgehog</a> antisubmarine mortar</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Depth_charge" title="Depth charge">Depth charges</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/QF_2-pounder_naval_gun" title="QF 2-pounder naval gun">QF 2-pounder naval gun</a></li> </ul></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>HMS <i>Ekins</i> (K552)</b> was a British <a href="/wiki/Captain_class_frigate" class="mw-redirect" title="Captain class frigate">Captain-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Frigate" title="Frigate">frigate</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> that served during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. Originally constructed as a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> <a href="/wiki/Buckley-class_destroyer_escort" title="Buckley-class destroyer escort"><i>Buckley</i> class</a> <a href="/wiki/Destroyer_escort" title="Destroyer escort">destroyer escort</a>, she served in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1945. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Construction_and_transfer">Construction and transfer</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Ekins&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Construction and transfer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ship was <a href="/wiki/Keel_laying" title="Keel laying">laid down</a> as a U.S. Navy destroyer escort designated "DE-87" by <a href="/wiki/Bethlehem-Hingham_Shipyard" class="mw-redirect" title="Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard">Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard</a>, Inc., in <a href="/wiki/Hingham,_Massachusetts" title="Hingham, Massachusetts">Hingham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>, on 5 July 1943 and <a href="/wiki/Ship_naming_and_launching" class="mw-redirect" title="Ship naming and launching">launched</a> on 2 October 1943. She was transferred to the United Kingdom upon completion on 29 November 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-navsource_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navsource-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Service_history">Service history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Ekins&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Service history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Ship_commissioning" title="Ship commissioning">Commissioned</a> into service in the Royal Navy as the frigate HMS <i>Ekins</i> (K552) on 29 November 1943 simultaneously with her transfer, the ship served on patrol and escort duty. </p><p>After workup at <a href="/wiki/Casco_Bay" title="Casco Bay">Casco Bay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a>, <i>Ekins</i> crossed the Atlantic. She was then underwent modification at <a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a> for North Atlantic convoy duty, with additional depth charge racks and life rafts being fitted before joining the 3rd Escort Group, operating in the North Atlantic.<sup id="cite_ref-Elliot_p254_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elliot_p254-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Ekins</i> joined the 21st Destroyer Flotilla, based at <a href="/wiki/Sheerness" title="Sheerness">Sheerness</a> in time for the <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Normandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Normandy">Invasion of Normandy</a> in June 1944, forming part of the escort of a convoy from the <a href="/wiki/River_Thames" title="River Thames">River Thames</a> to the invasion beaches on 6 June, and continuing to escort convoys to Normandy until September.<sup id="cite_ref-Elliot_p254-5_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elliot_p254-5-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 21 July 1944 she joined the British frigate <a href="/wiki/HMS_Curzon_(K513)" title="HMS Curzon (K513)"><i>Curzon</i></a> in sinking with <a href="/wiki/Depth_charge" title="Depth charge">depth charges</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hedgehog_(weapon)" title="Hedgehog (weapon)">Hedgehog</a> the <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">German</a> <a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">submarine</a> <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-212" title="German submarine U-212"><i>U-212</i></a> in the <a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">English Channel</a> south of <a href="/wiki/Brighton" title="Brighton">Brighton</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>, at <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=HMS_Ekins&params=50_27_00_N_000_13_00_W_&title=U-212+sunk"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">50°27′00″N</span> <span class="longitude">000°13′00″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">50.45000°N 0.21667°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">50.45000; -0.21667</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">U-212 sunk</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-uboatnet_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uboatnet-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Blair_p602_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blair_p602-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 1944, <i>Ekins</i> was transferred to the 16th Destroyer Flotilla based at <a href="/wiki/Harwich" title="Harwich">Harwich</a>, where she served as a Coastal Forces Control Frigate, in order to prevent attacks by German <a href="/wiki/E-boat" title="E-boat">E-boats</a> against convoys. She normally operated in conjunction with Royal Navy Motor Torpedo boats, and other warships, using her radar to direct operations against German coastal forces. To assist in this role, she was fitted with additional communications equipment and the "Headache" <a href="/wiki/COMINT" class="mw-redirect" title="COMINT">COMINT</a> equipment to intercept German radio transmissions.<sup id="cite_ref-Elliot_p255,527_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elliot_p255,527-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was also fitted with a <a href="/wiki/QF_2-pounder_naval_gun" title="QF 2-pounder naval gun">2-pounder (40 mm) gun</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Chase_gun" title="Chase gun">bow chaser</a>, mounted in the bow of the ship for close-in engagements against E-boats.<sup id="cite_ref-Elliot_p261,3_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elliot_p261,3-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the night of 24/25 December 1944, <i>Ekins</i>, in conjunction with sister ship <a href="/wiki/HMS_Thornborough" title="HMS Thornborough"><i>Thornborough</i></a>, the frigate <a href="/wiki/HMS_Caicos" title="HMS Caicos"><i>Caicos</i></a> and the corvette <a href="/wiki/HMS_Shearwater_(L39)" title="HMS Shearwater (L39)"><i>Shearwater</i></a>, disrupted an attempt by German E-boats of the 8th <i>Schnellboot</i> Flotilla to operate against the convoy route to <a href="/wiki/Antwerp" title="Antwerp">Antwerp</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Roh_p321_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roh_p321-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while on 1 January 1945, <i>Ekins</i> sank a German <a href="/wiki/Seehund" title="Seehund">Seehund</a> <a href="/wiki/Midget_submarine" title="Midget submarine">midget submarine</a> off Ostend.<sup id="cite_ref-Roh_p325_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roh_p325-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Rosk_p271_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rosk_p271-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 11/12 April 1945 <i>Ekins</i> sank two German <i>Linsen</i> explosive motor boats.<sup id="cite_ref-Rosk_p279_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rosk_p279-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the night of 12/13 April <i>Ekins</i> and the <a href="/wiki/Hunt-class_destroyer" title="Hunt-class destroyer">Hunt-class destroyer</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Hambledon_(L37)" title="HMS Hambledon (L37)"><i>Hambledon</i></a> encountered a force of 12 German E-boats laying <a href="/wiki/Naval_mine" title="Naval mine">mines</a> in the approaches to the <a href="/wiki/Scheldt" title="Scheldt">Scheldt</a> estuary. Two E-boats were damaged.