HMS Sarawak
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Patton.
HMS Sarawak (K591) was a Colony-class frigate of the United Kingdom that served during World War II. She originally was ordered by the United States Navy as the Tacoma-class patrol frigate USS Patton (PF-87) and was transferred to the Royal Navy prior to completion.
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United States | |
Name | Patton |
Namesake | British name assigned in anticipation of ship's transfer to United Kingdom |
Reclassified | Patrol frigate, PF-87, 15 April 1943 |
Builder | Walsh-Kaiser Company, Providence, Rhode Island |
Laid down | 29 September 1943 |
Renamed | Sarawak, 1943 |
Namesake | Sarawak |
Launched | 25 October 1943 |
Identification | PG-195 |
Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom, 7 February 1944 |
Acquired | Returned by United Kingdom, 31 May 1946 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1947 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | Sarawak |
Namesake | Sarawak |
Commissioned | 7 February 1944 |
Decommissioned | 1945 |
Identification | Pennant number: K591 |
Fate | Returned to United States, 31 May 1946 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Colony/Tacoma-class patrol frigate |
Displacement | 1,264 long tons (1,284 t) |
Length | 303 ft 11 in (92.63 m) |
Beam | 37 ft 6 in (11.43 m) |
Draft | 13 ft 8 in (4.17 m) |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 190 |
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