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DE- 279 TRUMPETER - HMS KEMPTHORNE K-483

CLASS - Evarts Lend Lease
Displacement 1,140 Tons, Dimensions, 289' 5" (oa) x 35' 2" x 11' (Max)
Armament 3 x 3"/50, 2 x 40 mm AA, 9 x 20 mmAA.
Machinery, 6,000 BHP; 4 GM Model 16-278A Diesel Engines with electric drive, 2 screws
Speed, 21.5 Knots, Range 6,000 NM @ 12 Knts., Crew 156.

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Boston Navy Yard on June 5 1943.
Launched July 17 1943.
Commissioned (USN) Never.
To Britain as lend lease October 23 1943.
Renamed HMS Kempthorne.
Returned (USN) August 20 1945.
Fate Sold May 1946 and broken up for scrap.

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