<sup id="cite_ref-Roh_p347_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roh_p347-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Rosk_p277_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rosk_p277-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 16 April 1945, <i>Ekins</i> set off two ground mines in the <a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a> 13 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nautical miles</a> (24 km) northwest of <a href="/wiki/Ostend" title="Ostend">Ostend</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>. The first mine caused flooding of the engine rooms and a loss of power while the second explosion holed the ship in her Asdic compartment. Although severely damaged, she managed to limp back to port. Damaged beyond economical repair, she was declared a <a href="/wiki/Constructive_total_loss" class="mw-redirect" title="Constructive total loss">constructive total loss</a> and was <a href="/wiki/Ship_decommissioning" class="mw-redirect" title="Ship decommissioning">decommissioned</a> later in 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-navsource_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navsource-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-uboatnet_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uboatnet-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Elliot_p255-6_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elliot_p255-6-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Disposal">Disposal</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Ekins&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Disposal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Royal Navy nominally returned <i>Ekins</i> to the U.S. Navy in June 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-Colledge_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Colledge-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The U.S. Navy struck her from its <a href="/wiki/Naval_Vessel_Register" title="Naval Vessel Register">Naval Vessel Register</a> on 25 June 1945. She was sold in March 1947 for scrapping in the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-navsource_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navsource-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and she was scrapped at <a href="/wiki/Dordrecht" title="Dordrecht">Dordrecht</a> later that year.<sup id="cite_ref-Colledge_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Colledge-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Citations">Citations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Ekins&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-navsource-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-navsource_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navsource_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navsource_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navsource_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navsource_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navsource_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navsource_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navsource_1-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navsource_1-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navsource_1-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navsource_1-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navsource.org/archives/06/087.htm">Navsource Online: Destroyer Escort Photo Archive Ekins (DE-87) HMS Eakins (K-552)</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Colledge-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Colledge_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Colledge_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Colledge_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Colledge_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Colledge, J. J., <i>Ships of the Royal Navy: he Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy From the Fifteenth Century to the Present Day</i>, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1987, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87021-652-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-87021-652-X">0-87021-652-X</a>, p. 120.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.captainclassfrigates.co.uk/ships/K552.html">Captain Class Frigate Association: HMS Ekins K552 (DE 87)</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-uboatnet-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-uboatnet_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-uboatnet_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-uboatnet_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5658.html">uboat.net HMS Ekins (K 552)</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Per <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5658.html">uboat.net HMS Ekins (K 552)</a>, <i>Ekins</i> was not carried on the Royal Navy<span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s October 1945 list, strongly implying that she was decommissioned earlier in 1945.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Elliot_p254-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Elliot_p254_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Elliot 1977, p. 254.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Elliot_p254-5-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Elliot_p254-5_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Elliot 1977, pp. 254–255.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Blair_p602-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Blair_p602_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Blair 2000, p. 602.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Elliot_p255,527-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Elliot_p255,527_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Elliot 1977, pp. 255, 527.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Elliot_p261,3-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Elliot_p261,3_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Elliot 1977, pp. 261, 263.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Roh_p321-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Roh_p321_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Rohwer and Hümmelchen 1992, p. 321.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Roh_p325-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Roh_p325_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Rohwer and Hümmelchen 1992, p. 325.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Rosk_p271-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Rosk_p271_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Roskill 1961, p. 271.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Rosk_p279-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Rosk_p279_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Roskill 1961, p. 279.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Roh_p347-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Roh_p347_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Rohwer and Hümmelchen 1992, p. 347.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Rosk_p277-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Rosk_p277_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Roskill 1962, p. 277.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>H.M. Ships Damaged or Sunk by Enemy Action</i> 1952, p. 292.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Elliot_p255-6-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Elliot_p255-6_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Elliot 1977, pp. 255–256.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Ekins&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Public Domain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/12px-PD-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/18px-PD-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/24px-PD-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="196" /></span></span> <i>This article incorporates text from the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a> </i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships" title="Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships">Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships</a><i>.</i></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBlair2000" class="citation book cs1">Blair, Clay (2000). <i>Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunters, 1942–1945</i>. New York: Modern Library. