SUBMARINE PERISCOPES, rERISCOPES of different designs and sizes for various special purposes, RANGEFINDERS, including Hand-held types, ~ 1 RP E DO L ”■ • sUMENTS, ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS, BINOCULARS, PRECISION MECHANISMS etc.. BARR 6l STROUD Ltd ANNIESLAND, GLASGOW W.3. London OIL KINNAIRD HOUSE, 1 PALL MALL EAST, S.W.1 I adv. Evolved after many years of specialization, the Iso-Speedic governor controls speed to an extraordinary degree of accuracy, due to the elimination of static friction by rolling flybobs. Iso-Speedic governors can be supplied which control speed within 0*3 per cent : others are available where a lower degree of accuracy is sufficient. Servo action, exercising any desired force, can be arranged, and the services of our engineers are at your disposal. Iso-Speedic THE ISO-SPEEDIC COMPANY LTD., CHARLES ST., WARWICK Telephone : Warwick 1034-5-6 Telegrams : lsospeedic Warwick 2 adv. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ADVERTISERS 1960-61 EDITION Page Aiton & Co., Led .. 26 adv, Aktiebolaget Bofors (Sweden) .. 30 „ Babcock & Wilcox, Ltd. .. .. .. 28 ,, Barr & Stroud, Ltd. .. .. Inside Front Cover Bassett-Lowke, Ltd. .. .. 55 adv. Bethlehem Steel Co. (U.S.A.) 41 ,, Birkett, T. M. Billington & Newton, Ltd. 53 ,, Blackburn Group, Ltd. 16 ,, Boat Services Ltd., A‘S (Norway) 12 ,, Bristol Siddeley Engines, Ltd. 8 „ Brown, John, & Co. (Clydebank) Ltd. 20 ,, Brown, S. G. Ltd. 52 ,, Cammell Laird & Co., Ltd. . . 44 ,, Cantieri Baglietto (Italy) 46 ,, Clarke, Chapman & Co., Ltd. 43 „ Cockburns, Ltd. .. .. 49 ,, Coventry Climax Engines, Ltd. 10 ,, Decca Radar, Ltd. . . 18 de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., The .. 58 Edo Corporation (U.S.A.) . . . . 33 G.E.N.E.M.A. (France) . .. 34 General Dynamics Corporation (U.S.A.) .. 36 Gotaverken (Sweden) .. 5 Harland & Wolff, Ltd. . 42 Hastie, John & Co., Ltd. 4 Hawthorn, Leslie R. & W., & Co., Ltd. . 53 Hollandse Signaalapparaten, N.V. (Holland) . 45 Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, The (U.S.A.) . . 59 Iso Speedic Co., Ltd., The 2 Page Kent George, Ltd. .. .. .. .. .. 54 adv. Kockums Mekaniska Verkstads A.B. (Sweden) .. 29 „ Korody Marine Corporation (U.S.A.) .. 14 & 37 „ McGeoch, William & Co., Ltd.55 „ MacTaggart, Scott & Co., Ltd. 31 ,, Marconi s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd. .. 57 ,, Metallic Valve Co., Ltd., The .55 „ Minic Ltd. .. .. .. 49 ,, Mitsubishi Zosen Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan) .. 27 ,, Modern Wheel Drive, Ltd. .. .. .. .. 51 „ Napier D & Son, Ltd. .. .. .. .. 32 ,, Nederlandsche Vereenigde Scheepsbouw Bureau (Holland) .23 & 24 „ Newton Brothers (Derby), Ltd. .. 47 „ Philips Telecommunicatie Industrie, N.V. (Holland) .35 „ Record Electrical Co., Ltd., The 54 „ Red Hand Compositions Co., The . . .. 50 ,, Saunders Roe .. .. .. .. .. 25 „ Telephone Manufacturing Co., Ltd... .. .. 50 „ Telford, Grier, Mackay & Co., Ltd. .. .. 51 „ Thornycroft, John I. & Co., Ltd. .. .. .. 48 Vickers-Armstrong, Ltd. .. .. .. .. 22 „ Vitavox, Ltd. .. .. .. .. .. 56 ,, Vosper, Ltd. .. .. .. .. 39 & 40 ,, Whipp & Bourne, Ltd. .. .. .. . . 38 ,, White J. Samuel & Co., Ltd. .52 „ Yarrow & Co., Ltd. .. .. .. .. .. 56 ,, Yorkshire Imperial Metals .. .. .. . . 21 ,, 3 adv. HASTIE GREENOCK ESTABLISHED 1845 Hastie's Steering Gears were fitted in the Frigates “ WHITBY”, “TORQUAY ”, “TENBY”, “PUMA”, “HARDY”, “KEPPEL”, “PELLEW” and “RUSSELL” MAKERS OF ELECTRIC HYDRAULIC AND STEAM HYDRAULIC STEERING GEARS FOR ALL CLASSES OF VESSELS JOHN HASTIE & CO. LTD. GREENOCK Telegrams: HASTIE, GREENOCK, “TELEX” Telephones: Greenock 22286 (5 lines) 4 The Swedish Cruiser “Tre Kronor” Destroyer “7 de Agosto” built for the Colombian Navy SHIPBUILDERS • ENGINEERS • REPAIRERS GOTAVERKEN GOTEBORG SWEDEN 5 adv. JANE’S FIGHTING SHIPS Publishers and Proprietors : —JANE'S FIGHTING SHIPS PUBLISHING CO., LTD. Supplied in Europe and Asia by :— SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON & CO., LTD., 16, Maddox Street, London, W.I, England Supplied in U.S.A., Mexico , Central and South America by :— THE McGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY, INC., 330, West 42nd Street, New York 36, U.S.A. Supplied in Canada by :— THE McGRAW-HILL COMPANY OF CANADA, LTD., 253, Spadina Road, Toronto, 4, Canada Supplied in Africa by :— PURNELL & SONS (S.A.), PTY., LTD., 52, Keerom Street, Capetown, South Africa Supplied in Australia by :— PONSFORD, NEWMAN & BENSON, LTD., 234, Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria (and branches) Supplied in New Zealand by :— WHITCOMBE & TOMBS, LTD., Christchurch, New Zealand (and branches) EDITORIAL OFFICES: All communications for the Editor should be addressed to :— THE EDITOR, JANE'S FIGHTING SHIPS, Potter Row, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England ADVERTISEMENT OFFICES: All communications in regard to advertising should be addressed to :— The Advertisement Managers, JANE’S FIGHTING SHIPS, THE TRADE PRESS ASSOCIATION LTD., 29, Newman Street, London, W. I CLASSIFIED LIST OF ADVERTISERS AIR HEATERS Babcock & Wilcox, Ltd. AIRCRAFT Blackburn Aircraft, Ltd. de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., The .. AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS Decca Radar Co. Ltd. Kent, George, Ltd. ALTERNATORS Newton Brothers (Derby) Ltd. AMMETERS Record Electrical Co., Ltd., The AMMUNITION AB Bofors AMUNITION HOISTS Clarke, Chapman & Co., Ltd. Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. Page 28 adv. 16 „ 58 „ 18 54 47 54 30 43 22 ANTI-FOULING COMPOSITIONS Red Hand Compositions Co., The 50 „ ANTI-SUBMARINE LAUNCHES Cantieri Baglietto 46 „ ANTI-SUBMARINE ROCKETS AB Bofors . . 30 ,, ARMOUR PLATES AB Bofors . . 30 ,, AUTOMATIC TELEPHONY EQUIPMENT Philips’ Telecommunicatie Industrie 35 „ ANTI-SUBMARINE ROCKET LAUNCHERS AB Bofors .. .. 30 ,, AUTOMATIC VOLTAGE REGULATORS Newton Brothers (Derby), Ltd. 47 „ AUXILIARY MACHINERY Clarke, Chapman & Co., Ltd. A3 7 adv. Page BARGES Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, The 59 adv. BINOCULARS Barr & Stroud, Ltd. .. .. Inside Front Cover BOILERS Babcock & Wilcox, Ltd. 28 adv. Brown, John, & Co., Ltd. 20 ,, Cammell Laird & Co., Ltd. .. 44 „ Harland & Wolff, Ltd. . . 42 „ Hawthorn, Leslie, R. & W., & Co., Ltd. 53 „ Nederlandsche Vereenigde Scheeps- bouw Bureaux 23 & 24 „ Thornycroft, John I., & Co., Ltd. 48 „ Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. 22 ,, White, J. Samuel, & Co., Ltd. .. 52 „ Yarrow & Co., Ltd. .. 56 „ BOILER FEED AUXILIARIES Babcock & Wilcox, Ltd. .. 28 „ George Kent, Ltd. 54 „ BOMBS AB Bofors 30 CAPSTANS AND WINDLASSES Clarke, Chapman & Co., Ltd. . . 43 Mactaggart, Scott & Co., Ltd. 31 CASTINGS, ALUMINIUM BRONZE Birkett, T. M., Billington & Newton, Ltd.53 Electric Boat Div., General Dynamics Corporation . . 36 Vosper, Ltd. 40 CASTINGS HIGH DUTY IRON Birkett, Billington & Newton, Ltd. . . 53 CASTINGS, NON-FERROUS Birkett, T. M., Billington & Newton, Ltd.53 Electric Boat Div., General Dynamics Corporation . . 36 McGeoch, William, & Co., Ltd. . . 55 Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. .. . . 22 Vosper, Ltd. 39 & 40 CASTINGS SHELL MOULDED Birkett, Billington & Newton, Ltd. . . 53 CASTINGS, STEEL AB Bofors Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. Page 30 adv. . . 22 „ CLEAR VIEW SCREENS Kent, George, Ltd. .. .. .. 54 ,, COMPASSES Brown, S. G., Ltd. . . 52 „ Hollandse Signaalapparaten N.V. 45 „ COMPONENTS Hollandse Signaalapparaten N.V. 45 „ COMPRESSORS, LOW-PRESSURE, AIR Blackburn Engines, Ltd. 16 ,, CONDENSER TUBES Yorkshire Imperial Metals, Ltd. 21 „ CONDENSING AND DISTILLING PLANTS Aiton & Co., Ltd. .. .. .. 26 , Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. 22 ,, CORRUGATED EXPANSION PIPES Aiton & Co., Ltd. .. .. .. 26 „ CRANES, SHIPS Clarke, Chapman & Co., Ltd. 43 „ CRANES, SHORE Babcock & Wilcox, Ltd.28 „ Clarke, Chapman & Co., Ltd. .. 43 ,, Kockums Mekaniska Verkstads, A.B. (Sweden) .. .. .. 29 „ DE-SUPERHEATERS Babcock & Wilcox, Ltd. 28 ,, DESTROYERS Brown, John, & Co., Ltd. 20 ,, Cammell Laird & Co., Ltd. 44 „ G.E.N.E.M.A. (France) . . 34 „ Gotaverken (Sweden) .. .. .. 5 ,, Hawthorn, Leslie, R. & W., & Co., Ltd. 53 „ Kockums Mekaniska Verkstads, A.B. (Sweden) .. 29 ,, Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. 22 Marine Proteus delivers 3,500 hp for a weight of 2,900 lb operates 2,000 hours between major overhauls... The Bristol Skldeley Marine Proteus is a lightweight gas turbine which has been de¬ veloped from the highly successful Proteus aero-engine—in service with 12 airlines and RAF Transport Command. Operating on diesel fuel, the Marine Pro¬ teus Mark 1250 delivers 3,500 hp for a weight of only 2,900 lb and a fuel consumption of 0.615 lb/shp/hr. The engine is also very compact (112-in long) and exceptionally reliable, for it went into service with an ap¬ proved overhaul life of 2,000 hours! Simple — Flexible — Quiet Of basically simple design, the Marine Pro¬ teus has only two rotating assemblies and no reciprocating parts. It reaches full power within 60 seconds of starting and needs no preliminary warming up—or cooling down after stopping. And as the external cooling of the engine and exhaust pipe is effected by an induced flow of air, no water pumps are required. The power/speed characteristics of the Marine Proteus are such that there is always an ample reserve of power for acceleration, and the maximum power of the engine can always be used. The air intake is fitted with a silencer and the exhaust velocity is less than half that of the aircraft version. The result is ex¬ tremely quiet running. Since it has no reci¬ procating components, the Marine Proteus is also virtually free of vibration. Development The basic design of the engine has been proved by the 1,000,000 hours’ airline ser¬ vice of its aero counterpart. In addition to this, the Marine Proteus has been under continuous and intensive development. It has successfully carried out 1,600 hours of test running, to schedules laid down by the British Admiralty. The latest version, the Mark 1270, delivers more power, has the same weight and a lower fuel consumption: 4,250 hp: 2,900 lb: 0.575 lb/shp/hr. Applications Three Marine Proteus Mark 1250. deliver¬ ing a total of 10,500 hp, power the Royal Navy’s “Brave” class fast patrol boats. These 96-ft boats built by Vosper Ltd., are the world’s fastest naval vessels and are capable of a top speed of over 50 knots! The Marine Proteus, however, is a suit¬ able powerplant for many different types of vessels, from frigates and fast passenger craft to hydrofoil boats. BRISTOL SIDDELEY ENGINES LIMITED 8 adv. CLASSIFIED LIST OF ADVERTISERS —continued Page DIESEL SPARE PARTS Hawthorn Leslie (Shipbuilders), Ltd. . . 53 adv. Korody Marine Corporation (U.S.A.) I4&37 ,, DINGHIES Saunders-Roe (Anglesey), Ltd. 25 „ Vosper, Ltd. .. .. 39 & 40 „ DREDGES Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, The 59 „ DRY DOCK PROPRIETORS Cammell Laird & Co., Ltd. .. .. 44 ,, Gotaverken (Sweden) .. .. .. 5 „ Hawthorn Leslie (Shipbuilders), Ltd. 53 ,, Kockums Makaniska Verstads, A.B. (Sweden) .. .. 29 „ ECONOMISERS Babcock & Wilcox, Ltd. 28 „ ELECTRICAL AUXILIARIES Clarke, Chapman & Co., Ltd. 43 „ General Dynamics Corporation 36 „ Vosper, Ltd. 39 & 40 „ ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT Clarke, Chapman & Co., Ltd. 43 „ McGeoch, William, & Co., Ltd. 55 „ Newton Brother (Derby) Ltd. . 47 „ Record Electrical Co., Ltd., The 54 ,, Telford, Grier, Mackay & Co., Ltd. . . 51 ,, Vosper, Ltd. .. .. 39 & 40 „ Whipp & Bourne, Ltd. 38 „ ELECTRICAL FITTINGS Clarke, Chapman & Co., Ltd. 43 „ McGeoch, Wm., & Co., Ltd. 55 „ Telford, Grier, Mackay & Co., Ltd. . . 51 „ Vosper, Ltd. 39 & 40 „ ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS AND REPAIRS Vosper, Ltd. 39 & 40 ,, ELECTRICAL MEASURING INSTRUMENTS Hollandse Signaalapparaten N.V. .. 45 „ George Kent, Ltd. 54 ,, Record Electrical Co., Ltd., The 54 ,, ELECTRICAL SWITCHGEAR Telford, Grier, Mackay & Co., Ltd. .. 51 „ Whipp & Bourne, Ltd. .. .. 38 „ Vosper, Ltd. 39 & 40 „ 9 adv. Page ELECTRO-HYDRAULIC AUXILIARIES Clarke, Chapman & Co., Ltd. .. 43 adv. Hastie, John, & Co., Ltd. 4 „ ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT Decca Radar, Ltd. ,. 18 „ de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., The.. 58 „ Edo Corporation (U.S.A.) .. .. 23 „ Hollandse Signaalapparaten N.V. .. 45 „ Korody Marine Corporation (U.S.A.) 14 & 37 ,, Nederlandsche Vereenigde Scheeps- bouw Bureaux . . . . 23 & 24 „ Newton Brothers (Derby), Ltd. .. 47 „ Philips’ Telecommunicatie Industrie, N.V.35],, Vosper, Ltd. 39 & 40 „ EMERGENCY LIGHTING EQUIPMENT Clarke, Chapman & Co., Ltd. .. 43 ,, The Record Electrical Co., Ltd. 54 ,, ENGINES, AIRCRAFT, JET, RECIPROCATING Blackburn Group, Ltd. 16 „ de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., The .. 58 „ Napier, D., & Son, Ltd. 32 „ ENGINES. AUXILIARY Blackburn Engines, Ltd. 16 Coventry Climax Engines, Ltd. . . 10 Gotaverken (Sweden) . . 5 Harland & Wolff, Ltd. . . 42 Korody Marine Corporation (U.S.A.) 14 & 37 Thornycroft, John I., & Co., Ltd. . . 48 ENGINES, DIESEL Coventry Climax Engines, Ltd. . . 10 Hawthorn Leslie (Shipbuilders), Ltd. 53 ENGINES, INTERNAL COMBUSTION PROPULSION Bristol Siddeley Engines, Limited 8 , Brown, John, & Co., Ltd. 20 Coventry Climax Engines, Ltd. 10 Gotaverken (Sweden) . . .. 5 , Harland & Wolff, Ltd. . . 42 , Hawthorn, Leslie, R. & W., & Co., Ltd. 53 , Kockums Mekaniska Verkstads, A.B. (Sweden) .. 29 , Korody Marine Corporation (U.S.A.) 14 & 37 , Napier, D., & Son, Ltd. 32 , Nederlandsche Vereenigde Scheeps- bouw Bureaux .. 23 & 24 Thornycroft, John I., & Co., Ltd. 48 , Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. 22 , Vosper, Ltd. 39 & 40 , White, J. Samuel, & Co., Ltd. 52 , ENGINES, STEAM PROPULSION Brown, John, & Co., Ltd. Cammell Laird & Co., Ltd. Gotaverken (Sweden) Harland & Wolff, Ltd. Hawthorn, Leslie, R. & W., & Co., Ltd Nederlandsche Vereenigde Scheeps- bouw Bureaux .. 23 and 24 Page 20 adv. 44 „ 5 „ 42 „ 53 „ Thornycroft, John I., & Co., Ltd. Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. White, J. Samuel, & Co., Ltd. Yarrow & Co., Ltd. ENGRAVING Vosper, Ltd. 48 22 52 56 39 & 40 EPICYCLIC GEARS Modern Wheel Drive Ltd. .. .. 51 EVAPORATOR DISTILLERS Aiton & Co., Ltd. .. .. 26 „ EXPANSION JOINTS. BELLOWS TYPE Aiton & Co., Ltd. .. .. .. 26 „ Babcock & Wilcox, Ltd. 28 EXPLOSIVES AB Bofors .. 30 „ FIRE AND SALVAGE VESSELS Cammell Laird & Co., Ltd. 44 „ Korody Marine Corporation (U.S.A.)I4 & 37 „ Saunders-Roe (Anglesey), Ltd. 25 „ Thornycroft, John I., & Co., Ltd. 48 „ Vosper, Ltd. .. .. .. 39 & 40 ,' White, J. Samuel, & Co., Ltd. 52 „ FIRE CONTROL AND GUNNERY FITTINGS Barr & Stroud, Ltd. Inside Front Cover Hollandse Signaalapparaten N.V. .. 45 adv. Nederlandsche Vereenigde Scheeps- bouw Bureaux . . 23 & 24 ,, McGeoch, William, & Co., Ltd. 55 „ Telephone Manufacturing Co., Ltd. .. 50 „ FITTINGS, SHIP Harland & Wolff, Ltd. .. 42 ,, McGeoch, William, & Co., Ltd. 55 ,, Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. .. .. 22 „ Vosper, Ltd. 39 & 40 ,, COVENTRY DIESEL MARINE ENGINES backed by more than 50 years COVENTRY CLIMAX ENGINES LTD. COVENTRY & LONDON CLASSIFIED LIST OF ADVERTISERS —continued Page FUSE AND JOINT BOXES Page GUNNERY TRAINING EQUIPMENT Page INSTRUMENTS, PRECISION Hollandse Signaalapparaten N.V. 45 adv. McGeoch, William, & Co., Ltd. .. 55 „ Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. .. 22 „ Vosper, Ltd. 39 & 40 ,, GAS TURBINES Blackburn Engines, Ltd. 16 „ Gotaverken (Sweden) 5 „ Hawthorn Leslie (Engineers), Ltd. • • 53 „ Yarrow & Co., Ltd. . . 56 „ GEAR CASINGS 1 Birkett, Billington & Newton, Ltd. • • 53 „ Cammell Laird & Co., Ltd. . . 44 „ Harland & Wolff, Ltd. .. 42 „ Hawthorn Leslie (Engineers), Ltd. ■ • 53 „ Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. .. 22 „ GEARING, TURBINE Brown, John, & Co., Ltd. .. 20 „ Cammell Laird & Co., Ltd. • • 44 „ Hawthorn, Leslie, R. & W., & Co., Ltd. 53 „ Modern Wheel Drive, Ltd. 51 ,, Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. . . .. 22 ,, Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. 22-adv. Kent, George, Ltd. 54 adv. Record Electrical Co., Ltd., The . . 54 „ GUNS AND MOUNTINGS AB Bofors .. .... 30 „ Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. 22 „ INSULATION RESISTANCE TESTERS Record Electrical Co., Ltd., The • • 54 „ GUN-SIGHTING APPARATUS AND HEIGHT FINDERS Barr & Stroud, Ltd. . . Inside Front Cover INSTRUMENTS TEST EQUIPMENT Nederlandsche Vereenigde Scheeps- bouw Bureaux .. .. 23 & 24 adv. Decca Radar, Ltd. 18 „ Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. 22 „ Hollandse Signallapparaten N.V. . . 45 „ Kent, George, Ltd. • • 54 „ GYRO COMPASSES Record Electrical Co., Ltd., The • • 54 „ Brown, S. G. Ltd. 52 „ Hollandse Signaalapparaten N.V. 45.. j JOINTING RINGS HELM INDICATORS Metallic Valve Co., Ltd., The . . .. 55 „ Brown, S. G., Ltd. 52 „ Hollandse Signaalapparaten N.V. 45 .. | LAMPHOLDERS HYDRAULIC PLANT McGeoch, William & Co., Ltd. .. 55 „ Hastie, John, & Co., Ltd. ! 4 „ 1 Vosper, Ltd. 39 & 40 „ MacTaggart, Scott & Co., Ltd. 31 „ Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. 22 „ LAND MINES AB Bofors • • 30 „ HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY EQUIPMENT GEARS AND GEARING Cammell Laird & Co., Ltd. . . 44 Modern Wheel Drive, Ltd. .. 51 Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. .. 22 Vosper, Ltd. . . 39 GENERATORS, ELECTRIC Clarke, Chapman & C., Ltd... . . 43 General Dynamics Corporation 36 Newton Brothers (Derby), Ltd. . . 47 Record Electrical Co., Ltd., The .. 54 Vosper, Ltd. 39 & 40 GOVERNORS, ENGINE SPEED Iso-Speedic Co., Ltd., The 2 Decca Navigator Co., Ltd. 18 ,, Decca Radar, Ltd. 18 ,, Edo Corporation (U.S.A.) .. 33 ,, INDICATORS, ELECTRIC McGeoch, William, & Co., Ltd. 55 ,, George Kent, Ltd. 54 „ Record Electrical Co., Ltd., The 54 ,, INDICATORS, NAVIGATION LIGHTS McGeoch, William, & Co., Ltd. . . 55 „ Telford, Grier, Mackay & Co., Ltd. .. 51 ,, INGOT METALS, NON-FERROUS Birkett, T. M., Billington & Newton, Ltd.53 ,, LINE TELEPHONY EQUIPMENT | i Philips’ Telecommunicatie Industrie N.V.35 „ i LOUD HAILERS I Telephone Manufacturing Co., Ltd. . . 50 „ Vitavox Ltd. 56 ,, I LOUDSPEAKER EQUIPMENT Korody Marine Corporation (U.S.A.) I4&37 „ I Telephone Manufacturing Co., Ltd. . . 50 ,, Vitavox Ltd.56 ,, MACHINES PARTS, FERROUS GRAPHIC RECORDERS Record Electrical Co., Ltd., The 54 „ GUN BOATS Cantieri Baglietto 46 „ Hawthorn Leslie (Shipbuilders),^Ltd. 53 ,, Vosper, Ltd. . . 39 ,, Yarrow & Co., Ltd. 56 ,, INSTRUMENTS, ELECTRONIC Kent, George, Ltd. ,. .. 54 „ Hollandse Signaalapparaten N.V. 45 „ Nederlandsche Vereenigde Scheeps- bouw Bureaux 23 & 24 ,, INSTRUMENTS, NAUTICAL Barr & Stroud, Ltd. .. . .Inside Front Cover Brown, S. G., Ltd. 52 adv. Hollandse Signaalapparaten N.V. 45 ,, Vosper, Ltd. 39 & 40 „ MACHINED PARTS, NON-FERROUS Birkett, T. M., Billington & Newton Ltd.53 , McGeoch, William & Co., Ltd. 55 „ Telford, Grier, Mackay & Co., Ltd. . . 51 „ Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. .. 22 „ Vosper, Ltd. * * 39 & 40 „ 11 adv. KNM “ TJELD ”—A NASTY class unit of the Royal Norwegian Navy on trials in Norway’s Artie Area For details consult the GERMAN and NORWEGIAN sections in this book F.P.B. NASTY from dektf Sewim Jid. % OSLO - NORWAY 12 adv. CLASSIFIED LIST OF ADVERTISERS —continued MARINE RADAR Page Decca Radar, Ltd. 18 adv. Edo Corporation (U.S.A.) 33 „ Hollandse Signaalapparaten N.V. 45 „ Nederlands Reciame-adviesbureau 23 & 24 ,, Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd. 57 „ MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS Barr & Stroud, Ltd. Inside Front Cover METALLIC AND ENGINE FITTINGS McGeoch, William, & Co., Ltd. . . 55 adv. Metallic Valve Co., Ltd., The .. .. 55 „ METERS, WATER, STEAM AND OIL Babcock & Wilcox Ltd. 28 ,, Kent, George, Ltd. .. 54 „ MICROPHONE EQUIPMENT Telephone Manufacturing Co., Ltd. .. 50 Vit.avox, Ltd. .. 56 MINESWEEPERS Cantieri Baglietto . . 46 Hawthorn Leslie (Engineers), Ltd. . . 53 Vosper, Ltd. 39 & 40 MODEL MAKERS Bassett-Lowke, Ltd. . . 55 Minic, Ltd. .. 49 MOTORS, ELECTRIC Clarke, Chapman & Co., Ltd. .. 43 Harland & Wolff, Ltd. . . 42 Kent, George, Ltd. . . 54 Newton Brothers (Derby), Ltd. . . 47 MULTI-ENGINE GEARS Modern Wheel Drive, Ltd. .. 51 NAVAL GUNS AB Bofors 30 NAVIGATION LAMPS McGeoch, William & Co., Ltd. .. 55 Telford, Grier Mackay & Co., Ltd. .. 51 NAVIGATOR SYSTEMS Decca Navigator Co., Ltd. 18 „ NON-MAGNETIC MINESWEEPERS Boat Services Ltd., A/S „ NUCLEAR POWER PLANT 28 „ Page OFFSHORE DRILLING EQUIPMENT Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, The 59 adv. OIL FUEL SYSTEMS AND BURNERS Babcock & Wilcox, Ltd. . . 28 „ Thornycroft, John 1., & Co., Ltd. . . 48 „ White, J. Samuel & Co., Ltd. .. 52 „ Yarrow & Co., Ltd. .. 56 „ ORDNANCE AB Bofors . . . . 30 „ Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. .. 22 „ OXYGEN APPARATUS Red Hand Composition Co., The 50 „ PAINT AND COMPOSITIONS Red Hand Composition Co., The 50 ,, PARAVANES Vosper, Ltd. .. .. 39 & 40 ,, PASSENGER AND CARGO SHIPS Bethlehem Steel Company Co. (U.S.A.) 41 ,, Brown, John & Co., Ltd. 20 „ ‘ Cammell Laird & Co., Ltd. 44 ,, Gotaverken (Sweden) . . 5 ,. Harland & Wolff, Ltd. . . 42 „ Hawthorn, Leslie, R. & W„ & Co., Ltd. S3* „ Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, The 59 ,, Kockums Mekaniska Verkstads, A.B. 29 „ Korody Marine Corporation (U.S.A.) 14 & 37 „ Thornycroft, John I., & Co., Ltd. 48 „ Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. 32 „ Vosper, Ltd. .. .. .. 39&40 ,, White, J. Samuel & Co., Ltd. 52 „ Yarrow & Co., Ltd. 56 „ PATROL BOATS, LAUNCHES, TENDERS AND PINNACES Boat Services Ltd., A/S .. 12 G.E.N.E.M.A. (France) .. 34 Harland & Wolff, Ltd. .. 42 Korody Marine Corporation (U.S.A .)I4& 37 Saunders-Roe (Anglesey) Ltd. .. 25 Thornycroft, John 1., & Co., Ltd. .. 43 Vosper, Ltd. 39 & 46 Yarrow & Co., Ltd. .. 56 PERISCOPES Barr & Stroud, Ltd. Inside Front Cover Page PERISCOPE FAIRINGS Edo Corporation (U.S.A.) 33 adv. PIPE FITTINGS Birkett, Billington & Newton, Ltd. .. 53 „ Yorkshire Imperial Metals, Ltd. 21 „ PIPES, CAST IRON Aiton & Co., Ltd. . 26 „ Birkett, Billington & Newton, Ltd. . . 53 „ PIPES, COPPER AND BRASS Birkett, Billington & Newton, Ltd. . . 53 „ Yorkshire Imperial Metals, Ltd. 21 „ PIPES, JACKETED Vosper, Ltd. 39 & 40 „ PIPES, SEA WATER Yorkshire Imperial Metals, Ltd. 21 „ PIPES, STEEL, WELDED AND WELDLESS Aiton & Co., Ltd. 2S „ Babcock & Wilcox, Ltd. 28 „ PISTONS, PISTON RINGS AND GUDGEON PINS Babcock & Wilcox, Ltd. 28 ,. Harland & Wolff, Ltd. 42 „ PLUGS AND SOCKETS Birkett, Billington & Newton, Ltd. . . 53 ,, McGeoch, William, & Co.. Ltd. 55 „ PRESSURE VESSELS Birkett, Billington & Newton, Ltd. . . 53 „ Babcock & Wilcox, Ltd. 28 „ Brown, John, & Co., Ltd. 20 „ Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, The 59 „* PROJECTILES AB Bofors .. .. * 30 ., PROPELLANTS AB Bofors 30 „ PROPELLERS Birkett, T. M., Billington & Newton, Ltd. 53 „ Harland & Wolff, Ltd. 42 „ Thornycroft, John 1., & Co., Ltd. 48 „ Vosper, Ltd. .. .. .. 39&40 PROPELLERS, AIRCRAFT de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., The Babcock & Wilcox, Ltd. 13 adv. 58 CLASSIFIED LIST OF ADVERTISERS —continued Page PROPULSION, ELECTRIC Harland & Wolff, Ltd. 42adv. PUMPS Clarke, Chapman & Co. Ltd.43 Hastie, John, & Co., Ltd.4 MacTaggart, Scott & Co., Ltd. 31 Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. 22 Vosper, Ltd. 39 & 40 PUMPS, CIRCULATING Clarke, Chapman & Co., Ltd.. . .. 43 Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. 22 Vosper, Ltd. 39 & 40 RADAR FOR FIRE CONTROL Hollandse Slgnaalapparatei, N.V. . . 45 Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd. 57 Nederlandsche Vereenigde Scheeps- bouw Bureaux 23 & 24 Philips’ Telecommunicate Industries NV .35 .. 22 Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. RADAR FOR HARBOUR SUPERVISION Decca Radar, Ltd. 18 Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd. 57 Philips’ Telecommunicate Industrie, N.V. Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. 35 22 RADAR FOR NAVIGATION, WARNING, INTERCEPTION Decca Radar, Ltd.18 Edo Corporation (U.S.A.) .. 33 Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd. 57 Nederlandsche Vereenigde Scheeps- bouw Bureaux 23 & 24 , Philips’ Telecommunicate Industrie N - v .. . RADIO, AIR Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd. 57 RADIO, MARINE Korody Marine Corporation (U.S.A.) M & 37 Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd. 57 Philips’ Telecommunicate Industrie, N.V. 35 Page RANGE FINDERS Barr & Stroud, Ltd. . . Inside Front Cover REACTORS NUCLEAR Babcock & Wilcox, Ltd. 28 adv. REMOTE CONTROLS Hollandse Signaalapparaten N.V. 45 Kent, George, Ltd. 54 REVERSE REDUCTION GEARS, OIL OPERATED Harland & Wolff, Ltd. . . 42 Modern Wheel Drive, Ltd. .. 51 ,, REVERSING ENGINES, STEAM AND AIR OPERATED MacTaggart, Scott & Co., Ltd. 31 „ REVERSING GEARS Modern Wheel Drive, Ltd. 51 ,, Record Electrical Co., Ltd., The 54 REVOLUTION INDICATORS Record Electrical Co., Ltd., The 54 ROCKETS AB Bofors .. . . .. .. 30 RODS AND TUBES, CHILL CAST Birkett, T. M., Billington & Newton Ltd . RODS AND TUBES CONTINUOUS CAST Birkett, Billington & Newton, Ltd. . . 53 ,, ROTARY CONVERTERS Korody Marine Corporation (U.S.A.) 14 & 37 Newton Brothers (Derby), Ltd. 47 SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS Brown, S. G., Ltd. . . 52 Decca Radar Ltd. |8 Kent, George, Ltd. . 54 SCREENS, CLEAR VIEW Kent, George, Ltd. .. 54 SEARCHLIGHTS Clarke, Chapman & Co., Ltd.. . 43 McGeoch, William, & Co., Ltd. .. 55 Pa* SHIP BUILDERS AND SHIP REPAIRERS (See also Warships, Torpedo Craft Builder Submarines, Passenger and Cargo Ships, Patr Boats, Launches, Tenders and Pinnaces, Fire ar Salvage Boats) Bethlehem Steel Company (U.S.A.) 41 ad Brown, John & Co., Ltd.20 „ Cammell Laird & Co., Ltd. 44 Electric Boat Div., General Dynamics Corporation . . . . 36 ,, G.E.N.E.M.A. (France) 34 „ Gotaverken (Sweden) . . . . . . 5 ,, Harland & Wolff, Ltd. 42 „ Hawthorn, Leslie, R. & W., & Co., Ltd. 53 „ Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, The 59 „ Kockums Mekaniska Verkstads, A.B. 29 ,, Nederlandsche Vereenigde Scheeps- bouw Bureaux . . 23 and 24 ,, Saunders-Roe (Anglesey). Ltd. . . 25 ,, Thornycroft, John I., & Co., Ltd. 48 „ Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. . . 22 „ Vosper, Ltd. 39 & 40 ,, White, J. Samuel, & Co., Ltd. 52 „ Yarrow & Co., Ltd.56 SHIP MACHINERY Brown, John, & Co., Ltd. 20 ,, Cammell Laird & Co., Ltd. 44 „ Clarke, Chapman & Co., Ltd.. . 43 „ Gotaverken (Sweden) .. 57 ,, Harland & Wolff, Ltd. 42 ,, Hawthorn, Leslie, R. & W., & Co., Ltd. 53 „ Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. .. 22 „ SIGNALLING SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS Kockums Mekaniska Verkstads, A.B. 29 ,, McGeoch, William, & Co., Ltd. 55 „ Telephone Manufacturing Co., Ltd. . . '50 ,, SOCKETS AND PLUGS. ELECTRIC WATERTIGHT McGeoch, William, & Co. s Ltd. . . 55 SONAR EQUIPMENT Edo Corporation (U.S.A.) 33 SOOT BLOWERS Babcock & Wilcox, Ltd. 28 SPEED BOATS Boat Services Ltd., A/S . . 12 Record Electrical Co., Ltd., The ... 51 Thornycroft, John I., & Co., Ltd. . . 48 Vosper Ltd. 39 & 40 White, J. Samuel, & Co., Ltd. . . 52 Yarrow & Co., Ltd. 56 15 adv. “The BUCCANEER is ahead" * The most modern and advanced techniques in design and production have ensured that Great Britain now has the finest aircraft for the special role it has to perform— and on time. Of this aircraft the Ministry of Defence has stated: * “In the low-level strike role , the Buccaneer is ahead of any other aircraft in the world.” BLACKBURN AIRCRAFT LIMITED BROUGH YORKSHIRE OAI49/F Blackburn SHIELDED BY GUIDED MISSILES AND SWEPT BY RADAR VULNERABLE GAP IN DEFENCES GROUND 16 adv. CLASSIFIED LIST OF ADVERTISERS —continued Page SPEED INDICATORS Record Electrical Co., Ltd., The .. 54adv. STABILIZATION EQUIPMENT Hollandse Signaalapparaten N.V. .. 45 ,, Vosper, Ltd. 39 & 40 „ STEERING CONTROL GEAR, AUTOMATIC Brown, S. G., Ltd. .. .. .. 52 „ Decca Navigator Co., Ltd. 18 „ Electric Boat Div., General Dynamics Corporation . . 36 ,, MacTaggart, Scott & Co., Ltd. .. 31 „ STEAM SEPARATORS Aiton & Co., Ltd. .. .. 26 „ Babcock & Wilcox, Ltd. .. 28 ,, STEAM TRAPS Aiton & Co., Ltd. .26 „ Babcock & Wilcox, Ltd. 28 ,, STEEL, ALLOY AND SPECIAL Aktiebolaget Bofors.30 „ STEEL, FORGINGS, PLATES AND SECTIONS STAMPINGS Aktiebolaget Bofors .. .. 30 „ Bethlehem Steel Company (U.S.A.) 41 „ STEEL, HIGH-SPEED TOOLS Aktiebolaget Bofors .. .. 30 „ STEEL, MANGANESE, WEAR RESISTING \ktiebolaget Bofors .. .. 30 STEERING GEAR Harland & Wolff, Ltd. Hastie, John, & Co., Ltd. MacTaggart Scott & Co., Ltd. Vosper, Ltd. .. 42 „ .. 4 „ .. 31 „ 39 & 40 „ STUD BOLTS FOR HIGH PRESSURE WORK Aiton & Co., Ltd. .26 „ SUBMARINES Bethlehem Steel Company (U.S.A.) 41 ,, Cammell Laird & Co., Ltd. .. .. 44 „ Electric Boat Div., General Dynamics Corporation . . 36 „ G.E.N.E.M.A. (France) .. .. 34 „ Kockums Mekaniska Verkstads, A.B. 29 „ Nederlandsche Vereenigde Scheeps- bouw Bureaux .. .. 23 and 24 „ Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd.22 „ Page SUBMARINE PERISCOPES Barr & Stroud, Ltd. Inside Front Cover SUBMARINE FIRE CONTROL Nederlands Vereenigde Scheeps- bouw Bureaux, Holland .. 23 & 24adv. SUPERHEATERS Babcock & Wilcox, Ltd. 28 ,, Yarrow & Co., Ltd. .. .. .. 56 „ SURFACE COATINGS FOR MARINE USE Red Hand Compositions Co., The .. 50 „ SWITCHBOARDS Vosper, Ltd.39 & 40 „ SWITCHBOARDS AND SWITCHGEAR Clarke, Chapman & Co., Ltd... 43 „ Harland & Wolff, Ltd. 42 „ McGeoch, William & Co., Ltd. 55 „ Record Electrical Co., Ltd., The 54 „ Telford, Grier, Mackay & Co., Ltd. .. 51 „ Whipp & Bourne, Ltd. 38 „ TACHOMETERS Record Electrical Co., Ltd., The 54 „ TANKS, OIL AND WATER STORAGE Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, The 59 „ Vosper, Ltd.39 & 40 „ TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd. 57 „ Philips’ Telecommunicatie Industrie, N.V.35 TELEGRAPH SYSTEMS Hollandse Signaalapparaten N.V. .. 45 Page TELEPHONES, LOUD-SPEAKING Korody Marine Corporation (U.S.A.) 14 & 37 adv. Telephone Manufacturing Co., Ltd. .. 50 ,, TENDERS FOR MARINE AIRCRAFT Saunders-Roe, (Anglesey) Ltd. .. 25 „ Vosper, Ltd. 39 & 40 „ TEST EQUIPMENT FOR FIRE CONTROL SYSTEMS Hollandse Signaalapparaten N.V. .. 45 „ TORPEDO AND TORPEDO TUBES Electric Boat Div., General Dynamics Corporation 36 Nederlandsche Vereenigde Scheeps- bouw Bureaux .. .. 23 and 24 Saunders-Roe (Anglesey), Ltd. .. 25 Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. .. .. 22 TORPEDO CRAFT BUILDERS Bethlehem Steel Company (U.S.A.) 41 Boat Services, Ltd., A/S .. .. 12 Brown, John, & Co., Ltd. .. 20 Cammell Laird & Co., Ltd.44 Cantieri Baglietto .. .. .. 46 General Dynamics Corporation .. 36 G.E.N.M.A. (France).34 Gotaverken (Sweden) .. .. .. 5 Kockums Mekaniska Verkstads, A.B. 29 Saunders-Roe (Anglesey), Ltd. .. 25 Thornycroft, John I., & Co., Ltd. .. 48 Vosper, Ltd.39 & 40 White, J. Samuel, & Co., Ltd. .. 52 Yarrow & Co., Ltd. .. 56 TORPEDO ORDER AND DEFLECTION CONTROL Barr and Stroud, Ltd. Inside Front Cover TOWBOATS Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, The 59 ade. TELEMOTORS Hastie, John & Co., Ltd. .. 4 „ Kent, George, Ltd. • • 54 „ MacTaggart, Scott & Co., Ltd. • • 31 „ Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. .. 22 „ TELEPHONE FITTINGS Telephone Manufacturing Co., Ltd. .. 50 TELEPHONES BATTERY-LESS Telephone Manufacturing Co., Ltd. .. 50 TOWED TARGETS Vosper, Ltd. . . .. .. 39 & 40 ,, TUBE FITTINGS Birkett, Billington & Newton, Ltd. .. 53 „ Yorkshire Imperial Metals, Ltd. .. 21 „ TUBES, BOILERS, ALUMINIUM, BRASS CUPRO-NICKEL, COPPER AND CONDENSER Babcock & Wilcox, Ltd. .. .. 28 „ Yorkshire Imperial Metals, Ltd. .. 21 „ 17 adv. DECCA equipment is used in navies The Decca Navigator The Decca Navigator, the world's most accurate navigational system, is used every day for general navigation and for many specialised applications, from submarine cable-laying to ships’ speed trials. Extensive coverage already exists on both sides of the Atlantic and further chains are under construction in India. Decca Navigator equipment for naval use includes the marine automatic plotter. This unit is ideal for operations in which accurate holding of pre-determined tracks and the retention of complete records are essential. Illllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Decca Type 978 X-Band Manoeuvring and Pilotage Radar For all types of Naval ships. * Surface cover to horizon—40 kW Transmitter, short and long pulses. * Logarithmetic Receiver. * Multiple 12 in. P.P.I. displays, switchable to certain other radars. * Watertight bridge display and True Motion attachment will be available. * Presentation of special information. * B-scope accurate ranging attachment for surveying and precise navigation. * Built to full British Naval Standards. As supplied to Royal Navy, Commonwealth and N.A.T.O. Navies. l|||||||llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllli!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIII Decca D7 Range X-Band Radars for Manoeuvring and Pilotage Built to British Ministry of Transport Standards. For large or small Naval ships a choice of three transmitters, 10, 20 and 75 kW, short and long pulses. Choice of 2 lightweight aerials. * Choice of 9 in. or 12 in. display with slave if required. * Choice of relative or true motion with TM707 or TM909. Watertight bridge display will be available. As supplied to N.A.T.O., Commonwealth and other Navies and to shipping companies throughout the world. Illllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllll Decca Type AWS 1 S-Band Air Warning Radar Air warning to 45,000 feet and long range surface warning to meet modern requirements in frigates and larger ships. * Narrow beam, high discrimination. 750 kW S-Band Transmitter, short and long pulses. * Logarithmetic and linear Receivers. A.F.C. fitted. * Multiple 12 in. P.P.I. displays switchable to certain other radars. * Service approved components used throughout. As supplied to N.A.T.O. lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllM The Decca Navigator Co. Ltd. London - England | DECCA RADAR Decca Radar Limited London - England ^ DR95a 18 adv. CLASSIFIED LIST OF ADVERTISERS - continued Page TUBES, NON-FERROUS Birkett, Billington & Newton, Ltd. .. 53 adv. Yorkshire Imperial Metals, Ltd. .. 21 „ TURBINES Brown, John, & Co., Ltd. •• .. 20 „ Cammell Laird & Co., Ltd.44 „ Gotaverken (Sweden) .. .. .. 5 „ Harland & Wolff, Ltd. .. .. 42 „ Hawthorn, Leslie, R. & W., & Co., Ltd. 53 „ Nederlandsche Vereenigde Scheeps- bouw Bureaux (Holland) .. 23 and 24 „ Thornycroft, John I., & Co., Ltd. .. 48 „ Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. .. .. 22 „ White, J. Samuel, & Co., Ltd. .. 52 „ Yarrow & Co., Ltd.56 „ TURBINE GEARS Brown, John, & Co., Ltd. .. .. 20 „ Cammell Laird & Co., Ltd.44 „ Gotaverken (Sweden) .. .. .. 5 „ Hawthorn, Leslie, R. & W., & Co., Ltd. 53 „ Modern Wheel Drive, Ltd.51 „ Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd.22 „ TURBINES, EXHAUST Gotaverken (Sweden) .. .. .. 5 „ TURBINES, JET AIRCRAFT Blackburn Engines, Ltd. .. .. 16 „ de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., The .. 58 „ Napier, D., & Son, Ltd. .. .. 32 „ Page TURBINES, STEAM, MARINE Brown, John, & Co.20 „ Cammell Laird & Co., Ltd. .. .. 44 „ Hawthorn, Leslie, R. & W., & Co., Ltd. 53 „ Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd.22 „ Yarrow & Co., Ltd. .. .. 56 „ TURBO BLOWERS Napier, D., & Son, Ltd. .. .. 32 ,, UNDERWATER TELEVISION EQUIPMENT Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd. 57 „ VALVES AND COCKS Babcock & Wilcox, Ltd. .. .. 28 „ Birkett, T. M., Billington & Newton, Ltd.53 „ Cockburns, Ltd. .. .. .. 49 „ Metallic Valve Co., Ltd., The .. .. 55 „ Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. .. .. 22 „ VENTILATORS AND AIRDUCTS Harland & Wolff, Ltd. .. .. 42 „ Vosper, Ltd.39 & 40 „ VOICE PIPES Record Electrical Co., Ltd., The ... 54 „ Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. .. .. 22 „ VOLTMETERS Record Electrical Co., Ltd., The .. 54 Page WARSHIPS Bethlehem Steel Company (U.S.A.) .. 41 adv. Brown, John, & Co., Ltd.20 „ Cammell Laird & Co., Ltd.44 „ G.E.N.E.M.A. (France) .. .. 34 „ Gotaverken (Sweden) .. .. .. 5 „ Harland & Wolff, Ltd. .. .. 42 „ Hawthorn, Leslie, R. & W., & Co., Ltd. 53 „ Kockums Mekaniska Verkstads, A.B. .. (Sweden) .. .. .. .. 29 ,, Nederlandsche Vereenigde Scheeps- bouw Bureaux (Holland) .. 23 and 24 ,, Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. Yarrow & Co., Ltd. WATER TUBE BOILERS Babcock & Wilcox, Ltd. Brown, John, & Co., Ltd., Cammell Laird & Co., Ltd. Gotaverken (Sweden) .. Harland & Wolff, Ltd. Hawthorn, Leslie, R. & W., & Co., Ltd. 53 Thornycroft, John I., & Co., Ltd. .. 48 Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. .. .. 22 White, J. Samuel, & Co., Ltd. .. 52 Yarrow & Co., Ltd.56 WELDING, ARC, ARGONJARC OR GAS MacTaggart Scott & Co., Ltd. ... 31 Saunders-Roe (Anglesey), Ltd. .. 25 Vosper, Ltd.39 & 40 WEAPON SYSTEMS Nederlands Vereenigde Scheepsbouw Bureaux (Holland) .. .. 23 & 24 WINCHES Clarke, Chapman & Co., Ltd. .. 43 22 56 29 20 44 5 42 19 adv. 20 adv. YORKSHIRE IMPERIAL , TUBES PLATES AND FITTINGS H.M.AIRCRAFTCA RRIER “ARK ROYALS built by Messrs. Cammell Laird & Co. {Shipbuilders and Engineers ) Ltd., Birkenhead, is fitted with “ Kunifer 30 ” cupro¬ nickel tubes and naval brass plates in the main and auxiliary condensers — also “ Kunifer 5 ” ( copper-nickel- iron) tubes are used for sea water trunking and copper tubes for subsidiary services. (Crown copyright photograph) for naval craft of all types and sizes Today, whenever copper and copper-base alloy tubes, plates or fittings are required, the name that comes first to mind is YORKSHIRE IMPERIAL —the symbol of high quality, reliability, efficient performance and long life. Names such as “ Ark Royal,” “ Daring ” (and other “ Daring ” class vessels), “ Howe,” “ Anson,” “ Britannia,” “ De Ruyter,” “ Holland,” to mention but a few, bear witness to the high reputation which YORKSHIRE IMPERIAL products have earned amongst designers and builders alike. YORKSHIRE IMPERIAL METALS LIMITED HEAD OFFICE—P.O. BOX 166, LEEDS TELEPHONE: LEEDS 7-2222 21 adv. MAINTAINING A TRADITION ]3>IBIliXlDKr(DW<©ttOT 1588 1805 1980 When the Armada came, a Dreadnought was among the ships that sailed out to meet it and defeat it. Another Dreadnought followed Nelson into his last and greatest battle — Trafalgar. Launched from Vickers Barrow shipyard, the submarine Dreadnought proudly bears a famous name forward into the Atomic Age. For her builders, Dreadnought maintains a tradition of ship¬ building leadership extending over more than a hundred years. The skill in new methods and new techniques which her construction demands will prove of growing value in the years ahead, as nuclear power becomes an established form of marine propulsion. V1CKERS-ARMSTRONGS (SHIPBUILDERS) LIMITED VICKERS HOUSE BROADWAY LONDON SWi TCA BT336B 22 adv. 23 adv. PRINCIPAL CHARACTERISTICS NETHERLANDS SUBMARINES "DOLFIJN" CLASS ' and "Zeehond" built for the Royal Netherlands Navy by The Rotterdam Dockyard Co, Ltd. Commissioned in 1960. Length over all. Breadth moulded extreme . Depth to superstructure deck Draught . Complement . Displacement standard . Displacement on surface Displacement submerged Torpedo tubes forward . Torpedo tubes aft. Diesel engines M.A.N. V6V 22/30 . . 2 X 1,550 B.H.P. at 900 r.p.m. Main electric motors. 2 X 2,200 B.H.P. at 400 r.p.m, Main batteries .2 X 168 cells 8 destroyers of Friesland" class DESIGNERS De Rotterdamsche Droogdok Mij. N.V. Rotterdam Dok- en Werf-Mij. Wilton-Fijenoord N.V. Schiedam Ned. Dok en Scheepsbouw Mij. V.O.F. Amsterdam N.V. Kon. Mij. „De Schelde" Vlissingen Werkspoor N.V. - Amsterdam Designers, builders and repairers of all types of naval vessels, turbines, boilers and Diesel motors. Torpedotubes for surface vessels and submarines. 24 adv. Bauduin MODERN FOR MORE THAN A CENTURV LIMITED BEAUMARIS • ANGLESEY • PHONE: BEAUMARIS 130 • CABLES: SEAROADS, BEAUMARIS FORMERLY SAUNDERS-ROE (ANGLESEY) LTD. 25 adv. H.M.S. VICTORIOUS Aiton & Co. Ltd. design and manufacture complete Pipework Installations for either high pressure high temperature service or for low pressure service. Recent contracts include high pressure pipework for General Purpose, Whitby & Blackwood Class Frigates, also Catapult Pipe¬ work for H.M.S. Victorious and Hermes. HEAD OFFICE: DERBY - TELEPHONE: DERBY 47111 (10 lines) • TELEGRAMS: CHANNELED, DERBY WORKS: DERBY & SUNDERLAND, ENGLAND • PORT ELIZABETH, SOUTH AFRICA • YENNORA, N.S.W. AUSTRALIA 26 adv. HEAD OFFICE: Mamnouchi, Tokyo. Japan BRANCH OFFICE: Os aka-Kobe-Fukuoka-Sapporo Hongkong-Due * seldorf NEW YORK OFFICE: Equitable Rldg., 120 Broadway, New York 5.N.Y. WORKS: Nagasaki-Shi mono 8 eki-Hiro 8 hi ma SHIPBUILDERS SHIP REPAIRERS ENGINEERS A ^tsUbishTzos^ 27 adv. Inset (right) shows arrangement of a Babcock water-cooled type reactor and steam-raising plant for nuclear propulsion. Thermal output: 180 M.W. Equivalent shaft horsepower: approx. 65,000. Evaporation: 616,000 lb./hr. Fuel: Slightly enriched uranium dioxide. The association of Babcock & Wilcox with the Royal Navy goes back nearly 60 years, during which time a great number of vessels, many with names that have resounded in the nation’s history, have been equipped with Babcock boilers. Over three-quarters of the vessels in the British post-war naval programme have Babcock boilers, of new, proved high-performance designs—as also have many post-war vessels of foreign navies, e.g. Holland, Sweden and Yugoslavia. For over 10 years, Babcock & Wilcox have pioneered development in nuclear ship propulsion and they have already put forward fully practical designs for complete nuclear steam-raising plants which they would manufacture wholly in Great Britain, to be at sea within 3 years -Hi |li** |i' BABCOCK Sectional view of Babcock Selectable-Superheat boiler for naval servic BABCOCK & WILCOX LTD.. BABCOCK HOUSE. 209 EUSTON ROAD LONDON, N.W.I 28 adv. KOCKUMS CONTRIBUTION TO SAFETY The P & O Passenger Liner "CANBERRA” 45.000 gross tons, building at Harland & Wolff, Ltd, Belfast, is being fitted with our TYFON STEAM WHISTLE Type T 575 DVELK Electrically and automatically operated As previously experienced in hundreds of large vessels, this TYFON whistle will prove to be a valuable contribution to the safety at sea. Agents in Great Britain: The Industrial & Mining Supplies Co., Ltd Coronation House, 4, Lloyd’s Avenue, London E. C. 3 N. E. Coast Representative: J. Alfred Lowes Ltd., 36 West Sunniside, Sunderland. KOCKUN MEKANISKA VERKSTADS AB • MALMO • SWEDEN 29 adv. BOFORS 37,5-CM LONG-RANGE A IS ROCKET FOR DISTANCES 30 adv. MACTAGGART SCOTT HYDRAULIC MACHINERY IS SUPPLIED TO ALL CLASSES OF NAVAL VESSELS ELECTRIC HYDRAULIC STEERING GEAR for DOCKYARD PADDLE TUGS MACTAGGART, SCOTT & CO. LTD. STATION IRONWORKS - LOANHEAD - MIDLOTHIAN - SCOTLAND Telegrams: "VALVE" Loanhead Telephone: LOANHEAD 311, 312 & 313 HYDRAULIC WINCH fitted to H.M.S. “ HERMES ” 31 adv. COASTAL MINESWEEPERS MOTOR TORPEDO BOATS...MOTOR GUNBOATS... SEAWARD DEFENCE CRAFT...FRIGATES... DELTIG POWER FOR... THE PREMIER ENGINE FOR HIGH SPEED LIGHT NAVAL CRAFT NAPIER MARINE DIESELS D. Napier and Son Limited, London , W.3. Member of the English Electric Group 32 adv. BBe/e BB,Beere/my ///azt/yere/ezeM e^BBezM/*- erne/\yBBwme BBBwtt eyf/y/mezt/i m /Be mw/e/, e/Bee/y,i merm/erm — m y/r/e e^y/redett/r/e/y /ezie/ene/eA / Be Se//f j^eee/ m//B /e4S ezeie/my ezez^BlmerzisBy/ /Be emJHjy?eel4ee/^emB//y ?**** m # 8LjS HMS HERMES The four main switchboards installed in the Hermes are designed and manufactured by Whipp and Bourne Ltd who have been marine switchgear specialists for over fifty years WHIPP & BOURNE LTD. CASTLETON • ROCHDALE • LANCASHIRE 38 adv. TZcril cvnvpJiu^ TlLt'kj SHIP STABILISERS A COASTAL MINESWEEPER OF THE ROYAL NAVY FITTED WITH VOSPER ROLL DAMPING FINS FOR IMPROVED SEAKEEPING, SAFETY AND COMFORT VO/PER LIMITED SHIPBUILDERS & ENGINEERS PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND 39 adv. VO/PER fr^ H.M.S. “Brave Borderer” — Fast Patrol Boat built by Vosper Limited under design contract for the Royal Navy. Shown in M.T.B./M.G.B. Role. Main machinery 3 Bristol-Siddeley Proteus Gas Turbines. Speed in excess of 50 knots. VO/PER LIMITED SHIPBUILDERS & ENGINEERS, PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND 40 adv. The guided-missile cruiser USS Long Beach, first nuclear-powered surface warship, under construction at Bethlehem's Quincy Yard. In the same basin, right rear, is a conventionally-powered, guided-missile frigate, the USS Macdonough. Shipbuilders ... Ship Repairers ... Ship Converters ★ 36 Shipbuilding Ways ★ 36 Dry Docks ★ Naval Architects—Marine Engineers ★ Marine Machinery Manufacturers ★ Propeller Plant and Foundry ★ Pierside and Anchorage Repairs ★ Modern Work Boats—Mobile Tools ★ Shorebased Tank Cleaning Plants ★ Tank Cleaning Tugs and Barges ★ Diesel and Turbine Engine Work ★ No Job Too Large . . . None Too Small PROPELLERS Nickel-Aluminum Bronze—Nickel-Manganese Bronze Manganese Bronze—Iron and Steel FRESH WATER DISTILLERS Submerged Tube Flash Type Single and Multiple Effect SPECIAL PRODUCTS Geared Turbine Propelling Machinery Turbine Rotors, Blading and Accessories Propeller and Line Shafts Condensers Feed Heaters Lube Oil Coolers Oil and Water Separators Diesel and Steam Engine Parts Deck and Engine Auxiliary Machinery Parts Universal Mooring Chocks Special Valves and Fittings Bronze, Iron and Steel Castings Rudders Stern Frames, Tubes and Bushings Fabricated Steel and Weldments Machine Work SHIP REPAIR YARDS Boston Harbour New York Harbour Baltimore Harbour Beaumont, Texas Los Angeles Harbour San Francisco Harbour SHIPBUILDING YARDS Quincy, Mass. Staten Island, N. Y. Sparrows Point, Md. Beaumont, Texas San Francisco, Calif. BETHLEHEM STEEL Shipbuilding Division GENERAL OFFICES: 25 BROADWAY, NEW YORK 4, N. Y. Telephone: Dlgby 4-3300 Cable address: BETHSHIP Principal Representatives for England , Scotland, Wales and Ireland: W. P. Jobson & Co., Ltd., 17, Creechurch Lane, London, E.C. 3 Sub-Representatives: Charles Graham & Co., 4, Old Hall Street, Liverpool, 3; C. Stewart & Co., 213, West Campbell St., Glasgow, C. 2, Scotland; Anthony & Bainbridge, Ltd., 12, Dean Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne 41 adv. H.M.C.S. BONAVENTURE Built by Harland and Wolff. The first aircraft carrier owned by the Royal Canadian Navy, replacing the MAGNIFICENT also built by Harland and Wolff. BELFAST GLASGOW LONDON LIVERPOOL SOUTHAMPTON M. 92.2. 42 adv. Steam and Electric Winches, Windlasses and Cap¬ stans, Deck Cranes, Pumps, Generators and Switchboards, Ships' Electric Lighting and Power Installations, Searchlight Projectors and Floodlights. CLARKE, CHAPMAN & CO. LTD., VICTORIA WORKS, GATESHEAD 8, Co. DURHAM Telephone: Gateshead 72271 (10 lines) Telex 53-239 Telegrams: "Cyclops",Gateshead London Office : DUNSTER HOUSE, MARK LANE E.C.3. Telephone: MJNcing Lane 8345-6-7 Telegrams: "Cyclops", Easphone, London 43 adv. H.M. Aircraft Carrier 'ARK ROYAL’ CAMMELL LAIRD & CO (SHIPBUILDERS & ENGINEERS) LTD BIRKENHEAD 44 adv. WEAPON SYSTEMS 45 adv. ITALIAN CUSTOMS HOUSE FAST PATROL BOAT CANTIERI BAGLIETTO ESTABLISHED 1854 DESIGNERS & BUILDERS OF COASTAL VESSELS ITALIAN NAVY INSHORE MINESWEEPER 46 adv. Manufactures include:— MOTOR GENERATOR SETS HIGH FREQUENCY ALTERNATORS (400 TO 3,000 CYCLES PER SECOND) ROTARY TRANSFORMERS & CONVERTORS AUTOMATIC CARBON PILE VOLTAGE REGULATORS TRANSISTORISED VOLTAGE REGULATORS TRANSISTORISED INVERTORS The illustration shows a 2^ KVA drip-proof motor alternator with output 120 volts, 3 phase, 333 cycles per second. power.. . for navigational aids PHONE : DERBY 47676 (4 lines) GRAMS . DYNAMO, DERBY London Office: IMPERIAL BUILDINGS, 56 KINGSWAY, W.C.2. 47 adv. DESIGNERS —The above is a Thornycroft design for a Fast Patrol Boat Our association with the Royal Navy has been continuous since 1876 BUILDERS of Destroyers, Frigates, Mine-layers, Coastal and Inshore Minesweepers, Fast Patrol Boats, Landing Craft and special Service Craft, including high speed boats. Above is the Royal New Zealand Naval Type 12 Frigate, H.M.N.Z.S. “ Otago the Destroyer H.M.S. “Cavalier” refitted modernised by our Repairs Department. Commonwealth Foreign Warships have also been taken in hand and and of WARSHIPS and ASSOCIATED CRAFT JOHN I. THORNYCROFT & CO., LIMITED WOOLSTON WORKS, SOUTHAMPTON, and REPAIRS DEPARTMENT, SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS, ENGLAND iv 48 adv. 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MOHAWK I960, courtesy Vickers-Armstrongs (Shipbuilders) Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness Key: I, 4-5 inch gun with rocket flare launchers at sides; 2, enclosed bridge; 3, main director; 4, missile testing compartment; 5, Seacat; 6, switchboard room; 7, transmitting room; 8, operations room; 9, diesel generator room; 10, radar office; II, radar power room; 12, stabiliser compartment; 13, boiler box round boiler; 14, engine room with gas turbine starboard side; 15, gearing room; 16, projectile room. JANE’S FIGHTING SHIPS 1960-61 FOUNDED IN 1897 BY FRED T. JANE Compiled and Edited by RAYMOND V. B. BLACKMAN, A.M.R.I.N.A., A.I.Mar.E. SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON & CO., LTD., LONDON Copyright © 1960 Jane's Fighting Ships Publishing Co. Ltd. Printed in Great Britain by Groves, Brodie & Co. Ltd., Slough, Bucks. Complete Naval and Mercantile Radio and Radar Systems MARCONI’S WIRELESS TELEGRAPH COMPANY LIMITED CHELMSFORD ESSEX • ENGLAND Ml 57 adv. CONTENTS Page Page ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ADVERTISERS CLASSIFIED LIST OF ADVERTISERS FOREWORD. INDEX. GREAT BRITAIN Aircraft Carriers Cruisers. Fast Minelayers ... Destroyers Frigates . Submarines Ocean Minesweepers Costal Minesweepers Fast Patrol Boats Auxiliaries and Miscellaneous Ships AUSTRALIA ... CANADA CEYLON EAST AFRICA GHANA HONG KONG INDIA. MALAYA NEW ZEALAND NIGERIA PAKISTAN ... SOUTH AFRICA ALBANIA ARGENTINA BELGIUM BRAZIL BULGARIA BURMA CAMBODIA CHILE ... CHINA COLOMBIA CUBA ... DENMARK DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ECUADOR EGYPT ... EIRE ... EL SALVADOR ETHIOPIA FINLAND FRANCE Aircraft Carriers Battleship Cruisers ... Destroyers Frigates ... Submarines Minesweepers Patrol Vessels Coastal Craft GERMANY (EAST) GERMANY (WEST) GREECE GUATEMALA.. HAITI ... HONDURAS .. HUNGARY .. ICELAND INDONESIA .. IRAN (PERSIA) IRAQ. ISRAEL. 3 adv. 7 adv. iv viii ITALY. Cruisers ... Destroyers Frigates ... Submarines Minesweepers Coastal Craft 14 KOREA. 220 KOREA (NORTH) ... 222 17 LEBANON . 222 18 LIBERIA . 222 23 MEXICO . 223 34 MOROCCO . 224 40 46 NETHERLANDS 225 48 Aircraft Carrier 226 50 Cruisers. 227 Destroyers 228 Frigates . 229 59 67 Submarines 230 Minesweepers 231 76 NORWAY . 234 86 PANAMA . 240 86 PARAGUAY . 240 86 PERU . 241 77 PHILIPPINES. 246 82 POLAND . 248 PORTUGAL . 251 83 ROUMANIA. 257 82 87 SPAIN. 259 90 Cruisers ... 260 Destroyers 262 100 Frigates . 264 Submarines 265 93 Minesweepers 266 101 103 SWEDEN . 269 109 Cruisers. 270 NO Destroyers 271 111 Frigates . 273 112 117 Submarines Motor Torpedo Boats 274 275 122 SYRIA. 279 125 TAIWAN CHINA ... 280 127 THAILAND . 286 132 TUNISIA . 290 135 TURKEY . 291 137 URUGUAY . 296 140 140 140 U.S.A. 297 Aircraft Carriers 308 Battleships 319 141 Heavy Cruisers ... 321 Light Cruisers 327 144 Destroyers 332 Destroyer Escorts 345 147 Submarines 356 150 Minesweepers 368 Patrol Vessels 370 151 Auxiliaries and Miscellaneous Ships 373 153 COAST GUARD 395 155 158 U.S.S.R. 401 161 Cruisers ... 402 162 Destroyers 404 164 Frigates . 407 Submarines 408 168 Minesweepers 412 Minelayers 413 170 Patrol Vessels 413 177 Motor Torpedo Boats 415 183 Coastal Craft 416 184 Auxiliaries and Miscellaneous Ships 417 184 184 VENEZUELA. 424 VIETNAM . 426 185 YUGOSLAVIA. 427 186 190 ADDENDA . 432 191 192 WORLD FIGURES TABLE OF NAVAL STRENGTHS 436 195 196 198 200 203 204 206 iii The de Havilland (DH 110) Sea Vixen, fitted with de Havilland Firestreak infra-red guided weapons, is a transonic all-weather day and night fighter of very high performance for carrier-based and shore-based operations. By virtue of its ability to carry a heavy load over a wide radius of action, the Sea Vixen is ideally suited for the strike-reconnaissance role. DE HAVILLAND (DH HO) SEA VIXEN (Two Rolls-Royce Avon jet engines) FOREWORD In this edition, the 63rd year of issue of Fighting Ships , the volume of fresh material is well over the average, and many more alterations have had to be made. This is due chiefly to the rapidly changing naval scene, not only as regards new construction and the very different types of warships which are emerging from the shipyards, but also the extensive reconstruction, conversion or modification of existing war¬ ships, resulting in their constantly changing appearance. Gone are the days when the design of a numerically large class of warships remained uniform from the first ship to the last. Rapid technological advances and changing naval require¬ ments result in a constant stream of amendments being sent to the shipyards, and the tendency is for each successive ship to be better and more advanced than her sister. In turn these modifications and improvements are incor¬ porated in earlier classes of ships as they come in for refit. So that, instead of all ships of a class remaining basically the same in appearance throughout their service lives, their rigs are subject to change; which complicates even further the already difficult task of producing a technical annual like Fighting Ships. The British and American dockyards in particular seem to have the organisation and capacity to modify a warship almost overnight and often a ship, hitherto familiar to many from some easily identified feature, will sail out of the yard in a new guise, perhaps with a gun mounting or director missing here and torpedo tubes or guided missiles installed there, or a mysterious deckhouse jutting where there was clear deck previously and an erstwhile naked mast bristling with radar antennae of a shape never seen before—all being necessary additions or modifications for the new concept of sea warfare on the water, in the air, or below the surface. But with the co-operation and goodwill of the naval authori¬ ties of all but one or two of the maritime nations of the world, great and small, this edition maintains the Fighting Ships tradition, first established in 1897, of presenting a com¬ prehensive picture of the navies of the world. The technical ship data, reference tables and specialised notes have been extensively revised and in many cases con¬ siderably amplified, and some 470 new illustrations comprising 443 photographs and 27 drawings have been incorporated, either of newly built, reconstructed or recently converted warships, or to replace previous half-tones, plan and elevation drawings and silhouette sketches. Altogether there are over 2,500 photographs and scale drawings in this issue, and particulars are given of some 10,000 warships in the navies of 75 countries. The strengths of most of these are summarised in a two page spread table at the end of the book showing the number of warships in each category at a glance for each country. The Frontispiece this year features cutaway pictures of three new British warships of widely differing size, category and function: H.M.S. Hermes , the latest aircraft carrier which came into operational service this year; H.M.S. Devonshire , the guided missile destroyer launched in June; and H.M.S. Mohawk, the general purpose frigate in the early stages of construction. The student of naval affairs, let alone the layman might well be forgiven for asking, “ What is a guided missile destroyer ? ” Is it a destroyer of guided missiles or a destroyer armed with guided missiles ? If the latter are they ship-to-ship guided missiles superseding the main armament or merely ship-to-air guided weapons and little more than improved anti-aircraft guns in replacement of the secondary armament ? And is the Devonshire a destroyer as we have hitherto known it ? Is she not up in the cruiser displacement range ? These questions reflect the confusion, if not chaos, in the realm of terms in naval architecture. And if ever there was a time when confusion should be obviated it is today when standardisation is the watchword, and liaison between allied navies, especially groups such as NATO, is close-knit. If navies worked alone these days the classification of war¬ ships would matter only to those interested enough to make comparisons between the ships of each category in the various navies. But navies are not autonomous today. Those of the NATO powers are closely integrated strategically, tactically and operationally and in wartime would presumably work as one navy, even more closely than they do during periodical exercises in peacetime. If the admiral in supreme command of the allied navies called for a certain number of destroyers or frigates he would expect to get a fairly homogeneous squadron allocated for the task in prospect. But what he would get today if he demanded a proportion of each navy commensurate with its strength is a heterogeneous collection of ships ranging from small gunboats up to light cruisers. Frigates now range from 6,000-ton ships in the United States Navy down to 600-ton ships in European navies, and destroyers range from the new so-called guided missile destroyers of 5,000 tons in the British Navy down to vessels of 1,000 tons in other navies. The fact is that warship terms have now lost their meaning, judged either from the criterion of size or function. Battleship meant a ship in the line of battle (line-of-battle ship—abbrevia¬ ted to battleship), but Jutlands are never likely to be fought again, and all warships fight battles in a general, limited, or specialised way. Cruiser meant a self-contained ship capable of cruising independently without support from other ships, but many other warships qualify in these respects today. Destroyer meant a destroyer of torpedo boats (torpedo boat destroyer—abbreviated to destroyer), but they grew out of that category and became anti-submarine vessels and maids- of-all work. Frigate was a term revived from Nelsonic times to indicate the enlarged type of corvette (a term itself revived from the past) evolved to deal with the submarine menace. Yet all these terms were handy one-word designations which until the end of the Second World War denoted ships in their own definite size and function ranges in descending order of importance—battleship, cruiser, destroyer, frigate, corvette; all fleet or escort types, as distinct from the highly specialised types like aircraft carrier, submarine, minelayer, minesweeper and landing craft, which are specifically designed for attack or defensive tasks and require hull forms and weapons outside the conventional run of naval architecture. It has been the custom in recent years, especially in the United States Navy, to classify ships according to their type of machinery and the weapons they carry, e.g. Nuclear Power Aircraft Carrier, Guided Missile Cruiser. But assuming that a nuclear power plant is only a logical advance in the science of marine engineering and that a guided missile launcher is merely a longer range and more accurate gun still within the sphere of ordnance engineering, why should these features determine the classification of the vessels in which they are installed ? Hitherto we have not distinguished between vessels of the same category according to whether they had reciprocating engines, steam turbines, diesels or gas turbines. Nor have we made a distinction in the category of vessels carrying guns of different marks or calibres (except as required by Treaty definition) or mounted singly or multiply, or hand- served, semi-automatic or fully automatic. Classifying a ship by its guided missile capability might have been more justifiable if the guided missiles had been ship-to-ship weapons, but surface ships so far equipped are armed with ship-to-air weapons which can be regarded only as improved anti-aircraft guns. And classifying a ship by its nuclear power plant can only be justified in so far as it makes an underwater craft into a true submarine as distinct from a submersible boat propelled by diesels. In some quarters it has been the tendency to lump together all warships armed with guided missiles—cruisers, destroyers, frigates and submarines—as if the guided missiles themselves can give these widely diversified types kinship enough to form a separate category. The confusion of thought in applying the criterion of type of propulsion and armament to determine category is still further complicated by the size of ships within the categories, for frigates first overlapped and then overtook the size of iv Designers and builders of ships that serve the world a INGALLS THE INGALLS SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION / PASCAGOULA, MISS. • Executive Offices: Birmingham. Ala. Shipyards: Pascagoula, Miss. - Decatur, Ala. 59 adv. FOREWORD — continued destroyers and have now soared into the light cruiser range. If the criterion cannot be propulsion, armament or size, how can the warships of the present and future be classified to give the standardisation so necessary for the unified command of | international navies in war ? Or for that matter the standardisa¬ tion required for the successful operation of a national fleet ? Perhaps the only answer is to go back to first principles and apply the criterion of function or role. Today we have attack ships, command ships, assault ships, support ships, deterrent ships, commando ships, task ships, anti-submarine warfare ships, amphibious warfare ships, early warning ships, anti-aircraft ships, aircraft direction ships, and amphibious force flagships, as well as submarines and sub- mersibles of various sub-categories, and minelayers, mine¬ sweepers, convoy escorts, patrol vessels and a host of auxiliaries. How to boil the list down to a few terms recognisable at sight in the printed word is a problem facing the naval staffs of all the big maritime nations, especially the NATO group. It is to be hoped that long portmanteau terms like Anti- Submarine Warfare Support Aircraft Carrier, Guided Missile Light Cruiser, Radar Picket Destroyer, Nuclear Power Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine, Mine Countermeasures and Support Ship, Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ship, and Drone Aircraft Catapult Control Craft will be dropped in favour of terse one or two word terms as simple as the terms cruiser, destroyer, frigate and corvettes to which we have become accustomed. There is much to be said for the United States system of designation by symbols. There is, for example, no mistaking that a CGN is a cruiser with guided missiles and nuclear powered, or that a DER is a destroyer escort and radar picket. ! With the eclipse of well known and well defined types of warships which have symbolised sea might since the beginning of the century, and the introduction of specialised types of naval vessels which defy designation in any broad category, it is imperative that some new system of classification be introduced soon. Battleships have become all but extinct. They have totally disappeared from the British, Soviet, Italian, Swedish, Tur¬ kish, Argentine, Brazilian and Chilean Navies, eight remain in reserve in the United States Navy and one in the French Navy. Cruisers are following battleships into obsolescence. The United States, Great Britain and Russia have all scrapped cruisers recently, and they are not being replaced. Although it is some years since it was officially said that the modern submarine would ultimately sound the death knell of the aircraft carrier, it does seem at present that aircraft carriers are enjoying a pre-eminence likely to last for some time, and they will probably stay as the main striking ships of those navies which now possess them for the foreseeable future. But it must be recognised that with the advent of aircraft of the vertical take-off and landing type the aircraft carrier is not likely to remain static in concept—indeed it may not require anything like its present shape or form at all to carry and operate the aircraft of the future. Russia considers that air¬ craft carriers are as outmoded as the great surface artillery ships of the past on the grounds that the development of rocket weapons, radio, electronics and other modern tech¬ niques sharply limit their military possibilities. But there is no doubt that there is a future for the commando carrier and its American equivalent, the amphibious assault ship. The number of fixed wing aircraft carriers proper will almost certainly be limited on account of cost alone, and giant deter¬ rent carriers, attack carriers and task force carriers are likely to continue to be built only by the United States. Only one other country, France, has built aircraft carriers, and only two, of completely post-war conception and construction. Great Britain has ordered no aircraft carriers since the end of the Second World War, although she has completed several war-built hulls and rebuilt a pre-war hull. The most