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HMS Bayntun (K-310)

Class: Evarts (lend-lease)     Type: GMT (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, short hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,140 (std), 1,430 tons (full)    Dimensions: 289' 5" (oa), 283' 6" (wl) x 35' 0" x 11' 0" (max)
Armament: 3-3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 4-20mm Mk 4 AA (varied by ship),
4 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Machinery: 4 GM Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 19 knots    Range: 4,150 nm @ 12 knots    Crew: 156
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Boston Navy Yard on 5 April 1942
Launched 27 June 1942 and commissioned (USN Never)
To Britain as Lend Lease 20 January 1943
Returned 22 August 1945, Stricken 1 November 1945
Fate: Sold for scrapping 22 February 1947
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Bayntun 50k underway, circa 1943 Robert Hurst
Bayntun 70k Bayntun, the first US-built destroyer escort of them all. This was taken in May 1944, with a North
Atlantic convoy. [Ministry of Defense photo, from the book "Allied Escort Ships of World War II
(A Complete Survey)", by Peter Elliott]. 		submitted twice:
John Shaw and Edib Krlicbegovic, of
Bosnia-Hercegovina
Bayntun 210k undated wartime image Arthur Lewis


Photos from Arthur's father, Arthur T. Lewis,
a wireless operator aboard Bayntun
Bayntun 106k On patrol, taken from HMS Loch Eck (K-422).
Bayntun 325k Crew photo taken at the ship's decommissioning
Bayntun 120k Invitation to Bayntun's Decommissioning Ball
History of HMS Bayntun (K-310) ex-DE-1
(Did Not Serve In United States Navy, no DANFS history available)
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Not Applicable To This Ship
Additional Resources
John Shaw's Website
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