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St. Helena (PF 86)
ex-HMS St. Helena (K-590)
ex-Pasley (PF 86)
ex-PG-194

St. Helena 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-194; Redesignated as a Patrol Frigate, Pasley (PF 86), 15 April 1943; Assigned to the Royal Navy under the Lend-Lease Program 10 June 1943; Renamed St. Helena; Laid down 22 September 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1668) at Welsh-Kaiser Co., Inc., Providence, RI; Launched 20 October 1943; Transferred to the Royal Navy and commissioned HMS St. Helena (K-590), 19 February 1944; Returned to U.S. custody 8 April 1946 at Norfolk, VA and temporarily placed on the list of vessels on hand as St. Helena (PF 86); Struck from the Naval Register 19 June 1946; Transferred to the Maritime Commission 1 April 1947 for disposal; Sold for scrapping 1 July 1947 to Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, PA; Scrapped 28 October 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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