spectacular advances have been made in submarine construction, especially in the United States where the building of conventionally powered submarines has been discontinued as in future all submarines are to be nuclear powered. The range in both size and function of the new American submarines indicates the possibility of a navy entirely composed of nuclear powered underwater craft, comprising the modern equivalents of battleships (with the heaviest artillery—in the shape of Polaris missiles), aircraft carriers (with a hangar and a flight apron for a helicopter or seaplane), cruisers (with a hangar for Regulus missiles), destroyers (high speed attack submarines), frigates (anti-submarine submarines), and early warning escorts (with radar picket capabilities). One nuclear powered submarine is worth at least three conventionally powered submarines, for while three of the latter are required to maintain a single boat on operational patrol (one unit on station, one unit returning to base for refuelling, and one unit at base being refuelled) the nuclear powered submarine can cruise almost indefinitely. At present the type of warship built recently or being built in the greatest numbers (apart from minesweepers and coastal craft) is the vessel of the broad leader-destroyer-frigate category for anti-submarine, anti-aircraft or radar picket duties, although as these have soared outside the displacement limits of destroyers and frigates as we have hitherto known them and are of infinitely greater complicacy, thereby costing ten times as much, they are not being built in the numbers that obtained in former days when there were fewer submarines to oppose them. One of the major problems that the United States Navy, the British Navy and the other navies in NATO have to face is how best to be ready for the day when they may be opposed by great numbers of nuclear powered submarines. But even today the potential enemy submarine menace is colossal. In the event of hostilities the allied navies might be threatened by 450 to 500 submarines, and the damage they could inflict on our materiel, personnel and economy baulks the imagination when it is remembered that at the height of the 1939-45 war little more than a fifth of this total was enough to bring the United Kingdom to the brink of starvation not only as regards food for its population but as regards the vital raw materials required to prosecute the war. While the United States, Britain, France, Italy, the Nether¬ lands, Canada and other NATO countries have all built a certain number of anti-submarine vessels since the end of the Second World War, and also have a reserve of modernised war-built destroyers and frigates, the total number of all the anti-submarine vessels available would not be sufficient to meet the threat of enemy submarine attack. It is perhaps not generally appreciated that the U.S.S.R. not only has more submarines than all the other countries in the world put together, but she has built more destroyers and frigates since the end of the Second World War than all the other nations of the world put together, although not many of them are as big or of such a high quality as some of the British and American ships of the category. However, a navy's strength does not lie altogether in the number of its orthodox warships. It depends on technological know-how and specialised application stemming from research and development both at sea and on shore. The existence of such vessels as missile range ships and advanced submarine parent ships prompts the thought that a vessel does not have to be built on warship lines to be an important naval unit. The best disguise for secret operations by a navy is a converted mercantile hull in which trials and experiments are conducted far out of sight in the vastness of oceans like the Pacific. Great Britain H.M.S. Hermes, laid down in 1944 and launched in 1953, was finally completed and joined the fleet as an operational aircraft carrier in the summer of I960. The larger aircraft carrier Ark Royal also joined the fleet after refit. Her sister ship Eagle is undergoing full modernisation and recon¬ struction to bring her up to the same standard as the rebuilt aircraft carrier Victorious. The aircraft carrier Bulwark has been converted into and is operating as a commando carrier, and a sister ship, H.M.S. Albion , is to be similarly converted. The cruiser Lion, laid down in 1942 and launched in 1944 was completed in 1960, and her sister ship Blake, also completely redesigned on a war-built hull, will be completed in the New Year, thus making a trio with H.M.S. Tiger, completed last year. These three vessels will soon be the sole survivors of the fleet of 60 cruisers which Britain possessed at the end of the Second World War. Of the four so-called guided missile destroyers of the new v FOREWORD — continued 44 Count/ " class under construction, the first, H.M.S. Devon¬ shire , was launched in June. Three more of the seven general purpose frigates of the “ Tribal " class have been launched this year, the Gurkha, Nubian and Tartar, following the prototype Ashanti which took the water last year. Of the anti-submarine frigates of the “ Whitby " class, four more were completed, Londonderry, Rothesay, Rhyl and Yarmouth , while another, Lowestoft, was launched. The last of the four anti-aircraft frigates of the “ Leopard " class, Jaguar, and the last of the four aircraft direction frigates of the “ Salisbury " class, Lincoln, have been completed. A new “ Leander " class of all-purpose or versa¬ tile anti-submarine frigates is projected. H.M.S. Dreadnought, Britain's first nuclear powered sub¬ marine, was launched on 21st October, and a second nuclear powered submarine has been ordered, while of conventional, submarines, Finwhale, the sixth of the “ Porpoise " class was completed, and Onslaught, the third of the “ Oberon " class was launched. The Admiralty is making an urgent study of the requirements for British built submarines capable of carrying Polaris type missiles. Ships of the Royal Navy scrapped or disposed of during the year include the last battleship, H.M.S. Vanguard, the cruisers Superb, Ceylon, (the latter sold to Peru), Jamaica, Kenya, Mauritius, and Birmingham, eight destroyers of the “Battle" class, eight destroyers of the “ C " class, 24 frigates, ten submarines, 17 ocean minesweepers, and many smaller war¬ ships. Among the new photographs added to the British section are those of the new aircraft carrier Hermes, the large air¬ craft carrier Ark Royal after refit, the commando carrier Bulwark, as converted, the new cruisers Tiger and Lion (the latter in the Addenda), the radar pickets Scorpion and Crossbow after conversion, the new anti-submarine frigate Rothesay (in the Addenda), the nuclear powered submarine Dreadnought, the new submarine Cachalot, the converted submarine Scotsman, the reconstructed escort maintenance ship Hartland Point, and the new boom defence vessel Laymoor. United States The U.S.S. Enterprise, the world's largest ship and the first aircraft carrier ever to be powered by nuclear energy, was launched (floated up in dry dock) in September. This colossal vessel with a full load displacement of nearly 86,000 tons, a length of 1,100 feet, a width of 252 feet (more than the com¬ bined beams of the liners Queen Elizabeth and Queen-Mary), a flight deck with an area of five acres, accommodation for 4,600 officers and men, and a speed of 35 knots, will have a round the world radius of action and will be capable of opera¬ ting for five years without refuelling. The Kitty Hawk, the fifth of the “ Forrestal " class, the lar¬ gest conventionally powered aircraft carriers in the world, with a full load displacement of 76,000 tons, was completed at the end of I960, and a sixth ship, Constellation, was launched. Of a new category of amphibious assault ships or helicopter carriers, the equivalent of the British commando carrier, the Iwo Jima was launched while her sister ship Okinawa was laid down and a third ship ordered. The world's first nuclear powered cruiser, the Long Beach, which is also the first nuclear powered surface fighting ship in the world and the first cruiser designed from the keel up with guided missiles instead of guns, was scheduled to be completed at the end of the year. More heavy cruisers and large light cruisers have been or are being converted into guided missile ships. The world's first nuclear powered frigate, the Bainbridge, scheduled to be launched in I960, will be armed with advanced Terrier ship-to-air guided weapons. Two of the ten guided missile frigates of the “ Coontz " class, Dewey and Preble have been completed while six others are scheduled to be completed by the end of this year and two early in 1961. Nine improved vessels of the type are under construction. Three of the projected 21 guided missile destroyers of the “ Adams " class, Charles F. Adams, John King and Henry B. Wilson, have also been completed and ten others will be completed next year. No fewer than 17 nuclear powered submarines have now been completed, including three fleet ballistic misisle sub¬ marines, George Washington, Patrick Henry and Theodore Roosevelt, all capable of firing the Polaris weapon; the radar picket Triton, the largest submarine in the world, and Halibut, the first submarine designed and built from the start as a guided missile carrier. The atomic submarine line-up for the United States Navy is now very formidable. It comprises Nautilus, Seawolf, Skate, Swordfish, Sargo, Seadragon, Skipjack, Triton, Halibut, Scamp, Scorpion, Sculpin, Shark, Snook, Thresher, Permit, Plunger, Barb, Tullibee, George Washington, Patrick Henry, Theodore Roosevelt, Robert E. Lee, Abraham Lincoln, Pollack, Haddo, Jack, Tinosa, Dace, Ethan Allen, Sam Houston, Thomas A. Edison, John Marshall, Guardfish, Flasher, Greening, Gato and Lafayette, to mention only the 38 so far named, and others are in project. History was made when the nuclear powered fleet ballistic missile submarine George Washington fired Polaris missiles while under water, the first time such weapons had been launched from a submerged submarine, and in naval circles this is considered to be the most important event of the year, far outweighing all other military progress in its signifi¬ cance for the future. The United States is considered to have made a technical break-through comparable to the explosion of the first atomic bomb. The United States Navy is to raise its Polaris ballistic missile submarine fleet to 45 units. This ultimate figure was revised upwards from 40 in I960. About sixty per cent of these will be on station. Twenty-seven operational submarines each carrying 16 missiles would give the fleet the most terrific striking power the world has ever known. No more conventionally powered submarines will be built for the United States Navy. In future all newly constructed submarines will be nuclear powered. It is planned that by 1967 there will be a fleet of 75 nuclear powered submarines. By 1970 it is intended to have 150 ships with nuclear powered machinery plants and 200 ships armed with surface-to-air guided missiles. All combatant ships will be armed with anti-submarine missiles or equipped with anti-submarine aircraft. However, the majority of the existing ships of the United States fleet are growing old. After nearly 20 years of strenuous use they are wearing out or have become obsolescent. A programme of ship replacement and modernisation is considered to be imperative in the highest U.S. Naval hierarchy. Of 34 large aircraft carriers only 7 are of post-war design and construction (26 lighter war-built aircraft carriers also survive). Of 47 cruisers only one is of post-war design and construction. Of 372 completed destroyers only 20 are of post-war design and construction. Of 274 destroyer escorts only 17 are of post-war design and construction. And of 173 complete submarines only 34 are of post-war deisgn and construction. But to keep the record straight it should be mentioned that many of the surviving war-built ships have been modernised, that construction has proceeded apace on the construction of the new category of DLs (frigates or destroyer leaders), that many minesweepers and amphibious ships have been built and a host of auxiliary naval vessels converted, and that a large number of warships have been built for foreign countries under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program. Warships scrapped or sold during the year include two light carriers, 19 escort carriers, two battleships, two battle cruisers, four light cruisers, 24 destroyer escort transports, 30 sub¬ marines and many minesweepers and landing ships, all built during the Second World War. Among the photographs added in the United States section are those of the modernised attack aircraft carrier Coral Sea, the converted guided missile cruisers Little Rock and Providence, the new guided missile frigate Dewey, the new guided missile destroyer Charles F. Adams, the reconstructed destroyers John W. Thomason and Hazelwood, the nuclear powered fleet ballistic missile submarines George Washington and Patrick Henry, the giant nuclear powered radar picket submarine Triton, and the nuclear powered guided missile submarine Halibut. U.S.S.R. Although the Soviet Navy is believed to have reduced her VI FO REWORD — continued total number of submarines from about 500 to 450 units for the time being, this is only because she has scrapped or given away old submarines of the smaller and coastal types and is concentrating on the construction of larger and more effective types. Doubtless, when the crews relieved from the older boats have undergone technical courses enabling them to operate the larger and more complicated nuclear powered and guided missile submarines coming forward, the reduction in numbers will be compensated by modern submarines emerging from the shipyards, and the Soviet submarine fleet will then consist largely of newer, larger and more operational units instead of including a proportion of old, small and reserve boats, and thus be more powerful than at any time in Soviet history. Soviet leaders have said that the Soviet Navy have some nuclear powered submarines. In some quarters it is doubted whether they are operational but this ostrich-like attitude can hardly be reconciled with the success which attended the building and operation of the Soviet nuclear powered ice¬ breaker Lenin, of cruiser size, from which Soviet naval archi¬ tects, marine engineers and nuclear physicists must have gained the required technical and scientific data for application to submarines. It is also probably wishful thinking to deny the existence of Soviet submarines capable of firing guided missiles. It is obvious that the Soviet Navy has the intention of launching guided missiles from submarines for, according to the American Chief of Naval Operations, the United States has photographs of Soviet submarines which have ballistic missile tubes in them, and it is only common sense to assume that the U.S.S.R. is working very hard on the missiles themselves. What is perhaps more open to doubt is whether they can be fired submerged and whether they have a range as long as that of the Polaris projectile. But it would be unwise to assume, especially in view of Soviet success in astral rocketry, that the U.S.S.R. is any less capable than other nations in the field of hydrodynamic rocketry. Among the new photographs in the Soviet section are those of the new “ Z ” class submarines and the nuclear powered icebreaker Lenin. France The new aircraft carrier Clemenceau has been completed and her sister ship Foch is nearing completion. These are the first aircraft carriers built in France and are of entirely post-war design and construction. A guided missile cruiser is projected. Among the new photographs in the French section are those of the new aircraft carrier Clemenceau , the new anti-submarine destroyer La Galissoniere , and the new dual purpose frigate Commandant Riviere. Italy A third guided missile escort cruiser is to be laid down. The design of the submarine killer type submarines Alpino Bagnolini and Enrico Totj has again been recast. Among the new photographs in the Italian section are those of the re¬ constructed guided missile cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi on trials and the converted command ship Grecale. japan The first guided missile destroyer is to be built in Japan, “ Tartar ” missiles being supplied from the U.S.A. The new 5-year defence plan calls for the construction in Japan of two anti-submarine helicopter carrier groups, each group consisting of one helicopter carrier and seven or eight screening ships. Japan plans to build up to 20 submarines. Two large destroyers have been completed in Japanese shipyards under a United States “ off-shore ” procurement agreement. Germany The Bundesmarine has launched two large destroyers and two fast frigates, and is to build five guided missile destroyers with a displacement approaching 6,000 tons. A large war- built U-boat sunk at the end of the war but raised in 1957 has been rebuilt and recommissioned under the name Wilhelm Bauer. Many new coastal minesweepers, motor torpedo boats and fast inshore minesweepers have been completed. For its revision this year Fighting Ships is much indebted to the several Naval Boards, Navy Departments and Ministries of Marine and Defence who furnished information and photo¬ graphs. In most instances this was facilitated by the kindness of the Ambassadors and Naval Attaches in London. The following may be particularly mentioned: Rear Admiral Victor B. Marchal, French Navy; Rear-Admiral Robert W. Cavenagh, United States Navy; Commodore N. O. J. Krokstedt, Royal Swedish Navy, Commodore Abhai Sitakalin, Royal Thai Navy, Captain Carlos A. Sanchez Sanudo, Argentine Navy, Captain Luiz Gonzaga Doring, Brazilian Navy; Captain Arturo K. Oxley, Chilean Navy; Captain Ramon Castro Jijon, Ecuadorian Navy; Captain M. H. Salminen, Finnish Navy; Captain E. G. Panas, Royal Hellenic Navy; Captain Emanuele Filiberto Perucca Orfei, Italian Navy; Captain Yoshio Takahashi, Defence Attache, Japanese Embassy; Captain R. M. Crommelin, Royal Netherlands Navy; Captain Sjur N. Ostervold, D.S.C., Royal Norwegian Navy; Captain Sr. Don Manuel Alderequia Amor, Spanish Navy; Captain Mithat Uler, Turkish Navy; Captain Armando de Pedraza Pereira, Venezuelan Navy; Captain Orfeo Ticac, Yugoslavian Navy; Colonel B. E. M. Leon Tancre, Naval Attache, Belgian Embassy; Colonel B.Givli, Naval Attache, Israeli Embassy; Commander A. Zimmermann, Federal German Navy; Commander R. Sardjoeno, Indonesian Navy; Commander Jaime Lopes, Portuguese Navy and Lt. Colonel Jens Borge Danielsen, Naval Attache, Danish Embassy. Acknowledgment is made of the kind co-operation of Captain A. H. Wallis, C.B.E., R.N. (Retd.), Chief of Naval In¬ formation, London and his staff; and of Commander Pickett Lumpkin, U.S.N., Chief, Navy Section, Office of News Services, Department of Defense, Washington, D.C., and his staff. The revisions furnished by Captain A. O. Solomon, C.D., R.C.N., Naval Secretary, Department of National Defence Ottawa; and by Captain R. T. Power, R.A.N., Director of Naval Intelligence, Department of the Navy, Melbourne, are also gratefully acknowledged. Thanks are also due to Commodore N. A. Mackinnon, R.A.N., Royal Australian Naval Liaison Officer, London; Commodore P. D. Taylor, D.C.S., C.D., R.C.N., Royal Canadian Naval Liaison Officer, London; Captain F. N. F. Johnston, D.S.C., R. N.Z.N., Royal New Zealand Naval Liaison Officer, London; Commander M. A. K. Lodi, P.N., Pakistan Naval Adviser and Naval Liaison Officer, London; Commander J. C. Goosen, S. A.N., South African Naval Liaison Officer, London; and Major M. A. Jeewasoma, C.A., Ceylon Services Attache, London. To M. Henri le Masson, Editor of “ Flottes de Combat Herr Alexander Bredt, Editor of “ Weyers Flottentaschen- buch Rear-Admiral Aldo Cocchia, Editor of “ Rivista Marittima Captain Allan Kull, Editor of “ Marinkalender Mr. Paul Rawlings, Editor of “Our Navy Lieut-Com- mander H. M. Colter, R.C.N., Editor of “The Crowsnest and Mr. Nils Ericson, Editor of “ Sveriges Flotta,” our warmest thanks are due for information or photos furnished. Private correspondents who have assisted this year include; Ing. Luigi Accorsi; Rear-Admiral M. J. Adam, C.V.O., C.B.E.; Sr. Alfredo Aguilera; Sig. Giorgio Arra; Mr. William H. Davis; Mr. B. L. Devenish-Meares; Captain Aldo Fraccaroli; Mr. Hajime Fukaya; Mr. A. W. Grazebrook; Lieut.-Commander Alvin H. Grobmeier; Dr. Erich Groner; Herr Torsten Hallon- blad; Mr. Martin E. Holbrook; Ing. Augusto Nani; Dr. Ian S. Pearsall; Herr Werner Schiefer; Engineer Captain Aluino Martins da Silva; Captain R. Steen Steensen, R.D.N.; Mr. Ted Stone; Herr Stefan Terzibaschitsch; Mr. Godfrey H. Walker; and many others who prefer to remain anonymous. The Editor would like to express his warm appreciation of the assistance given by associates Captain T. D. Manning, C.B.E., V.R.D., R.N.V.R., (Retd.); Mr. C. W. E. Richardson, and Mr. A. Hague. No illustration may be reproduced without the express permission of the Publisher; but the Press may reproduce at sight provided the Publishers are advised and Jane's Fighting Ships is fully acknowledged. Photographs credited to pro¬ fessional photographers are their own copyright property and should not be reproduced without their permission. Those who have photographs or information for the next edition, the preparation of which starts immediately, are invited to write as early in the year as possible, preferably not later than March, to The Editor, “ Fighting Ships ” care of Messrs. Sampson Low, Marston &. Co. Ltd., Potter Row, Great Missenden, Bucks, England. R.V.B.B. v ! vii GENERAL INDEX (Named Ships only) Abbreviations in ( ) following the name of the ship indicates the country. No abbreviation denotes Great Britain. A Argentine Eg Egypt J Japan Ro Roumania Bel Belgium F France Kor Korea R.N.Z.N. New Zealand Br Brazil Finland Finland M Malaya Pak Pakistan Bui Bulgaria Ger Germany Mex Mexico Rus U.S.S.R. Bur Burma Gr Greece N Netherlands S.A. South Africa Cey Ceylon Haiti Haiti Nor Norway Sp Spain Chil Chili Hon Honduras Pan Panama Sw Sweden c China Hun Hungary Para Paraguay Th Thailand Col Colombia 1 Italy Per Persia T Turkey Cu Cuba Ice Iceland P Peru U.S. United States Da Denmark In India Phil Philippines Ur Uruguay Dom Dominican Ind Indonesia Po Poland Ven Venezuela Republic Ir Iraq Port Portugal V.N. Viet Nam EA East Africa Iri Ireland R.A.N. Australia Yu Y ugoslavia Ec Ecuador Is Israel R.C.N. Canada Zan Zanzibar AALSMEER—AMORGOS Page Page Page Page A Aegir (Ice). . 185 Albany (U.S.) 323 1 Almirante Brion (Ven) 424 Aegir (U.S.) . 380 Albatros (Br) . 108 Almirante Cervera (Sp) ... 260 Aalsmeer (N) . 231 Aeneas . . 36 Albatros (1). 202 Almirante Clemente (Ven) 424 Aarosund (Da) 128 Aeolus (U.S.) . 385 Albatros (Po) . 249 Almirante Ferrandiz (Sp)... 262 Abatan (U.S.) . 388 Aeronaft (Rus) . 419 Albatros (Rus) . 407 Almirante Garcia de los Reyes (Sp) 265 Abbeydale. 56 Aetos (Gr) ... . 178 Albatros (U.S.) . 371 Almirante Garcia (Ven) ... 424 Abbot (U.S.) . 341 A. F. Dufour (Bel)... . 101 Albatros (Ger. W) 173 Almirante Grau (P) 241 Abbotsham... 47 Afadzato (Ghana) ... . 86 Albay (Phil) . 247 Almirante Jorge Montt (Chil) 1 16 Abcoude (N) . 231 Affray (U.S.) . 369 Albermarle (U.S.). 354 Almirante Julio de Noronha (Br) 108 Abdia Mendez (Col) 124 Alfonso de Albuquerque (Port) ... 253 Albert (Ice) . 185 Almirante Lacerda (Port) 255 Abdon Calderon (Ec) 136 Africaine (F) . 159 Albert T. Harris (U.S.) ... 347 Almirante Lobo (Sp) 268 Abercrombie (U.S.) 347 Afroessa (Gr) . 181 Albert W. Grant (U.S.) ... 340 Almirante Miranda (Sp) ... 262 Aberford . 49 Agadir (Mor) . 224 Alberto Gomez (Col) 124 Almirante Padilla (Col) ... 122 Aberwrach (F) 167 Agassiz (U.S.) . 397 Alberto Restrepo (Col) ... 124 Almirante Riveros (Chil)... 113 Abete (1) . 205 Agatan (Rus) . 421 Albion 10 Almirante Salhanda (Br) ... 108 Ability (U.S.) . 369 Agave (1) . . 205 Alblas (N). 231 Almirante Schultz (Port)... 256 Abnaki (U.S.) . 392 Agenais (F). . 155 Alcaston 46 Almirante Valdes (Sp) 262 Abraham Crijnssen (N) ... 232 Agerholm (U.S.) ... . 338 Alcide 36 Almirante Wadenkolk (Br) 108 Abraham Lincoln (U.S.) ... 357 Aggressive (U.S.) ... . 369 Alcione (1) ... 202 Almirante Williams (Chil) 113 Abraham van der Hulst (N) 232 Agile (U.S.) . 369 Alcor (U.S.) . 387 Aloe (U.S.). 389 Absecon (U.S.) 396 Agile (F) . . 162 Aldan (Rus) . 421 Alosha Popovich (Rus) 422 Abtao (P). 243 Agincourt ... . 20 Aldebaran (F) . 161 Aloto (U.S.) . 439 Abukuma (J) . 218 Agissante (F) . 165 Aldebaran (Sw) 275 Alp Arslan (T) . 291 Acacia (F) ... 161 Aguirre (P). . 242 Aldebaran (1) . 201 Alpino Bagnolini (1) 203 Acacia (l) ... 205 Ahrens (U.S.) . 349 Aldebaran (Ger. W) 174 Alsacien (F) . 155 Acacia (U.S.) 399 Ahven (Fin) . 142 Aldebaran (U.S.). 387 Alsea (U.S.) . 392 Acadian (R.C.M.P.) 75 Aias (Gr) . . 183 Alder Lake (Rus). 414 Alshain (U.S.) . 377 Acanthe (F) . 161 Ai te uade (F). . 167 Alderney . 36 Alssund (Da) . 128 Acchileus (Gr) . 183 Ailette (F). . 156 Aldington ... 46 Alstede (U.S.) . 386 Accokeek (U.S.) ... 392 Air Chief (R.A.N.) . 66 Aleksandr Nevski (Rus) ... 402 Altagracia (Dom) ... 134 Acharn6 (F) . 167 Air Master (R.A.N.) . 66 Aleksandr Suvorov (Rus)... 402 Altair (F) . 161 Acheloos (Gr) . 182 Air Speed (R.A.N.) . 66 Alencon (F). 161 Altair (1) . 201 Achelous (U.S.) . 381 Air Trail (R.A.N.)... . 66 Alert . 33 Altair (Sw). 275 Achernar (F) 161 Airone (1). . 202 Alert (Phil). 247 Altair (U.S.) . 386 Achernar (U.S.) . 377 Airsprite ... . 57 Alert (R.C.M.P.). 75 Alter Haffen (Ger. W) ... 175 Acheron 36 Aisne . . 20 Alert (U.S.) . 397 Althea (U.S.) . 400 Achomawi (U.S.) ... 392 Ajax (U.S.). . 381 Alerte (F). 162 Alturas (U.S.) . 370 Acme (U.S.U) . 369 A. J. Bussemaker (N) . 259 Alexander J. Luke (U.S.)... 348 Altus (U.S.) . 370 Aconit (F). 161 Ajisai (J) . . 214 Alferez Mackinlay (A) 98 Alu Alu (Ind) . 187 Acre (Br). 106 Ajonc (F) ... . 161 Alfios (Gr). 182 Aludra (U.S.) . 386 Acree (U.S.) . 351 Ajuricaba (Br) . 106 Alfonso Varvas (Col) 124 Alulu (Ind). 188 Active (U.S.) . 397 Akaba Ben Maseh (Sy) . 279 Alfred A. Cunningham (U.S.) 339 Alvares Cabral (Port) 252 Acushnet (U.S.) . 400 Akar (T) . . 295 Alfriston 46 Alvin C. Cockrill (U.S.) ... 347 Acute 40 Akebono (J) . 212 Algerien (F) . 156 Alvsnabben (Sw). 273 Adamant 41 Akin (T) . . 295 Algol (U.S.) . 377 Amahai (Ind) . 188 Adamidis (Gr) 181 Akizuki (J). 218,210 Algol (Ger. W) . 174 Amakusa (J) 217 Adams (U.S.) . 344 Akpinar (T) . 295 Algol (F) . 161 Amarante (F) . 162 Adamsville (R.C.N.) 75 Aktion (Gr) . 180 Algonquin (R.C.N.) 71 Amasra (T)... 293 Adang (Th). 289 Aktivni (Rus) . 419 Algorma (U.S.) . 392 Amazonas (Br) . 106 Adige (1) . 209 Akutan (U.S.) . 385 Alholm (Da) . 130 Amazonas (P) 244 Adirondack (U.S.). 355 Al Harissi (Sy) . 279 Alicudi (1). 207 Amazone (F) 158 Adjak (Ind). 187 Al Nasser (Eg) . 137 Aliakmon (Gr) . 182 Amberjack (U.S.). 363 Adler (Rus) . 419 Al Thawra (Ir) . 191 Alidada (Rus) 420 Amburan (Rus) 417 Admiral Lazarev (Rus) 2 ... 402, 422 Al Zaffer (Eg) . 137 Aliya (Cey). 76 Ambush 36 Admiral Makarov (Rus) 2... 422 Alabama (U.S.) ... . 320 Aik (Ger. W) . 173 America (P) 244 Admiral Nachimov (Rus)... 402 Alabarda (1) . 202 Alkai (Ind). 188 American Explorer (U.S.) 391 Admiral Senjavin (Rus) ... 402 Alacrity (U.S.) . 369 Alkyoni (Gr) . 181 Amerigo Vespucci (1) 208 Admiral Ushakov (Rus) ... 402 Alameda County (U.S.) . 374 Allagash (U.S.) . 391 Amerton 46 Adolf Bestelmeyer (Ger. W) 174 Alamgir (Pak) . 88 Allap (Ind). 188 Amfitriti (Gr) . 179 Adolf Luderitz (Rus) 417 Alamo (U.S.) . 373 Allegheny (U.S.). 392 Amherst 57 Adria (U.S.) . 386 Alano (1) . . 204 Allegiance ... 58 Amherst (U.S.) . 370 Adrias (G). 179 Alanya (T) ... . 293 Allen M. Summer (U.S.) ... 339 Amiral Charner (F) 154 Adrien de Gerlache (Bel) 101 Alaric . 36 Alliance . 36 Amiral Exelmans (F) 163 Adroit (F). 162 Alarm (Ir) ... . 191 Alligator. 58 Amiral Killick (Haiti) 184 Adroit (U.S.) . 369 Alatna (U.S.) . 390 Alloro (1). 205 Amiral Mouchez (F) 164 Advance (U.S.) . 369 Alatyr (Rus) . 421 Almanzora (Sp) 266 Amiral Murgescu (Ro) 258 Adversus (R.C.M.P.) 75 Alava (Sp). . 262 Almirante Antequera (Sp) 262 Ammen (U.S.) . 341 /Egir (Da) 131 Albacore (U.S.) ... . 362 Almirante Brion (Col) 122 1 Amorgos (Gr) . 182 viii Page 382 36 381 381 188 188 227 329 180 381 119 182 183 36 124 370 102 188 36 198 181 200 377 159 396 279 162 205 116 243 417 175 365 107 254 289 108 188 188 70 187 183 293 188 161 256 386 275 380 58 313 370 72 122 180 180 247 425 108 125 63 52 218 106 392 400 202 17 380 176 55 49 207 424 106 106 165 219 392 417 86 123 115 400 380 370 364 267 175 275 161 419 162 368 235 386 183 158 165 95 183 275 363 158 107 17 397 181 211 158 161 INDEX AMPERE—BENDALU Page Ariete (Sp). ... 264 Arikara (U.S.) ... 392 Arismendi (Ven) ... ... 424 Arish (Eg). ... 139 Aristaeus (U.S.) ... 381 Ark Royal. 8 Arko (Sw) ... ... 276 Arkturus (Ger. W) ... 174 Arlingham ... ... 47 Arlon (Bel). ... 102 Armatolos (Gr) ... 180 Arneb (U.S.) ... 377 Arno (1) . ... 209 Arnold J. Isbell (U.S.) ... 338 Arokwes (Ind) ... 188 Arromanches ... 53 Arromanches (F) ... ... 148 Arsella (1). ... 207 Artemis ... 36 Artemis (F). ... 159 Artevelde (Bel) ... 101 Artful . ... 36 Arthur L. Bristol (U.S.) ... 352 Artibonte (Haiti) ... ... 184 Artigas (Ur) ... 296 Artigliere (1) ... 199 Artillerist (Rus) ... ... 413 Arundel (U.S.) ... 400 Arunta (R.A.N.) ... ... 63 Ary Parrieros (Br) ... 108 Aryat (Ind). ... 188 Asachidori (J) ... 218 Asagumo (J) ... 218 Asahi (j) . ... 211 Asakaze (J). ... 211 Asalon (Per) ... 190 Ash (U.S.). ... 389 Ashanti . ... 23 Ashland (U.S.) ... 373 Ashtabula (U.S.) ... ... 391 Ashton . ... 46 Askari (U.S.) ... 381 Asko (Da). ... 130 Asnaes (Da) ... 130 Asphodele (F) ... 162 Asprianta Goicolea (Chil) ... 115 Aspirante Izaza (Chil) ... 115 Aspis (Gr). ... 178 Aspo (Sw) ... ... 276 Aspro (U.S.) ... 364 Assen (Bui). ... 109 Assiniboine (R.C.N.) ... 70 Assurance (U.S.) ... ... 369 Aster (U.S.) ... 399 Astice (1) . ... 207 Astings (Gr) ... 179 Astoria (U.S.) ... 329 Astrea (Sw) ... 275 Astree (F). ... 159 Astute ... 36 Atada (1) . ... 215 Atahualpa (Ec) ... 136 Atakapa (U.S.) ... 392 Athabaskan (R.C.N.) ... 69 Atico (P) . ... 244 Atka (U.S.). ... 392 Atlanta (U.S. ... 329 Atalnte (1). ... 209 Atlas (Gr). ... 183 Atlas (U.S.). ... 381 Atle (Sw) . ... 278 Atleta (1) . ... 209 Atrek (Rus) ... 417 Atrevida (Sp) ... 265 Atsumi (J). ... 217 Attat (Ind). ... 188 Attentif (F). ... 162 Attinia (1). ... 207 Atule (U.S.) ... 364 Auburn (U.S.) ... 355 Aucilla (U.S.) ... 391 Audaz (Br). ... 108 Audaz (Sp) ... ... 264 Augsburg (Ger. W) ... 170 Ault (U.S.). ... 339 Aura (Gr). ... 181 Aura (Fin) ... ... 142 Auriga ... 36 Aurochs ... 36 Aurora (Rus) ... 418 Aurora (U.S.) ... 397 Ausonia ... 43 Ausonia (1) ... ... 209 Autun (F). ... 161 Aveley ... 47 Avenge (U.S.) ... 369 Aventinus (U.S.) ... ... 381 Aventure (F) ... 156 Averse (F) ... ... 167 Aviere (1) . ... 199 Avoyel (U.S.) ... 400 Awaji (J) . ... 217 Awashima(l) ... 215 Axel (N) . ... 231 Axford ... 49 Axios (Gr). ... 182 Ayah (Is) . ... 193 Ayame (J). ... 214 Ayanami (J) (2 ships) 218, 210 Ayancik (T) ... 293 Ayat (Rus). ... 417 Page Ayvalik (T).293 Azalea (I).205 Azalea (U.S.) 399 Azalee (F). 161 Azami (J).214 Azar (Per). 191 Azevia (Port) . ... 256 Azimut (Rus) . 420 Azopardo (A) 97 Azor (Sp).267 Azveta (Mex) ... . 224 B Baago (Da). 130 Babitonga (Br) ... 106 Babolsar (Per) . 190 Babr (Per). 190 Babur (Pak) 87 Babut (Ind). 188 Baccarat (F) 161 Bacchus ... ... ... ... 56 Bach Dang (V.N.) (2) 426 Bache (U.S.) 341 Badascony (Hun). 184 Badminton ... ... ... ... 46 Badoeng Strait (U.S.) 316 Badr (Pak). 88 Baependi (Br) . 106 Bafra (T) 293 Bahaira (Eg) . 139 Baha Aguirre (A). 99 Bahia Blanca (A) ... ... ... 98 Bahai Buen Suceso (A) ... ... 99 Bahai Thetis (A). 99 Bahiana (Br) . 107 Bailey (U.S.) 344 Bainbridge (U.S.). 331 Baionetta (I) ... ... ... 202 Baire (Cu). 125 Baise (F) 167 Baku (Rus) ... ... ... ... 406 Balaklava (Rus) ... ... ... 419 Balam (Ind). 188 Balao (U.S.) 364 Bald Eagle (U.S.). 386 Baldaque da Silva (Port) ... ... 256 Balder (N).231 Balder (Sw) .279 Balduck (U.S.) 352 Baldwin (U.S.) 343 Balny(F) . 154 Balsam (U.S.) 399 Baltimore (U.S.). 325 Baltyk (Po).250 Bambara (F) 156 Bambu (I).205 Bancroft (U.S.) ... ... ... 344 Bandirma (T) 293 Bang (U.S.).364 Bangkeo (Th) ... ... ... 288 Bango (Ind)... ... ... ... 188 Bangpakong (Th). 286 Bangrachan (Th). 287 Banks (R.A.N.) 66 Banner (U.S.) ... ... ... 388 Banning (U.S.) ... ... ... 370 Bannock (U.S.) 392 Banteng (Ind) ... ... ... 187 Banquendano (ChiI) ... ... I 14 Bara (J) ... ... ... ... 214 Barataria (U.S.) ... ... ... 396 Barau (Ind). 188 Barb (U.S.).359 Barbain ... ... ... ... 51 Barbastel . 51 Barbecue ... ... ... ... 51 Barbel (U.S.) . 361 Barber (U.S.) 352 Barbero (U.S.) ... ... ... 367 Barberry (U.S.) 399 Barbette . 51 Barbican ... ... ... ... 51 Barbourne ... ... ... ... 51 Barbridge ... ... ... ... 51 Barcarole ... ... ... ... 51 Barcastle ... ... ... ... 51 Barcliffe . 51 Barclose ... ... ... ... 51 Barcock ... ... ... ... 51 Barcoo (R.A.N.) ... ... ... 65 Barcote ... ... ... ... 51 Barcroft . 51 Bardolf . 51 Bardsey . 50 Barfield . 51 Barfoam ... ... ... ... 51 Barfoil ... ... ... ... 51 Barfoot ... ... ... ... 51 Barfoss ... ... ... ... 51 Barfount ... ... ... ... 51 Barglow ... ... ... ... 51 Barhill . 51 Barholm ... ... ... ... 51 Page Bario (I) .203 Barking ... ... ... ... 51 Barkis . 51 Barlake . 51 Barleycorn ... ... ... ... 51 Barmond ... ... ... ... 51 Barmouth ... ... ... ... 51 Barnaby ... ... ... ... 51 Barnard ... ... ... ... 51 Barndale ... ... ... ... 51 Barnehurst 51 Barney (U.S.) 334 Barnstone ... ... ... ... 51 Barograf (Rus) . 420 Baron ... ... ... ... 51 Barova ... ... ... ... 51 Barq (In) . 81 Barracuda (U.S.). 362 Barrage . 51 Barranca ... ... ... ... 51 Barranquilla (Col)... ... ... 123 Barrett (U.S.) 378 Barrhead . ... 51 Barrier ... ... ... ... 51 Barrington ... ... ... ... 51 Barrosa ... ... ... ... 20 Barrosa (Br) . ... 104 Barroso Pereira (Br) ... ... 104 Barry (U.S.) 335 Barsing . 51 Barsound ... ... ... ... 51 Barspear ... ... ... ... 51 Barthorpe ... ... ... ... 51 Bartin (T).293 Bartizan ... ... ... 51 Bartolomeau Dias (Port). 253 Barton (U.S.) ... ... ... 339 Barunda (Ind) . 188 Barwind . 51 Barwon (R.A.N.) ... 65 Basaran (T)... ... ... ... 295 Basento (Rus) ... ... ... 421 Bashaw (U.S.) ... ... ... 365 Basilic (F). 162 Basilone (U.S.) ... ... ... 336 Basque (F). 155 Bass (R.A.N.) 66 Bass (U.S.).362 Bassein (Ind) ... ... ... 81 Bassett (U.S.) ... 352 Bassingham (E. Africa) . 86 Bassingham.. ... ... ... 47 Basswood (U.S.) 399 Bastion ... ... ... ... 53 Bastogne (Bel) . 102 Batangas (Phil) ... ... ... 246 Batesburg (U.S.). 370 Batfish (U.S.) 364 Battleaxe. 19 Bauer (U.S.) 345 Bauru (Br). 106 Baussell (U.S.) ... ... ... 338 Bavern (Sw) ... ... ... 273 Baya (Hun). 184 Baya (U.S.).365 Bayfield (U.S.) 376 Bayleaf . 55 Bayonnaise (F) ... ... ... 161 Baz (Is) . 193 Bdityelni (Rus) . 405 Beachampton ... ... ... 46 Beacon Hill (R.C.N.) 72 Beagle (A). 99 Beale (U.S.) 341 Beamsville (R.C.N.) 75 Bearnais (F) 155 Bearss (U.S.) 340 Beas (Ind) ... ... ... ... 80 Beatty (U.S.) 339 Beaufort (U.S.) 371 Beautemps-Beaupre (F) ... ... 157 Beberibe (Br) . 106 Beckford . 49 Becuna (U.S.) ... ... ... 364 Bedum (N). 231 Beech (U.S.) 400 Beech Lake (Rus). 414 Beemster (N) 231 Begna (Nor) . 238 Begonia (F). 161 Begonia (I).205 Begor (U.S.) 352 Beilen (N).231 Bekaka (Ind) . 188 Belatik (Ind) . 188 Belet (U.S.).352 Belfast . 16 Belier(F). 167 Bell (U.S.).341 Bellatrix (F) 161 Bellatrix (U.S.) 377 Belle Grove (U.S.). 373 Belle-Poule (F) 166 Bellerophon (U.S.) 381 Bellona (Da) . 127 Belomoretz (Bui) ... ... ... 109 Belos (Sw).277 Belton . 46 Ben Nevis. 52 Benavente (Br) . 106 Bendalu (Ind) ... ... ... 188 ix Page 340 337 313 340 167 188 396 134 234 233 407 161 170 15 50 161 43 126 106 187 24 129 404 364 161 387 188 205 80 352 46 376 293 293 405 405 405 405 405 250 188 205 221 396 222 256 266 334 188 189 491 172 375 293 335 46 364 329 81 172 123 428 161 400 56 47 292 130 189 160 371 399 347 221 181 249 340 83 56 277 46 364 399 24 399 31 351 14 374 335 102 231 124 224 165 46 188 364 352 161 188 276 91 339 75 386 56 73 361 399 371 INDEX Page Page Page Bluebonnet (U.S.)... 400 Brocklesby ... 33 Calabar (Nig) 82 Bluegill (U.S.) 365 Brommy (Ger. W) 171 Calamaro (1) 207 Blunham 47 Bronington... 46 Calcaterra (U.S.). 351 Blyskawica (Po) 248 Bronzewing (R.A.N.) 66 Caldas (Col) . 122 Blyskawiczny (Po)... 250 Brough (U.S.) . 350 Caldwell (U.S.) . 344 Boavista (Port) 255 Brouwershaven (N) 231 Caldy . 50 Bobr (Po) ... 249 Brown (U.S.) . 341 Calhoun County (U.S.) ... 374 Bocaina (Br) 106 Brown Ranger 56 Caliente (U.S.) . 391 Bodensee (Ger. W) 176 Brownson (U.S.) ... 338 California (Mex) ... 223 Bodenham ... 47 Bruine (F). 167 Callao (P). 245 Bodrl (Rus). 405 Bruinisse (N) . 231 Caloosahatchee (U.S.) 391 Bodrum (T) 293 Brule (U.S.) . 388 Calton 46 Boga (Ind). 188 Brummen (N) 231 Calumet (U.S.) 400 Bohol (Phil) 246 Brummer (Ger. W) 172 Calvert (U.S.) . 376 Boiki (Rus). 405 Brush (U.S.) . 339 Camanche (U.S.) ... 369 Bois Belleau (F) 149 Bryansford ... 49 Camarines Sur (Phil) 247 Bojeador (Phil) 247 Bryant (U.S.) . 340 Camberford 49 Bold (U.S.). 369 Bryce Canyon (U.S.) 380 Cambria (U.S.) 376 Bold Pathfinder 49 Buchanan (U.S.) 334 Cambrian. 22 Bolster (U.S.) 389 Buck (U.S.). 339 Camelia (F)— 161 Bolsward (N) 231 Buckeye (U.S.) . 389 Camp (U.S.) . 351 Bombardo (1) 202 Buckingham (R.C.N.) 72 Campanule (F) 162 Bon Homme Richard (U.S.) 312 Bucklesham 47 Campbell (U.S.) 396 Bonaventure (R.C.N.) 68 Buckley (U.S.) . 348 Camperdown 21 Bonefish (U.S.) ... 361 Buckthorn (U.S.) ... 389 Canadian River (U.S.) 439 Bondia (U.S.) 386 Buenos Aires (A) ... 96 Canakkale (T) . 292 Bondy (P). 243 Buffle (F) . 167 Canarias (Sp) 260 Bonita (U.S.) 362 Buffoluto (1) . 208 Canberra (U.S.) 324 Booth (U.S.) 351 Bugara (U.S.) . 364 Candarli (T) . 293 Borculo (N) 231 Buk Han (Kor) . 221 Candido Lequizamo (Col) 124 Bordelais (F) 155 Bulacan (Phil) . 247 Candido Perez (Sp) 266 Bordelon (U.S.) 337 Bulgia (N). 231 Canisteo (U.S.) . 391 Boreham 47 Bull (U.S.). 352 Cannanore (Ind) ... 81 Borgen (Nor) 239 Bullard (U.S.) . 340 Canonicus (U.S.) ... 369 Borie (U.S.) 339 Bullfinch 58 Canopo (1) ... 200 Borkum (Ger. W)... 176 Bulloch County (U.S.) 374 Canopus (Br) . 107 Borndiep (N) 231 Bulwark 9 Canopus (F) 161 Borne (N). 231 Bulwark (U.S.) . 369 Cantho (F). 161 Bornova (T) 293 Buna (J) . 213 Cap de la Madeleine (R.C.N.) 72 Borum (U.S.) 349 Bunard (Ind) . 187 Capable 58 Bossington ... 46 Bunch (U.S.) . 352 Cape (U.S.). 372 Boston (U.S.) 324 Buncombe County (U.S.)... 438 Cape Breton (R.C.N.) 73 Botan (J) . 214 Bundaberg (R.A.N.) 78 Cape Esperance (U.S.) 317 Botetourt (U.S.) ... 376 Bunker Hill (U.S.). 313 Cape Gloucester (U.S.) ... 316 Bottineau (U.S.) ... 376 Bunting (U.S.) . 433 Cape Scott (R.C.N.) 73 Bottisham ... 47 Burdjamhal (Ind) ... 189 Capella (F). 161 Bouchard (A) 98 Burdo (U.S.) . 352 Caperton (U.S.) ... 340 Boulonnais (F) 155 Burke (U.S.) . 352 Capitaine (U.S.) . 364 Bourdonnais (F) 153 Burin (R.C.M.P.). 75 Capitan Alsina (Dom) 134 Bourguignon (F) ... 155 Burlivyi (Rus) . 404 Capitan Bocanegra (Col) ... 124 Boutwell (U.S.) 397 Burnaston ... 46 Capitan Cabral (Para) 240 Bouvet (F). 154 Burns (U.S.) . 341 Capitan Canepa (A) 98 Bovesse (Bel) 101 Burrfish (U.S.) . 366 Capital Castrol (Col) 124 Bowditch (U.S.) ... 384 Burton Island (U.S.) 392 Capitan Julio Patino (Col) 124 Bowen (U.S.) 364 Burun (Rus) 41 1 Capitan Maduro (Dom) ... 134 Bowers (U.S.) 352 Burza (Po) ... 248 Capitan Miranda (Ur) 296 Boxer (U.S.) 313 Bushnell (U.S.) . 380 Capitan Rigoberto Giraldo (Col) 124 Boxtel (N) ... 231 Bussard (Ger. W). 173 Capitan Ruiz (Col) 124 Boxwood (U.S.) 389 Bussemaker (N) 231 Capitan Tono (Col) 122 Boya (Dom) 134 Bustler 58 Capitan Vladimir Valek (Col) 124 Boyd (U.S.). 341 Bussemaker (N) ... 231 Capitan Wenceslao Arvelo (Dom) 133 Boyle (U.S.) 344 Bustler 58 Capiz (Phil) 246 Bozcaada (T) 293 Butternut (U.S.) . 389 Capotillo (Dom) ... 134 Bracco (1). 204 Buttonwood (U.S.) 399 Caprice ... . 22 Bracui (Br). 106 Buttress 53 Capricorne (F) 161 Bradford (U.S.) ... 341 Buyukdere (T) 293 Capricornus (U.S.) 377 Bradley County (C) 284 Bystry (Po). 250 Captor (R.C.M.P.). 75 Brage (Nor) 237 Bystryi (Rus) 405 Carabiniere (1) . 199 Brahmaputra (In) ... 80 Carbonero (U.S.) ... 364 Braine (U.S.) 341 Card (U.S.). 318 Bramble (U.S.) 399 Cardak (T). 293 Brambleleaf 55 Cardigan Bay 31 Brannaren (Sw) 279 Cardingham 47 Brattleboro (U.S.)... 370 Cardingham (Hong Kong) 86 Brava (Port) 255 Careful . 58 Brave Borderer 48 Carhampton 46 Brave Swordsman ... 48 C Carib (U.S.) . 392 Bream (U.S.) 365 Caribe (Cu) . 125 Brearley 47 Cabezon (U.S.) . 364 Carite (Ven) . 425 Bredskar (Sw) 276 Cabildo (U.S.) . 373 Carlo Bergamini (1) 200 Bremen (Ger. W)... 170 Cabimas (Col) 124 Carlo Margottini (1) 200 Bremerton (U.S.) ... 325 Cabo Blanco (P) 245 Carlos Galindo (Col) 124 Bremon (Sw) 276 Cabo Buen Tiempo (A) ... 99 Carmi (U.S.) . 370 Bremse (Ger. W) ... 172 Cabo Bustos (Chil) 115 Carmick (U.S.) . 343 Brenchley ... 47 Cabo Fradera (Sp)... 268 Carnduff (R.C.M.P.) 75 Breskens (N) 231 Cabo San Bartolome (A) ... 99 Caroline County (U.S.) ... 374 Brestois (F)... 155 Cabo San Diego (A) 99 Carp (U.S.). 364 Breton (F) ... 155 Cabo San Francisco de Paula(A)... 99 Carpenter (U.S.). 336 Breton (U.S.) 318 Cabo San Gonzalo (A) 99 Carroll (U.S.) . 351 Breukelen (N) 231 Cabo San Isidro (A) 99 Carron 22 Breydel (Bel) 101 Cablo San Pablo (A) 99 Carronade (U.S.). 372 Briareus (U.S.) 381 Cabo San Pio (A) ... 99 Carsanba (T) 293 Briceno Mendez (Ven) 425 Cabo San Sebastian 99 Cartagena (Col) . 123 Bridget (U.S.) 345 Cabo San Vicente (A) 99 Carter Hall (U.S.). 373 Brielle (N). 231 Caboclo (Br) 107 Cartigan (U.S.) . 397 Brier (U.S.) 399 Cabot (U.S.) 315 Carvalho Araujo (Port) ... 255 Brigand . 58 Cabrales (Chil) 116 Carysfort ... 22 Brigham 47 Cabrilla (U.S.) . 364 Casa Blanca (Ind) ... 189 Brighton 24 Cacapon (U.S.) 391 Casa Grande (U.S.) 373 Brilliant (Rus) 413 Cachalot 35 Casabianca (F) 154 Brinkley . 47 Cache (U.S.) . 391 Casamance (F) 167 Brinkley Bass (U.S.) 338 Cactus (U.S.) . 399 Cascade (U.S.) . 380 Brinton 46 Caddo Parish (U.S.) 374 Casco (U.S.) . 396 Brioni (Ethiopia) ... 140 Cadiz (U.S.) . 370 Casma (Chil) 114 Brister (U.S.) 351 Cadmus (U.S.) 381 Cassandra ... 22 Bristol (U.S.) 339 Caesar 22 Cassard (F). 154 Britannia 57 Cahokia (U.S.) . 392 Cassin Young (U.S.) 340 Britannic . 45 Cahoone (U.S.) . 397 Cassiopee (F) 161 Broadbill (U.S.) ... 368 Cahuilla (U.S.) . 392 Castagno (1) 205 Broadkill River (U.S.) 375 Caiman (U.S.) 364 Castilla (P). 242 Broadsword 19 Caio Dujlio*(l) . 198 ! Castlemaine (R.A.N.) 65 Page 396 161 173 386 200 134 389 373 375 167 392 364 353 46 58 22 376 365 22 247 69 374 246 381 347 414 205 10 161 108 200 267 161 292 233 365 96 293 370 191 191 407 47 74 392 82 351 40 160 155 167 368 344 288 354 290 282 I 19 117 283 117 117 120 000 389 282 403 22 377 139 102 345 347 344 334 338 340 345 352 337 338 399 364 100 374 52 396 152 350 390 57 340 70 392 46 374 46 40 412 165 47 391 282 282 391 109 400 400 55 390 374 INDEX Chester T. O’Brien (U.S.) Chestnut (U.S.) . Cheung Hing (C). Chevalier (U.S.) ... Chevalier Paul (F). Chevreuil (Tun) ... Chevron Chewaucan (U.S.). Chi An (C). Chi Lang (V-N) . Chi Nan (C) . Chiang (C). Chiang Ch’eng (C) Chiang Feng (C) . Chiang Hsi (C) . Chiang Hsiu (C) . Chiang I (C) . Chiang Kung (C) ... Chiang Lun (C) . Chiang Lien (C) . Chiang Ming (C) ... Chiang P’ing (C). Chiang Ting (C) . Chiang Yuan (C) ... Chiang Yung (C) (2 ships) Chiao Jen (C) Chiao Shan (C) . Chiburi (J). Chicago (U.S.) . Chicerin (Rus) Chichester ... Chickadee (U.S.) ... Chicksaw (U.S.) . Chidori (J). Chief (U.S.) . Chieh 29 (C) . Chignecto (R.C.N.) Chih Kiang (C) . Chikugo (J) . Chilcompton Chilcoot (R.C.M.P.) Childers . Chilka (In). Chillingham Chilton (U.S.) . Chilula (U.S.) . Chimaera (U.S.) . Chimariko (U.S.). Chimbote (P) . Chimera (I). Chincoteague (U.S.) Ching Kang Shan (C) Ching Kiang (C) . Ching Tien (C) . Chinook (U.S.) . Chios (Gr). Chipana (Chil) Chippewa (U.S.). Chiriguana (A) . Chitose (J). Chi Hua (C) . Chivo (U.S.) . Chiyonami (J) Chiyozuru (J) . Chkalov (Rus) . Chloris (U.S.) . Choctaw (U.S.) . Chompff (N) . Chong Dong (V-N) Chopper (U.S.) . Chourre (U.S.) . Chow i' raya (Th). Chowanoc (U.S.). Chrysantheme (F)... Chu Chiang (C) . Chu Kiang (C) . Chukiang (T.C.) . Chu Kuan (C) . Chu Tien (C) . Chu Tung (C) . Chuang (Th) . Chukawan (U.S.). Chuan Shih Shui (C). Chukotkh (Rus) . Chuksha (Rus) . Chula (Th). Chumporn (Th) . Chung Cheng(C). Chung Chi (C) . Chung Chiang (C). Chung Chien (C). Ching Chin (T.C.). Chung Chin (C) . Chung Chuan (C) (2) Chung Fu (C) . Chung Hai (C) . Chung Hsi (C) . Chung Hsing (C). Chung-Ji (Kor) . Chung jin (Kor) . Chung Kiang (C). Chung Lien (C) . Chung Ming (C) . Chung Ning (C) . Chung Shan (C) . Chung Shen (C) . Chung Ting (C) . Chung Yeh (C) . Chung Yu (C) . Chung Yung (C) . CASTLE ROCK—DAHLIA Page ... 347 ... 389 ... 118 ... 337 ... 154 ... 290 ... 22 ... 390 ... 117 ... 426 ... 117 ... 284 ... 285 120, 285 ... 120 ... 285 ... 285 ... 285 ... 285 ... 285 ... 285 ... 285 ... 285 ... 120 284, 285 ... 121 ... 284 ... 217 ... 325 ... 415 ... 26 ... 368 ... 392 ... 218 ... 368 ... 284 ... 74 ... 283 ... 218 ... 46 ... 75 ... 22 ... 81 ... 47 ... 376 ... 400 ... 381 ... 392 ... 244 ... 202 ... 396 ... 121 ... 283 ... 284 ... 400 ... 182 ... 114 ... 392 ... 100 ... 217 ... 285 ... 364 ... 218 ... 215 ... 403 ... 381 ... 392 ... 231 ... 466 ... 364 ... 381 ... 289 ... 392 ... 161 ... 284 ... 283 ... 284 ... 284 ... 121 ... 120 ... 290 ... 391 ... 121 ... 417 ... 420 ... 290 ... 288 ... 284 ... 284 ... 284 ... 284 ... 284 ... 284 ... 284 ... 284 ... 284 ... 284 ... 284 ... 222 ... 222 ... 283 ... 284 ... 284 ... 121 ... 285 ... 284 ... 284 ... 284 ... 284 ... 28 Page Page Chuong Dong (V-N) .. 426 Cooperstown (U.S.) . 370 Chuong Duong (V-N) .. 426 Coos Bay (U.S.) . 396 Churchill County (U.S.) ... .. 374 Coquelicot (F) 161 Churruca (Sp) . .. 263 Coral Sea (U.S.) ... 309 Cibao (Dom) . 133 Corbesier (U.S.) ... 347 Ciclope (1). . 209 Cordova (R.C.N.) ... 74 Cies (Sp) . . 265 Corduba (U.S.) ... 386 Cigno (1) . . 200 Core (U.S.). 318 Cigale (F). . 165 Cormorano (1) 202 Ciliego (1). . 205 Cormorant (R.C.N.) 74 Cimarron (U.S.) . . 391 Cormorant (U.S.) ... 371 Cimeterre (F) . 162 Coronel Bolognesi (P) 241 Cinchona (U.S.) . . 389 Coronel Matrinez (Para) ... 240 Circeo (1). . 209 Coronel Mora Angueyi -a (Col) 124 Cirrus (N). . 233 Coronis (U.S.) 381 Citadel . 53 Corporal (U.S.) 364 Citrus (U.S.) . . 399 Corry (U.S.) 337 Ciudad de Pereira (Col) ... . 124 Corsair (U.S.) 363 Ciudad de Quibdo (Col) ... . 124 Corse (F) . 155 Clamagore (U.S.) ... . 364 Corson (U.S.) 382 Clamp (U.S.) . 389 Corte Real (Port) ... 252 Clarbeston ... 46 Corunna . 20 Clarence K. Bronson (U.S.) 340 Corvina (Port) 256 Clarion River (U.S.) 375 Corvo (Port) 254 Clarke County (U.S.) 374 Cossatot (U.S.) 391 Claud Jones (U.S.). 345 Cosmos (U.S.) 399 Clearwater County (U.S.) 374 Cotabato (Phil) 247 Clematis (U.S.) . 400 Cotentin (F) 167 Clematite (F) . 162 Cotopaxi (Ec) 136 Clemenceau (F) . 147 Cotten (U.S.) 340 Clifton (R.C.N.) . 75 Coucal (U.S.) 389 Clio (Gr) . 181 Counsel (U.S.) 368 Cliona (Ir). 140 Counterguard 53 Clover (U.S.) . 399 Courier (U.S.) 397 Clyde . 46 Coutelas (F) 162 Clytie (U.S.) . 380 Courtney (U.S.) ... 345 Coastguard (R.N.Z.N.) ... 86 Covadonga (Chil) ... 114 Coates (U.S.) . 345 Cove (U.S.) 372 Cobbler (U.S.) . 364 Coventry ... 26 Cobham 47 Cowanesque (U.S.) 391 Cobia (U.S.) . 365 Cowell (U.S.) 341 Cockatrice ... 40 Cowichan (R.C.N.) 74 Cockrill (U.S.) . 350 Cowie (U.S.) 343 Cocopa (U.S.) . 392 Cowslip (U.S.) 399 Conconino County (U.S.) 374 Cradley . 47 Cod (U.S.). 365 Crag (U.S.). 368 Cofer (U.S.) . 352 Crane . 32 Coffman (U.S.) 351 Cranham 47 Coghlan (U.S.) . 344 Creddock (U.S.) ... 368 Cogswell (U.S.) . 340 Cree (U.S.). 392 Cohoes (U.S.) . 389 Creole (F). 159 Colac (R.A.N.) . 65 Crescent (R.C.N.)... 70 Colahan (U.S.) . 340 Crestview (U.S.) ... 370 Colbert (F). 151 Crete a Pierrot (Haiti) 184 Coll. 50 Crevalle (U.S.) 364 Collett (U.S.) . 339 Criquet (F). 165 Colleton (U.S.) . 390 Crisalide (1) 202 Colmar (F). 161 Cristobal Colon (Dom) 133 Colocolo (Chil) . 116 Cristoforo Colombo (Rus) 418 Colombiana (Col) ... 124 Croaker (U.S.) ... 365 Colonel William J. O’Brien (U.S 388 Croatan (U.S.) 318 Colonial (U.S.) . 373 Crofton . 46 Colosso (1) ... 209 Croix de Lorraine (F) 156 Columbia (R.C.N.) 70 Croix du Sud (F) ... 161 Columbine (U.S.). 400 Cromwell (U.S.) ... 345 Columbus (U.S.). 325 Cronin (U.S.) 349 Colville (R.C.N.). 75 Cross (U.S.) 347 Comanche (U.S.) ... 400 Crossbow ... 19 Comandante Almeida Carvalho Cruise (U.S.) 368 (Port) . 255 Crusader (R.C.N.) 69 Comandante Garcia D’Avila (Br 108 Csobanc (Hun) 184 Comet (U.S.) . 387 Cuba (Cu). 125 Commandant Amyot D’lnville (F) 160 Cubera (U.S.) 364 Commandant Bory (F) 154 Cuddalore (Ind) ... 81 Commandant Bourdais (F) 154 Culebra Island (U.S.) 381 Commandant de Pimodan (F) 160 Culgoa (R.A.N.) ... 64 Commandant Delage (F) ... 160 Cumberland Sound (U.S.) 355 Commandant Domine (F) 160 Cumulus (N) 233 Commandant Duboc (F) ... 160 Current (U.S.) 389 Commandant Riviere (F)... 154 Currier (U.S.) 349 Commandant Robert Giraud (F) 157 Currituck (U.S.) ... 354 Commencement Bay (U.S.) 316 Curtiss (U.S.) 354 Compass Island (U.S.) 378 Curzon 46 Competent (U.S.). 368 Cusabo (U.S.) 392 Compton (U.S.) . 339 Cushing (U.S.) ... 340 Comstock (U.S.). 373 Cusk (U.S.). 364 Conchiglia (1) . 207 Custodio de Mello (Br) 108 Cone (U.S.) . 338 Cutknife II (R.C.M.P.) 75 Confiance ... 58 Cutlass (U.S.) 363 Confiance (F) . 156 Cuxhaven (Ger. W) 172 Confident. 58 Cuxton 46 Conflict (U.S.) . 369 Cuyahoga (U.S.) ... 397 Conger (U.S.) . 363 Cyclamen (F) 161 Conifer (U.S.) . 399 Cyclops (Gr) 183 Coniston 46 Czajka (Po). 249 Conklin (U.S.) . 347 Czapla (Po). 249 Conquest (U.S.) . 369 Conserver (U.S.). 389 Constant (U.S.) . 369 Constanta (Ro) 258 Constellation (U.S.) 310 Contitucion (Ven). 425 Conway (U.S.) . 341 Cony (U.S.) . 341 Cook 44 D Cook (U.S.) . 352 Cook Inlet (U.S.) ... 396 Dace (U.S.). 357 Coolbaugh (U.S.). 349 Dagong (Ind) 188 Coolie (F). 167 Dague (F). 162 Cooner (U.S.) . 351 Dahlgren (U.S.) ... 332 Coontz (U.S.) . 332 Dahlia (U.S.) 400 xi Page 178 208 217 18 217 350 295 370 205 209 44 46 388 341 188 336 47 349 349 44 202 369 350 345 352 131 251 158 250 191 349 139 18 48 48 48 48 48 48 48 48 48 80 47 361 46 369 340 188 158 247 48 379 224 374 • 335 343 181 345 193 329 229 101 154 339 151 374 345 101 102 226 373 229 226 338 345 335 18 57 18 368 239 128 274 78 18 389 381 167 349 102 174 161 387 347 337 364 382 109 322 375 265 75 369 172 231 368 368 364 17 189 INDEX Page Page | Page Dewey (U.S.) 332 Duk Bong (Kor) ... ... 221 Ekholot (Rus) 420 Dexter (U.S.) 396 Duk Soo (Kor) . ... 222 Ekvator (Rus) 420 Dextrous (U.S.) ... 368 Dukes County (T.C.) ... 284 El Fateh (Eg) 137 Dharani (In) 81 Duku (Ind). ... 188 El Horria (Eg) 139 Diablo (U.S.) 363 Duman (J) ... ... 220 El Naser (Eg) 139 Diachenko (U.S.) ... 352 Dunaj (Rus) ... 423 El Oro (Ec). 136 Diaguita (A) 100 Duncan ... 31 El Qaher (Eg) 137 Diamantina (R.A.N.) 65 Duncan (U.S.) . ... 337 El Quseir (Eg) 139 Diamond 18 Duncansby Head ... ... 43 El Salto (P). 244 Diamond Head (U.S.) 385 Dundalk (R.C.N.). ... 75 El Sudan (Eg) 138 Diampea (Ind) 189 Dundas ... 31 El Zafer (Eg) 139 Diana 18 Dundurn (R.C.N.). ... 75 Elasson (Gr) 183 Diana (Da) ... 127 Dunkerquoise (F) ... ... 161 Elath (Is) . 192 Diana (Sp). 265 Dunkirk ... 20 Elbjorn (Da) 131 Diane (F) . 158 Dunn County (U.S.) ... 374 Elbrus (Rus) 420 Dieppe . 52 Duperre (F) . ... 153 Eldaren (Sw) 279 Dieppoise (F) 161 Dupetit Thouars (F) ... 154 Elder (U.S.) 389 Diest (Bel). 102 Dupont (U.S.) . ... 335 Elderado (U.S.) ... 355 Diksmuide (Bel) ... 102 Durango (Mex) . ... 223 Electra (U.S.) 371 Diligence (U.S.) 397 Durant (U.S.) . ... 351 Elektrik (Rus) 413 Diligente (Col) 124 Durban (S.A.) . ... 92 Elephant (F) 167 Dilston . 46 Duren (Ger. W). ... 172 Elizabeta (Rus) 413 Dinant (Bel) 102 Durian (Ind) ... 188 Elk River (U.S.) ... 375 Dingley . 47 Durik (U.S.) . ... 349 Elkhorn (U.S.) 390 Dintel (N). 233 Durmitor (Yu) ... 428 El 1 i (Gr) . 177 Diodon (U.S.) 364 Dusseldorf (Ger. W) ... 170 Elm (U.S.). 4C0 Dio (Port). 254 Dutton (U.S.) . ... 384 Elm Lake (Rus) 414 Diogo Cao (Port) ... 252 Duvan County (U.S.) ... 374 Elokomin (U.S.) 391 Diogo Gomes (Port) 252 Duxbury Bay (U.S.) ... 382 Elsenham ... 47 Diomedes (U.S.) ... 381 Dwarf . ... 57 Elsmere (U.S.) 371 Dione (U.S.) 397 Dyess (U.S.) . ... 337 Elst (N) . 231 Dionysus (U.S.) 381 Dynamic (U.S.) ... 369 Eltanin (U.S.) 387 Diphoda (U.S.) 377 Dzerski (Rus) . ... 407 Ely (U.S.) . 370 Diploma (U.S.) 368 Dzerzhinski (Rus) 2 ships 402, 41 1 Emba (Rus)... 417 Direct (U.S.) 369 Dzgutshi (Rus) . ... 407 Embattle (U.S.) ... 369 Disdain (Rus) 412 Dziarski (Po) . ... 250 Emden (Ger. W) ... 170 Dispenser ... 57 Dzielmy (Po) . ... 250 Ems (Ger. W) 176 Distomon (Gr) 183 Dzik (Po). ... 249 Emu (R.A.N.) 66 Distraton (Gr) 181 Dzivutshi (Rus) . ... 407 Enclume (F) 163 Dithmarschen (Ger. W) 175 Dzostki (Rus) . ... 407 Encore 58 Dittisham ... 47 Endeavour (R.N.Z.N.) 85 Dixie (U.S.) 380 Endicott (U.S.) ... 343 Diyakawa (Cey) 76 Endurance (U.S.) ... 369 Djampea (Ind) 187 Endymion (U.S.) ... 381 Djombang (Ind) 187 Energy (U.S.) 369 Dmitri Donskoi (Rus) 402 Enfield 57 Dmitri Pozharskiy (Rus) 402 Enforcer 59 Doblestny (Rus) ... 407 Engage (U.S.) 368 Dobrinya Nikitich (Rus) 423 Enggano (Ind) 187 Dodge County (U.S.) 374 English (U.S.) 339 Dodman Point 43 Enhance (U.S.) ... 369 Dogfish (U.S.) 364 Eager (U.S.) . ... 368 Enigma 58 Dogwood (U.S.) ... 400 Eagle . 1 1 Enisej (Rus) 418 Dok Do (Kor) 221 Eagle (U.S.) . ... 398 j Enjoue (F) ... 162 Dokkum (N) 231 Earheart (U.S.) . ... 352 i Eno (Da) 130 Dolfijn (N). 230 Earl K. Olsen (U.S.) ... 351 Enrico Dandolo (1) 198 Dolphin (F). 166 Earl V. Johnson (U.S.) ... 349 Enrico Tazzoli (1) ... 203 Dominant (U.S.) ... 369 Earle (U.S.). ... 343 Enrico Toto (1) 203 Dommel (N) 233 Earle B. Hall (U.S.) ... 352 j Enright (U.S.) 352 Dompaire (F) 161 Earner ... 58 ! Enrique Collazo (Cu) 126 Don O. Woods (U.S.) 352 East London (S.A.) ... 92 , Enseigne de Vaisseau Henry (F) ... 154 Donald W. Wolf (U.S.) 352 Eastbourne... ... 24 Entemedor (U.S.) ... 364 Donativo (Cu) 126 Eastore (R.C.N.). ... 75 Enterprise ... 53 Dong Da (V-N) ... 426 Eastwind (U.S.) . ... 398 Enterprise (U.S.) ... 308 Donner (U.S.) 373 Eastwood (R.C.N.) ... 75 Entete (F). 167 Doran (U.S.) 343 Eaton (U.S.) . ... 341 Entre Rios (A) 96 Dorang (Ind) 187 Ebano (1) . ... 205 Envoy 58 Dorchester (U.S.) ... 390 Ebony (U.S.) . ... 389 Eo (Sp) . 266 Doris (F) . 158 Ebro (Sp). ... 266 Eolo (Sp) . 263 Dortsh (U.S.) 340 Echo . ... 53 Epperson (U.S.) 336 Dos De Mayo (P) ... 243 Echodale ... 56 Epping Forest (U.S.) 373 Dostoini (Rus) 407 Echold (U.S.) . ... 390 Erben (U.S.) 341 Doudart de la Gree (F) 154 Echuca (R.N.Z.N.) 85 Ercole (1) . 207 Douglas A. Munro (U.S.)... 347 Eckville (R.C.N.). ... 75 Erdemli (T). 293 Douglas H. Fox (U.S.) 339 Eclaireurs (A) . ... 99 Eregli (T) . 293 Douglas L. Howard (U.S.) 350 Edderton ... ... 46 Erevan (Rus) 421 Dour (U.S.) 368 Eddybay . ... 55 Ericsson (U.S.) 343 Dourada (Port) 256 Eddybeach ... . ... 55 Eridan (F). 161 Douwe Aukes (N)... 232 Eddycl iffe ... ... 55 Erimo (J) . 214 Downham ... 47 Eddycreek . ... 55 Ertholm (Da) 130 Doxa (Gr). 178 Eddyfirth . ... 55 Ernest G. Small (U.S.) 337 Doyle (U.S.) 343 Eddyness ... 55 Ernst Thalmann (Ger. E) 168 Doyle C. Barnes (U.S.) 347 Eddyreef ... 55 Esbern Snare (Da)... 127 Drachten (N) 231 Eddyrock ... ... 55 Escanaba (U.s.) 396 Dragonet (U.S.) ... 364 Edenton (U.S.) . ... 370 Escano (Sp)... 262 Draken (Sw) 274 Edera (1) . ... 205 Escape (U.S.) 389 Draug (Nor) 235 Edincik (T) ... . ... 293 Eskimo 23 Dreadnought 34 Edison (U.S.) ... 343 Esmeralda (Chil) ... 115 Dreg (N) . 232 Edisto (U.S.) ... 392 Esmeraldas (Ec) 136 Drenthe (N) 226 Edmonds (U.S.) . ... 347 Espadilha (Port) 256 Driade (1) ... 202 Fdremit (T) ... 293 Espadon (F) 158 Driva (Nor) 238 Edsall (U.S.) . ... 350 Espartana (Col) 123 Dromia (1) ... 207 Edson (U.S.) ... 335 Espiegle 40 Dror (Is) . 194 Eduardo Llanos (Chil) ... 115 Essex (U.S.) 313 Droxford ... 49 Edward H. Allen (U.S.) ... ... 347 Essington ... 46 Drum (U.S.) 365 Ex Edward Kavanagh (U.S.) ... 390 Estafette (F) 164 Drummond (A) 98 Edwards (U.S.) ... 343 Esteem (U.S.) 369 Drunen (N) 231 Edwin A. Howard (U.S.) ... ... 347 Estes (U.S.). 355 Drushny (Rus) 407 Eekloo (Bel) ... 102 Esturion (Sp) 267 Dskarki (Rus) 407 Efficace (F) ... ... 167 Etajima (J). 215 Du Chayla (F) 154 Effronte (F). ... 162 Etchingham 47 Duane (U.S.) 396 Egenaes (Da) . ... 130 Etchingham (Hong Kong) 86 Duarte (Dom) 134 Egeria ... 53 Ethan Allen (U.S.)... 356 Duata (Ind)... 188 Egeria (U.S.) . ... 381 Etlah (U.S.). 389 Dubford . 49 Egernund (Da) ... 128 Etoile (F) . 166 Dubois (N)... 229 Eglantine (F) . ... 161 Etoile Polaire (F) ... 161 Duchess 18 Ehrenskold (Sw) ... ... 273 Etourdi (F) ... 162 Duero (Sp)... 266 Eichenberger (U.S.) ... 349 Eucalyptus (U.S.) ... 389 Dufilho (U.S.) 347 Eidesche (Ger. W) ... 175 Eugene A. Greene (U.S.) 337 Dufton 46 Eider (Ger. W) . ... 176 Eugene E. Elmore (U.S.) 345 Duiveland (Ind) 187 Eismowe (Ger. W) ... 173 Eume (Sp) ... 266 INDEX EUREKA—GRAFTON Page Eureka (Bel) ... 102 Euryale (U.S.) ... 380 Eurydice (F) ... 158 Eutin (Ger. W) . ... 176 Evangelista Torricelli (1) ... ... 203 Evans (U.S.) ... 345 Everett F. Larson (U.S.) ... ... 337 Everingham ... 47 Everglades (U.S.). ... 380 ♦Evergreen (U.S.) ... ... 399 Eversole (U.S.) ... 338 Evertsen (N) . ... 228 Ewing (U.S.) . ... 397 Excalibur ... ... 34 Excel (U.S.) . ... 369 Execute (U.S.) ... 368 Exmouth ... 31 Expert ... 58 Exploit (U.S.) ... 369 Explorer ... 34 Exultant (U.S.) ... 369 F Fabius (U.S.) 381 Facility (U.S.) 368 Faggio (1) . 205 Faial (Port). 254 Fairview (U.S.) 370 Faisal (Ir) . 191 Faku (C) . 121 Falcon (U.S.) 371 Falgout (U.S.) 351 Falk (Nor). 238 Falke (Ger. W) ... 173 Falken (Da). 130 Falken (Sw) 279 Fall River (U.S.) ... 325 Falleron (F)... 166 Falmouth ... 24 Fancy (Rus)... 412 Fang Chi (C) 285 Fang 1 (C). 285 Fang Lui (C) 285 Fang Pa (C). 285 Fang San (C) 285 Fang Seu (C) 285 Fantassin (F) 162 Farfalla (1). 202 Farenholt (U.S.) ... 344 Fargo (U.S.) 327 Farmington (U.S.)... 370 Farquhar (U.S.) 350 Farragut (U.S.) 332 Farsala (Gr) 181 Fayette (F). 149 Fearless (U.S.) 369 Fechteler (U.S.) 337 Felipe Larra Abal (Ven) 425 Felipe Santiago Esteres (Ven) 425 Felmersham 47 Fen Yang (C) 280 Fenice (1) ... 202 Fenton 46 Fentress (U.S.) 388 Fern (U.S.). 400 Fernando Gomez (Ven) 425 Ferre (P) . 242 Fessenden (U.S.) ... 351 Fetlar . 50 Fidelity (U.S.) 369 Fieberling (U.S.) ... 349 Filicudi (1). 207 Finch (U.S.) 351 Finisterre ... 21 Finwhale 35 Fiodaliso (1) 205 Fio Tumbes (P) 244 Fir (U.S.) . 399 Firebush (U.S.) 399 Firedrake (U.S.) 385 Firm (U.S.). 369 Fische (Ger. W) ... 173 Fiske (U.S.). 337 Fiskerton ... 46 Fitch (U.S.). 343 Fittleton 46 Flaherty (U.S.) 350 Flatholm 50 Flegetone (1) 209 Flensburg (Ger. W) 172 Fletcher (U.S.) 341 Fleur (S.A.)... 92 Flicker (U.S.) 435 Flint (U.S.). 330 Flintham 47 Flockton . 46 Flora (Da). 127 Flora (1) . 202 Flore (F) . 158 Flores (Ind). 187 Florikan (U.S.) 389 Floriston 46 Ex-Flounder (A) ... 96 Page Floyd B. Parks (U.S.) ... 338 Floyd County (U.S.) ... 374 Ex-Floyd W. Spencer (U.S.) ... 390 Flyvefisken (Da) ... ... 129 Foca (Sp) ... 265 Foch (F) . ... 147 Fogo (Port). ... 255 Fogg (U.S.). ... 348 Foka (Po). ... 249 Folaga (1) . ... 202 Fomalhaut (F) ... 161 Fomalhaut (U.S.). ... 385 Fontaine (F) ... 167 Foote (U.S.) . ... 341 Forbin (F). ... 153 Force (U.S.) . ... 369 Fordham ... 47 Forman (U.S.) . ... 349 Foi mene (F) ... 167 Forrest Royal (U.S.) ... 338 Forrest Sherman (U.S.) ... ... 335 Forrestal (U.S.) . ... 309 Forster (U.S.) ... 351 Forsythia (U.S.) . ... 400 Fort Beauharnois ... ... 54 Fort Charlotte ... 54 Fort Constantine ... ... 54 Fort Duquesne ... 54 Fort Dunvegan ... 54 Fort Erie (R.C.N.). ... 72 Fort Francis (R.C.N.) ... 73 Fort Langley ... 54 Fort Mandan (U.S.) ... 373 Fort Marian (U.S.). ... 373 Fort Rosalie . ... 54 Fort Sandusky ... 54 Fort Snelling (U.S.) ... 373 Fort Steel (R.C.M.P.) ... 75 Forte (1) ... 209 Forte de Coimbra (Br) ... 107 Forth . ... 41 Fortify (U.S.) . ... 369 Fortune (R.C.N.). ... 74 Foss (U.S.). ... 349 Foudre (F). ... 163 Fougueux (F) ... 162 Foulness ... 50 Fourmi (F) ... ... 165 Fowey ... 24 Fowler (U.S.) . ... 349 Foxglove (U.S.) . ... 400 Francis Gamier (F) ... 157 Francis M. Robinson (U.S.) ... 349 Francis Marion (U.S.) ... 376 Francisco Nicolau (Mex) ... ... 224 Francovich (U.S.). ... 352 Frank E. Evans (U.S.) ... 339 Frankenland (Ger. W) ... 176 Frank Knox (U.S.). ... 337 Frankford (U.S.) . ... 343 Franklin (U.S.) . ... 313 Franklin D. Roosevelt (U.S.) ... 310 Fraser (R.C.N.) . ... 70 Frassino (1). ... 205 Frazier (U.S.) . ... 344 Fred C. Ainsworth (U.S.) ... 379 Fred T. Berry (U.S.) ... 336 Frederick Funston (U.S.)... ... 379 Frederic Lee (U.S.) ... 397 Freedom (U.S.) ... 390 Freja (Da). ... 131 Freja (Sw). ... 279 Fremont (U.S.) ... 376 French (R.C.M.P.). ... 75 French (U.S.) . ... 347 Freshbrook... ... 58 Freshburn ... ... 58 Freshener ... ... 58 Freshet . ... 58 Freshford ... ... 58 Freshlake ... ... 58 Freshmere ... ... 58 Freshpond ... ... 58 Freshpool ... ... 58 Freshspray ... ... 58 Freshspring ... 58 Freshtarn ... ... 58 Freshwater... ... 58 Freshwell ... ... 58 Fresno (U.S.) . ... 330 Fret (N) . ... 229 Freyer (N) ... ... 231 Friedrich Voge (Ger. W)... ... 175 Friesland (N) ... 227 Frigate Bird (U.S.) ... 371 Frigido (1). ... 209 Fringate (F) . ... 162 Fritham ... 47 Fritz Hagale (Col). ... 124 Frondeur (F) ... 162 Frontier (U.S.) ... 380 Frost (U.S.) . ... 350 Frunse (Rus) . ... 403 Frybarger (U.S.) . ... 349 Fryken (Sw) . ... 279 Fuchs (Ger. W) . ... 173 Fujitaka (J). ... 218 Fuji (J) (2 ships) . 214, 218 Fu Kiang (C) . ... 283 Fulda (Ger. W) . ... 172 Fullam (U.S.) ... 341 Fulmar (U.S.) . Page ... 372 Fulton (U.S.) . ... 380 Fundy (R.C.N.) . ... 74 Furor (Sp). ... 264 Furse (U.S.) . ... 337 Fushun (C) ... ... 117 Futing (C). ... 121 Fuyo (J) . ... 214 Fuyuzuki (J) ... 218 Fyrholm (Da) . ... 130 Fyodor Litke (Rus) ... 423 G Gabbiano (I) 202 Ex-Gabilan (A) 96 Gadjah Mada (Ind). 186 Gadwell (U.S.) 368 Gafel (Rus).412 Gaggia (I).205 Gagliardo (I) ... ... ... 209 Gainard (U.S.) 339 Gajabahu (Cey) ... ... ... 76 Gak (Rus).412 Galatea (Sp) . 268 Galatee (F). 158 Galeb (Yu).428 Galicia (Sp).260 Galilea (U.S.) 353 Galissonniere (F) ... ... ... 153 Gallant (U.S.) 369 Gals (Rus).420 Galten (Sw) .277 Galvarino (ChiI) . 116 Galveston (U.S.). 328 Galvez (P).243 Gambero (I) 207 Gambia ... ... ... ... 15 Gandeng (Ind) ... ... ... 189 Ganga (In) ... ... ... ... 79 Ganges (R.C.M.P.). 75 Gannett (U.S.) 371 Gansevoort (U.S.)... ... ... 344 Gantner (U.S.) 352 Gapeau (F) ... ... ... ... 166 Gardenia (F) 161 Gardenia (I) 205 Garigliano (F) 161 Garm (Nor) . 235 Garpun (Rus) . 412 Garrett County (U.S.) 374 Gascon (F). 155 Gascoyne (R.A.N.) 65 Gastrickland (Sw).271 Gatineau (R.C.N.)... ... ... 70 Catling ... 57 Gatling (U.S.) 340 Gaula(Nor) ... ... ... 238 Gautur (Ice) . 185 Gavington ... ... ... ... 46 Gavle (Sw).272 Gay Charger ... ... ... 48 Gay Charioteer ... ... ... 48 Gay Fencer... ... ... ... 48 Gayety (U.S.) 368 Gay ret (T) ... ... ... ... 292 Gazzella (I)... ... ... ... 208 Gazelle (F). 160 Gaziantep (T) 292 Gearing (U.S.) 338 Geier (Ger. W) . 173 Geiger (U.S.) 377 Gelderland (N) ... ... ... 228 Gelderland (S.A.) ... ... ... 92 Gelibolu (T) 292 Gelso (I) ... ... ... ... 205 Gelsomino (I) ... ... ... 205 Gemlik (T).292 Gemma (Ger. W) ... ... ... 173 Gemmert (N) .231 Gendreau (U.S.). 349 General Alexander M. Patch (U.S.) 379 General A. W. Greely (U.S.) ... 379 General Belgrano (A) 95 General C. C. Ballou (U.S.) ... 379 General C. H. Muir (U.S.) ... 379 General De Austria (Ven) ... 424 General Daniel I. Sultan (U.S.) ... 379 General Edwin D. Patrick (U.S.) 379 General Flores (Ven) . 424 General E. T. Collins (U.S.) ... 379 General G. M. Randal (U.S.) ... 379 General Greene (U.S.) ... ... 397 General Hugh J. Gaffney (U.S.) ... 379 General Jose Moran (Ven) ... 424 General j. C. Breckinridge (U.S.) 379 General J. H. McRae (U.S.) ... 379 General Leroy Eltinge (U.S.) ... 379 General M. Hardy (Iri) ... ... 140 General M. L. Hersey (U.S.) ... 379 General Maurice Rose (U.S.) ... 379 General Rafael Reyes (Col) ... 123 General R. M. Blatchford (U.S.)... 379 General San Martin (A). 99 Pa General Simon D. Buckner (U.S.) 379 General Stuart Heinzelman (U.S.) 379 General Vasques Cobo (Col) ... 123 General W. A. Mann (U.S.) ... 379 General W. F. Hase (U.S.) ... 379 General William Mitchell (U.S.)... 379 General Williom O. Darby (U.S.) 379 Generalisimo (Dorn) ... ... 132 Genesee (U.S.) 390 Genet (F). 162 Genii (Sp) ... ... ... ... 266 Genkai (J).217 Gentian (U.S.) 399 Gentry (U.S.) 347 George (U.S.) 349 George A. Johnson (U.S.) ... 345 George Clymer (U.S.) ... ... 376 Ex-George Eastman (U.S.) .. 390 George E. Davis (U.S.) 347 George K. Mackenzie ... ... 338 George Washington (U.S.) ... 357 George W. Goethals (U.S.) ... 379 George W. Ingram (U.S.) ... 352 Georgeham ... ... ... 47 Georgei Sedov (Rus) ... ... 423 Georgi Dimitrov (Bui) . 109 Gerranio (I) ... ... ... 205 Gerado Jansen (Dom) ... ... 133 Geronimo (U.S.). 