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HMS Pitcairn (K 559)
ex-Pilford (PF-85)



Call sign:
Nan - Zebra - Victor - How

ex-PG-193

Pilford served only in the Royal Navy.
Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Patrol Gunboat, PG-193; Reclassified as a Patrol Frigate, PF-85, 15 April 1943; Laid down as Pilford under a Maritime Commission contract at Welsh-Kaiser Co., Inc., Providence, RI; Assigned to the Royal Navy under the Lend-Lease Program; Renamed Pitcairn and launched 15 October 1943; Transferred to the Royal Navy 6 July 1944 and commissioned HMS Pitcairn (K-559); Returned to U.S. Navy custody 11 June 1946; Struck from the Navy Register 3 July 1946; Returned to the Maritime Commission for disposal; Sold for scrap 5 November 1947 to John J. Duane Co. of Quincy, MA.

Specifications: Displacement 1,430 t.; Length, 303' 11"(oa); Beam 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20.3 kts.; Complement 176; Armament three 3"/50 dual purpose mounts, two twin 40mm mounts, nine 20mm, one Hedgehog, eight depth charge projectors, two depth charge racks; Propulsion two 240psi 3-drum express boilers, two 5,500ihp J. Hendy Iron Works engines, two shafts.

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