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Oswald (DE-71)
HMS Affleck (K-462)

Class: Buckley (Lend-Lease)      Type: TE (turbine-electric drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,400 tons (std) 1,740 tons (full)   Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 9" x 13' 6" (max)
Armament: 3-3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1-1.1"/75 Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 8-20mm Mk 4 AA (varied by ship),
1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 , 4-Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2-Mk9 depth charge tracks
Machinery: 2 "D" Express boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots   Range: 4,940 nm @ 12 knots   Crew: 186
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bethlehem Hingham, Hingham MA on 5 April 1943
Launched 30 June 1943, Commissioned (USN) Never
To Britain as lend lease 29 September 1943, Renamed HMS Affleck
Stricken (USN) 17 September 1945
Fate: Torpedoed by U-486 off Cherbourg France, 26 December 1944
Written off as a total loss, hulk raised and served in the merchant service as Nostra Senora De La Luz into 1954
No Information on her final fate is available
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HMS Affleck 91k 30 April 1944 David Girt
HMS Affleck 55k HMS Affleck (ex-USS Oswald DE-71) tied-up dockside at Barrow, England, after the war. She was another victim of the T5 German Naval Acoustic Torpedo (GNAT). (Photo from Atlantic Escorts: Ships, Weapons & Tactics in World War Two, by David K. Brown) Robert Hurst
History of HMS Affleck (K-462), ex-Oswald (DE-71)
(No U.S. Navy service, History Not Available)
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Not Applicable To This Ship
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