392 Gharbia (Eg) . 139 Ghazi (Pak). 89 Gherardi (U.S.) ... ... ... 343 Giada (I) 203 Giaggiolo (I) ... ... ... 205 Giboulee (F) 167 Gidrofon (Rus) .420 Gidrograf (Rus) ... ... ... 420 Gidrolog (Rus) .420 Gidromtr (Rus) ... ... ... 420 Gidroskop (Rus) ... ... ... 420 Gidrostat (Rus) . 420 Gieten (N).231 Giethoorn (N) 231 Gifford . 49 Gilbert Islands (U.S.) 316 Gillespie (U.S.) 344 Gillette (U.S.) 349 Gilligan (U.S.) 347 Gilmer (U.S.) 370 Ginga(J) .219 Girdle Ness . 39 Giresun (T) 292 Giroflee (F) 161 Giuseppe Garibaldi (I) ... ... 196 Glacier (U.S.) 392 Gladan (Sw) .279 Gladiator (U.S.) 368 Gladiolo (I).205 Glaieul (F). 161 Glasserton ... ... ... ... 46 Gleaves (U.S.) 343 Glenbrook (R.C.N.) 75 Glendevon (R.C.N.) ... ... 75 Glendon (R.C.N.) ... ... ... 75 Glendyne (R.C.N.) 75 Glenevis (R.C.N.). 75 Glenlivit II (R.C.N.) 75 Glenside (R.C.N.). 75 Glennon (U.S.) 338 Glenten (Da) . 130 Glentham ... ... ... ... 47 Glenwood (U.S.). 370 Glicine (I) ... ... ... ... 205 Glomma (Nor) .237 Glycine (F) ... ... ... ... 161 Glynn (U.S.) 376 Gneisenau (Ger. W) ... ... 171 Godavari (In) ... ... ... 79 Goes (N).231 Golciik (T).295 Gold Ranger ... ... ... 56 Golden Eagle (U.S.) ... ... 386 Goldenrod (U.S.) ... ... ... 400 Golfo De Cariaco (Ven). 425 Golo (F) 194 Gomati (In) . 79 Goncola Velho (Port) . 253 Goncalves Zarco (Port). 253 Good Hope (S.A.). 91 Goodrich (U.S.) 337 Gor (Nor).237 Gorch Fock (Ger. W) ... ... 175 Gordius (U.S.) . 381 Gorgan (Per) ... ... ... 190 Gorgona (Col) ... ... ... 124 Gorizont (Rus) ... ... ... 420 Goss (U.S.).347 Gossamer ... ... ... ... 45 Gosselin (U.S.) ... ... ... 352 Gota Lejon (Sw).270 Gotland (Sw) .270 Gottingen (Ger. W) . 172 Goumier (F) ... ... ... 162 Graciosa (Port) ... ... ... 254 Grackle (U.S.) ... ... ... 372 Grady (U.S.) 347 Graemsay ... ... ... ... 50 Graesholm (Da) . 130 Graf Spee (Ger. W) . 171 Graffias (U.S.) 387 Grafton ... ... ... ... 31 xiii Page 371 373 35 363 276 73 207 380 185 373 98 390 389 389 21 262 361 368 343 49 385 199 56 364 106 389 388 382 75 349 373 47 340 173 406 363 28 396 332 129 407 380 231 165 274 278 248 41 I 406 227 276 128 249 365 372 58 361 41 I 406 406 202 412 250 391 266 266 223 108 421 124 39 383 366 135 363 154 203 152 369 128 '349 373 292 338 23 278 160 164 370 344 334 390 236 347 126 173 215 217 364 231 357 INDEX Page Page Page Haerlem (S.A.) . 92 Haher (Ger. W) . 173 Hai (Ger. W) . 172 Hai (Nor). 239 Hai An (C). 285 Hai Ching (C) . 285 Hail Oi (C). 285 Hai Ning (C) 285 Hai Wei (C) . 285 Hai Yao (C) . 285 Haida (R.C.N.) . 69 Haifa (Is) . 192 Haifeng (Rus) . 414 Hailey (U.S.) . 341 Hailung (Rus) 414 Haiti Victory (U.S.) 388 Hajen (Da). 129 Hajen (Sw). 274 Hake (U.S.) . 365 Hale (U.S.). 341 Haleakala (U.S.) 385 Half Moon (U.S.). 396 Halfbeak (U.S.) . 364 Halford (U.S.) . 341 Halibut (U.S.) . 358 Halland (Sw) . 271 Halsey (U.S.) . 332 Halsey Powell (U.S.) 340 Halsingborg (Sw). 272 Halsingland (Sw). 271 Halsham 47 Hamachidori (J) . 218 Hamagiku (J) 214 Hamayu(J).. 214 Hambleton (U.S.). 343 Hamburg (Ger. W) 170 Hameln (Ger. W). 172 Hamlin (U.S.) . 355 Hamman (U.S.) 350 Hammerberg (U.S.) 345 Hamner (U.S.) 338 Hampshire ... 17 Hampshire County (U.S.) 374 Ham Tu (V.N.) . 426 Hamza (Eg)... 139 Hamul (U.S.) . 380 Han Chang (C) 283 Han Yang (C) 280 Hanayuki (J) 218 Hanazuki ()) 218 Hanap (F) ... 167 Hancock (U.S.) 312 Hang Giang (V.N.) 426 Hank (U.S.) . 339 Hanlasan (Kor) 221 Hanna (U.S.) . 347 Hannover (Ger. W) 170 Hano (Sw) ... 276 Hansa (Ger. W) . 174 Hansaya (Cey) . 76 Hansan (Kor) 220 Hanson (U.S.) 337 Haportzim (Is) 194 Haraden (U.S.) . 341 Harder (U.S.) . 363 Hardhead (U.S.) ... 364 Hardi (F) . 162 Hardy 31 Harlan R. Dickson (U.S.)... 339 Harlequin (U.S.) ... 368 Harmon (U.S.) 349 Harnett County (U.S.) 374 Harold J. Ellison (U.S.) ... 338 Harpham 47 Harpun (Sw) . 276 Harris County (U.S.) 374 Harrison (U.S.) 341 Harry E. Hubbard (U.S.) ... 339 Harry E. Yarnell (U.S.) ... 332 Harry F. Bauer (U.S.) 344 Harry L. Corl (U.S.) 352 Hart (U.S.)... 341 Hartland Point 43 Hartley (U.S.) . 345 Haruchidori (J) 218 Harukaze (J) . in , 219 Harusame (J) 210 Haruzuki (j) 218 Harveson (U.S.) 351 Harwood (U.S.) 336 Hasanudin (Ind) 186 Hashima (J) 215 Hastings 24 Hassayampa (U.S.)... 391 Hasselt (Bel) 102 Hasslo (Sw) 276 Hatakaze (j) . 211, 219 Hat Giang (V.N.). 426 Hatagumo (J) 218 Hathi (In). 81 Hato (J) . 218 Hatsuhi (J) . 211 Hatsukari (J) . 218 Hatsutaka (j) . 215 Hatsunami (J) . 218 Hatsuzuki (J) . 218 Haugesund (Nor). 235 Hauk (Nor) 238 Hauraki (R.N.Z.N.) 86 Haven (U.S.) . 382 Haverfield (U.S.). 351 Haversham ... 47 Havkatten (Da) . 129 Havre (U.S.) . 369 Hawea (R.N.Z.N.) 84 Hawkins (U.S.) . 337 Hawthorn (U.S.). 400 Hayabusa (j) 214, 218 Hayanami (J) 218 Hayasaki (Rus) . 421 Hayatori (J) . 215 Haynsworth (U.S.) 339 Hayter (U.S.) . 352 Hazard (U.S.) . 368 Hazel (U.S.) . 389 Hazelwood (U.S.). 341 Healy (U.S.) . 340 Heather (U.S.) . 399 Heatherton (R.C.N.) 75 Hecht (Ger. W) . 172 Hector (U.S.) . 381 Heed (U.S.) . 368 Heerman (U.S.) 341 Hefring (N) 231 Heist (Bel). 102 Hejmdal (Da) . 131 Hejren (Da) . 129 Hekura (J) . 217 Helena (U.S.) 325 Helgenaes (Da) 130 Helios (U.S.) . 381 Heliotrope (F) . 162 Helmut just (Ger. E) 169 Hemlock (U.S.) . 399 Hen Yang (C) . 281 Henderson (U.S.). 338 Hendrik Karssen (N) 233 Hengam (Per) . 191 Hengist 58 Henley (U.S.) 339 Henrico (U.S.) . 376 Henry A. Wiley (U.S.) ... 344 Henry B. Wilson (U.S.) ... 334 Henry County (U.S.) 374 Henry Gibbons (U.S.) 379 Henry R. Kenyon (U.S.) ... 349 Henry W. Tucker (U.S.) ... 337 Hephaistos (Gr) . 181 Heraklis (Gr) 183 Herald (U.S.) . 368 Herbert C. Jones (U.S.) ... 350 Herbert J. Thomas (U.S.) 337 Hercule (F)... 167 Hercules (A) . 97 Hercules (N) . 233 Herkimer (U.S.) . 388 Hermelijn (N) . 229 Hermes 7 Hermes (Gr) . 182 Hermitage (U.S.). 373 Hernan Cortes (Sp) 264 Hernando Guitierrez (Col) 124 Herndon (U.S.) . 343 Heronia (A) . 97 Herstal (Bel) 102 Herve (Bel) 102 Hexton 46 Heyliger (U.S.) . 347 Hibari (J) . 218 Hickleton. 46 Hickman County (U.S.) ... 374 Hickory (U.S.) . 400 Hickory Lake (Rus) 414 Hickox (U.S.) . 340 Hidatsa (U.S.) . 392 Higbee (U.S.) . 337 Highburton . 46 Highland Light (U.S.) 390 Hiiragi (J). 214 Hilarity (U.S.) . 368 Hilbert (U.S.) . 351 Hill (U.S.). 350 Himawari (J) 214 Himeshima (J) 215 Hinazura (J) . 218 Hinksford ... 49 Hintha (Bur) 111 Hipi (R.N.Z.N.) . 86 Hipper (Ger. W) ... 171 Hirado (J) . 217 Hisingen (Sw) . 277 Hissem (U.S.) . 351 Hitchiti (U.S.) . 392 Hiyodori (J) . 215 Hizir Reis (T) 292 Hjaelperen (Da) ... 131 Hjorto (Da) 130 Ho Chang (C) . 285 Ho Chen (C) . 285 Ho Cheng (C) . 285 Ho Chien (C) . 121 Ho Chih (C) . 285 Ho Chun (C) . 285 Ho Chung (C) . 285 Ho Ch’ung (C) . 285 Ho Lan (C). 285 Ho Hseuh (C) 121 Ho Yung (C) . 121 Hoa Giang (V.N.). 426 Hobby (U.S.) . 344 Hobein (N). Hoche (F). Hodges (U.S.) . Hodgeston ... Hoel (U.S.). Hogezand (N) Hoist (U.S.) Hokuto (J) . Holder (U.S.) ... Hollaenderdybet (Da) Holland (N) ... Hollidaysburg (U.S.) Hollis (U.S.) Hollister (U.S.) ... Hoiiy (u.s.) ... ;;; Hollyhock (U.S.). Holmes County (U.S.) Holmon (Sw) Hoit (u.s.). ;;; Holton (U.S.) Honesdale (U.S.) ... Hoogeveen (N) . Hoojiro (J). Hooper (U.S.) Hopewell (U.S.) .. Hopi (u.s.). ;;; Hopping (U.S.) . Horace A. Bass (U.S.) Hormuz (Per) Hornbeam (U.S.) ... Hornbill (U.S.) ... Hornet (U.S.) Horta (Port) . Hortensa (F) Hovingham... Howard D. Crow (U.S.) Howard F. Clark (U.S.) ... Howard W. Gilmore (U.S.) Howorth (U.S.) .. Hsi An (C). Hsi Chang (C) Hsiang Kiang (C). Hsien Feng (C) Hsien Ning (C) Hsin Kao (C) . Hsin-Yang (C) . Hsing-An (C) . Hsuen Yang (C) Hua Yang ... Huai Ho (C) Huang Ho (C) . Hubberston Hudson (U.S.) .* Huemul (Chil) . Huei Fen (C) . Hugh Purvis (U.S.) Hui (Ind) . Hui An (C). Hui Yang (C) Huitfeldt (Da) Hull (U.S.). Hulloise (R.C.N.). Humaita (Br) . Humaita (Para) . Humberto Cortes (Col) ... Humboldt (U.S.) ... Hummel (Ger. W) Humming Bird (U.S.) Hunt (U.S.) . Hunterdon County (U.S.) Hunting (U.S.) . Huntington (U.S.). Hurja 1-5 (Fin) . Huron (R.C.N.) . Hurst (U.S.) . Huse (U.S.). Hussard (F)... Huy (Bel). Hval (Nor). Hvss (Nor) . Hwa San (Kor) Hwaseong (Kor) . Hyades (U.S.) . Hyatt (Chil) . Hydrograaf (N) . Hyman (U.S.) . ... 233 ... 166 ... 346 ... 46 ... 334 ... 231 ... 389 ... 219 ... 336 ... 130 ... 228 ... 371 ... 352 ... 338 ... 389 ... 399 ... 374 ... 276 ... 348 ... 349 ... 370 ... 231 ... 218 ... 345 ... 340 ... 392 ... 352 ... 352 ... 191 ... 399 ... 435 ... 313 ... 254 ... 162 ... 47 ... 350 ... 347 ... 380 ... 341 ... 117 ... 283 ... 283 ... 119 ... 283 ... 285 ... 281 ... 121 ... 280 ... 281 ... 121 ... 121 ... 46 341, 400 ... 116 ... 285 ... 339 ... 187 ... 117 ... 281 ... 128 ... 335 ... 72 ... 106 ... 240 ... 124 ... 396 ... 172 ... 371 ... 340 ... 374 ... 375 ... 327 ... 1.41 ... 69 ... 350 ... 350 ... 162 ... 102 ... 239 ... 238 ... 221 ... 221 ... 387 ... 113 ... 232 ... 339 I Ibis (I) ... .202 Icewhale ... ... ... ... 57 Ickford . 49 lerax (Gr). 178 Ifugao (Phil) . 247 Igorot (Phil) . 247 Iggo (Sw).276 Iguatemy (Br) . 107 Ijselmonde (Ind) . 187 Ijssel (N) 233 Ikazuchi (J)... ... ... 212 Iki (J) 217 Page 292 157 422 274 369 46 245 247 246 173 186 167 220 198 368 107 369 198 167 369 368 212 350 72 I 10 309 94 133 124 320 198 381 167 369 98 98 166 340 396 47 339 I 10 I 10 368 75 383 383 383 167 312 162 198 264 368 368 85 46 80 383 NO 181 319 182 182 182 182 182 182 114 243 244 181 421 374 374 399 86 399 69 417 75 340 86 134 131 218 341 421 295 47 412 250 380 218 214 J, 210 209 218 430 421 218 181 215 392 46 399 218 214 219 215 INDEX IKINCI INONU—KOMSOMOL YETS wo Jima (U.S.) Page ... 318 Jucar (Sp) ... Page 266 zard (U.S.). ... 341 ! Julius A. Raven (U.S.) 352 J J. Douglas Blackwood (U.S.) j. R. Y. Blakeley (U.S.) ... J. Richard Ward (U.S.) ... jacana (U.S.) . jaccard (U.S.) . jacinthe (F). Jack (U.S.). Jack C. Robinson (U.S.) ... Jack Miller (U.S.). Jack W.Wilke (U.S.) Jackton 1 ... 349 ... 350 ... 350 ... 371 ... 347 ... 161 ... 357 ... 352 ... 347 ... 349 ... 46 Jumna (In) ... Juniper (U.S.) Jupiter (Sp) Jupiter (U.S.) Jussi 1-4 (Fin) Jutland K Ka Duk (Kor) 80 399 264 382 141 20 221 Jacob Jones (U.S.). ... 350 Kaakkuri (Fin) 142 Jadran (Yu)... ... 430 Kaapstad (S.A.N.) ... 92 Jadranka (Yu) . ... 430 Kabashima (J) 218 Jagtfalken (Da) ... 130 Kablowiec (Po) 250 Jaguar . ... 25 Kablye (F). 156 Jaguar (Ger. W) . ... 173 Kaduna (Nig) 82 Jaguar (N). ... 229 Kaebong (Kor) 221 Jahangir(Pak) ... 88 Kaede (J) . 213 jahroma (Rus) ... 421 Kaganovich (Rus) ... 403 Jajand (Ind)... ... 187 Kai Feng (C) 118 Jallao (U.S.) . ... 364 Kahu (R.N.Z.N.) ... 86 amary (Col) ... 124 Kaido (J) . 214 Jambeli (Ec) ... 136 Kaio (J) . 219 James Bay (R.C.N.) .., ... 74 Kaisaria (Eg) 139 ames C. Owens (U.S.) ... ... 339 Kakinada (Ind) 81 ames E. Craig (U.S.) ... 349 Kala 1-5 (Fin) 143 ames E. Kyes (U.S.) ... 338 Kalambaka (Gr) ... 181 ames O’Hara (U.S.) ... 379 Kalavrita (Gr) 183 an van Gelder (N) ... 232 Kalinin (Rus) 403 an van Riebeeck (S.A.) ... ... 90 Kalirroe (Gr) 183 anssen (U.S.) ... 350 Kalk (U.S.). 344 arn (Th) . ... 290 Kalanpaa (Fin) 142 arvis (U.S.) . ... 340 Kalmaeki (Kor) 221 askolka (Po) . ... 249 Kalmar (Sw) 272 asmine (F) ... ... 162 Kalmia (U.S.) 392 asmine (U.S.) ... 400 Kalymnos (Gr) 181 ason (U.S.) ... 381 Kamchadel (Rus) ... 420 astzrab (Po) ... 249 Kamchatra (Rus) ... 421 aunty . ... 58 Kamina (Bel) 101 aurreguiberry (F)... ... 153 Kamishima (Rus) ... 413 avier Quiroga (Sp) ... 266 Kamome (J) 214 ean Bart (F) ... 150 Kamone (J). 218 eanne d’Arc (F) ... 148, 152 Kamozuru (J) 215 ebi (Kor). ... 221 Kamoshima (J) 215 effers (U.S.) . ... 343 Kan Tang (C) 119 efferson County (U.S.) ... ... 374 Kanawa (J)... 215 enkins (U.S.) . ... 341 Kandanos (Gr) 182 Jenks (U.S.) ... ... 349 Kangaroo (R.A.N.) 66 ennings County (U.S.) ... ... 374 Kangjin (Kor) 221 erome County (U.S.) ... 374 Kanggyong (Kor) ... 221 esse Rutherford (U.S.) ... ... 347 Kangnung (Kor) ... 221 everland (Ger. W) ... 176 Kangwon (Kor) 220 ewel ... 40 Kanai (Po). 249 icari 1 la (U.S.) . ... 392 Kaniere (R.N.Z.N.) 84 o (Nor) . ... 238 Kantang (Th) 288 oao de Lisboa (Port) ... 253 Kao An (C). 282 obb (U.S.). ... 346 Kapitan Belousov (Rus) 422 ohann L. Kruger (Ger. E) ... 169 Kapitan Melechov (Rus) 422 ohan Nordenackar (Sw)... ... 278 Kapitan Voronin (Rus) 422 ohannesburg (S.A.) ... 92 Kapray (Ind) 187 ohn A. Bole (U.S.) ... 339 Kapsul (Rus) 412 ohn Adams (Iri) ... ... 140 Karambol (Rus) 412 ohn C. Butler (U.S.) ... 347 Karamursel (T) 294 ohn D. Henley (U.S.) ... 341 Karangi (R.A.N.) ... 66 ohn Hood (U.S.). ... 340 Karel Doorman (N) 226 ohn King (U.S.). ... 334 Karhu (Fin). 143 ohn L. Williamson (U.S.) ... 347 Kari (J) . 214 ohn Marshall (U.S.) ... 356 Karia (Gr). 181 ahn P. Gray (U.S.) ... 352 Karin (U.S.) 386 ohn Paul Jones (U.S.) ... 335 Karl Kolls (Ger. W) 175 ohn R. Craig (U.S.) ... 338 Karlskrona (Sw) ... 272 ohn R. Perry (U.S.) ... 345 Karlso (Sw) 276 ohn R. Pierce (U.S.) ... 339 Karlsruhe (Ger. W) 70 ohn Rodgers (U.S.) ... 341 Karnavias (Gr) 181 ohn S. McCain (U.S.) ... 333 Karny (Po). 250 ohn Willias (U.S.) ... 345 Karpenissi (Gr) 209 ohn W. Thomason (U.S.) ... 339 Kars (Rus). 419 ohn W. Weekes (U.S.) ... ... 339 Karteria (Gr) 181 ohnnie Hutchins (U.S.) ... ... 347 Karwar (Ind) 81 , ohnston (U.S.) . ... 338 Kas (T) . 294 onas Ingram (U.S.) ... 335 Kasado (J). 215 onquierre (R.C.N.) ... 72 Kashi (J) . 213 onquil (U.S.) ... 399 Kastalia (Gr) 183 os6 Bonifiacio (Br) ... 107 Kastoria (Gr) 183 ose Francisco Barrundia (Gua) ... 183 Kastraki (Gr) 181 ose Luis Diez (Sp) ... 263 Kaszub (Po) 249 ose Marti (Cu) . ... 125 Kaura (Nor) 236 oseph C. Hubbard (U.S.) ... 352 Kaw (U.S.). 400 Joseph E. Campbell (U.S.) ... 352 Kawachidori (J) 218 oseph E. Connolly (U.S.) ... 347 Kawishiwi (U.S.) ... 213 oseph K. Taussig (U.S.) ... ... 345 Kaya (J) . 213 oseph M. Auman (U.S.) ... ... 352 Kazan (Rus) 415 oseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (U.S.) ... 338 Kearny (U.S.) 343 osiah Willard Gibbs (U.S.) ... 384 Kearsage (U.S.) 313 oyce (U.S.) . ... 351 Kedleston. 46 uan Alejandro Acosta (Dom) ... 133 Kefallinia (Gr) 181 uan Bautista Cambiaso (Dom) ... 133 Kefhart (U.S.) 352 Juan Buatista Maggiolo (Dom) ... 133 Keihassalmi (Fin) ... 141 Juan de la Cosa (Sp) ... 267 Keith (U.S.) 350 uan Lucio (Col). ... 124 Kellington. 46 uan Sebastian de Elcano (Sp) ... 268 Kelso (U.S.) 370 Jubilant (U.S.) . ... 368 Kemer (T). 294 Page Kemerton. 46 Kemper County (U.S.) 374 Kendal C. Campbell (U.S.) 347 Kendrick (U.S.) . 344 Kenneth D. Bailey (U.S.)... 337 Kenneth M. Willett (U.S.) 347 Kenneth Whiting (U.S.) ... 355 Kent . 17 Kentavros (Gr) . 183 Keosanqua (U.S.). 392 Keppel . 31 Keppler (U.S.) . 336 Kerempe (T) . 294 Kerkyra (Gr) . 181 Kersaint (F) 154 Keshi (J) . 214 Key (U.S.). 347 Keyaki (J). 213 Keyvan (Per) . 190 Keywadin (U.S.) . 392 Khaibar (Pak) . 88 Khrabri (Bui) . 109 Khukri (In). 79 Kiama (R.N.Z.N.). 85 Kiang Kun (C) . 121 Kidd (U.S.). 340 Kiel (Ger. W) . 170 Kiiski (Fin). 142 Kiji (J) . 214 Kikuchi (J). 218 Kildarton ... 46 Kilic Ali Pasa (T). 291 Kildin (Rus) . 404 Kilimli (T). 294 KiHen (U.S.) . 341 Killiecrankie . 46 Kilmoray ... 46 Kimball (U.S.) . 397 Kimberley (S.A.). 92 Kimberley (U.S.). 341 Kimbla (R.A.N.) . 66 Kimchon (Kor) 221 Kimhe (Kor) . 222 Kim Po (Kor) . 221 Kinbrace 57 King (A) . 97 King (U.S.). 332 King County (U.S.) 374 Kingarth 57 Kingbird (U.S.) . 371 Kingman (U.S.) . 390 Kingsford ... 49 Kingsport Victory (U.S.) ... 388 Kinloss 57 Kinn (Nor). 236 Kinterbury... 57 Kinzer (U.S.) . 352 Kiowa (U.S.) . 392 Kiri (J) . 213 Kirin (Kor). 221 Kirkpatrick (U.S.). 351 Kiroki (Kor) . 221 Kirov (Rus) ... 403,411 , 415 Kirovets (Rus) . 413 Kirpan (In)... 79 Kirte (T) . 294 Kirwin (U.S.) . 352 Kiso (J) . 218 Kitakami (J) . 218 Kittiwake (U.S.) . 389 Kitty Hawk (U.S.). 309 Kiwi (R.N.Z.N.). 86 Kiyonami (J) . 218 Kiyotsuki (J) . 218 Kjapp (Nor) . 238 Klamath (U.S.) . 396 Kleber(F). 166 Kled Keo (Th) . 290 Kline (U.S.) . 352 Klissoura (Gr) . 181 Klondike (U.S.) . 380 Klongyai (Th) . 288 Klordyb (Da) . 130 Klueng Badan (Th) 290 Knave (U.S.) . 368 Knechtsand (Ger. W) 176 Knight (U.S.) . 343 Knm (Nor). 237 Knokke (Bel) . 102 Knudson (U.S.) . 352 Knurr (Nor) . 239 Knurrhahn (Ger. W) 175 Koala (R.A.N.) . 66 Koblenz (Ger. W). 172 Kochang (Kor) . 221 Kodiak (U.S.) . 375 Kodor (Rus) . 419 Ko Hung (Kor) . 221 Kohzu (J). 215 Koiner (U.S.) . 351 Kojima (J). 217 Koka (U.S.) . 392 Koksijde (Bel) . 102 Kolam (Th). 289 Koln (Ger. W) . 170 Komadori (J) . 218 Kommuna (Rus) . 420 Kompas (Po) . 249 Kompass (Rus) . 420 Kompass (Sw) . 278 Komsomolyets (Rus) 418 XV I KONDA—LYMAN Konda (Rus) Kondor (Ger. W) . Kondor (Po) Kondor (Rus) Kongedybet (Da) . Konstanz (Ger. W) Konteradmiral Khoroshkhin (Rus Kookaburra (R.A.N.) Kootenay (R.C.N.) Korawakka (Cey). Kordofan (Eg) Kormoran (Ger. W) Kormoran (Po) Korshun (Rus) Kortenaer (N) . Kortijk (Bel) . Koryong (Kor) Koshiki (J). Koskelo (Fin) . Kosoku (]). Kosma Minin (Rus) Koster (Sw) . Kotiya (Cey) . Kotor (Yu). Koziorozec (Po) . Kozlu (T). Kozu (J) . Krakowiak (Po) Kram (Th) .. Kranich (Ger. W). Krasnaya Abkhaziya (Rus) Krasnaya Armenlya (Rus) Krasnaya Gruziya (Rus) .. Krasni Adzharistan (Rus).. Krasni Azerbaidzhan (Rus) Krasni Buryat (Rus) Krasni Mongol (Rus) Krasni Moryak (Rus) Krasni Vostok (Rus) Krasnoarmeets (Rus) Krasnoflotets (Rus) Krasnoye Znamya (Rus) .. Krassin (Rus) Krebs (Ger. W) . Krechet (Rus) . Kretchmer (U.S.). Krishna (U.S.) . Krisjans Valdermaras (Rus] Kriti (Gr). Krnten (Rus) . Krogulec (Po) . Krokodil (Ger. W) Kronos (Gr) . Ku Chou (C) . Kuai (C) . Kuang Chou (C). Kuban (Rus) . Kuei Chi (C) . Kuha (Fin). Kuibyshev (Rus). Kuikka (Fin) . Kujawiak (Po) Kukui (U.S.) . Kula Gulf (U.S.) . Kullen (Sw) . Kuma (J) . Kumano (J)... Kumkangsan (Kor) Kum Kok (Kor) . Kumhwa (Kor) . Kumoon (Kor) Kum San (Kor) Kumseong (Kor). Kun Lun (C) . Kun San (Kor) . Kung Kiang (C) Kuovi (Fin). Kurki (Fin). Kurokami (J) Kuroshio (J) Kurp (Po). Kurtaran (T) . Kurushima (J) . Kuryong Po (Kor). Kusadasi (T) . Kusakaki (J) . Kusu ()) . Kut (Th) . Kuthar (In). Kuzurya (J). Kvikk (Nor) . Kvina (Nor) . Kwang Kuo (C) . Kwangju (Kor) Kya (Nor). Kyne (U.S.) . Kyongki (Kor) . Kyonju (Kor) Kythira (Gr) . Kyung Nam (Kor). L’Adroit (F) L’Africaine (F) L’Agenais (F) INDEX K. SWENSON Page 421 L’Agile (F). Page 162 173 L’Alsacien (F) 155 249 L’Alerte (F) 162 407 L’Andromede (F) ... 159 130 L’Ardent (F) 162 172 L’Artemis (F) 159 412 L’Astree (F) 159 66 L’Attentif (F) 162 70 L’Aventure (F) 156 76 L’Effronte (F) 162 139 L’Enjoue (F) 162 173 L’Etoile (F). 166 249 L’Etourdi (F) 162 407 L’lntrepide (F) L’Opiniatre (F) 162 228 162 102 La Argentina (A) ... 95 221 La Baise (F)... 167 217 La Bayonnaise (F) ... 161 142 La Belle Poule (F) ... 166 216 La Bourdonnaise (F) 153 402 La Colombiana (Col) 124 276 La Confiance (F) ... 156 76 La Creole (F) 159 427 La Crete a Pierrot (Haiti) 184 250 La Dunkerquoise (F) 161 294 La Dieppoise (F) ... 161 217 La Fayette (F) 149 249 La Galissonniere (F) 153 290 La Hulloise (R.C.N.) 72 173 La Lorientaise (F) ... 161 419 La Malouine (F) 161 419 La Moqueuse (F) ... 160 419 La Paimpolaise (F)... 161 419 La Pataia (A) 99 419 La Pedrera (P) 245 419 La Perouse (F) 157 419 La Prade (U.S.) ... 347 419 La Rioja (A) 96 415 La Saone (F) 167 421 La Seine (F) 167 421 La Surprise (F) 156 418 La Union (Phil) 247 423 La Valette (U.S.) ... 341 173 Laaland (Da) 129 407 Lac Chambon (F) ... 167 351 Lac Tchad (F) 167 381 Lac Tonle-Sap (F) ... 167 423 Lachlan (R.N.Z.N.) 85 207 Lacombe (N) 231 421 Ladoga (Rus) 415 249 Ladya (Th). 288 175 Laertes (U.S.) 381 183 Lafayette (U.S.) 356 121 Laffey (U.S.) 339 119 Lagen (Nor) 237 118 Lagos . 000 417 Lagoa (Port) 254 285 Laguna (Phil) 246 142 Laita (F) . 165 403 Lajes (Port) 254 142 Lake Champlain (U.S.) 313 249 Lake Lanoa (Phil) ... 247 398 Lake Naujan (Phil) 247 316 Lake Taal (Phil) 247 276 Lakewood (R.C.N.) 75 218 Laks (Nor). 239 218 Laleston 46 221 Lam Giang (V.N.) ... 426 221 Lamar (U.S.) 370 221 Lambadias (Gr) 181 221 Lamego (Br) 108 221 Lamoille River (U.S.) 375 221 Lamons (U.S.) 351 285 Lanao (Phil) 247 222 Lanark (R.C.N.) ... 72 283 Lander (R.N.Z.N.) 86 142 Landsort (Sw) 276 142 Langara (R.C.N.) ... 75 217 Langeland (Da) 129 213 Langeness (Ger. W) 176 249 Langka Suka (Mai)... 82 294 Laning (U.S.) 352 215 Lansing (U.S.) 351 222 Lantana (U.S.) 400 294 Lanton 46 217 Lanzon (Sp) 267 213 Lapu-Lapu (Phil) ... 246 289 Laramie River (U.S.) 375 79 Larch Lake (Rus) ... 414 218 Larchmont (U.S.) ... 370 238 Larice (1) . 205 238 Laroche (Bel) 102 119 Las Villas (Cu) 126 221 Lasham 47 236 Lassen (U.S.) 385 351 Latimer (U.S.) 376 220 Laub (U.S.). 344 221 Laubie (F). 159 182 Lauis Ledge (Phil) ... 247 221 Launcher (U.S.) 375 Laurel (U.S.) 399 Laurenceville (R.C.N.) 75 Laurentia (U.S.) ... 386 Laurier (F) ... 161 Laurindo Pitta (Br) 108 Lautaro (Chil) 115 Lauzon (R.C.N.) ... 72 162 Lawrence (U.S.) ... 334 159 Lawrence C. Taylor (U.S.) 347 155 Laws (U.S.). 341 Laxen (Da) ... Page 129 Layburn 51 Laymore (R.C.N.)... 75 Laymoor 51 Laysan Island (U.S.) 390 Lazaga (Sp). 263 Lazar Kaganonitch (Rus) 422 Le Basque (F) 155 Le Bernais (F) 155 Le Bordelais (F) 155 Le Boulonnais (F) ... 155 Le Bourguignon (P) 155 Le Brestois (F) 155 Le Breton (F) 155 Le Champenois (F) 155 Le Corse (F) 155 Le Fougueux (F) ... 162 Le Fringant (F) 162 Le Frondeur (F) ... 162 Le Gascon (F) 155 Le Hardi (F) 162 Le Lorrain (F) 155 Le Mai re (A) 99 Le Normand (F) ... 155 Le Picard (F) 155 Le Provencal (F) ... 155 Le Ray Wilson (U.S.) 347 Le Savoyard (F) 155 Le Vendeen (F) 155 Leader (U.S.) 369 Leahy (U.S.) 332 Leander . 24 Leary (U.S.) 337 Lebedj (Rus) 420 Lecointe (Bel) 101 Ledsham 47 Lee Fox (U.S.) 352 Leersum (N) 231 Lefkas (Gr). 231 Legare (U.S.) 397 Legazpi(Sp) 264 Lehovon (Gr) 183 Leie (Bel) . 102 Leland E. Thomas (U.S.) 347 Lemadang (Ind) 187 Lenawee (U.S.) 376 Lenin (Rus). 415, 419, 422 Leningrad (Rus) (2) 406, 422 Leno (1) . 209 Lenoir (U.S.) 370 Leo (U.S.). 377 Leon (Gr). 178 Leonard F. Mason (U.S.) 338 Leonardo da Vinci (1) 203 Leoncio Prado (Cu) 126 Leonidas (Dorn) ... 134 Leonor (Dom) 134 Leopard 25 Leopard (Ger. W)... 173 Lepanto (Sp) 262 Lerez (Sp) ... 266 Leros (G) ... 181 Les Eclaireurs (A) ... 99 Leslie L. B. Knox (U.S.) 346 Lester (U.S.) 345 Leticia (Col) 123 Letterston ... 46 Leucoton (Chil) ... 115 Leverton ... 46 Leviathan ... 12 Levy (U.S.). 351 Lewis (U.S.) 347 Lewis Hancock (U.S.) 340 Lewiston ... 46 Lexington (U.S.) ... 312 Leyte (Phil) 246 Leyte (U.S.) 313 Li Kiang (C) 283 Liamone (F) 167 Liberation (Bel) 102 Libertad (A) 99 Libertad (Dom) 133 Libra (1) . 201 Libra (U.S.) 377 Liddle (U.S.) 352 Lien Chieh (C) 285 Lien Chih (C) 285 Lien Cheng (C) 285 Lien Chu (C) 285 Lien Hua (C) 285 Lien Jen (C) 285 Lien Li (C). 285 Lien Pi (C). 121 Lien Sheng (C) 285 Lien Yung (C) 285 Lientur (Chil) 115 Lier (Bel) . 102 Lieut. George W. G. Boyce (U.S.) 388 Lieut Robert Craig (U.S.) 388 Lihiniya (Cey) 76 Lilac (U.S.). 400 Lilas (F) . 161 Lillebjorn (Da) 131 Lilitt (Is) . 193 Lima (Port)... 251 Limburg (N) 227 Limpkin (U.S.) 371 Limnos (Gr) 182 Lin an (C) ... 282 Lin 1 (C) . 118 Page Lincoln 26 Lincoln County (U.S.) 374 Lindau (Ger. W) ... 172 Linden (U.S.) . 400 Lindenwald (U.S.)... 373 Lindholm (Da) 130 Lindormen (Da) ... 129 Lindsey (U.S.) 344 Ling (U.S.). 364 Linh Kiem (V.N.). 426 Liniers (Sp). 262 Linnet 45 Linnet (U.S.) . 372 Lioba (U.S.) . 386 Lion... 14 Lionfish (U.S.) . 364 Lipan (U.S.) . 392 Lipari (1) 209 Liri (Rus) . 421 Liseron (F) ... 161 Lisse (N) . 231 Listerville (R.C.N.) 75 Litchfield County (U.S.) ... 374 Little Bow (R.C.M.P.) ... 75 Little Rock (U.S.). 328 Littlehales (U.S.). 384 Liu Chang (C) 283 Liulom (Th) 288 Llandaff 26 Llobregat (Sp) . 266 Lloyd (U.S.) . 352 Lloyd E. Acree (U.S.) 347 Lloyd Thomas (U.S.) 336 Lo Yang (C) 280 Lobelia (F) ... 161 Locator (U.S.) 383 Loch Alvie . 32 Loch Craggie 32 Loch Dunvegan 32 Loch Fada ... 32 Loch Fyne ... 32 Loch Insh ... 32 Loch Killin ... 32 Loch Killisport 32 Loch Lomond 32 Loch Ruthven 32 Loch Tralaig 32 Loch Veyatie 32 Lochem (N) 231 Locmine (F) 167 Locotenent-Comandor Stihi Eugen (Ro) . 258 Locust (U.S.) . 389 Lodestone (U.S.) ... 382 Loeser (U.S.) . 349 Lofberg (U.S.) . 339 Lofoten 52 Loganville (R.C.N.) 75 Loggerhead (U.S.). 364 Loke (Sw). 279 Lokeren (Bel) 102 Lorn (Nor). 238 Lomas (P). 244 Lomba (Br). 108 Lommen (Da) 130 Lonchi (Gr) 178 London 17 Londonderry 24 Long Beach (U.S.)... 321 Longlom (Th) . 288 Lonna (Fin)... 143 Lookout (U.S.) . 383 Loon (R.C.N.) . 74 Lorain County (U.S.) .373 Loreto (P). 244 Lorientaise (F) . 161 Lorikeet (U.S.) . 372 Lorrain (F) ... 155 Los (Pol) . 249 Los Angeles (U.S.) 325 Loto (1) . 205 Lotus (F) 163 Lougen (Da) 129 Lough (U.S.) . 346 Lovelace (U.S.) 349 Lowe (Ger. W) 173 Lowe (U.S.) . 351 Lowestoft ... 24 Lowry (U.S.) . 339 Loy (U.S.). 352 Loyalty (U.S.) 369 Lt. Schmidt (Rus). 420 Lu Shan (C) 284 Luceafarul (Ro) 258 Luce (U.S.). 332 Luchs (Ger. W) 173 Lucid (U.S.) 369 Ludham 47 Ludington (U.S.). 370 Luigi di Savoia Duca delgi Abruzzi .. 196 Luigi Rizzo (1) 200 Luiseno (U.S.) 392 Lullington ... 46 Lundy 50 Luperon (Dom) (2 ships)... 134 Lutje Horn (Ger. W) 176 Luymes (N) 232 Luzerne County (U.S.) 374 Lyman K. Swenson (U.S.) 339 XVI INDEX LYNAES—MULLANY Page Lynaes (Da) ... 130 Lynde McCormick (U.S.)... ... 334 Lynx ... 25 Lynx (N) . ... 229 Lyo (Da) . ... 130 Lyotchik (Rus) . ... 413 Lyr (Nor). ... 239 Lyre (F) . ... 161 M Ma San (Kor) .222 Maaseik (Bel) . 102 McCaffery (U.S.). 336 McClelland (U.S.). 351 McConnell (U.S.). 351 McCook (U.S.) 343 McCord (U.S.) 341 McCulloch (U.S.). 396 McDermut (U.S.) ... ... ... 340 Macdonough (U.S.) 332 McGinty (U.S.) 347 McGowan (U.S.). 340 Mack (U.S.) 347 Mackenzie (R.C.N.) 70 Mackenzie (U.S.). 344 Mackerell (U.S.) 366 McKean (U.S.) 337 McKee (U.S.) 341 Mackinac (U.S.) 396 Mackinaw (U.S.). 398 McLanahan (U.S.). 344 Mclane (U.S.) 397 McNair (U.S.340 McMinville (U.S.). 371 McMorris (U.S.) 345 McNulty (U.S.) 346 Macha(lr). 140 Macon (U.S.) 325 Macquarie (R.A.N.) 65 Madadgar (Pak) . 89 Maddiston ... ... ... ... 46 Maddox (U.S.) 339 Madiera (Port) .255 Madera County (U.S.) 374 Madison (U.S.) 344 Madjan Kumbang (Ind) . 187 Madrona (U.S.) 399 Madryn (A). 98 Maeklong (Th) .287 Maev (Ir) . 140 Magallanes (Sp) .264 Magar (In). 81 Magne (Sw) .273 Magnet (U.S.) 382 Magnificent... ... ... ... 12 Magnolia (F) 161 Magnolia (I) 205 Magnolia (U.S.) 399 Magoffin (U.S.) 376 Mahamiru (M) 82 Mahan (U.S.) 332 Mahasena (Cey) ... ... ... 76 Mahitis (Gr) . 180 Mahmood (Pak) . 89 Mahnavi-hamraz (Per) . 190 Mahnavi-taheri (Per) . 190 Mahnavi-vahedi (Per) ... ... 190 Mahnomen County (U.S.) ... 374 Mahoning (U.S.).400 Mahopa (U.S.) 392 Maidstone ... ... ... ... 41 Maille-Brez6 (F) 154 Maine (Ger. W) ... ... ... 170 Maio (Por).255 Maipo (Chil) . 116 Maire (A). 9 Major (U.S.) 349 Maki(J) .213 Makigumo (J) 218 Mako (R.N.Z.N.). 86 Makrelen (Da) . 129 Maksim Gorki (Rus) ... ... 403 Malabar (F)... ... ... ... 167 Malabar (U.S.) ... ... ... 386 Malaspina (Sp) ... ... ... 267 Malcolm . 31 Maldonado (Ur) .296 Malek Fuad (Eg) . 139 Malgache (F) 156 Malham ... ... ... ... 47 Mallard (R.C.N.). 74 Mallow (U.S.) 399 Malmedy (Bel) . 102 Mai mo (Sw) ... ... ... 272 Malouine (F) ... ... ... 161 Maloy (U.S.) 349 Malygin (Rus) .423 Mammouth (F) 167 Manabi (Ec) 136 Manawanui (R.N.Z.N.) 86 Manatee (U.S.) 391 Manayunk (U.S.). 389 Manazuru (J) 218 Page r* Mandorlo (1) ... 205 Mangala (Ind) ... 186 Mango (1) ... ... 205 Mango (U.S.) . ... 389 Mangyan (Phil) ... 247 Manitou (U.S.) . ... 400 Manley (U.S.) . ... 335 Manning (U.S.) . ... 349 Mannville (R.C.N.) ... 75 Mano (Da). ... 130 Mansfield (U.S.) . ... 339 Manta (U.S.) . ... 365 Manxman ... ... 17 Maple (U.S.) . ... 399 Maranoa (Phil) . ... 247 Maranon (P) ... 244 Marasesti (Ro) ... 257 Marasti (Ro) . ... 257 Marburg (Ger. W) ... 172 Marceau (F) ... 166 Marcel le Bihan (F) ... 165 Marchand (U.S.) ... ... 350 Marcilio Dias (Br). ... 106 Marder (Ger. W) ... ... 173 Mardjan (Per) . ... 190 Maresal Fevzi Cakmak (T) ... 291 Marfa (U.S.) . ... 370 Margaree (R.C.N.) ... 70 Marguerite (F) . ... 161 Maria Julia (Ice) . ... 185 Marias (U.S.) . ... 391 Marich (Ind) ... 188 Maricopa County (U.S.) ... ... 374 Marieholm (Sw) ... 377 Marietta (U.S.) . ... 389 Marine Fiddler (U.S.) ... 388 Mario Serpo (Col). ... 124 Marion (U.S.) . ... 397 Marion County (U.S.) ... 374 Mariposa (U.S.) ... 399 Mariz E. Barros (Br) ... 106 Marjolaine (F) ... 163 Mark (U.S.) . ... 388 Markab (U.S.) . ... 380 Marlboro (U.S.) ... 390 Malin (U.S.) . ... 366 Marlingford ... 49 Marmaris (T) ... 293 Marn Vichai (Th). ... 290 Marnix (N). ... 228 Marques de oa Ensenda (Sp) ... 263 Marquette (U.S.). ... 377 Marsdiep (N) ... 231 Marsh (U.S.) . ... 349 Marshall (U.S.) . ... 340 Marsouin (P) . ... 158 Marsuinui (Ro) ... 257 Marte (Sp). ... 264 Martin Alonso Pinzon (Sp) ... 264 Martin H. Ray (U.S.) ... 350 Martinez (U.S.) . ... 370 Marvel (Rus) ... 411 Mary ton ... 46 Marysville (R.C.N.) ... 75 Marysville (U.S.) ... 370 Masbate (Phil) . ... 247 Masen (Sw)... ... 278 Mashinist (Rus) ... 413 Massachusetts (U.S.) ... 320 Massett (R.C.M.P.) ... 75 Massey (U.S.) . ... 339 Mastino (1). ... 204 Mataco (A). ... 100 Matagorda (U.S.) ... ... 396 Matanzas (Cu) ... 126 Matapan ... 20 Mataphon (Th) ... 289 Mataripe (Br) . ... 108 Matjan Tutul (Ind). ... 187 Matra (Th). ... 290 Matros (Rus) . ... 412 Matrough (Eg) ... 138 Matsu (J) . ... 213 Matsukaze (J) ... 219 Matsushima (J) ... 215 Matthews (U.S.) ... ... 377 Matzpen (Is) ... 194 Maui (U.S.). ... 381 Maumee (U.S.) . ... 391 Mauna Kea (U.S.). ... 385 Mauna Loa (U.S.) ... ... 385 Maurice J. Manuel (U.S.) ... ... 347 Maury (U.S.) . ... 384 Maxim ... 57 Maximo Gomez (Cu) ... 125 Maxton ... 46 Mayford ... 49 Mayo (U.S.) . ... 344 Mayor Ernesto Rojas (Col) ... 124 Mayu (Bur). ... 110 Mazama (U.S.) ... 385 Mazur (Po). ... 249 Meade (U.S.) . ... 344 Meadow Lark (U.S.) ... 371 Mearim (Br) ... 107 Measure (Rus) . ... 412 Mechelen (Bel) . ... 102 Meda . ... 49 Mediator . ... 58 Medregal (U.S.) . ... 363 Medusa (N) . ... 232 Page Medusa (Port) 256 Meeker County (U.S.) 374 Megara (U.S.) 381 Mehmedcik (T) 295 Mei Chen (C) 284 Mei Chien (C) 284 Mei Han (C) 284 Mei Heng (C) 284 Mei Ho (C). 284 Mei Hung (C) 284 Mei 1 (C) . 284 Mei Peng (C) 284 Mei Sung (C) 284 Mei Wen (C) 284 Mei Yuan (C) 120 Meiyo (J) . 219 Mekhanik (Rus) 413 Melbourne (R.A.N.) 60 Mella (Dorn) 134 Mellette (U.S.) 376 Mellum (Ger. W) ... 176 Melvin (U.S.) 340 Melvin R. Nawman (U.S.) 347 Memmert (Ger. W) 175 Menard (U.S.) 376 Mender (U.S.) 376 Mender (U.S.) 390 Mendez Nunez (Sp) 261 Mendota (U.S.) ... 396 Mendoza (A) 96 Menelaus (U.S.) 445 Menges (U.S.) 350 Menhaden (U.S.) ... 364 Meon 33 Meppel (N)... 231 Merbabu (Ind) 189 Mercedes (Dom) ... 134 Mercer (U.S.) 390 Mercure (F) 162 Mercuur (N) 233 Meredith (U.S.) ... 338 Merepoeg (Rus) ... 420 Meric (T) . 293 Merksem (Bel) 102 Merkur (Ger. W) ... 173 Merrick (U.S.) 377 Merrickville (R.C.N.) 75 Merril (U.S.) 350 Mersey 46 Mertz (U.S.) 340 Mervine (U.S.) 343 Mesquite (U.S.) 399 Messina 52 Metel (Rus) 411 Metaco (U.S.) 392 Metauto (1)... 209 Metcalfe (U.S.) 341 Meteor II (Ger. W) 176 Meteoro (Sp) 264 Method (Rus) 412 Metivier (U.S.) 346 Meuse (Bel) 102 Mewa (Po). 249 Miami (U.S.) 329 Miantomomah (U.S.) 369 Micalvi (Chil) 116 Michelson (U.S.) ... 384 Micka (U.S.) 351 Mickelham ... 47 Micmac (R.C.N.) ... 69 Midas (U.S.) 381 Middlesex County (U.S.) 374 Midway (U.S.) 310 Miguel de Cervantes (Sp] 260 Mijo (J) . 216 Mikhail Kutusov (Rus) 402 Mikoyan (Rus) 422 Mikura (J) (2 ships) 215, 217 Mildura (R.A.N.) ... 65 Mille (F) . 159 Miller (U.S.) 341 Miilicoma (U.S.) ... 391 Mills (U.S.). 351 Milos (Gr). 182 Mimosa (F). 161 Mimosa (U.S.) 389 Min Chiang (C) 283 Mina (Rus) ... 412 Minas Gerais (Br) ... 104 Mincio (1) ... 209 Mindanao (U.S.) 381 Minden (Ger. W) ... 172 Minden (U.S.) 370 Miner (Yu). 428 Miner l-VIII. 45 Minerva (1). 202 Mineyuki (J) 218 Miniya (Eg). 139 Minnetonka (U.S.)... 396 Mino (Sp) ... 266 Minrep (Rus) 412 Minsk (Rus) 406 Miochidori (J) 218 Mira (Ger. W) 173 Mirage (F) ... 167 Miramichi (R.C.N.) 74 Mircea (Ro) 258 Mirfak (U.S.) 387 Mirth (Rus) 412 Mirto (1) . 205 Misago (J). 214 Page Misamis Oriental (Phil) ... 247 Misamis Occidental (Phil) 247 Miseno (1) ... 209 Misgav (Is). 192 Misiones (A) 96 Mispillion (U.S.) . 391 Mission Capistrano (U.S.) 391 Mission Santa Ynez (U.S.) 391 Mississinewa (U.S.) 391 Missouri (U.S.) . 319 Mistletoe (U.S.) . 399 Mitilio (1). 207 Mitscher (U.S.) . 333 Miura (J) . 217 Miyake (J). 217 Mizar (U.S.) . 387 Mizutori (J) 214 Mjolner (Da) . 131 Mjolner (Sw) 273 Moale (U.S.) . 339 Mochizuki (J) 218 Mock Po (Kor) . 222 Moctobi (U.S.) 392 Mode (Sw) ... 273 Modoc (U.S.) 400 Mogami (J). 218 Mogano (1). 205 Mohamed Ali (Eg). 138 Mohawk 23 Mohican (U.S.) . 400 Mokseong (Kor) ... 221 Molala (U.S.) 392 Molene (F). 166 Molnya (Rus) . 411 Molosso (1). 204 Molotov (Rus) . 403 Momi (J) . 213 Mona Island (U.S.). 381 Monadnock (U.S.). 369 Mongol (Rus) . 421 Monitor (U.S.) 353 Monkton 46 Monmouth County (U,S.) 374 Monrovia (U.S.) 376 Monssen (U.S.) 340 Montague (U.S.) . 377 Montcalm (Rus) 423 Monte Cristo (1) ... 209 Montecucco (Rus)... 421 Monterey (U.S.) . 315 Montevideo (Ur) ... 296 Montford ... 49 Monticello ... 373 Montrose ... 46 Montrose (U.S.) 376 Moorburn ... 51 Moorcock ... 51 Moordale ... 51 Moore (U.S.) . 350 Mooress 51 Moorfield ... 51 Moorfire 51 Moorfly 51 Moorfowl ... 51 Moorgrass ... 51 Moorgrieve 51 Moorhen 51 Moorhill 51 Moorland ... 51 Moormyrtle 51 Moorpout ... 51 Moorside ... 51 Moorsman ... . 51 Moosomin II (R.C.M.P.) ... 75 Moqueuse (F) 160 Moray (U.S.) . 364 Mordogan (T) 2 Q 3 Morecambe Bay 31 Moreno (U.S.) . 392 Mornar (Yu) . 430 Moroshima (J) 215 Moroz (Rus) 423 Morris (U.S.) (2). 397, 370 Mors (Po). 278 Morse (F). 158 Morton (U.S.) 335 Morvald (Per) 190 Moskva (Rus) 422 Mosley (U.S.) . 350 Mosospelea (U.S.) ... 392 Mosselbaai (S.A.). 92 Motive (U.S.) . 368 Motorist (Rus) . 413 Mount Baker (U.S.) 385 Mount Katmai (U.S.) 385 Mount McKinley (U.S.) ... 355 Mount Olympus (U.S.) ... 355 Mountain Province (Phil)... 247 Mountrail (U.S.) ... 376 Mounts Bay 31 Mubarak (Pak) 89 Mughetto (1) . 205 Muguet (F). 161 Muhafiz (Pak) . 89 Mujahid (Pak) . 89 Mukhtar (Pak) . 89 Mulberry (U.S.) . 389 Muliphen (U.S.) . 377 Mull of Galloway ... 43 Mull of Kintyre . 43 Mullany (U.S.) . 341 xvii Page 335 170 273 392 89 218 210 97 64 413 217 344 31 341 368 143 388 166 40 218 337 221 220 400 78 161 231 231 274 419 423 182 218 389 139 347 274 134 220 266 390 276 218 188 237 118 120 285 280 75 391 244 213 205 399 392 158 254 52 161 235 35 216 57 138 238 91 218 218 175 389 400 369 254 92 265 360 392 191 391 400 180 376 266 392 351 47 246 246 343 397 391 274 386 254 264 224 380 266 390 193 Page 35 234 406 405 349 405 420 176 271 351 405 405 207 405 351 84 405 406 215 237 70 143 405 35 175 349 351 75 47 406 405 284 102 102 161 46 102 374 383 72 227 396 44 341 375 213 218 353 406 338 405 405 405 406 252 167 172 86 222 232 374 47 207 ,161 244 392 392 221 242 30 190 187 187 187 187 187 187 187 187 187 187 381 20 31 205 389 390 66 421 247 364 209 381 290 246 143 229 173 178 392 223 INDEX Page Page Nettle (U.S.) . Nettleham. Neuendorf (U.S.). Neung Ra (Kor) . Neunzer (U.S.) . Neva (Rus). New (U.S.)... New Glasgow (R.C.N.) ... New jersey (U.S.)... New Liskeard (R.C.N.) ... New London County (U.S.) New Waterford (R.C.N.) Newell (U.S.) . Newman (U.S.) Newman K. Perry (U.S.)... Newport News (U.S.) Nhong Sarhai (Th) Niblack (U.S.) . Nicholas (U.S.) . Niedoscigly (Po). Nields (U.S.) . Niels Ebbesen (Da) Nieuchwytny (Po)... Nieugiety (Po) Nieuwpoort (Bel) ... Niger Nigeria (Nig) Niizuki (j). Nike (U.S.). Nils Stromorona (Sw) Nimble . Nimble (U.S.) . Ninh Ciang (V.N.) Ninoshima (J) Niobe (Ger. W) . Nipigon (R.C.N.). Nipmuc (U.S.) . Nire (j) . Nissiros (Gr) . Nitro (U.S.) . No-Tham (V.N.). Noa (U.S.). Noble (U.S.) . Noce (I) . Nogah (Is). Nogiku (J). Noord Brabant (N) Nootka (R.C.N.). Nordenfelt Nordenskjold (Sw) Nordkaparen (Sw) Nordstrand (Ger. W) Nordwind (Ger. W) Norfolk (U.S.) . Norge (Nor) . Norman Scott (U.S.) Normand (F) Norris (U.S.) . Norrkoping (Sw) ... Northampton (U.S.) Northumbria Northwind (U.S.). Norton Sound (U.S. Noshiro (j) — Notable (U.S.) . Noto (j) . Nottoway (U.S.). Novik (Rus) . Noxubee (U.S.) . Ntisar (Eg). Nubian Nucleus (Rus) . Nueces (U.S.) . Nueva Ecija (Phil). Nueva Esparta (Ven) Nueve de Julio (A) Nuno Tristao (Port) Nuthatch (U.S.) . Nutmeg (U.S.) . Nuwajima (J) Nye County (U.S.) Nyeman (Rus) Nzadi (Bel). 398 47 349 221 350 418 336 78 319 73 374 72 351 352 337 322 287 343 341 250 344 127 250 249 102 40 82 218 397 278 58 369 426 215 174 70 181 385 426 338 376 205 193 214 228 69 57 273 274 176 175 331 239 340 155 336 272 326 46 398 354 218 392 404 390 139 23 411 390 246 424 95 252 368 389 215 374 418 102 O Oahu (U.S.) 381 Oak (U.S.).400 Oak Hill (U.S.) 373 Oakol . 56 Oakwood (R.C.N.) ... ... 75 Oasis (F) 167 Ob (Rus) .421 O’Bannon (U.S.). 341 Obedient. 23 Oberon ... ... ... ... 35 Oberon (U.S.) 377 Obratztovyi (Rus).406 Obrazovanny (Rus) . 405 O’Brien (U.S.) 339 Observation Island (U.S.)... ... 378 Observer (U.S.) ... ... ... 369 Obstine (F)... ... ... ... 167 Oceanside (U.S.). 375 Oceanus (U.S.) 381 Ochetlivi (Rus) . 406 Ockham . 47 Odarenni (Rus) . 406 Odax (U.S.) 363 Oden (Sw).278 Odet(F) . 165 Odiel (Sp).266 Odiham ... ... ... ... 47 Odin ... ... ... ... 35 Odinn (Ice). 185 Odum (U.S.) 352 Odwazny (Po) ... ... ... 250 Ofanto (I).209 O’Flaherty (U.S.). 347 Ognenny (Rus) . 405 Ogishima (J) 215 Ognevoi (Rus) . 406 Oglethorpe (U.S.). 377 Ogna (Nor) .238 O’Hare (U.S.) 337 O’Higgins (Chil). 112 Oiapoque (Br) ... ... ... 108 Ojibwa (U.S.) 400 Ojika(J) .217 Okanogan (U.S.). 376 Okean (Rus) . 420 Okhotlivy (Rus) . 405 Okhotsk (Rus) (2 ships). 420 Old (J) 217 Okichidori (J) 215,218 Okinami (J) 218 Okinawa (U.S.) ... ... ... 318 Oklahoma City (U.S.) 328 Okpo (Kor) .220 Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya (Rus)... 402 Okushiri (J) 217 Olaya (P).245 Oland (Sw).272 Oleander (U.S.) 400 Oleandro (I) 205 Oleg Koshevoi (Rus) . 420 Olekma (Rus) . 421 Olga (Rus)... 421 Oliver Mitchell (U.S.) 347 Oljaren (Sw) .279 Olmo (I) 205 Olmsted (U.S.) 376 OIna 56 Olney (U.S.) 370 Olympus ... ... ... ... 35 Omei (C).285 Ommen (N) 231 Omosund (Da) . 128 Ona (A) 100 Onaran (T).295 Onbevreesd (N). 230 Ondee (F). 167 Onega (Rus) . 415 Oneota (U.S.) 389 Onslaught. 35 Ontana (I).205 Onverdroten (N). 230 Onvermoeid (N). 230 Onversaagd (N) 230 Onverschrokken (N) 230 Onvervaard (N) 230 Oosterland (S.A.). 96 Ootaka(J).214 Opasni (Rus) . 406 Ophir (Is). 193 Opiniatre (F) 162 Opportune (U.S.). 389 Oquendo (Sp) .263 Oracle . 35 Oracle (U.S.) 368 Orangeleaf. 55 Orchidea (I) 205 Ordronaux (U.S.). 344 Ordzhonikidze (Rus) . 402 Oregon City (U.S.) ... ... 323 O’Reilly (U.S.) 350 Orel (Rus).407 Orella (Chil) . 113 Organos (P) 245 Oriente (Cu) . 126 Origny (F). 161 Oriole (R.C.N.) 75 Orion (Br). 107 Orion (F). 161 Orion (Ger. W) ... ... ... 173 Orion (Gr). 183 Orion (U.S.) 380 Orione (I).201 Oriskany (U.S.) 312 Orkaan (N) ... ... ... 233 Orkla (Nor) .238 Orleans Parish (U.S.) 374 Orleck (U.S.) 338 Orlik (Po).249 Orne (F) 165 Orno (Sw).276 Orpheus ... ... ... ... 35 Orsa(l) .201 Orskar (Sw) . 276 Orust (Sw).277 Orwell . 30 Osado (Sp) ... ... ... ... 264 Osage (U.S.) ... ... ... 353 Osberg (U.S.) 347 Oshawa (R.C.N.). 73 Oshima (J).215 Page 399 114 105 370 107 240 105 133 76 181 105 53 142 385 245 374 98 344 351 75 346 107 64 371 335 420 329 388 389 389 176 172 108 391 99 82 187 165 181 425 273 357 412 288 186 349 157 341 376 108 352 161 391 392 181 296 417 371 55 247 390 391 245 255 224 161 267 174 100 283 346 380 232 173 31 202 176 82 412 389 392 46 162 366 368 193 422 337 359 105 251 157 338 161 183 275 369 165 161 390 30 350 365 370 289 >, 398 402 278 350 191 289 INDEX PAPAW—RATON Page Phali (Th). 288 Phaon (U.S.) 381 Pheasant (U.S.) ... 368 Phenix (F) ... 161 Philip (U.S.) 341 Philippine Sea (U.S.) 313 Pheobe (U.S.) 371 Phosamton (Th) ... 287 Picard (F) . 155 Pickaway (U.S.) ... 376 Pickerel (U.S.) ... 363 Picket (U.S.) 383 Picking (U.S.) 340 Pico (Port) 254 Picton . 46 Pictor (U.S.) 386 Picuda (U.S.) 364 Piedmont (U.S.) ... 380 Piedrabuena (A) ... 97 Piet Hein (N) 228 Pieter Flo-isz (N) ... 232 Pietermaritzburg (S.A.) 91 Pietro Cavezzale (1) 207 Pigassos (Gr) 181 Pigeon (U.S.) 368 Pillsbury (U.S.) 351 Pilot (Rus). 413 Pilot (U.S.) 368 Piloto Pardo (Chil) 116 Piloto Sibbald (Chil) 115 Pima County (U.S.) 438 Pimpernelle (F) 162 Pin Klao (Th) 286 Pinar Del Rio (Cu) 126 Pine Island (U.S.) 354 Pine Lake (Rus) ... 414 Pingvin (Nor) 239 Pinios (Gr) 182 Pinna (1) 207 Pinnacle (U.S.) 369 Pinnebog (U.S.) ... 390 Pino (1) 205 Pinola (U.S.) 392 Pintado (U.S.) 364 Pinto (U.S.) 392 Pioneer (U.S.) 368 Pioppo (1) 205 Pipefish (U.S.) 364 Piper (U.S.) 364 Piraju (Br) 107 Pirambu (Br) 107 Piranha (Br) 107 Piranha (U.S.) 364 Pirapia (Br) 107 Piraque (Br) 107 Piri Reis (T) 292 Pirtpolitis (Gr) 180 Pirttisaari (Fin) 143 Piru (Ind). 180 Piscataqua (U.S.) ... 398 Pitkin County (U.S.) 374 Pittsburgh (U.S.) ... 325 Piussante (F) 165 Pivoine (F). 161 Pivot (U.S.) 369 Piyale Pasa (T) 291 Pizarro (Sp) 264 Plaice (U.S.) 364 Plainsville (R.C.N.) 75 Plamya (Rus) 412 Planetree (U.S.) ... 399 Platano (1) ... 205 Platte (U.S.) 391 Pledge (U.S.) 369 Plehmindorf (Po) ... 250 Plejad (Sw) 275 Ploiarkhos Meletopoulos » (Gr) 180 Plon (Ger. W) 176 Plotarkhis Aslanoglou (Gr) 180 Plotarkhis Blessas (Gr) 180 Plotarkhis Chatziconstantis (Gr) 180 Plotarkhis Maridakis (Gr) 180 Plotarkhis Vlachavas (Gr) 180 Plover . 45 Plover (U.S.) 372 Pluck (U.S.) 369 Plumas County (U.S.) 374 Plum Leaf 55 Plunger (U.S.) 359 Pluton (Sp) 268 Plymouth ... 24 Plymouth Rock (U.S.) 373 Pod) . 209 Po Kiang (C) 283 Pochard (U.S.) 368 Pocomoke (U.S.) ... 353 Pocono (U.S.) 355 Podhalanin (Po) 249 Podsekatel (Rus) ... 412 Poinciana (U.S.) ... 400 Point Barrow (U.S.) 388 Point Cruz (U.S.) ... 316 Point Defiance (U.S.) 373 Polarfront 1 (Nor) 237 Polarfront II (Nor) 237 Polaris (Sw) 275 Polcevera (Rus) 421 Polemistis (Gr) 180 Polipo (1) . 207 Polk County (U.S.) 374 Pollack (U.S.) 357 Page Polluks (Rus) . Pollux (F) . Pollux (Sw) . Pollux (U.S.) . Polsham Polyaraya Zvezda (Rus) Polyarni (Rus) . Polyarnlk (Rus) . Pomfret (U.S.) . Pomodon (U.S.) . Pomona (I) Ponchatoula (U.S.) Pont Delgada (Port) Pontchartrain (U.S.) Poole (U.S.) . Pope (U.S.). Popham Poplar (U.S.) . Popular Lake (Rus) Porkkala (Fin) . Porlock Bay . Porpoise Porpora (I) Port Elizabeth (S.A.) Portage (U.S.) . Portaria (Gr) Port Dauphine (R.C.N.) Port de la Reine (R.C.N.) Port Quebec (R.C.N.) ... Portcullis. Porte Saint Jean (R.C.N.) Porte Saint Louis (R.C.N.) Poter (U.S.) . Porterfield (U.S.) Portisham ... Porto Empedocle (I) Porto Fossone (I) Porto Pisano (I) . Porto Recanti (I). Porto Rosso (I) . Porto Santo (Port) Porto Torres (I) . Porto Vechcio (I) Portsmouth (U.S.) Poseidon (Gr) Poseidon (U.S.) . Potengi (Br) . Potomac (U.S.) Potosi (Mex) . Potawatomi (U.S.) Potvis (N) ... Powderham Power (U.S.) . Prade (U.S.) . Prairie (U.S.) . Praktika (Rus) . Prap (Th). Prasae (Th) . Prat (Chil) . Pratt (U.S.) . Preble (U.S.) . Prescott (U.S.) Preserver (U.S.) ... President Kruger (S.A.) ... President Alfaro (Ec) Presidente Errazuriz (Chil) Presidente Mosquera (Col) Presidente Peynado (Dorn) Presidente Pinto (Chil) ... Presidente Sarmiento (A) Presidente Troncoso (Dom) Presidente Trujillo (Dom) Presidente Velasco Ibarra (Ec) Presley (U.S.) . Preston (U.S.) . Pretoria (S.A.N.). Prevail (U.S.) . Preveze (T) Priboi (Rus) . Price (U.S.) . Prichett (U.S.) . Pride (U.S.) . Prime (U.S.) . Primevere (F) Primorye (Rus) Primrose (U.S.) . Primula (I). Prince Salvor . Princesa (Sp) Princeton (U.S.) . Principe (Port) . Private John R. Towle (U.S.) Private Francis X-McGraw (U.S Private Frank J. Petrarca (U.S.) Private Joe E. Mann (U.S.) Private Joseph F. Merrell (U.S.) Private Leonard C. Brostrc (U.S.) . Procyon (F) Proycon (Sp) Prokyon (Gr) . Prometheus (Gr). Prong (Th) . Prosperous Protea (S.A.) . Protector. Protector (U.S.) . Proteo (I) . Protet (F) . Proteus (U.S.) . Provencal (F) . .. 161 .. 275 .. 386 47 .. 418 .. 420 .. 421 .. 364 .. 363 .. 202 .. 391 .. 254 .. 396 .. 350 .. 350 47 .. 400 .. 414 .. 143 31 35 .. 207 92 .. 370 .. 181 74 74 74 53 74 74 .. 340 .. 340 47 .. 209 .. 209 .. 209 .. 209 .. 209 .. 255 .. 209 .. 209 .. 329 .. 179 .. 381 .. 108 .. 391 .. 223 .. 392 .. 230 47 .. 338 .. 347 .. 380 .. 418 .. 289 .. 286 .. I 12 .. 347 .. 332 .. 371 .. 389 90 .. 135 .. 116 .. 123 .. 132 .. 116 99 .. 132 .. 132 .. 135 .. 347 .. 340 92 .. 384 .. 290 .. 420 .. 351 .. 341 .. 350 .. 369 .. 162 .. 418 .. 399 .. 205 50 .. 265 .. 313 .. 255 .. 388 ) 388 .. 388 .. 388 .. 388 m .. 388 .. 161 .. 267 .. 181 .. 183 .. 290 58 92 39 .. 383 .. 209 .. 154 .. 380 .. 155 Page Providence (U.S.) Provodnik (Rus) ... Prowess (U.S.) Ptarmigan (U.S.) Pu To (C). Pujon (Kor) Pakaki (R.N.Z.N .)... Puket (Th). Pukkio (Fin) Pula (Yu) . Pulaski County (U.S.) Puma . Puncheston... Pung Do (Kor) Punta Alta (A) Punta Ciguena (A) Punta Delgada (A) Punta Loyola (A) ... Punta Medanos (A) Punta Ninfas (A) ... Punta Rasa (A) Purdy (U.S.) Pursuit (U.S.) Purus (Br) Putnam (U.S.) Puttenham ... Py (A) . Pyhtaa (Fin) Pyro (U.S.) 328 41 I 368 368 285 222 84 288 143 427 374 25 46 221 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 339 384 107 339 49 48 185 337 Q Quadrant (R.A.N.) 64 Quail (U.S.) 368 Quapaw (U.S.) 392 Qua’Appelle (R.C.N.) 70 Queenborough (R.A.N.) ... 64 Queenfish (U.S.) ... ... 364 Queensville (R.C.N.) ... ... 75 Querandi (A) 100 Quercia (I) < ... 205 Quer£taro (Mex) 223 Quiberon (R.A.N.) 64 Quick (U.S.) 343 Quickmatch (R.A.N.) 64 Quillback (U.S.). 363 Quincy (U.S.) 325 Quinte (R.C.N.). 74 Quirinus (U.S.) 381 R Rabaul (U.S.) 316 Rabotchi (Rus) 419 Raby (U.S.). 439 Rackham . 47 Rad (Th) . 290 Radford (U.S.) 341 Radjawalai (Ind) ... 187 Rafah (Eg). 139 Rahav (Is) 193 Raimondo Montescuccol «(i) 197 Rainier (U.S.) 385 Raiso (Fin) ... 141 Rajput (In) ... 79 Raleigh (U.S.) 372 Rame Head... 43 Rambervillers (F) 166 Rambler (U.S.) ... 399 Rampart 53 Rampart (Rus) 412 Rampino (1) 208 Rampisham 47 Ramsden (U.S.) 351 Ramskar (Sw) 276 Ran (Sw) . 278 Rana (In) . 79 Rana (Nor) 238 Rancagua (Chil) 116 Ranee (F) . 165 Randall (U.S.) 376 Randolph (U.S.) ... 313 Ranger (U.S.) 309 Rang Kwien (Th) ... 290 Ranjit (In). 79 Rankin (U.S.) 377 Ransom (U.S.) 368 Rapid . 29 Rapp (Nor) 238 Raritan (U.S.) 400 Rasheed (Eg) 138 Rasher (U.S.) 366 Rask (Nor) 238 Rastoropyni (Rus) 406 Ratanakosindra (Th) 287 Raton (U.S.) 366 xix 173 171 237 368 289 238 129 347 352 264 288 108 364 406 406 406 369 368 217 45 389 389 40 368 375 388 366 364 433 406 352 53 368 389 372 47 332 352 161 173 275 387 384 392 406 264 29 54 340 363 123 316 46 161 341 376 368 382 46 98 158 366 257 384 161 66 406 406 74 133 70 58 54 406 54 406 348 368 406 58 370 176 231 167 351 24 106 254 207 336 338 338 347 347 335 347 350 350 40 161 173 386 275 141 92 108 346 390 189 214 279 Page 58 188 338 339 290 134 197 315 374 96 100 96 197 373 243 384 133 100 376 134 263 124 382 205 389 364 276 50 47 385 184 96 254 255 246 254 123 134 255 255 46 254 254 167 82 413 158 97 288 376 309 417 363 46 360 381 264 239 338 70 399 289 217 288 343 173 381 58 238 341 391 353 400 . 430 351 184 294 155 218 47 218 258 364 258 207 383 165 24 75 176 17! 171 102 172 352 341 231 173 391 182 202 392 182 38 19 165 358 368 38 44 349 INDEX Page Ringness (U.S.) . 352 Rio Apure (Ven) ... 425 Rio Arauca (Ven) 425 Rio Cabriales (Ven) 425 Rio Caroni (Ven) 425 Rio Das Contas (Br) 108 Rio Coce (Br) . 108 Rio Formoso (Br) ... 108 Rio Grande (U.S.) 390 Rio Guarico (Ven) 425 Rio Negro (Ur) . 296 Rio Negro (Ven). 425 Rio Minho (Port) 256 Rio Neveri (Ven) 425 Rio Piura (P) . 244 Rio Real (Br) . 108 Rio Santo Domingo (Ven) 425 Rio Turbio (Ven) 425 Rio Tuy (Ven) . 425 Rio Verde (Br) . 108 Rio Zarumilla (P). 244 Rioja (A) . 96 Riohacha (Col) 123 Riquelme (Chil) ... 113 Rishiri (J) . 217 Riverton (R.C.N.) 75 Riverhead (U.S.) 370 Rival (U.S.). 369 Rizzi (U.S.) . 347 Ro Ryang (Kor) . 220 Roanoke (U.S.) 327 Robert A. Owens (U.S.) ... 336 Robert Brazier (U.S.) 347 Robert Dundas 54 Robert E. Lee (U.S.) 357 Robert E. Peary (U.S.) ... 350 Robert F. Keller (U.S.) ... 347 Robert H. McCard (U.S.) 338 Robert H. Smith (U.S.) ... 344 Robert 1. Paine (U.S.) 348 Robert K. Huntington (U.S.) 339 Robert Koch (Ger. E) 168 Robert L. Wilson (U.S.) 336 Robert Middleton 54 Roberts (U.S.) . 351 Robin (U.S.) . 372 Robinson (A) 98 Robinson (U.S.) . 334, 341 Robust (F) . 167 Robusto (1) . 209 Rocafuerte (P) 245 Rochefort (Bel) . 102 Rochester (U.S.) 323 Rock (U.S.) . 366 Rockaway (U.S.). 396 Rockbridge (U.S.) 376 Rocket . 29 Rockville (U.S.) . 370 Rodington 46 Rodriquez (P) 242 Roebuck . 29 Roermond (N) 231 Roeselaere (Bel) . 102 Roger de Lauria (Sp) 263 Rogers (U.S.) . 337 Roland Morillot (F) 159 Rolette (U.S.) 377 Rolf (U.S.) . 347 Rolf Krake (Da) . 127 Rolla (U.S.) . 370 Rombach (U.S.) . 347 Romulus (U.S.) . 381 Ronay 50 Roncador (U.S.) . 364 Ronquil (U.S.) . 364 Rooks (U.S.) . 340 Rorqual 35 Rosalind 50 Rosaling (E. Africa) 86 Rosario (Port) 254 Roselle (U.S.) . 368 Rosewood (U.S.) ... 389 Ross (U.S.) . 341 Rossosh (Rus) 421 Rothesay 24 Rotoiti (R.N.Z.N.) 84 Rotterdam (N) . 227 Rove re (1) ... 205 Rowan (U.S.) . 338 Rowanol 56 Rowe (U.S.) 341 Roy O. Hale (U.S.) 351 Royalist (R.N.Z.N.) 83 Royono (U.S.) . 390 Roytta (Fin) 141 Rubin (Rus) . 412, 413 Ruchamkin (U.S.). 352 Rudderow (U.S.). 346 Ruff (U.S.) . 372 Ruissalo (Fin) . 141 Rummel (F) 167 Runner (U.S.) . 363 Ruotsinsalmi (Fin) 141 Rupel (Bel) . 102 Rupertus (U.S.) . 338 Rushmore (U.S.) ... 373 Russell 31 Rustom (Pak) . 89 Ryanyi (Rus) . 406 Rybitwa (Po) 249 Ryer (U.S.) . 388 Page Rym (Rus) ... ... ... 412 Rymattyla (Fin) ... ... ... 141 S S. Nicolau (Port). 255 S. Pedro (Port) . 254 S. Tome (Port) . 255 S. Vincente (Port) 255 Saar (Is) . 194 Saarbriicken (Ger. W) . 170 Sab E. Bahr (Eg). 139 Sabalo (U.S.) 364 Saban (Bur) Ill Sablefish (U.S.) 364 Sachikaze (J) 219 Sackville (R.C.N.) 73 Sadaf (Per). 190 Sadko (Rus) . 423 Sado (J) 217 Saebjorg (Ice) . 185 Safeguard (U.S.). 389 Sagacity (U.S.) 369 Sagami (J).218 Sagamore (U.S.). 392 Sage (U.S.) 368 Sagebrush (U.S.) 399 Saggittaire (F) 161 Sagittario (I) 201 Sagres (Port) . 256 Sagu (Bur) Ill Saugenay (R.C.N.) 70 Sahel (F) 167 Saidor (U.S.) 316 Sailfish (U.S.) 362 St. Anthony (R.C.N.) 75 St. Bride’s Bay ... ... ... 31 St. Charles (R.C.N.) 75 St. Clair Countv (U.S.) . 374 St. Croix (R.C.N.) 70 St. David ... ... ... ... 46 St. Francis River (U.S.) 375 St. George (U.S.) 355 St. John (R.C.N.) 75 St. Laurent (R.C.N.) 70 St. Lykoudis (Gr). 183 St. Margarets . 58 St. Niklass (Bel). 102 St. Paul (U.S.) 325 St. Therese (R.C.N.) 72 St. Truiden (Bel). 102 Saintes ... ... ... ... 21 Saipan (U.S.) 315 Sakarya (T) 292 Sakellariou (Gr). 181 Saker El-Bahar (Eg) . 139 Sakhalin (Rus) . 417 Sakito (J).215 Sakura (J).213 Sal (Port).225 Salamander (Ger. W) . 175 Salaminia (Gr) ... ... ... 181 Salamonie (U.S.) ... ... ... 391 Salem (U.S.) 322 Salen (Sw) ... ... ... 274 Salerno Bay (U.S.). 316 Salinan (U.S.) 392 Salisbury . 26 Salisbury Sound (U.S.) 354 Salish (U.S.) 392 Sallyport . 53 Salmon (U.S.) 362 Salmone (It) . 204 Salto (Ur).296 Saluda (U.S.) 390 Salute (U.S.) 369 Salvador Correia (Port) ... ... 256 Salvager (U.S.) ... ... ... 390 Salvalour ... ... ... ... 50 Salveda ... ... ... ... 50 Salvestor ... ... ... ... 50 Salvia (U.S.) 399 Salvictor . 50 Saivigil . 50 Salvora (Sp) ... ... ... 267 Salvore (I).209 Sam Bras (Port) .256 Sam Houston (U.S.) ... ... 256 Sam Sun (T) 294 Samaesan (Th) . 290 Samar (U.S.) 381 Samar (Phil) . 246 Sambhar (In) . 81 Sambre (Bel) . 102 Samed (Th).290 Samkaksan (Kor).221 Samos (Gr) 182 Samoset (U.S.) 392 Sampo (Fin) ... ... ... 143 Sampson (U.S.) ... ... ... 334 Samson ... ... ... ... 58 Samson (Gr) . 183 58 363 364 364 364 50 38 360 364 364 364 360 364 364 35 366 383 98 396 245 294 399 374 173 173 190 46 204 364 266 143 411 111 167 218 239 245 334 351 377 102 392 156 364 38 204 368 249 207 247 390 102 38 405 405 368 388 388 379 388 388 388 388 41 I 167 132 187 41 I 267 183 113 392 78 209 III 391 409 423 178 202 204 44 400 373 190 88 190 389 392 81 193 49 312 344 353 385 75 46 412 344 16 384 368 338 117 INDEX SCOUT—SUTLEJ Page Page Page Shenandoan (U.S.) ... 380 Sneeck (N) ... 231 Steady . 45 Shenyang (C) . ... 281 Snellius (N) ... 232 Steady (U.S.) 368 Sheraton . ... 46 Snider ... 57 Steenwijk (N) 231 Shields (U.S.) . ... 341 Snogg (Nor) ... 238 Steepholm 50 Shii (J) . ... 213 Snohomish County (U.S.) ... 374 Stegg (Nov.) 238 Shikinami (J) ... 210 Snook (U.S.} ... 358 Steinaker (U.S.) ... 337 Shiki.ie (J) . ... 217 Snowden (U.S.) ... 350 Steinbock (Ger. W) 173 Shilka (Rus) . ... 421 Snyder (U.S.) ... 351 Stembel (U.S.) ... 341 Shipham . ... 47 Soares Dutra (Br) ... 108 Stentor (U.S.) 381 Shimachsidori (J). ... 218 Sobenes (Chil) ... 116 Stepan Makarov (Rus) 423 Shinano (J) ... 218 Soberton ... ... 46 Stepennyi (Rus) ... 405 Shinonome (J) ... 218 Sodermanland (Sw) ... 271 Stephen Potter (U.S.) 341 Shiragiku (J) . ... 214 Soei (j) . ... 215 Steregushchyi (Rus) 406 Shiratori (J) . ... 215 Sofades (Gr) ... 182 Sterlet (U.S.) 364 Shisaka (J) . ... 215 Sohunden (Da) ... 128 Sterope (1). 209 Shkiv (Rus). ... 412 Sokrushytelnyi (Rus) ... 405 Stettler (R.C.N.) ... 72 Shoalhaven (R.A.N.) ... 64 Solebay . ... 21 Steuben County (U.S.) 374 Shobu (J). ... 214 Solent . ... 38 Stevens (U.S.) 341 Shonomish (U.S.) ... 400 Soley (U.S.) ... 339 Stevenson (U.S.) 343 Short Splice (U.S.) ... 388 Solidnyi (Rus) ... 405 Stewart (U.S.) 350 Shoshone (U.S.) . ... 391 Solimoes (Br) ... 107 Stickell (U.S.) 337 Shoultcn . ... 46 Solvay (U.S.) ... 370 Stier (Ger. W) 173 Shoveller (R.C.N.) ... 75 Somali (F). ... 156 Stige (Rus) 421 Shpill (Rus) . ... 312 Somerleyton ... 46 Stigsnces (Da) 130 Shrike (U.S.) . ... 371 Somers (U.S.) ... 335 Sttockdale (U.S.) ... 350 Shrivenham ... 47 Somerset (S.A.N.)... ... 92 Stockham (U.S.) ... 340 Shturman (Rus) ... 413 Somerset (U.S.) ... ... 370 Stockholm (Sw) ... 272 Shva (is) . ... 193 Somersworth (U.S.) ... 370 Stockton (U.S.) 343 Shwepazun (Bur) ... ... Ill Sonoma (U.S.) ... 392 Stoddard (U.S.) ... 341 Shwethida (Bur). ... Ill Soobrazitelnyi (Rus) ... 405 Stoiki (Rus) 405 Sibilla (1) . ... 202 Sorachi (J) ... 217 Stone County (U.S.) 374 Sibir (Rus). ... 417 Sorakoram (Rus) ... ... 420 Stonechat 45 Sibiryakov (Rus). ... 423 Soridderen (Da) ... ... 128 Storch (Ger. W) ... 173 Siboney (Cu) ... 125 Sorrel (U.S.) ... 399 Storebjorn (Da) ... 131 Siboney (U.S.) . ... 316 Sotavento (Mex) ... 224 Storione (1) 204 Sichang (Th) . ... 290 Sotir (Gr). ... 181 Storis (U.S.) 398 Sicily (U.S.) . ... 316 Sotoyama (U.S.) ... ... 392 Stormes (U.S.) 339 Sidlesham ... 47 Soudanais (F) ... 156 Stormfuglen (Da) 129 Sidney (R.C.M.P.) ... 75 Scuth Dakota (U.S.) ... 320 Storoshevio (Rus) 406 Sierra (U.S.) . ... 380 Southerland (U.S.) ... 337 Strashnyi (Rus) 406 Siete De Agosto (Col) ... 122 Soya (J) . ... 217 Strategy (U.S.) 368 Signal (Rus) . ... 421 Spa. ... 58 Straub (U.S.) 351 Signet (U.S.) ... 368 Spa (Bel) . ... 102 Straus (U.S.) 347 Sigourney (U.S.). ... 341 Spabeck ... 58 Strela (Rus) 412 Sigsbee (U.S.) . ... 341 Spabrook ... ... 58 Stremitelni (Rus) 405 Sil (Sp) . ... 266 Spaburn ... 58 Strength (U.S.) 368 Silbermowe (Ger. W) ... 173 Spadefish (U.S.) ... 364 Stribling (U.S.) ... 338 Sild (Nor). ... 239 Spaekhuggeren (Da) ... 128 Strickland (U.S.) 351 Siliwangi (Ind) . ... 186 Spalake ... 58 Striker 52 Silnyi (Rus) ... 406 Spangenburg (U.S.) ... 348 Strogi (Bui) 109 Silversides (U.S.) ... ... 365 Spangler (U.S.) ... 349 Strogi (Rus) 406 Silverstein (U.S.). ... 347 Spapool ... 58 Stroinyi (Rus) 406 Simeto (1). ... 209 Spar (U.S.) ... 399 Stromboli (1) 208 Simi (Gr) ... ... 181 Sparo (Sw) ... 276 Strong (U.S.) 339 Simon Van Der Stel (S.A.N.) ... 90 Spasilac (Yu) ... 428 Strymon (Gr) 182 Singamangaradja (Ind) ... 186 Spear (U.S.) ... 368 Stubbington 46 Singleton ... ... 46 Specter (U.S.) ... 368 Stura (1) . 209 Sin Mi (Kor) . ... 221 Speed (U.S.) ... 368 Sturdy (U.3.) 369 Sinmin (Bur) ... Ill Spencer (U.S.' ... 396 Sturko (Sw) 276 Sinop (T) ... ... 294 Sperber (Gc r. W) ... 173 Sturmmowe fGer. W) 173 Sioux (R.C.N.) . ... 69 Sperry (U.S.) ... 380 Sturtevant (U.S.) ... 351 Sioux (U.S.) ... 392 Sphinx (U.S.) ... 381 Stuttgart (Ger. W) 170 Sira (Nor). ... 238 Spiegel Grove (U.S.) ... 373 Stutthof (Po) 250 Sirago (U.S.) . ... 363 Spiggen (Sw) ... 275 Stymphalia (Gr) ... 183 Sirios (Gr). ... 183 Spikefish (U.S.) ... ... 364 Styrso (Sw) 276 Sirius (Br). ... 107 Spinax (U.S.) ... 366 Suamico (U.S.) 391 Sirius (F) . ... 161 Spinine (1) ... ... 204 Sub Lieut. Valcke (Bel) 102 Sirius (Port) . ... 256 Spiro (A) . ... 98 Sublocotenent Ghiculescw (Ro)... 258 Sirius (U.S.) . ... 387 Split (Yu). ... 427 Success (U.S.) 368 Sirry (Per). ... 191 Spokane (U.S.) ... 330 Succour 57 Siskin (U.S.) . ... 372 Sposobn' i (Rus) ... ... 405 Suchan (Rus) 417 Sisu (Fin). ... 143 Spot (U.S.) ... 364 Suffolk County (U.S.) 373 Sittard (N) . ... 231 Spr&ngaren (Sw) ... ... 279 Sugi (J) . 213 Sjobjornen (Sw) ... ... 274 Sprawny (Po) ... 250 Suiren (J). 214 Sjohasten (Sw) ... 274 Sprig (U.S.) ... 368 Suison (U.S.) 382 Sjoormen (Sw) ... 274 Sprightly (R.A.N.) ... 66 Sukothai (Th) 287 Skaden (Da) . ... 130 Springaren (Sw) ... ... 274 Sukrip (Th) 288 Skafto (Sw)... ... 276 Springer (Nor) ... 239 Sullington ... 46 Skagit (U.S.) . ... 377 Springer (U.S.) ... 364 Sulu (Phil) 247 Skagul (Sw) ... 279 Springfield (U.S.) ... 328 Suma (J) . 216 Skar (Nor) . ... 238 Spruce Lake (Rus)... ... 414 Sumac (U.S.) 400 Skarven (Da) . ... 130 Sprugola (1) ... 209 Sumida (J) 217 Skate (U.S.) . ... 360 Squalo (1). ... 204 Surnire (J). 214 Skeena (R.C.N.) . ... 70 Squirrel ... 47 Summit County (U.S.) 374 Skill (U.S.). ... 369 Sri Johor (Mai) ... 82 Sumner County (U.S.) 374 Skipjack (U.S.) . ... 358 Sri Kelantam (Mai) ... 82 Sun Yat-Sen (Rus) 415 Skirmish (U.S.) . ... 368 Sri Melaka (Mai) ... ... 82 Sunbird (U.S.) 389 Skomer ... 50 Sri Negri Sembilan (Mai) ... 82 Suncock (U.S.) 389 Skrei (Nor) ... 238 Sri Pahang (Mai) ... ... 82 Sundew (U.S.) 399 Skorpion (Ger. W) ... 174 Sri Pehak (Mai) ... 82 Sundsvall (Sw) 272 Skua .. ... 46 Sri Perlis (Mai) ... ... 82 Sunnadin (U.S.) 392 Skylark (U.S.) . ... 389 Sri Selangor (Mai) ... 82 Superior (U.S.) 368 Skyros (Gr) . ... 183 Sri Trengganu (Mai) ... 82 Superman ... 58 Skywatcher (U.S.) ... 383 Staff (U.S.). ... 368 Surapati (Ind) 186 Slavnyi (Rus) ... 406 Staffeta (1). ... 207 Surasdra (Th) 288 Sleipner (Sw) ... 279 Stafford (U.S.) ... 347 Surcouf (F) 154 Sloat (U.S.). ... 350 Stalin (Rus) ... 415 Surf Patrol ... 55 Sluys . ... 21 Stallion (U.S.) ... 392 Surf Pioneer 55 Smaland (Sw) ... 271 Stalker . ... 52 Surfbird (U.S.) ... 382 Smalley (U.S.) . ... 341 Stalwart (U.S.) ... 369 Suribachi (U.S.) 385 Smtl -i (Rus) . ... 405 Stanley (U.S.) ... 341 Surigao (Phil) 247 Smerch (Rus) ... 411 Stanton (U.S.) ... 350 Suriya (Th) 290 Smeul (Ru) ... 258 Staphorst (N) ... 231 Surmene (T) 294 Smialy (Po) ... 250 Stark Countv (U.S.) ... 374 Surovyi (Rus) 405 Smilax (U.S.) . ... 399 Starling (U.S.) ... 368 Surprise 33 Smoky Hill River (U.S.) ... ... 375 Staten Island (U.S.) ... 392 Surprise (F) 156 Smolensk (Rus) ... 417 Statnyi (Rus) ... 405 Sursay 50 Smolnyi (Rus) ... 417 Staunch (U.S.) ... 368 Suseong (Kor) 221 Smotryashchy (Rus) ... 405 Stavelot (Bel) ... 102 Sussexvale (R.C.N.) 72 Smyshlyonyi (Rus) ... 405 Stavenger (Nor) ... ... 234 Sutjeska (Yu) 427 Snar (Nor) . ... 238 Stawell (R.N.Z.N.) ... 85 Sutlej (In). 80 xxi 374 221 218 218 129 278 278 278 279 415 406 405 65 72 343 46 350 368 399 399 350 369 368 15 57 50 360 400 61 368 285 250 285 121 288 285 285 285 37 347 286 37 355 37 221 220 75 50 190 193 282 281 281 281 281 281 120 258 41 I 86 88 423 141 226 214 86 210 215 288 392 219 245 374 37 289 66 376 374 391 391 79 218 104 400 400 266 280 237 368 209 363 355 193 279 384 37 222 84 208 86 76 Page 191 184 418 334 368 294 383 52 288 21 412 129 382 91 341 176 373 397 347 270 166 130 37 364 47 37 419 108 165 205 363 428 183 389 97 134 317 176 79 108 127 189 264 359 42 124 108 235 235 234 209 412 29 363 391 101 132 37 351 363 37 363 352 413 282 282 214 217 213 218 215 215 215 214 172 400 330 96 37 89 86 295 377 205 358 274 128 30 368 282 283 120 392 367 389 399 249 413 292 266 372 58 337 335 102 37 142 111 30 392 INDEX IARORA Page Page Tarawa (U.S.) 313 Tarek Ben Said (Sy) 279 Tarentule (F) 165 Targeteer (U.S.). 375 Tarifa (Sp) 268 Tarik (Eg) . 137 Tarlac (Phil) . 246 Tarlton 46 Tarmo (Fin) 143 Taman (Sw) 278 Tarno (Sw) 276 Tarqui (Ec) 136 Tarrytown (U.S.) 370 Tarshish (Is) . 193 Tartar 23 Tartu (F) . 153 Tatara (J). 215 Tatnuck (U.S.) . 392 Tatsuta (J) . 217 Tatsugomo (J) 218 Taupo (R.N.Z.N.) 84 Taurus (Br) 107 Taurus (U.S.) 387 Taussig (U.S.) 339 Tavolara (1) 209 Tawakoni (U.S.) ... 392 Tawasa (U.S.) 392 Tay Ket (V.N.) . 426 Taylor (U.S.) . 341 Ten An (C). 282 Te Atu (R.N.Z.N.) 86 Teaberry (U.S.) . 389 Teak (U.S.) . 389 Teakol . 56 Teazer . 30 Tehuantepec ( Mex) 223 Teide (Sp). 268 Tejo (Por). 251 Tejsten (Da) . 130 Tekirdag (T) 294 Telemon (U.S.) 381 Telkka (Fin) 142 Tellina (1). 207 Teluk Langsa (Ind) 188 Temasek (Mai) . 82 Temerario (Sp) 264 Temse (Bel) 102 Tenance (F) 167 Tenace (1). 209 Tenacious ... 30 Tenby . 24 Tench (U.S.) . 363 Tenggiri (Ind) . 185 Teniente Asmussen (Col) 124 Teniente Herreros (Para) 240 Teniente Luis Bernal (Col) 124 Teniente Miguel Silva (Col) 124 Tenino (U.S.) 392 Tenryu (J) . 218 Ter (F) . 166 Ter (Sp) . 266 Tercel (U.S.) . 368 Teredo 37 Terek (Rsu) . 417, 423 Termagant ... 30 Terme (T) ... 294 Terpsichore 30 Terra Nova (R.C.N.) 70 Terrebonne Parish (U.S.) 373 Terrell City (U.S.) 373 Terror (U.S.) . 353 Terry (U.S.) . 341 Teruzuki (j) 218, 210 Teshio (J) . 217 Tete (Port) . 256 Teton (U.S.) . 355 Tetu (F) . 167 Tetyhuke (Rus) . 423 Thaddeus Parker (U.S.) 347 Thakeham ... *7 Thalia (Gr) . 181 Thames 46 Thankerton 46 Thatcham ... 47 Thayanghon (Th). 288 The Sullivans (U.S.) 341 Theodore E. Chandler (U.S.) 338 Theodore Roosevelt (U.S.) 357 Thermopylae 37 Theseus (Gr) 183 Thetis (Da) . 127 Thetis (Gr) . 183 Thetis Bay (U.S.). 317 Thira(Gr) . 182 Thomas A. Edison (U.S.) 356 Thomas E. Fraser (U.S.) ... 344 Thomas F. Nickel (U.S.) 346 Thams Grant 54 Thomas J. Gary (U.S.) 351 Thomason (U.S.) ... 349 Thomaston (U.S.) ... 373 Thompson (U.S.) ... 343 Thor (Ice). 185 Thor (U.S.). 385 Thorn (U.S.) . 343 Thornback (U.S.) 363 Thornham. 47 Thrasher (U.S.) . 371 Threadfin (U.S.) ... 364 Threat (U.S.) . 368 Throsk 57 Thrush (U.S.) 371 Thuban (U.S.) 377 Thule . 37 Thule (Sw) 278 Thunder (R.C.N.) 74 Tiare (F) . 163 Tiburon (Sp) 265 Ticino (1) . 209 Ticonderoga (U.S.) 312 Tide Austral (R.A.N.) 66 Tideflow 54 Tidereach. 54 Tidesurge ... 54 Tidewater (U.S.) ... 380 Tien Shan (T.C.) ... 283 Tien Tai (C) 285 Tiest (Nor). 238 Tiger . 14 Tiger (Ger. W) 173 Tigrone (U.S.) 366 Tijgerhaai (N) 230 Tilford . 49 Tillamook (U.S.) ... 392 Tillman (U.S.) 343 Tills (U.S.). 351 Timavo (1) ... 209 Timo (1) . 205 Ting Hsin (C) 120 Tingey (U.S.) 341 Tinian (U.S.) 316 Tino (1) . 209 Tinosa (U.S.) 357 Tinshemett (Is) 193 Tinsman (U.S.) 346 Tinto (Sp) ... 266 Tioga County (U.S.) 373 Tippu Sultan (Pak) 89 Tipton (U.S.) 370 Tiptoe 37 Tir (In) . 80 Tiran (Per) 190 Tirante (U.S.) 363 Tirebolue (T) 294 Tiree 50 Tireless 37 Tirsta (Is) . 194 Tiru (U.S.). 364 Tista(Nor) 238 Titan (Gr). 183 Titania (U.S.) 377 Titano (1). 209 Tiakalang (Ind) 187 Tjeld (Nor) 238 Tjepu (Ind) 189 Tjorn (Sw) ... 277 Tjurko (Sw) 276 To Kiang (C) 283 Toba (A) . 100 Toba (J) . 216 Tobol (Rus) 418 Tobruk (R.A.N.) ... 63 Tochi (J) . 213 Todak (Ind) 187 Tofino (R.C.M.P.) ... 75 Tofino (Sp) 267 Tokachi (J) 217 Token 37 Token (U.S.) 368 Tokomu (J> 216 Toledo (U.S.) 325 Tollberg (U.S.) ... 352 Tolman (U.S.) 344 Tolovana (U.S.) 391 Tolowa (U.S.) 392 Tom Green County (U.S.) 373 Tomahawk (U.S.) 391 Tomas Marin (Mex) 224 Tombazis (Gr) 179 Tombigee (U.S.) ... 390 Tomich (U.S.) 350 Tomochodori (J) ... 218 Tomozuru (J) 215 Tonbad (Per) 191 Tondar (Per) 191 Tone (J) . 218 Tongeren (Bel) 102 Tongham ... 47 Tongpliu (Th) 288 Toncote (A) 100 Tonijn (N). 230 Tonkawa (U.S.) 392 Tonti (U.S.) 390 Tooele (U.S.) 370 Topeka (U.S.) 328 Tor (Eg) . 139 Torani (Ind) 187 Tormentosa (Col) 124 Toro (U.S.). 363 Torpedbargaren (Sw) 279 Torquay . 24 Torrent (F) 167 Torsk (U.S.) 363 Tortuga (U.S.) 373 Toshima (J) 215 Totano (1). 207 Totem . 37 Touareg (F) 156 Toucan (U.S.) 368 Toufan (Per) 191 Tournai (Bel) 102 Page 363 411 84 381 426 347 341 42 381 58 185 237 30 267 244 418 428 415 412 218 340 142 215 370 215 236 262 266 172 28 347 276 128 221 28 381 420 213 214 215 392 295 221 392 28 392 279 28 396 247 377 57 272 378 46 411 413 ), 218 28 202 233 218 28 28 296 417 98 421 223 392 167 392 236 238 276 227 236 236 274 236 377 218 50 419 420 382 127 274 124 75 82 INDEX Valkyrien (Nor) ... Vallett (U.S.) . Valley Forge (U.S.) Vallo (Sw). Valor (U.S.) . Vammen (U.S.) . Vampire (R.A.N.) Van Amstel (N) . Van Ewijck (N) . Van Hamel (N) . Van Kiep (V.N.) . Van Moppes (N). Van Sladkov (Rus). Van Valkenburgh (U.S.) ... Van Voorhis (U.S.) Van Straelen (N). Van Well Groeneveld (N) Van Zijll (N) . Vance (U.S.) . Vanderburgh (U.S.) Vandivier (U.S.) . Vargen (Sw) . Varian (U.S.) . Varimoetr (Rus) ... Varyag (Rus) . Vasama (Fin) Vasco Nunez de Balbao (Sp) Vasili Gromov (Rus) Vassilefs Georghios II (Gr) Vauquelin (F) Vazinyi (Rus) Vdokhovenny (Rus) Vdumchivyi (Rus) Vedetta (I). Vedushchii (Rus). Veere (N). Vefsna (N) ... Vega (F) . Vega (Port) . Vega (U.S.) Vegas (Gr). Vegesack (Ger. W) Veinte de Julio (Col) Vejdyb (Da) Vekha (Rus) Velas (Port) Velestinon (Gr) . Velocity (U.S.) . Velos (Gr) . Vendeen (F) Vendetta (R.A.N.) Vengadora (Col). Venlo (N). Ventmigilia (I) Venture (U.S.) . Venturer ... Venus Verbena (I) . Verbena (U.S.) . Vermilion (U.S.). Vernon County (U.S.) Vernyi (Rus) . Verp (Rus) . Verseau (F) . Vertieres (Haiti) Verulam Verviere (Bel) Vesole (U.S.) . Vest (Rus) . Vesuvio (I) ... Vesuvius (U.S.) Veurne (Bel) Viben (Da) . Vicksburgh (U.S.) Vice-Admiral Drozd (Rus) Vicente Yanez Pinzon (Sp) Victor Schoelcher (F) Victoria (R.C.N.) Victoria (Ven) . Victorlaville (R.C.N.) Victorieuse (F) . Victorious ... Vidal . Vidnyi (Rus) . Vigil (U.S.) . Vigilance (U.S.) . Vigilant Vigor (U.S.) . Vijaya (Cey) . Vikhr (Rus) . Vikhrevoi (Rus) . Vikrant (Ind) . Vila do Porta (Port) Villa de Bilbao (Sp) Vilsund (Da) . Vicennes (U.S.) . Vinhunden (Da) . Vinga (Sw). Vinh Long (F) . Vino (Sw) ... Violet (U.S.) . Viper (Ger. W) . Vippacco (I) Virago . Vireo (U.S.) . Virgilio Fasan (I). Virgilio Uribe (Mex) Virginia (Lib) Virgo (U.S.) . Visby (Sw). Vischio (I). TUSK—WOERDEN Page ! Page . 