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DE 519 / HMS Pasley (ex-Lindsay) (K.564)

Specifications:
Class: Evarts (lend-lease)
Type: GMT (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, short hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1140 tons (light), 1430 tons (full)
Length: 283' 6" (wl), 289' 5" (oa)
Beam: 35' (extreme)
Draft: 11' (draft limit)
Propulsion: 4 GM Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 19 kts
Range: 4,150 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 3-3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 4-20mm Mk 4 AA (varied by ship), 4 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Complement: 156
HMS Pasley (K.519) ex-DE 519:
  • Contract Awarded, 7 August 1942
  • Keel Laid, 18 July 1943 at Boston Naval Shipyard, Boston MA
  • Launched, 30 August 1943
  • Allocated to the Royal Navy, 19 October 1943, as HMS Lindsay (K.564)
  • Renamed Pasley (K.564)
  • Christened 20 November 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Richard M. (Marjorie) Rush
  • Transferred to RN and commissioned as HMS Pasley (K.564) 20 November 1943
  • Returned to USN 20 August 1945 and commissioned as USS Pasley (DE 519)
  • Decommissioned at Philadelphia NSY on 26 October 1945
  • Stricken 16 November 1945
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    HMS Pasley 297k circa 1944: Two photos of HMS Pasley (K-564) taken at sea while under the command of Eleanor's father, Lt. Cmdr. J.H. Wright, RNR. Lt. Cmdr. Wright served as commanding officer of Pasley for her entire period of service in the Royal Navy. Eleanor Reakes
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    View the HMS Pasley (K.564), ex-DE 519, DANFS history entry
    located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
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