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-679-64033-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-679-64033-9"><bdi>0-679-64033-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Hitler%27s+U-Boat+War%3A+The+Hunters%2C+1942%E2%80%931945&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Modern+Library&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=0-679-64033-9&rft.aulast=Blair&rft.aufirst=Clay&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Ekins" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFElliot1977" class="citation book cs1">Elliot, Peter (1977). <i>Allied Escort Ships of World War II: A complete survey</i>. London: Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Limited. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-356-08401-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-356-08401-9"><bdi>0-356-08401-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Allied+Escort+Ships+of+World+War+II%3A+A+complete+survey&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Macdonald+and+Jane%27s+Publishers+Limited&rft.date=1977&rft.isbn=0-356-08401-9&rft.aulast=Elliot&rft.aufirst=Peter&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Ekins" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160610105459/http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/Ships%20Damaged%20or%20Sunk%20by%20Enemy%20Action_opt_0.pdf"><i>H.M. Ships Damaged or Sunk by Enemy Action: 3rd. SEPT. 1939 to 2nd. SEPT. 1945</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Admiralty. 1952. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/Ships%20Damaged%20or%20Sunk%20by%20Enemy%20Action_opt_0.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 10 June 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 April</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=H.M.+Ships+Damaged+or+Sunk+by+Enemy+Action%3A+3rd.+SEPT.+1939+to+2nd.+SEPT.+1945&rft.pub=Admiralty&rft.date=1952&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.navy.gov.au%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fdocuments%2FShips%2520Damaged%2520or%2520Sunk%2520by%2520Enemy%2520Action_opt_0.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Ekins" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRohwerHümmelchen1992" class="citation book cs1">Rohwer, Jürgen; Hümmelchen, Gerhard (1992). <i>Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945</i>. London: Greenhill Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85367-117-7" title="Special:BookSources/1-85367-117-7"><bdi>1-85367-117-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Chronology+of+the+War+at+Sea+1939%E2%80%931945&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Greenhill+Books&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=1-85367-117-7&rft.aulast=Rohwer&rft.aufirst=J%C3%BCrgen&rft.au=H%C3%BCmmelchen%2C+Gerhard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Ekins" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRoskill1961" class="citation book cs1">Roskill, S. W. (1961). <i>The War at Sea 1939–1945: Volume III: The Offensive Part II</i>. History of the Second World War: United Kingdom Military Series. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+War+at+Sea+1939%E2%80%931945%3A+Volume+III%3A+The+Offensive+Part+II&rft.place=London&rft.series=History+of+the+Second+World+War%3A+United+Kingdom+Military+Series&rft.pub=Her+Majesty%27s+Stationery+Office&rft.date=1961&rft.aulast=Roskill&rft.aufirst=S.+W.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Ekins" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Ekins&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navsource.org/archives/06/087.htm">Navsource Online: Destroyer Escort Photo Archive Ekins (DE-87) HMS Duff 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href="/wiki/HMS_Gardiner" title="HMS Gardiner"><i>Gardiner</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Garlies" title="HMS Garlies"><i>Garlies</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Gould" title="HMS Gould"><i>Gould</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Goodall" title="HMS Goodall"><i>Goodall</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Goodson" title="HMS Goodson"><i>Goodson</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Gore" title="HMS Gore"><i>Gore</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Grindall" title="HMS Grindall"><i>Grindall</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Inglis" title="HMS Inglis"><i>Inglis</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Inman" title="HMS Inman"><i>Inman</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Keats" title="HMS Keats"><i>Keats</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Kempthorne" title="HMS Kempthorne"><i>Kempthorne</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Kingsmill_(K484)" title="HMS Kingsmill (K484)"><i>Kingsmill</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Lawford_(K514)" title="HMS Lawford (K514)"><i>Lawford</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Louis_(K515)" title="HMS Louis (K515)"><i>Louis</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Lawson" title="HMS Lawson"><i>Lawson</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Pasley_(K564)" title="HMS Pasley (K564)"><i>Lindsay</i></a> / <a href="/wiki/HMS_Pasley_(K564)" title="HMS Pasley (K564)"><i>Pasley</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Loring" title="HMS Loring"><i>Loring</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Hoste_(K566)" title="HMS Hoste (K566)"><i>Mitchell</i></a> / <a href="/wiki/HMS_Hoste_(K566)" title="HMS Hoste (K566)"><i>Hoste</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Moorsom_(K567)" title="HMS Moorsom (K567)"><i>Moorsom</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Manners_(K568)" title="HMS Manners (K568)"><i>Manners</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Mounsey_(K569)" title="HMS Mounsey (K569)"><i>Mounsey</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;">Ex-<a href="/wiki/Buckley-class_destroyer_escort" title="Buckley-class destroyer escort"><i>Buckley</i> class</a><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Turbo-electric_transmission" class="mw-redirect" title="Turbo-electric transmission">turbo-electric</a> (TE) type)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Affleck" title="HMS Affleck"><i>Affleck</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Aylmer" title="HMS Aylmer"><i>Aylmer</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Balfour" title="HMS Balfour"><i>Balfour</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Bentinck_(K314)" title="HMS Bentinck (K314)"><i>Bentinck</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Bentley" title="HMS Bentley"><i>Bentley</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Bickerton" title="HMS Bickerton"><i>Bickerton</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Bligh_(K467)" title="HMS Bligh (K467)"><i>Bligh</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Braithwaite" title="HMS Braithwaite"><i>Braithwaite</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Bullen" title="HMS Bullen"><i>Bullen</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Byard" title="HMS Byard"><i>Byard</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Byron" title="HMS Byron"><i>Byron</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Calder_(K349)" title="HMS Calder (K349)"><i>Calder</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Conn" title="HMS Conn"><i>Conn</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Cosby" title="HMS Cosby"><i>Cosby</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Cotton" title="HMS Cotton"><i>Cotton</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Cranstoun" title="HMS Cranstoun"><i>Cranstoun</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Cubitt" title="HMS Cubitt"><i>Cubitt</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Curzon_(K513)" title="HMS Curzon (K513)"><i>Curzon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Dakins" title="HMS Dakins"><i>Dakins</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Deane" title="HMS Deane"><i>Deane</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Duckworth_(K351)" title="HMS Duckworth (K351)"><i>Duckworth</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Duff_(K352)" title="HMS Duff (K352)"><i>Duff</i></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Ekins</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Essington_(K353)" title="HMS Essington (K353)"><i>Essington</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Fitzroy_(K553)" title="HMS Fitzroy (K553)"><i>Fitzroy</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Halsted_(K556)" title="HMS Halsted (K556)"><i>Russell</i></a> / <a href="/wiki/HMS_Halsted_(K556)" title="HMS Halsted (K556)"><i>Halsted</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Hargood_(K582)" title="HMS Hargood (K582)"><i>Hargood</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Holmes_(K581)" title="HMS Holmes (K581)"><i>Holmes</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Hotham_(K583)" title="HMS Hotham (K583)"><i>Hotham</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Narborough_(K578)" title="HMS Narborough (K578)"><i>Narborough</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Redmill_(K554)" title="HMS Redmill (K554)"><i>Redmill</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Retalick" title="HMS Retalick"><i>Retalick</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Riou" title="HMS Riou"><i>Riou</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Rutherford" title="HMS Rutherford"><i>Rutherford</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Rowley" title="HMS Rowley"><i>Rowley</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Rupert_(K561)" title="HMS Rupert (K561)"><i>Rupert</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Stockham" title="HMS Stockham"><i>Stockham</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Seymour_(K563)" title="HMS Seymour (K563)"><i>Seymour</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Spragge_(K572)" title="HMS Spragge (K572)"><i>Spragge</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Stayner" title="HMS Stayner"><i>Stayner</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Thornborough" title="HMS Thornborough"><i>Thornborough</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Torrington_(K577)" title="HMS Torrington (K577)"><i>Torrington</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Trollope" title="HMS Trollope"><i>Trollope</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Tyler" title="HMS Tyler"><i>Tyler</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Waldegrave_(K579)" title="HMS Waldegrave (K579)"><i>Waldegrave</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Whitaker_(K580)" title="HMS Whitaker (K580)"><i>Whitaker</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Preceded by: <a href="/wiki/Colony-class_frigate" title="Colony-class frigate">Colony class</a></li> <li>Followed by: <a href="/wiki/Loch-class_frigate" title="Loch-class frigate">Loch class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Frigates_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="Category:Frigates of the Royal Navy">List of frigates of the Royal Navy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Buckley" title="USS Buckley"><i>Buckley</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Bentinck_(K314)" title="HMS Bentinck (K314)"><i>Bull</i> (DE-52)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Charles_Lawrence" title="USS Charles Lawrence"><i>Charles Lawrence</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Daniel_T._Griffin" title="USS Daniel T. Griffin"><i>Daniel T. Griffin</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Byard_(K315)" class="mw-redirect" title="HMS Byard (K315)"><i>Donaldson</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Donnell" title="USS Donnell"><i>Donnell</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Fogg" title="USS Fogg"><i>Fogg</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Calder_(K349)" title="HMS Calder (K349)"><i>Formoe</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Foss" title="USS Foss"><i>Foss</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Gantner" title="USS Gantner"><i>Gantner</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Duckworth_(K351)" title="HMS Duckworth (K351)"><i>Gary</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_George_W._Ingram" title="USS George W. Ingram"><i>George W. Ingram</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Ira_Jeffery" title="USS Ira Jeffery"><i>Ira Jeffery</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Duff_(K352)" title="HMS Duff (K352)"><i>Lamons</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Lee_Fox" title="USS Lee Fox"><i>Lee Fox</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Amesbury" title="USS Amesbury"><i>Amesbury</i></a></li> <li>DE-67 (Unnamed)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Bates" title="USS Bates"><i>Bates</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Blessman" title="USS Blessman"><i>Blessman</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Joseph_E._Campbell" title="USS Joseph E. Campbell"><i>Joseph E. Campbell</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Affleck_(K462)" class="mw-redirect" title="HMS Affleck (K462)"><i>Oswald</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Aylmer" title="HMS Aylmer"><i>Harmon</i> (DE-72)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Balfour_(K464)" class="mw-redirect" title="HMS Balfour (K464)"><i>McAnn</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Bentley" title="HMS Bentley"><i>Ebert</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Bickerton_(K466)" class="mw-redirect" title="HMS Bickerton (K466)"><i>Eisele</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Bligh_(K467)" title="HMS Bligh (K467)"><i>Liddle</i> (DE-76)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Braithwaite" title="HMS Braithwaite"><i>Straub</i></a></li> <li>DE-78 — DE-90 (Unnamed)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Halsted_(K556)" title="HMS Halsted (K556)"><i>Reynolds</i></a></li> <li>DE-92 (Unnamed)</li> <li>DE-93 (Unnamed)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Cosby" title="HMS Cosby"><i>Reeves</i></a></li> <li>DE-95 — DE-98 (Unnamed)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Reuben_James_(DE-153)" title="USS Reuben James (DE-153)"><i>Reuben James</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Sims_(DE-154)" title="USS Sims (DE-154)"><i>Sims</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Hopping" title="USS Hopping"><i>Hopping</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Reeves_(DE-156)" title="USS Reeves (DE-156)"><i>Reeves</i> (DE-156)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Fechteler_(DE-157)" title="USS Fechteler (DE-157)"><i>Fechteler</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Chase_(DE-158)" title="USS Chase (DE-158)"><i>Chase</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Laning" title="USS Laning"><i>Laning</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Loy" title="USS Loy"><i>Loy</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Barber" title="USS Barber"><i>Barber</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Lovelace" title="USS Lovelace"><i>Lovelace</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Manning_(DE-199)" title="USS Manning (DE-199)"><i>Manning</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Neuendorf" title="USS Neuendorf"><i>Neuendorf</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_James_E._Craig" title="USS James E. Craig"><i>James E. Craig</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Eichenberger" title="USS Eichenberger"><i>Eichenberger</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Thomason" title="USS Thomason"><i>Thomason</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Jordan" title="USS Jordan"><i>Jordan</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Newman" title="USS Newman"><i>Newman</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Liddle_(DE-206)" title="USS Liddle (DE-206)"><i>Liddle</i> (DE-206)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Kephart" title="USS Kephart"><i>Kephart</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Cofer" title="USS Cofer"><i>Cofer</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Lloyd" title="USS Lloyd"><i>Lloyd</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Otter" title="USS Otter"><i>Otter</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Hubbard" title="USS Hubbard"><i>Hubbard</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Hayter" title="USS Hayter"><i>Hayter</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_William_T._Powell" title="USS William T. Powell"><i>William T. Powell</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Scott_(DE-214)" title="USS Scott (DE-214)"><i>Scott</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Burke" title="USS Burke"><i>Burke</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Enright" title="USS