239 Vise (Bel). 102 . 341 Vishera (Rus) . 421 . 313 Vital (U.S.) . 369 . 276 Viti (R.N.Z.N.) . 86 . 369 Viviis (Gr) . 183 . 349 Vladimir Ilyich (Rus) 423 62 Vladimir Polukhin (Rus) 411 . 229 Vladimir Rusanov (Rus) ... 423 . 229 Vliestroom (N) . 231 . 231 Vliki (Gr) . 183 . 426 Vnezapnyi (Rus) ... 405 . 231 Vnimatelnyi (Rus) 405 . 411 Vogelgesang (U.S.) 338 . 340 Vogelsaq (Ger. W) 176 . 345 Voima (Fin) 143 . 231 Volador (U.S.) . 363 . 231 Voladora (Col) . 124 . 229 Volage 27 . 351 Volevoi (Rus) . 405 . 390 Volga (Rus) . 417 . 346 Volkhov (Rus) . 421 . 274 Volklingen (Ger. W) 172 . 349 Volturno (1) . 209 . 420 Voluntario (Br) . 108 . 402 Volvi (Gr). 183 . 141 Volynets (Rus) . 423 . 264 Voron (Rus) . 407 . 411 Voroshilov (Rus) ... 403 . 180 Voroshilovsk (Rus) 413 . 154 Vorosvski (Rus) 430 . 405 Votice (1). 203 . 404 Vos (N) . 229 . 405 Vosso (Nor) . 238 . 204 Vouga (Port) . 251 . 405 Voyager (R.A.N.). 62 . 231 Vozmushchennyi (Rus) ... 404 . 238 Vrazumitelnyi (Rus) 405 . 161 Vrystaat (S.A.N.) 90 . 256 Vulcain (C) . 284 . 386 Vulcan (U.S.) . 381 . 181 Vulcano (Sp) 264 . 172 Vyatka (Rus) . 415 . 122 Vyuga (Rus) 411 . 130 Vzryv (Rus) . 412 . 412 . 254 . 183 . 368 . 178 . 155 62 . 124 . 231 . 209 W . 369 46 Waage (Ger. W). 173 27 Waalwijk (N) . 231 . 205 Waccamaw (U.S.) 391 . 399 Wacissa (U.S.) . 390 . 377 Wachusett (U.S.) 396 . 373 Wadleigh (U.S.) . 340 . 405 Waekwan (Kor) . 222 . 412 Wagga (R.A.N.) . 65 . 161 Wagner (U.S.) . 346 . 184 Wahkiakum County (U.S.) 373 27 Wahoo (U.S.) . 363 . 102 Wakaba (J) . 212 . 337 Wakachidori (J) . 218 . -.20 Wakakusa (J) . 219 . 208 Wakasagi (j) . 218 . 385 Wakazuki (J) . 218 . 102 Wakeful . 27 . 129 Wal (Ger. W) . 172 . 329 Waldo County (U.S.) 373 . 406 Waldron (U.S.) . 339 . 264 Walke (U.S.) . 339 . 154 Walker (U.S.) . 341 75 Walkerton . 46 . 425 Wallace L. Lind (U.S.) ... 339 72 Waller (U.S.) . 341 . 165 Walnut (U.S.) . 399 13 Walrus . 35 44 Walrus (N) . 230 . 405 Walrus (R.A.N.) 66 . 383 Walsh (U.S.) . 352 . 368 Walter B. Cobb (U.S.) ... 352 27 Walter C. Wann (U.S.) ... 347 . 369 Walter X. Young (U.S.) 352 76 Walton (U.S.) . 347 . 411 Walvisbaai (S.A.). 92 . 405 Walworth County (U.S.)... 373 77 Wamandai (N) . 233 . 254 Wambrau (N) . 233 . 265 Wandank (U.S.) . 392 . 128 Wapakoneta (U.S.) 370 . 329 Warbler (U.S.) . 371 . 129 Warden 58 . 276 Warmingham 47 . 161 Warramunga (R.A.N.) 63 . 276 Warreen (R.A.N.) 66 . 400 Warren (R.A.N.) 66 . 175 Warrego (R.A.N.) 65 . 209 Warrick (U.S.) . 377 27 Warrington (U.S.) 338 . 371 Warsash . 46 . 200 Washburn (U.S.). 377 . 224 Washi (J). 214 . 222 Washoe County (U.S.) ... 373 . 377 Washtenaw County (U.S.) 373 . 272 Wasp (U.S.) . 313 . 205 | Wasperton . 46 Page Wateree (U.S.) 392 Waterwich 40 Watchful. 47 Watchman (U.S.) 383 Watts (U.o.) 341 Wave Baron ... ... ... 55 Wave Chief ... ... ... 55 Wave Duke . 55 Wave Knight ... ... ... 55 Wave Laird . 55 Wave Master . 55 Wave Monarch . 55 Wave Prince . 55 Wave Regent ... ... ... 55 Wave Ruler . 55 Wave Sovereign. 55 Wave Victor . 55 Waxsaw (U.S.) 389 Waxwing ./U.S.). 368 Weatherford (U.S.) 370 Webster (U.S.) 370 We Bong (Kor) . 221 Wedderburn (U.S.) 340 Weeden (U.S.) 349 Wega (Ger. W) . 174 Wei Ning (C) 119 Wei Yuan (C) 283 Weichsel (Rus) . 418 Weihe (Ger. W). 173 Weilheim (Ger. W) . 172 Weiss (U.S.) 352 Welles (U.S.) 343 Wenatchee (U.S.) 392 Wespe (Ger. W). 172 Westchester County (U.S.) ... 373 Westwind (U.S.) ..398 Wetzlar (Ger. W) 172 Wexford County (U.S.). 373 Weymouth 24 Wheatear (U.S.). 368 Whetstone (U.S.) 373 Whippoorwill (U.S.) 371 Whirlwind. 27 Whitby . 24 White Alder (U.S.) 399 White Bush (U.S.) 399 White Heath (U.S.) 399 White Holly (U.S.) 399 White Lupine (U.S.) 399 White Pine (U.S.) 399 White River (U.S.) 375 White Sage (U.S.) 399 White Sumac (U.S.) 399 White Marsh (U.S.) 285 Whitefield County (U.S.) ... 373 Whitehall (U.S.). 370 Whitehurst (U.S.). 349 Whiteside (U.S.). 377 Whitethroat (R.C.N.) 73 Whiteley (U.S.) 377 Wiay . 50 Wicher (Po) . 248 Wickse (U.S.) 341 Widder (Ger. W) 173 Widgeon (U.S.) 371 Wieland (Ger W) 176 Wiesbaden (Ger. W) . 170 Wildervank (N).231 Wildschwan (Ger. W) ... ... 173 Wiley (U.S.) 341 Wilhelm Pieck (Ger. E). 169 Wilhoite (U.S.) 351 Wilkes (U.S.) 343 Wilkes-Barre (U.S.) 329 Wilkieston 46 Wilkinson (U.S.). 333 Willard Keith (U.S.) 339 Willem van der Zaan (N) ... 229 Willemoes (Da) ... ... ... 128 William C. Cole (U.S.) 349 William C. Lawe (U.S.) ... 338 William M. Hobby (U.S.) ... 352 William M. Wood (U.S.) ... 337 William R. Rush (U.S.) . 337 William Seiverling (U.S.). 347 William T. Powell (U.S.) ... 348 William V. Pratt (U.S.). 332 Williams (U.S.) 347 Willis (U.S.) 350 Willis A. Lee (U.S.) 333 Wilmarth (U.S.). 349 Willow (U.S.) 399 Willow Lake (Rus) . 414 Wiltsie (U.S.) 338 Windham Bay (U.S.) 317 Windham County (U.S.) ... 370 Windhoek (S.A.N.) 93 Windlass (U.S.) 392 Winnebago (U.S.) ... ... 396 Winona (U.S.) 396 Winston (U.S.) 377 Wintringham ... ... ... 47 Wisconsin (U.S.). 319 Wiseman (U.S.) ... ... ... 349 Wistaria (U.S.) 400 Wiston . 46 Witek (U.S.) 338 Wiitensee (Ger. W) . 176 Wizard . 27 Woendi (N) 232 Woerden (N) 231 xxiii INDEX WOLDINGHAM—ZWROTNY Page Page Page Page Woldingham Wolf (Ger. W) ... Wolf (N) . Wolfsburg (Ger. W) Wolmi (Kor) Wolverton Wood (R.C.N.) ... Wood County (U.S.) Woodbine (U.S.) ... Woodbridge Haven Woodbrush (U.S.) Woodpecker (U.S.) Woodson (U.S.) ... Woodstock (U.S.) Woolaston ... Woolsey (U.S.) ... Woolwich. Woomera (R.A.N.) Worcester (U.S.) Worland (U.S.) ... Worms (Ger. W) Wotton . Wrangell (U.S.) ... Wren (U.S.) Wrentham ... Wright (U.S.) Wu Chang (C) Wu Feng (C) Wu I (C) . Wu Kung (C) Wuling (C). Wyandot (U.S.) ... Wyndham (Ir) Wytrwaly (Po) X Xanthus (U.S.) Xauen (Sp) 47 Y 173 229 Yaegumo (J) 172 Yadak Bar (Per) ... 221 Yaffo (Is) . 46 Yahagi (j) 75 Yakorj (Rus) 373 Yakushima (J) 399 Yakutat (U.S.) 33 Yamacraw (U.S.) ... 399 Yamadori (J) 371 Yamagiku (J) 347 Yamagara (j) 370 Yamana (A) 46 Yamazuki (J) 343 Yan Myo Aung (Bur) 42 Yancey (U.S.) 66 Yankton (U.S.) 327 Yarden (Is) 370 Yarkon Echad (Is) 172 Yarmouth ... 46 Yarnall (U.S.) 385 Yarnton . 341 Yarra (R.A.N.) ... 47 Yashima (J). 315 Yashiro (J). 117 1 Yastreb (Rus) 121 Yaxham 285 Yazoo (U.S.) 285 Yeaton (U.S.) 285 Yelcho (Chile) 377 Yellowstone (U.S.) 140 Yen An (C) 249 Yermak (Rus) . 381 Yeu Do (Kor) Yi Hsien (T.C.) ... Ying Hao (C) Ying Shan (C) Yjdern (Sw) Ymer (Sw). Yocona (U.S.) Yogada (Ghana) ... Yokes (U.S.) . 267 York County (U.S.) 218 Yorktown (U.S.) Yosemite (U.S.) Yoshikiri (J) 191 Yoshiro (J) 192 Ypiranga (Br) 217 Young (U.S.) 412 Youville (R.C.N.) . 215 Yser (Bel) ... 396 Yuan Kiang (C) 385 Yubari (J) ... 214 Yu Chuan (C) 214 Yuchidori (J) 218 Yudachi (J) 100 Yugejima (J) 218 Yugure (J) 110 Yukari (J) ... 377 Yukikaze (J) 400 Yukon (R.C.N.) . 194 Yukon (U.S.) 194 Yun Ho (C) 24 Yung An (C) 341 Yung Chang (C) 46 YungChia(C) 64 Yung Ching (C) 215 Yung Chuan (T.C.) 215 Yung Chun (C) 407 Yung Fen (C) 47 Yung Hsiang (C) . 389 Yung Hsing (C) . 397 Yung Hsui (C) 116 Yung Ho (C) 380 Yung Kang (C) 119 Yung Kan (C) 423 Yung Nien (T.C.) . 221 Yung Ning (C) 281 Yung Ping (C) 120 Yung Sheng (C) . 120 Yung Shou (C) 278 278 400 Yung Shun (C) Yung Sui (C) 86 Yung Tai (C) 352 Yung Ting (C) 373 Yurishima (J) . 313 . 380 . 215 . 218 . 107 . 341 75 . 102 . 283 . 217 . 285 . 215 . 210 . 215 . 211 . 215 . 211 70 . 391 . 121 . 120 . 283 . 283 . 282 . 284 . 283 . 283 284 . 283 . 283 . 283 . 283 . 121 . 284 . 283 . 120 . 283 . 283 . 283 . 119 . 283 . 283 . 215 Z Zaghouan (F) 167 Zakynthos (Gr) . 181 Zambales (Phil) . 246 Zamboanga de Norte (Fhil) ... 248 Zapal (Rus) 412 Zaragoza (Mex) . 224 Zarnitsa (Rus) . 411 Zaryad (Rus) ... ... ... 412 Zeal (U.S.) 368 Zeebrugge. ... ... 52 Zeefakkel (N) 232 Zeehond (N) 230 Zeeland (N) 228 Zeeleeuw (N) 230 Zelengora (Yu) .428 Zelima (U.S.) 386 Zellars (U.S.) 339 Zenit (Rus) . 420 Zest 27 Zeus (Gr). 183 Zeus (U.S.).381 Zhdanov (Rus) . 402 Zheleznyakov (Rus) . 403 Zhelyeznyakov (Rus) . 419 Zhelyznakov (Bui) 109 Zinnia (U.S.) 399 Zodiak (Po) .250 Zolotoi (Rus) . 423 Zorritos (P) 245 Zreczny (Po) . 249 Zubr (Po).245 Zuid (Rus).420 Zuiderdiep (N) 231 Zulfiquar (Pak) . 89 Zulia (Ven).424 Zulu . 23 Zwaardvis (N) 230 Zwinny (Po) ... ... ... 249 Zwrotny (Po) ... ... ... 249 XXIV Administration, Carrier Borne Aircraft, Guided Missiles—GREAT BRITAIN I THE ROYAL NAVY Board of Admiralty The First Lord of the Admiralty: The Right Honourable Lord Carrington, K.C.M.G., M.C. The First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff: Admiral Sir Casper John, G.C.B. The Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel: Vice-Admiral Sir St. John R. J. Tyrwhitt, Bt., C.B., D.S.O., D.S.C. and Bar The Third Sea Lord and Controller: Admiral Sir J. Peter L. Reid, K.C.B., C.V.O. The Fourth Sea Lord and Vice Controller: Rear-Admiral J. M. Villiers, C.B., O.B.E. The Vice-Chief of Naval Staff: Admiral Sir Walter T. Couchman, K.C.B., C.V.O., D.S.O., O.B.E. The Deputy Chief of Naval Staff and Fifth Sea Lord: Vice-Admiral L. G. Durlacher, C.B., O.B.E., D.S.C. The Civil Lord: Mr. Charles Ian Orr-Ewing, O.B.E., M.P. The Permanent Secretary: Sir John Gerald Lang, G.C.B. Principal Admiralty Technical Officers not on the Board The Director General, Ships: Mr. A. J. Sims, O.B.E., M.I.N.A. The Director General, Aircraft: Rear-Admiral E. Mills, O.B.E. The Director General, Weapons: Rear-Admiral R. E. Washbourn, D.S.O., O.B.E. Navy Estimates 1952- 53: £332,250,000 1955-56: £340,500,080 1958-59: £339,400,000 1953- 54: £329,500,000 1956-57: £348,840,000 1959-60: £370,700,000 1954- 55: £353,000,000 1957-58: £316,000,000 1960-61: £397,500,000 Colour of Ships Ships in commission: light grey hulls and superstructure with white topmasts. Ships in reserve: light grey overall. Submarines: Home, black; Mediterranean, royal blue; Far East, dark green. Destroyers, frigates, ocean minesweepers: Leaders have 4 ft. black band round top of first or visible funnel; divisional leaders now have no funnel markings. All ships have their flotilla number painted on funnel. Royal Fleet Auxiliaries have black hulls, light grey upperworks, light grey funnel with black top, except Fleet Train Ships, which conform to Fleet painting. Surveying vessels have white hulls and superstructure with buff masts and funnels. Ships on Persian Gulf or Red Sea stations have white hulls and superstructure. All ships, except surveying vessels, now have their pennant numbers painted on the side forward, usually abreast the bridge, and on the stern or transom (on the island superstructure in aircraft carriers, and on the conning tower in submarines). Recognition Deck Letters of Aircraft Carriers Ark Royal R Eagle E Hermes H Albion A Bulwark B Centaur C Magnificent Victorious Leviathan G V L 1952- 53: 153,000 1953- 54: 151,000 1954- 55: 139,000 Personnel 1955- 56: 133,000 1956- 57: 128,000 1957- 58: 121,500 1958- 59: 112,000 1959- 60: 106,000 1960- 61: 102,000 Mercantile Marine Lloyd’s Register of Shipping: 5,395 vessels of 20,756,535 tons gross British Carrier Borne Aircraft Name Maker Type Dimensions Power Plant Armament Performance SEA HAWK FGA. Mk. 6 Armstrong Whitworth Single-Seat Fighter/ Bomber Wing Span 39 ft. Folded 13 ft. 4 in. Length 39 ft. 8 in. One Rolls-Royce Nene 103 Turbojet Four 20 mm. can¬ non. Bombs and Rocket Projectiles Maximum Speed, 599 m.p.h. Range 580 miles SEA VENOM FAW. Mk. 22 de Havilland Two-Seat All- Weather Fighter Wing Span 42 ft. 10 in. Length 36 ft. 7£ in. One de Havilland Ghost 105 Turbojet Four 20 mm. can¬ non. Rockets or bombs Maximum Speed, 575 mp..h. Range, 705 miles SEA VIXEN FAW. Mk. 1 de Havilland Two-Seat Day and Night All-Weather Fighter Wing Span 50 ft. Folded 22 ft. 3 in. Length 53 ft. 6^ in. Two Rolls - Royce Avon 200 Turbojets Firestreak Guided Missiles and bombs or rockets Maximum Speed over 700 m.p.h. SCIMITAR F. Mk. 1 Supermarine Single-Seat Fighter and Strike Aircraft Wing Span 37 ft. 2 in. Folded 20 ft. Length 55 ft. 4 in. Two Rolls - Royce Avon 200 Turbojets Four 30 mm. can¬ non. Bombs, rock¬ ets or Nuclear Weapons Maximum Speed, 710 m.p.h. N.A. 39 j Blackburn Strike Aircraft Wing Span 42 ft. 6 in. Folded 20 ft. Length 62 ft. 4 in. Two de Havilland Gyron JuniorTurbo- jets Nuclear Weapons Speed in tran¬ sonic range at low altitudes GANNET AEW. Mk. 3 Fairey Three - Seat Early Warning Aircraft Wing Span 54 ft. 4 in. Folded 19 ft. 6 in. Length 43 ft. One Bristol Sid- deley Double Mam¬ ba Turboprop None WHIRLWIND Mks. 1, 3, 5, 7, 21 and 22 Westland and Sikorsky (U.S.A.) Multi-Seat Helicopter Rotor dia: 53 ft. Fuselage length 41 ft. 8| in. One Pratt and Whit¬ ney, Wright or Alvis Leonides Engine Anti-Submarine Weapons Maxiumm Speed, 1 10 m.p.h. Range 300 to 335 miles WESSEX Mk. 1 Westland Multi-Seat Anti-Sub¬ marine and Trans¬ port Helicopter Fuselage Length 56 ft. 7i in. 8 Rotor dia.: 56 ft. One Napier Gazelle NGA.I3 Shaft-Tur¬ bine Engine Anti-Submarine Weapons Maximum Speed, 144 m.p.h. Range 390 miles SKYRAIDER AEW Mk. 1 (Being replaced) Douglas (U.S.A.) Three - Seat Early Warning Aircraft Wing Span 50 ft. 0£ in. Folded 24 ft. Length 39 ft. 3f- in. One Wright R.3350- 26W Cyclone Engine None Maximum Range, 3,000 miles British Naval Guided Missiles Type Name Maker Length ft. Propulsion Speed mach. Range miles Guidance System Notes SURFACE-TO-AIR Seacat Short Bros. & Harland 4.85 Solid propellent Radio command Close range anti-aircraft missile Seaslug Armstrong Whitworth 19 5 I.C.I. Solid pro¬ pellant and solid boosters Beam- rider To be carried by County Class escorts. May be developed as a Surface to Surface weapon. H.E. or nuclear warhead AIR-TO-AIR Firestreak de Havilland Propellers 10-5 Solid propellent Infra-red Carried by Sea Vixen fighters A 2 GREAT BRITAIN—Pennant Numbers LIST OF PENNANT NUMBERS Note :—A few of the ships listed below are on the sales list or have been earmarked for disposal, but their pennant numbers have been retained in this edition for reference and identification until they are actually broken up ; and a few ships listed are not yet completed. Aircraft Carriers, Cruisers, Minelayers, Headquarters Ships, etc., Destroyers, Frigates R Flag Superior: R 05 Eagle R 06 Centaur R 07 Albion D Flag Superior: D 01 Caprice. D 02 Devonshire D 03 Concord. F Flag Superior: F 08 Urania. F 09 Troubridge. F 14 Leopard. F 114 Fowey F 115 Berwick F 117 Ashanti F 118 Talybont. F 119 Eskimo R 08 Bulwark R 09 Ark Royal R 12 Hermes R 38 Victorious D 05 Daring. D 06 Hampshire D 07 Caesar. D 09 Dunkirk. D 10 Cassandra. F 17 Ulysses. F 19 Terpsichore. F 20 Snipe. F 23 Teazer. F 121 Tumult. F 122 Gurkha F 123 Crane. F 124 Zulu C Flag Superior: C 08 Swiftsure C 14 Kenya C 20 Tiger C 24 Sheffield D 12 Kent D 14 Armada. D 15 Cavendish. D 16 London F 26 Petard. F 27 Lynx. F 29 Verulam. F 32 Salisbury F 125 Mohawk F 126 Plymouth F 127 Coventry F 129 Rhyl F 131 Nubian C 25 Superb C 34 Lion C 35 Belfast D 17 Alamein. D 18 St. Kitts. D 22 Aisne. F 34 Puma. F 36 Whitby. F 37 Jaguar. F 133 Tartar F 138 Rapid. F 141 Undine. C 48 Gambia D 24 Gravelines. F 41 Volage. F 142 Brocklesby C 52 Bermuda D 25 Carysfort. F 42 Modeste. F 155 Ballinderry. C 80 Mauritius D 26 Comet. F 43 Torquay. F 156 Tuscan. C 99 Blake D 30 Carron. F 44 Tenacious. F 159 Wakeful. N Flag Superior D 31 Broadsword. F 48 Dundas. F 169 Paladin. N 01 Apollo D 32 Camperdown. F 49 Pheasant. F 176 Brecon. N 11 Miner 1 D 34 Cockade. F 50 Venus. F 185 Relentless. N 12 Gossamer N 13 Miner III N 14 Miner IV N 16 Miner VI D 35 Diamond. D 36 Chieftain. D 43 Matapan. F 51 Grafton. F 53 Undaunted. F 54 Hardy. F 59 Chichester. F 187 Whirlwind. F 189 Termagant. F 193 Rocket. N 17 Miner VII D 44 Lagos. F 61 Llandaff. F 195 Roebuck. N 18 Miner VIII D 51 Chevron. F 62 Pellew. F 196 Urchin. N 25 Stonechat D 52 Chaplet. F 63 Scarborough. F 197 Grenville. N 26 Plover D 55 Finisterre. F 65 Tenby. F 200 Ursa. N 65 Ariadne D 60 Sluys. F 66 Starling. F 286 Amberley Castle. N 69 Linnet D 61 Chequers. F 67 Tyrian. F 372 Rushen Castle. N 70 Manxman D 62 Jutland. F 69 Redpole. F 388 Dumbarton Castle. A Flag Superior A 1 18 Artifex A 134 Rame Head D 64 Scorpion. D 65 St. James. F 70 Farndale. F 72 Wizard. F 73 Eastbourne. F 390 Loch Fada. F 391 Loch Killin. A 145 Guardian D 68 Barrosa. F 76 Virago. F 413 Farnham Castle. A 146 Protector D 70 Solebay. F 77 Blackpool. F 425 Loch Dunvegan. A 153 Ausonia D 73 Cavalier. F 78 Blackwood. F 428 Loch Alvie. A 158 Duncansby Head D 76 Consort. F 79 Brissenden. F 429 Loch Fyne. A 164 Adamant D 77 Trafalgar. F 80 Duncan. F 433 Loch Insh. A 180 Woolwich D 80 Barfleur. F 83 Ulster. F 436 Surprise. A 185 Maidstone A 187 Forth A 191 Berry Head A 194 Tyne A 200 Vidal D 84 Saintes. D 85 Cambrian. D 86 Agincourt. D 90 Cheviot. F 84 Exmouth. F 85 Keppel. F 88 Malcolm. F 91 Murray. F 93 Vigilant. F 437 Loch Lomond. F 449 Pevensey Castle. F 600 St. Bride’s Bay. F 609 Loch Craigie. F 620 Loch Gorm. A 219 Dodman Point D 91 Childers F 94 Palliser. F 624 Morecambe Bay. A 225 Mull of Galloway D 96 Crossbow. F 97 Russell. F 627 Mounts Bay. A 226 Mull of Kintyre D 97 Corunna. F 98 Orwell. F 628 Loch Killisport. A 231 Reclaim D 106 Decoy. F 99 Lincoln. F 630 Cardigan Bay. A 239 Ranpura D 108 Dainty. F 101 Yarmouth F 639 Loch More A 262 Hartland Point A 387 Girdle Ness A 302 Dalrymple A 303 Dampier D 114 Defender. D 118 Battleaxe. D 119 Delight. F 102 Zest. F 103 Lowestoft F 104 Hastings F 106 Brighton F 645 Loch Ruthven. F 647 Alert. F 655 Loch Tralaig F 650 Porlock Bay. A 307 Cook D 126 Diana. F 107 Rothesay F 658 Loch Veyatie. A 308 Scott D 154 Duchess. F IQ8 Londonderry F 691 Lancaster Castle. A 310 Shackleton D 231 Vigo. F 109 Weymouth F 692 Oxford Castle. A 311 Qwen D 748 Obedient. F 113 Falmouth F 693 Morpeth Castle. Pennant Numbers—GREAT BRITAIN 3 PENNANT NUMBERS —continued Submarines, Landing Ships, Escort Minesweepers, Coastal Minesweepers, Inshore Minesweepers, etc. s Flag Superior: s 01 Porpoise. s 02 Rorqual. s 03 Narwhal. s 04 Grampus. s 05 Finwhale. s 06 Cachalot. s 07 Sealion. s 08 Walrus. s 09 Auriga. s II Acheron. s 12 Trespasser. s 14 Tactician. s 15 Alcide. s 16 Alderney. s 17 Alliance. s 18 Ambush. s 19 Oberon s 20 Odin s 22 Anchorite. s 23 Andrew. s 25 Thule. s 26 Aurochs. s 27 Aeneas. s 28 Token. s 29 Spiteful s 30 Explorer. s 31 Trenchant. s 32 Tiptoe. s 33 Trump. s 34 Taciturn. s 35 Tapir. s 37 Talent. s 38 Teredo. s 40 Excalibur. s 41 Alaric. s 42 Tabard. s 43 Amphion. s 44 Sea Devil. s 45 Orpheus s 46 Olympus s 47 Astute. s 49 Artemis. s 50 Osiris s 52 Totem. s 53 Truncheon. s 54 Turpin. s 55 Thermopylae s 56 Sentinel. s 57 Onslaught s 58 Scorcher. s 59 Otter s 60 Oracle s 62 Solent. s 77 Tireless. s 80 Dreadnought s 87 Tallyho. s 89 Seraph. s 96 Artful. S 102 Shrimp. S 103 Sprat. S 104 Minnow. S 126 Tudor. S 143 Scotsman. S 153 Sea Scout. L Flag Superior L 369 Meon L 3003 Anzio. L 3016 Dieppe L 3027 Lofoten. L 3029 Chaser L 3036 Puncher. L 3043 Messina. L 3044 Narvik. L 3101 Ben Nevis. L 3505 Ravager. L 3511 Reggio. L 3513 Salerno. L 3515 Stalker. L 3516 Striker. L 3518 Suvla. L 3522 Tracker. L 3532 Zeebrugge M Flag Superior: M 01 Albacore. M II Bramble. M 29 Cockatrice. M 46 Pluto. M 73 Niger. M 88 Cheerful. M 106 Acute. M 216 Espiegle. M 221 Onyx. M 225 Rinaldo. M 227 Mutine. M 276 Lennox. M 277 Orestes. M 294 Pincher M 295 Plucky. M 298 Recruit. M 299 Rifleman. M 304 Waterwitch. M 307 _ Hound. M 341 Wiay. M 376 Golden Fleece. M 383 Tanganyika. M 385 Wave. M 386 Welcome. M 387 Chameleon. M 390 Jewel. M 424 Sandray. M 427 Sursay. M 429 Ronay. M 432 Vaceasay. M 452 y Tahay. M 456 Nerissa. M 1101 Coniston M 1102 Alcaston M 1103 Alfriston M 1104 Thames M 1105 Amerton M 1106 Appleton M 1107 Beachampton M 1108 Bevington M 1109 Curzon M 1110 Bildeston MINI Edderton M 1112 Warsash M 1113 St. David M 1114 Brinton M 1115 Bronington M 1116 Burnaston M 1117 Venturer M 1118 Calton M 1119 Carhampton M 1120 Caunton M 1121 Chediston M 1122 Chilcompton M 1123 Clarbeston M 1124 Clyde M 1125 Cuxton M 1126 Dalswinton M 1128 Killiekrankie M 1129 Oulston M 1130 Highburton M 1131 Hickleton M 1132 Blaxton M 1133 Bossington M 1134 Essington M 1135 Fenton M 1136 Fittleton M 1137 Flockton M 1138 Floriston M 1139 Somerleyton M 1140 Gavinton M 1141 Glasserton M 1143 Hexton M 1145 Dufton M 1146 Hodgeston M 1147 Hubberston M 1148 llmington M 1149 Badminton M 1150 Invermoriston M 1151 Iveston M 1152 Jackton M 1153 Kedleston M 1154 Kellington M 1155 Monkton M 1156 Kemerton M 1157 Kilmorey M 1158 Laleston M 1159 Lanton M 1160 Letterston M 1161 Leverton M 1162 Kildarton M 1163 Lullington M 1164 Maddiston M 1165 Maxton M 1166 Montrose M 1167 Repton M 1168 Dilston M 1169 Penston M 1170 Picton M 1171 Aldington M 1172 Thankerton M 1173 Mersey M 1174 Puncheston M 1175 Northumbria M 1176 Rennington M 1177 Roddington M 1178 Santon M 1179 Sefton M 1180 Shavington M 1181 Sheraton M 1182 Shoulton M 1183 Singleton M 1184 Sullington M 1185 Swanston M 1186 Tarlton M 1187 Upton M 1188 Walkerton M 1189 Wasperton M 1192 Wilkieston M 1193 Wolverton M 1194 Woolaston M 1195 Wotton M 1196 Yarnton M 1198 Ashton M 1199 Belton M 1200 Soberton M 1202 Maryton M 1203 Dartington M 1204 Stubbington M 1205 Wiston M 1206 Fiskerton M 1208 Lewiston M 1209 Chawton M 1211 Houghton M 1216 Crofton M 2001 Dingley M 2002 Aveley M 2003 Brearley M 2004 Brenchley M 2005 Brinkley M 2007 Watchful M 2008 Squirrel M 2009 Chailey M 2010 Cradley M 2601 Inglesham M 2603 Arlingham M 2605 Bassingham M 2608 Blunham M 2609 Bodenham M 2610 Boreham M 2611 Bottisham M 2613 Brigham M 2614 Bucklesham M 2615 Cardinham M 2616 Chelsham M 2617 Chillingham M 2618 Cobham M 2619 Darsham M 2620 Davenham M 2621 Dittisham M 2622 Downham M 2624 Elsenham M 2625 Etchingham M 2626 Everingham M 2627 Felmersham M 2628 Flintham M 2629 Damerham M 2630 Fritham M 2631 Glentham M 2632 Greetham M 2633 Halsham M 2634 Harpham M 2635 Haversham M 2636 Lasham M 2637 Hovingham M 2701 Cranham M 2706 Ledsham M 2708 Ludham M 2710 Mickleham M 2712 Neasham M 2713 Nettleham M 2714 Ockham M 2716 Pagham M 2717 Fordham M 2720 Powderham M 2721 Isis M 2722 Rackham M 2723 Reedham M 2726 Shipham M 2727 Saxlingham M 2728 Shrivenham M 2729 Sidlesham M 2733 Thakeham M 2735 Tongham M 2736 Tresham M 2737 Warmingham M 2777 Wintringham M 2778 Woldingham M 2779 Wrentham M 2780 Yaxham M 2781 Portisham M 2782 Popham M 2783 Odiham M 2784 Puttenham M 2785 Birdham M 2786 Rampisham M 2787 Abbotsham M 2788 Georgeham M 2790 Thatcham M 2791 Sandringham M 2792 Polsham M 2793 Thornham P Flag Superior: P 05 Rosalind P 41 Tiree. P 43 Fetlar. P 55 Steepholm. P 58 Woodbridga Haven. P 71 Moorgate. P 190 Laymoor P 191 Layburn P 200 Barfoss. P 201 Barbain. P 202 Barfoot. P 204 Bar-hill. P 207 Bardiffe. P 209 Barcastle. P 211 Barholm. P 212 Barcroft. P 214 Barbecue. P 215 Barnedale. P 216 Barglow. P 218 Barleycorn. P 219 Barmouth. P 223 Moorpout P 224 Barspear. P 227 Barkis. P 232 Barmond. P 234 Barova. P 235 Barthorpe. P 237 Barnaby. P 238 Barnehurst P 239 Barlake P 240 Barrhead. P 241 Barnard. P 242 Barbette. P 243 Barbican. P 244 Barfield. P 245 Barbridge P 252 Barcote. P 254 Barrage. P 258 Barwind. P 259 Barrington. P 261 Bartizan. P 262 Baron. P 265 Barranca. P 270 Barbourne. P 271 Bardolf. P 274 Barclose. P 275 Barsing. P 276 Barbastel. P 277 Barcock. P 281 Barking. P 282 Barfoam. P 284 Moorsman. P 287 Barcarole. P 289 Barsound. P 290 Barfount. P 294 Barfoil. P 297 Barnestone. P 298 Barrier. APOLLO TYNE (Destroyer Depot Ship) ARIADNE MANXMAN PROTECTOR (Ice Patrol Ship, ex-Netlayer) MAIDSTONE. FORTH without gun in bows (Submarine Depot Ships) 6 GREAT BRITAIN—Silhouettes ( continued ) Destroyers, Frigates, etc S i I h o u ett es —continued Scale : 150 ft. = I inch. Later “ BATTLE ” Class ROEBUCK, URCHIN, VENUS, VIGILANT Enlarged bridge and deckhouse BLACK SWAN Class TENACIOUS Type. (Fast Frigates. Limited Conversion from Destroyers) LOCH ” Class GUARDIAN (Netlayer) Aircraft Carriers—GREAT BRITAIN 7 AIRCRAFT CARRIERS HERMES (port view, showing deck-edge lift) 1960, Wright & Logan I “ Hermes ” Class (Modernised) HERMES (ex-Elephant) Recognition Deck Letter: Pennant No.: Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Aircraft: Catapults: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: General Notes Hermes is known as the “ Hermes ” Class (Modernised), to distinguish her from the ‘‘Centaur ” Class, of which she was originally a sister ship (and name ship), as her design has been modified so much, and she is virtually of a different type; in many ways she is more advanced than the earlier ships of the class and incorporates new equipment and improved arrangements, including five post-war developments—the angled deck, the steam catapult, the mirror landing sight, the 3-D radar, and the deck-edge lift. Her arrangements and equipment are of similar standard to the improvements in the reconstructed aircraft carrier Victorious. She is air- conditioned throughout. The ship was manned for trials on 23 Oct. 1959, accepted from her builders on 18 Nov. 1959, commissioned for service with the Royal Navy on 25 Nov. 1959, and after her shake-down cruises and full programme of working-up trials embarked her air squadrons and joined the Fleet in the summer of 1960. H R 12 Vickers-Armstrongs (Ship¬ builders) Ltd., Barrow-in- Furness 21 June 1944 16 Feb. 1953 18 Nov. 1959 23,000 tons standard, 27,800 tons full load Length: 650 (pp.), 744£ ( o.a.) feet Beam (hull): 90 feet; beam (overall): 144^ feet. Draught: 28 feet 10—40 mm. AA. (twin), 45 2 steam Parsons geared steam turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P. : 78,000=28 kts. 4 Admiralty 3-drum type 1,834 peace complement (190 officers, 1,644 men) 2,100 with air squadrons embarked HERMES (port bow oblique aerial view, showing angled deck) I960, Official Flight Deck Notes The flight deck is angled to 6? degrees off the centre line of the ship, the biggest angle that can be prac¬ tically contrived in an aircraft carrier of the size. Engineering Notes The ship has the latest system of remote control for her engines, coupled with automatic feed for her boilers, whereby with the entire complement of officers and men under cover and protected in “ the citadel,” a self-contained section of the ship proof against radio-active fall-out, the ship can be safely steamed through an atomic cloud. Electrical Notes The electrical plant is a 440 volt, 3 phase, 60 cycle A.C. installation, with a generating capacity of 5,440 kW—the largest power station afloat today in the Royal Navy. Notes to Drawing Port elevation and plan. Drawn in I960. Scale: I28feet=l inch. 8 GREAT BRITAIN—Aircraft Carriers ( continued ) Aircraft Carriers —continued !, Vf: .. ' • f IT . . ARK ROYAL (port view, showing side lift removed) I960, Official ARK ROYAL ( ex-irresistible) Recognition Deck Letter: R Pennant No.: R 09 Builders and Cammell Laird & Co. Engineers: (Shipbuilders & Engineers), Ltd., Birkenhead Laid down: 3 May 1943 Launched: 3 May 1950 Completed: 25 Feb. 1955 Displacement: 43,340 tons standard (53,340 tons full load). Officially revised figures Dimensions: Length: 720 (pp.), 808^ (o.a.) feet. Beam (waterline): 112* feet. Beam (overall): 158 feet. Draught: 36 (max.) feet Guns: 8—4-5 inch d.p.; 34—40 mm. Bofors AA. (4 6-barrelled, 2 twin, 6 single); 4—3 pdr. (see notes) Aircraft: Over 50 in peacetime Catapults: 2 Steam Machinery: Parsons single reduction geared turbines. 4 shafts. S.H.P.: 152,000 = 31-5 kts. Boilers: 8 Admiralty 3-drum type, working at 400 lb. per sq. in. pressure and 600 degrees Fahrenheit of superheat Oil fuel: 5,500 tons Complement: 1,632 to 1,745 (including the ship’s air complement, but excluding the complements of attached squadrons) in peacetime. (2,295 to 2,345 with front line squadrons embarked) General Notes Largest aircraft carrier ever built for the Royal Navy. Fitted with latest equipment for operating fast and heavy jet aircraft, including 5£ degrees angled deck, two lifts on the centre line, two steam catapults, two mirror deck landing sight sponsons, new type of arrester gear, and improved hangar ventilation. First British aircraft carrier to be pro¬ vided with steam catapults and associated installation. Largest ship ever built by Cammell Laird. Began contractors’ sea trials on 4 June 1954. First commissioned on 22 Feb. 1955. Had first side lift to be installed in an aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy; it was situated amidships on the port side and served the upper hangar. Cost £21,428,000. Refitted in 1959, when the side lift was removed, the deck park provided by the angled deck having, to a large extent, done away with its necessity, and a new lattice stump mast for a larger radar scanner was stepped abaft the bridge. Appearance Notes. Easily distinguishable from sister ship Eagle by lattice mast and different arrangement of guns, sponsons, etc., on the port side. Gunnery Notes. Originally mounted 16—4-5 inch guns in eight twin turrets two on each beam forward and two on each beam aft, but the four 4-5 inch dua I purpose guns in two twin turrets on the port side forward, temporarily plated over to provide the termination of the angled deck, were removed entirely in 1956 to allow for unimpeded flying off. The 6-barrelled 40 mm. Bofors anti-aircraft mounting before the bridge was also removed. The four 4-5 inch guns in two twin turrets on the starboard side forward were removed in 1959. 1 ARK ROYAL (port quarter oblique aerial view, after refit) I960, Official Photograph Notes Starboard quarter view, port broadside view, and overhead plan view, all before conversion, and showing side lift, in the 1959-60 and earlier editions. Notes to Drawing Port elevation and plan. Redrawn in I960. Scale: 128 feet= l inch. Nomenclature Notes Following the sinking of the first fleet aircraft carrier Ark Royal in November 1941, the name was allocated to a considerably larger aircraft carrier projected which had previously been known as the Irresistible (the present Ark Royal). □ □, □ □ Aircraft Carriers ( continued )—GREAT BRITAIN 9 Aircraft Carriers —continued BULWARK (port broadside aerial view, after conversion) I960, Official I960, Wright & Logan BULWARK (starboard surface view, after conversion) Commando Carrier I Modified “ Centaur ” Class BULWARK Recognition Deck Letter: B Pennant No.: R 08 Builders and Engineers: Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast Laid down: 10 May 1945 Launched: 22 June 1948 Completed: 4 Nov. 1954 Displacement: 22,000 tons standard, 27,000 tons full load Length: 650 (pp.), 737£ (o.a.) feet. Beam: 90 feet. Extreme breadth: 123 feet. Draught: 27 feet Dimensions: Guns: 18—40 mm. AA. 1 6-barrelled, (5 twin, 2 single) 4—3 pdr. (saluting) See Notes Aircraft: 16 helicopters Landing Craft: 4 LCA Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 78,000=28 kts. (29-5 kts. on trials) Boilers: 4 Admiralty 3-drum type Complement: 1,037 (accommodationfor 600 officers and men of Commando) General Notes Cost £10,386,000, excluding guns, aircraft and equipment Originally the sister ship of the Albion and Centaur, see next page. Converted into a commando carrier in 1959. A full strength commando is available, which the carrier can quickly transport and land complete with equipment, wherever required. The commando carrier’s helicopters are also able BULWARK (aerial plan view, after conversion) to disembark the commando’s vehicles. She has on board sufficient stores and fuel to support the commando in active operations ashore, and can re-embark the unit speedily when required. She is the first ship of her kind to be commissioned in the Royal Navy. She not only reinforces the traditionally close association of the Corps of Royal Marines with the Navy, but gives these versatile troops greater mobility and usefulness, and enables them to be fully self-supporting. The commando carrier is fully convertible to the anti¬ submarine role. She is able, at short notice, and entirely within her own resources, to adapt her helicopters for anti¬ submarine work. The ship commissioned as a commando carrier on 19 Jan. I960, and after trials and work-up at home and in the Mediterranean in the Spring she sailed for Singapore. I960, Official Gunnery Notes Eight 40 mm. AA. guns were removed during conversion to provide space for four assault landing craft carried at built-in gantries. Conversion Notes It is officially stated that basically the ship was not changed during her refit, although the fixed wing capability, the arrester wires and catapults were removed. Various altera¬ tions and modifications were made to render the ship suitable as an all-helicopter troop carrier with 16 Westland Whirl¬ wind aircraft, which will be replaced at a later date by the Wessex, and four Landing Craft (Assault). The ship was fitted with the most extensive air conditioning system in the Royal Navy. Engineering Notes Three-bladed propeller replaced by four-bladed propeller. Photograph Notes A port bow aerial view appears in the 1959-60 edition, a port broadside surface view in the 1958-59 and 1959- 60 editions, and a starboard broadside view in the 1957-58 edition (all before conversion). Notes to Drawing Port elevation and plan. Drawn in I960. Scale: 128 feet= I inch. 10 GREAT BRITAIN—Aircraft Carriers ( continued ) CENTAUR (starboard broadside) after refit. Sep. 1958, courtesy Godfrey H. Walker, Esq. 2 “ Centaur ” Class ALBION CENTAL Name: Albion Centaur Recognition Deck Letter: A C Pennant No.: R 07 R 06 Builders: Swan, Hunter & Harland & Wolff, Wigham Richardson Ltd., Belfast Engineers: Ltd., Wallsend-on- Tyne Wallsend Slipway & Harland & Wolff Engineering Co. Ltd., Belfast Laid down: Ltd., Tyne 23 Mar. 1944 30 May 1944 Launched: 6 May 1947 22 Apr. 1947 Completed: 26 May 1954 1 Sep. 1953 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Aircraft: Catapults: Machinery: Boilers: Complement; General Notes Improvements incorporated during construction increased the originally designed displacement figure from 18,300 tons standard. These ships are enlarged versions of the " Majestic ” class with propelling machinery of nearly twice the power to give an extra five knots speed, correcting the nherent faults of the original light carrier type and bringing hem more into line with modern fleet aircraft requirements. Centaur cost £10,434,000,,excluding guns, aircraft and equip¬ ment, and Albion cost £9,836,000. An “ interim ” (5£ degrees) or modified form of angled deck arrangement has been in¬ stalled which necessitated the removal of three twin 40 mm. mounts and the extension of flight deck plating on port side amidships. There are five arrester wires spaced equally along the line of the angled deck. Centaur was equipped with steam catapults and new arrester gear in 1957. Appearance Notes The shape of the stern in these ships differs from that in earlier carriers. Class Notes Of the eight ships of this class originally ordered, Arrogant original Hermes, Monmouth and Polyphemus were cancelled in 1945. Hermes ( ex-Elephant ) was completed to a modified design (see previous page). 22,000 tons standard, 27,000 tons full load Length: 650 (pp.), 737f (o.a.) feet. Beam: 90 feet. Extreme breadth: 123 feet. Draught: 27 feet 20—40 mm. AA. I 6-barrelled, 5 twin, 4 single) 4—3 pdr. (saluting) 45 (including a squadron of heli¬ copters in Albion) 2 hydraulic (Albion): 2 steam (Centaur) Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 78,000=23 kts. (29-5 kts. on trials). 4 Admiralty 3-drum type Centaur 1,028, Albion 1,102 (ship's company, including ship’s air com¬ plement), 1,330 to 1,390 (including attached air squadron personnel) ALBION (aerial plan view, showing angled deck I960, Official CENTAUR (port bow oblique aerial view—helicopter landing on deck) I960, Official Engineering Notes Machinery by the Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co. Ltd. in Albion, by builders in Centaur. Photograph Notes A port bow oblique aerial view of Albion and a starboard quarter oblique aerial view of Centaur appear in the 1957-58, 1958-59 and 1959-60 editions. Conversion Notes Albion is to be converted into a Commando Carrier. Sister ship Bulwark was converted into a commando carrier in 1959, see previous page. Notes to Drawing Port elevation and plan. Scale: 128 feet=l inch. The 6-barrelled 40 mm. AA. gun abaft the island has been removed. Aircraft Carriers (continued )—GREAT BRITAIN M Aircraft Carriers —continued Added I960, Official EAGLE (port quarter aerial view) EAGLE ( ex-Audacious) Recognition Deck Letter: E Pennant No.: R 05 Builders and Harland & Wolff Ltd., Engineers: Belfast Laid down: 24 Oct. 1942 Launched: 19 Mar. 1946 Completed: 1 Oct. 1951 Displacement: 43,060 tons standard (53,000 cons Dimensions: full load). Officially revised figures. Length: 720 (pp.), 803f (o.a.) feet. Guns: Beam: 112£ feet. Draught: 33* (36 max.) feet 16—4-5 inch d.p., 58—40 mm. A A. Aircraft: (8—6-barrelled, 2 twins in stern sponson, 6 single) 4—3 pdr. 50 in peacetime Catapults: 2 hydraulic (see Modernisation Notes) Machinery: Parsons single reduction geared Boilers: turbines, 4 shafts. S.H.P.: 152,000 = 31 -5 kts. deep load 8 Admiralty 3-drum type 1,425 (including ship’s air comple. Complement: General Notes ment, but excluding the comple¬ ments of embarked air squadrons); (2,750 war) max. accommodation Ordered on 19 May 1942 and finally accepted into the Royal Navy on I Mar. 1952. Of 90 per cent welded con¬ struction. Damage control arrangements are exceptionally complete. Cost £15,795,000. Modernisation Notes The ship is being extensively refitted and completely modernised. She is being provided with a fully angled flight deck at 8-j degrees, and comprehensive structural alterations are being made to equip her with two steam catapults for launching the latest naval aircraft. The most up-to-date living accommodation for the ship’s complement is also being incorporated. Her reconstruction commenced at the end of 1959, and is scheduled to take three or four years. Appearance Notes The shape of the stern differs from that in earlier aircraft carriers. Eagle differs from Ark Royal. Class Notes Sister ship of Ark Royal, see previous page. Two more large fleet aircraft carriers of this type, Africa and original Eagle, were cancelled at the end of the Second World War. Three much larger fleet aircraft carriers, to have been named Gibraltar, Malta and New Zealand, were also cancelled. Nomenclature Notes After the first aircraft carrier Eagle was lost in August 1942 the name was given to an aircraft carrier of the above class ordered from Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., Tyne, but this vessel was cancelled at the end of the war, and the sister ship which had been begun as the Audacious was renamed Eagle on 21 Jan. 1946. Photograph Notes EAGLE (starboard bow oblique aerial view showing angled deck) Added I960, Official Port bow view, starboard bow view, and port bow oblique MAGNIFICENT 1957, Royal Canadian Navy. Official 2 “ Majestic ” Class MAGNIFICENT Recognition Deck Letter: G Builders: Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast Laid down: 29 July 1943 Launched: 16 Nov. 1944 Completed: 21 May 1948 Displacement: 15,700 tons standard (19,550 tons full load) Dimensions: Length: 630 (pp.), 698 (o.a.) feet. Beam: 80 feet. Width: 112£ feet. Draught: 25 feet Width of flight deck at island: 75 feet; of flight deck: 80 feet; with island: 91 feet; with gun sponsons removed for passage through Panama Canal: 106 feet; overall, including safety nets and gun sponsons: 112j feet Guns: 30—40 mm. AA. Bofors, (8 twin) Aircraft: 34 (capacity) Catapults: I hydraulic Machinery: Parsons single-reduction geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 42,000= 24-5 kts. (designed) Boilers: 4 Admiralty 3-drum type. Steam pressure at engines: 350 Ib./sq. in. Oil fuel: 3,200 tons Radius: 12,000 miles at 14 kts. Complement: 1,350 (war) General Notes Magnificent was on loan to the Royal Canadian Navy from before completion (transferred 1946) to 1957 (returned to Royal Navy at Devonport 14 June). While in the Royal Canadian Navy the air recognition number 21 was painted on the flight deck. Engineering Notes Engines and boilers are arranged en echelon, one set of tur¬ bines and two boilers being installed side by side in each of the two main propelling machinery spaces, on the unit system. LEVIATHAN MAGNIFICENT 1957, Royal Canadian Navy. Official Appearance Notes Distinguished from larger carriers by generally lighter appearance and thin funnel and distinctive shape of ship’s side forward. Notes to Drawing Port elevantion and plan of Magnificent. I inch. Builders: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd., Wallsend-on-T yne The Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co. Ltd., Wallsend-on-Tyne 18 Oct. 1942 7 June 1945 May 1946 15,700 tons standard (19,550 tons full load ) Length: 630 (pp.), 694 (o.a.) feet. Beam: 80 feet. Draught: 24 feet Parsons single-reduction geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 42,000=24 *5 kts designed 4 Admiralty 3-drum type (400 lb. working pressure, 700 degrees maximum superheat) Engineers: Laid down: Launched: Suspended Dimensions: General Notes Laid up in H.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth. Air-conditioned and insulated for tropical service, ship’s sides being sprayed with asbestos cement instead of being lagged. Separate messes and dining halls. Pressed water-tight doors of smaller pattern. Steam heating round weather water-tight doors to prevent clips seizing up in Arctic. Constructional Notes Construction stopped in May 1946, when structurally almost complete and 80 per cent fitted out. Towed to Portsmouth Dockyard in July 1946. No work done on her since. Officially stated ship is being retained, but no date is given for resumption. Engineering Notes Turbines arranged en echelon so that starboard propeller shaft is longer than the port. Maximum speed: 25 knots. Flight Deck Notes Catapult: single track, 20.000 lb. at 60 kts. Catapult accelerator gear port side forward. Class Notes Of other ships of this class Magnificent was lent to the Royal Canadian Navy from 1946 to 1957; Powerful (renamed Bonaventure ) was completed for the R.C.N.; Majestic (re¬ named Melbourne) was completed for the Royal Australian Navy; and Terrible (renamed Sydney) was sold to R.A.N. Hercules was sold to the Indian Navy in 1957 for completion and modernisation, and renamed Vikrant. LEVIATHAN Added 1949, Evening News, Portsmouth VICTORIOUS (port surface view) 1960, courtesy Godfrey H. Walker, Esq. VICTORIOUS Recognition Deck Letter: V Pennant No.: R 38 Builders: Vickers-Armstrongs (Shipbuilders) Ltd., Newcastle-on-Tyne Engineers: The Wallsend Slipway Engineering Co. Ltd., Wallsend-on-Tyne Ordered: 13 Jan. 1937 Laid down: 4 May 1937 Launched: 14 Sep. 1939 Completed: 15 May 1941 Pebuilt: H.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth, 1950- 58 Displacement: 30,530 tons standard (35,500 tons full load) revised figures Dimensions: Length: 740 (pp.), 781 (o.o.) feet. Beam (hull): I03£ feet. Width (overall): I46£ feet. Draught: 31 feet Guns: 12—3 inch, 50 cal.; 6—40 mm. AA. Bofors (1—6-barrelied); 4—3 pdr. Aircraft: 54 in peacetime „ Catapults: 2 steam Armour: 4j" belt, 4£" hangar side, 33 " flight deck, 2£" hangar deck Machinery: 3 sets Parsons geared turbines. 3 shafts. S.H.P.: 110,000 = 31 kts. Boilers: 6 Foster Wheeler Complement: 2,200 Aircraft Carriers (continued )—GREAT BRITAIN 13 Aircraft Carriers —continued Reconstruction Notes Virtually rebuilt in H.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth, 1950 to 1958. Re-launched (floated out of dry dock) on 19 May 1955. One of the best equipped aircraft carriers in the world. She has a fully angled flight deck, steam catapults and the most modern landing control system. Her electronic equipment is of the most advanced design. It includes a high powered radar set which can detect aircraft targets at considerable range and show their position simultaneously in range, bearing and height. With this radar set goes a new display system which makes it possible to clarify the airborne target situation quickly and easily. This will enable her to exploit to the full the capabilities of the latest and next generations of naval air¬ craft. Two mirror sight deck landing aids and new high speed lifts have been fitted. Reconstruction involved increase in length by 30 feet, hull beam by 7§ feet, draught by If feet. Her 3 inch guns are in twin mounts of new pattern. She was the first aircraft carrier in the Royal Navy with a fully angled deck. She has the latest arrester gear. Her modernisation included re-boilering, the installation of new armament and improved accommodation. I960, Official Flight Deck Notes An angle of 8f degrees has been achieved by extending the flight deck outwards for 41 feet on the port side for a length of 120 feet. It overhangs the ship’s side by 35f feet, the extension being supported by a very large sponson bracketed into the ship’s structure, and counter-balanced by the weight of the island superstructure opposite on the starboard side. The flight deck, over 775 feet long, is strong enough to take the heaviest Fleet Air Arm machines, including the Blackburn N.A.39. Two parallel track 145 feet catapults are fitted forward with aircraft positioners and jet blast deflectors. The arrester gear comprises four wires with an average span of 80 feet. Engineering Notes The ship can be steamed from the machinery control room by hydraulic remote controls. Steam conditions: 440 lb. per sq.inch. pressure ; 750 deg. Fah. superheat. VICTORIOUS (aerial plan view showing fully angled deck) Electrical Notes The main generating capacity of the ship has been increased from 2,400 kW to 4,200 kW Appearance Notes Easily distinguished from other carriers by rather smaller island, very large radar aerial surmounting the bridge, long overhang at the stern, massive angled deck terminal sponson and black band round top of funnel. Photograph Notes A port bow surface view and a starboard bow oblique aerial view appear in the 1959-60 edition, and a starboard quarter broadside view showing counter overhang, a port quarter aerial view, and a starboard bow view appear in the 1958-59 edition. Note fo Drawing Starboard elevation and plan drawn in 1958. Scale 128 feet = I inch. General Notes This ship originally had a displacement of 22,600 tons standard (29,100 tons full load), dimensions 751 X 95£ X 29^ feet, and a main armament of 16—4-5 inch guns. VICTORIOUS (port bow oblique aerial view) 14 GREAT BRITAIN—Cruisers CRUISERS 1 TIGER 1959, Wright & Logan 3 “ Tiger " Class BLAKE ( ex-Tiger, ex-Blake ) TIGER ( ex-Bellerophon ) LION ( ex-Defence) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Armour: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: 9,550 tons standard (11,700 tons full load) Length: 538 (pp.) 555^ (o.o.) feet. Beam: 64 feet. Draught: 21 feet 4—6 inch (twin), 6—3 inch (twin new pattern) See notes 4 Parsons geared turbines. 4 shafts. S.H.P.: 75,500 = 31-5 kts. (max.) 4 Admiralty 3-drum type. Tiger 698 (53 officers, 645 ratings), 900 (war) General Notes As completed these ships exceed their originally designed displacement of 8,000 tons. Work on them was stopped in July 1946, but while construction on all three was suspended, work in relation to the preparation of equipment was pro¬ gressed. Decision to proceed with the completion of these three cruisers was officially announced on 15 Oct. 1954, and they were actually dismantled ready for resumption of construction to a new design in 1955. It is officially estimated that Tiger cost £13,113,000. Gunnery Notes As originally designed the ordnance included nine 6 inch, ten 4 inch and 16 smaller guns, but the ships now carry new fully automatic guns of very advanced design. The main armament now consists of four 6 inch guns, mounted in two twin turrets, which are equally effective in the surface and anti-aircraft roles. The rate of fire of these guns is more than twice that of any previous cruisers. The secondary armament consists of six 3 inch guns mounted in three twin turrets. These guns are capable of a rate of fire comparable with the light anti-aircraft guns of the Second World War. The ships are fitted with a comprehensive gun direction system which enables all the turrets to be controlled by radar. Six inch turret weighs 163 tons, 3 inch turret weighs 38? tons. Operational Notes The ships are controlled from a totally enclosed bridge, the first ever fitted in British cruisers. A 200-line automatic telephone exchange facilitates internal communications. Engineering Notes The main machinery is largely automatic and can be remotely controlled. Electrical Notes Four turbo-generators provide over 4,000 kilowatts of alternating current, the first time this type of power has been used in British cruisers. Torpedo Notes Were originally designed to have eight 21-inch torpedo tubes in two quadruple mountings. Habitability Notes Complete air-conditioning is installed to ensure a comfort¬ able atmosphere in any climate. A large amount of electrical equipment is provided for cooking, deck-cleaning, paint¬ scaling and television, cinema and radio rediffusion installa¬ tions. Accommodation is of a very much higher standard than in any previous cruisers. Each man has a bunk. Fluorescent lighting is installed. Separate dining halls. Photograph Notes A large broadside view of Tiger, showing midship details, appears in the 1959-60 edition. Name Laid down Launched Blake Lion Tiger 17 Aug. 1942 24 June 1942 I Oct. 1941 20 Dec. 1945 2 Sep. 1944 25 Oct. 1945 Completed 31 Jan. 1961 12 July I960 18 Mar. 1959 TIGER (dead o ’erhead aerial plan view) I960, Official I Its h K (port quarter view) Pennant No. Name C 99 Blake C 34 Lion C 20 Tiger Builders and Engineers Fairfield S.B. & Eng. Co. Ltd., Govan Scotts S.B. & Eng. Co. Ltd., Greenock* John Brown & Co. Ltd., Clydebank * To launching stage. Completed by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd., Wallsend-on-Tyne. Main machinery completed by the Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co. Ltd., Wallsend-on-Tyne. (Officially stated in 1960-61 Navy Estimates.) Armour Notes Protection is similar to Superb as originally designed. Class Notes Hawke, of this class, laid down at H.M. Dockyard, Ports¬ mouth in Aug. 1944, was cancelled in 1946, as was Bellerophon (ex-Tiger) a cruiser of enlarged design, ordered from Vickers- Armstrongs. Nomenclature Notes The name of Defence was changed to Lion in 1957 (announced by Admiralty 8 Oct.) Notes to Drawing Port elevation and plan. Redrawn in I960. Scale: 128 feet= I inch. Recent Disposals of Battleships The four battleships of the “ King George V.” class, Anson, Duke of York, Howe and King George V, were broken up in 1958. The sole surviving battleship, Vanguard, is being scrapped. See full particulars, photographs and plan, elevation and silhouette drawings in the 1959-60 and earlier editions. GAM BIA March, 1959, Official SWIFTSURE Pennant No.: C 08 Builders: Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., Tyne Engineers: Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., Barrow Laid down: 22 Sep. 1941 Launched: 4 Feb. 1943 Completed: 22 June 1944 Displacement: 8,800 tons standard (11,240 tons full load) Dimensions: Length: 555£ feet (o.o.). Beam: 63 feet. Draught: I6£ (mean), 21 £ (max.) feet Guns: 9—6 inch, 8—4 inch AA., 4—40 mm. Bofors AA. Tubes: Removed Armour: 4" side, 4" C.T., 2" turrets, 4" deck Machinery: Parsons single reduction geared turbines. 4 shafts. S.H.P.: 72,500= 31.5 kts. Boilers: 4 Admiralty 3-drum type Oil fuel: 1,850 tons Radius: 6,500 miles at 13 kts. Complement: 855 (peace), 960 (war) General Notes Designed displacement was 8,000 tons. Refitted and modernised in 1956-60. Ontario, of the same type, was given to the Royal Canadian Navy. Torpedo Notes The ship originally mounted 6—21 inch torpedo tubes . BERMUDA (starboard quarter oblique view) I960, Official Reconstruction Notes Now has lattice masts and modified bridge, but her re¬ construction was suspended in I960. Appearance Notes No provision was ever made for aircraft, the absence of the hangar structure abreast the forefunnel and the additional pair of 4 inch AA. in “ X ” position distinguishing her from the “ Colony ” class. Photograph Notes A starboard bow view of Swiftsure appears in the 1957-58 edition, and a larger port quarter view appears in the 1958- 59 and 1959-60 editions. Drawing Notes A port elevation and plan of Swiftsure before reconstruc¬ tion, Scale: 128 feet=l inch, appears in the 1959-60 edition. 2 44 Colony ” Class BERMUDA GAMBIA Displacement: 8,000 tons standard (11,000 to 11,270 tons full load) Dimensions: Length: 549 (w./.), 555± (o.a.) feet. Beam: 62 feet. Draught: I6i (mean), 21 (max.) feet Guns: Bermuda: 9—6 inch, 8—4 inch AA., 14—40 mm. AA. Gambia: 9—6 inch, 8—4 inch AA., 14—40 mm. AA. (5 twin, 4 single) Tubes: 6—21 inch (see Torpedo Notes) Armour: 4i"-3" side, 4" C.T., 2" turrets, 2" deck Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 4 shafts. S.H.P.: 72,500 = 31-5 kts. (sea speed 29-75 kts.) Boilers: 4 Admiralty 3-drum type Oil fuel: 1,620 tons Radius: 6,000 miles at 13 kts. Complement: 750 (peace); 980 (war) General Notes Gambia was built under the 1938 Estimates and Bermuda under the 1939 Estimates. These ships were a logical develop¬ ment of the “ Southampton ” and improved “ Southampton ” designs, and have proved highly successful in service. A fourth triple 6-inch turret in “ X ” position was removed. Gunnery Notes Different type of light anti-aircraft guns in Gambia. In all ships light AA. armament differed in number, type and disposition (see data above and photos). The 4 inch guns are radar controlled. Torpedo Notes Gambia had her 6—21 inch torpedo tubes removed in 1958. Appearance Notes Gambia and Bermuda have totally different bridges. Bermuda was refitted in I960. Class Notes Of this class, Nigeria was sold to the Indian Navy in 1954. Two others, Fiji and Trinidad, were lost in action during the Second World War. Photograph Notes Aerial broadside and port bow views of Kenya, and starboard bow view of Jamaica in the 1957-58 (Diamond Jubilee) edition. Starboard bow view of Kenya in the 1958-59 edition. Port bow surface view of Bermuda and port bow aerial view of Mauritius in the 1959-60 edition. (Photographs of Swiftsure and Superb appear in the 1958-59 and 1959-60 editions.) Note to Drawing Port elevation and plan of ' feet=l inch Colony” Class. Scale: 128 Recent Disposals Of the “ Colony ” class, the Jamaica was scrapped in I960* the Kenya is on the sales list, and the Mauritius is surplus to naval requirements and is to be disposed of in the near future. Of the “ Ceylon ” class, the Newfoundland was transferred to the Peruvian Navy at Portsmouth on 30 Dec. 1959 and renamed Almirante Grau, and the Ceylon was transferred to the Peruvian Navy at Portsmouth on 9 Feb. I960 and re¬ named Coronet Bolognesi. Of later cruisers, the Superb is surplus to naval require¬ ments and is to be scrapped in the near future, and the Swiftsure, which was to have been reconstructed, but on which work has been suspended, is also expected to be sold or otherwise disposed of. (See full particulars, notes, photographs, plan and eleva¬ tion drawings, and silhouettes in the 1959-60 and earlier editions.) Pennant No. C 48 C 52 Name Gambia Bermuda Builders Swan Hunter Clydebank Engineers Wallsend Slipway Clydebank Ordered 1939 1939 Laid down 24 July 1939 30 Nov. 1939 Launched 30 Nov. 1940 II Sep. 1941 Completed 21 Feb. 1942 5 Aug. 1942 16 GREAT BRITAIN—Cruisers (continued) Cruisers —continued BELFAST (after reconstruction and modernisation) 1959, Official I Improved “ Southampton ’* Class BELFAST Pennant No.: C 35 Builders: Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast Laid down: 10 Dec. 1936 Launched: 17 Mar. 1938 Completed: 3 Aug. 1939 Displacement: 11,550 tons standard (14,930 tons full load) Dimensions: Length: 579 (pp.), 6I3£ (o.a.) feet. Beam: 66£ feet. Draught: 17 feet (23 feet max.) Guns: 12—6 inch, 8—4 inch AA., 12—40 mm. AA. Tubes: Removed (see Torpedo Notes) Armour: 5" — 3" side, 4" C.T., 2£" turrets Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 4 shafts. S.H.P.: 80,000 = 32-5 kts. designed Boilers: 4 Admiralty 3-drum type Oil fuel: 2,260 tons Radius: 8,000 miles at 14 kts. Complement: General Notes 710 (52 officers, 658 men) in peace¬ time Improved “ Southampton ” type. The largest cruiser in the Royal Navy. Designed displacement was 10,000 tons with beam of 63j feet, since increased. Built under 1936 Estimates. Internal subdivision is exceptionally complete. Was practically rebuilt after being heavily damaged by a mine in the early months of the Second World War, beam being increased and other alterations made. Gunnery Notes Until her 1955-59 reconstruction the light anti-aircraft armament comprised two 8-barrelled 2 pdr. four 4-barrelled 2 pdr. and nine single 40 mm. Torpedo Notes The 6—21 inch torpedo tubes originally mounted in triple banks were removed during the 1956-59 refit. First Reconstruction Notes When she was mined her back was broken, and in the course of repairs, to strengthen her, she was fitted with an external bulge adding approximately 2^ feet to her beam. This bulge roughly covered the same areas as the armour belt above the water line. Besides providing additional under-water protection, it improved the ship’s stability, thereby enabling her to retain her entire 6-inch armament despite extra top weight having been added. Second Reconstruction Notes It was officially announced in 1955 that the Belfast was to undergo reconstruction and modernisation. This was com¬ pleted on 12 May 1959. Extensive modifications include lattice masts, a new operations room, new type covered bridge, modernised armament and improved habitability. Note to Drawing Represents Belfast after conversion. Port elevation and plan. Redrawn in 1959. Scale: I28feet=l inch. Armour Notes Reported to have been designed to withstand 8-inch shell¬ fire. Armour extends over entire length of citadel, and pro¬ tective deck right across ship’s breadth above magazines. Photograph Notes A dead broadside view of Belfast appears on page 472 (Addenda) of the 1959-60 edition. A starboard broadside view of the ship before reconstruction appears in the 1957- 58 and 1958-59 editions. Class Notes Sister ship Edinburgh was lost in action on 2 May, 1942. SHEFFIELD Added I960, Official I “Southampton ” Class SHEFFIELD Pennant No.: C 24 Builders: Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Tyne Laid down: 31 Jan. 1935 Launched: 23 July 1936 Completed: 25 Aug. 1937 Displacement: 9,100 tons standard (12,400 tons full load) Length: 558 (pp.), 584 (w.L), Dimensions: Lengcn: do o \VV-t, jot 591i (o.a.) feet. Beam: 61 f (w./.), 64 (o.o.) feet. Draught: 17 (mean), 21 (max.) feet Guns: 9—6 inch, 8—4 inch AA., 18—40 mm. AA. Tubes: 6—21 inch (tripled) Armour: 4"— 3" side, 4" C.T., 2"—I" turrets, 2" deck Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 4 shafts. S.H.P.: 75,000=32-5 kts. (designed) Boilers: 4 Admiralty 3-drum type Oil fuel: 1,970 tons Radius: 7,000 miles at 14 kts. Complement: 706-717 (peace) General Notes Built under the 1934 Navy Estimates. Ordered on 17 Dec. 1934. Protection is somewhat better than in previous classes. Special ventilating trunks have been installed, with openings on either side of hull at break of deck level abreast of “ B ’’ turret. Gunnery Notes At end of the Second World War “ X " triple 6-inch turret was removed and replaced by 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. Centre gun of each 6 inch turret is mounted slightly farther back than other two. Each turret weighs 135 tons. Each gun weighs 7 tons. Shell fired weighs I cwt. New 4 inch directors abreast forefunnel. Reconstruction Notes Reconstructed and modernised, modifications including new bridge structure rebuilt with revised armament arrange¬ ments and air conditioning, new lattice foremast, but tripod mainmast retained. She underwent a long refit in 1949-51 and was again extensively modified June 1956-June 1957. In 1959-60 she was refitted and put in a state of preservation in operational reserve. With the maintenance ship Mull of Galloway she relieved the battleship Vanguard as joint Headquarters of the Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth. Anti-Radiation Notes The ship is fitted with several modern devices to he/p her to fight in areas of atomic radiation. Her bridge is enclosed and she is fitted with powerful pre-wetting systems. Engineering Notes Engined by Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Barrow. Each propeller weighs I2£ tons. Sea speed is about 32 kts. Appearance Notes Larger than “ Colony ” class with raked funnels and former hangar structure. Lattice foremast and tripod main¬ mast. Photograph Notes An aerial photograph of Birmingham appears in the 1959- 60 edition, a larger photograph of Sheffield in the 1957-58 to 1959-60 editions, and photographs of Glasgow and Newcastle in the 1957-58 and earlier editions. Drawing Notes A plan and elevation drawing of this class appears in the 1959-60 edition. Also see port elevation silhouette drawing on page 5 of this edition. Class Notes Sister ships Gloucester, Manchester and Southampton were lost during the Second World War. Recent Disposals Sister ships Glasgow and L/verpcol were scrapped in 1958, Newcastle was scrapped in 1959 and Birmingham was scrapped in I960. “COUNTY ” CLASS (photograph of the model) starboard broadside 1959, Official “COUNTY ” CLASS (showing guided missiles, helicopter, and radar aft) starboard quarter 1959, Official 4 New Construction. “ County ” Class DEVONSHIRE KENT HAMPSHIRE LONDON Displacement: 5,200 tons standard (6,200 tons full load ) 520^ X54x 16 (mean), 20 (max.) feet Dimensions: Guns: 4—4-5 inch (two twin turrets forward) Aircraft: 1 Westland Wessex helicopter 1 launcher aft for “ Seaslug ” ship- to-air guided missiles 2 “ Seacat ” close range ship-to-air missiles Guided weapons: Torpedo Tubes: 6—21 inch (2 triple) Machinery: 2 sets geared steam turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 60,000, boosted by gas turbines = 32 5 kts. Boilers: 2 Babcock & Wilcox Complement: 440 (33 officers, 407 ratings) General Notes Two fleet escorts, bigger than the “ Daring ” class, and designed to embody the newest developments in the destroyer field, were projected under the 1955-56 Navy Estimates, an J it was subsequently found possible to design these vessels with guided weapons instead of with anti-aircraft guns. They will also carry very modern anti-submarine, radar and com¬ munications equipment. Two more vessels of the super¬ destroyer type were provided for under the 1956-57 Navy Estimates. It was officially stated in the 1957-58 Navy Estimates that the design for these vessels had now emerged as larger than the present conventional types of Fleet Escort. They will have a very powerful armament and an endurance which will give them a considerable capacity for operating on their own. Devonshire and Hampshire are the names assigned to the first two large guided missile destroyers provided for under the 1955-56 programme. All four ships will be fitted with stabilisers. Torpedo Notes The class will carry a new type of homing torpedo to combat submarines. Anti-Submarine Notes In addition to anti-submarine torpedoes and an anti¬ submarine helicopter, the ships will be fitted with the latest underwater detection equipment for anti-submarine work. Operational Notes The ships are designed to be able to operate in “ fall out ” areas after an atomic attack. As many deck installations will be under cover the vessels will have clean lines, and this will facilitate “ washing down ” in the event of attack by nuclear weapons. Guided Weapon Notes Officially stated that the four vessels will be the first to join the Fleet armed with the guided missile “ Seaslug ” for long ranges (the launching ramp is mounted on the quarter deck) and “ Seacat ” weapons for short ranges (launchers for which are mounted abaft the after funnel). Gunnery Notes The 4—4-5 inch guns are radar controlled, fully automatic dual-purpose quick-firing weapons for attack and defence against ships and aircraft. Engineering Notes These new super destroyers will be the first vessels of their size to have gas turbine boosted propulsion (combined steam and gas turbine) machinery plants of exceptionally compact and light design, enabling the amount of fighting equipment to be increased. See Engineering Notes under General Purpose Frigates on a later page. Photograph Notes A starboard bow view of the official model appears in the Addenda of the 1959-60 edition. Name No. Devonshire D 02 Hampshire D 06 Kent London Helicopter Notes The landing space for the helicopter carried by this class of ship is at the after end of the upper deck where anti¬ submarine weapons would be normally mounted. The Westland Wess x aircraft is the first helicopter to be fitted as a complete “ hunter killer. ” Radar Notes Each ship will be exceptionally well equipped with the latest “watching” and “warning” radar. Habitability Notes All vessels are to have the latest accommodation standards and will be fully air-conditioned. Appearance Notes First design provided for long, low-lying vessels with two widely spaced, squat raked funnels, two stump masts, main guns forward, guided weapon on the quarter deck, and anti-submarine weapons on the break of the forecastle deck aft; but there have been several recastings of the design. Laid down Launched 9 Mar. 1959 10 June I960 24 Mar, 1959 Late I960 Late 1959 Early I960 Builders Cammell Laird & Co. (Shipbuilders & Engineers) Ltd., Birkenhead John Brown & Co. (Clydebank) Ltd., Glasgow Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd., Wallsend-on-Tyne FAST MINELAYERS Added 1958 3 “ Manxman ” Class APOLLO ARIADNE MANXMAN Displacement: 2,650 tons standard (4,000 tons full load) Dimensions: 418 (o.a.) X40X 1feet (16 feet max.) Guns: Apollo, 4—4 inch, 6—40 mm. Bofors AA.; Ariadne, 4 —4 inch, II—40 mm. Bofors AA.; Manxman, 4—4 inch (two twin mounts forward), 6—40 mm. Bofors AA. Mines: 108 (160 capacity) Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 72,000 = 40 kts. designed max. (sea speed less) Boilers: 4 Admiralty 3-drum type Radius: 1,000 miles at 40 kts. Complement: 242-246 (peace) Conversion Notes Manxman is being adapted as a Minesweeper Support Ship. Photograph Notes A photograph of Manxman appears in the 1957-58 edition. Pennant No. Name N 01 Apollo N 65 Ariadne N 70 Manxman General Notes Manxman built under 1938 Estimates; others are war con¬ struction. Former ship was torpedoed by an enemy sub¬ marine and badly damaged, Nov. 1942. War losses of this type: Abdiel, Latona, Welshman, all 1938 Programme. Appearance Notes Armament of Manxman differs considerably from that of Ariadne and Apollo. Latter had deck house built on at end of 1954, and Manxman had longer deck house built on at end of 1955, after twin 4-inch gun mounting having been removed. Builders and Engineers Laid down Launched Completed R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Ltd., Hebburn 10 Oct. 1941 5 Apr. 1943 12 Feb. 1944 Alex. Stephen & Sons, Ltd., Glasgow 15 Nov. 1941 16 Feb. 1943 9 Oct. 1943 Alex. Stephen & Sons, Ltd., Glasgow 24 Mar. 1939 5 Sep. 1940 20 June 1941 B 18 GREAT BRITAIN—Destroyers DESTROYERS DELIGHT (after refit with deckhouse in place of after torpedo tubes) scarboard broadside surface view I960 ,Official 8 “ Daring ” Class DAINTY DELIGHT (ex-Disdain, ex-Ypres) DARING DIAMOND DECOY ( ex-Dragon) DIANA ( ex-Druid) DEFENDER (ex-Dogstar) DUCHESS Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Guided weapons: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Radius: Complement: 2,800 tons standard (3,600 tons full load ) officially revised figures 366 (pp.), 390 (o.o.) X 43 X I2£ (mean), 17 (max.) feet 6—4.5 inch, in twin turrets, two forward and one aft, 4 or 6—40 mm. Bofors AA. (See Gunnery Notes) 5—21 inch, in one pentad mounting. (See Torpedo Notes) “ Seacat ” in Decoy and Duchess (see Guided Missile Notes) Squid triple-barrelled depth charge mortar Parsons double reduction geared turbines. English Electric Co. design in Yarrow ships. