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DE- 71 OSWALD
HMS AFFLECK K-462
CLASS - Buckley
Displacement 1,400 Tons, Dimensions, 306' (oa) x 37' x 13' 6" (Max)
Armament 3 x 3"/50, 4 x 1.1" AA, 8 x 20 mmAA, 3 x 21"TT (1x3) 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT, 2racks.
Machinery, 12,000 SHP; G. E. Turbines with electric drive, 2 screws
Speed, 24 Knots, Range 6,000 NM @ 12 Knts. Crew 186.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bethlehem Hingham, Hingham MA. on April 5 1943.
Launched June 30 1943.
Commissioned (USN) Never.
Stricken (USN) September 17 1945.
To Britain as lend lease September 29 1943.
Renamed HMS Affleck.
Fate Torpedoed by U-486 off Cherbourg France, December 26 1944.
Written off as a total loss, hulk raised and served in the merchant service as Nostra Senora De La Luz into 1954
No Imformation on her final fate is avaliable.
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OSWALD DE- 71 History
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