Enright"><i>Enright</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Coolbaugh" title="USS Coolbaugh"><i>Coolbaugh</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Darby" title="USS Darby"><i>Darby</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_J._Douglas_Blackwood" title="USS J. Douglas Blackwood"><i>J. Douglas Blackwood</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Francis_M._Robinson" title="USS Francis M. Robinson"><i>Francis M. Robinson</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Solar" title="USS Solar"><i>Solar</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Fowler" title="USS Fowler"><i>Fowler</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Spangenberg" title="USS Spangenberg"><i>Spangenberg</i></a></li> <li>DE-563 — DE-574 (Unnamed)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Ahrens" title="USS Ahrens"><i>Ahrens</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Barr" title="USS Barr"><i>Barr</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Alexander_J._Luke" title="USS Alexander J. Luke"><i>Alexander J. Luke</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Robert_I._Paine" title="USS Robert I. Paine"><i>Robert I. Paine</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Foreman" title="USS Foreman"><i>Foreman</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Whitehurst" title="USS Whitehurst"><i>Whitehurst</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_England_(DE-635)" title="USS England (DE-635)"><i>England</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Witter" title="USS Witter"><i>Witter</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Bowers" title="USS Bowers"><i>Bowers</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Willmarth" title="USS Willmarth"><i>Willmarth</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Gendreau" title="USS Gendreau"><i>Gendreau</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Fieberling" title="USS Fieberling"><i>Fieberling</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_William_C._Cole" title="USS William C. Cole"><i>William C. Cole</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Paul_G._Baker_(DE-642)" title="USS Paul G. Baker (DE-642)"><i>Paul G. Baker</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Damon_M._Cummings" title="USS Damon M. Cummings"><i>Damon M. Cummings</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Vammen" title="USS Vammen"><i>Vammen</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Jenks" title="USS Jenks"><i>Jenks</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Durik" title="USS Durik"><i>Durik</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Wiseman" title="USS Wiseman"><i>Wiseman</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Yokes" title="USS Yokes"><i>Yokes</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Pavlic" title="USS Pavlic"><i>Pavlic</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Odum" title="USS Odum"><i>Odum</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Jack_C._Robinson" title="USS Jack C. Robinson"><i>Jack C. Robinson</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Bassett" title="USS Bassett"><i>Bassett</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_John_P._Gray" title="USS John P. Gray"><i>John P. Gray</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Weber" title="USS Weber"><i>Weber</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Schmitt" title="USS Schmitt"><i>Schmitt</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Frament" title="USS Frament"><i>Frament</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Harmon_(DE-678)" title="USS Harmon (DE-678)"><i>Harmon</i> (DE-678)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Greenwood" title="USS Greenwood"><i>Greenwood</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Loeser" title="USS Loeser"><i>Loeser</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Gillette_(DE-681)" title="USS Gillette (DE-681)"><i>Gillette</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Underhill" title="USS Underhill"><i>Underhill</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Henry_R._Kenyon" title="USS Henry R. Kenyon"><i>Henry R. Kenyon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Bull_(DE-693)" title="USS Bull (DE-693)"><i>Bull</i> (DE-693)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Bunch" title="USS Bunch"><i>Bunch</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Rich_(DE-695)" title="USS Rich (DE-695)"><i>Rich</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Spangler" title="USS Spangler"><i>Spangler</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_George_(DE-697)" title="USS George (DE-697)"><i>George</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Raby" title="USS Raby"><i>Raby</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Marsh" title="USS Marsh"><i>Marsh</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Currier" title="USS Currier"><i>Currier</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Osmus" title="USS Osmus"><i>Osmus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Earl_V._Johnson" title="USS Earl V. Johnson"><i>Earl V. Johnson</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Holton" title="USS Holton"><i>Holton</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Cronin" title="USS Cronin"><i>Cronin</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Frybarger" title="USS Frybarger"><i>Frybarger</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Tatum" title="USS Tatum"><i>Tatum</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Borum" title="USS Borum"><i>Borum</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Maloy" title="USS Maloy"><i>Maloy</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Haines" title="USS Haines"><i>Haines</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Runels" title="USS Runels"><i>Runels</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Hollis" title="USS Hollis"><i>Hollis</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Gunason" title="USS Gunason"><i>Gunason</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Major" title="USS Major"><i>Major</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Weeden" title="USS Weeden"><i>Weeden</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Varian" title="USS Varian"><i>Varian</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Scroggins" title="USS Scroggins"><i>Scroggins</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Jack_W._Wilke" title="USS Jack W. Wilke"><i>Jack W. Wilke</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a><br /><small>Part of <a href="/wiki/Captain-class_frigate" title="Captain-class frigate">Captain class</a></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Affleck" title="HMS Affleck"><i>Affleck</i></a> (ex-<i>Oswald</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Aylmer" title="HMS Aylmer"><i>Aylmer</i></a> (ex-<i>Harmon</i> (DE-72))</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Balfour" title="HMS Balfour"><i>Balfour</i></a> (ex-<i>McAnn</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Bentinck_(K314)" title="HMS Bentinck (K314)"><i>Bentinck</i></a> (ex-<i>Bull</i> (DE-52))</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Bentley" title="HMS Bentley"><i>Bentley</i></a> (ex-<i>Ebert</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Bickerton" title="HMS Bickerton"><i>Bickerton</i></a> (ex-<i>Eisele</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Bligh_(K467)" title="HMS Bligh (K467)"><i>Bligh</i></a> (ex-<i>Liddle</i> (DE-76))</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Braithwaite" title="HMS Braithwaite"><i>Braithwaite</i></a> (ex-<i>Straub</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Bullen" title="HMS Bullen"><i>Bullen</i></a> (ex-DE-78)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Byard" title="HMS Byard"><i>Byard</i></a> (ex-<i>Donaldson</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Byron" title="HMS Byron"><i>Byron</i></a> (ex-DE-79)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Calder_(K349)" title="HMS Calder (K349)"><i>Calder</i></a> (ex-<i>Formoe</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Conn" title="HMS Conn"><i>Conn</i></a> (ex-DE-80)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Cosby" title="HMS Cosby"><i>Cosby</i></a> (ex-<i>Reeves</i> (DE-94))</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Cotton" title="HMS Cotton"><i>Cotton</i></a> (ex-DE-81)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Cranstoun" title="HMS