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 54,000 = 34-75 kts. (designed), 30-5 kts. sea speed 2 Foster-Wheeler in Dainty, Defen¬ der, Diamond and Duchess, 2 Babcock & Wilcox in Daring, Decoy, Delight and Diana 3,000 miles at 20 kts. 308 (Daring and Diamond as leaders) 297 Diana, 295 Decoy and Delight, 286 Dainty, 278 (others) General Notes These destroyers can perform a number of roles including cruiser reconnaissance, and act as anti-submarine or anti¬ ship craft. All are fitted as leaders. They constitute an expansion and merging of the “ Weapon ” and the “ Battle ” design with increased armament, and were the largest destroyers ever built for the Royal Navy. Of all-welded hull construction. The basic plan was a war-time design, although they incorporated improvements subsequently devised. They represent a most ingenious and comprehensive light warship class. Habitability and layout of accommodation are of a high standard. They have improved anti-aircraft and anti-submarine systems. Cost £2,047,000 to £2,880,000 each. Guided Missile Notes Decoy has been fitted, Duchess is being fitted, and the remaining ships of the class will eventually be fitted, with “ Seacat ” surface-to-air guided missiles abaft the second funnel above the mess deck as close range anti-aircraft armament. Gunnery Notes The 4-5 inch turrets are of a new type, fully automatic and radar controlled. The 40 mm. twin mountings abreast c.t. are also fully automatic and radar controlled. The 40 mm. twin mounting abaft second (visible) funnel is semi-automatic. In 195 9 Decoy had her after twin Bofors removed and re¬ placed by a deckhouse support for “ Seacat ” guided missies. Duchess, as leader, has A —3 pdr. saluting guns on the after 4*5 inch gun deck. Torpedo Notes These ships originally mounted 10—21 inch torpedo tubes, but the after bank of five tubes was removed in 1958-59 and replaced by a deck house for extra mess accommodation and “ Seacat ” guided missile support. Engineering Notes The main propelling machinery is of advanced design developed by PAMETRADA (Parsons and Marine Engineering Turbine Research and Development Association) and manu¬ factured by Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co. Ltd., in Daring, and by builders in others. Steam conditions were the highest used in ships of the Royal Navy, the boilers being designed for superheat control. Electrical Notes All-electric galleys, laundry and fluorescent lighting. In four ships, Decoy, Diamond, Diana and Duchess, the elec¬ trical plant differs from previous practice in ships of the Royal Navy in that it is an alternating current installation, operating at 440 volts, 3-phase, 60-cycles per second. Re¬ maining four ships, Dainty, Daring, Defender and Delight have direct current at 220 volts. Appearance Notes Duchess has a new deckhouse abaft the after funnel. In Decoy the deckhouse replacing the after tubes is built out with a platform reaching the ship’s sides, supported by light stanchions, for “ Seacat ” guided missile support. Modernisation Notes Dainty, Daring, Defender and Delight are to be modernised in 1961. HH DAINTY (starboard quarter aeria view) I960, Official DIANA (before refit—ten tubes) port bow aerial view Added I960, Official Class Notes Eight other units of this class ordered under the Second World War Construction Programme but cancelled after cessation of hostilities were Danae, original Decoy, original Delight, Demon, Dervish, Desire, Desperate and Doughty. Photograph Notes Photographs of Daring and Diamond in the 1957-58 edition. Port bow oblique aerial view of Duchess in 1957-58 (Diamond Jubilee) and 1958-59 editions. Photographs of Decoy and Defender in the 1959-60 edition. Pennant No. Name Builders Laid down Launched Completed D 108 Dainty ). Samuel White & Co. Ltd., Cowes 17 Dec. 1945 16 Aug. 1950 26 Feb. 1953 D 05 Daring Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson 29 Sep. 1945 10 Aug. 1949 8 Mar. 1952 D 106 Decoy Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Scotstoun 22 Sep. 1946 29 Mar. 1949 28 Apr. 1953 D 114 Defender Alex. Stephen & Sons, Ltd., Govan 22 Mar. 1949 27 July 1950 5 Dec. 1952 D 119 Delight Fairfield S.B. & Eng. Co. Ltd., Govan 5 Sep. 1946 21 Dec. 1950 9 Oct. 1953 D 35 Diamond John Brown & Co. Ltd., Clydebank 15 Mar. 1949 14 June 1950 21 Feb. 1952 D 126 Diana Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Scotstoun 3 Apr. 1947 8 May 1952 29 Mar. 1954 D 154 Duchess John 1. Thornycroft & Co. Ltd., Woolston 2 July 1948 9 Apr. 1951 23 Oct. 1952 Destroyers ( continued ) — GREAT BRITAIN 19 RADAR PICKET DESTROYERS SCORPION (after conversion—Limbo aft) starboard broadside view I960, Official BROADSWORD (after conversion—Squids aft) port bow view 1959, Wright & Logan 4 “ Weapon ” Class BATTLEAXE (Leader) CROSSBOW BROADSWORD SCORPION (ex-Tomahawk, ex-Centaur) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: 2,280 tons standard (2,935 tons full load), officially revised figures 341 i (pp.), 365 (o.a.) X 38 x 12£ (mean), 17 (max.) feet 4—4 inch (in twin mounts), 6—40 mm. AA. A/S weapons: Tubes: Machinery: Boilers: Radius: Complement: Scorpion: I “ Limbo ” three-barrel¬ led depth bomb mortar. Battleaxe Broadsword, Crossbow: 2 “Squid" triple-barrelled depth charge mortars. Removed. (See Torpedo Notes) Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 40,000 = 34 kts. (designed), 30-75 kts. sea speed 2 Foster-Wheeler, with controlled superheat of 750 degrees F. and working pressure of 430 lb. per sq. inch 5,000 miles at 15 kts. 234 (as Leader, 256) General Notes These destroyers were originally armed and equipped as fleet anti-submarine escorts. They embody novel features in ship and engine design. All four ships are fitted as Leaders. Fifteen more destroyers of this type were cancelled at the end of the Second World War at least three of which were actually launched before construction was abandoned. Cancelled names were Carronade, Claymore, Culverin, Cutlass, Dagger, Dirk, Grenade, Halberd, Howitzer, Longbow, Musket, Poinard, Rifle, Spear and Sword, i.e. 4 of 1st Flotilla, 8 of 2nd Flotilla and 3 of 3rd Flotilla. The four existing vessels were originally, like the others, a 6—4 inch design in 3 twin shields. The anti-submarine version with only 4—4 inch guns was a revised design for the four launched hulls. Gunnery Notes Crossbow and Scorpion had their 4-inch disposed in " A " and "B” positions but in Battleaxe and Broadsword they were originally mounted in “ A " and “ X ” positions. The 40 mm. Bofors AA. pieces are of the newest type and radar controlled similar to those in the “ Daring M and “ Battle ” classes. Scorpion had a new type “ A ” turret fixed experimentally, but she subsequently reverted to her usual “ A ” turret. (1955). During reconstruction and conversion in 1958-59 the control equipment in all four ships was brought up to date. CROSSBOW (after conversion—Squids aft) starboard quarter view I960, Official A/S Weapon Notes Originally two Squids (triple barrelled depth charge mortars) were mounted in “ B ” position in Battleaxe and and Broadsword, and in “ X ” position in Crossbow and Scor¬ pion. The latter subsequently had a single Limbo three- barrelled depth bomb mortar mounted in '* X ” position. Torpedo Notes These vessels originally carried 10—21 inch torpedo tubes, but both quintuple sets were removed during reconstruction in 1958-59 and replaced by deck-houses. Engineering Notes There are two engine-rooms and two boiler-rooms, arranged alternately en echelon. Conversion Notes These four ships were modernised and converted to radar picket (aircraft direction) destroyers in 1958-59 when they had a second lattice mast installed amidships to carry a new type of air warning radar. Broadsword completed her con¬ version and commissioned on 30 Sep. 1958. Appearance Notes These vessels were the first two-funnelled destroyers since the pre-war ** I ” and ‘‘Tribal ’’ classes, though the fore¬ funnel is not markedly apparent, being enveloped by the lattice foremast except for the protruding cowl top, and the second funnel is not very conspicuous, being a squat and vertical stack considerably farther aft. The four ships were originally ©f two types, easily distinguished—see A/S Weapon Notes and Gunnery Notes above. A noticeable feature of their new silhouette since the four ships were converted to radar pickets in 1958-59, is the second mast surmounted by a vary prominent bedspring air warning radar aerial. Photograph Notes A starboard quarter view of Scorpion before conversion appears in the 1957-58, 1958-59 and 1959-60 editions. A starboard broadside view of Crossbow (in the Addenda) and a photograph of Battleaxe after conversion appear in the 1959-60 edition. Habitability Notes During reconstruction in 1958-59 the habitability was raised to the highest standard possible in this class of ship. Class Notes Cancelled ships of this class included Carronade (Scotts), Culverin (Thornycroft), Cutlass and Dagger (Yarrow), Claymore and Di-k (Scotts), Halberd, Howitzer (Thornycroft), Longbow (Thornycroft), Musket (White), Ponaird, Rifle and Spear (Denny), Sword (ex-Celt) (White), Grenade, Lance and Rapier. Of these, Carronade, Culverin and Cutlass, if not others, were actually launched before construction was abandoned. Pennant No. Name Builders D 118 D 31 D 96 D 64 Battleaxe Broadsword Crossbow Scorpion Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Scotstoun Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Scotstoun John 1. Thornycroft & Co., Woolston J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd., Cowes Name Laid down Launched Completed Battleaxe 22 Apr. Broadsword 20 July Crossbow 26 Aug. Scorpion 16 Dec. 1944 1944 1944 1944 12 June 1945 5 Feb. 1946 20 Dec. 1945 15 Aug. 1946 23 Oct. 1947 4 Oct. 1948 4 Mar. 1948 17 Dec. 1947 20 GREAT BRITAIN—Destroyers (continued) JUTLAND 7 Later “ Battle ” Class AGINCOURT DUNKIRK AISNE JUTLAND BARROSA CORUNNA MATAPAN Displacement: 2,480 tons standard (3,430 tons full load), officially revised figures Dimensions: 355 (pp.) 379 (o.a.) x 40£ X I2y (mean), 17* (max.) feet Guns: 5—4-5 inch, 8—40 mm. AA. Tubes: 10—21 inch (quintupled) A/S weapons: 1 Squid triple barrelled depth charge mortar Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 50,000=35-75 kts. (designed) 30-5 kts. sea speed Boilers: 2 Admiralty 3-drum type Oil fuel: 680 tons Radius: 3,000 miles at 20 kts. Complement: 232 to 268 (peace), 337 (war) General Notes Apart from a heavier armament, this class embodies several other improvements. Agincourt, Alamein, Corunna and Jutland were fitted as Leaders. Sixteen more destroyers of this type were cancelled at the end of the Second World War, at least 8 of which had been launched before construc¬ tion was abandoned. Gunnery Notes United States Navy type fire control apparatus is fitted, also the latest type twin 40 mm. Bofors. Pennant No. Name Builders D 86 Agincourt R.& W. Hawthorn, Leslie&Co. Ltd , Hebburn D 22 Aisne Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Tyne D 68 Barrosa John Brown & Co. Ltd., Clydebank D 97 Corunna Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson D 09 Dunkirk Alex Stephen & Sons Ltd., Govan D 62 Jutland Alex. Stephen & Sons Ltd., Govan D 43 Mata pan John Brown & Co. Ltd., Clydebank Name Laid down Launched Completed Agincourt 12 Dec. 1943 29 Jan. 1945 25 June 1947 Aisne 26 Aug. 1943 12 May 1945 20 Mar. 1947 Barrosa 28 Dec. 1943 17 Jan. 1945 14 Feb. 1947 Corunna 12 Apr. 1944 29 May 1945 6 June 1947 Dunkirk 19 July 1944 27 Aug. 1945 27 Nov. 1946 Jutland 27 Nov. 1944 20 Feb. 1946 30 Apr. 1947 Matapan II Mar. 1944 30 Apr. 1945 5 Sep. 1947 AGINCOURT Appearance Notes Distinguished from Groups I and I I (see Early “ Battle ” Class) by a very large director tower of U.S. pattern and single 4-5 inch abaft funnel, Corunna and Dunkirk have H/F/D/F mast aft. Conversion Notes The 1943 “ Battle” class destroyers, including Agincourt, Aisne, Barrosa and Corunna, are being converted into fleet radar pickets (aircraft direction destroyers). Photograph Notes Photographs of Alamein in the 1957-58 and 1959-60 editions, and of Corunna in the 1955-56 to 1957-58 editions. 1957, courtesy Ing. Augusto Nami Class Notes Sixteen more destroyers of this type were cancelled before completion, including original Jutland, Mons, Poictiers (all ordered from Hawthorn Leslie), Namur, Navarino, San Domingo (all Cammell Laird), Talavera, Trincomalee (both Clydebank), Belleisle, Omdurman, Waterloo ( ex-Vimiera ) all Fairfield), St. Lucia (Stephen), Oudenarde, River Plate (both Swan Hunter), Albuera (Vickers-Armstrongs), and Somme (Cammell Laird). At least 8 of these had been launched before cancellation. Recent Disposals Alamein is surplus to fleet requirements and is to be sold or scrapped in I960. Destroyers (continued )—GREAT BRITAIN 21 Destroyers —continued TRAFALGAR I960, A. & J. Pavia 7 Early “ Battle ” Class GROUP II (Armada type) 2 Cammell Laird 2 Hawthorn Leslie GRAVELINES SAINTES SLUYS SOLEBAY GROUP I (Trafalgar type) I Swan Hunter TRAFALGAR 2 Fairfield CAMPERDOWN FINISTERRE Displacement: 2,325 tons standard (3,361 tons full load), officially revised figures Dimensions: 355 (pp.). 379 (o.o.) x 40* X 12 § (mean), 17 (max.) feet Guns: 4—4-5 inch, 9—40 mm. AA. (for¬ merly Group 1 also had 1—4 inch in “ Q ” position) T u bes: 8—21 inch (quadrupled) A/S weapons: Squid triple barrelled depth charge mortar on starboard of AX Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 50,000=35-75 kts. (designed) 31 kts. sea speed Boilers: 2 Admiralty 3-drum type Oil fuel: 680 tons Radius: 3,000 miles at 20 kts. Complement: General Notes 247 to 308 (peace); 337 (war) These destroyers were designed with a view to operations in the Pacific. Armada, Barfleur, Saintes, St. James, Solebay and Trafalgar were fitted as Leaders. Vigo was employed as gunnery firing training ship until summer 1959. Gunnery Notes As completed all Group I carried I—4 inch L.A. abaft funnel—now replaced by 40 mm. Bofors AA. The 4 5 inch guns have 85 degrees elevation. Group II and refitted Group I (Lagos, Trafalgar, etc.) have Bofors twin mountings of newest type. Pennant No. Name D 32 Camperdown D 55 Finisterre D 24 Gravelines D 84 Saintes D 60 S/uys D 70 Solebay D 77 Trafalgar Appearance Notes These ships were the first destroyers with all the main armament forward. There is little distinction now between Groups I and II. Laid down 30 Oct. 42 8 Dec. 42 10 Aug- 43 8 June 43 24 Nov. 43 3 Feb. 43 15 Feb. 43 Launched 8 Feb. 44 22 June 44 30 Nov. 19 July 28 Feb. 22 Feb. 12 Jan. Completed 18 June 45 11 Sep. 45 14 June 46 27 Sep. 46 30 Sep. 46 11 Oct. 45 23 July 45 Conversion Notes Some of the 1943 “ Battle ” class destroyers are being converted into fleet pickets (see previous page). Transfer Notes Of this class, Cadiz and Gabbard were sold to the Pakistan Government in 1956, and have been renamed Khaibar and Badr, respectively. Recent Disposals It is officially stated that Hogue of this class is for disposal by scrapping in I960. Approval has also been given for the scrapping of St. James (reconstruction suspended). Armada, Barfleur, Lagos, St. Kitts and Vigo are surplus to present naval requirements and will be sold in I960. Photograph Notes Photographs of Armada ,Hogue and Vigo in the 1959-60 and earlier editions, of Barfleur and St. Kitts in the 1958-59 and 1957-58 editions, and of Saintes in the 1955-56 to 1957-58 editions. I960. Official LAGOS FINISTERRE I960, A. & J. Pavia _ 22 GREAT BRITAIN—Destroyers (continued) Destroyers —continued CAVENDISH 1957, Wright & Logan “C” Group 8 “Ca” Class 4 “ Ch ” Class 2 Clydebank CAESAR /ex-Ranger CAVENDPSH ( ex-Sybil) I Denny CHILDERS 1 Thornycroft CHAPLET 2 White CARYSFORT CAVALIER 3 Scotts 2 Yarrow CAMBRIAN (ex-Spitfire) CAPRICE ( ex-Swallow) CARRON ( ex-Strenuous ) CASSANDRA (ex-To urmaline) CHEQUERS (Leader) I Stephen CHEVRON Displacement: Modernised ships: 2,020 tons standard (2,600 tons full load). Revised figures Dimensions: 362£ x35f X 10 (mean), 16 (max.) feet Guns: 3—4-5 inch, 4 or 6—40 mm. AA., or 2—4-5 inch, 4—40 mm. AA. with minelaying stern (see notes) Tubes: 4—21 inch (quadrupled) A/S weapons 2 squid triple-barrelled depth charge mortars in “ X ” position Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 40,000=36-75 kts.(designed), 31-25 kts. sea speed Boilers: 2 Admiralty 3-drum type Oil fuel: 580 tons Radius: 2,800 miles at 20 kts. Complement: General Notes 186 (Leaders, 222) The “ C ” group of destroyers were of emergency war design. They were built as 4 flotillas, i.e. " Caesar,” ” Chequers,” ” Cossack,” and " Crescent ” classes. Of the ” Cr ” class, Crescent and Crusader were transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1945, Cromwell, Crown, Croziers and Crystal were sold to Norway in 1946, and Creole and Crispin were sold to Pakistan in 1956. Of the “Ch ” class, Chivalrous was transferred to the Pakistan Navy in 1953 and Charity in 1958. Appearance Notes Most ships now have tall lattice masts. All have, or will have," X ” gun removed and “ Y ” gun removed from mine¬ layers. There are now many variations in appearance as they have been reconstructed and refitted for anti-submarine warfare and minelaying, and modernised. The ships recently converted (" Ca ” class) underwent a much more extensive refit than those previously modernised with superstructure extended aft and modified bridge. Carron was subsequently modified for use as a Dartmouth Training Ship, with 2—4-5 inch, 4—40 mm. AA., no squids; but she reverted to 3—4-5 inch, squids, etc. after leaving the Dartmouth Training Squadron and in I960 she relieved Redpole as Navigation Tender in the Portsmouth Squadron. Chequers is fitted as a squadron leader. Chaplet is fitted as a minelayer. Gunnery Notes Caesar, Cambrian and Cassandra retained their 4—4-5 inch and 6—40 mm. guns (also 8—21 inch torpedo tubes) when they were refitted in 1955, but are undergoing the standard *‘Ca ” class more extensive modernisation. Recent Disposals Constance was scrapped in 1956. Conus was scrapped in 1958. Contest and Cossack were scrapped in I960. Chieftain, Cockade, Comet and Consort are surplus to fleet requirements and are being disposed of in I960. Concord is attached to the training establishment Caledonia, and Cheviot is to relieve the frigate Talybont as “ dead ” training ship attached to Caledonia. Pen. No. Name Laid down Launched Completed D 07 Caesar 3 Apr. 43 14 Feb. 44 5 Oct. 44 D 85 Cambrian 14 Aug. 42 10 Dec. 43 17 July 44 D 01 Caprice 28 Sep. 42 16 Sep. 43 5 Apr. 44 D 30 Carron 26 Nov. 42 28 Mar. 44 6 Nov. 44 D 25 Carysfort 12 May 43 25 July 44 20 Feb. 45 D 10 Cassandra 30 Jan. 43 29 Nov-43 28 July 44 D 73 Cavalier 28 Feb. 43 7 Apr. 44 22 Nov. 44 D 15 Cavendish 19 May 43 12 Apr. 44 13 Dec. 44 D 52 Chaplet 29 Apr. 43 18 July 44 24 Aug. 45 D 61 Chequers 4 May 43 30 Oct. 44 28 Sep. 45 D 51 Chevron 18 Mar. 43 23 Feb. 44 23 Aug. 45 D 91 Childers 27 Nov. 43 27 Feb. 45 19 Dec. 45 CHAPLET (minelaying stern) 1959, Wright & Logan Photograph Notes and Chieftain in the 1958-59 edition, and of Carron and Photograph of Contest in the 1959-60 edition, of Cavalier Chevron in the 1957-58 edition. Destroyers ( continued ), Frigates—GREAT BRITAIN 23 MINELAYING DESTROYER I “ Obdurate ” Class OBEDIENT Pennant No. Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: D 248 Wm. Denny & Bros. Ltd., Dumbarton 22 May 1940 30 Apr. 1942 30 Oct. 1942 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 1,900 tons standard (2,420 tons full load). Revised figures 338i (pp.), 345 (o.o.) X 35 X 9 (mean) I5f (max.) feet 3—4 inch, 4—2 pdr., 3—40 mm. AA. Removed Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 40,000 = 34 kts. 2 Admiralty 3-drum type 430 tons 1,700 miles at 20 kts. 180 General Notes The surviving units of this class were refitted as minelayers. They had old type 4-inch guns. They were the first destroyers OBEDIENT 1954, courtesy Godfrey H. Walker, Esq. built under War Construction Programme. Oribi was trans¬ ferred to the Turkish Navy and renamed Gayret, and Offa, Onslaught and Onslow were transferred to the Pakistan Navy, and renamed Tarig, Tughril and Tippu Sultan, respectively; Orwell was converted into a fast anti-submarine frigate (see later page) in 1952. Obdurate and Obedient were also schedul¬ ed to be converted into fast anti-submarine frigates limited conversion, but this project was abandoned. Recent Disposals Sister ship Opportune was scrapped in 1955, and Obdurate is being expended in tests at the Naval Construction Research Establishment at Rosyth. Recent Disposals of other Destroyers Musketeer was broken up in 1956. The four remaining ships of the “ M ” class, Marne, Matchless, Meteor and Milne were transferred to Turkey on 16 Aug. 1957. (Formally handed over, after refit, on 29 June 1959.) Four of the “ N ” class Napier, Nepal, Nizam and Noble were scrapped in 1956, and Norman was scrapped in 1958. The two remaining destroyers of the “ Zambesi ” class, Zambesi and Zebra, were scrapped in 1959 (Zephyr was handed over to the British Iron & Steel Corporation in June 1958). The sole surviving destroyer of the “ S ” class, Savage, is being disposed of in I960. GENERAL PURPOSE FRIGATES 7 “Tribal ” Class. Type 81 New Construction 1st Rate (Destroyer Type) ASHANTI GURKHA NUBIAN ESKIMO MOHAWK TARTAR ZULU Displacement: 2,300 tons standard (2,700 tons full load) Dimensions: 360 (o.a.)X 42± X 12 feet Guns: 2—4-5 inch d.p. (two single turrets); 2—40 mm. Bofors AA. (twin mounting Mk. 5) Tubes: 6—21 inch A/S weapons: 1 Limbo three-barrelled depth bomb mortar Guided missiles: 2 “ Seacat ” close range ship-to-air Aircraft: 1 helicopter Machinery: 1 Metrovik geared steam turbine, H.P.: 15,000, boosted by 1 Metrovik gas turbine, H.P.: 7,500. 1 shaft. Total S.H.P.: 22,500=28 kts. Boilers: 1 Babcock & Wilcox Complement: General Notes 230 Three general purpose frigates capable of meeting the main escort functions of anti-submarine protection, anti-aircraft protection, and aircraft direction, were ordered under the 1955-56 Navy Estimates, and four more, designed to fulfil economically all the functions of frigates rather than to have an outstanding performance in any one specialised role, were ordered under the 1956-57 and 1957-58 Navy Estimates. These versatile ships will have two funnels like destroyers and are designed for general duties formerly undertaken by destroyers. Officially stated that the new general purpose frigates will be fully air conditioned in all accommodation spaces and most working spaces. Turbine Design Notes These ships haveCOSAG (combined steam and gas turbine) machinery plants. The engines are right aft. The following is an official statement concerning the new type of turbine installation for the Royal Navy: Orders have been placed for prototype propulsion machinery installations of a new and revolutionary type for use in frigates and fast escort vessels. The principle employed is that of highly efficient steam turbines and gas turbines geared to the same propeller shaft. The gas turbines provide a high concentration of power in a very compact form and will be used to boost the steam tur¬ bines for sustained bursts of high speed. The machinery installations have been conceived and designed by Yarrow-Admiralty Research Department of Messrs. Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Scotstoun, Glasgow, in conjunc¬ tion with the Admiralty. Messrs. Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co. Ltd., Manchester, are designing and manufac¬ turing the steam turbines, gas turbines, gearing and control gear, and will carry out full scale shore tests on a large part of the prototype equipment at their ManchesterWorks. Warships in which this lightweight and compact machinery is installed will be enabled to carry more fighting equipment than would otherwise be possible with orthodox machinery. The following is an extract from a speech by the First Sea Lord to the Institution of Naval Architects about “ another phase of machinery development in the Royal Navy—the introduction of the gas turbine. “ We have just placed orders for a number of guided weapon destroyers and general purpose frigates fitted with a combination of steam turbines and gas turbines. The advan¬ tages of this combination are that the gas turbine can be used as a booster at the higher powers and, what is even more important, it can enable the ship to get underway at a few minutes’ notice when steam is not available.” Building Notes The Ashanti is officially nominated as the prototype of the new general purpose frigates. She was launched on 9 Mar. 1959. The Nubian was taken in hand for prefabrication at H.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth, on 17 Feb. 1958. She was formally laid down on 7 Sep. 1959, and will be launched on 6 Sep. I960. ASHANTI (artist’s impression) 1959, Official ASHANTI (immediately after launch) 9th March, 1959 Anti-Submarine Notes The “ Ashanti ” class are the first frigates designed to carry a helicopter for anti-submarine reconnaissance. Operational Notes These ships will have a totally enclosed bridge and an air- conditioned operations room. They are to be equipped with warning radar of the most modern design. They are fitted with stabilisers and have two rudders. Engineering Notes The propulsion machinery is of a novel kind. A steam turbine provides the power for normal cruising and manoeuv¬ ring. A gas turbine driving on to the same propeller shaft provides the additional power for high speed steaming. This gas turbine also enables the ship lying in harbour without steam up to get under way instantly in emergency. The design of the machinery was evolved by close co-operation between the Admiralty, the Yarrow-Admiralty Research Department of Messrs. Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Glasgow, and Associated Electrical Industries. The machinery is remotely controlled at all powers. Electrical Notes The ships’ generator capacity is such that it will meet high demands. Fluorescent lighting is used for all living accom¬ modation, each bunk is fitted with its own light, provision is made for such labour saving devices as vacuum cleaners and floor polishers, while supply sockets are available for officers and ratings using electric razors. Construction Notes Ships of the class will be of all-welded prefabricated construction and the structural arrangements have been designed to provide a robust hull with special emphasis on the prevention of corrosion. Denny Brown stabilisers are to be fitted to reduce rolling, while good sea-keeping qualities will enable them to maintain a high speed in rough seas. Habitability Notes A high standard of living accommodation has been achieved and in particular all manned compartments will be air- conditioned. Bunk sleeping is provided throughout, and messing is on the cafeteria system. Pennant No. Name Builders Launched Completed F 117 F 119 Ashanti Eskimo Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Scotstoun, Glasgow J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd., Cowes, 1. of Wight 9 Mar. 1959 Late I960 (trials) F 122 Gurkha J. 1. Thornycroft & Co. Ltd., Southampton 10 July I960 F 125 Mohawk Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Barrow F 131 F 133 F 124 Nubian Tartar Zulu H.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth H.M. Dockyard, Devonport Alex. Stephen & Sons Ltd., Govan, Glasgow 6 Sep. I960 24 GREAT BRITAIN—Frigates ( continued ) ANTI-SUBMARINE FRIGATES mnim WHtt EASTBOURNE “Leander” Class. Improved Type 12 New Construction 1st Rate ( Anti-Submarine Versatile Type) LEANDER Over 2,200 tons standard (over 2,800 tons full load ) 360 (pp.), 370 (o.a.) X4I X 12 feet 2—4 5 inch (twin turret) 2 “ Seacat ” anti-aircraft 1 lightweight helicopter armed with homing torpedoes 2 sets double reduction geared tur¬ bines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 30,000 = 30 kts. Notes The Civil Lord of the Admiralty announced on 7 Mar. I960 that it had been decided to exploit the good qualities of the particularly successful “ Whitby ” class anti-submarine frigates in an improved and more versatile Type 12 to be known as the “ Leander ” class. The hull and steam turbine machinery will be substantially the same as for the “ Whit- bys.” The main new features planned are a long-range air warning radar, the “ Seacat ” anti-aircraft guided missile, improved anti-submarine detection equipment and a light¬ weight helicopter armed with homing torpedoes. The Admiralty will also introduce air conditioning and better living conditions, it is officially stated, in this mainly anti¬ submarine but flexible and all-purpose type. Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Guided missiles: Aircraft: Machinery: 13 “Whitby ” Class. Type 12. 1st Rate ( Anti-Submarine Quality Type) BERWICK PLYMOUTH BLACKPOOL ROTHESAY BRIGHTON RHYL EASTBOURNE SCARBOROUGH FALMOUTH TENBY FOWEY TORQUAY HASTINGS WEYMOUTH LONDONDERRY WHITBY LOWESTOFT YARMOUTH Displacement: 2,150 tons standard (2,560 tons full load) Dimensions: 360 (pp.), 370 (o.o.)X41 X 12 feet Guns: 2—4 5 inch (twin turret),2—40 mm. Bofors AA. (twin), see Guided Missile Notes Tubes: 12—21 inch (8 single A/S, two twin) A/S weapons: 2 Limbo three-barrelled depth charge mortars Machinery: 2 sets double reduction geared steam turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 30,430=over 30 kts. Boilers: 2 Babcock & Wilcox Complement: 189 (9 officers, 180 ratings), leaders. 152 (7 officers, 145 ratings), others General Notes Primarily designed for the location and destruction of the most modern type of submarines, these frigates are fitted with the latest underwater detection equipment and anti-sub¬ marine weapons of post-war development. Good sea-keeping qualities enable the vessels to maintain their high speed in rough seas. The vessels are all welded and the structural arrangements have been specially designed to achieve the lightest possible structure. Opportunity was taken in their building to gain experience in welding procedures necessary for rapid building of such vessels in emergency. The later vessels are known as “ Mk. II Whitbys.” Engineering Notes The propelling machinery includes geared turbines of novel design and high power. The employment of double reduction gearing allows low propeller revolutions to be employed at high power and the propeller efficiency is correspondingly high: this fact, coupled with improvements in hull design, enables this type of frigate to achieve over 30 knots on only 75 per cent of the power required by older destroyers of comparable displacement. The arrangement of the engine room machinery is outstandingly good. Anti-Submarine Notes These frigates have the latest equipment for hunting and killing submarines and facilities for directing anti-submarine aircraft. Scarborough was the first to be fitted with torpedo tubes (four fixed on each side, and two swivel mountings). Operational Notes Considered to be the most useful class of small ships yet put into service with the Fleet. With their high fo’c’sle and clean lines they ride well in a sea-way and are exceptionally dry. The enclosed bridge is spacious, with splendid vision, the heated windows in the fore part of the bridge being an asset in Arctic waters. Internal communications have satisfied every demand placed upon them. The operations room is the finest ever put into a small ship. Appearance Notes Most ships have been fitted with a thicker, raked back funnel with a dome cap (actually there are two stacks inside the funnel) and early ships of the class, which had a vertical I960, A. & J. Pavia TORQUAY (dead overhead aerial plan view) Added I960, Official funnel, are being taken in hand for similar alterations as opportunities offer. Later ships of the class will be completed with the new type funnel. Improvement Notes It is officially stated that, as far as possible, the improve¬ ments introduced in the “ Leander ” class will be extended, during refits, to the “ Whitby ” class now in service as well as to those still building. Although basically similar to the six earlier ships of the “ Whitby ” class, the opportunity has been taken to incorporate in Yarmouth modifications in the layout which extensive experience with the earlier ships has shown to be advantageous. Electrical Notes The electrical system is alternating current, 440 volts, three phase, 60 cycles per second. Guided Missile Notes Falmouth and Lowestoft are to be fitted with “ Seacat ” surface-to-air guided missiles as secondary armament in place of Bofors close range anti-aircraft guns. A single 40 mm. AA. gun,mounted in Rhyl and Yarmouth as a temporary measure, will eventually be replaced by a ‘ Seacat" guided missile launcher and director. Photograph Notes Photograph of Whitby in the 1957-58 edition, of Tenby in the 1958-59 edition, and of Scarborough in the 1959-60 edition. Nomenclature Notes All the ships of this class are named after seaside resorts and coastal towns. Pennant No. Name Builders Launched Completed F 115 Berwick Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast 15 Dec. 1958 F 77 Blackpool Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast 14 Feb. 1957 12 Aug. 1958 F 106 Brighton Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Scotstoun 30 Oct. 1959 F 73 Eastbourne Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., Tyne (completed at Barrow) 29 Dec. 1955 9 Jan. 1958 F 113 Falmouth Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Ltd., Tyne 15 Dec. 1959 F 114 Fowey Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd., Birkenhead F 104 Hastings Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Scotstoun F 108 Londonderry J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd., Cowes, Isle of Wight 20 May 1958 F 103 Lowestoft Alex. Stephen & Sons Ltd., Govan, Glasgow 23 June I960 F 126 Plymouth H.M. Dockyard, Plymonth 20 July 1959 F 107 Rothesay Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Scotstoun 9 Dec. 1957 23 Apr. I960 F 129 Rhyl H.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth 23 Apr. 1959 31 Oct I960 F 63 Scarborough Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., Tyne 4 Apr. 1955 10 May 1957 F 65 Tenby Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd., Birkenhead 4 Oct. 1955 18 Dec. 1957 F 43 Torquay Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast 1 July 1954 10 May 1956 F 109 Weymouth Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast F 36 Whitby Cammell Laird & Co., Ltd., Birkenhead 2 July 1954 19 July 1956 F 101 Yarmouth John Brown & Co., Ltd., Clydebank 23 Mar. 1959 26 Mar. I960 Frigates ( continued )— GREAT BRITAIN 25 ANTI-AIRCRAFT FRIGATES 4 “Leopard ” Class. Type 41 (Diesel Anti-Aircraft Type) JAGUAR LYNX LEOPARD PUMA Displacement: 2,250 cons standard (2,480 co 2,520 tons full load ) officially revised figures Dimensions: 330 {pp.) : 339| (o.o.) X 40 X 12 feet Guns: 4—4 5 inch (in two twin turrets), 2—40 mm. Bofors AA. (twin), see Gunnery Notes and Guided Missile Notes A/S weapons: Squid triple-barrelled depth charge mortar Machinery: 8 Admiralty standard range diesels in three-engine rooms. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 12,380=25 kts., officially revised figures Complement: 195 to 205 General Notes These ships are designed primarily for the protection of convoys against aircraft. It is officially stated that these new anti-aircraft frigates will also serve as a medium type of destroyer in offensive operations. They are all welded, and the structural arrangements represent the last word in the development of modern technique, it is officially stated, opportunity having been taken in their building to study the problems associated with rapid production in emergency conditions. Jaguar, Lynx, and Puma were ordered on 28 June 1951. Leopard was laid down on 25 Mar. 1953 and Jaguar was laid down on 2 Nov. 1953. Fitted with stabilisers. The construction of another ship ordered under the 1956-57 Navy Estimates, reported to be named Panther, has been postponed owing to the 1957 defence economies. Engineering Notes The propelling machinery consists of Admiralty Standard Range I heavy oil engines coupled to the propeller shafting through hydraulic couplings and oil-operated reverse and reduction gear boxes. Puma’s engines, of the latest Admiralty design, were manufactured by H.M. Dockyard, Chatham, and Polar Engines, Ltd., Glasgow, the installation being by Scott’s Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd., Engines of similar design are being used for driving the ship’s electric generators, and these are being made by Peter Brotherhood & Co. Ltd., Peterborough. Lynx’s engines were manufactured by Crossley Brothers, Manchester, and British Polar Engines, Glasgow, the installation being by John Brown & Co. Ltd., and the ship’s electric generators were made by Vickers- Armstrongs. Leopard's engines were manufactured by Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., Barrow, and Jaguar’s engines by Crossley Motors Ltd., Manchester. Jaguar is also fitted with controllable pitch propellers, and is the only ship of her class to be so fitted. Extract from a paper: “ A Review of Naval Propulsion Engineering Progress in the Last Ten Years,” read by The Engineer-in-Chief of the Fleet to the N.E. Coast Institution of Engineers and • Shipbuilders: Machinery for the New Frigates. It was while this study was proceeding that the need for new frigates of various types emerged. The accent was still on long steaming range and small ships. The anti¬ aircraft and aircraft-direction frigates were to be two-shaft ships with 8,000 s.h.p. on each shaft. No suitable steam design was available. The Admiralty Standard Range I Diesel was under development and gave promise of being a good engine of low weight—about 17 Ib./s.h.p. The installa¬ tion, compared with those of our war-time frigates, was a great improvement and it was decided to engine these ships, therefore, with four A.S.R. 1 Engines geared to each • haft. Guided Missile Notes Jaguar is eventually to be fitted with “ Seacat ” close range anti-aircraft guided missiles (see Gunnery Notes). Gunnery Notes The main armament of two twin 4-5 inch gun mountings and the gunnery armament control are similar to those mounted in the “ Daring ” class destroyers. The secondary armament, initially consisting of two Bofors guns, will eventually be replaced by “ Seacat ” surface-to-air guided missiles. Photograph Notes A broadside view of Lynx, showing the features amidships in detail, appears in the 1958-59 edition, and a large starboard bow view of Puma appears in the 1959-60 edition. Displacement Notes The original design called for a standard displacement of 1,800 tons, but with improvements and additions incor¬ porated during construction the ships turned out heavier (1,950 tons light displacemet). Nomenclature Notes All the ships of this class are named after big cats. Class Notes A ship of this class, originally to have been named Panther, built by John P r own & Co. Ltd., Clydebank, originally intended for the Royal Navy, was transferred to the Indian Navy and renamed Brahmaputra, see Indian section. Another Panther was projected to take her place, but this ship will not now be built. Pennant No. Name F 37 Jaguar F 14 Leopard F 27 Lynx F 34 Puma Builders Launched Completed Wm. Denny & Bros. Ltd., Dumbarton 30 July 1957 12 Dec. 1959 H.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth 23 May 1955 30 Sep. 1958 John Brown & Co. Ltd., Clydebank 12 Jan. 1955 14 Mar. 1957 Scott’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Greenock 30 June 1954 24 Apr. 1957 26 GREAT BRITAIN—Frigates (continued) AIRCRAFT DIRECTION FRIGATES I CHICHESTER (starboard bow view) 1958, Wright & Logan 5 “Salisbury” Class. Type 61 (Diesel Aircraft Direction Type ) CHICHESTER COVENTRY Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A;S weapons: Machinery: Complement: General Notes Salisbury, the prototype ship, was laid down on 23 Jan. 1952. Chichester, Lincoln and Llandaff we'•e ordered on 28 June, 1951. Lincoln was laid down in June 1955. Construction is all welded and the design is largely prefabricated in such a manner as to allow for rapid building in emergency. These ships have highly developed electronic equipment. The con¬ struction of the fifth ship, Exeter, ordered under the 1956-57 Navy Estimates, was cancelled owing to the 1957 defence economies. Fitted with stabilisers (except in Salisbury). The frigates of this class are designed primarily for the direction of carrier-borne and shore based aircraft. They will also serve as a lighter type of destroyer in offensive operations. Displacement Notes The originally designed standard displacement was 1,738 tons, but with alterations and additions during construction the ships in fact turned out heavier. Radar Notes Chichester carries a new type of radar display on the fore¬ mast and mainmast. The radar on the foremast consists of a “ spoked ” aerial of the “ cartwheel ” type (without rim). Nomenclature Notes All ships of this class are named after cathedral cities. The sixth ship, Coventry, was to have been Panther. A seventh ship was to have been named Gloucester. Photograph Notes Starboard quarter and bow views of Salisbury in the 1957-58 (Diamond Jubilee) edition. Starboard quarter and port bow views of Llandaff in the 1958-59 edition (in Addenda). Guided Missile Notes A single 40 mm. AA. gun, mounted in Lincoln as a tem¬ porary measure, will eventually be replaced by a “ Seacat ” guided missile launcher and director. LINCOLN SALISBURY LLANDAFF 2,090 tons standard (2,330 tons full load), officially revised figures 330 (pp.), 340 (o.a.) X40 X II* feet 2—4-5 inch, 2—40 mm. AA. (I—40 mm. A A. in Lincoln) see Guided Missile Notes Squid triple-barrelled depth charge mortar 8 Admiralty standard range diesels in four engine rooms. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 12,380=25 kts. officially revised figures. Gas turbine alternator in Llandaff (see Engineer¬ ing Notes) 207 (9 officers, 198 ratings) Llandaff 206 (8 officers) SALISBURY (port quarter view) Added 1959, Official Engineering Notes It is officially stated that H.M.S. Salisbury has twin screws and is powered by Admiralty Standard Range I, heavy oil engines coupled to propelling shafts through hydraulic couplings and oil operated reverse and reduction gear boxes. These engines, of the latest Admiralty design, were manu¬ factured by Messrs. Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow, who also made the engines of similar design for driving the ship’s electric generators. The hull was built and machinery and other fittings installed by Devonport Dockyard. It was officially stated in 1958 that H.M.S. Llandaff has similar main engines manufactured by Messrs. British Polar, of Glasgow. Engines of similar design for driving the ship’s electric generators were manufactured by Messrs. Vickers- Armstrongs, Barrow-in- Furness. The Jeff is the only Type 61 frigate to have a 500 kw. gas-turoine alternator and three diesel generators. Other ships of the class, and also Type 41 frigates, have four diesel generators. This new gas- turbine alternator was manufactured by Messrs. W. H. Allen & Sons, of Bedford. The Lincoln is fitted with controllable pitch propellers, which are 12 feet in diameter, manufactured by Messrs. Stone Marine & Engineering Co. Ltd. Pennant No. Name Builders Launched Completed F 59 F 127 F 99 F 61 F 32 Ch ichester Coventry Lincoln Llandaff Salisbury Fairfield S.B. & Eng. Co. Ltd., Govan, Glasgow Vickers-Armstrongs (Shipbuilders) Ltd., Tyne Fairfield S.B. & Eng. Co. Ltd., Govan, Glasgow Hawthorn Leslie (Shipbuilders) Ltd., Hebburn-on-Tyne H.M. Dockyard, Devonport 21 Apr. 1955 6 Apr. 1959 30 Nov. 1955 25 June 1953 16 May 1958 12 July I960 11 Apr 1958 27 Feb. 1957 Frigates (continued )— GREAT BRITAIN 27 FAST ANTI-SUBMARINE FRIGATES (ex-Destroyers) 1959, courtesy Godfrey H. Walker, Esq. Boilers: 2 Admiralty 3-drum type Oil fuel: 600 tons Radius: 3,000 miles at 20 kts. Complement: 195 (15 officers, 180 ratings) Notes Former fleet destroyer. Fully converted into fast anti¬ submarine frigate at H.M. Dockyard, Chatam Feb. 1954-Mar. 1956. Has compass platform like Hardy and twin 40 mm. Bofors AA. mounting on break of bridge superstructure. I “ Z ” Class. 1st Rate (Fully Converted from Destroyer) Pennant No.: F 102 Builders: John I. Thornycroft & Co., Ltd. Woolston 21 July 1942 14 Oct. 1943 20 July 1944 Displacement: 2,300 tons standard (2,880 tons full load) 339* (pp.), 362f (o.a.) x35f X 16 (max.) feet 2—4 inch, 2—40 mm. Bofors AA. 2 Limbo three-barrelled depth charge mortars. Provision for tubes Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 40,000=3675 kts.(designed), 31 -25 kts. sea speed Dimensions Guns: A/S weapons Machinery: Laid down: Launched: Completed: 3 “ W ” Class. 1st Rate (Fully Converted from Destroyers) WAKEFUL (ex-Zebra) WHIRLWIND WIZARD Displacement: 2,100 tons standard (2,700 tons full load) Dimensions: 339* (pp.), 362f (o.a.)x35f X 16 (max.) feet Guns: 2—4 inch, 2—40 mm. Bofors AA. A/S weapons: 2 squid triple-barrelled depth charge mortars. Provision for tubes. Machinery: Parsons ge-red turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 40,000 = 36 75 kts. (designed), 31-25 kts. sea speed Boilers: 2 Admiralty 3-drum type Oil fuel: 580 tons Radius: 2,800 miles at 20 kts. Complement: 175 General Notes Wakeful (converted by Scotts’) and Whirlwind were fully converted from destroyers in 1952-1953, Wizard (converted by H.M. Dockyard, Devonport) in 1954. Their fully converted sister ship Wrangler was transferred to the South African Navy on 29 Nov. 1956, and renamed Vrystaat. Wakeful was refitted with higher open bridge in 1959 for Portsmouth Squadron duties (vice Starling), and her 4 inch gun mounting was removed and replaced by a deckhouse. Wizard was fitted with the new type of open bridge in I960 for employment in the Dartmouth Training Squadron. WAKEFUL (after refit) 1960, Wright & Logan African Navy in 1950-52 and renamed Jan van Riebeeck and Simon van der Stel, respectively, and two, the Kempenfelt and Wager, were sold to Yugoslavia in 1957. Class Notes Of the original flotilla of eight “ W ” class destroyers two, the Wessex and Whelp, were transferred to the South Builders Fairfield S.B. & Eng. Co. Ltd., Govan R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Ltd., Hebburn Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., Barrow Launched Completed 30 June 1943 17 Feb. 1944 30 Aug. 1943 20 July 1944 29 Sep. 1943 30 Mar. 1944 Pennant No. F 159 F 187 F 72 Name Wakeful Whirlwind Wizard Photograph Notes A photograph (aerial view) of Whirlwind appears in the 1957-58 to 1959-60 editions. 5 “V” Class. 1st Rate. (Fully Converted from Destroyers) VENUS VERULAM VIGILANT VIRAGO 2,100 tons standard (2,700 tons full load) 339* (pp.), 362f (o.a.) X 35f X 16 (max.) feet 2—4 inch, 2—40 mm. Bofors AA. (see notes) 2 squid triple-barrelled depth charge mortars. Provision for tubes Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 40,000 = 3675 kts. (designed), 31 -25 kts. sea speed 2 Admiralty 3-drum type 580 tons 2,800 miles at 20 kts. Displacement: Dimensions A/S weapons Machinery: VENUS (open and enlarged bridge) I960, Wright & Logan Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: General Notes Verulam was converted by H.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth, Vigilant by J. I. Thornycroft & Co. Ltd., Woolston, South¬ ampton, Volage by J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd., Cowes, 1952. In Venus and Vigilant an open and enlarged bridge was built in 1955 with a large deck house abaft it in place of the twin 40 mm. Bofors AA. guns, for use in the Dartmouth Training Squadron. Verulam has been fitted with a bridge like Leopard. Pennant No. Name F 50 Venus F 29 Verulam F 93 Vigilant F4I Vo/age F 96 Virago Builders Fairfield S.B. & Eng. Co. Ltd., Govan Fairfield S.B. & Eng. Co. Ltd., Govan Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd., Cowes Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Names Venus Verulam Vigilant Volage Virago Laid down Launched Completed 12 Jan. 1942 23 Feb 1943 28 Aug. 1943 26 Jan. 1942 22 Apr. 1943 10 Dec. 1943 31 Jan. 1942 22 Dec. 1942 10 Sep. 1943 31 Dec. 1942 15 Dec. 1943 26 May 1944 16 Feb. 1942 4 Feb. 1943 5 Nov. 1943 1954, Wright & Logan VIRAGO Class Notes Of the original flotilla of eight “ V ” class destroyers, the Valentine and Vixen were transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy early in 1944 (renamed Algonquin and Sioux) and the flotilla leader Hardy was lost in the Second World War. 28 GREAT BRITAIN—Frigates ( continued ) Fast Anti-Submarine Frigates (ex-Destroyers )—continued UNDAUNTED (helicopter platform, and tubes) ULSTER (gun on break, bridge like Leopard) Added 1959, Wright & Logan F 197 Grenville Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd F 83 Ulster Swan, Hunter & W igham Richardson Ltd. F 17 Ulysses Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd., Birkenhead F 53 Undaunted Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd., Birkenhead F 141 Undine John I. Thornycroft & Co. Ltd., Woolston F 08 Urania Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Barrow F 196 Urchin Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Barrow F 200 Ursa John I. Thornycroft & Co. Ltd., Woolston 1958, Skyfotos (Fully Converted from Destroyers) G RENVILL E (helicopter platform aft) GRENVILLE (Leader) ULSTER ULYSSES UNDAUNTED UNDINE URANIA URCHIN URSA Notes Four converted 1952-53, Ulster at H.M. Dockyard Chatham, Ulysses at H.M. Dockyard, Devonport, Urchin by Barclay Curie, Undaunted by J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd., Cowes. Urania (by Harland & Wolff, Liverpool), and Ursa (by Palmers, Hebburn) converted 1953-54. Undine commissioned 2 Nov. 1954, Urania 4 Jan. 1955. Ulster, like Zest (see previous page) is fitted with bowl-shaped sponson at the break of the bridge superstructure and has bridge similar to that in “ Leopard ” Class. Grenville and Undaunted are fitted with helicopter platform aft. Urchin now has a bridge like Vigilant. Name Grenville Ulster Ulysses Undaunted Undine Urania Urchin Ursa Laid down 1 Nov. 1941 12 Nov. 1941 14 Mar. 1942 8 Sep. 1942 18 Mar. 1943 18 June 1942 26 Mar. 1942 2 May 1942 Launched 12 Oct. 1942 9 Nov. 1942 22 Apr. 1943 19 July 1943 I June 1943 19 May 1943 8 Mar. 1943 22 July 1943 Completed 27 May 1943 30 June 1943 23 Dec. 1943 3 Mar. 1944 23 Dec. 1943 18 Jan. 1944 24 Sep. 1943 I Mar. 1944 2,200 tons standard (2,700 tons full load) 339± (pp.), 362£ (o.a.) X 35f X 16 (max.) feet 2—4 inch (twin mount), 2—40 mm. Bofors AA. 2 Limbo three-barrelled depth charge mortars Provision for tubes. 8 Homing torpedo tubes fitted in Ulster, 4 on each side. 3 tubes on starboard side in Undaunted Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 40,000 = 36-75 kts.(designed), 3 I -25 kts. sea speed 2 Admiralty 3-drum type 570 to 600 tons 2,800 to 3,000 miles at 20 kts. 175 to 195 Pennant No. Name Builders Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Tubes: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: URCHIN (enlarged open bridge) I960, Tom Molland Ltd. 1959, Giorgio Arra Frigates ( continued )—GREAT BRITAIN 29 Fast Anti-Submarine Frigates (ex Destroyers) — continued TROUBRIDGE :ourtesy Messrs. J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd. I “ T ” Class. 1st Rate (Fully Converted from Destroyer) TROUBRIDGE (Leader) Pennant No.: F 09 Builders: John BrownS Co. (Shipbuilders) Ltd., Clydebank Laid down: 10 Nov. 1941 Launched: 23 Sep. 1942 Completed: 8 Mar. 1943 Displacement: 2,300 tons standard (2,880 tons full load ) 4 “ R ” Class. 1st Rate (Fully Converted from Destroyers) RAPID ROCKET RELENTLESS ROEBUCK Displacement: 2,030 tons standard (2,700 tons full load) Dimensions: 358* (o.o.)x35f X 16 (max.) feet Guns: 2—4 inch (twin mount), 2—40 mm. Bofors AA. A S weapons Relentless and Rocket: 2 Limbo three-barrelled depth charge mortars. Provision for tubes. Rapid and Roebuck : 2 Squid triple- barrelled depth charge mortars Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 40,000=36-75 kts. (designed) 31-25 kts. sea speed Boilers: 2 Admiralty 3-drum type Oil fuel: 580 tons Radius: 2,800 miles at 20 kts. Complement: 174 to 180 General Notes Relentless and Rocket, former fleet destroyers, were con¬ verted to prototype fast frigates in 1949-51. Bridges, funnel, masts, superstructure, 4—4 7 inch guns in single mountings, 4—2 pdr. pompoms, 8—20 mm. AA. guns and 8—21 inch tubes in quadruple mountings, were removed entirel/ and ships stripped down to the bare hull. Forecastle deck was then extended aft, extensive use being made of aluminium to reduce top weight. New superstructure was built up, two short lattice masts stepped, short raked funnel erected, and two anti-submarine mortars, arranged en echelon, mounted in after shelter deck. They have a completely new armament, and represent the new conception of a frigate submarine- killer. Conversion of Relentless at H.M. Dockyard, Ports¬ mouth, and Rocket at H.M. Dockyard, Devonport, was completed in July, 1951. Rapid and Roebuck were similarly conveited in 1952-53 by Alex. Stephen & Sons, Lsd., Govan, Glasgow, and H.M. Dockyard, Devonport, r'espectively. Appearance Notes When first converted Rocket had a pronounced rubbing strake forward, but this has been removed. Relentless fitted with torpedo tubes for experiment! purposes, was refitted 1955-56. Roebuck, now in the Dartmouth Training Squadron has a modified bridge as in Venus and Vigilant. Class Notes Of four sister ships Racehorse was scrapped (as destroyer) in 1950, and Raider, Redoubt and Rotherham (Leader) were transferred to the Indian Navy (as destroyers) in 1949 and renamed Rana, Ranjit and Rajput, respectively. Photograph Notes Starboard bow view of Roebuck with enclosed bridge in the 1957-58 edition. Photograph of Rocket with rubbing strake forward in the 1957-58 edition. Dimensions: 339* (pp.), 362} (o.a.)x 35|XlO (mean), 16 (max.) feet Guns: 2—4 inch, 2—40 mm. Bofors A A. A/S weapons: 2 Limbo three-barrelled depth bomb mortars, Mk. 10 Tubes: Provision for 8—21 inch tubes (four fixed each side) Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 40,000=36-75 kts. (de¬ signed), 31 -25 kts. sea speed Boilers: 2 Admiralty 3-drum type water tube at a pressure of 300 lb. per sq. in. superheated to 640°F. Oil fuel: 600 tons Radius: 3,000 miles at 20 kts. Complement: 190 (10 officers, 180 ratings). Accommodation for 14 officers and 214 ratings General Notes This ship is different from early Type I5’s (full conversion). Conversion started by H.M Dockyard, Portsmouth in 1955, and completed by J Samuel White & Co. Ltd., Cowes, on 29 July 1957. Has a bridge like that in the new anti-aircraft frigate Leopard. Class Notes Teazer, Tenacious, Termagant, Terpsichore, Tumult, Tuscan and Tyrian, originally of this class, were converted to fast anti-submarine frigates (limited conversion), see earlier page. l959,Wr/ght & Logan ROCKET Pennant No. Name F 138 Rapid F 185 Relentless F 193 Rocket F 195 Roebuck Original Builders Laid down Launched Completed Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd., Birkenhead John Brown & Co. Ltd., Clydebank Scotts S.B. & Eng. Co. Ltd., Greenock Scotts S.B. & Eng. Co. Ltd., Greenock 16 June 1941 20 June 1941 14 Mar. 1941 19 June 1941 16 July 1942 15 July 1942 28 Oct. 1942 10 Dec. 1942 20 Feb. 1943 30 Nov. 1942 4 Aug. 1943 10 June 1943 30 GREAT BRITAIN—Frigates Fast Anti-Submarine Frigates (ex-Destroyers) —continued TEAZER (higher bridge) " I960, courtesy Godfrey H. Walker, Esq. 7 “ T ” Class. 1st Rate (Limited Conversion from Destroyers) TEAZER TUMULT TENACIOUS TUSCAN TERMAGANT TERPSICHORE TYRIAN Displacement: 2,000 tons standard (2,530 tons full load) 339* (pp.), 362| (o.a.) X 35* X 16 (max.) feet Dimensions: Guns: 2—4 inch (twin mount), 7—40 mm. Bofors AA. (twin and singles) Tubes: 4—21 inch (quadruple mount) removed temporarily from Terma¬ gant A/S weapons: 2 squid triple-barrelled depth charge mortars Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. S.H.P.: 40,000=36-75 kts. (designed), 31-25 kts. sea speed Boilers: 2 Admiralty 3-drum type Oil fuel: 580 tons Radius: 2,800 miles at 20 kts. Complement: 175 General Notes A simpler form of conversion from fleet destroyers which gave fast ships with good A/S qualities more rapidly than a full conversion of the “ Rocket ” type. Tenacious, conversion of which was completed in 1952, by H.M. Dockyard, Rosyth, was the first of these. Teazer and Tuscan were converted by Mountstuart, Termagant and Tamult by Grayson Rollo, Terpsichore by John J. Thornycroft & Co., Ltd., Woolston, Southampton, and Tyrarn by Harland & Wolff, Liverpool and Gordon Klison, Birkenhead. TERMAGANT 1954, Skyfotos Appearance Notes Teazer, Termagant, Terpsichore and Tumult have new bridge structure lighter, higher and more square than the destroyer type of bridge in previous fast frigates of limited conversion. Class Notes Former leader of this class, Troubridge, was fully converted (see earlier page). Photograph Notes Photograph of Tumult in the 1955-56 to 1957-58 editions. Pennant No Name Builders ' Laid down Launched Completed F 23 Teazer Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd., Birkenhead 20 Oct. 1941 7 Jan. 1943 13 Sep. 1943 F 44 Tenacious Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd., Birkenhead 3 Dec. 1941 24 Mar. 1943 30 Oct. 1943 F 189 Termagant Wm. Denny & Bros. Ltd., Dumbarton 25 Nov. 1941 22 Mar. 1943 18 Oct. 1943 F 19 Terpsichore Wm. Denny & Bros. Ltd., Dumbarton 25 Nov. 1941 17 June 1943 20 Jan. 1944 F 121 Tumult John Brown & Co. Ltd., Clydebank 16 Nov. 1941 9 Nov. 1942 2 Apr. 1943 F 156 Tuscan Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Ltd. 6 Sep. 1941 28 May 1942 11 Mar. 1943 F 67 Tyrian Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Ltd. 15 Oct. 1941 27 July 1942 8 Apr. 1943 2 44 P ” Class. 1st Rate (Limited Conversion from Destroyers) PALADIN PETARD ( ex-Persistent) Name: Pennant No.: Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Paladin F 169 John Brown & Co. (Shipbuilders) Ltd., Clydebank 22 July 1940 11 June 1941 12 Dec. 1941 Petard F 26 Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Tyne 26 Dec. 1939 27 Mar. 1941 14 June 1942 Displacement: 1,800 and 1,825 tons standard (2,300 and 2,400 tons full load), respectively. Revised figures Dimensions: 338* (pp.), 345 (o.a.) X 35 X 1 5j(max.) feet Guns: 2—4 inch, 5 (Paladin 2)—40 mm. Bofors AA. Tubes: 4—21 inch (see Notes) A/S weapons: 2 Squid triple-barrelled depth charge mortars Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 40,000 = 34 kts. Boilers: 2 Admiralty 3-drum type Oil fuel: 430 tons Radius: 1,700 miles at 20 kts. Complement: 170 General Notes Formerly destroyers. Machinery of Petard by Vickers- Armstrongs (Barrow). Converted into fast anti-submarine frigates in 1953-56. Petard by Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast and Paladin by H.M. Dockyard, Rosyth the last of the Type 16 Limited Conversions. Paladin was converted for mine¬ laying in Sep. 1957 with a capacity of 30 mines, and her torpedo tubes landed. ORWELL I “0” Class. 1st Rate (Limited Conversion from Destroyer) ORWELL Pennant No.: F 98 Builders: John J. Thornycroft & Co. Ltd., Woolston Laid down: 20 May 1940 Launched .* 2 Apr. 1942 Completed: 17 Oct. 1942 Displacement: 1,800 tons standard (2,300 tons full load). Revised figures Dimensions: 338* (pp.), 345 (o.a.) X 35 X I5f (max.) feet Guns: 2—4 inch, 2—40 mm. Bofors AA. Tubes: 4—21 inch A IS weapons 2 squid triple-barrelled depth charge mortars Machinery Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 40,000 = 34 kts. Boilers: 2 Admiralty 3-drum type Oil fuel: 430 tons Radius: 1,700 miles at 20 kts. Complement: 170 Notes Originally one of the first “ Emergency ” destroyers built under the War Programme. Converted into a fast lyp?, courtesy uodfrey n. waiKer, tsq. anti-submarine frigate by H.M. Dockyard, Rosyth in 1952. Fitted for minelaying (railsgare visible in photo). Formerly sister ship of Obedient, see earlier page. Frigates (continued )—GREAT BRITAIN 31 12 “ Blackwood ” Class. Type 14. 