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DE 1
HMS Bayntun (K.310)

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

Building and Operational Data:

01 November 1941: Contract Awarded

05 April 1942: Keel laid by the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Mass.

27 June 1942: Launched

20 January 1943: Christened, sponsored by Mrs. Diana V.K. Evans-Lombe

20 January 1943: Transferred to the Royal Navy, commissioned as HMS Bayntun (K.310), Lcdr. F. Gwynne-Jones, RNR, in command

22 August 1945: Returned to USN at Harwich, England, commissioned as USS Bayntun (DE 1), Lcdr. John E. Shinners, USNR, in command

19 October 1945: Decommissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard

01 November 1945: Struck from the NVR

17 June 1947: Sold for scrapping to Thomas Harris Barker of New Jersey

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Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
74k	20 January 1943: Boston Naval Shipyard - Lcdr F. Gwynne-Jones, RNR, reads his orders during the commissioning of HMS *Bayntun* (K.310). (U.S. Navy photo, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. 10382)	Stephen P. Carlson Preservation Specialist, Boston NHP, Charlestown (Boston) Navy Yard
62k	20 January 1943: Boston Naval Shipyard - Christening of HMS *Bayntun* (K.310) by Mrs. Diana V.K. Evans-Lombe at Pier 7, Boston Navy Yard. (U.S. Navy photo, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. 10382)
75k	08 February 1943: Boston Harbor - HMS *Bayntun* in Boston Harbor with East Boston waterfront in the background. (U.S. Navy photo, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. 10381)
109k	24 March 1943: the Atlantic Ocean - HMS *Bayntun* (K-310) underway off Bermuda. (Photo © IWM #FL 1627 from the Imperial War Museum Ministry of Defense Foxhill Collection of Ship Photographs)	Mike Green Port Angeles, Wash.
138k	13 February 1943: Boston Harbor - HMS Bayntun (K 310) underway in Boston Harbor. Built at Navy Yard Boston, the ship is an Evarts class destroyer escort, transferred to Great Britain as part of Lend-Lease. (Source: United States Navy, Commandant 1st Naval District)	Mike Green Port Angeles, Wash.
92k	1943: no location - HMS *Bayntun* (K.310)(ex-BDE 1) in port. HMS *Swale* (K.217) is berthed at left. (Photo #A27400 from the Imperial War Museum Collection)	John Chiquoine
70k	*Bayntun, the first US-built destroyer escort of them all. This was taken in May 1944, with a North Atlantic convoy. [Ministry of Defense photo, from the book "Allied Escort Ships of World War II (A Complete Survey)"*, by Peter Elliott].	submitted twice: John Shaw and Edib Krlicbegovic Bosnia-Hercegovina
112k	undated wartime image of *Bayntun* (Photo by Wright & Logan]	Tim Rizzuto Executive Director USS Slater (DE 765) Memorial
304k	undated wartime image (U.S. Navy Photo No. 80-G-64289 from the United States National Archives]	Mike Green Port Angeles, Wash.
210k	undated wartime image	Arthur Lewis Photos from Arthur's father, Arthur T. Lewis, a wireless operator in Bayntun
106k	On patrol, taken from HMS *Loch Eck* (K.422).
325k	Crew photo taken at the ship's decommissioning
93k	Invitation to *Bayntun*'s Decommissioning Ball