Cranstoun"><i>Cranstoun</i></a> (ex-DE-82)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Cubitt" title="HMS Cubitt"><i>Cubitt</i></a> (ex-DE-83)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Curzon_(K513)" title="HMS Curzon (K513)"><i>Curzon</i></a> (ex-DE-84)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Dakins" title="HMS Dakins"><i>Dakins</i></a> (ex-DE-85)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Deane" title="HMS Deane"><i>Deane</i></a> (ex-DE-86)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Duff_(K352)" title="HMS Duff (K352)"><i>Duff</i></a> (ex-<i>Lamons</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Duckworth_(K351)" title="HMS Duckworth (K351)"><i>Duckworth</i></a> (ex-<i>Gary</i>)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Ekins</i></a> (ex-DE-87)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Essington_(K353)" title="HMS Essington (K353)"><i>Essington</i></a> (ex-DE-67)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Fitzroy_(K553)" title="HMS Fitzroy (K553)"><i>Fitzroy</i></a> (ex-DE-88)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Hargood_(K582)" title="HMS Hargood (K582)"><i>Hargood</i></a> (ex-DE-573)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Holmes_(K581)" title="HMS Holmes (K581)"><i>Holmes</i></a> (ex-DE-572)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Hotham_(K583)" title="HMS Hotham (K583)"><i>Hotham</i></a> (ex-DE-574)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Narborough_(K578)" title="HMS Narborough (K578)"><i>Narborough</i></a> (ex-DE-569)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Redmill_(K554)" title="HMS Redmill (K554)"><i>Redmill</i></a> (ex-DE-89)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Retalick" title="HMS Retalick"><i>Retalick</i></a> (ex-DE-90)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Riou" title="HMS Riou"><i>Riou</i></a> (ex-DE-92)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Rowley" title="HMS Rowley"><i>Rowley</i></a> (ex-DE-95)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Rupert_(K561)" title="HMS Rupert (K561)"><i>Rupert</i></a> (ex-DE-96)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Halsted_(K556)" title="HMS Halsted (K556)"><i>Russell</i></a> / <a href="/wiki/HMS_Halsted_(K556)" title="HMS Halsted (K556)"><i>Halsted</i></a> (ex-<i>Reynolds</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Rutherford" title="HMS Rutherford"><i>Rutherford</i></a> (ex-DE-93)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Seymour_(K563)" title="HMS Seymour (K563)"><i>Seymour</i></a> (ex-DE-98)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Spragge_(K572)" title="HMS Spragge (K572)"><i>Spragge</i></a> (ex-DE-563)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Stayner" title="HMS Stayner"><i>Stayner</i></a> (ex-DE-564)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Stockham" title="HMS Stockham"><i>Stockham</i></a> (ex-DE-97)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Thornborough" title="HMS Thornborough"><i>Thornborough</i></a> (ex-DE-565)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Torrington_(K577)" title="HMS Torrington (K577)"><i>Torrington</i></a> (ex-DE-568)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Trollope" title="HMS Trollope"><i>Trollope</i></a> (ex-DE-566)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Tyler" title="HMS Tyler"><i>Tyler</i></a> (ex-DE-567)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Waldegrave_(K579)" title="HMS Waldegrave (K579)"><i>Waldegrave</i></a> (ex-DE-570)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Whitaker_(K580)" title="HMS Whitaker (K580)"><i>Whitaker</i></a> (ex-DE-571)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><div id="Post-World_War_II_operators" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Post-World War II operators</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/46px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Chilean_Navy" title="Chilean Navy">Chilean Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Odum_(APD-71)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Odum (APD-71)"><i>Serrano</i></a> (ex-<i>Odum</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Jack_C._Robinson_(APD-72)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Jack C. Robinson (APD-72)"><i>Orella</i></a> (ex-<i>Jack C. Robinson</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Joseph_E._Campbell_(DE-70)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Joseph E. Campbell (DE-70)"><i>Riquelme</i></a> (ex-<i>Joseph E. Campbell</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Daniel_T._Griffin_(DE-54)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Daniel T. Griffin (DE-54)"><i>Virgilio Uribe</i></a> (ex-<i>Daniel T. Griffin</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_Navy" title="Republic of China Navy">Republic of China Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Gantner_(DE-60)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Gantner (DE-60)"><i>Wen Shan</i></a> (ex-<i>Gantner</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Bull_(DE-693)" title="USS Bull (DE-693)"><i>Lu Shan</i></a> (ex-<i>Bull</i> (DE-693))</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Blessman" title="USS Blessman"><i>Chung Shan</i></a> (ex-<i>Blessman</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_George_W._Ingram_(DE-62)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS George W. Ingram (DE-62)"><i>Kang Shan</i></a> (ex-<i>George W. Ingram</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Schmitt_(DE-676)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Schmitt (DE-676)"><i>Lung Shan</i></a> (ex-<i>Schmitt</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Flag_of_the_Colombian_Navy.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Colombian_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Flag_of_the_Colombian_Navy.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Colombian_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Flag_of_the_Colombian_Navy.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Colombian_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="844" data-file-height="562" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Colombian_National_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Colombian National Navy">Colombian National Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Bassett" title="USS Bassett"><i>Almirante Tono</i></a> (ex-<i>Bassett</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Burke_(DE-215)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Burke (DE-215)"><i>Almirante Brión</i></a> (ex-<i>Burke</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Flag_of_Ecuador.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ecuador.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Flag_of_Ecuador.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ecuador.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Flag_of_Ecuador.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ecuador.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="960" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ecuadorian_Navy" title="Ecuadorian Navy">Ecuadorian Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Enright_(DE-216)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Enright (DE-216)"><i>25 de Julio</i></a> / <a href="/wiki/USS_Enright_(DE-216)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Enright (DE-216)"><i>Morán Valverde</i></a> (ex-<i>Enright</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Navy" title="Republic of Korea Navy">Republic of Korea Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Hayter_(DE-212)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Hayter (DE-212)"><i>Jon Nam</i></a> (ex-<i>Hayter</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Kephart_(DE-207)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Kephart (DE-207)"><i>Kyong Puk</i></a> (ex-<i>Kephart</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Naval_Jack_of_Mexico.svg/20px-Naval_Jack_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Naval_Jack_of_Mexico.svg/30px-Naval_Jack_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Naval_Jack_of_Mexico.svg/40px-Naval_Jack_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mexican_Navy" title="Mexican Navy">Mexican Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Barber" title="USS Barber"><i>Coahuila</i></a> / <a href="/wiki/USS_Barber" title="USS Barber"><i>Vincente Guerrero</i></a> (ex-<i>Barber</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_the_Philippine_Navy.