2nd Rate ( Anti-Submarine Utility Type) BLACKWOOD GRAFTON MURRAY DUNCAN (Leader) HARDY PALLISER DUNDAS EXMOUTH Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: General Notes These ships, of a novel, very lightly armed type, as far as guns are concerned, were designed for a mainly anti-subnciarine role. They are of comparatively simple construction. All were built in prefabricated sections. In 1958-59 their hulls were strengthened to enable them to stand up to the severe and prolonged sea and weather conditions experienced while engaged on fishery protection patrol duties in Icelandic waters. Name Builders Blackwood John I. Thornycroft & Co. Ltd., Southampton Duncan John I. Thornycroft & Co. Ltd., Southampton Dundas J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd., Cowes, Isle of Wight Exmouth J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd., Cowes, Isle of Wight Grafton J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd., Cowes, Isle of Wight Hardy Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Scotstoun, Glasgow Keppel Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Scotstoun, Glasgow Malcolm Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Scotstoun, Glasgow Murray Alex. Stephen & Sons Ltd., Govan, Glasgow Palliser Alex. Stephen & Sons Ltd., Govan, Glasgow Pellew Swan, Hunter&Wigham Richardson Ltd., Wallsend Russell Swan, Hunter&Wigham Richardson Ltd., Wallsend KEPPEL PELLEW MALCOLM RUSSELL 1,020 tons standard (1,536 tons full load) officially revised figures 300 (pp.), 310 (o.a.) X 33 X 10 feet 3— 40 mm. Bofors AA. Mk. 9 4— 21 inch (two twin). See Torpedo Notes 2 Limbo threc-barrelled depth charge mortars 1 set geared steam turbines. I shaft. S.H.P.: 15,000=27-8 kts. (24-5 kts. max. continuous sea speed) officially revised figures 2 Babcock & Wilcox 111 (7 officers, 104 ratings) Pennant No. Name Launched Completed F78 Blackwood 4 Oct. 1955 22 Aug. 1957 F 80 Duncan 30 May 1957 21 Oct. 1958 F 48 Dundas 25 Sep. 1953 16 Mar. 1956 F 84 Exmouth 16 Nov. 1955 20 Dec. 1957 F 51 Grafton 13 Sep. 1954 8 Jan. 1957 F 54 Hardy 25 Nov. 1953 15 Dec. 1955 F 85 Keppel 31 Aug. 1954 6 July 1956 F 88 Malcolm 18 Oct. 1955 12 Dec. 1957 F 91 Murray 22 Feb. 1955 5 June 1956 F 94 Palliser 10 May 1956 13 Dec. 1957 F 62 Pellew 29 Sep. 1954 26 July 1956 F 97 Russell 10 Dec. 1954 7 Feb. 1957 Anti-Submarine Frigates — continued DUNDAS (starboard bow view, showing bridge layout) I960, Skyfctos PELLEW (port quarter view, showing Limbos) 1958, Skyfotos Anti-Submarine Notes The two Limbos can each fire a pattern of large depth bombs with great accuracy, and the projectiles can beset to explode at a predetermined depth. These weapons can be trained over a wider arc than previous types of anti-submarine mortars, and have a much greater and more accurate range. Squadron Notes Of this class the Duncan (on completion as Squadron Leader at the end of 1958), Malcolm (in 1959), Palliser (April 1958) and Russell (mid-January 1958) formed the Royal Navy’s Fishery Protection Squadron (with four coastal minesweepers). Nomenclature Notes All the ships of this class are named after famous Captains of British naval history Engineering Notes All engined by their builders, except Fellow and Russell , by Wallsend Slipway & Eng. Co. Ltd., and Grafton and Malcolm by The Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co. Ltd., Wallsend- on-Tyne. It is officially stated that the turbines are of advanced design. The propelling machinery of Hardy and Keppel includes turbines of English Electric Co. design. Torpedo Notes Blackwood, Exmouth, Malcolm and Palliser mount the torpedo tubes. Photograph Notes Photographs of Dundas, Hardy and Keppel in the 1956-57 and 1957-58 editions, and of Blackwood in the 1958-59 edition, larger aerial views of Grafton and Pellew and surface views of Duncan and Palliser in the 1959-60 edition. FRIGATES 5 “ Bay ” Class. 2nd Rate (Anti-Aircraft Type) CARDIGAN BAY ( ex-Loch Laxford) MORECAMBE BAY ( ex-Loch Heilen)* MOUNTS BAY ( ex-Loch Kilbirnie)* PORLOCK BAY {ex-Loch Seaforth, ex-Loch Muick) ST. BRIDE’S BAY (ex-Loch Achillty) Displacement: 1,580 tons standard (2,420 tons full load ) Dimensions: 286 (pp.), 3071 (o.a.) X 38£ X I2f feet (15? feet max.) Guns: 4—4 inch, 6 or 8—40 mm. AA., (small armament varies from ship to ship) A/S weapons: 1 Hedgehog (to be replaced by Squid). 4 D.C.T. Machinery: Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P. 5,500=19-5 kts. Boilers: 2 Admiralty 3-drum type Oil fuel: 724 tons Radius: 9,500 miles at 12 kts. Complement: 157 General Notes Designed primarily for anti-aircraft escort duties. ’"TVlore- cambe Bay was completed by J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd., Cowes, Isle of Wight, and Mounts Bay was completed by John I. Thornycroft & Co. Ltd., Southampton. Class Notes This class and following classes of frigates are now officially classed as Second Rate Frigates. Four of this class were completed as surveying vessels, and two others refitted as despatch vessels, see later page. Cancelled ships: Hollesley Bay ( ex-Loch Fannich ), Runswick Bay Transfer Notes Bigbury Bay and Burghead Bay were transferred to the Portuguese Navy at Plymouth on 11 May 1959 and renamed Pacheo Pereira and Alvares Cabral, respectively Recent Disposals Whitesand Bay of this class was scrapped in 1956. Enard Bay and W idemouth Bay were scrapped in 1957. Carnarvon Bay, Cawsand Bay, Largo Bay, Padstow Bay, St. Austell Bay, Start Bay, Tremadoc Bay and Veryan Bay were stricken from the Navy List in 1958 and Wigtown Bay was also scrapped in 1959. T MOUNTS BAY 1958, R. M. Scott General Note for “ Loch-Bay ” Type “ Bay ” class and “ Loch ” class (see following page) were originally one class, but were subsequently sub-divided according to function, with differing armament. They could be refitted interchangeably as either anti-aircraft or anti¬ submarine vessels. Early units had “ war finish,” but later units were not so austere. Pennant No Name Builders F 630 Cardigan Bay Henry Robb, Ltd., Leith F 624 *Morecambe Bay Wm. Pickersgill, Ltd., Sunderland F 627 *Mounts Bay Wm. Pickersgill, Ltd., Sunderland F 650 Porlock Bay Charles Hill & Sons, Ltd., Bristol F 600 St. Bride’s Bay Harland & Wol.ff Ltd., Belfast Laid down 14 Apr. 1944 30 Apr. 1944 23 Oct. 1944 22 Nov. 1944 30 May 1944 Launched 28 Dec. 1944 I Nov. 1944 8 June 1945 14 June 1945 16 Jan. 1945 Completed 15 June 1945 22 Feb. 1949 11 Apr. 1949 8 Mar. 1946 15 June 1945 32 GREAT BRITAIN—Frigates ( continued) Frigates —continued II “ Loch ” Class. 2nd Rate LOCH FYNE 1959, Wright & Logan (Anti-Submarine Type) 1 Ailsa S.B. Co. 1 Clydebank LOCH VEYATIE LOCH FADA 1 Barclay Curie 2 Harland & Wolff LOCH ALVIE LOCH CRAGGIE 1 Burntisland S.B. Co. LOCH FYNE LOCH KILLISPORT 2 Charles Hill & Sons 3 Caledon S.B. Co. LOCH RUTHVEN LOCH LOMOND LOCH MORE 1 Robb LOCH TRALAIG LOCH INSH Displacement: 1,575 tons standard (2,400 tons full load) 286 (pp.), 307 (o.a.)X 38±Xl2 feet, Dimensions: Guns: I4f feet (max.) 2 —4 inch, 6—40 mm. Mk. 9 Bofors A/S weapons: AA. (after refit), some still have 1—4 inch, 4—40 mm. AA., 4—2 pdr. 2 Squid triple barrelled depth Machinery: charge mortars Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 5,500=19-5 kts. (Loch Tralaig has double-reduction geared turbines) Oil fuel 724 tons Radius: 9,500 miles at 12 kts. Complement: 124 to 140 General Notes Designed primarily for anti-submarine escort duties. Original displacement was 1,435 tons standard (2,260 tons full load). Loch Craggie was completed at Clydebank. Loch Killisport has a fibre glass shield on “ A ” gun. Gunnery Notes Loch Alvie, Loch Fada, Loch Fyne, Loch Insh, Loch Killisport, Loch Lomond, Loch Ruthven, Loch Tralaig and Loch Veyatie have been rearmed and modernised. Class Notes Loch Assynt and Loch Torridon were converted into depot and repair ships and renamed Derby Haven (transferred to Persia in 1949 as a frigate and renamed Babr) and Woodbridge Haven, respectively. Loch Ard, Loch Boisdale and Loch Cree were presented to the South African Navy in 1944-45 and renamed Transvaal, Good Hope and Natal, respectively, and Loch Achanalt, Loch Achray, Loch Eck, Loch Katrine, Loch Morlich and Loch Shin were sold to the Royal NewZealand Navy in 1948. Photograph Notes Photographs of Loch Alvie in the 1954-55 to 1959-60 editions, of Loch Lomond in the 1958-59 edition, and of Loch Ruthven in the 1953-54 to 1957-58 editions. Recent Disposals Loch Glendu and Loch Quoich were scrapped in 1957. Loch Scavaig was scrapped in 1958. Loch Tarbert was scrapped in 1959 and Loch Arkaig was scrapped in 1960, and Loch Denvegan and Loch Killin were approved to be scrapped in I960. Loch More is in supplementary reserve. Loch Gorm is surplus to naval requirements and is on the sale list. Loch Tralaig is an office ship used as an administration ship for the Reserve Fleet. Pennant No. No ns Laid down Launzhed Completed i ant No. Name Laid down Launched Completed F 628 Loch Killisport 28 Dec. 1943 6 July 1944 9 July 1944 F 428 Loch Alvie 31 Aug. 1943 14 Apr. 1944 21 Aug. 1944 F 437 Loch Lomond 7 Dec. 1943 19 June 1944 16 Nov. 1945 F 609 Loch Craggie 28 Dec. 1943 23 May 1944 23 Oct. 1944 F 639 Loch More 16 Mar. 1944 3 Oct. 1944 24 Feb. 1946 F 390 Loch Fada 8 June 1943 14 Dec. 1943 10 Apr. 1944 F 645 Loch Ruthven 4 Jan. 1944 3 June 1944 6 Oct. 1945 F 429 Loch Fyne 8 Dec. 1943 24 May 1944 9 Nov. 1944 F 655 Loch Tralaig 26 June 1944 12 Feb. 1945 4 July 1945 F 433 , Loch Insh 17 Nov. 1943 10 May 1944 20 Oct. 1944 F 658 Loch Veyatie 30 Mar. 1944 8 Oct. 1945 13 July 1945 Frigate (ex-Sloop) I “ Black Swan ” Class. 2nd Rate ( Anti-Aircraft Type) CRANE Pennant No.: F 123 Builders: Wm. Denny & Bros. Ltd., Dumbarton Laid down: 13 June 1941 Launched: 9 Nov. 1942 Completed: 10 May 1943 Displacement: 1,490 tons standard (1,975 tons full load) 299£x38jX8| feet (II feet max.) Dimensions: Guns: 6—4 inch, 8—40 mm. AA. A/S weapons: Split hedgehog. 4 D.C.T. 2 D.C. racks. 40 D.C. Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 4,300=19-75 kts. Sea speed 19 kts. Boilers: 2 Admiralty 3-drum type Oil fuel: 370 tons Radius: 4,500 miles at 12 kts. Complement: 192 CRANE 1959, Official General Notes Survivor of a large class of ships originally rated as sloops which in 1947 were officially reclassified as frigates. The designed displacement was 1,350 tons with a speed of 20 kts. but a large amount of extra equipment was added as com¬ pared with the earlier “ Black Swan ” type, resulting in increased displacement and reduced speed. Fitted with the Denny-Brown ship stabilisers. This class proved most successful in service. Appearance Notes Large escape ports (visible in photo) in both forward mess decks. Class Notes Redpole and Starling of this class were disarmed for employ¬ ment as navigational training ships. Erne was converted and reconstructed as stationary drillship for Solent Division R.N.V.R. in 1952 (renamed Wessex). Photograph Notes Photographs of Modeste in the 1953-54 to 1959-60 editions, Magpie in the 1954-55 to 1958-59 editions, and Peacock in the 1954-55 to 1957-58 editions. Transfer Notes Whimbrel was transferred to the Egyptian Navy in 1949. Actaeon, Flamingo, Hart and Mermaid were allocated to the new West German Federal Navy in 1957, and were delivered in 1958 and 1959. War Losses Ibis and Woodpecker were lost during the Second World War. Recent Disposals Woodcock was placed on the disposal list in 1955. Cygnet Wild Goose and Wren were also scrapped in 1956. Amethyst, damaged in action on Yangtse, 1949, was scrapped in 1956. Alacrity was scrapped at the end of 1956. Black Swan of earlier group was also scrapped in 1956. Hind (broken up in 1959), Magpie, Nereide, Peacock and Sparrow were stricken from the Navy List in 1958. Modeste, Opossum, Pheasant and Snipe were scrapped or were for disposal in I960. Recent Disposals of Frigates of other Classes “ Castle ” Class:— Ambsrley Castle, Pevensey Castle and Rushen Castle are being sold to the Air Ministry as Weather Ships. Dumbarton Castle, Morpeth Castle and Oxford Castle are on the sales list. Farnham Castle and Lancaster Castle were also earmarked for disposal in I960. Modified “ Black Swan ” Class (Navigatjonal Training Ships):— Starling is on the sales list, and Redpole is also ear¬ marked for disposal in I960. “ River ” Class:— Ballinderry and Derg are office ships in extended reserve, and little more than hulks. “ Hunt ” Group:—“ Brecon ” Class (Type IV): Brecon is a fender ship and is for disposal, and Brissenden is on the sales list. “ Albrighton ” Class (Type III): Talybout is for disposal. “ Blankney ” Class (Type II): Wilton was scrapped in I960, and Farndale is on the sales list. Modified “ Aberdeen ” Class:— Fleetwood was scrapped in I960 (sailed from Portsmouth on 7 Oct. 1959 for breakers’ yard at Tyneside). Full particulars, photographs and detailed disposals of all ships of all these classes since the end of the Second World War, appear in the 1959-60 edition. Frigates (continued )—GREAT BRITAIN 33 Modified Frigates Experimental A/S Frigate (Asdic Trials Ship ) BROCKLESBY Pennant No.: Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: F 142 Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd., Birkenhead 18 Nov. 1939 30 Sep. 1940 9 Apr. 1941 1,000 tons standard (1,490 tons full load) 273* (pp.), 280 (o.a.) X 29 X7f (mean), 14 (max.) feet Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 19,000 = 30 kts. (designed). Sea speed 26 -75 kts. 2 Admiralty 3-drum type 280 tons 2,000 miles at 12 kts. 146 General Notes Survivor of a type designed as escort vessels and rated as destroyers until 1947, when they were officially reclassified as anti-aircraft frigates. Used for Asdic Training and trials. BROCKLESBY (Asdic experimental equipment and cabins aft) 1957 ,courtesy Godfrey H. Walker ,Esq. She is disarmed and has a deckhouse aft, with variable depth sonar equipment. Class Notes A total of 23 of this class were built. Mendip transferred to Chinese Navy in May, 1948, was returned to the Royal Navy a year later, but transferred to Egypt in 1949 and captured by Israel in 1956. Cottesmore was also transferred to Egypt in 1951. Meynell and Quantock were purchased by Ecuador in 1955. Liddesdale was discarded. War losses: Berkeley, Exmoor, Quorn, Tynedale. Recent Disposals Cotswold and Hambledon were used as artificial harbour at Harwich. Eglinton was scrapped in 1956. Blencanthra, Cleve¬ land, Fernie, Holderness, Pytchley and Southdown were scrapped in 1957. Atherstone, Cattistock, Garth and Whaddon were scrapped in 1958. For disposals of “Hunt” types II, III and IV see previous page and 1959-60 edition. Despatch Vessels (Ex-Frigates) 2 Modified “Loch-Bay” Type ALERT ( ex-Dundrum Bay; ex-Loch Scamadale ) SURPRISE (ex-Gerrans Bay; ex-Loch Carron ) Name: Pennant No.: Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Alert F 647 Blyth Dry Docks & S.B. Co., Ltd. 28 July 1944 10 July 1945 24 Oct. 1946 Surprise F 436 Smith’s Dock Co., Ltd., South Bank-on- Tees 21 Apr. 1944 14 Mar. 1945 9 Sep. 1946 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 1,590 tons standard (2,440 tons full load ) 286 (pp.), 307* (o.a.) X 38* X I2f feet, 15 feet (max.) 2—4 inch, 2—40 mm. 4—3 pdr. Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 5,500=19-5 kts. 2 Admiralty 3-drum type 720 tons 10,000 miles at 10 to 12 kts. 160 ALERT 1955, Official General Notes Originally frigates of “ Loch ” class, these ships were to have been completed as units of *' Bay ” class, but were modified with reduced armament and extra accommodation to serve as Despatch Vessels or Commanders-in-Chiefs “ yachts ” on Far East and Mediterranean Stations, respect¬ ively. Surprise was reficted as a temporary Royal Yacht for the Coronation Naval Review at Spithead on 15 June 1953, the twin 4 inch gun mounting in“ B ” position being removed to provide an inspecting platform dais for Her Majesty The Queen. Photograph Notes Photographs of Surprise appear in the 1947-48 to 1957-58 editions. Minesweeper Support Ship (Ex-Frigate) I Modified “ Loch ” Class WOODBRIDGE HAVEN ( ex-Loch Torridan) Pennant No. Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: P 58 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Ltd., Wallsend-on- Tyne 2 May 1944 13 Jan. 1945 19 Oct. 1945 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 1,652 tons standard (2,160 tons full load) 307*X38*X 14 feet 2—40 mm. Bofors AA. Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 5,500=19-5 kts. 2 Admiralty 3-drum type 725 tons 10,000 miles at 10 kts. 160 General Notes Built as a “ Loch ” class frigate but converted into a Submarine Depot and Repair Ship. Used as a submarine WOODBRIDGE HAVEN 1 I960, A. & J. Pavia target ship 1946-54. Headquarters Ship of 2nd Minesweeping Squadron in the Mediterranean in 1955, and Captain Inshore Flotilla, Mediterranean, in 1959. Reclassified as Minesweeper Support Ship in I960, Class Notes Sister ship Derby Haven (ex-Loch Assynt) was transferred as a frigate to the Imperial Iranian Navy (Persia in 1949 and renamed Babr (PantherL Landing Ship Headquarters (Ex-Frigate) I “River” Class MEON Pennant No.: Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: L 369 (ex- F 269) A. & J. Inglis, Ltd., Glasgow 31 Dec. 1942 4 Aug. 1943 31 Dec. 1943 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: 1,370 tons standard (1,865 tons full load) 283 (pp.), 301* (o.a.) X 36| X 12 feet 2—40 mm., 4—20 mm. Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 5,500=20 kts. (sea speed 18 kts.) 2 Admiralty 3-drum type 640 tons 9,500 miles at 12 kts. General Notes Originally a unit of the “ River ” class frigates. Pennant No. changed from F 269 to L 369 in 1958 when the forward M EON (L Pennant No., forward gun removed) 1959, A. & J. Pavia 40 mm. gun was removed. Meon and Waveney were con¬ verted from the original frigate type to “ Landing Ship Headquarters (Small).” Disposal Notes Sister ship Waveney was scrapped in 1958. For disposals o “River” class frigates see previous page and 1959-60 edition. c 34 GREAT BRITAIN—Submarines SUBMARINES DREADNOUGHT (official model, showing whale-shaped hull) I960, courtesy Vickers Armstrongs (Shipbuilders) Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness Guided Missile Notes The Minister of Defence has asked the Admiralty to put in hand an urgent study of the requirements for British-built submarines capable of carrying the “Polaris” type missile. Nuclear Powered Submarines Hunter Killer ( Anti-Submarine ) Type I Projected Ordered: I960 Displacement: 3,000 tons Dimensions: Similar to Dreadnought Tubes: Similar to Dreadnought Machinery: British prototype General Notes The Civil Lord of the Admiralty announced on 7 Mar. 1960 that it is planned to order in I960 a second nuclear powered submarine which will be British made. Her hull will be broadly of the same Admiralty design as the Dreadnought’s. Engineering Notes It is officially stated that her reactor core will be made in Great Britain, and her machinery will be of British design and manufacture, after the pattern of the shore prototype now being installed in the Admiralty Reactor Test Establish¬ ment at Dounreay. Anti-Submarine Notes The Admiralty states that she will be equipped to hunt and kill enemy submarines and surface warships, and she will also be designed to carry an asdic that can detect at much greater ranges than those at present fitted in British con¬ ventional submarines. She will not carry ballistic missiles and could not be converted to do so, as ballistic missile submarines are of a different size and design. I New Construction DREADNOUGHT Pennant No.: Builders: Engineers: Laid down: Launched: S 80 Vickers-Armstrongs (Shipbuilders) Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness Rolls-Royce Ltd. and Westinghouse Electric Corporation 12 June 1959 21 Oct. I960 Engineering Notes A complete nuclear reactor for installation in the Dread¬ nought has been purchased in the United States. The General Dynamics Corporation provided design, material and tech¬ nical assistance in the installation of the propulsion system. The propulsion plant itself was placed under contract to the Westinghouse Electric Corporation by Rolls-Royce Ltd., who acted as agents for the Admiralty. Britain’s first atomic submarine engine is being built at Dounreay, Scotland, in a recently constructed plant. The British reactor will be installed in a second hull which is being ordered in I960 (see notes above). Displacement: Dimensions: Tubes: Machinery: Complement General Notes The Royal Navy’s first nuclear powered submarine, speci¬ ally designed to hunt and destroy enemy underwater craft. A prominent feature of her design is her whale-shaped hull, the near-perfect streamlining giving maximum underwater efficiency, while the fin-like conning tower is also aimed at reducing “ drag ” to a minimum. She will be capable of continuous high underwater speed and have long endurance. Her hull is British built, but her nuclear plant was manu¬ factured in the United States. It was announced by the Admiralty on 10 Aug. 1959 that the General Dynamics Cor¬ poration, U.S.A., had been awarded a contract for help in the construction of the Dreadnought. 3,000 tons standard, 4,000 tons submerged 300 X 30 X 17 feet All internal Pressurised water cooled nuclear reactor. Geared turbines. Speed: 30 kts. (approx.) (See Engineering Notes.) About 80 Manoeuvrability Notes This submarine will manoeuvre and travel underwater with movements similar to those of an aircraft banking in flight, as she will have controls like those in an aeroplane. Illustration Notes An Admiralty artist’s cutaway impression (frontispiece) and another official underwater depiction appear in the 1959-60 edition. Dimensional Notes It is officially stated that the Dreadnought will be twice the size of present submarines. Nomenclature Notes The name Dreadnought was approved by Her Majesty The Queen for this, the first British atomic powered sub¬ marine. This announcement was made by the Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty when introducing the 1957-58 Navy Estimates. The last two vessels named Dreadnought in the Royal Navy were battleships launched in 1875 and 1906. High Test Peroxide Experimental Submarines Fast Type EXCALIBUR EXPLORER Name: Excalibur Explorer Pennant No.: S 40 S 30 Builders: Engineers : Launched: Completed: Vickers-Armstrongs (Shipbuilders) Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness Vickers-Armstrongs (Engineers) Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness 25 Feb. 1955 22 Mar. 1958 (provisionally accepted) Vickers-Armstrongs (Shipbuilders) Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness Vickers-Armstrongs (Engineers) Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness 5 Mar. 1954 28 Nov. 1956 Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Speed: Complement: 780 tons standard, ca 1,000 tons submerged 178-i^ (pp.), 225* (o.o.)x I5f X 11 feet Diesel electric. Hydrogen Peroxide plant by Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. (see notes) More than 25 kts. submerged Excalibur : 41 (6 officers, 35 ratings). Explorer : 49 (7 officers, 42 ratings) in peace-time (officially revised figures) General Notes Of new streamlined type designed to operate at high underwater speeds. The propulsive machinery is of novel design employing high test peroxide. Fitted with the latest submarine escape arrangements, including the one-man escape chamber,and equipped with the most recent submarine escape breathing apparatus for use by the ship’s company in the event of an emergency. Explorer was the first submarine to be launched for the Royal Navy since the last of the ” A ” class submarines was launched in 1947. She will serve to provide experience in the operation of her diesel-electric- turbine combination and as a fast underwater target to train surface forces in the tactics which would be required to destroy submarines with high underwater speeds. She has long endurance. The Explorer was designed by the Admiralty and built by Messrs. Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness, from whom she was provisionally accepted into service on 8 May H.M.S. Explorer is well streamlined. Most of her super¬ structure fittings are retractable. Her manoeuvrability submerged at high speed is very good and she is readily controllable at all speeds. Apart from the indications of I960, Officiql. EXPLORER Added I960, Official EXCALIBUR instruments and a tremor on the depth gauge there is nothing to suggest high speed to the crew when she is submerged. She is unarmed, and her complement of officers and ratings are accommodated in her tender Miner VIII. Excalibur, which cost£1,142,000, was provisionally accepted from her builders on 22 Mar. 1958. Engineering Notes In these experimental high speed submarines, the main propelling machinery consists of turbines supplied with steam and carbon dioxide produced by burning diesel oil in an atmosphere of steam and oxygen formed by the decomposition of H.T.P. (high test hydrogen peroxide). They are thus able to develop full power when completely submerged and independent of atmospheric oxygen. Con¬ ventional means of propulsion at lower speeds is provided by diesel for surface passages and on main motors supplied by batteries when submerged. Officially believed to be the fastest submarines in the world, except the latest nuclear- powered submarines. Recent Disposals (Midget Type) Of the three remaining “ Midget ” Type (X-Craft), namely Minnow (X 54), Shrimp (X 52) and Sprat (X 53), all were on the sales list in I960. Sister ship Stickleback (X 51) was sold to Sweden on 15 July 1958 and renamed Spfggen (Swedish equivalent of “ Stickleback ”). Submarines ( continued) — GREAT BRITAIN 35 Submarines — continued PORPOISE (first post-war built operational submarine) 1958, Official Attack Submarines Builders Pennant No. Name Launched H.M. Dockyard, Chatham Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd., Birkenhead Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness H.M. Dockyard, Chatham Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd., Birkenhead Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness Scott’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Greenock Oberon Odin Olympus Onslaught Oracle Orpheus Osiris Otter New Construction 8 + 4 “ Oberon ” Class OBERON OLYMPUS ORPHEUS ODIN ONSLAUGHT OSIRIS ORACLE OTTER Displacement: 1,600 tons standard, 2,030 tons surface, 2,400 tons submerged Dimensions: 295£( o.a.), 241 (pp.)X 26£ x 15 feet Tubes: 21 inch Machinery: Admiralty Standard Range diesels. Electric drive Complement: 71 (6 officers, 65 ratings). General Notes Practically repeat editions of the “ Porpoise ” class. The prototype of the class was the Oberon, which will have im¬ proved detection equipment and will be capable of high underwater speeds. She will be able to maintain continuous submerged speeds in any part of the world and will be equipped to fire homing torpedoes. In edition to those named above four more “Oberon” class submarines are under construction. Construction Notes For the first time in any British submarine plastic has been used in the superstructure construction of the Oberon. Before and abaft the bridge the superstructure will be glass fibre laminate. The superstructure of the second ship, Orpheus, is of aluminium. CACHALOT I960, Official New Construction 8 44 Porpoise ” Class CACHALOT NARWHAL SEALION FINWHALE PORPOISE WALRUS GRAMPUS RORQUAL Displacement: 1,600 tons standard, 2,030 tons surface, 2,400 tons submerged Dimensions: 295^ (o.a.) x26£x 15 feet Tubes: 8—21 inch. Internal (6 bow and 2 stern) Machinery: Admiralty Standard Range diesel- electric. All battery drive. High submerged speed Complement: 6 officers, 65 ratings ( Porpoise 64) General Notes It was officially stated in April 1958 that the Porpoise, the first operational submarine designed since the Second World War to be accepted into service, is able to undertake continuous submerged patrol in any part of the world. The design of her hull and superstructure reflects her capabilities of high underwater speed and great diving depth. Stress has also been laid on long endurance, both on the surface and submerged, whether on batteries or snorting. She is pro¬ pelled on the surface, or when snorting, by diesel-electric drive from Admiralty Standard Range diesels, and from a large battery driving the motors when submerged. The snort equipment has been designed to give maximum snort¬ charging facilities and to operate in rough sea conditions. Both air and surface warning radar can be operated at peri¬ scope depth as well as when surfaced. The general habita¬ bility is of the highest standard, with strip lighting and an air conditioning plant which provides drying and either heat¬ ing or cooling of the air for arctic or tropical service. Oxygen replenishment and carbon dioxide and hydrogen eliminators make it possible for the Porpoise to remainjtotally submerged without even using her snort for several days. Apparatus to distil fresh water from sea water for drinking purposes, and stowage for large quantities of stores and provisions enable her to remain on patrol for months without any outside support. Engineering Notes The main propelling machinery was manufactured by the hull builders except in Cachalot and Walrus by H.M. Dock¬ yard, Chatham. Electrical Notes The electric propulsion system in ail eight boats was manu¬ factured by The English Electric Co., Ltd., Rugby, and is of a more advanced design than has been employed hitherto. Photograph Notes Photograph of Grampus in the 1959-60 edition. RORQUAL 1959, Official Pennant No. Name Builders Laut, '.hed Completed S 06 Cachalot Scott’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Greenock 11 Dec. 1957 1 Sep. 1959 S 05 Finwhale Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd., Birkenhead 21 July 1959 S 04 Grampus Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd., Birkenhead 30 May 1957 19 Dec. 1958 S 03 Narwhal Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness 25 Oct. 1957 4 May 1959 S 01 Porpoise Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness 25 Apr. 1956 17 Apr. 1958 S 02 Rorqual Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness 5 Dec. 1956 24 Apr. 1958 S 07 Seal ion Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd., Birkenhead 31 Dec. 1959 S 08 Walrus Scott’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Greenock 22 Sep. 1959 36 GREAT BRITAIN—Submarines ( continued ) Submarines —continued I960, Wright & Logan ARTEMIS (with 4-inch gun mounted) 15 “ A ” Class 2 Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd., 10 Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Birkenhead ( Barrow-in-Furness ) AENEAS ALARIC ALCIDE ALDERNEY I H.M. Dockyard, Chatham ALLIANCE AMBUSH ACHERON 2 Scotts S.B. & Eng. Co. Ltd., Greenock ARTEMIS ARTFUL AMPHION (ex-Anchorite) ANCHORITE ( ex-Amphion) ANDREW ASTUTE AURIGA AUROCHS Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: Oil fuel: Complement: 1,120 tons standard, 1,385 tons surface, 1,620 tons submerged 221 (pp.j, 281 i (o.a .), converted boats 283 (o.a.)x22£x 17 feet I—4 inch, 7 M.G. (4-inch removed in most, see notes) 8—21 inch, 4 bow and 4 stern, 2 stern being external, 20 torpedoes carried (or 22 mines). (Two external torpedo tubes forward were re¬ moved in most) 8 cyl. Diesels, B.H.P.: 4,300= 19 kts. surface; Electric motors. H.P.: 1,250= 8 kts. submerged 159 tons 60 General Notes These submarines were primarily designed for service in the Pacific, and have a different hull form from “ T ” type. Construction is entirely welded, and all possess “ Snort ” breathing equipment. Alliance and Ambush, so fitted, re¬ mained submerged for record periods in 1947-48. On 15 June 1953, Andrew completed a 2,500 sea miles voyage under water from Bermuda to the English Channel in 15 days, a record for “ snorting ” in the Royal Navy. AURIGA Added I960, Wright & Logan ALARIC I960, Keith Long Gunnery Notes Of the boats of this class which have not been “ guppied ” Acheron, Alaric and Amphion have had the 4-inch guns re¬ moved. Aeneas, Alcide, Artemis and others mount the 4-inch gun. Conversion Notes The “ A ” class are being rebuilt and streamlined in the same way as the American “ Guppy ” type with an en¬ closed fin conning tower 26£ feet high. Artful was the first to undergo reconstruction in 1955 followed by Alderney, Ambush, Anchorite, Andrew, Artemis, Astute, Auriga, Aurochs and Amphion. Alliance and others are also in hand for con¬ version. Alderney and others are fitted with a mounting for a gun. Aeneas had a 4-inch gun mounted in Feb. I960. Torpedo Notes Few boats of the “ A ” class retain after external tubes, or any external tubes at all. Photograph Notes An aerial bow view of Artful appears in the 1958-59 and 1959-60 editions, a photograph of Acheron in the 1958-59 edition, and of Anchorite in the 1957-58 and earlier editions. Class Notes The following 30 units were cancelled, though some had actually been launched: Abelard, Acasta, Ace, Achates, Adept, Admirable, Adversary, Agate, Aggressor, Agile, Aladdin, Alcestis, Andromache, Answer, Antaeus, Antagonist, Anzac, Aphrodite, Approach, Arcadian, Argent, Argosy, Asgard, Asperity, Assurance, Astarte, Atlantis, Austere, Awake, Aztec. The Affray was lost in the English Channel on 17 Apr. 1951. Appearance Notes The appearance of submarines, with or without guns, etc., is liable to change frequently and quickly according to operational and experimental requirements. Pen. Name Laid down Launched No. S II Acheron 26 Aug. ’44 25 Mar. ’47 S 27 Aeneas 10 Oct. ’44 25 Oct. ’45 S 41 Alaric 31 May ’44 18 Feb. ’46 S 15 Alcide 2 Jan. ’45 12 Apr. ’45 S 16 Alderney 6 Feb. ’45 25 June ’45 S 17 Alliance 13 Mar. ’45 28 July ’45 S 18 Ambush 17 May ’45 24 Sep. ’45 S 43 Amphion 14 Nov. ’43 31 Aug. ’44 S 22 Anchorite 19 July ’45 22 Jan. ’46 S 23 Andrew 13 Aug. ’45 6 Apr. ’46 S 49 Artemis 28 Feb. ’44 26 Aug. ’46 S 96 Artful 8 June ’44 22 May '47 S 47 Astute 4 Apr. ’44 30 Jan. ’45 S 09 Auriga 7 June ’44 29 Mar. ’45 S 26 Aurochs 21 June ’44 28 July *45 Completed 17 Apr. *48 31 July ’46 11 Dec. ’46 18 Oct. ’46 10 Dec. ’45 14 May ’47 22 July ’47 27 Mar. ’45 18 Nov. ’47 16 Mar. ’48 15 Aug. ’47 23 Feb. ’48 30 June '45 12 Jan. ’46 7 Feb. ’47 ARTFUL (after second reconstruction) 1959 ,Wright & Logan 1958, Official ASTUTE (as converted) Submarines ( continued )—GREAT BRITAIN 37 Submarines —continued 18 44 T ” Class 3 H.M. Dockyard, Chatham THERMOPYLAE TRENCHANT TURPIN 4 H.M. Dockyard, Devonport THULE TOTEM TRUNCHEON TUDOR 2 H.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth I Scotts S.8. & Eng. Co. Ltd.> Greenock 8 Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd ( Barrow-in-Furness) TACITURN TACTICIAN TALENT ( ex-Tasman) TAPIR ( ex-Zeehond) TEREDO TIPTOE TIRELESS TRESPASSER TOKEN TRUMP Displacement: 1,090 tons standard, 1,321 tons surface, 1,571 tons submerged (increased in reconstructed boats) Dimensions: 265 (pp.), 273* (o.a.)x26*X 12 feet 285 (pp-), 300 (o.a.) in reconstructed boats Guns: 1—4 inch (none in reconstructed boats), 3 M.G. (see Notes) Tubes: II—21 inch (5 external). 17 torpedoes carried (see Torpedo Notes) Machinery: Diesels. B.H.P.: 2,500=15 kts. surface; Electric motors, H.P.: 1,450=9 kts. submerged Oil fuel: 132 to 210 tons Complement: 59 General Notes Officially described as “ Patrol ” type submarines, for general service. Saddle-tank design, with endurance equal to a 42-day patrol. All fitted with “ Snort ” equipment. Talent was swept out of dry dock in Chatham Dockyard on 15 Dec. 1954 when a caisson collapsed; she was subsequently reconstructed and streamlined with an enclosed conning tower fin which was damaged in collision, while submerged off the Isle of Wight, with an unknown merchant ship, on 8 May 1956. Reconstruction Notes There is a considerable difference between the super “ T ” class “Conversions” (e.g. Turpin, Taciturn, Thermopylae ) which are welded boats and have had an additional section ofabout 20 feet builtinto them,and the “ T ” class “ Stream¬ lines ” (e.g. Tireless ) which are riveted boats and therefore cannot undergo the full conversion. Underwater speed of Turpin and Taciturn (after reconstruction, streamlined hull, greater batteries) is 15 knots (unofficial). Torpedo Notes Re-constructed boats with no external tubes have only 6—21 inch (4 forward, 2 aft). External tubes removed in Tireless, Token, Truncheon, Tudor. Appearance Notes Teredo has been streamlined. Tabard, Taciturn, Talent, Tapir, Thermopylae, Tiptoe, Tireless, Token, Totem, Truncheon. Trump and Turpin have been rebuilt on similar lines to American “Guppy ” type. Talent, as well as being stream¬ lined, had a gun (old 4 inch remodelled) with no shield, now removed (see photo). Turpin is to be fitted with a gun. All non-“ Guppy ” “ T ” submarines carry a 4 inch gun: Tactician, Thule, Trenchant, Trespasser, Tudor. Class Notes Two, Talent (2) and Tarn were transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy. Truculent sank after collision in the Thames Estuary on 12 Jan. 1950, was salvaged on 14 Mar., but was scrapped on 5 Apr. 1950. Tantalus, Tantivy and Templar were discarded in 1950. Two lent to the Royal Netherlands Navy in June 1948 were returned to the Royal Navy in 1953, Tapir on July 16 and Taurus on December 8. Second World War losses: Talisman, Tempest, Thorn, Thunderbolt ( cx-Thetis), Tigris, Tarpon, Traveller, Trooper, Tetrarch, Thistle, Triad, Triton, Triumph, Turbulent, P.3 II. Cancelled: Talent (I) (P.343), Theban, Thor, Threat, Tiara. Photograph Notes Photographs of Tiptoe and Tabard in the 1959-60 and earlier editions, of Trespasser in the 1957-58 and 1958-59 editions, and of Thermopylae and Truncheon in the 1957-58 and earlier editions. Recent Disposals Tradewind was scrapped in 1956. Taurus and Thorough were approved to be scrapped in 1958 and are awaiting tow to the shipbraakers or disposal otherwise as targets. Telemachus was scrapped in I960 and Tally Ho is also for disposal after use as a harbour training boat and floating classroom for young submariners. Pen. No. Name Laid down Launched Completed S 42 Tabard 6 Sep. ’44 21 Nov. M5 25 June M6 S 34 Taciturn 9 Mar. ’43 7 June M4 7 Oct. M4 S 14 Tactician 13 Nov. Ml 29 July M2 29 Nov. ’44 S 37 Talent 21 Mar. M4 13 Feb. M5 26 July M5 S 35 Tapir 29 Mar. M3 21 Aug. M4 30 Dec. M4 S 38 Teredo 17 Apr. M4 27 Apr. M5 5 Apr. M6 s 55 Thermopylae 26 Oct. M3 27 June M5 5 Dec. M5 s 25 Thule 20 Sep. Ml 22 Oct. M2 13 May M4 s 32 Tiptoe 10 Nov. M2 25 Feb. M4 13 June M4 s 77 Tireless 30 Oct. Ml 19 Mar. M3 18 Apr. M5 s 28 Token 6 Nov. Ml 19 Mar. M3 15 Dec. M5 s 52 Totem 22 Oct. M2 28 Sep. M3 9 Jan. M5 s 31 Trenchant 9 May M2 24 Mar. M3 26 Feb. M4 s 12 Trespasser 8 Sep. Ml 29 May M2 25 Sep. M2 s 33 Trump 31 Dec. M2 25 Mar. M4 9 July M4 s 53 Truncheon 5 Nov. M2 22 Feb. M4 25 May. M5 S 126 Tudor 20 Sep. Ml 23 Sep. M2 16 Jan. M4 S 54 Turpin 24 May M3 5 Aug. M4 18 Dec. M4 TOTEM I960, Official TAPIR 1959, A. & J. Pavia TALENT (gun removed) 1958 ,Skyfotos TEREDO Added 1958 , Wright & Logan 38 GREAT BRITAIN—Submarines (continued) Submarines —continued 6“S” Class 3 Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd., Birkenhead SCORCHER SEA SCOUT SOLENT 2 Scotts S.B. & Eng. Co. Ltd., Greenock SCOTSMAN SENTINEL I Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness SERAPH (ex-P 219) Displacement: 715 tons standard, 814 tons surface, 1,000 tons submerged Dimensions: 202? (pp.), 217 (o.a.) X 23* X I0± (mean) feet Guns: Removed Tubes: 6—21 inch (bow), earlier units 7, including 1 external. 13 torpedoes carried Machinery: Diesels, B.H.P.: 1,900=147 kts. surface Electric motors, H.P.: 1,300= 9 to 12 kts. submerged Oil Fuel: 44 to 87 tons. Complement: 48 General Notes Very handy craft, capable of making a “crash-dive” in 30 seconds. Later units have slightly higher freeboard forward, some had 3 inch instead of 4 inch gun. Reconstruction Notes Scotsman was refitted, in 1960, with a complete bow of fibre glass. Protection Notes Seraph is lightly armoured for protection against the impact of practice torpedoes. SCOTSMAN (after refit, with new bow) I960, Wright & Logan SCORCHER I960, Wright & Logan Appearance Notes Scotsman and others have been modified for experimental purposes. Scorcher, Sea Scout, Sentinel and Seraph have been modernised by removal of the gun and fitting of Snort, etc. Class Notes In 1948, Saga, Spearhead and Spur were sold to the Portu¬ guese Navy. Satyr, Spiteful, Sportsman (lost 23 Sep. 1952) and Statesman were transferred to French Navy, Oct. 1951, to July 1952; but Spiteful (on loan since Jan. 1952, under the name S/rene) was returned to the Royal Navy by the French Navy at Gosport on 24 Oct. 1958, since when she has been in service with a new pennant number, but sne is scheduled to be disposed of in the near future; and Statesman (on loan under the name Sultane) was returned to the Royal Navy by the French Navy at Rosyth on 5 Nov. 1959, but she is also earmarked to be scrapped in I960. SOLENT I960, Wright & Logan The following units were cancelled at the end of the Second World War: Sea Robin, Sprightly, Surface, Surge. Second World War losses: Sahib, Saracen, Sickle, Simuon, Stonehenge, Stratagem, Syrtis, Splendid, P 222. Experimental Notes Solent is attendant on Scotsman for experiments. Sirdar, laid up in the Forth for over five years, is being expended in experiments by the Naval Construction Research Establishment, at Rosyth. Photograph Notes Photographs of Scotsman before refit, and of Scythian and Seneschal appear in the 1959-60 edition. SEA SCOUT 1959, J. W. Kennedy Transfer Notes Sanguine and Springer have been sold to Israel. Springer was handed over to the Israeli Navy at Portsmouth on 9 Oct. 1958 and renamed Tanin (Crocodile). Recent Disposals Sidon, which sank after a torpedo explosion forward in Portland Harbour, 16 June 1955, but was salved a week later, after which she was placed in unmaintained reserve, was towed out of Portland Harbour and sunk off Portland on 14 June 1957 in 20 to 25 fathoms to be used by the Navy as a target on the sea bottom. Selene was discarded in 1957 and is awaiting disposal. Slueth, Sturdy and Subtle were scrapped in 1958. Seneschal and Scythian were scrapped in I960. Spiteful (Sirene) and Statesman (Sultane), returned from the French Navy, are also to be disposed of by scrapping, and Sea Devil is also for disposal in I960. Pen. No. Name S 58 Scorcher S 143 Scotsman S 153 Sea Scout S 56 Sentinel S 89 Seraph S 62 Solent Laid down 14 Dec. ’43 15 Apr. *43 I Apr. *43 15 Nov. ’43 16 Aug. ’40 7 May ’43 Launched 18 Dec. ’44 18 Aug. ’44 24 Mar. ’44 27 July ’45 25 Oct. ’41 8 June ’44 Completed 16 Mar. ’45 9 Dec. ’44 19 June ’44 28 Dec. ’45 10 June ’42 7 Sep. ’44 SERAPH 1955, Wright & Logan Guided Weapons Trials Ship, Ice Patrol Ship, Netlayer—GREAT BRITAIN 39 GUIDED WEAPONS TRIALS SHIP I Converted Maintenance Type GIRDLE NESS Pennant No.: Builders: Ordered: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Accepted: Converted: A 387 Burrard Dry Dock Co. Ltd., North Vancouver, B.C. I May 1944 7 Dec. 1944 29 Mar. 1945 5 Sep. 1945 6 Sep. 1945 24 July 1956 (see Notes) Displacement: Dimensions: Guided weapons: Machinery: Complement: 8,580 tons standard (10,200 tons full load ) 441 (o.o.)x 57x20 feet I triple launcher for “ Seaslug ” Triple expansion. I shaft. I.H.P.: 2,500=10 kts. (max.) 400 (normal), accommodation for 616 (for trials). In Apr. 1959 the complement was 30 officers, 20 members of the Royal Naval Scientific Service and 380 ratings General Notes Former Landing Craft Maintenance Ship converted to a guided weapons trials ship in H.M. Dockyard, Devonport, Oct. 1953—July 1956. Commissioned for service 24 July. Began tests I Sep. 1956. Recommissioned at Devonport on 28 Apr. 1959 for a new series of trials in the Mediterranean, starting in June, while based on Malta. Guided Weapon Notes The guided weapon equipment consists of radars, displays and communications equipment to enable a target to be selected and to control the missiles in flight, magazines and Added 1959, A. & J. Pavia handling gear for stowing and transporting the missiles, and the launcher. The ship has carried out firings and extensive tests of the “ Seaslug,” the Royal Navy’s medium range anti-aircraft guided missile. The civilian scientists embarked operate the instruments installed to record data obtained from trials planned jointly by the Admiralty and the Ministry of Supply and other interested parties. Photograph Notes Larger port broadside and starboard quarter views of this ship in the 1957-58 (Diamond Jubilee) edition. Aerial oblique (starboard quarter) view in the 1958-59 edition. ICE PATROL SHIP (ex-Netlayer) PROTECTOR Pennant No.: A 146 Builders: Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Scotstoun Laid down: 15 Aug. 1935 Launched: 20 Aug. 1936 Completed: 31 Dec. 1936 Converted: 10 May 1955 (see Notes) Displacement: 3,000 tons standard (3,690 tons full load) Dimensions: 310 (pp.), 338 (o.a.)x53x 11± (mean) 15 (max.) feet Guns: 2—4 inch (twin mount), 4—20 mm. Oerlikon AA., 4—3 pdr. saluting Aircraft: 2 helicopters Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. S.H.P.: 9,000=20 kts. (Re-engined in 1945 with British Thomson-Houston geared turbines) Boilers: 2 Admiralty 3-drum type Oil fuel: 690 tons Complement: 238 General Notes Originally designed for netlaying and target towing. Ordered under 1934 Estimates. Handier and faster ship than Guardian, her design embodying experience gained with that vessel. She had greater lifting power for dealing with nets. PROTECTOR Conversion Notes Refined in 1955 for service in the Falkland Islands Depend¬ encies with helicopter hangar, landing deck aft, enclosed bridge and enclosed look-out. The 4-inch guns were mounted forward instead of aft and 4—20 mm. were suppressed. I960, Keith Long Strengthened against ice. Employed in lieu of a frigate, as a guardship and Antarctic survey ship. Refitted in 1957 with remodelled bridge, etc. Refitted in 1958 with small tripod mainmast stepped on the hangar, and crane amidships, etc. Officially reclassified as Ice Patrol Ship in 1959. NETLAYER GUARDIAN Pennant No.: Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: A 145 H.M. Dockyard, Chatham 15 Oct. 1931 I Sep. 1932 13 June 1933 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Complement: 2,860 tons standard (3,665 tons full load) 310 (pp.), 338 (o.a.)x53x 11£ (mean) 15 (max.) feet 2—4 inch AA., 6—20 mm. AA., 6 Lewis M.G. Parsons geared turbines by Wallsend Co. S.H.P.: 6,500= 18 kts. (designed), now 16 kts. 2 Admiralty 3-drum type 720 tons 181 General Notes Designed for Netlaying and Fleet Photography. The nets, sinkers and buoys were stowed to port and starboard, on upper deck from just forward of the main-mast under the forecastle deck to the stern. The structure aft, placed on the deck spanning the nets, is the photographic cabin. Now in the Reserve Fleet. Construction Notes This ship is very beamy in relation to her length, the ratio being 1: 6 only. GUARDIAN 1958, Arcadian Photos 40 GREAT BRITAIN—Escort Minesweepers OCEAN MINESWEEPERS (Anti-Submarine Escorts) I 1 “ Algerine ” Class (Corvette Type ) 8 Norland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast ACUTE CHAMELEON CHEERFUL ESPIEGLE JEWEL MUT1NE RECRUIT RIFLEMAN 1 Fleming & Ferguson Ltd., Paisley COCKATRICE 2 Lobnitz & Co.. Ltd., Renfrew NIGER WATERWITCH Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: General Notes Largest minesweepers in the Royal Navy. Frequently used as escort vessels, and several are now refitted and re¬ armed as anti-submarine corvettes. Acute and Jewel are employed on trials and training in the Dartmouth Squadron. Wave (Leader), Bramble, Hound, Lennox, Orestes and Welcome constituted the Fishery Protection Squadron; but the Bramble, Lennox, Orestes and Welcome were withdrawn early in 1958, the Wave late in 1958, and the Hound in 1959, and replaced by “ Blackwood ” class frigates. Appearance Notes Squid in Chameleon, Espiegle, Mutine, Recruit, Rifleman and Waterwitch instead of 4-inch gun. Fierce, employed as Senior Officer’s ship of Minesweeping flotillas, had extra deckhouse aft. Acute and Jewel now have deckhouse in place of after AA. guns. 1,040 tons standard (1,335 tons full load) 225x35±x 10 feet I—4 inch, 4—40 mm. Bofors AA. Acute and Jewel have no 40 mm. I squid triple-barrelled depth charge mortar in Chameleon, Espiegle, Mutine, Recruit, Rifleman and Water¬ witch, instead of 4-inch gun, see photo. Others 2 or 4 D.C.T. Geared turbines in Harland & Wolff ships; triple expansion in others. 2 shafts. H.P.: 2,000 (Niger I.H.P.: 2,400)= 16 5 kts. 2, of 3-drum type 270 tons 5,000 miles at 10 kts. 95 (peace); 138 (war) ACUTE (gun forward, deckhouse aft) I960, courtesy Godfrey H. Walker, Esq. MUTINE (squid forward) 1959, Official Photograph Notes Photographs of Pluto and Rifleman appear in the 1957-58 edition. Class Notes Brave and Circe (now hulks) were allocated as Royal Naval Reserve drillships for the Tyne and Tay Divisions, respectively. Niger was employed as a Minesweeping Head¬ quarters ship in 1949. Transfer Notes Minstrel was sold to Thailand and renamed Phosamton. Pelorus and Rosamund were sold to the South African Navy in 1947 and renamed Pietermaritzburg and Bloemfontein, respectively. Arcturus, Aries , Gozo, Lightfoot and Postillion were transferred to Royal Hellenic Navy and renamed Pirpolitis, Armatolos, Polemistis, Navmachos and Mahitis, respectively. Fly was transferred to the Iranian Navy in 1949 and renamed Palang. Flying Fish was transferred to the Ceylon Navy in Sept. 1949 and renamed Vijaya. Cadmus, Fancy, Liberty, Ready, Rosario and Spanker were transferred to the Belgian Navy in 1949-53 and renamed Georges Lecointe, A. F. Dufour, Adrien de Gerlache, Jan van Haverbeke, De Moor and De Brouwer, respectively. Larne was transferred to Italy and renamed Alabarda. Mariner was acquired by the Burmese Navy in 1957 and after refit was officially transferred on 18 April 1958 and renamed Yan Myo Aung. Pickle was handed over to the Royal Ceylon Navy at Plymouth on 6 Apr. 1959 and renamed Parakrama. Hare was presented to the Royal Nigerian Navy at Ports¬ mouth on 21 July 1959, and renamed Nigeria. Bramble and Tanganyika may be sold to the Dominican Republic. War losses: Alarm, Algerine, Loyalty, Regulus, Squirrel, Vestal. Cancelled ships: Happy Return, Nicator, Nox, Styx. Scrapped : Fantome, Mameluke, Prompt, Hydra, Octavia and Felicity. Recent Disposals Jaseur and Magicienne were scrapped in 1956. Lioness, Michael, Polaris and Pyrrhus were scrapped in 1957. Coquette, Lysander, Maenad, Mandate, Marvel, Mary Rose, Moon, Myrmidon, Mystic, Orcadia, Providence, Rattlesnake, Serene, Thisbe, Truelove and Welfare were stricken from the Navy List in 1958 to be scrapped or sold. Laertes, Marmion, Melita, Ossory, Romola, Rowena, Seabear, Skipjack and Sylvia were scrapped in 1959. Courier, Fierce and Stormcloud were scrapped in I960, and Albacore, Bramble, Golden Fleece, Hound, Lennox, Nerissa, Onyx, Orestes, Pluto, Rinaldo, Tanganyika, Wave and Welcome will be sold in the near future. Pincher and Plucky are now used as fender ships. They are little more than hulks and will eventually be sold for scrap. Pen. Name Laid down Launched No. M 106 Acute 24 July ’41 14 Apr. ’42 M 387 Chameleon 20 Aug. ’43 6 May ’44 M 88 Cheerful 20 Aug. ’43 22 May ’44 M 29 Cockatrice 29 Dec. ’41 27 Oct. ’42 M 216 Espiegle 5 Feb. ’42 12 Aug. ’42 M 390 Jewel 27 Nov. ’43 20 July ’44 M 227 Mutine 24 Nov. ’41 10 Oct. ’42 M 73 Niger 5 Nov. ’44 1 May ’45 M 298 Recruit 20 Apr. ’43 26 Oct. ’43 M 299 Rifleman 20 Apr. ’43 25 Nov. ’43 M 304 Waterwitch 15 Aug. ’42 22 Apr. ’43 Completed 30 July ’42 14 Sep. ’44 13 Oct. ’44 10 Apr. ’43 I Dec. ’42 9 Dec. ’44 26 Feb. ’43 21 Sep. ’45 14 Jan. ’44 11 Feb. ’44 6 Aug *43 * JEWEL (deckhouse aft) 1959, courtesy Godfrey H. Walker, Esq. NERISSA (gun forward) 1958 ,Skyfotos Submarine Parent Ships—GREAT BRITAIN 41 SUBMARINE DEPOT SHIPS ADAMANT Added 1957, courtesy B. L Devenish-Meares, Esq. I “ Adamant ” Class ADAMANT Pennant No.: Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: A 164 Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast 18 May 1939 30 Nov. 1940 28 Feb. 1942 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Complement: 12,700 tons standard (16,500 tons full load) 646 (pp.), 658 (o.o.)x70*x20 feet 8—4-5 inch, 16—2 pdr., 8—20 mm., 4—3 pdr. Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 8,000=17 kts. 4of 3-drum type 2,600 tons 520 Notes Submarine Parent Ship. Ordered under 1938 Estimates, Equipment includes a foundry, fitters’, patternmakers’, coppersmiths’, and shipwrights’ shops; light and heavy machine shops; torpedo and electrical shops; and submarine repair facilities of all kinds. Has accommodation for the complements of a squadron of submarines. When originally built she had facilities for nine submarines. Now, due to the increased accommodation required for extra technical staff to maintain modern equipment, she handles six submarines. FORTH 1960, Giorgio Arra 2 “ Maidstone ” Class FORTH MAIDSTONE Name: Forth Maidstone Pennant No.: A 187 A 185 Builders: John Brown & Co. Ltd., Clydebank. Laid down: 30 June 1937 Launched: II Aug. 1938 Completed: 14 May 1939 John Brown & Co. Ltd., Clydebank. 17 Aug. 1936 21 Oct. 1937 5 May 1938 Displacement: Cirr.entions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Complement: Forth: 9,100 tons standard (12,700 tons full-load) Maidstone: 9,000 tons standard (12,380 tons full-load) 497 (pp ). 530|, Forth 531, (o.o.) x 73x20 (mean) feet (Maidstone draws 19* feet forward, 20f feet aft) Forth: 8—45 inch, 2 multiple pompoms, 4—3 pdr., 4 smaller Maidstone: 8—4-5 inch dual purpose (twin) 5—40 mm. AA. Bofors Forth: Brown-Curtis geared turbines. 2 shafts. S H.P.,: 7,000=17 kts. Maidstone: Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 7,000=16 kts. (max.) 4 Admiralty 3-drum type 2,300 tons 502 (including 64 repair staff and 43 as spare submarine crew) Maidstone has accommodation for 119 officers and 1,040 men General Notes Parent Ships for Submarines. Maidstone was ordered on 17 Aug. 1936 under 1935 Estimates. Forth laid down under 1937 Estimates. Guns are in pairs, two forward, two aft and two sponsoned on either beam. Equipment includes a foundry; coppersmiths’, plumbers’ and carpenters’ shops; heavy and light machine shops; electrical and torpedo repair MAIDSTONE I960 .Official shops; and plant for charging submarine batteries. Designed for looking after nine operational submarines, and capable of supplying over 100 torpedoes and a similar number of mines when required. Besides large workshops there are repair facilities on board for all material in the attached submarines, and extensive diving and salvage equipment is carried. There are steam laundry, cinema, hospital, chapel, two canteens, bakery, barber shop, fully equiped operating theatre and dental surgery. Maidstone was the Flagship of the Com- mander-in-Chief Home Fleet from 16 Aug. 1956 until 31 Mar. 1958. Extensively refitted in 1959-60 with a lattice foremast. Appearance Note Maidstone has light AA. gun in bows. She carried a 4-inch gun on a submarine pattern mounting, for training purposes only, on the starboard side just aft of the midships 4-5 inch turret. Recent Disposal The submarine depot ship Montclare, discarded in 1956, was towed away from Portsmouth on 29 Jan, 1958 to be broken up at Inverkeithing. 42 GREAT BRITAIN—Destroyer Headquarters Ships, Heavy Repair Ships DESTROYER DEPOT SHIPS 1958, Wright & Logan TYN E (after refit as flagship, with remodelled bridge, etc.) I “Tyne” Class TYNE Pennant No.: Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: A 194 Scott’s S.B. & Eng. Co. Ltd., Greenock 15 July 1938 28 Feb. 1940 28 Feb. 1941 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Complement: 11,000 tons standard (14,600 tons full load ) 621 (o.a.)X 66x20 feet 8—4-5 inch, 7—40 mm. AA. Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 7,500=17 kts. 4, of 3-drum type 1,400 tons 520 (normal) as destroyer depot ship. 820 as flagship. Accom¬ modation allows for 1,000. Notes Depot ship for destroyers. Built under 1937 Estimates. Equipment includes two furnaces, each capable of melting 500 lb. of metal at any temperature up to 1,500 degrees centigrade; a foundry and machine shops with milling and grinding machines. Refitted from late 1956 to early 1958 with enclosed lower bridge and improved operations room and internal arrangements, etc., seven 40mm. guns replacing former smaller anti-aircraft guns. Was Flagship of Home Fleet from Autumn 1954 to August 1956, and again from April 1958 to date. Also parent ship of the 2nd Submarine Squadron. I “Woolwich” Class WOOLWICH Pennant No.: Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: A 180 Fairfield Shipbuilding & Co. Ltd., Govan 24 May 1933 1934 1935 standard (9,500 Eng. 20 Sep. June 8,750 tons standard (9,500 tons full load) 575X64X I4| (mean) I6£ (max.) feet 12—40 mm. AA. 2 sets single reduction geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 6,500= 15 kts. 4 Admiralty 3-drum type 1,170 tons 406 Boilers: Oil-fuel: Complement: Notes Depot ship for destroyers. Authorised under the 1932 Estimates. Carries a full equipment of machine tools of the latest type. Fitted with two 3-ton cranes, one 20-ton derrick, and one 6-ton derrick. Headquarters Ship for the Plymouth Division, Reserve Fleet. WOOLWICH 1951, C. Parsons, Esq. HEAVY REPAIR SHIPS I ” Colossus ” Class (Former Aircraft Carrier) TRIUMPH Pennant No. Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Converted: R 16 (as Aircraft Carrier) R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co., Ltd., Hebburn-on-T yne 27 Jan. 1943 2 Oct. 1944 9 Apr. 1946 1959-60 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 13,350 tons standard (18,300 tons full load) Length: 630 (pp.), 695 (o.a.), feet. Beam: 80 feet. Width: 112^ (o.a.) feet Draught: 21 £ (mean), 23£ (max.) feet. Flight deck: 690 feet long, 80 feet wide, 39 feet above water line. Dimensions of hangar: Length: 445 feet. Width: 52 feet. Clear depth: 17^ feet At present unarmed Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 42,000 =25 kts. (24-25 kts. sea speed) 4 Admiralty 3-drum type (400 lb. working pressure, 700 degrees maximum superheat) 3,000 ton* 12,000 miles at 14 kts. 1,076 (peace), 1,300 (war) General Notes Insulated for tropical service and partially air-conditioned. When she was still an aircraft carrier her accommodation was modified in 1953 to fit her for employment as officer cadets’ training ship, but she is being converted into a heavy repair ship under the 1956-57 Estimates, and her sponsons have been removed. TRIUMPH (under conversion) Constructional Notes As an aircraft carrier the flight deck was strengthened to take aircraft of over 8 tons in weight. Sponsons could be dismantled to the extent of 3± feet on either side if necessary to allow for passage through Panama Canal. Mercantile type hull. Built to Lloyd’s specifications up to main deck with the original intention of converting to commercial service after the war. Damage control: No great measure of vertical sub¬ division on the sandwich system as it was reckoned that it is better for ships to settle evenly in the event of damage and flooding than to foster capsizing. Engineering Notes Engines and boilers are arranged en echelon, one set of tur¬ bines and two boilers being installed side by side in each of the two main propelling machinery spaces, on the unit system. Appearance Notes Distinguished from aircraft carriers by generally lighter appearance and thin funnel and distinctive shape of ship’s side forward. Added I960 (Photo 1959) Class Notes Of her original sister aircraft carriers, the Venerable (re¬ named Karel Doorman) was sold to Netherlands in 1948, Colossus (renamed Arromanches) was sold to France in 1951; and two were completed as maintenance aircraft carriers Perseus (scrapped in 1958) and Pioneer (scrapped in 1954), Vengeance was lent to the Royal Australian Navy early in 1953, but was returned to the Royal Navy in August 1955, and sold to the Brazilian Government in 1956 ^announced by Admiralty 14 Dec.); she is being modernised and will be commissioned under the name Minas Gerais. Warrior was sold to the Argentine Government in July 1958 and she was commissioned under the name Independence in Jan. 1959. Photograph Notes A photograph of Triumph before conversion appears in the 1958-59 and 1959-60 editions. Recent Disposals Sister ships Glory, Ocean and Theseus are surplus to fleet requirements, having been laid up or earmarked for sale or breaking up. Half-sister Perseus, also Unicorn, were scrapped in 1958-59. (Unicorn arrived at Dalmuir on 15 June, 1959.) Heavy Repair Ships ( continued), Maintenance Ships—GREAT BRITAIN 43 Heavy Repair Ships —continued I “ A ” Class AUSONIA Pennat No.: A 153 Builders: Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle-on-T/ne Launched: 1921 Displacement: Measurement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: Complement: 20,760 tons full load 14,000 tons gross, 8,500 tons net, 12,000 tons deadweight 5l9f (pp.), 538 (o.a.) x65*x 31* 10—40 mm. AA. (single) Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 8,500=15 kts. 2,287 tons 600 General Notes Former Cunard liner converted into a Heavy Repair Ship. Ausonia, formerly laid up in Millwall docks (W. Badger & Co.) in state of preservation, underwent a refit at Devonport in Oct. 1957-1958, and relieved the Ranpura as base heavy repair ship for the Mediterranean at Malta in 1959. Of Ausonia’s sister ships, Alaunia, training ship for engine-room ratings at Devonport until 1956, was scrapped in Sep. 1957; Added 1959, Tom Molland AUSONIA and Artifex ( ex-Aurania ), training ship for artificer apprentices at H.M.S. Caledonia establishment at Rosyth until 1959, and since used as a living ship, is for disposal in I960. Recent Disposals The heavy repair ship Ranpura, former P. & O. liner, was approved to be scrapped in I960. MAINTENANCE SHIPS 2 “ Point” Class DODMAN POINT HARTLAND POINT Name: Dodman Point Hartland Point Pennant No.: Builders: Ordered: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Accepted: A2I9 Burrand Dry Dock Co. Ltd., North Vancouver, B.C. I May 1944 6 Jan. 1945 14 Apr. 1945 5 Oct. 1945 5 Oct. 1945 A 262 Burrand Dry Dock Co. Ltd., North Vancouver, B.C. I May 1944 18 July 1944 4 Nov. 1944 11 July 1945 12 July 1945 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: 8,580 tons standard (10,200 tons full load ) 441 (o.a.) X 57x20 feet I I—40 mm. Bofors AA. in Hartland Point. (16—20 mm. A A. were re¬ moved from Dodman Point ) Triple expansion. I.H.P. : 2.500 = 11 kts. Notes Former Landing Ship Maintenance Ships. Dodman Point is now a depot ship. In 1959-1960 Hartland Point was modernised HARTLAND POINT (after reconstruction) I960, Wright & Logan as an Escort Maintenance Ship, with lattice foremast, modi- modern cranes, and new armament. She is relieving Tamar fied bridge, novel short funnel, additional deckhouses, as base ship, Hong Kong; but is of operational status. 2 “ Mull ” Class MULL OF GALLOWAY (ex-Kinnard Head) MULL OF KINTYRE Name: Mull of Galloway Mull of Kintyre Pennant No. Builders: Ordered: Laid down: Launched: Completed: A 225 North Vancouver Ship Repairs Ltd. I May 1944 19 June 1944 26 Oct. 1944 15 May 1945 A 226 North Vancouver Ship Repairs Ltd. I May 1944 21 Dec. 1944 5 Apr. 1945 5 Nov. 1945 (Accepted) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: 8,500 tons standard (10,200 tons full load) 416 (w.f.), 441 (o,o.)x 57x20 feet 9—40 mm. AA. (removed from Mull of Kintyre) Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 2,500= 11 kts. Notes Mull of Galloway was an Inshore Minesweeper Flotilla Head¬ quarters and Base Ship, but she was refitted in I960 and since MULL OF GALLOWAY May has been employed with the cruiser Sheffield as joint Reserve Fleet Headquarters Ships at Portsmouth as part of the relief for the battleship Vanguard. Mull of Kintyre was an Added 1960, courtesy Godfrey H. Walker, Esq. Armament Maintenance Ship, then a Repair and Accommoda¬ tion Ship and is being converted into a Minesweeper Main¬ tenance Ship. 3 “ Head ” Class BERRY HEAD RAME HEAD DUNCANSBY HEAD Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: 8,580 tons standard (11,270 tons full load) 441^X57-^X201 (mean) feet 16—20 mm. AA. (removed from Rome Head) Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 2,500 = 11 kts. 2 Foster-Wheeler General Notes Escort Maintenance Ships. All three ships were ordered on I May 1944. Rame Head was accepted on 18 Aug. 1945. Berry Head and Duncansby Head were accepted from the builders on 7 June 1945 and 9 Aug. 1945, respectively. Berry Head was refitted and modernised in I960. Duncansby Head has been employed as Headquarters Ship of the Reserve Fleet at Rosyth since June I960. Class Notes Beachy Head and Flamborough Head of this class now belong to the Royal Canadian Navy, having been acquired in 1952 and 1951, respectively, and renamed Cape Scott and Cape Breton. BERRY HEAD Added 1953, C. Parsons, Esq. Name Pennant No. Builders Laid down Launched Completed Berry Head A 191 Duncansby Head A 158 Rame Head A 134 Burrard Dry Dock Co. Burrard Dry Dock Co. N.V. Ship Repairs Ltd. 15 June 1944 29 July 1944 12 July 1944 21 Oct. 1944 17 Nov. 1944 22 Nov. 1944 30 May 1945 8 Aug. 1945 18 Aug. 1945 Recent Disposals Of the two “ Ness ” class landing craft maintenance ships, ship (see earlier page), and the Buchan Ness was scrapped in the Girdle Ness was converted into a guided weapons trials I960. 