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HMS Dominica (K 507)
ex-Harman (PF 79)
ex-PG-187


Harman served only in the Royal Navy.
Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate:: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Patrol Gunboat, PG-187; Redesignated a Patrol Frigate, Harman
(PF-79), 15 April 1943; Laid down under a Maritime Commission contract at Welsh-Kaiser Co., Inc., Providence RI; Assigned to the Royal Navy under the Lend-Lease Program; Renamed Dominica and launched 21 September 1943; Transferred to the Royal Navy 25 January 1944 and commissioned HMS Dominica (K 507); Returned to U.S. custody 23 April 1946; Sold for scrap 27 March 1947 to the Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock of Chester, PA.

Specifications: Displacement 1,190 t.; Length, 303' 11"(oa); Beam 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20.3 kts.; Complement 190; Armament three 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts, two twin 40mm gun mounts , nine 20mm guns, one Hedgehog depth charge projector; eight Y-gun depth charge projectors, two depth charge racks (Armament in Argentine Navy was two 4.1" mounts, eight 40mm mounts, one Hedgehog and six depth charge tracks); Propulsion two 3-drum express boilers, two 5,500 iHP J. Hendy Iron Works engines, two shafts.

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Harman 56k Photo taken from Atlantic Escorts: Ships, Weapons & Tactics in World War 11, by David K. Brown. Robert Hurst
Harman 72k c. August 1944
The reformed 2nd Escort Group. Taken from the sloop HMS Starling [U 66], the Group includes the frigate HMS Loch Fada [K 309], the sloop HMS Wren [U 28], Dominica and the frigate HMS Loch Killin [K 391].
Imperial War Museum photo		 Robert Hurst
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DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.
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