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippine_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_the_Philippine_Navy.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippine_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_the_Philippine_Navy.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippine_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1403" data-file-height="842" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Navy" title="Philippine Navy">Philippine Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RPS_Rajah_Soliman" title="RPS Rajah Soliman"><i>Rajah Soliman</i></a> (ex-<i>Bowers</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Preceded by: <a href="/wiki/Evarts-class_destroyer_escort" title="Evarts-class destroyer escort"><i>Evarts</i> class</a></li> <li>Followed by: <a href="/wiki/Cannon-class_destroyer_escort" title="Cannon-class destroyer escort"><i>Cannon</i> class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_destroyer_escorts_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of destroyer escorts of the United States Navy">List of destroyer escorts of the United States Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_frigates_of_the_Royal_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="List of frigates of the Royal Navy">List of frigates of the Royal Navy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Shipwrecks_and_maritime_incidents_in_April_1945" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a 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title="MV Awa Maru"><i>Awa Maru</i></a></li> <li>2 Apr: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_escort_ship_CD-186" title="Japanese escort ship CD-186"><i>CD-186</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Dickerson" title="USS Dickerson">USS <i>Dickerson</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-321" title="German submarine U-321"><i>U-321</i></a></li> <li>3 Apr: <i><a href="/wiki/HNoMS_Olav_Tryggvason" title="HNoMS Olav Tryggvason">Brummer</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/USS_S-16" title="USS S-16">USS <i>S-16</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1221" title="German submarine U-1221"><i>U-1221</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-2542" title="German submarine U-2542"><i>U-2542</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-3505" title="German submarine U-3505"><i>U-3505</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/SMS_G11" title="SMS G11">T111</a></i></li> <li>4 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Dickerson" title="USS Dickerson">USS <i>Dickerson</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-237" title="German submarine U-237"><i>U-237</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-749" title="German submarine U-749"><i>U-749</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-3003" title="German submarine U-3003"><i>U-3003</i></a></li> <li>5 Apr: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-242" title="German submarine U-242"><i>U-242</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_S-17" title="USS S-17">USS <i>S-17</i></a></li> <li>6 Apr: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Amatsukaze_(1939)" title="Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze (1939)"><i>Amatsukaze</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Bush_(DD-529)" title="USS Bush (DD-529)">USS <i>Bush</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Colhoun_(DD-801)" title="USS Colhoun (DD-801)">USS <i>Colhoun</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Leutze" title="USS Leutze">USS <i>Leutze</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Morris_(DD-417)" title="USS Morris (DD-417)">USS <i>Morris</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Newcomb" title="USS Newcomb">USS <i>Newcomb</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Witter" title="USS Witter">USS <i>Witter</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Hobbs_Victory" title="SS Hobbs Victory">SS Hobbs Victory</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Logan_Victory" title="SS Logan Victory">SS Logan Victory</a></i></li> <li>7 Apr: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Asashimo" title="Japanese destroyer Asashimo"><i>Asashimo</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Hamakaze_(1940)" title="Japanese destroyer Hamakaze (1940)"><i>Hamakaze</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Isokaze_(1939)" title="Japanese destroyer Isokaze (1939)"><i>Isokaze</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Isuzu" title="Japanese cruiser Isuzu"><i>Isuzu</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Kasumi_(1937)" title="Japanese destroyer Kasumi (1937)"><i>Kasumi</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_LST-447" title="USS LST-447">USS <i>LST-447</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/SMS_M%C3%B6we_(1914)" title="SMS Möwe (1914)">Oldenburg</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/USS_PGM-18" title="USS PGM-18">USS <i>PGM-18</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1195" title="German submarine U-1195"><i>U-1195</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Yahagi_(1942)" title="Japanese cruiser Yahagi (1942)"><i>Yahagi</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Yamato" title="Japanese battleship Yamato"><i>Yamato</i></a></li> <li>8 Apr: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-774" title="German submarine U-774"><i>U-774</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1001" title="German submarine U-1001"><i>U-1001</i></a></li> <li>9 Apr: <a href="/wiki/German_cruiser_Admiral_Scheer" title="German cruiser Admiral Scheer"><i>Admiral Scheer</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-56_(1944)" title="Japanese submarine Ro-56 (1944)"><i>Ro-56</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-677" title="German submarine U-677"><i>U-677</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-747" title="German submarine U-747"><i>U-747</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-804" title="German submarine U-804"><i>U-804</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-843" title="German submarine U-843"><i>U-843</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-982" title="German submarine U-982"><i>U-982</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1065" title="German submarine U-1065"><i>U-1065</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-2509" title="German submarine U-2509"><i>U-2509</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-2514" title="German submarine U-2514"><i>U-2514</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-3512" title="German submarine U-3512"><i>U-3512</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-2516" title="German submarine U-2516"><i>U-2516</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Vale" title="SS Vale"><i>Vale</i></a></li> <li>10 Apr: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-878" title="German submarine U-878"><i>U-878</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_cruiser_Seydlitz" title="German cruiser Seydlitz">Weser</a></i></li> <li>12 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Mannert_L._Abele" title="USS Mannert L. Abele">USS <i>Mannert L. Abele</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-64" title="Japanese submarine Ro-64"><i>Ro-64</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-486" title="German submarine U-486"><i>U-486</i></a></li> <li>13 Apr: <a href="/wiki/SS_Karlsruhe_(1905)" title="SS Karlsruhe (1905)"><i>Karlsruhe</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1024" title="German submarine U-1024"><i>U-1024</i></a></li> <li>14 Apr: <a href="/wiki/MV_Belgian_Airman" title="MV Belgian Airman"><i>Belgian Airman</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-235" title="German submarine U-235">German submarine <i>U-235</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1206" title="German submarine U-1206"><i>U-1206</i></a></li> <li>15 Apr: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-103_(1940)" title="German submarine U-103 (1940)"><i>U-103</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-285" title="German submarine U-285"><i>U-285</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1063" title="German submarine U-1063"><i>U-1063</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1235" title="German