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DE- 523 HMS MANNERS K-568

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 August 14 1943.
Launched September 24 1943.
Commissioned (USN) Never.
To Britain as lend lease December 16 1943.
Fate Torpedoed by U-1172, 20nm west of Skerries, January 26 1945.
Considered total loss, Sold December 12 1946 to Greek Ship Breaker and scrapped in Piraeus in 1947.

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