44 GREAT BRITAIN—Survey Ships SURVEY SHIPS I Helicopter Type VIDAL Pennant No. Builders: Engineers: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Displacement: Dimensions: Armament: Aircraft: Machinery: Complement: General Notes Design figures for displacement were 1,565 tons standard and 1,885 tons full load, but in fact she has turned out heavier. Designed by the Admiralty from the start for hydrographic surveying and chart production. First surveying ship to be equipped with helicopter flight deck and hangar, designed to enable a helicopter to land on and fly off for air surveying photography and transport of personnel to shore observation stations. Air conditioning plant is installed to meet equatorial and polar climatic conditions. Ship carries three surveying motor launches equipped with echo sounding apparatus. First British naval vessel to be built equipped from the beginning for cafeteria messing. Cost £1,345,000. A 200 H.M. Dockyard, Chatham H.M. Dockyard, Chatham 5 July 1950 31 July 1951 29 Mar. 1954 1,940 tons standard (2,200 tons full load) officially revised figures 297 (pp.), 315 (o.o)X 40x11 (for¬ ward), 13 (aft) feet 4—3 pdr. saluting guns and depth charges I helicopter 4 diesel engines driving two shafts through reverse and reduction gear boxes. B.H.P.: 8,300=15 kts. 161 •iii VIDAL I960, Tom Molland Ltd. Engineering Notes The main propelling machinery was designed in H.M. Dockyard, Chatham. Electrical Notes The latest electronic aids to surveying and navigation are incorporated. Electrical power is provided from 360 kw. 220 volt direct current diesel generating sets. Helicopter Notes The after end of the forecastle deck extension is a landing apron for the helicopter, which is housed in the after deck house hangar on the same level. Appearance Notes The funnel and the fore part of the bridge are pear-shaped in plan. 4 “ Cook ” Class (ex-Frigates) COOK (ex-Pegwell Bay, ex-Loch Mochrum) DALRYMPLE (ex-Luce Bay, ex-Loch Glass) DAMPIER (ex-Herne Bay, ex-Loch Eil) OWEN (ex-Thurso Bay, ex-Loch Muick) Displacement: Dimensions: Armament: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 1,600 tons standard (2,230 tons full load) 286 (pp.), 307 (o.o.)x38ix 12* feet (I4£ feet max.) 4—3 pdrs., 2 D.C.T. 2, 4-cylinder triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 5,500=19-5 kts. 2 Admiralty 3-drum type 580 tons 10,000 miles at 10 kts. 149 (14 officers, 135 ratings) General Notes All modified frigates of the “ Bay ” Class. Cook and Dal- rymple were both completed at H.M. Dockyard, Devon- port; Dampier and Owen were both completed at H.M. Dockyard, Chatham. Equipped with radar, asdic and other modern equipment. COOK Engineering Notes The main machinery of Cook and Dalrymple was manu¬ factured by George Clark Ltd., Sunderland. Pennant No. Name Builders Added I960, Official Photograph Notes Photographs of Dalrymple in the 1958-59 and 1959-60 editions, and of Owen in the 1957-58 and earlier editions. Laid down Launched Completed Electrical Notes A 307 Electrical power in these ships, at 220 volts D.C., is derived A 302 from two 120 kw. steam-turbine-driven and two 150 kw. A 303 diesel-driven generators. A 311 Cook Wm. Pickersgill & Sons, Ltd., Sunderland Dalrymple Wm. Pickersgill & Sons, Ltd., Sunderland Dampier Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd., South Bank-on-Tees Owen Hall, Russell & Co. Ltd., Aberdeen 30 Nov. 1944 29 Apr. 1944 7 Aug. 1944 30 Sep. 1944 24 Sep. 1945 12 Apr. 1945 15 May 1945 19 Oct. 1945 20 July 1959 10 Feb. 1949 6 June 1949 23 Sep. 1948 2 “ Scott ” Class (ex-F/eet Minesweepers) SCOTT SHACKLETON (ex-Sharpshooter) Name: Scott Shackleton Pennant No.: A 308 A 310 Builders: Caledon Shipbuilding H.M. Dockyard, & Engineering Co. Ltd., Dundee Devonport Laid down: 1937 1936 Launched: 23 Aug. 1938 10 Dec. 1936 Completed: 31 July 1939 17 Dec. 1937 Displacement: 830 tons standard (1,260 tons full load) 230 (pp-), 245 (o.o.)x33jX7 (mean) Dimensions: 10 (max.) feet Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 1,750= 17 kts. Boilers: 2 Admiralty 3-drum type Oil fuel: 220 tons Radius: 4,000 miles at 10 kts. Complement: 84 General Notes Both begun as fleet minesweepers under 1936 and 1937 Estimates. Scott differs from Shackleton, as apparent from photos. Mainmast removed from Shackleton which was renamed in 1953. Both ships may be disposed of in the near future (see New Construction). Class Notes Sister ship Seagull is now hulk drillship for Forth Division R.N.V.R. at Leith. Recent Disposals Seagull was stricken from the active list 1955, see above. Sister ship Franklin was handed over to the British Iron & Steel for scrapping in 1956. New Construction These two ships may be replaced by a single specially built vessel. I SCOTT I960, Official I960, Wright & Logan RECLAIM PLOVER Displacement: 805 tons standard (1,020 tons full load ) Dimensions: 180 (pp.), I95£ (o.o.)X37^X8£ feet Guns: 2 M.G. Machinery: Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 1,400= 14*75 kts. Complement: 69 General Notes Designed and built as a coastal minelayer. Pennant No. N 26. Built by Wm. Denny & Bros. Ltd., Dumbarton. Laid down on 7 Oct. 1936. Launched on 8 June 1937. Completed in Sep. 1937. Formerly employed as minelaying tender to the Torpedo and Anti-Submarine School in H.M.S. Vernon. Refitted in 1955 when the mainmast was stepped, the radar cabinet on the flag deck removed, and the radar aerial erected on the roof of the bridge. Now employed in the Portsmouth Squadron under the administration of the Captain (D). Photograph Notes A large photograph appears in the 1956-57 to 1959-60 editions, and a larger aerial view appears in the 1959-60 edition. STONECHAT STONECHAT Trawler Type P. A. Vicary Displacement: 580 tons standard (790 tons full load) Dimensions: 150 (pp.), 164 (o.a.)x27£X 12£ feet Guns: I—20 mm. AA., etc. Machinery: Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 850=12-5 kts. Boiler: I cylindrical General Notes Trawler type vessel. Specially equipped for controlled minelaying. Pennant No. N 25. Built by Cook, Welton & Gemmeli Ltd., Beverley. Laid down on 23 Feb. 1944. Launched on 22 Aug. 1944. Completed on 12 Nov. 1944. In operational reserve in I960. Another of this type, the White Throat, is in the Royal Canadian Navy. War loss: Corncrake (Coch¬ rane). Sister ship Blackbird was acquired by the Guent Company and converted into a fishing trawler in 1949. Transfer Notes Dabchick (ex-Thorney) was lent to the Royal Malayan Navy and renamed Penyu in 1954, and again renamed H.M.M.S. Sri Johor in Oct. 1958 consequent upon the transfer of the Royal Malayan Navy to the Government of the Federation of Malaya. PLOVER Added I960, Official General Notes Built as a coastal minelayer under the 1936 Estimates. Pennant No. N 69. Built by Ardrossan Dockyard Co. Ltd. Launched on 3 May 1938. Completed in 1939. Was employed as Static Pulsing Vessel. It was officially stated in I960 that this ship, now rated as a controlled minelayer, is in operational reserve. Sister ship Redstart was a war loss. Photograph Notes Photograph of Linnet above, not a recent one, is for the record. General Notes All built by Philip & Son Ltd., Dartmouth, and all engined by Ruston & Hornsby Ltd., Lincoln. Gosamer is now rated as a mine location vessel and is no longer capable of mine¬ laying. She is attached to the Underwater Detection Establishment at Portland and is a tender to H.M.S. Osprey. Miner I and Miner VIII are the accommodation ships for the high speed experimental submarines Excalibur and Explorer, respectively. Miner I now has a large deckhouse aft of the bridge completely enveloping the funnel only the top of which is just visible. Miner VIII has a small deckhouse abaft of the funnel. Miner V has been con¬ verted into a cable lighter and was renamed Britannic in I960. Miner VII has been adapted as a stabilisation trials ship at Portsmouth and was renamed Steady in I960. Photograph Notes Larger photographs of Miner V and Gossamer (aerial view) appear in the 1957-58 and earlier editions. A larger photograph of Miner VI appears in the 1958-59 and 1959-60 editions. Recent Disposals The controlled minelaying trawler Redshank was scrapped in 1958. The controlled mine¬ layer Penyu is earmarked for disposal in the near future (full details of this ship in the 1958-59 edition). Modified Ocean Salvage Vessel RECLAIM (ex-Salverdant) Built by Wm. Simons & Co. Ltd., Renfrew. Engined by Aitchison Blair Ltd. Laid down on 9 Apr. 1946. Launched on 12 Mar. 1948. Completed in Oct. 194b. Her construction was broadly based on the design of a “ King Salvor ” class Admiralty ocean salvage vessel. She was the first deep diving and submarine rescue vessel to be built as such for the Royal-Navy. The ship is fitted with asdic gear, echo-sounding apparatus for the defection of sunken wrecks, and radar, and is also equipped for submarine rescue work. Pennant No.: A 231. Reclassification Notes Formerly a tender to H.M.S. Vernon shore establishment at Portsmouth for deep diving experiments, and subsequently a deep diving vessel in the Portsmouth Squadron. Re¬ classified as a Mine Countermeasure Support and Diving Trials Ship in I960, and attached to H.M.S. Lochinvar, the minesweeping base at Port Edgar. Recent Disposal The Submarine Rescue Ship Kingfisher (modified Ocean Salvage Vessel King Salvor) was approved for disposal in I960. LINNET Added I960, Wright & Logan LINNET I Coastal Type Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: MINER VI 8 “Mmer” Class I960, A. & J. Pavia BRITANNIC (ex-M/ner V) GOSSAMER (ex-M/ner II) MINER I MINER VIII STEADY (ex-M/ner VII Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: 346 tons standard (355 tons full load) 11 Oix 261x8 feet Ruston & Hornsby diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 360=10 kts. 1,800 tons 200 (pp.), 2I7J (o.a.) X 38 X 13* (max.) feet Triple expansion by Aitchison Blair Ltd. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 1,500=12 kts. 310 tons 3,000 miles 84 560 tons standard (610 tons full load) 145 (pp.), I63£ (o.o.)x27£x8 feet 1—20 mm. AA., 2 M.G. Triple expansion by Ferguson Bros. Ltd. 24 I.H.P.: 400= 10-5 kts. MINER MINER MINER III IV VI Pennant No. N II N 12 N 13 N 14 Ex-N 15 N 16 Ex-N 17 N 18 Name Miner I Miner II Miner III Miner IV Miner V Miner VI Miner VII Miner VIII Begun 21 Nov. 1938 22 Dec. 1938 18 Jan. 1939 10 Feb. 1940 22 Apr. 1940 22 Apr. 1941 31 Mar. 1943 28 Mar. 1942 Launched 6 July 1939 18 Aug. 1939 16 Nov. 1939 6 Aug. 1940 2 Nov. 1940 7 Feb. 1942 29 Jan. 1944 24 Mar. 1943 Completed 26 Oct. 1939 19 Jan. 1940 16 Mar. 1940 12 Nov. 1940 26 June 1941 30 May 1942 31 Mar. 1944 15 May 1943 Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 46 GREAT BRITAIN—Coastal Minesweepers, Aircraft Transports, Torpedo Firing]Ship COASTAL MINESWEEPERS Coastal Minesweepers —continued HICKLETON (covered bridge and lattice mast) I960, Official '‘Ton” Class —continued attain the greatest possible safety factor when sweeping for magnetic mines. John I. Thorny" croft & Co. Ltd., Woolston, Southampton, were selected by the Admiralty to act as the “ parent ” firm for the group which built this class of minesweepers of similar design capable of operating sweeps against both contact and influence type mines and dealing with mines operated magnetically and acoustically. These ships were finally named after villages. Coniston, the first vessel of the “ Ton ” class to be completed, was accepted into H.M service in Feb. 1953. Alfriston was renamed W arsash in 1954 and allocated to the Solent Division R.N.V.R. and Alverton was renamed Thames on 8 June 1954, and allocated to the London Division R.N.V.R. Bickington was renamed Curzon on 30 Oct. 1954, and allocated to Sussex Division R.N.V.R. Highburton, the first ship of this type to be powered by Napier Deltic lightweight diesel machinery was accepted on 21 Apr. 1955. Ten more coastal mine¬ sweepers were ordered under the 1955-56 Navy Estimates. Engineering Notes These ships have high speed diesels, standardised to simplify the maintenance problem, and twin screws. The earlier vessels have main machinery manufactured by Mirrlees. Bickerton & Day Ltd., Stockport, but most of the later units have Deltic light weight diesels manufactured by D. Napier & Sons Ltd., Acton, London. Several ships, including Alfriston, Amersham and Hodgeston, recently have undergone conversion from Mirrlees to Deltic diesel machinery. The generators for electrical power are in separate engine rooms. Stabiliser Notes Coniston has been fitted with Vosper stabilisers, and the whole class are being or will be fitted with similar Vosper roll damping gear. Appearance Notes The last score or so of this class, including Ashton, Chawton, Dilston, Dumbleton, Fiskerton, Houghton, Lewiston, Mersey (ex-Pollington), Montrose (ex-Nurton), Puncheston, Quainton, Repton Soberton, Stubbington, Walkerton, Wilkieston, and Wiston are fitted with a new type of enclosed or frigate bridge and tripod mast. Appleton, Shoulton bridge only. Experimental Notes jt is reported that Stubbington has a fibre glass bottom. Fittleton is being remodelled. Sheraton is being fitted with a new type of funnel. Fishery Protection Notes Of this class Belton, Soberton, Wasperton and Wootton constitute a division of the Fishery Protection Squadron. Transfer Notes Dunkerton and Hazleton were transferred to the South African Navy in 1955 and renamed Pretoria and Kaapstad, respectively. Durweston, Overton, Whitton and Wennington were transferred to the Indian Navy in 1956, and renamed Kakinada, Karwar, Cannamore and Cuddalore, respectively. Castleton, Chilton, Dumbleton, Oakington, Packington and Stratton were transferred to the South African Navy in 1958-59 and renamed Johannesburg, East London, Port Elizabeth, Mosselbaai, Walvisbaai and Kimberley, respectively, with Durban and Windhoek. Darlaston was sold to the Federation of Malaya in I960. R.N.R. Notes Eleven “ Ton ” class coastal minesweepers have been renamed and are attached to Royal Naval Reserve Division Headquarters as follows (Division under Name ):— Thames Curzon Warsash Venturer St. David Mersey London Sussex Solent Severn S. Wales Mersey Kilmorey Clyde Montrose Killiecrankie Northumbria Ulster Clyde Tay Forth Tyne (The Humber Division was suppressed in 1958 and H.M.S. Humber reverted to her original MONKTON (open bridge and lattice mast) 103 “Ton” Class M 1101 and M 1200 Series I960 ,Keith Long ALCASTON ALDINGTON (ex- Pittington) ALFRISTON ( ex-Warsash, ex-Alfriston) AMERTON (ex-Mersey, ex-Amerton) APPLETON ASHTON BADMINTON ( ex-llston) BEACHAMPTON BELTON BEVINGTON BILDESTON BLAXTON BOSSINGTON (ex- Embleton) BRINTON BRONINGTON (ex- Humber, ex-Bronington) BURNASTON CALTON CARHAMPTON CAUNTON CHEDISTON (ex- Montrose, ex-Chediston ) CHILCOMPTON CHAWTON CLARBESTON CLYDE (ex-Crichton) CONISTON CROFTON CURZON ( ex-Bickington) CUXTON DALSWINTON DARTINGTON DILSTON ( ex-Pilston) DUFTON Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: Complement: EDDERTON ESSINGTON FENTON FISKERTON FITTLETON FLOCKTON FLORISTON GAVINTON GLASSERTON HEXTON HICKLETON HIGHBURTON HODGESTON (ex- MONTROSE (ex-Nurton) NORTHUMBRIA (ex- Quainton) OULSTON PENSTON PICTON PUNCHESTON RENNINGTON REPTON (ex-Ossington) RODINGTON ST. DAVID (ex-Brereton) SANTON SEFTON Northumbria, ex- Hodgeston) S H AVIN GTO N HOUGHTON SHERATON HUBBERSTON SHOULTON ILMINGTON SINGLETON IN VERM O RISTON SOBERTON IVESTON SOMERLEYTON (ex- JACKTON Gamston) KEDLESTON STUBBINGTON KELLINGTON SULLINGTON KEMERTON SWANSTON KILDARTON ( ex-Liston) TARLTON KILLIECRANKIE (ex- THAMES (ex-Alverton) Derriton) THANKERTON KILMOREY ( ex-Kirkliston) UPTON LALESTON VENTURER ( ex-Buttington) LANTON WALKERTON LETTERSTON WARSASH (ex-6 oulston) LEVERTON WASPERTON LEWISTON WISTON LULLINGTON WILKIESTON MADDISTON WOLVERTON MAXTON WOOLASTON MARYTON WOTTON MERSEY (ex-Pollington) YARNTON DUFTON MONKTON (ex-Kelton) Displacement: 360 tons standard (425 tons full load) Dimensions: 140 (pp.), 152 (o.a.) X 28J x 8£ feet Guns: I—40 mm. Bofors AA. forward (removed in some ships), 2—20 mm. AA. aft Machinery: Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 2,500;(Mirrlees), 3,000 (Deltics)= 15 kts. (max.). See Engineering Notes Oil fuel: 45 tons Complement: 27 in peacetime (39 war) General Notes These were a new type of vessel with a double mahogany hull and constructed throughout of aluminium alloy and other materials with the lowest possible magnetic attraction to name Bronington.) Photograph Notes Larger photographs of Appleton, Bossington (aerial views), Houghton and Repton appear in the 1959-60 edition. AIRCRAFT TRANSPORTS BLACKBURN Added I960, courtesy Dr. Ian S. Pearsall 2 “ Blackburn ” Class BLACKBURN SKUA (ex-Walrus) Displacement: 990 tons standard (1,500 tons full load) Dimensions: 210 (o.o.) X 35 X 13£ feet Machinery: Crossley 2-stroke Diesels. B.H.P.: 960=10-5 kts. Oil fuel: 60 tons General Notes Rated as Aircraft Transports (Small). Built by Blyth D.D. & S.B. Co. Fitted with 6-ton and 12-ton derricks for handling aircraft. Blackburn is employed as a seagoing tender for the Clyde Division R.N.V.R. Skua is a fender ship. Photograph Notes A larger photograph of Skua appears in the 1954-55 to 1959-60 editions. Recent Disposals Of three sister ships, the Ripon and Roc were sold out of the Service (sailed under private colours in May 1959), and the supply ship Sea Fox (former aircraft transport) was discarded in 1959 EXPERIMENTAL TORPEDO TRIALS VESSEL Ex-German Type Ex-SAREPTA (ex-Freida Peters) Displacement: 465 tons standard Tubes: 4—21 inch General Notes Ex-German vessel. Launched in 1920. Multi-purpose torpedo experimental vessel, torpedo-firing ship, and torpedo recovery vessel. Reclassified as TRV in 1956, but not numbered. Photograph Notes A photograph of Sarepta appears in the 1951-52 to 1957-58 editions. Torpedo Recovery Notes TRVI, TRV3, TRV4, TRV 6, TRV 8 and TRV 20 (ex-MMS 1510) were also employed as torpedo recovery vessels. The tender Dwarf, see later page, is used as a torpedo recovery vessel. U200I O.GVAO%' INGLESHAM DINGLEY Wright & Logan 4 Ex-Motor Minesweepers (“ l26-ft. M Type. 1001 Series) DGV 400 (ex-MMS 1002) DGV 401 (ex-MMS 1003) Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Oil fuel: Complement: DGV 402 (ex-MMS 1004) DGV 403 (ex-MMS 1011) 254 tons standard (360 tons full load) 126 (pp.), I39f (o.a.)x 26 X I0£ (mean), 12* (max.) feet Diesel. B.H.P.: 500=10 kts. 55 tons 21 Former large motor minesweepers of the “ 126-ft.” Type, 1001 series, of wooden con¬ struction, converted into Degaussing Vessels. The Prestige was also to have been converted to a Degaussing Vessel, DGV 404. I960, courtesv John G. Call is, Esq WATCHFUL 1959, Wright & Logan 9 “ Ley ” Class. M 2001 Series AVELEY BRINKLEY DINGLEY BREARLEY CHAILEY WATCHFUL (ex-Broomley) BRENCHLEY CRADLEY SQUIRREL (ex-Burley) Displacement: 123 tons standard (164 tons full load) Dimensions: 100 (pp.), 106f (o.a.) x 21 fx 5| feet Guns: I—40 mm. Bofors AA. or I—20 mm. Oerlikon AA. forward Machinery: 2 Paxman diesels. B.H.P.: 550=14 kts. (9 kts, sweeping) Oil fuel: 15 tons Complement: 15 in peacetime (22 war) General Notes The “ Ley ” class differ from the “ Ham ” class in that they are of composite (non-magnetic metal and wooden) construction, instead of all wooden construction. Their superstructure and other features also differ considerably, and they have slightly increased overall length and beam. Brinkley and Dingley are empioyed as diving and frogman tenders and their hulls are painted black. Fishery Protection Notes Broomley was renamed Watchful in 1958 on allocation to fishery protection duties and is painted black (see photo), and Burley was renamed Squirrel in I960 on allocation to fishery protection duties. Recent Disposal Broadley, extensively damaged by fire at H.M.S. Hornet on 29 Sep. 1956, was scrapped in 1959. Inshore Minesweepers, Degaussing Vessels —GREAT BRITAIN 47 INSHORE MINESWEEPERS Inshore Minesweepers —continued I960, Wright & Logan 70 “ Ham ” Class. M 2601 and M 2701 Series General Notes Designed to operate in shallow waters, such as rivers and estuaries. They are an entirely new type of vessel and they embody novel features resulting from lessons learned during the war and in the course of subsequent developments. They were finally named after villages. The first inshore minesweeper, the Inglesham, was launched by J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd., Cowes, on 23 Apr. 1952. The “ Ham ” class are of wooden construction, whereas the “ Ley ” class are of composite construction. All the M 2701 series have a rubbing strake unlike the M 2601 and M 2001 series. Gunnery Notes Most of the M 2601 series have had the I—40 mm. gun replaced by I—20 mm. All the M 2701 series have I—20 mm. Engineering Notes The main machinery of most of these vessels was manufactured by Davey Paxman & Co. Ltd., Colchester, or by Ruston & Hornsby Ltd., Lincoln, Fodens Ltd., Sandbach, Cheshire, or Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies Ltd., Ipswich, under licence from Davey Paxman. Appearance Notes Most inshore minesweepers in commission now have black hulls. Experimental Notes Reedham, launched on 19 Aug. 1958 at Anglesey is fitted with Denny-Brown/Saunders- Roe small ship stabilising fins. R.N.V.R. Notes Pulham was allocated to the London Division Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in 1956 and renamed Isis. “ Ham ” Class —continued Transfer Notes In addition to the vessels above, a number of inshore minesweepers were built in British yards under the United States Navy's off-shore procurement programme for allocation to N.A.T.O. countries, the contract being signed on 13 Mar. 1953. The first of these was launched on 5 Apr. 1954. Frettenham, Isham, Kingham, Mersham, Mileham, Petersham, Pine- ham, Rendlesham, Riplingham, Sparham, Stedham, Sulham, Tibenham, Wexham and Whipping- ham were transferred to France in 1954-55. Hildersham and Littlesham were transferred to India in 1955 and renamed Bimlipitan and Bassein, respectively. Bassingham was transferred to the Royal East African Navy on 25 June 1958. Bedham was transferred to the Royal Malayan Navy in 1958 and renamed H.M.M.S. Langka Suka. Cardinham and Etchingham were transferred to the Hong Kong Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in 1959. Altham, Asheldham and Brantingham were transferred to the Royal Malayan Navy in 1959 and renamed Sri Johor, Sri Perils and Temasek, respectively. Malham and Ottringham were transferred to the Ghana Navy at the end of 1959. Photograph Notes Larger photographs of Chillingham and Darsham (aerial view) appear in the 1959-60 edition, and an aerial view of Altham appears in the 1957-58 and 1958-59 editions. Recent Disposals Bisham and Edlingham, extensively damaged by fire at H.M.S. Hornet on 29 Sep. 1956, were scrapped in 1959. WOLDINGHAM Added I960, courtesy J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd., Builders ABBOTSHAM ARLINGHAM BASSINGHAM (R.E.A.N.) BIRDHAM BLUNHAM BODENHAM BOREHAM BOTTISHAM BRIGHAM BUCKLESHAM CARDINHAM (H.K.R.N.V.R.) CHELSHAM CHILLINGHAM COBHAM CRANHAM DAMERHAM DARSHAM DAVENHAM DITTISHAM DOWNHAM ELSENHAM ETCHINGHAM (H.K.R.N.V.R.) EVERINGHAM FELMERSHAM FLINTHAM FORDHAM (ex-Pavenham) FRITHAM GEORGEHAM GLENTHAM GREETHAM HALSHAM HARPHAM HAVERSHAM HOVINGHAM INGLESHAM ISIS (ex-Pulham) LASHAM LEDSHAM LUDHAM MALHAM (Ghana N.) MICKLEHAM NEASHAM NETTLEHAM OCKHAM ODIHAM OTTRINGHAM (Ghana N.) PAGHAM POLSHAM POPHAM PORTISH AM POWDERHAM PUTTENHAM RACKHAM RAM PIS HAM (ex-Squirrel, ex-Rampisham) REEDHAM SANDRINGHAM SAXLINGHAM SHIPHAM SHRIVENHAM SIDLESHAM THAKEHAM THATCHAM THORNHAM TONGHAM TRESHAM WARMINGHAM WINTRINGHAM WOLDINGHAM WRENTHAM YAXHAM 120 tons standard (159 tons full load) 100 (pp.), 106 A (o.a.) X 21 *X5* feet I—40 mm. Bofors AA. or I—20 mm. Oerlikon AA. forward (see Gunnery Notes) 2 Paxman diesels. B.H.P.: 550=14 kts. (9 kts. sweeping) see Engineering Notes 15 tons 15 in peacetime (22 war) Fishery Protection Notes Rampisham was renamed Squirrel in 1958 on allocation to fishery protection duties, but reverted to the original name Squirrel in I960. Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: Complement: 48 GREAT BRITAIN—Patrol Boats FAST PATROL BOATS Fast Patrol Boats —continued BRAVE BORDERER I960, courtesy Vosper Ltd., Portsmouth (Builders) 2 “ Brave ” Class (Gas Turbine Type BRAVE BORDERER Convertible Torpedo/ Gunboats) BRAVE SWORDSMAN Displacement: Dimensions: Armament: Machinery: Complement: 75 tons standard (100 tons full load) 90 (pp.), 96 ( w.l.), 98f (o.a.)x 25* X 6 feet As M.G.B.: 2—40 mm. single Bofors guns in power operated mountings, and 2—21 inch torpedo tubes As M.T.B.: 4—21 inch torpedo tubes, and I—40 mm. single Bofors gun 3 Bristol Marine Proteus 1250 gas turbine propulsion units and jets. 3 shafts. S.H.P.: I0,500=over 50 kts. (on trials). Fixed pitch propellers 20 (3 officers, 17 ratings); 22 as Senior Officers’ Ship of a Squadron (3 officers, 19 ratings) General Notes This class of two fast patrol boats or convertible gunboats and torpedo boats, intermediate between the “ Bold ” and “ Dark ” Classes, were built at Vosper Ltd., Portsmouth. The hull is framed in welded aluminium with double skinned planking of mahogany and sheathed with glass fibre below the water line. An hydraulic operated flap fitted on the transom maintains the crafts running trim. They are very beamy in relation to their length, the ration being less than 1:4 only. H.M.S. Brave Borderer, the first of the new “ Brave ” class Fast Patrol Boats (Medium), was launched at the Portchester, Hants., yard of Vosper Ltd. on 7 Jan. 1958 and was accepted from her builders for service with the Royal Navy on 26 Jan. I960. Brave Swordsman was launched at the same yard on 22 May 1958. Experimental Notes Both boats are in the Coastal Forces Trials and Special Service Squadron attached to H.M.S. Dolphm II, formerly H.M.S. Hornet, shore headquarters at Gosport. Engineering Notes The craft are powered with Proteus Gas Turbines, as used in the “ Britannia” aircraft, but adapted for the Royal Navy by Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd., Filton. in association with W. H. Allen, Bedford, who supplied the primary reduction gears and the reverse reduction gearboxes. In addition to the Proteus engines, Rover Gas Turbines driving Metro-Vickers 40 kw. generators a.-e fitted to provide electrical power. No diesel machinery is fitted. Both Proteus and Rover turbines run on pool diesel fuel. The present authorised maximum rating of the marine Proteus is 3,500 S.H.P. and the maximum continuous rating 2,800 S.H.P. A striking feature of the Proteus engine is that with the primary reduction gearbox it gives I.H.P. for every 0-83 lbs. of its weight, and including the reverse reduction gearbox, l-H.P. for every I *6 lbs of its weight. During trials speeds in excess of 50 knots were continually reached, a most important achievement since these fast patrol boats were designed for offensive operations against enemy warships and merchant ships, particularly the latter, in coastal, inshore and shoal waters, where high speed is essential. The propellers are relatively small and of high speed This is a novel and unusual feature resulting from joint research carried out by the Admiralty and Vosper Ltd. using the firm’s cavitation tunnel. Gas turbines give an increase of 35 per cent in total power combined with a reduction of 50 per cent in machinery weight and a saving of 25 per cent in machinery space. Electrical Notes The electrical installation incorporates new lightweight equipment and methods of an experimental character designed by Vosper Ltd. to make an overall contribution to weight reduction. The generator units comprise two Rover gas turbines, each of 40 kilowatts. The installation is by Vosper Ltd. Design Notes The design studies were carried out under Admiralty instructions by Vosper Ltd. as a joint effort with Admiralty departments and co-ordinated by the Director General, Ships. The Admiralty’s extensive research facilities were available at all stages in design. Since being launched the Brave Borderer has undergone extensive evaluation trials and the design has proved to be very satisfactory. Armament Notes The originally designed armament of the “ Brave ” Class functioning as Motor Gun Boats comprised one 3-3 inch calibre turret mounted gun specially developed for this craft and fitted with a stabilisation system capable of dealing with the severe motion experienced in this type of high speed craft* With the 3 -3 inch gun was one 40 mm. single barrelled mount¬ ing (Bofors) and two 21 inch torpedoes. New Construction Vosper has built a gas turbine patrol boat of new design named Ferocity, with a displacement of 75 to 85 tons, an overall length of 90f feet and a beam of 22 feet, propelled by two Bristol Siddely Proteus Engines aggregating 8,500 B.H.P. equal to a maximum speed of 50 to 54 knots, and armed with four 21-inch torpedoes and one 40mm. gun (or two 21-inch torpedoes and two 40mm. guns). DARK HIGHWAYMAN I960, Wright & Logan DARK ANTAGONIST Added 1 960; x Official 9 “ Dark ’’Class (Convertible Motor Torpedo Boats and Motor Gun Boats ) DARK ADVENTURER DARK FIGHTER DARK GLADIATOR DARK HERO DARK HIGHWAYMAN DARK HUNTER DARK HUSSAR DARK INTRUDER DARK SCOUT Displacement: Dimensions: Armament: Machinery: Complement: 50 tons standard (64 tons full load) 67 (pp.), 71* (o.a.)x 19^x6-^ (max.) feet As M.G.B.: I—4*5 inch gun, I—40 mm. AA. gun (or 2—-40 mm. AA. guns) As M.T.B.: 4—21 inch torpedo tubes, I—40 mm. AA. gun Rocket flare launchers and depth charge chutes are also fitted 2 Napier Deltic diesels. S.H.P.: 5,000=40 kts. (approx.) Generai Notes Boats are of composite construction, aluminium alloy being used for the framing and deck. The hulls of this class are now painted black. Several boats of this class were renamed. Cost £325,000 to £338,000. Dark Buccaneer and Dark Clipper were commissioned at H.M.S. Hornet, the Coastal Forces Base at Gosport on 31 Jan. 1957. These boats completed the equipping of the second opera¬ tional squadron with diesel engined craft, bringing to a close the era of petrol engined boats in coastal forces. The “ Dark ” class have been officially described as uncomfortable and noisy but they are of a newer design, have more power, mount a better armament and are generally more reliable. Diesel fuel does not catch fire as easily as high octane petrol. Experimental Notes Dark Scout, the last of the 19 boats, launched on 20 Mar. 1958 at Saunders-Roe (Anglesey) Ltd., Beaumaris, is in the Coastal Forces Trials and Special Service Squadron at H.M.S. Dolphin II, Fort Blockhouse, Gosport. Unlike the earlier craft which were of composite wood planking on aluminium framing, this boat was of all-welded aluminium throughout. The hull of the boat was of hard chine form which was developed to give good seagoing qualities combined with high maximum and cruising speeds. Engineering Notes These fast patrol boats incorporate a new design of diesel machinery which for its power is the lightest unit so far designed. Dark Hunter, launched on 18 Mar. 1954, was the first of a new class powered by the Napier Deltic engine which has a very high performance, and takes the form of an opposed piston two-stroke cycle engine constructed in triangular form with three crankshafts, an arrangement new to engineering. The Deltic engine was designed and developed for the Royal Navy by D. Napier & Son Ltd., Acton, London, on behalf of their parent company, the English Electric Company Ltd. The engine develops 2,500 shaft horse power at 2,000 revolutions per minute. The engine and reverse gear weighs only 10,500 lbs., and therefore gives one horse power for every 4-2 lbs. of its weight. This is the best power-weight ratio ever achieved in a marine diesel engine. No petrol is carried in these boats because all power is provided by diesel machinery. In addition to the Deltic engines, a Foden FD. 4 two-stroke diesel engine is fitted to drive the 35 kw auxiliary genera¬ tor set and bilge pump. Comprehensive radio and radar installations are also fitted. Class Notes Five vessels of the " Dark ” type were purchased by Burma, and two similar boats were acquired by Finland. Photograph Notes Photographs of Dark Hussar in the 1959-60 edition, of Dark Adventurer (as gunboat) in the 1955-56 to 1958-59 editions, of Dark Rover (as torpedo boat) in the 1957-58 edition, and of Dark Aggressor in the 1955-56 and 1956-57 editions. Recent Disposals Although only recently completed, nine new boats of the *' Dark ” Class, Dark Aggressor, Dark Antagonist, Dark Avenger, Dark Biter, Dark Buccaneer, Dark Clipper, Dark Invader, Dark Killer and Dark Rover are to be disposed of in the near future. Dark Avenger was on the sales list in I960, and Dark Invader (land cradled at Hythe) was also for disposal in I960. The construction of Dark Horseman was abandoned. GAY FENCER I960, Tom Molland Ltd. 3 “Gay” Class (Interchangeable Motor Gun/Torpedo Boats) GAY CHARGER GAY CHARIOTEER GAY FENCER Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: Complement: ca 50 tons standard (65 tons full load) 71* (pp.), 75i (o.a.)x 20^X4-^ feet 1— 4-5 inch for’d (as gunboat), I—40 mm. AA. aft 2— 21 inch (as torpedo boat) with 2—40 mm. AA. Packard high octane petrol engines. B.H.P.: ca 5,000=40 kts. (approx.), 30 to 35 kts. sea speed General Notes Survivors of a class of twelve post-war short motor torpedo boats. As gunboats they had new type short 4 5 inch forward (25 calibres). They are almost entirely of wooden con¬ struction. The hull incorporates structural members of water resistant plywood. Com¬ pleted in 1954. Cost £78,000 to £125,000 each. These boats, which were largely a repeat of war-time designs but which served their purpose in the interim period until diesel Patrol Boats ( continued ), Seaward Defence Boats, Motor Launches—GREAT BRITAIN 49 Seaward Defence Boats —continued Fast Patrol Boats —continued Class — continued machinery of a new design was ready, were superseded operationally by the improved vessels of the “ Dark ” class. Gay Charger, Gay Charioteer and Gay Fencer are used for target towing under the administration of the Commodore, Devonport. Photograph Notes Photograph of Gay Forester (as torpedo boat) in the 1956-57 to 1959-60 editions. Photo¬ graph of Gay Bombardier (as gunboat) in the 1953-54 to 1957-58 editions. Recent Disposals Gay Archer, Gay Bombardier, Gey Bowman, Gay Caribineer and Gay Cavalier are all laid up at Hythe and will be sold in the near future. Gay Bruiser, Gzy Centurion, Gay Dragoon and Gay Forester were all on the sales list in I960. I960, courtesy Godfrey H. Walker, Esq. BOLD PATHFINDER I “ Bold ” Class Interchangeable TorpedOiGunboat BOLD PATHFINDER (ex-M TB 5720) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: 130 tons standard (150 tons full load) 117 (pp.), 122| (o.o.)X 20^X6-^ f e et 2—4-5 inch, new type 25 cal.; I—40 mm. Bofors AA. (as gunboat) 4—21 inch (as torpedo boat) with I—40 mm. Bofors AA. 2 G.2 gas turbines. S.H.P.: 9,000 and 2 diesels. B.H.P.: 5,000 =43 kts. (approx.) 20 Tubes: Machinery Complement: General Notes Built by Vosper Ltd., Portsmouth. Launched on 17 Sep. 1951. Completed in July 1953. This fast patrol boat is another experimental development of the motor torpedo boat type. She is largely of light alloy construction with round bilge hull form and twin funnels of almost oblong section. There are four rudders. Refitted in 1955. Cost over £370,500. Engineering Notes Engines manufactured by Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co. boat has four screws. Photograph Notes Larger photographs of Bold Pathfinder appear in the 1958-59 and 1959-60 editions and (as gunboat) in the 1953-54 to 1957-58 editions. Recent Disposals The Bold Pioneer, one of the two “ Bold ” Class Experimental Prototypes, convertible or interchangeable motor torpedo boats and/or motor gunboats, was scrapped in 1958 (photo¬ graph and full details in 1957-58 edition). Disposals of Earlier Classes The sole survivor of the Camper & Nicholsons type, FPB 5514; the five remaining long boats of the Fairmile “ D ” type, FPB 5001, 5002, 5020, 5035 and 5036; the Vosper experi¬ mental type, FPB 1601; and all nine of the “ Proud ” Class were disposed of in 1958. The six control target boats, CT 8044, CT 8045, CT 8101, CT 8102, CT 8103 and CT 8104, and the radio controlled target boats, RCB (EL) 8201, RCB (EL 8202, RCB (EL) 8203 and RCB (EL) 8205, were disposed of in 1958-59. 1959, Wright & Logan MEDA 2 Harbour (Seaward) Defence Motor Launch Type MEDA (ex-SML 352, ex-HDML 1301) SDML 3516 (ex-HDML 1516) 46 tons standard (54 tons full load) 72 (o.o.)x I5f X5± feet 2 Gardner diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P. 260 to 320: II to 14 Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Complement: General Notes Survey Motor Launches. HDML type. Meda is employed on South Coast Survey. Square cabin, deckhouse aft. White hull, buff upperworks. Armament removed while employed on surveying duties. SDML 3516 was refitted in I960 for the East Coast Survey Unit. Recent Disposals SML 327 was discarded in 1957, 1959. SML 323 (ex-HDML 1081) SML 324 was scrapped in I960. and SML 322, SML 325 and SML 326 were discarded in was transferred to the Persian Navy on 21 June 1956. Disposals of Motor Launches Of the three surviving Rescue Motor Launches of the Fairmile “ B ” Type, RML 496 was scrapped in 1958 and RML 572 and RML 515 disposed of in 1959. SHALFORD (squid aft) Official Disposals of Minesweeping Motor Launches The four remaining Motor Launches, ML 2250, ML 2583, ML 2592 and ML 2840 were de-rated to tenders, target boats, etc., in I960 or are for disposal. Two Minesweeping Motor Launches, MML 2217 and MML 2223, were transferred to Nigeria in I960. ABERFORD AXFORD BECKFORD BRYANSFORD CAMBERFORD DROXFORD (ex-Dee, ex-Droxford) DUBFORD GIFFORD GREATFORD HINKSFORD ICKFORD KINGSFORD MARLINGFORD MAYFORD MONTFORD SHALFORD TILFORD Disposals of Motor Minesweepers Of the surviving Motor Minesweepers MMS 1556 and MMS 1579 were disposed of in I960, and MMS 1632 and MMS 1654 are yard craft in Bombay. is ■/y % & * A->r • WIAY (Minesweeper type, “ P ” Pennant No.) Skyfotos I “Shakespearian*' Class FETLAR (anti-sumbarine type, “ P ” Pennant No.) I960, Skyfotos ROSALIND 545 tons standard (770 tons full load) 150 (pp.), 164 (o.a.) x27§ x 11 feet I—4 inch AA., 2—20 mm. AA. Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 950= 12 kts I cylindrical 180 tons coal 4,000 miles at 8 kts. 50 Displacement Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boiler: Fuel: Radius: Complement: General Notes Pennant No. P 05. Built by A. & J. Inglis Ltd., Glasgow. Engined by Aitchison Blair Ltd. Laid down on 10 Oct. 1940. Launched on 3 May 1941. Completed on 18 Oct. 1941. Officially classified as a minesweeping trawler. At Mombasa. On loan to the Royal East African Navy as a training ship, but is now nearing the end of her useful life and has been replaced by the new inshore minesweeper Bassingham. Photograph Notes Photograph of Rosalind in the 1955-56 to 1957-58 editions. Photograph of Steepholm in the 1958-59 and 1959-60 editions. Added 1959, Official GRAEMSAY (tank cleaning type “ A ” Pennant No.) I Fleming & Ferguson Ltd., Pailsley BARDSEY 7 July IS 2 Ardrossan Dockyard Co. Ltd., Atdrossan COLL 7 Apr. 1942 GRAEMSAY 3 Aug. 1942 I Goo/e Shipbuilding & Repair Co. Ltd, TIREE 6 Sep. 1941 2 Cochrane & Sons Ltd., Selby FETLAR 10 July RONAY 15 Feb I A. & J. Inglis Ltd., Glasgow SWITHA 3 A f 8 Cook, Welton & Gemmel Ltd., Beverley BERN 2 May 1942 FLATHOLM 8 May 1943 LUNDY 29 Aug. 1942 SAN DRAY 5 Oct. 1944 SURSAY 16 Dec. 1944 TAHAY 31 Dec. 1944 VACEASAY 17 Mar. 1945 WIAY 26 Apr. 1945 4 John Lewis & Sons Ltd., Aberdeen CALDY 31 Aug. I‘ FOULNESS 23 Mar. IS SKOMER 17 June IS STEEPHOLM 15 July IS SALVICTOR Added I960, Wright & Logan PRINCE SALVOR SALVALOUR SALVESTOR SALVICTOR SALVIGIL SEA SALVOR Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Oil fuel: Complement: General Notes Ocean salvage vessels classed as Royal Fleet Auxiliaries. All launched in 1942-45. Sea Salvor was built by Goole Shipbuilding & Repair Co. Ltd. and launched on 22 Apr. 1942. Salvage Duke, formerly on charter to Turkish Salvage Administration (renamed Imroz), was gutted by fire in 1959. Transfer Notes Salventure is on loan to Greece. Prince Salvor, Salvalour, Salvigil and Salveda are on charter to private firms. Conversion Notes King Salvor was converted to a submarine rescue bell ship in 1953-54 and re amed Kingfisher Recent Disposals Ocean Salvor and Salviola were disposed of in I960. 1,440 tons standard (1,700 tons full load) 200* (pp.), 216 (o.a.) x37£x 13 (max.) feet Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 1,500 = 310 tons 52 to 72 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: 560 tons standard (770 tons full load) 150 (pp.), 164 (o.a.) x27*x 14 feet 3—20 mm. (Removed from those used for w and tank cleaning) Triple expansion. I Shaft. I.H.P.: 850= 12 kts. I cylindrical 183 tons 4,200 miles at 8 kts. General Notes Launch dates above. Fetlar, Flatholm, Steepholm and Tiree are rated as A/$, MS (Anti- Submarine and Minesweeping Trawlers); Ronay, Sandray, Sursay, Tahay, Vaceasay and Wiay are rated as Danlayers. Bardsey, Bern, Caldy, Coll, Foulness, Graemsay, Lundy, Skomer and Switha have been con¬ verted to tank cleaning vessels which are classed as auxiliaries and have “ A ” pennant numbers. Transfer Notes Four were transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy and six to the Portuguese Navy; others sold to Italy. Second World War Losses Brora, Campobello, Gairsay, Ganilly, Orfsay, Rysa, Stronsay and Wallasea. Recent Disposals Scrapped: Bryher and Oronsay. Annet was sold in 1957. Imersay, Shillay, Tocogay, Trodday and Vallay were scrapped in 1958. Lindisfarne, Sheppey and Skye were sold in 1958. Gorregan, Orsay and Trondra were dispcssd of in 1959. Damsay and Gateshead were scrapped in I960. Sandray is on the sales list, and Fetlar, Flatholm, Steepholm and Tires were also earmarked for disposal in I960. SALVEDA 1,250 tons standard (1,360 tons full load) 184 (pp.), 194 (o.a.) X 34£ x 11 * (mean) feet 4—20 mm. H.P.: 1,200=12 kts. 150 tons 62 Notes Royal Fleet Auxiliary ocean salvage vessel on charter to Matal Industries Ltd, Boom Defence Vessels—GREAT BRITAIN 5! 2 “ Lay ” Class New Construction LAYBURN LAYMOOR Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: 1,000 tons 160 (f>p.), 193 (o.o.)x34£x 18 (depth) feet Steam reciprocating. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 3,000 = 14 kts. 2 2 officers, 29 ratings Notes Built by Wm. Simons & Co. Ltd., Renfrew. Laymoor, which cost £562,000, was launched on 6 Aug. 1959 and accepted by the Royal Navy on 9 Dec. 1959. In addition to minor salvage work and the towing of net sections, she can lay and maintain the latest types of underwater and surface boom defences, first class moorings and navigational buoys. Accommodation on board was designed for either naval or civilian manning, and includes separate sleeping and dining spaces. Laymoor is the first and the “ name ” ship of her class, which will eventually replace the wartime built “Bar” class which are of similar size. Layburn was launched on l4Apl I960 and completed on 6 July I960. Their lifting capacity is very much greater than that of their predecessors, and mprovements in the standards of accommodation enable them to be comfortably operated both in the tropics and in cold climates. BARHILL 1958, A. & ). Pavia “ Bar ” Class —continued General Notes Built under the 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939 and Second World War Estimates. These vessels have a bow lift of 27 to 70 tons. Launch dates are given after their names above. Barnehurst was returned from the Royal Netherlands Navy in 1955. Barglow was brought forward from reserve in 1951 and manned by a civilian crew to survey wrecks in the Dover Straits. Second World War losses: Barflake, Barlight. Photograph Notes Photographs of Barfoss in the 1957-58 edition, of Barndale in the 1951-52 to 1957-58 editions, and of Martinet in the 1951-52 to 1958-59 editions. Class Notes Barilla and Barndale were used for Ship Target Trials in 1949-50. Barstoke was transferred to Burma (on loan to the Rangoon Port Commission since 1946) but was returned to the Royal Navy at the end of 1959 at Singapore and put up for sale in I960. Barbour, Bardell and Barricade were discarded. Transfer Notes Two of this class were transferred to the South African Naval Force, and three to the Turkish Navy. Barcock was on charter to Belgium, but was returned to the Royal Navy on 24 Aug. 1949. Baron was transferred to Ceylon in 1958 (purchased by the Colombo Port Commission). BARBASTEL 1959, Wright & logon 47 “Bar” Class 4 Ardrossan Dockyard Co. Ltd., Ardrossan 1 Goole Shipbuilding & Repair Co. Ltd. BARBECUE 19 Dec. 1944 BARCROFT BARCAROLE 14 Mar. 1945 BARHOLM 31 Dec. 1942 5 John Lewis & Sons Ltd., Aberdeen BARTIZAN 20 May 1943 BARFIELD 28 July 1938 BARFOOT 25 Sep. 1942 11 Blyth D.D. & S.B. Co. BARGLOW 9 Nov. 1942 BARBAIN 8 Jan. 1940 BARLEYCORN 6 Mar. 1943 BARBETTE 15 Dec. 1937 BARNARD 1 July 1942 BARBICAN 14 Mar. 1938 BARCASTLE 23 July 1938 5 Lobnitz & Co. Ltd., Renfrew BARCLOSE 9 July 1941 BARBRIDGE 18 Aug. 1941 BARCOCK 3 Sep. 1941 BARCLIFF (ex-Barwick) 10 May 1940 BARCOTE 8 Feb. 1940 BARKING 25 Sep. 1941 BARDOLF 14 Apr. 1942 BARNDALE 30 Nov. 1939 BARLAKE 16 Sep. 1940 BARTHORPE 22 Mar. 1940 BARNEHURST 21 Oct. 1939 BARNSTONE 25 Nov. 1939 2 Philip & Son Ltd., Dartmouth BARBASTEL 26 July 1945 4 Ferguson Bros. Ltd., Port Glasgow BARFOIL 18 July 1942 BARHILL 26 Nov. 1942 BARKIS 29 Mar. 1945 11 Wm. Simons & Co. Ltd., Renfrew BARSPEAR 25 Mar. 1943 BARBOURNE 4 May 1942 BARWIND 22 Sep. 1943 BARFOAM 8 Sep. 1941 BARFOSS 17 Feb. 1942 2 Hall, Russell & Co. Ltd., Aberdeen BARFOUNT 5 Jan. 1942 BARRAGE 2 Dec. 1937 BARMOND 24 Dec. 1942 BARRANCA 18 Jan. 1938 BARMOUTH 11 Oct. 1938 BARNABY 8 Mar. 1943 2 Charles Hill & Sons Ltd., Bristol BARRHEAD 17 Oct. 1940 BAROVA 5 July 1941 BARRINGTON 15 Nov. 1940 BARRIER ( ex-Bargate ) 17 May 1938 BARSING 31 Mar. 1941 BARSOUND 25 May 1941 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: Fuel: 750 tons standard (919 to 1,000 tons full load) 150 (pp.), I73f (o.o.), 182 (horns) x32|x9£ (M£ max.) feet I—3 inch AA. (war). No guns in peacetime Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 850= I I 75 kts. Sea speed 9 kts. 2 S.E. (200 lbs. per sq. in.) 32 214 tons coal Recent Disposals Barberry, Barbrook, Bar combe, Barford, Baritone, Barlane, Barlow, Barm ill, Barneath and Barnwell were deleted from the Navy List in 1958. Barilla and Baronia were discarded in 1959, and Barlake and Barranca have also been earmarked for disposal. “Net” Class Disposal Notes All the ten units of this class have been scrapped or sold, or are earmarked for disposal in the near future. The Plantagenet was sold to Metal Industries Salvage as a salvage vessel in 1959. MOORESS Added I960 17 “Moor” Class MOORBURN MOORCOCK MOORDALE MOORESS MOORFIELD MOORFIRE MOORFLY MOORFOWL MOORGRASS MOORGRIEVE MOORHEN MOORHILL MOORLAND MOORMYRTLE MOORPOUT MOORSIDE MOORSMAN Displacement: 1,000 tons standard (1,510 tons full load ) approximate Dimensions: 196 X 30 X 10 feet (see Notes) Machinery: I.H.P.: 500=9 kts. General Notes Built in 1938-46. Displacements and dimensions vary from ship to ship. Employed as Boom Defence Vessels, Boom Working Vessels, Mooring Vessels and Salvage Vessels. Fitted with salvage pumps, air compressors and diving equipment. Moorsman and Moorpout are of the large type built by H.M. Dockyard, Chatham. Most of the others, including Moorcock and Moorland were built by Goole Shipbuilding & Repair Co. Ltd. Photograph Notes Photograph of Moorhen in the 1951-52 to 1959-60 editions. ANZIO DIEPPE Added I960, A. & J. Pavia continued Tank Landing Ships 11 m mKHKEA I960, A. & }. Pavia 52 GREAT BRITAIN—Landing Ships TANK LANDING SHIPS LST (3) Type —continued Displacement: 2,140 tons light (5,000 tons full load) Dimensions: 330 (pp.), 347? (o.a.) X 55} X 4-x? (forward), 12 [max.) feet Guns: 8—20 mm. Oerlikon AA. Machinery: Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 5,500=13 kts. (10 kts. cruising) Boilers: 2 Admiralty 3-drum type Oil fuel: 1,400 tons Complement: 115 ( Striker 152) General Notes Striker is a Landing Ship Tank (Assault). Bruiser and Searcher were scrapped. Avenger was transferred to the Indian Navy. Smiter was wrecked off Lagos on 25 Apr. 1949. Attacker was renamed Empire Cymric on commercial charter in 1954. Stalker was designated as a submarine support ship in 1958. Lofoten, Tracker and Zeebrugge were designated as harbour accommodation ships in 1958. Hunter was handed over to the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation. Transfer Notes Avenger was transferred to the Indian Navy and renamed Magar. On commercial charter Charger became Empire Nordic, Fighter became Empire Grebe, Hunter became Empire Curlew, Trouncer became Empire Gull, Trumpeter became Empire Fulmar and Walcheren became Empire Guillemot. Recent Disposals Reggio (the first Landing Ship Tank (Assault)), photograph in the 1952-53 to 1959-60 editions, Salerno and Suvla were for disposal in I960. Photograph Notes A larger photograph of Narvik appears in the 1952-53 to 1959-60 editions. 3 LST (A) Type ANZIO (ex-LST (A) 3003) CHASER (ex-LST (3) 3029) I960, A. & J. Pavia STALKER (ex-LST (3) 3515) STRIKER (ex-LST (A) 3516) TRACKER (ex-LST (3) 3522) Transfer Notes On commercial charter Battler became Empire Puffin (now on loan to the Ministry of Transport and for disposal), Pursuer became Empire Term, St. Nazaire became Empire Skua, Stinger became Empire Kittiwake, Thruster became Empire Petrel, Tromso became Empire Gannet and LST (3) 3033 became Empire Shearwarer (on loan to the Ministry of Transport). MESSINA 2 LST (C) Type Added I960, Skyfotos General Notes Can carry I LCT, 5 LCA, 15 40-ton tanks, 15 lorries. Narvik was the flagship of the task force for the atomic test in Monte Bello Islands in 1956. She was earmarked for disposal in I960, but her future was reconsidered and she was fitted out as a submarine support ship at Chatham to relieve thesubmarinedepotship Fotrh serving the First Submarine Squadron in the Mediteranean. Messina took part in the nuclear test at Christmas Island in 1956-58, and was converted to an LST(A) in I960 for service in a new Amphibious Warfare Squadron. LST Added I960 I LST (Q) Type Recent Disposals Vagso was scrapped in I960, and Puncher and Ravager are also for disposal. DIEPPE (ex-LST (3) 3016) LOFOTEN (ex-LST ( 3) 3027) ZEEBRUGGE (ex-LST (3) 3532) MESSINA (ex-LST (C) 3043) NARVIK (ex-LST (C) 3044) 2,256 tons light (4,980 tons full load) 3456 (o.a.) x 54x4^ (forward), 11£ (max.) (aft) feet (Beaching draughts) 10—20 mm. Oerlikon AA. (Messina 4—40 mm. Bofors AA. and 20 mm.) Triple expansion steam reciprocating. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 5,500=13 kts. 2 three-drum type 1,400 tons 105 BEN NEVIS (L 3101, ex-LST (Q) I, ex-LST (3) 3012) Displacement: 2,140 tons light (4,820 tons full load) Dimensions: 330 (pp.), 347} (o.a.) x55*X 4} (forward), 12 (max.) feet Guns: 4—40 mm. and 20 mm. Machinery: Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 5,500= 13 kts. Boilers: 2 three-drum type Oil fuel: 1,400 tons Complement: 100 General Notes Ben Nevis was designated as a Harbour Accommodation Ship in 1958, and is based at Faslane. Recent Disposal Sister ship Ben Lomond was sold out of the Service in I960 (photograph in the 1956-57 to l959-60Jeditions). LST (3) 3031 2,140 tons light (5,000 tons full load) 330 (pp.), 347} (o.a.) X 55* X 4y* (forward), 12 (max.) feet 7 or 8—20 mm. Oerlikon AA., 4—40 mm. forward; Anzio 6—40 mm. Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 5,500=13 kts. (10 kts. cruising) 2 Admiralty 3-drum type 1,400 tons 115 General Notes Can carry 10 tanks plus 15 vehicles. All the above ships were allocated for conversion to LST (A). All were stiffened to carry heavy tanks. Anzio was converted to LST (A) in 1955-56. Chaser was designated as a submarine support ship in 1958. LST (3) 3031 was an A.A. Firing ship but is now a Mechanical Training Ship administered by H.M.S. Sultan, Gosport. Nomenclature Notes All the “ Empire ” names above were given to LSTs taken over by the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation at the time of the Suez action in 1956. All the “ Empire ” named LSTs have no armament. Class Notes LST (3) 3001, 3009, 3021, 3024, 3028, 3037 and 3509 are on charter to War Office, and LST (3) 3010, Empire Cymric, LST (3) 3041, Empire Doric, LST (3) 3507, Empire Gaelic, LST (3) 3512, Empire Celtic, LST (3) 3519, Empire Baltic and LST (3) 3534, Empire Cedric (3507, 3519 and 3534 are for disposal) are on commercial charter through the Ministry of Transport: they are available for recall in emergency. LST (3) 3002, 3007, 3020, 3503 and 3506 are on loan to the Royal Hellenic Navy. LST 322 returned from Royal Hellenic Navy May 1953. 6 LST (3) Type Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Complement: Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Complement: Landing Craft, Inshore Survey Craft—GREAT BRITAIN 53 LANDING CRAFT Landing Craft —continued J Assay RAMPART (deckhouse forward, lattice mast aft) Added I960, A. & J. Pavia ARROMANCHES Added I960, A. & J. Pavia Major Landing Craft 20 LCT (8) Type ARROMANCHES (ex-LCT (8) 4086) BASTION (ex-LCT (8) 4040) BUTTRESS (ex-LCT (8) 4099) CITADEL (ex-LCT (8) 4038) COUNTERGUARD (ex-LCT (8) 4043) PARAPET (ex-LCT (8) 4039) PORTCULLIS (ex-LCT (8) 4044) RAMPART (ex-LCT (8) 4037) REDOUBT (ex-LCT (8) 4001) SALLYPORT (ex-LCT (8) 4064) LCT (8) 4002 LCT (8) 4041 LCT (8) 4061 LCT (8) 4062 LCT (8) 4073 LCT (8) 4074 LCT (8) 4085 LCT (8) 4097 LCT (8) 4128 LCT (8) 4164 Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Complement: 657 tons light, 895 tons (loaded) 225 (pp.), 231 i (o.a.)x 39x3* (forward), 5^ (aft) feet (Beaching Draughts) 4 Paxman engines. B.H.P.: 1,840=12-6 kts. (9 kts. cruising) 33 General Notes Bastion, Rampart and Redoubt have lattice mast (see photo). Rampart has deckhouse forward. Arromanches has a large trellis or lattice mast forward. Arromanches and LCT (8) 4002, 4041, 4061,4062, 4073, 4074, 4085, 4097, 4128 and 4164 are on loan to the War Office. LCT (8) 4063, Jawada, on loan to a commercial company, is for disposal at Bahrein. Photograph Notes Photograph of Redoubt in the 1956-57 to 1959-60 editions. Recent Disposals LCT (8) 4042, 4045, 4050, 4148, 4156 and 4165 were stricken from the list in 1958, and LCT (8) 4025, 4049, 4063 and 4098 were stricken from the list in I960. LCT (4) 405 LCT (4) 403 (ex- 1 220) 2 LCT (4) Type LCT (4) 406 (ex-941) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: 350 tons standard, 586 tons ( loaded ) I87£x38fx3± (forward), 4* (aft) feet 2—20 mm. AA. B.H.P.: 920=10 kts. 12 General Notes LCT (4) 404 and LCT (4) 407 were in the Rhine Squadron. The other (LCT 403, 405, 406, 408) were lent to the Air Ministry. Can carry nine 40-ton tanks or 500 fully equipped men. Sri Melaka (ex-Malaya, ex-MRC 1401, ex-LCT (E) 341) was lent to the Royal Malayan Navy. MRC 1413 (ex-LCT (E) 413) particulars similar to LCT (4) type. Sr/ Peril's (ex-Pelandok, ex- LCG (L) 450) was also lent to the Royal Malayan Navy. LCT (4) 1312 was transferred to the Royal Nigerian Navy. Photograph Notes Photograph of LCT (4) 407 in the 1951-52 to 1959-60 editions. Recent Disposals LCT (4) 404 (ex-1231), LCT (4) 405 (ex-523) and LCT (4) 407 (ex-1106) were scrapped in 1960. LCT (4) 408 (ex-1202) is for disposal with LCT (4) 1274 and LCT (4) 1283 (on the sale list). Minor Landing Craft 38 LCM (7). 7,000 Series Displacement: 28 tons light (63 tons loaded) Dimensions: 60± X 16X3§ feet Machinery: B.H.P.: 290=9 8 kts. General Notes There are 38 LCM (7s) ranging from No. 7007 to 7215. LCM (7) 7007, 7076, 7083, 7118, 7119, 7121, 7124, 7186, 7209 and 7214 were in the Rhine Squadron. Engineering Notes Some were re-engined with Gray Marine units. 101 LCA. 100 Series and 1,000 Series Displacement: 8-5 tons light (13-5 tons full load), LCA (2)s 11 -5 tons light Dimensions: 4I£, LCA (2)s, 43X I0x2± feet Machinery: B.H.P.: 130=8 kts. General Notes There are 32 LCA (2)s, Nos. 101 to 132, and 69 LCA (l)s ranging from No. 1040 to No. 1981, including 13 on loan to the Royal Hellenic Navy. Nineteen LCA (I) were in the Rhine Squadron There are also a number of variations and prototypes of about the same length (43 feet): Raiding Landing Craft, including LCR 5507 and 5508, and Navigational Landing Craft, including LCN 604 (ex-LCR 5505). 13 LCP (L) 1,2 and 3. 500 Series Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: 6-5 tons light (10 tons loaded) 37 x 11 X3y feet B.H.P.: 225=12 kts. General Notes There are 10 LCP (L)s ranging from No. 519 to No. 561, see details above, one LCP (L)2, No. 501, and two LCP (L) 3s, Nos. 502 and 503. Engineering Notes Aurora gas turbines have been installed in LCP (L) 3 No. 502. INSHORE SURVEY CRAFT ECHO (as built with gun) Added I960, Official 3 “E” Class (Inshore Minesweeper Type) ECHO A 70 EGERIA A 72 ENTERPRISE A 71 Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Oil fuel: Complement: 160 tons i06f (o.a.) X21-fj-X5 feet 2 Paxman diesels. 2 shafts. Controllable pitch propellers. B.H.P.: 700=14 kts. (max.), 12 kts (normal) 15 tons 18 (2 officers, 16 ratings) General Notes Echo, the first of the new class of Inshore Survey Craft, was launched from the yard of j. Samuel White & Co. Ltd., Cowes, on I May 1957, and commissioned on 12 Sep. 1958. J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd. are the hull builders. It is of all-wood construction in which extensive use has been made of glued laminated members. The main machinery manu¬ facturers are Davey Paxman & Co Ltd., Colchester. She carries no armament; but she was fitted with a 40 mm. gun for trials (see photograph above) and retains her gun seat. In wartime she could be used as an armed inshore mine¬ sweeper on which her design was based. Egeria was built by Wm. Weatherhead & Sons Ltd., Cockenzie, and Enterprise was built by M. W. Blackmore & Sons Ltd., Bideford. All three of these craft were built to carry out coastal and harbour hydrographic surveys for the Hydrographer of the Navy around the coasts of the British Isles. The prime require¬ ments of such craft are ability to navigate in shoal water, to obtain depths and detect the existence of wrecks or obstructions on the sea bed, coupled with the ability to fix the position of the craft with accuracy. They are equipped with two echo sounding machines and asdics for wreck location, and carry surveying equipment for carrying out triangulation ashore, which provides the basis for fixing the crafts’ position afloat, by horizontal sextant angles. They also have the most modern radar, with facilities for measuring ranges accurately for position fixing; and are also fitted with wire sweep gear for finding the minimum depths over wrecks and similar obstructions. Their crews include two surveying officers and four surveying ratings. These Inshore Survey Craft are self-contained units having their own echo sounding launch for shallow survey work and a modern chart room for survey plotting and compilation. These vessels will replace the Surveying Motor Launches which were built in the early 1940s as harbour defence launches. Photograph Notes A larger aerial photograph of Echo, as modified without armament, appears in the 1959-60 edition. 54 GREAT BRITAIN—Fleet Supply Ships FLEET SUPPLY SHIPS Fleet Supply Ships —continued RELIANT I960, courtesy Mr. J. C. Jeremy FORT DUNVEGAN I960, Tom Molland Ltd. 3 “ Re ” Class (Rated as Fast Replenishment Ships) RELIANT ( ex-Somersby ) Displacement: Measurement: Dimensions: Machinery: Complement: 13,730 tons 9,290 tons deadweight (summer) 468 5/12 (o.a.) X 61 £ X 26? feet Doxford Diesel by Hawthorn Leslie. B.H.P.: 8,250=18 kts. 110 officers and men General Notes Built by Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd., Sunderland. Completed in 1954. Formerly a grain carrier which traded for two years, working between the Gulf of Mexico and the United Kingdom, before she was purchased by the Admiralty from the Ropner Shipping Company and converted for her new role at North Shields. Sailed from Chatham on 4 Nov. 1958 for the Far East to take up duty as the Royal Navy’s first air-stores issuing ship capable of replenishing aircraft carriers at sea. She has an endurance of 50 days’ steaming at 16 knots, and carries 40,000 different patterns of aircraft spares and general naval stores. She has six holds and the latest automatic tensioning winch for transfer of stores to aircraft carriers in unfavourable weather. She is fully air-conditioned for service in the tropics. Her conversion was based on the concept that aircraft carriers should be able to spend more time at sea, independent of shore bases. Rated as a Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Originally named Somersby. Renamed Reliant in 1958. Pennant No. A84. Photograph Notes A larger, starboard bow, view of Reliant appears in the 1959-60 edition. RESURGENT I960, Official 8 “ Fort ” Class FORT FORT FORT BEAUHARNOIS CHARLOTTE CONSTANTINE FORT DUNVEGAN FORT DUQUESNE FORT LANGLEY FORT FORT ROSALIE SANDUSKY Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Boilers: 9,788 tons 424^x57x27 feet Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 2,500= 1 2 Babcock & Wilcox 1 kts. General Notes All launched in 1944. Fort Beauharnois, Fort Constantine and Fort Dunvegan are Store Carriers: Fort Charlotte and Fort Duquesne (helicopter landing platform aft) are Naval Store and Victualling Store Issuing Ships. Fort Langley, Fort Rosalie and Fort Sandusky are Armament Store Issuing Ships. These ships are Royal Fleet Auxiliaries, except for Fort Langley, which was officially listed as a Merchant Fleet Auxiliary. They are similar in type to the Maintenance Ships of the “ Mull ” and “ Head ” classes, sec earlier page. Photograph Notes A larger, port bow, photograph of Fort Duquesne appears in the 1953-54 to 1958-59 editions , and a larger starboard broadside view of Fort Dunvegan appears in the 1959-60 edition. STORE CARRIERS THOMAS GRANT Displacement: 409 tons Dimensions: I l3-fcx25£x 10feet Machinery: 2 diesels. Speed=9kts. Notes Completed in 1953. Photograph of Thomas Grant in 1957-58 and earlier editions. Stricken from the Navy List in I960. ROBERT DUNDAS (28 July 1938) ROBERT MIDDLETON (29 June 1938) Displacement: Measurement: Dimensions: Machinery: Oil fuel: Complement: 900 tons 1,000 tons deadweight 2I0X35X I3£ (mean) feet Atlas Polar Diesel. I shaft. B.H.P.: 960=10-5 kts. 60 tons 17 Notes Both built by Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. Machinery by British Auxiliaries Ltd., Govan. Launch dates above. FAST FLEET REPLENISHMENT SHIPS RETAINER Added 1960, Wright & Logan TIDESURGE Added I960 Wright & Logan 3 “Tide” Class RESURGENT (ex-Changchow) RETAINER (ex-Chungking) TlDEFLOW (ex-Tiderace) TIDESURGE (ex-Tiderange) TIDEREACH Displacement: Measurement: Dimensions: Machinery: 14,000 tons (approx.) official estimate Resurgent, 9,403 tons gross. Retainer, 9,393 tons gross 477i (o.a.) X 62f X25 (29 max.) feet Diesel I shaft. B.H.P.: 6,500 Displacement: Measurement: Dimensions: Machinery: 15,000 tons (26,000 tons full load) 17,700 tons deadweight, I 1,200 tons gross 550 (pp.), 538 (o.o.)X7I X32 (max.) feet Double reduction geared turbines. S.H.P.: 15,000=18 kts. General Notes Former passenger and cargo motor vessels, both built for China Navigation Co. by Scott’s Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Greenock, completed in 1951 and 1950, respectively. Retainer was formerly a passenger and cargo liner working along the China coast. Purchased by Admiralty in 1952 and converted into a naval storeship during autumn 1954-April 1955 by Palmers Hebburn Co. Ltd., where further conversion was carried out Mar-Aug. 1957 (originally scheduled for Sep. 1956-early 1957, but postponed) to extend her facilities as a stores ship, including the fitting out of holds to carry naval stores, the installation of lifts to remove such stores, the provision of extra cargo handling gear and new bridge wings. Resurgent was taken over by Admiralty on completion for employment as a fast fleet replenishment ship. Rated as Royal Fleet Auxiliaries. Pennant Nos. A280 and A329, respectively. Photograph Notes A larger, port bow, view of Retainer appears in the 1955-56 to 1959-60 editions; and a larger starboard broadside view of Resurgent appears in the 1959-60 edition. General Notes Tidereach, launched by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd., Wallsend-on-Tyne, on 2 June 1954, and completed on 30 Aug. 1955, was the first of the Admiralty’s new class of Fleet Replenishment Tankers. The main machinery was manufactured by the Wallsend Slipway Company. Designed for the support of the Fleet and the replenishment of its supplies under way at sea. Fast, capacious (15,000 tons o f fuel cargo) and fitted with the most modern handling gear for transferring food, stores, ammunition, oil and jet aircraft fuels by jackstay and derricks to ships needing them. Oil cargo can be discharged at high rate to ships on either beam or astern, while steaming at high speed. Tiderange renamed Tidesurge in 1958), was launched at Sir James Laing & Son Ltd., Sunderland, on I July 1954. Tiderace (renamed Tideflow in 1958) was launched at J. L. Thompson & Sons Ltd., Sunderland, on 30 Aug. 1954, the main machinery of both being manufactured by North Eastern Marine Engineering Co. Ltd., Wallsend-on-Tyne. A fourth ship, the Tide Austral, was built for Aus¬ tralia, but was returned to Admiralty control. Photograph Notes Photograph of Tidereach in the 1959-60 and earlier editions. gSsp3 . ■ Oilers—GREAT BRITAIN 55 Oilers —continued mm APPLELEAF EDDYFIRTH Added I960, ]. W. Kennedy 8 “ Eddy ” Class EDDYBAY (29 Nov. 1951) EDDYFIRTH (10 Sep. 1953) EDDYBEACH (25 Apr. 1951) EDDYNESS (22 Oct. 1953) EDDYCLIFF (25 Aug. 1952) EDDYREEF (28 May 1953) EDDYCREEK (19 Jan. 1953) EDDYROCK (16 Dec. 1952) Measurement: 2,157 to 2,300 tons gross, 2,095 tons deadweight Dimensions: 270 (pp.), 286 (o.a.)x44x 171 feet Machinery: I set triple expansion. 