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Ekins (DE-87)
HMS Ekins (K-552)

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 July 1943
Launched 2 October 1943, Commissioned (USN) Never
To Britain as lend lease 29 November 1943
Stricken 25 June 1945
Fate: struck mine, 13 nm nw of Oostend Belgium, 16 April 1945, written
off as a total loss. Hulk sold to Dutch shipbreaker March 1947
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HMS Ekins 61k Ekins at Harwich, December 1944. She was one of the Coastal Forces Control frigates; she has a bowchaser, Headache below the Type SL aerial, and the bridge gunnery control tower added to a number of this class. [Imperial War Museum photo, from the book "Allied Escort Ships of World War II (A Complete Survey)", by Peter Elliott] Edib Krlicbegovic,
Bosnia - Hercegovina
HMS Ekins 49k The forecastle of Ekins, looking down from the bridge. The bowchaser detail is plain, and the Coastal Forces type rocket flare projectors can be seen on "B" gun. The anchors were stowed level with the main deck, and not in the hawsepipes. [P.W. Hayward photo, from the book "Allied Escort Ships of World War II (A Complete Survey)", by Peter Elliott] Edib Krlicbegovic,
Bosnia - Hercegovina
HMS Ekins 100k The forecastle of Ekins during a towing evolution, looking down from the bridge. Note the bowchaser in the previous photo is gone. [uncredited photo, from the book "Allied Escort Ships of World War II (A Complete Survey)", by Peter Elliott] Edib Krlicbegovic,
Bosnia - Hercegovina
HMS Ekins 144k photo credit P.W. Hayward Nick Tiberio
History of HMS Ekins (K-552), ex-DE-87
(No U.S. Navy service, History Not Available)
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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