submarine U-1235"><i>U-1235</i></a></li> <li>16 Apr: <a href="/wiki/HMCS_Esquimalt" title="HMCS Esquimalt">HMCS <i>Esquimalt</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_cruiser_Deutschland" title="German cruiser Deutschland">Lützow</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Pringle" title="USS Pringle">USS <i>Pringle</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-78_(1940)" title="German submarine U-78 (1940)"><i>U-78</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-880" title="German submarine U-880"><i>U-880</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1274" title="German submarine U-1274"><i>U-1274</i></a></li> <li>17 Apr: <a href="/wiki/MV_Goya" title="MV Goya"><i>Goya</i></a></li> <li>19 Apr: <a href="/wiki/Italian_aircraft_carrier_Aquila" title="Italian aircraft carrier Aquila"><i>Aquila</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-251" title="German submarine U-251"><i>U-251</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-548" title="German submarine U-548"><i>U-548</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-879" title="German submarine U-879"><i>U-879</i></a></li> <li>21 Apr: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-636" title="German submarine U-636"><i>U-636</i></a></li> <li>22 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Swallow_(AM-65)" title="USS Swallow (AM-65)">USS <i>Swallow</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-518" title="German submarine U-518"><i>U-518</i></a></li> <li>23 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Eagle_56" title="USS Eagle 56">USS <i>Eagle Boat 56</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-183" title="German submarine U-183"><i>U-183</i></a></li> <li>24 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Frederick_C._Davis" title="USS Frederick C. Davis">USS <i>Frederick C. Davis</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-108_(1940)" title="German submarine U-108 (1940)"><i>U-108</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-546" title="German submarine U-546"><i>U-546</i></a></li> <li>25 Apr: <a href="/wiki/German_aircraft_carrier_Graf_Zeppelin" title="German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin"><i>Graf Zeppelin</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-109" title="Japanese submarine Ro-109"><i>Ro-109</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_destroyer_Dubrovnik" title="Yugoslav destroyer Dubrovnik">TA 32</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-326" title="German submarine U-326"><i>U-326</i></a></li> <li>27 Apr: <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Canada_Victory" title="SS Canada Victory">Canada Victory</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/French_destroyer_Lansquenet_(1939)" title="French destroyer Lansquenet (1939)"><i>TA 34</i></a></li> <li>28 Apr: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_chaser_CH-17" title="Japanese submarine chaser CH-17"><i>CH-17</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-56_(1938)" title="German submarine U-56 (1938)"><i>U-56</i></a></li> <li>29 Apr: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-44" title="Japanese submarine I-44"><i>I-44</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-56_(1938)" title="German submarine U-56 (1938)"><i>U-56</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-286" title="German submarine U-286"><i>U-286</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-307" title="German submarine U-307"><i>U-307</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1017" title="German submarine U-1017"><i>U-1017</i></a></li> <li>30 Apr: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Goodall" title="HMS Goodall">HMS <i>Goodall</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_destroyer_Beograd" title="Yugoslav destroyer Beograd">TA 43</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-879" title="German submarine U-879"><i>U-879</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1107" title="German submarine U-1107"><i>U-1107</i></a></li> <li>Unknown date: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-56_(1943)" title="Japanese submarine I-56 (1943)"><i>I-56</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-46" title="Japanese submarine Ro-46"><i>Ro-46</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-49" title="Japanese submarine Ro-49"><i>Ro-49</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Snook_(SS-279)" title="USS Snook (SS-279)">USS <i>Snook</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-246" title="German submarine U-246"><i>U-246</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-325" title="German submarine U-325"><i>U-325</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-396" title="German submarine U-396"><i>U-396</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-398" title="German submarine U-398"><i>U-398</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-548" title="German submarine U-548"><i>U-548</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-857" title="German submarine U-857"><i>U-857</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1055" title="German submarine U-1055"><i>U-1055</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other incidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>2 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Dickerson" title="USS Dickerson">USS <i>Dickerson</i></a></li> <li>5 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Thornton_(DD-270)" title="USS Thornton (DD-270)">USS <i>Thornton</i></a></li> <li>6 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Defense" title="USS Defense">USS <i>Defense</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Emmons" title="USS Emmons">USS <i>Emmons</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Mullany_(DD-528)" title="USS Mullany (DD-528)">USS <i>Mullany</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Rodman" title="USS Rodman">USS <i>Rodman</i></a></li> <li>8 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Bullhead" title="USS Bullhead">USS <i>Bullhead</i></a></li> <li>9 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Sea_Devil_(SS-400)" title="USS Sea Devil (SS-400)">USS <i>Sea Devil</i></a></li> <li>11 Apr: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-401" title="Japanese submarine I-401"><i>I-401</i></a></li> <li>12 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Lindsey" title="USS Lindsey">USS <i>Lindsey</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1024" title="German submarine U-1024"><i>U-1024</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Zellars" title="USS Zellars">USS <i>Zellars</i></a></li> <li>14 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Sigsbee" title="USS Sigsbee">USS <i>Sigsbee</i></a></li> <li>15 Apr: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">HMS <i>Ekins</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Laffey_(DD-724)" title="USS Laffey (DD-724)">USS <i>Laffey</i></a></li> <li>16 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Bryant" title="USS Bryant">USS <i>Bryant</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/MV_Goya" title="MV Goya"><i>Goya</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Harding_(DD-625)" title="USS Harding (DD-625)">USS <i>Harding</i></a></li> <li>19 Apr:  <a href="/wiki/USS_Bullhead" title="USS Bullhead">USS <i>Bullhead</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Pogy_(SS-266)" title="USS Pogy (SS-266)">USS <i>Pogy</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Tolman" title="USS Tolman">USS <i>Tolman</i></a></li> <li>27 Apr: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Redmill_(K554)" title="HMS Redmill (K554)">HMS <i>Redmill</i></a></li> <li>28 Apr: <a href="/wiki/French_submarine_Argo" title="French submarine Argo"><i>Argo</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Huron_(PF-19)" title="USS Huron (PF-19)">USS <i>Huron</i></a></li> <li>29 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Baya" title="USS Baya">USS <i>Baya</i></a></li> <li>30 Apr: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-3525" title="German submarine U-3525"><i>U-3525</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1944" title="List of shipwrecks in 1944">1944</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1944" title="List of shipwrecks in 1944"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/12px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" 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