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HMS Sarawak (K 591)
ex-Patton (PF 87)
ex-PG-195



Patton call sign:
November - Zulu - Victor - Mike



Patton served only in the Royal Navy.


Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate/British Colony Class Corvette: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Patrol Gunboat, PG-195; Redesignated as a Patrol Frigate, Patton (PF 87); Laid down 25 October 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1669) by the Welsh-Kaiser Co., Inc., Providence, RI; Assigned to the Royal Navy under the Lend-Lease Program and renamed HMS Sarawak (K 591); Launched 5 February 1944; Delivered 18 July 1944; Returned to U.S. custody 22 May 1946; Scrapped in 1947.

Specifications: Displacement 1,318 t.; Length, 304'; Bean 37' 6"; Draft 12'; Speed 18 kts.; Complement 120; Armament three 3"/50 gun mounts, four 40mm gun mounts , four 20mm guns, one Hedgehog depth charge projector; eight Y-gun depth charge projectors, two depth charge racks; Propulsion, two 5,500 iHP turbines, two shafts, three boilers.


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