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Sanders (DE-273)
HMS Grindall (K-477)

Class: Evarts      Type: GMT (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, short hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,140 (std), 1,430 tons (full)    Dimensions: 289' 5" (oa), 283' 6" (wl) x 35' 0" x 11' 0" (max)
Armament: 3-3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 4-20mm Mk 4 AA (varied by ship),
4 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Machinery: 4 GM Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 19 knots    Range: 4,150 nm @ 12 knots    Crew: 156
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Boston Navy Yard on 23 April 1943
Launched 4 June 1943 as USS Sanders DE-273
To the United Kingdom under lend-lease 10 June 1943, name changed to HMS Grindall
Returned to (USN) 20 August 1945
Fate: sold for scrapping May 1946
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Sanders 106k Eugene Sanders died at Pearl Harbor on 12-7-41, he was assigned to the Arizona. His wife was Sarah "Sally" Sanders. In 1946 she married my uncle, Howard Van Meter, who was a chief in the Navy at the time. Sally and my uncle are both deceased now. Before my uncle died he gave me the pictures of Sally, WO Sanders, and other documents. In addition to these articles, I was also given WO Sanders sword which was found in the waters around the Arizona shortly after the attack, his Purple Heart Medal, and the bottle used to christen the USS Sanders by Sally in 1943. WO Sanders was originally from Oregon. Mark Ledgerwood
Sanders 101k 4 June 1943: Sally Sanders, on left, sponsor of the USS Sanders Mark Ledgerwood
Sanders 95k 4 June 1943: Sally Sanders at the christening of the USS Sanders Mark Ledgerwood
Sanders 98k 4 June 1943: Sally Sanders christening the USS Sanders Mark Ledgerwood
Sanders 82k 4 June 1943: Sanders slides down the way Mark Ledgerwood
Sanders 97k The 'Evarts' type frigate Grindall, of the RN 'Captain' class, just showing her forefoot as she closes a consort on 12th April 1944. The cover has been removed from her Type SL radar aerial, and she has the extra two-tiered depth charges racks aft. [Ministry of Defence photo, from the book "Allied Escort Ships of World War II (A Complete Survey)", by Peter Elliott] Nick Tiberio /
Edib Krlicbegovic
HMS Grindall 72k HMS Grindall (ex-USS Sanders DE-273) underway in a moderate sea in April 1944. (Photo from Atlantic Escorts: Ships, Weapons & Tactics in World War Two, by David K. Brown) Robert Hurst
History of HMS Grindall (K-477), ex-Sanders (DE-273)
(No U.S. Navy service, History Not Available)
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Not Applicable To This Ship
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