227 r.p.m. I shaft. I.H.P.: 1,750 = 12 kts. Boilers: 2 oil burning cylindrical General Notes Fleet Attendant Oil Tankers. Launch dates above. Officially rates as Royal Fleet Auxili¬ aries. Single screw vessels built for the Naval Stores Department of the Admiralty. Constructed on the combined transverse and longitudinal system of framing and classed 100 Al at Lloyd's to their latest requirements for the carriage of petroleum in bulk. Engineering Notes The main propelling machinery was built by Lobnitz & Co. Ltd., Renfrew for all ships of the class, boilers by Caledon Shipbuildi ng & Engineering Co. Ltd., Dundee. Photograph Notes Photograph of Eddycliff in the 1959-60 edition. Photograph of Eddybeach in the 1958-59 and earlier editions. Name Builders Eddybay Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Dundee Eddybeach Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Dundee Eddycliff Blythswood Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Scotstoun Eddycreek Lobnitz & Co. Ltd., Renfrew Eddy firth Lobnitz & Co. Ltd., Renfrew Eddyness Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Blyth Eddyreef Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Dundee Eddyrock Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Blyth APPLELEAF (ex-M.V. George Lyras ) Measurement: 16,850 tons deadweight, 11,588 tons gross, 6,559 tons net Dimensions: 577Vy (o.o.) X 68 x29f mean summer draught Machinery: Diesel. Speed= 14 kts. Notes The M.V. George Lyras, built by Bartram & Co. Ltd. and formerly owned by Marine Enterprises Ltd., was taken over by the Admiralty on 17 Apr. 1959 on a long term bareboat charter for service as a Royal Fleet Auxiliary and renamed R.F.A. Appleleaf, thus reviving the name of an R.F.A. oiler which served the Royal Navy in both World Wars and was scrapped at the end of the Second World War after 30 years of service. The Appleleaf is the first of a number of 16,000-18,000 ton tankers being chartered by the Admiralty to replace the smaller “ Dale ” and “ Wave ” classes of R.F.A. freighting tankers. BAYLEAF (ex-M.V. London Integrity ) BRAMBLE LEAF (ex-M.V. London Loyalty) Measurement Dimensions: Machinery: 17,960 tons deadweight, 12,123 tons gross, 7,042 tons net 5561 ip.a.) X7I1X30 feet Diesel. Speed=l41 kts. ( Bayleaf ), 14 kts. ( Brambleaf ) Both built by Farmers S.B. Co. Ltd. Both from London & Overseas Freighters Ltd. 22 May, 1959. CHERRYLEAF (ex-M.V. Laurelwood) Measurement: 18,560 tons deadweight, 12,402 tons gross, 7,338 tons net Dimensions: 544 (o.a.)X72f X301 mean summer draught Machinery: Diesel. Speed = 131 kts. Completed 29 Nov. 1952 25 Apr. 1952 10 Feb. 1953 11 Sep. 1953 10 Feb. 1954 22 Oct. 1954 23 Oct. 1953 7'une 1953 Not(f Built by Sir J. Laing & Co. Ltd. From Molasses & General Transport Co. Ltd. 15 May, 1959. ORANGELEAF (ex-M.V. Southern Satellite) Measurement: 17,475 tons deadweight, 12,481 tons gross, 6,949 tons net Dimensions: 556-j% (o.a.) x7I-jV X301 mean summer draught Machinery: Diesel. Speed=l5kts. Notes Built by Furness S.B. Co. Ltd. From South Georgia Co. Ltd. 25 May 1959. PEARLEAF (launched on 15 Oct. 1959) Displacement: 23,900 tons Measurement: 18,045 tons deadweight, 12,139 tons gross, 7,216 tons net Dimensions: 535 (pp.), 568 (o.a.) X711 X 30 feet Machinery: Rowan Doxford 6 cyl. diesels. B.H.P.: 8,800= 151 kts. Notes Built by Scotstoun Yard of Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. for Jacobs and Partners Ltd., London. Chartered by the Admiralty on completion and operated as a Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Can carry three different grades of cargo. Skyfotos WAVE PLUMLEAF Displacement: 24,920 tons Measurement: 18,900 tons deadweight, 12,500 tons gross (approx) net Dimensions: 560 (o.a.) x7 If X 30 feet Machinery: North East Doxford 6 cyl. diesels. B.H.P.: 9,350=151 kts. Notes Built by Blyth D. D. & Engineering Co. Ltd. Photograph Notes Photograph of Bayleaf in the 1959-60 edition (in the Addenda). Larger aerial view of Appleleaf (as George Lyras) n the 1959-60 edition. WAVE VICTOR (in 60 knot gale) Added I960, Official 12“ Wave ” Class 5 Furness SB. Co., Ltd., Haverton Hill-on-Tees WAVE BARON (ex-Empire Flodden) WAVE REGENT WAVE RULER (ex-Empire Evesham) WAVE SOVEREIGN WAVE VICTOR (ex-Empire Bounty) 2 Harland & Wolff, Ltd. (Govan), Glasgow WAVE CHIEF (ex-Empire Edgehill) WAVE MONARCH 5 Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd., Sunderland WAVE DUKE (ex-Empire Mars) WAVE KNIGHT (ex-Empire Naseby) WAVE LAIRD (ex-Empire Dunbar ) WAVE MASTER (ex-Empire Salisbury) WAVE PRINCE (ex-Empire Herats) Displacement: 8,200 tons standard (L Measurement: I 1,900 tons deadweigh Dimensions: 4651 (pp.), 4921 (o.a.) Guns: Light AA. in wartime Machinery: Double reduction geared turbines. S.H.P.: 6,800=15 kts. Boilers: 3-drum type General Notes Classed as Royal Fleet Auxiliaries. Launch dates above. The turbines are of Metrovick type in Wave Baron, Wave Chief, Wave Duke and Wave Laird, and Parsons type in the others. Photograph Notes Photograph of Wave Premier in the 1959-60 edition. Photograph of Wave Master in the 1959-60 and earlier editions. Photograph of Wave Monarch in the 1952-53 edition Recent Disposals Wave Commander and Wave Liberator were scrapped in 1959. Wave Conqueror and Wave King were sold in I960 when Wave Emperor, Wave Governor and Wave Premier were alsp stricken from'the list. Wave Protector was hulked at Malta, Launched 19 Feb. 1946 29 Mar. 1945 17 Jan. 1946 20 Nov. 1945 30 Sep. 1943 SURF PIONEER Skyfotos SURF PATROL (ex-Tatry, 7 Feb. 1951) SURF PIONEER (ex-Beskidy, 23 Apr. 1951) Measurement: 7,600 tons gross, 11,000 tons deadweight Dimensions: 445 (pp.)X601X271 (max.) feet Machinery: Doxford 4-cyI. Diesels. B.H.P.: 4,250= 13.75 kts. Notes Taken over by Great Britain whilst still under construction by Bartram’s, for Poland, at the time of the Korean War emergency. Launch dates above. Royal Fleet Auxiliaries. 56 GREAT BRITAIN—Oilers (continued) O i I e rs —continued 0 i1 ers —continued OLNA OLNA Added I960, W right ECHODALE 17,000 tons standard (25,096 tons full load) 17,500 tons deadweight 550 (pp.), 583* (o.a.) X 70* X32£ feet I—4 inch AA., 4—40 mm. AA., 8—20 mm. AA. (in war time) I* in deck Turbo-electric. S.H.P.: 13,000= 17 kts. 3 Babcock & Wilcox 2,130 tons 77 Displacement: Measurement Dimensions: Guns: Armour: Machinery: Boilers: Oil Fuel: Complement: I Later “ Dale 99 Class Displacement: 17,000 tons (approx.) Measurement: 12,000 tons deadweight (approx.), 8,500 tons gross (approx.) Dimensions: 460 (pp.), 483 (o.a.) X 59 X27* (mean) feet Guns: I—40 mm. AA., 4—20 mm. AA. (removed in peacetime) Machinery: Hawthorn Leslie Werkspoor diesels. B.H.P.: 3,500= 11.5 kts. Complement: 40 General Notes Built by Hawthorn Leslie & Co. Ltd., Hebburn. Launched in 1941. Classed as a Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Second World War losses: Cairndale, Darkdale, Dinsdale, (ex-Empire Norseman). Denbydale (ex-Empire Silver) was so badly damaged at the end of the war that she ceased to be sea-going, and she was towed to the United Kingdom from Gibraltar in 1955 to be broken up. Photograph Notes Photograph of Ennerdale in the 1959-60 and earlier editions. Recent Disposals In 1959 Ennerdale was scrapped, Easedale was sold, and Eaglesdale was for disposal. All these three had steam reciprocating engines. Cedardale, Derwentdale, Dewdale and Dingledale were disposed of in I960. General Notes Built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd., Wallsend-on-Tyne. Launched on 28 Dec. 1944. Classed as a Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Guns are not mounted in peace time. The ship has had her funnel considerably heightened with a smoke deflecting top. Photograph Notes A larger, port bow oblique aerial, view of Olna appears in the 1953-54 to 1959-60 editions. ABBEYDALE Displacement Measurement Dimensions: Machinery: Own Oil: Complement: General Notes Built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Ltd. Launched on 28 Dec. 1936. Classed as Royal Fleet Auxiiary. Second World War losses: Aldersdale, Boardale. Photograph Notes Photograph of Bishopdale in the 1959-60 and earlier editions. Recent Disposals Sister ships Arndale, Bishopdale and Broomdale, of the early “Dale" class were disposed of in I960. The five old oilers of the “Ol” class, Belgol, Celerol, Fortol, Prestcl, and Serbol, were all disposed of in 1958. The six old oilers of the smaller “ Ol ” class, Bozol, Elderol, Elmol, Larchol, Limol and Philol, were all stricken from the Fleet Auxiliary List in 1959, and have been sold or will be disposed of in the near future. War Hindoo, used only as a hulk, has been scrapped. 17,210 tons I 1,650 tons deadweight, 8,503 tons gross 464? (pp.), 481 £ (o.a.) X 62x27* (mean) feet Doxford Diesel. B.H.P.: 4,000=11.5 kts. 850 tons 40 Added I960, courtesy Dr. Ian Pearsall TEAKOL BIRCHOL (19 Feb. 1946) OAKOL (28 Aug. 1946) ROWAN OL (ex-Cedarol, ex-Ebonol, 15 May 1946) TEAKOL (14 Nov. 1946) 2,670 tons 1,050 tons deadweight 218 (pp.), 232 (o.a.) X 39 X I5£ feet Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 1,140=11 kts. 26 Displacement Measurement Dimensions: Machinery: Complement: General Notes All built by Lobnitz and Co. Ltd Fleet Auxiliaries. Renfrew. Launch dates above. Photograph Notes Photograph of Oakol in the 1959-60 edition. Photograph of Rowanol in the 1958-59 and earlier editions. BLACK RANGER Added I960, Skyfotos 5 “ Ranger ” Class Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Dundee GOLD RANGER 12 Mar. 1941 GREEN RANGER 21 Aug. 1941 BACCHUS Added 1959, R. M Scott 3 Harland & Wolff Ltd. (Govan), Glasgow “ Bacchus ” Class BLACK RANGER 22 Aug. 1940 BLUE RANGER 29 J an. 1941 BROWN RANGER 12 Dec. 1940 Measurement: 3,313 to 3,417 tons gross Dimensions: First two, 339* (pp.), 355* (o.o.)x47x20 feet; Other three, 349* (pp.), 365* (o.a.)x 47x20 feet Machinery: Diesel. B.H.P.: 2,750= 12 kts. General Notes Classed as Fleet Auxiliaries. Launch dates above. Funnel in these ships is on the port side. All are fitted with special derrick on the beam to facilitate fuelling at sea. Sister ship Gray Ranger (Caledon) was lost during the Second World War. Green Ranger is laid up and may be disposed of in the near future. BACCHUS Displacement: 5,150 tons standard (5,790 tons full load) Measurement: Deadweight capacity 3,300 tons Dimensions: 320 (pp.), 337f (o.a.) X 49 X 18 (max.) feet Machinery: Triple expansion. I.H. P.: 2,000= 12 kts. Boilers: 3 cylindrical Oil fuel: 643 tons Complement: 44 General Notes Built by Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Dundee. Launched on 15 July 1936. Classed as a Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Equipped with distilling plant for supplying naval vessels with fresh water. Pennant No. A 103. Photograph Notes Photograph of Brown Ranger in the 1959-60 edition. Photograph Notes A larger, starboard bow, view of Bacchus appears in the 1954-55 to 1958-59 editions. BRITANNIA Displacement: 3,990 tons light (4,961 tops full load) Measurement: 5,769 tons gross Dimensions: Length: 360 feet (pp.), 380 feet (v/.L), 4I2£ feet ( o.a .). Beam: 55 feet. Draught: I5f (mean at load), 17 (max.) feet Machinery: Single reduction geared steam turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 12,000=21 kts. (approx.) continuous cruising speed. 22.75 kts. max., (trials) Boilers: 2 Radius: 2,100 miles at 20 kts., 2,400 miles at the economical speed of 18 kts., 3,000 miles at 15 kts. Oil fuel: 330 tons (can be increased to 490 tons with auxiliary fuel tanks) Complement: 271 General Notes This vessel was designed as a medium sized naval hospital ship to be used by Her Majesty The Queen in time of peace as a Royal Yacht. Pennant No. A 00. Built by John Brown & Co. Ltd., Clydebank. Ordered in Feb. 1952. Laid down on 16 June 1952. Launched on 16 Apr. 1953. Completed on 14 Jan. 1954. She has endurance sufficient to enable her to undertake long ocean voyages, modified cruiser stern, and raked bow. Her construction conforms to mercantile practice. The complete bridge structure is constructed of aluminium, and the funnel is also of aluminium. The ship is fitted with Denny-Brown single fin stabilisers to reduce roll in bad weather from 20 deg. to 6 deg. Cost £2,098,000. To enable her to pass under the bridges of the St. Lawrence Seaway when she visited Canada, the top 20 feet of her mainmast and the wireless aerial on her foremast were hinged in Nov. 1958 so that they can be lowered as required. Her two 3-pdr. saluting guns were removed. Photograph Notes Larger aerial photographs in the Addenda of the 1958-59 edition and in the 1959-60 edition. ROYAL YACHT AMHERST I960, Wright & Logan AMHERST Displacement: 5,337 tons Measurement: 1,600 tons deadweight Dimensions: 341 fx45x20 feet Machinery: Reciprocating. I shaft Notes Built by Blythswood Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd., Scotstoun. Pennant No. A 238. ENFIELD MAXIM SNIDER GATLING NORDENFELT CHATTENDEN Displacement: 604 to 663 tons Measurement: 240 tons Dimensions: 131^ to I44£x25x 18 feet Machinery: Reciprocating (except Chattenden, diesel) Complement: 13 Notes All built by Lobnitz & Co. Ltd., Renfrew, except Chattenden completed by Richards Iron Works, Lowestoft, 1944 (engined by Crossley). KINTERBURY THROSK Displacement: 1,770 tons Measurement: 600 tons deadweight Dimensions: I99f X 34^ X 13 feet Machinery: Triple expansion. I shaft. I.H.P.: 900 Coal: 154 tons Notes Launched in 1943 and 1944, respectively. Both built by Philip & Son Ltd. Both of these vessels were converted in 1959 with hold stowage and a derrick for handling guided missiles for attending and servicing the guided weapons trails ship Girdle Ness. Photograph of Throsk in 1957-58 and earlier editions. Auxiliaries—GREAT BRITAIN 57 NAVAL ARMAMENT CARRIERS BRITANNIA I960, Keith Long AIRSPRITE AIRSPRITE (22 Dec. 1942 1954, Skyfotos NASPR1TE (28 Nov. 1940) DISPENSER KINLOSS SWIN Measurement: 965 tons gross KINBRACE SUCCOUR UPL1FTER Dimensions: 204±X33*X I2f feet KINGARTH Machinery: Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 900= I I kts. Displacement: 950 tons standard (1,050 tons full load) Measurement: 775 tons gross, 261 -6 tons register Dimensions: 150 (pp.), I79£ (o.o.) X 39£ X 9£ (mean), II (max.) feet Machinery: Triple expansion. I shaft. I.H.P.: 600=9 kts. Boilers: I return tube cylindrical (30 ton) Complement: 34 General Notes Coastal salvage vessels. Equipped with horns and heavy rollers. Can lift 200 tons dead¬ weight over the bow. Uplifter, built by Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd., is the only salvage vessel wearing the White Ensign. She was laid down on 13 Feb. 1943, launched on 29 Nov. 1943, and completed on 6 Apr. 1944. Dispenser, Help and Lifeline were on charter to private firms. Remaining ships are Royal Fleet Auxiliaries wearing the Blue Ensign. Kingarth wore the White Ensign in 1957. Photograph Notes Photograph of Kingarth in the 1959-60 and earlier editions. Photograph of Swin in the 1956- 57 and earlier editions. Recent Disposals Help was disposed of and Lifeline was also on the disposal list in I960. M F Vs General Notes Both built by Blythswood S.B. Co. Launch dates above. Airsprite is officially rated as a Spirit Carrier. Recent Disposals The petrol carriers Petrobus and Rippledyke were sold in 1959-60. TENDERS ICEWHALE Displacement: 350 tons Dimensions: 120x24x9 feet Machinery: Speed =9 kts. Complement: 12 (Master, Mate and 10 ratings) Notes Trials vessel. Tender to the Underwater Detection Establishment at Portland. DEEPWATER ( ex-Walter Holtzapfel) Displacement: 1,200 tons Dimensions: 246 (pp.), 260 (o.a.)x 38 X 11 £ (mean) feet Machinery: 2 Sets Sulzer Diesels. B.H.P.: 1,750= 17 kts. Complement: 61 Notes Ex-German deep diving ship. Launched in 1940. Relegated to stationary harbour service at Portsmouth. Tender to Vernon for diving instruction. Now painted with black hull, red waterline and light grey upperworks but black funnel top. 149 Motor Fishing Vessels ranging from Nos. 2 to 1574 are employed for various subsidiary duties in the Fleet and in the dockyards. They are of four types, viz: MFV 2 to 436 Length: 61 j feet 69 in service MFV 609 to 944 Length: 45 feet 33 in service MFV 1004 to 1257 Length: 75 feet 39 in service MFV 1526 to 1574 Length: 90 feet 8 in service Notes MFV 1044, 1069, 1156 are armed with I—40 mm. Bofors forward (in place of mast) and I—20 mm. Oerlikon an after superstructure. MFV 206 is at Kilindini (Royal East African Navy). MFV 1151, Squirrel, and MFV 1080, Watchful, were replaced as Fishery Protection Gunboats by an inshore minesweeper and a motor launch (replaced by an inshore mine¬ sweeper) with those names, see earlier pages. MFV 270, 2014 and 1564 were discarded in 1957. MFV I 161 was removed from the Navy List in 1959, and 56 others were stricken in I960. DWARF Displacement: 172 tons Dimensions: 83? (pp.), 91 (o.a.)X I9x6£ (mean), 7 (max.) feet Machinery: 2 sets triple expansion. I.H.P.: 350 = 9-25 kts. Boiler: I cylindrical Coal: 16 tons Notes Built by Philip & Son, Ltd., Dartmouth. Launched in 1936. Tender to Third Submarine Flotilla at Faslane. Employed as a Torpedo Recovery Vessel. Recent Disposals The mining tenders Nightingale and Vesuvious were discarded in 1956. The Torpedo Recovery Vessel Redwing was discarded in 1957. The experimental trials vessel Decibel was discarded in 1957. The deep diving tender Clearwater, and the mine location tenders Dipper and Diver, were discarded in 1959. 58 GREAT BRITAIN—Auxiliaries ( continued ) CABLE VESSELS BULLFINCH Added 1959, Skyfotos 2 “ Bull ” Class BULLFINCH (19 Aug. 1940) ST. MARGARETS (Oct. 1943) Measurement: 1,524 tons gross Dimensions: 252 (o.o.)X 36^X I6± (mean) feet Guns: I—4 inch, 4—20 mm. AA. Machinery: 2 Reciprocating. Speed=l2kts. General Notes Admiralty cable ships classed as Royal Fleet Auxiliaries. Both built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. Launch dates above. Class Notes Bullfrog and Bullhead of this type were transferred to Cable and Wireless service in 1947. Photograph Notes A larger, port broadside, view of Bullffinch, appears in the 1951-52 to 1957-58 editions. Recent Disposal The smaller cable vessel Lasso was disposed of at the end of 1959. WATER CARRIERS 6 “Spa” Class 2 Charles Hill & Sons Ltd. 4 Philip & Son SPALAKE (10 Aug. 1946) SPA (I I Oct. 1941) SPABROOK (24 Aug. 1944) SPAPOOL (28 Feb. 1946) SPABECK (21 June 1943) SPABURN (5 Jan. 1946) Displacement: 1,219 tons Measurement: 500 tons deadweight Dimensions: 160 (pp.), 163 (o.a.)x 30 X 13 feet Machinery: Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 675 Boiler: I Coal: 90 tons General Notes Spabeck is now a spirit carrier (hydrogen peroxide fuel for “Ex” class submarines). Photograph Notes Photograph of Spalake in 1957-58 and earlier editions. 14 “ Fresh ” Class FRESHBROOK FRESHFORD FRESHPOND FRESHSPRING FRESHBURN FRESHLAKE FRESHPOOL FRESHTARN FRESHENER FRESHMERE FRESHSPRAY FRESHWATER FRESHET FRESHWELL Displacement: 594 tons Dimensions: 126^x25^X lOf (max.) feet Machinery: Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 450 = 9 kts. Photograph Notes Photograph of Freshpond in the 1953-54 and earlier editions. TYPHOON I960, Official I “ Typhoon” Class TYPHOON Displacement: 800 tons (approx.) standard (1,380 tons full load ) Dimension: 199 (o.o.), 180 (pp.)x38£x 13 feet Machinery: 2 diesels. I shaft. Controllable pitch propeller. Speed: over 16 knots Notes The first of a new class of ocean tugs to be built for the Admiralty. Launched from the shipyard of Henry Robb & Co. Ltd., Leith, on I40ct. 1958. The class is an improved version of the “ Bustler ” tugs. Extensive tank tests were carried out by William Denny & Bros. Ltd., Dumbarton, before the design was developed by Henry Robb & Co. Ltd. The Typhoon is propelled by two diesel engines, manufactured by Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Barrow-in- Furness, geared to a single shaft with a controllable pitch propeller, which is an innovation for Admiralty ocean tugs. She is fitted with the latest equipment for fire fighting, salvage and ocean rescue, with a heavy mainmast and derrick attached. Completed in I960. Fleet Tugs —continued 2 “ Con ” Class CONFIANCE (15 Nov. 1955) CONFIDENT (17 Jan. 1956) Displacement: 760 tons (loaded) Dimensions: 140 (pp.), I54f (o.o.)x35xll feet Machinery: 4 Paxman diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,600=13 kts. Complement: 29+13 salvage party Notes Built by A. & J. Inglis, Ltd., Glasgow. Launch dates above. Confiance completed 27 Mar. 1956. Fitted with 2,500 mm. diameter Stone Kamewa variable pitch propellers. 3 “ Samson ” Class SAMSON (14 May 1953) SEA GIANT (2 June 1954) SUPERMAN (23 Nov. 1953) Measurement: 850 tons gross Dimensions: 180x37 feet Machinery: Triple expansion. 2 shafts Notes All built and engined by Alexander Hall & Co.. Ltd., Aberdeen. Launch daces above. Photograph of Samson in 1957-58 and earlier editions. 4 “Nimble” Class CAPABLE (Hall, Russell, 22 Nov. 1945) EXPERT (Fleming & Ferguson, 1944) CAREFUL (A. Hall & Co. 23 Oct. 1945) NIMBLE (Fleming & Ferguson, 4Dec. 1941) Displacement: 890 tons (1,190 tons full load) Dimensions: 165 (pp.), 175 (o.a)X 35} X I3J feet Machinery: Triple expansion. 2 shafts- I.H.P.: 3,500= 16 kts. Boilers: 2, of 3-drum type Oil fuel: 300 tons Notes Capable was fitted experimentally with reversible pitch propellers. 4 “Envoy” Class ENCORE (Dec. 1944) ENIGMA (June 1944) ENFORCER (July 1944) ENVOY (Feb. 1944) Displacement: 868 tons (1,332 tons full load) Measurement: 762 tons gross Dimensions: I74jr X36X 17 (max.) feet Machinery: Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 1,700=13 kts. Boilers: 2 cylindrical Oil fuel: 398 tons Complement: 33 Notes All built by Cochrane & Sons, Ltd., Selby. Launch dates above. In wartime these ships carried I—3 inch AA. gun, 2—20 mm. AA guns, and 2 M.G. Enticer was lost 21 Dec. 1946. 7 “ Bustler ” Class BUSTLER (4 Dec. 1941) SAMSONIA (I Apr. 1942) GROWLER (10 Sep. 1942) TURMOIL (14 July 1944) MEDIATOR (21 June 1944) WARDEN (28 June 1945) REWARD (13 Oct. 1944) Displacement: 1,1 18 tons (1,630 tons full load) Dimensions: 190 (pp.), 205 (o.a.)x4l X 13 (mean), 16 (max.) feet Machinery: 2 Atlas Polar 8-cyl. Diesels. I shaft. B.H.P.: 4,000=16 Oil fuel: 405 tons Range: 17,000 miles Complement: 42 Notes All built by Henry Robb, Ltd., Leith. Launch dates above. Growler, temporarily renamed Caroline Moller, while on long term charter, then renamed Castle Peak, was returned to R. F.A. service in 1957. Most of this class, including Turmoil, have been chartered by com¬ mercial undertakings. Bustler has returned to naval service. Second World War loss: Hesperia. Photograph of Reward in 1957-58 and earlier editions. 10 “Assurance” Class ALLEGIANCE (Feb. 1943) HENGIST (Dec. 1941) ALLIGATOR JAUNTY (June 1941) ANTIC (Mar. 1943) PROSPEROUS (June 1942) CAUTIOUS (ex-Prudent, Aug. 1940) RESTIVE (Sep. 1940) EARNER (ex-Ernest, July 1943) SAUCY (Oct. 1942) Displacement: 700 tons (1,055 tons full load) Measurement: 597 tons gross Dimensions: 157 X 35 X 10 feet Machinery: Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 1,350=12 kts. Boiler: I cylindrical Oil fuel: 262 tons Complement 31 Notes All built by Cochrane & Sons, Ltd., Selby. Launch dates above. In wartime these ships carried I—3 inch AA. gun, I—20 mm. AA. gun and 2 M.G. Hengist Pennant No. A 110. Second World War losses of the class were Adept, Adherent (original), Assurance, Horsa and Sesame. Alligator is reported to be up for sale. Assiduous was transferred to Ceylon in 1959. Adherent (the second) and Tryphon were disposed of in I960. I “ Brigand ” Class BRIGAND (8 July 1937) Displacement: 840 tons standard (1,190 tons full load) Dimensions: 165 (pp.), 174 (o.a.)X 32x lOf feet Guns: I—3 inch AA., I—20 mm. AA. 2 Lewis Machinery: Triple expansion. 2 shafts. Designed H.P.: 3,000= 15-5 kts. Boilers: 2, of 3-drum type Oil fuel: 390 tons Complement: 43 Notes Built by Fleming & Ferguson, Paisley, under the 1936 Navy Estimates. Fitted for salvage work, and has towing winches for work with battle practice targets. Sister ship Buccaneer was sunk on 25 Aug. 1946. Briton (ex-Bandit), Freebooter and Marauder were disposed of in I960. Photograph of Brigand in 1957-58 and earlier editions. There are a number of other tugs employed on harbour service and in H.M. Dockyards, including the new diesel-electric paddle tugs Director and Dexterous, Faithful, Favourite and Forceful and Grinder and Griper an d the twinscrew diesel dockyard tugs Accord, Adept, Agile and Advice. Also the small fleet servicing and naval harbour tugs Empire Demon, Empire Fred, Empire Imp, Empire Netta, Empire Rosa, Empire Zona, Energetic (ex-Empire Edward) and Frisky (ex- Empire Rita), not all of the same type. Empire Plane was sold in 1958. Administration, Silhouettes—AUSTRALIA 59 ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY Naval Board President: Minister for the Navy: Senator The Hon. J. G. Gorton. First Naval Member and Chief of Naval Staff: Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Mackay Burrell, K.B.E., C.B. Second Naval Member and Chief of Naval Personnel: Rear-Admiral A. W. R. McNicoll, C.B.E., G.M. Third Naval Member and Chief of Naval Construc¬ tion : Rear-Admiral K. McK. Urquhart, C.B.E. Fourth Naval Member: Commodore (Second Class) P. Perry, C.B.E. Secretary , Department of the Navy: Thomas J. Hawkins, Esq., C.B.E., B.A., LL.B. Flag Officer Commanding H.M. Australian Fleet: Rear-Admiral W. H. Harrington, C.B.E., D.S.O. Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff: Rear-Admiral O. H. Becher, D.S.O., D.S.C. and Bar. Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee, Department of Defence: Vice-Admiral Sir Roy R. Dowling, K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O. Chairman of the Australian Joint Services Mission in Washington: Rear-Admiral G. G. O. Gatacre, C.B.E., D.S.O., D.S.C. and Bar. Navy Estimates 1953- 54: £A45,770,000 1956-57: £A39,065,000 1954- 55: £A48,165,000 1958-59: £A42,40I,000 1955- 56: £A48,834,000 1959-60: £A42,6I2,000 Personnel 1956: 13,111 officers and ratings. 1957: 12,250 officers and ratings. 1958: I 1,000 officers and ratings. 1959: 11,000 officers and ratings. I January I960: 10,621 officers and ratings, (authorised strength, 12,800) Mercantile Marine Lloyd’s Register of Shipping: 351 vessels of 663,885 tons gross. Silhouettes Scale: 150 ft. = I inch. MELBOURNE ANZAC QUEENBOROUGH, QUICKMATCH SWAN 955, courtesy Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., Builders MELBOURNE (port bow surfaceview) I Modified “ Majestic ** Class MELBOURNE (ex-Majestic) Pennant No.: R 21 Deck Letter: Y Builders: Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness. Laid down: 15 Apr. 1943 Launched: 28 Feb. 1945 Completed: 8 Nov. 1955 Displacement: 16,000 tons standard (20,000 tons full load) Dimensions: Length: 650 (w.l.), 701^ (o.a.) feet. Beam (hull): 80± feet. Width: 80 (flight deck), 128 (o.a.) feet (in¬ cluding 6 degree angled deck and mirrors). Draught: 23 feet. Hangar: 444X52X I7± feet Guns: 25—40 mm. Bofors AA. Aircraft: 10 Sea Venom jet fighters, lOGannet turbo-prop anti-submarine aircraft, 2 Sycamore helicopters Machinery: Parsons single reduction geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 42,000= 24 kts. Sea speed 23 kts. (max.) Boilers: 4 Admiralty 3-drum type Complement: 1,209 to 1,250 (peace), 109 officers (120 to 130 with squadrons), 1,100 to 1,120 ratings 1,343 officers and ratings (war) General Notes At the end of the Second World War, when she was still incomplete, work on this ship was virtually brought to a standstill pending a decision as to future naval requirements. When full-scale work was resumed during 1949-55, and after her design had several times been re-cast, she underwent reconstruction and modernisation in Great Britai including the fitting of the angled deck, the steam catap It and the mirror deck landing sights, and was transferred tc R.A.N. on completion. She was commissioned and renamed at Barrow- in-Furness on 28 Oct. 1955, sailed from Portsmouth on 5 Mar. 1956 and arrived at Freemantle, Australia, on 23 April 1956. She became flagship of the Roya I Australian Navy at Sydney on 14 May 1956. She cost £A8,309,000. Engineering Notes Boilers work at a pressure of 400 lb. per sq. inch and a temperature of 700 degrees Fahrenheit of superheat. Notes to Drawing Port elevation and plan as converted with the angled deck. Scale: 128 ft.= l inch MELBOURNE (overhead aerial plan view showing angled deck) 1956, R.A.N., Official mm Aircraft Carriers ( continued )—AUSTRALIA 61 Aircraft Carriers —continued 1957, Royal Australian Navy, Official SYDNEY (starboard broadside view) I “ Majestic ” Class SYDNEY (ex-Terr/b/e) Pennant No.: R 17 Deck Letter: K Builders: H.M. Dockyard, Devonport Engineers: Parsons Laid down: 19 Apr. 1943 Launched: 30 Sep. 1944 Completed: 5 Feb. 1949 Displacement: 15,700 tons standard (19,550 tons full load) Dimensions: Length: 630 (pp.), 690f (flight deck), 695 (o.a.) feet. Beam: 80 feet. Width: 112? feet (o.a.). Draught: 25 feet Guns: 30—40 mm. AA. (Bofors) Aircraft: Seafury fighters, Firefly anti-subma¬ rine and reconnaissance squadrons. Stowage capacity of 35 machines Machinery: Parsons single reduction geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 42,000= 24 5 kts. (designed) Boilers: 4 Admiralty 3-drum type Complement: 1,100 officers and ratings (peace) 1,300 officers and ratings (war) General Notes This ship was handed over to the Royal Australian Navy on 16 Dec. 1948, accepted for service on 5 Feb. 1949, sailed from Devonport on 12 April 1949 and arrived in Australia in May, 1949. Employed as a training ship, having been placed in training status in Apr. 1955. It was officially announced on 4 Apr. 1957 that the second aircraft earner, Sydney, would have a flying training role, but in Feb. 1958 it wa officially stated that she was paying off and was to be immobilised. The ship is now in reserve. Notes to Drawing Port elevation and plan. Scale: 128 ft.= I inch. Fleet Air Arm Notes It was officially announced by the Minister of Defence in Dec. 1959 that special emphasis in Navy policy would be on anti-submarine defence. The Cabinet had decided to disband the Fleet Air Arm by 1963 when its existing aircraft would reach the end of their service life. More and larger aircraft would call for a larger aircraft carrier, the cost of which would be prohibitive. One of the Maritime Reconnaissance squadrons will be equipped with an improved type of Neptune aircraft, and helicopters will be provided for the Navy and the Air Force. Recent Disposal of Cruiser The light cruiser Hobart ( ex-Apollo) of the “ Amphion ” Class, the Royal Australian Navy’s sole surviving cruiser, was officially declared for disposal in I960. (Full particulars and photograph of this ship after her modernisation refit and conversion appear in the 1957-58 to 1959-60 editions. A photograph of the Hobart before reconstruction appears in the 1951-52 to 1957-58 editions.) SYDNEY (port surface view) 1960, courtesy, Mr. J. C. Jeremy SYDN EY (starboard quarter aerial view) Added 1958, Royal Australian Navy, Official 62 AUSTRALIA—Destroyers DESTROYERS VOYAGER (port broadside) 1957, Royal Australian Navy, Official 3 “ Daring ” Class VAMPIRE VENDETTA VOYAGER Displacement: 2,800 tons standard (3,600 tons full load) Dimensions: 366 (pp.), 390 (o.o.) X43 X I2f (mean), 17 (max.) feet Guns: 6—45 inch in twin turrets, two forward and one aft, 6—40 mm. Bofors AA. Tubes: 5—21 inch in quintuple mounting A/S weapons: Limbo three-barrelled depth charge mortar Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 54,000=34-75 kts. (designed) 30-5 kts. sea speed Boilers: 2 Oil fuel: 700 tons Radius: 3,000 miles at 20 kts. Complement: 300 officers and ratings General Notes These ships are the largest destroyers ever built in Australia. They were all ordered in 1946. The ships are powerfully equipped for both offensive and defensive pur¬ poses and have automatic radar steering. Voyager com¬ missioned at Sydney on 12 Feb. 1957. Design Notes Of modern design, including all welded construction, similar to that of “ Daring ” class, built in Great Britain; but have been modified to suit Australian conditions. As com¬ pared with the “ Daring ” class destroyers built in Great Britain, these ships have five fewer torpedo tubes. On the other hand they have “ Limbo ” instead of “ Squid ” anti¬ submarine weapons. Construction Notes Voyager, the first Australian all-welded steel ship, was built in sections and assembled on the slipway from which she was launched. The superstructure is of light alloy to reduce weight and thus increase speed. Gunnery Notes The anti-aircraft batteries are laid and fired by radar. Appearance Notes It is officially stated that the silhouettes of Vampire and Vendetta differ from the silhouette of Voyager, the first and prototype ship of the class. VENDETTA 1960, Royal Australian Navy, Official . A N X K- r- •« h VAMPIRE (port bow view) 1959, courtesy J. C. Jeremy Photograph Notes A starboard bow view of Voyager and a starboard quarter view of Voyager showing the Limbo three-barrelled depth charge mortar on the stern, appear in the 1957-58 to 1959-60 editions. Class Notes Four ships were originally projected, to be named after the R.A.N.’s famous “ Scrap Iron Flotilla ” of destroyers which won renown in the Mediterranean on the Tobruk ferry run and in other areas in the Second World War, but the Waterhen was cancelled in 1954. Name Begun Launched Completed Vampire Vendetta Voyager 1 July 4 July 10 Oct. 1952 1949 1949 27 Oct. 1956 3 May 1954 1 Mav 1952 23 June 1959 26 Nov. 1958 12 Feb. 1957 Pennant No. Name Builders D 11 D 08 D 04 Vampire Vendetta Voyager Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney H.M.A. Naval Dockyard, Williamstown Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney VOYAGER (starboard quareer, showing Limbo) 1957, courtesy Air. J. C. Jeremy Destroyers — continued Destroyers ( continued )— AUSTRALIA 63 TOBRUK Added 1957, Royal Australian Navy, Official 2 “ Battle ” Class ANZAC TOBRUK Name: Anzac Tobruk Pennant No. Builders: Laid dowr- Launchea . Completed : D 59 Williamstown Naval Dockyard 23 Sep. 1946 20 Aug. 1948 22 Mar. 1951 D 37 Cockatoo Docks & Eng. Co. Pty. Ltd. 5 Aug. 1946 20 Dec. 1947 17 May 1950 Displacement: 2,480 tons standard (3,375 tons full load) Dimensions: 355 (pp.), 379 (o.o.) x 41 X I2£(mean), 13* (max.) feet Guns: 4—4-5 inch, 12—40 mm. AA. Tubes: 10—21 inch A/S weapons: Squid triple-barrelled depth charge mortar Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 50,000=35-75 kts. (designed), 31 kts. (sea speed) Boilers: 2 Admiralty 3-drum type Complement: 290 ANZAC 1953, R.A.N., Official accommodation for officers and men fore and aft, and im¬ proved mess layout and other amenities. The ships have modern radar fire control, close range Staag armament (new type of twin 40 mm. Bofors gun mounting) and the latest anti-submarine weapons. Tobruk joined the fleet on 16 Jan. 1951. Cost £2,470,000. Anzac commenced trials on 20 Dec. 1950, and commissioned on 14 Mar. 1951. Cost £2,500,000. twin mount is approx. 50 tons). They are reported to be fully automatic, with a rate of fire of 25 rounds per minute, and an accurate range of over ten miles, firing a shell weighing 53 lb. The 4-5 inch guns for Tobruk were imported from Great Britain. General Notes Ordered in 1945-46. Very similar to the “ Battle ” class fleet destroyers in the Royal Navy, but several alterations were incorporated, including secondary armament, sleeping Gunnery Notes Anzac has the first “ Daring ” type 4 -5 inch guns and mount¬ ings of completely Australian manufacture (weight of each Appearance Nores Both Anzac and Tobruk have a clinker screen or funnel cowl fitted to keep the bridge clear of exhaust fumes and funnel gases in a following breeze. ANTI-SUBMARINE DESTROYERS ARUNTA Royal Australian Navy, Official 2 Improved “ Tribal ” Class ARUNTA WARRAMUNGA Name: Pennant No. Laid down: Launched: Completed: Arunta D 130 15 Nov. 1939 30 Nov. 1940 3 Mar. 1942 W arramunga D 123 10 Feb. 1940 7 Feb. 1942 23 Nov. 1942 Displacement: 2,200 tons standard (2,800 tons full load), revised figures 355* (pp.), 377* (o.o.) X 36* X 9 feet (15* feet max.) Dimensions: Guns: 2—4-7 inch, 2—4 inch, 8—40 mm. AA., 4 M.G. Tubes: 4—21 inch A/S weapons: Squid triple barrelled depth charge mortar aft in " Y ” position Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. S.H.P.: 44,000 = 36-5 kts. (designed) 32 kts. sea speed Boilers: 3 Admiralty 3-drum type Complement: 250 General Notes Both built by Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Co. Pty. Ltd. Arunta underwent a large-scale refit and modernisation, her WARRAMUNGA Added I960 (Photo Nov. 1959), courtesy Air. /. C. Jeremy guns being removed and her deckhouse aft extended towards the stern. She was re-armed with different pattern guns and A/S weapons and reclassified as an anti-submarine destroyer. She was placed in reserve in 1957. The conversion of Warramunga to an anti-submarine destroyer was completed in 1954. She was placed in reserve in I960. Recent Disposal It was officially stated in 1957 that the third ship of this class, H.M.A.S. Bataan, had been declared for disposal, and she has since been scrapped. 64 AUSTRALIA—Frigates FAST ANTI-SUBMARINE F R IG A T E S (ex Destroyers) QUEENBOROUGH 1960 ,Royal Australian Navy, Official 4 “Queenborough” Class (Full/ Converted from Destroyers) QUADRANT QUIBERON QUEENBOROUGH QUICKMATCH Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: 2,000 tons standard (2,700 ton; full load) 358£ x 35f X 9* (15* max.) feet 2—4 inch (twin-mount), 2—40 mm., Bofors AA. 2 ahead throwing improved squids (triple) in Quadrant, Limbo in Queenborough Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 40,000=36-75 kts. (design'd) 31 -25 kts. sea speed 2 Admiralty 3-drum type 220 (war) Pennant No. Name F 01 Quadrant F 02 Queenborough F 03 Quiberon F 0 Quickmatch Builders R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Ltd., Hebburn-on-Tyne Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richard¬ son, Ltd., Wallsend-on-Tyne J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd., Cowes, Isle of Wight J Samuel White & Cc. Ltd., Cowes, Isle of Wight. Name Quadrant Queenborough Quiberon Quickmatch Laid down 24 Sep. 1940 6 Nov. 1940 14 Oct. 1940 6 Feb. 1941 Launched 28 Feb. 1942 16 Jan. 1942 31 Jan. 1942 11 Apr. 1942 Completed 26 Nov. 1942 10 Dec. 1942 22 July 1942 30 Sep. 1942 QUICKMATCH 1957, R A.N., Official Notes Formerly in the Roya INavy. Lent to the Royal Australian Navy in 1943 (Quiberon, Quickmatch) and 1945 (Quadrant, Quality, Queenborough). Transferred permanently June 1950 when it was announced they would all be converted to fast anti-submarine frigates similar to Relentless and Rocket in Great Britain section, the conversions being effected at Cockatoo Island and Williamstown dockyards, but only four of the ships were reconstructed (Quality was not converted, see Recent Disposal note). Quadrant completed conversion and re-commissioned 16 July 1953 (now in reserve), Queen¬ borough 7 Dec. 1954, Quickmatch 23 Sep. 1955, Quiberon recommissioned on 18 Dec. 1957 (trials Sep. 1957). Photograph Notes A photograph of Quadrant appears in the 1954-55 to 1957- 58 editions, and a photograph of Quiberon appears in the 1958-59 and 1959-60 editions. Ricent Disposal It was officially stated in 1957 that the fifth ship of this class, H.M.A.S. Quality, the only destroyer of the class to remain unconverted into a fast anti-submarine frigate, had been declared for disposal. ANTI-SUBMARINE FRIGATES 4 New Construction PARRAMATTA YARRA Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Guided Missiles: 2,200 tons standard (2,800 tons full load) 360 (pp.), 370 (o.o.)x4l X 12 feet 2—4-5 inch d.p., 2—40 mm. AA. 12—21 inch (8 single A/S, two twin) Provision for “ Seacat ” close range surface-to-air weapons to replace 40 mm. guns A/S weapons: 2 Limbo three barrelled depth bomb mortars Machinery: Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 34,000 = 30 kts. Boilers: 2 Babcock & Wilcox Notes The design of these ships is generally similar to that of the “ Whitby ” class anti-submarine frigates in the Royal Navy, but it was modified by the Royal Australian Navy to in¬ corporate improvements in equipment and habitability. It was announced in Aug. 1950 that six new fast anti¬ submarine frigates were to be laid down, three to be built at Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, and three at the Naval Dockyard, Williamstown; but only four are being proceeded with, two at each yard. Although they are called anti¬ submarine frigates, they are actually more like destroyers, in which the capacity for anti-submarine operations was the principal factor in determining the provision of weapons and equipment. Yarra was launched from the Williamstown Naval Dockyard, Melbourne, on 30 Sep. 1958. Parramatta was launched from Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, on 31 Jan. 1959. Cost nearly £A5,000,000 each. FRIGATES 3 Australian “ Bay ” Type CULGOA (ex-Macquarie) SHOALHAVEN MURCHISON Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: General Notes These ships are of an improved “ River ” class design, or Australian versions of the “ Bay ” class. All were refitted with lattice mast by 1955. Shoalhaven is in reserve. Photograph Notes A photograph of Murchison appears in the 1955-56 to 1957-58 editions. Recent Disposal Sister ship Condamine was officially declared for disposal In I960. 1,544 tons standard (2,106 cons full load) 283 (pp.), 301 (o.o.) X 36* X 12 (mean) feet 4—4 inch, 3—40 mm AA. 4— 20 mm. AA. 1 hedgehog. 4 D.C.T. Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 5,500=19 kts. 2 Admiralty 3-drum type 177 Pennant No. Name Builders F 408 Culgoa Williamstown Naval Dockyard, Melbourne F 442 Murchison Evans, Deakin & Co. Ltd., Brisbane F 535 Shoalhaven Walkers, Ltd., Maryborough Name Culgoa Murchison Shoalhaven Laid down 15 July 1943 3 June 1943 I Dec. 1943 Launched Sep. 1944 31 Oct. 1944 14 Dec. 1944 Completed Dec. 1946 17 Dec. 1946 I May 1945 Frigates ( continued ), Ocean Minesweepers—AUSTRALIA 65 Frigates —continued 5 Australian 44 River ” Class BARCOO DIAMANTINA BARWON GASCOYNE MACQUARIE Displacement- Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers- Complement: 1,420 tons standard (2,220 tons full load) 283 (pp.), 301 i (o.a.) X 36f X 12 feet 2—4 inch, 2—40 mm. AA., 6 to 20 M.G. 2 squids (triple barrelled) in “ B ” position in Barcoo and Macquarie. 4 D.C.T. Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 5,500=20 kts. 2 Admiralty 3-drum type 140 General Notes All are of “ River ” design. Officially stated to have been equipped with the most modern anti-submarine devices. Barcoo, Diamantina and Gascoyne have recently been con¬ verted for survey and oceanographic research duties. The conversion in 1959-60 included the provision of special laboratories and the fitting of a helicopter platform. Lachlan, employed on surveying duties, is loaned to the Royal New Zealand Navy for hydrographic work and oceanographic research. Gunnery Notes Forward 4-inch gun is in “ A ” position in Barcoo and Macquarie. Superimposed 40 mm. gun in Barcoo (see photo). Photograph Notes Photograph of Macquarie in the 1953-54 to 1957-58 editions. Photograph of Hawkesbury in the 1954-55 to 1959-60 editions. Recent Disposals Sister ships Burdekin and Hawkesbury were officially de¬ clared for disposal in I960. BARCOO (converted for survey, with helicopter platform) I960, Royal Australian Navy, Official Pennant No. Name Builders Name Laid down Launched Completed F 175 Barcoo F 406 Barwon F 377 Diamantina F 354 Gascoyne F 532 Macquarie Cockatoo Docks Cockatoo Docks Walkers, Maryborough Mort’s Dock, Sydrey More’s Dock, Sydney Barcoo Barwon Diamantina Gascoyne Macquarie 21 Oct. 1942 31 May 1943 12 Apr. 1943 4 June 1942 3 Dec. 1943 26 Aug. 1943 3 Aug. 1944 6 Apr. 1944 20 Feb. 1943 3 Mar. 1945 17 Jan. 1944 12 Jan. 1946 27 Apr. 1945 20 Dec. 1943 21 Dec. 1945 2 41 Swan ” Class (Ex-Sloops ) SWAN WARREGO Name: Swan Warrego Pennant No.: F 74 A 312 Builders: Cockatoo Docks & Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Co. Engineering Co. Pty., Ltd. Pty., Ltd. Laid down: 1 May 1935 15 May 1939 Launched: 28 Mar. 1936 10 Feb. 1940 Completed: 10 Dec. 1936 1 Aug. 1940 Displacement: 1,060 tons standard (1,575 tons full load) Dimensions: 250 (pp.), 263 (w.l.), 266 (o.o.) X 36 X (mean) feet Guns: 2—4 inch. 1—40 mm. AA. Machinery: 2 sets Parsons geared turbines. S.H.P.: 2,000=16-5 kts. Boilers: 2 Admiralty 3-drum type Oil fuel- 275 tons Complement: 125 General Notes Formerly classed as Sloops. Warrego is employed on Surveying service but retains armament for training purposes. Swan was refitted in 1955 as a training ship for cadet-mid¬ shipmen passing out of the R.A.N. College. Second World War losses of this type were Parramatta and Yarra. Submarine Notes Submarines of the Royal Navy’s Fourth Submarine Squad¬ ron are based on Sydney, Australia, for anti-submarine training. SWAN (as converted into cadets’ training ship) 1956, R.A.N., Official WARREGO 1956, R.A.N., Official OCEAN MINESWEEPERS 4 “ Bathurst ” Class Pennant No. 3 Mort’s Dock, Sydney M 05 COLAC M 207 MILDURA M 183 WAGGA 1 Williamstown Dockyard M 244 CASTLEMAINE Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Launched 13 Aug. 1941 15 May 1941 25 July 1942 3 Aug. 1942 815 tons standard (1,025 tons full load) 162 (pp.), 186 (o.o.)x3lx8£ (mean) feet 1—4 inch, 1—40 mm. AA., 6 M.G. (Armament varies in different ships) Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 1,800=15-5 kts. 2 Admiralty 3-drum small tube type General Notes Builders above. Designed displacement was 650 tons (860 tons full load). Design is generally similar to the standard British emergency “Bangor” type. 60 ships of the “Bathurst” type were built in Australia, including 4 for the Indian Navy, and 20 on account of the Admiralty,which last, however,were manned and commissioned by the Royal Australian Navy. 8 “ Admiralty ” ships were sold to the Royal Netherlands Navy (4 of which were subsequently transferred to the Indonesian Navy) and 5 to the Turkish Navy after the war. Warrnambool was sunk by a mine off Queensland coast, 13 Sep. 1947. Echuca, Inverell, Kiama and Stawell were given to New Zealand 1952. H.M.A.S. Cast/ema/ne is immobile at Flinders Naval Depot and is used as a stationary training ship. Mildura is employed as a stationary training ship at Brisbane for naval reservists in Queensland. Wagga is used as a Reserve Training Ship at Sydney. WAGGA Recent Disposals Bowen, Deloraine, Horsham, Latrobe, Lithgow and Townsville were disposed of in 1956. Gladstone, Glenelg, Katoomba and Parkes were disposed of in 1957. Benalla, Dubbo, Junee and Shepparton were declared for disposal in 1958. Bundaberg and Gympie were officially declared for disposal in 1959. Ararat, Bunbury, Cootamundra, Cowra, Fremantle, Kapunda, Rockhampton and Strahan were officially declared for disposal in I960. I960, Royal Australian Navy, Official Photograph Notes Photograph of Colac in the 1957-58 to 1959-60 editions. Photograph of Cowra in the 1953-54 to 1959-60 editions. Second World War losses: Armidale, Geelong, Walaroo. Cancellation Note Orders for the four new Coastal Minesweepers were cancelled in 1956. E ARMAMENT STORE CARRIER WOOMERA Displacement: 603 tons full load (Measurement: 300 tons gross) Dimensions: 125 (o.a.) X 24 X 12 feet Machinery: Ruston Hornsby diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 306=8-5 (max.) kts. Complement: 3 officers, 17 men Notes Armament Store Carrier, manned by naval personnel. 1,000 miles endurance at 7-5 kts. KIMBLA 1957, R.A.N., Official KIMBLA Displacement Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement General Notes Built as a boom defence vessel by Walkers Ltd., Maryborough. Laid down on 21 Aug. 1952. Launched in Nov. 1953. Completed on 23 Mar. 1955. Commissioned on 13 Dec. 1955. Converted to a Trials Vessel in 1959. Cancellation Notes Orders for two more new Boom Defence Vessels of this class were cancelled in 1956. 733 tons standard (970 tons full load ) 179 X 32 X 14 feet I—40 mm. AA., 2—20 mm. AA. Triple expansion. Oil fuel. I I kts. 32 GENERAL PURPOSE VESSELS 2 “Explorer” Class BANKS BASS Dimensions: 90x22x8 feet Machinery: Diesel. Speed=IOkts. Complement: 12 Notes Of all steel construction. Banks is specially fitted for fishery surveillance duties. Boss is specially fitted for surveying. GPV 957 GPV 961 GPV 962 (WALRUS) GPV 958 GPV 968 (TALLAROOK) Dimensions: 75 x 18 x7* (mean) feet Machinery: Diesel. Speed=IOkts. Complement: 8 General Notes Wooden General Purpose Vessels used for Fleet tender and miscellaneous duties. Recent Disposals GPV 948 ( Limicola ), GPV 949 ( Larus ), GPV 951 ( Tringa ), GPV 952 (Sterna), GPV 953, GPV 954, GPV 956, GPV 959, GPV 960, GPV 963, GPV 964, GPV 965, GPV 966 ( Brolga ) and GPV 967 ( Jabiru ) were officially deleted from the list in I960. WARREEN Dimensions: 82 (o.o.)x 19x8 (mean) feet Machinery: Diesel Complement: 15 Note This vessel is fitted out for training purposes, it was officially stated in I960. KANGAROO Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Complement: 3 “ Kangaroo ” Class 768 tons standard (1,000 tons full load) 150 (pp), 164 (o.a.) X 32* X 9* (14 max.) feet I—3 inch AA. Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 850= I I 5 kts. 2 140 tons 32 General Notes Boom defence working and mooring vessels. Similar to the “ Bar ” type boom defence vessels in the Royal Navy. All in reserve. Photograph Notes Photograph of Karangi in the 1957-58 (Diamond Jubilee) edition. Pennant No. Name P 80 Kangaroo Laid down 16 Nov. 1939 5 Feb. 1941 21 June 1939 Launched 4 May 1940 16 Aug. 1941 4 Nov. 1939 Completed 26 Sep. 1940 10 Dec. 1941 7 Feb. 1940 KOOKABURRA Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: 533 tons standard 120 (pp.), 135 (o.a.) X 26* X 10* feet I—3 inch AA. Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 450=9-5 kts. I cylindrical 82 tons General Notes Built at Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney. Launched on 29 Oct. 1938. This smaller boom working vessel is similar to the “ Net ” class boom defence vessels formerly in the Royal Navy but now discarded. SURVEY SHIP (SMALL) Displacement: 250 tons Dimensions: 120x24x6* (mean) feet Machinery: Diesel. Speed=IOkts. Notes A motor stores lighter of wartime construction converted into a small survey vessel in 1956. RESERVE Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: FLEET TUGS SPRIGHTLY 570 tons standard ((800 tons full load) 143 x33x13* feet I—3 inch AA., 2—20 mm. Two diesels and two electric motors. Engines fully con¬ trollable from bridge. B.H.P.: 1,875 = 14 kts. 186 tons 34 Oil fuel: 186 tons Complement: 34 General Notes Reserve commissioned on 10 Dec. 1942 with an Australian crew under Lend-Lease and flew the Australian Red Ensign for 12 months under the control of the Commonwealth Salvage Board, after which she was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy. Sprightly is in reserve. Salvage Board tug Tancred is sister ship. Photograph Notes Photograph of Reserve appears in the 1957-58 (Diamond Jubilee) edition. Name Builders Laid down Launched Completed Reserve Levingstone S.B. Co. 18 May 1942 18 July 1942 12 Oct. 1942 Sprightly Orange, Texas, U.S.A. 6 June 1942 7 Aug. 1942 23 Nov. 1942 BRONZEWING DT 932 EMU DT 931 BRONZEWING DT 932 EMU DT 931 Displacement: 250 tons Dimensions: 98* (o.a.) x 21* x I feet Machinery: Diesel. I shaft. B.H.P.: 510 = 9* kts. Notes Both built by Mort’s Dock, Sydney. Launched on 2 Feb. 1946 and 25 June 1946, respec¬ tively. Emu is in reserve. Mollyhawk, DT 933, was removed from the list in 1958. TIDE AUSTRAL 1955, R.A.N., Official TIDE AUSTRAL Displacement: 15,000 tons standard (26,000 tons full load) Measurement: 17.600 tons deadweight, I 1,200 tons gross Dimensions: 550 (pp.), 583 (o.a.) X7I x32 (max.) feet Machinery: Double reduction geared turbines. S.H.P.: 15,000= 18 kts. Notes Australian Navy Minister announced on 19th Sep. 1951 that the Government had decided to buy a fast fleet replenishment tanker for the RAN. at a cost of more than £A2,500,000. Ordered through British Admiralty. Built by Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast. Launched, I Sep. 1954, completed March 1955. Sister ship of the “Tide” Class Fast Fleet Replenish¬ ment Ships in the Royal Navy. Lent to Admiralty until required on the Australian station. 66 AUSTRALIA—Seaward and Boom Defence Vessels, Auxiliaries Transfer Notes SDB 1323, 1326, 1328 and 1329 were returned to Australia in 1958 from Hong Kong where they had been lent to the Royal Navy, and were transferred to the Philippine Navy in 1959. Cancellation Note Orders for four new Seaward Defence Boats were cancelled in 1956. 3 HDML Type General Notes Originally known as Harbour Defence Motor Laurches (HDML) and afterwards as Sea¬ ward Defence Motor Launches (SDML). SDML 1322 was officially stricken off 1953. Remaining four were redesignated Seaward Defence Boats (SDB) in 1957. SDB 1327 was officially stricken from the list in I960. SDB 1957, R.A.N., Official SDB 1321 SDB 1324 SDB 1325 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: 46 tons standard (54 tons full load) 72 (o.a.)X I5f X5* feet I—3 pdr., I—20 mm. A A. Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 320=12 kts. 14 I New Construction Notes One new launch of a type similar to the “ Air ” class below is being built. AIR CHIEF SAR 918 AIR MASTER SAR 919 Displacement: 23* rons Dimensions: 63xl5*x4 ( eet Machirery: 2 Hall Scott Defender engines. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 630 = 33 5 kts Radius: 200 miles General Notes These launches of the R.A.N. Search and Rescue Unit at Jervis Bay are fitted with radio and scientific equipment. Photograph Notes A photograph of Air Trail appears in the 1957-58 (Diamond Jubilee) edition. Recent Disposals A sister boat, Air Mercy, SAR 925, was officially stricken from the list in I960. The depot ship Platypus (ex-Penguin, ex-Platypus) was officially stricken from the list in I960. FAST FLEET REPLENISHMENT SHIP 4 “Air” Class AIRSPEED SAR 910 AIR TRAIL SAR 916 Administration, Silhouettes—CANADA 67 ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY Administration Minister of National Defence: The Hon. George R. Pearkes, V.C., C.B., D.S.O., M.C., M.P. The Hon. Pierre Sevigny, M.P., was appointed Associate Minister of National Defence on 20 August, 1959, the Government announcement stating that he would have equal status with National Defence Minister Pearkes. Naval Board The Naval Board was reorganised, effective I January, I960, and is constituted as follows: Chief of Naval Staff: Vice-Admiral H. S. Rayner, D.S.C., snd Bar, C.D : R.C.N. Vice-Chief of Naval Staff: Rear-Admiral E. P. Tisdall, C.D., R.C.N. Chief of Naval Personnel: Rear-Admiral K. L. Dyer, D.S.C., C.D., R.C.N. Chief of Naval Technical Services: Rear-Admiral B. R. Spencer, C.D., R.C.N. Naval Comptroller: Rear-Admiral R. A. Wright, O.B.E., C.D., R.C.N. Secretary to the Naval Board: Captain A. O. Solomon, C.D., R.C.N. (Note that rank prefixes, indicating branch of service, e.g. (E), (S), have been eliminated, except in the case of the Medical Branch.) R.C.N. Golden Jubilee Official Statement :— During I960 the Royal Canadian Navy cele¬ brated its 50th anniversary. Canada’s Navy officially came into being when, on May 4, 1910, Royal Assent was granted to the Naval Service Act. That same year two protected cruisers, the Niobe and Rainbow , were acquired from the Royal Navy. Ships of the R.C.N. have served in three wars. During the First World War the Canadian naval contribution was about 9,600 officers and men and 100 ships. During the Second World War the R.C.N. expanded to 392 armed ships and 95,000 officers, men and wrens, Canada’s major naval effort being devoted to the Battle of the Atlantic. Canadian destroyers served in the Far East throughout the Korean War. The 50th anniversary year, I960, found the Royal Canadian Navy at its greatest peacetime strength, with 62 warships in commission and with 20,604 officers, men and wrens on full-time duty and 3,550 in the active R.C.N.(Reserve). Forty-nine per cent of R.C.N. personnel were serving on board ship. Ships Ships of the R.C.N. carry a maple leaf on the funnel (or after funnel). A broad black band distinguishes the senior ship of a squadron. “ Barber Pole ” stripes are painted in a narrow band on the funnels of ships of the Fifth Canadian Escort Squadron. (Gatineau, Restigouche, St. Croix, Kootenay, Terra Nova, Columbia and Chaudiere), in the tradition of the “ Barber Pole Brigade,” mid-ocean escort group of the Second World War. Personnel Although the R.C.N.’s strength on I January I960 was 20,604 officers and men, this figure includes naval apprentices and officer cadets, whose numbers are not borne against the authorised strength of 20,000. Navy Estimates 1954- 55 : $337,281,000 1957-58: $309,040,000 1955- 56 : $326,318,000 1958-59: $280,500,000 1956- 57: $330,200,000 1959-60: $287,500,000 1960-61: $271,300,000 Mercantile Marine Lloyd’s Register of Shipping: Sea: 694 vessels of 492,708 tons gross Great Lakes: 385 vessels of 1,008,317 tons gross Total: 1,079 vessels of 1,501,025 tons gross Silhouettes Scale: 150 ft. = I inch BONAVENTURE “ TRIBAL” Class, Group II CRESCENT ST. LAURENT Class 68 CANADA—Aircraft Carrier AIRCRAFT CARRIER (CVL) BONAV ENTU R E (port broadside) 1959, Royal Canadian Navy Official I Modified “ Majestic ” Class BONAVENTURE ( ex-Powerful) No.: CVL 22 Builders: Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast Laid down: 27 Nov. 1943 Launched: 27 Feb. 1945 Completed: 17 Jan. 1957 Displacement: 16,000 tons standard (20,000 tons full load) Dimensions: Length: 630 (pp.), 720 (o.o.) feet. Beam (hull): 80 feet. Width: 1 12? feet, 128 (o.a.) feet including angled deck and mirrors. Draught: 25 feet Guns: 8—3 inch (U.S. type new pattern twin mounts), AA. or d.p.; 4—6 pdr. saluting Aircraft: 34 (capacity) to carry Banshee (F2H) and Tracker (S2F) aircraft Machinery: Parsons single-reduction geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 42,000= 24-5 kts. (designed) Boilers: 4 Admiralty 3-drum type. Steam pressure at engines: 350 Ib./sq. in Complement: General Notes 1,370 (war) First aircraft carrier owned by the Royal Canadian Navy, Air recognition number 22 painted on flight deck. Type, Designator and Hull No.: CVL 22. Redesignated RRSM instead of RML in 1957; and CVL instead of RRSM in Jan. I960. The designator CVL 22 follows the new NATO code and signifies a small ASW aircraft carrier. Construction Notes Arrangements were made in 1952 for the purchase by Canada of the suspended aircraft carrier Powerful from Great Britain for completion to replace the Magnificent returned to the Royal Navy. The Powerful was suspended in May 1946, but construction was resumed in July 1952, and she was renamed Bonaventure. She was fitted with the new angled deck. The Powerful was redesigned to handle jet aircraft, plans being revised to provide for a completely modern aircraft carrier: the modification included the strengthening of the flight deck and elevators and improvements in deck arrester gear, and the new British steam catapult, capable of launching jet and heavy types of aircraft was fitted. Class Notes The Magnificent was officially returned to the Royal Navy, from which she had been on loan since 1946, on 14 June 1957. Photograph Notes Starboard bow view in 1957-58 edition. Starboard broad¬ side view and port bow view in 1958-59 edition. Notes to Drawing Starboard elevation and plan. Redrawn in 1959. Scale: 128 feet=l inch. BONAV ENTU R E (starboard quarter, aerial, showing angled deck) 1958, Royal Canadian Navy, Official BONAVENTURE (aerial plan showing flight deck) Royal Canadian Navy, Official Recent Disposals of Cruisers were declared surplus to naval requirements at the end of The cruisers Ontario ( ex-Minotaur) and Quebec (ex-Uganda ) 1958 and have been stricken off the strength. Destroyers—CANADA 69 DESTROYERS (DDE) HA IDA I960, Royal Canadian Navy, Official 7 Improved “Tribal ’’ Class GROUP 11 (Built in Canada) 4 by Halifax Shipyards, Ltd., Halifax ATHABASKAN MICMAC CAYUGA NOOTKA GROUP I (Built in Great Britain) 3 by Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. (Tyne) HAIDA HURON IROQUOIS Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 2,200 tons standard (2,800 tons full load ) officially revised figures 355* (pp.), 377 (o.a.) X 37* X 9*, 15* (aft full load ) feet 4—4 inch, 2—3 inch, 4—40 mm. A A. 4—21 inch 2 Squid triple-barrelled depth charge mortars. Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 44,000 = 36-5 kts. designed (32 kts. sea speed) 3 Admiralty 3-drum type 520 tons 1,700 miles at 20 kts. 240 No. Name DDE 219 Athabaskan DDE 218 Cayuga DDE 215 Haida DDE 216 Huron DDE 217 Iroquois DDE 214 Micmac DDE 213 Nootka Name Laid d( Athabaskan 15 May Cayuga 7 Oct. Haida 29 Sep. Huron 15 July Iroquois 19 Sep. Micmac 20 May Nootka 20 May Builders Halifax Shipyards, Ltd., Halifax Halifax Shipyards, Ltd., Halifax Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., Tyne Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., Tyne Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., Tyne Halifax Shipyards, Ltd., Halifax Halifax Shipyards, Ltd., Halifax 1944 1943 1941 1941 1940 1942 1942 Launched 4 May 1946 28 July 1945 25 Aug. 1942 25 June 1942 23 Sep. 1941 18 Sep. 1943 26 Apr. 1944 Completed 20 Feb. 1948 20 Oct. 18 Sep. 28 July 10 Dec. 14 Sep. 9 Aug. 1947 1943 1943 1942 1945 1946 HURON General Notes All these ships have been refitted and fully modernised. Cayuga, Haida, Huron, Iroquois and Micmac completed the conversion in 1953-54, and Athabaskan and Nootka were completed in 1954-55. All ships of the class now have uniform armament (see above) and a new short aluminium lattice foremast and funnel caps. Athabaskan was extensively re¬ fitted in 1958. Second World War loss Athabascan (first ship of the name, built in Great Britain). Photograph Notes Photographs of Iroquois and Micmac in the 1957-58 edition. Photographs of Athabaskan and Cayuga in 1958-59 edition. Appearance Notes In general, as converted, they are all rigged similar to Haida and were refitted basically alike except for some slight differenres in their gun direction equipment and bridge arrangements. f I CRUSADER (experimental variable depth sonar handling gear on stern) I960, R.C.N., Official I “ C ” Class CRUSADER No.: DDE 228 Builders: John Brown & Co. Ltd. Clydebank Laid down: 15 Nov. 1943 Launched: 5 Oct. 1944 Completed: 26 Nov. 1945 Displacement: 1,730 tons standard (2,560 tons full load ) 339* (pp.), 362* (o.a.) X 35§ X 13f (mean), I5f (aft full load ) feet Dimensions: Guns: 3—4 5 inch, 6—40 mm. AA. Bofors Tubes: 4—21 inch (quadrupled) Machinery'- Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts, S.H.P.: 40,000=36-75 kts.(designed.) 31-25 kts. sea speed Boilers: 2 Admiralty 3-drum type Oil fuel: 580 tons Radius: 2,800 miles at 20 kts. Complement: 165 (peace), 250 (war) Notes Lent to the R.C.N. in 1945. Permanently transferred from Great Britain on 16 Sep. 1951. Sister ship Crescent was con¬ verted into a fast anti-submarine frigate or destroyer escort similar to Algonquin, see next page. Crusader now carries experimental variable depth sonar handling gear on her stern, and is employed as a trials ship. Certain improvements are planned, but no general conversion will be undertaken. 1959, R.C.N., Official 1 “ V ” Class SIOUX (ex-Wxen) No.: DDE 225 Builders: J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd., Ccwes Laid down: 31 Oct. 1942 Launched: 14 Sep. 1943 Completed: 5 Mar. 1944 Displacement: 1,730 tons standard (2,530 tons full load) 339* (pp.), 362| (o.a.) X 35* X 13 feet Dimensions: Guns: 2—4-7 inch, 6—40 mm. AA. Tubes: 4—21 inch (quadrupled) A/S weapons: 2 Squid triple-barrelled depth charge mortars Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 40,000 = 36-75 kts. (designed) 31-25 kts. sea speed Boilers: 2 Admiralty 3-drum type Oil fuel: 580 tons Radius: 2,800 miles at 20 kts Complement: 230 SIOUX Notes Transferred from Great Britain early in 1944. Destroyer partly converted to fast A/S escort. Now has funnel cap. Sister ship Algonquin has been completely converted similar to the British anti-submarine frigates of the “ R ” class, but with gun on FX deck level forward of bridge, see page 71. 70 CANADA—Destroyer Escorts DESTROYER ESCORTS (DDE) Anti-Submarine Frigate Type KOOTENAY 1959, Royal Canadian Navy, Official 7+6 44 Restigouche 99 Class CH AUDIERRE COLUMBIA GATINEAU KOOTENAY RESTIGOUCHE ST. CROIX TERRA NOVA ANNAPOLIS MACKENZIE NIPIGON QU’APPELLE SASKATCHEWAN YUKON Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Tubes: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: 2,366 tons standard (2,900 tons full load) officially revised figures 366 (o.o.)x42x I3y (mean) feet 2—3 inch, 70 cal. AA. (twin) forward. 2—3 inch, 50 cal. AA. (twin) aft 2 triple-barrelled depth charge mortars (Limbos) in after well Improved homing torpedoes Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 20,000 = “ in excess of 25 kts." (official figure) 2 water tube 210 (12 officers, 198 men) peacetime General Notes These ships are basically similar to the destroyer escorts of the “ St. Laurent ” class, but there is a considerable difference in the bridge structure, which is higher at the break of fore¬ castle and drops down to a new breakwater deck on which the new British 3 inch, 70 calibre twin gun, in enclosed turret is mounted, and over which it has better vision. There is also a difference in the shelter deck superstructure and fittings abaft the funnel, wing platforms on the foremast, director and look-out wings abaft the bridge, and improved sonar gear. The Restigouche, the first of the class bearing her name, cost $23,000,000. The Mackenzie, the first and name ship of the Repeat “ Restigouche ” class, was laid down on 15 Dec. 1958. It is officially stated that the first four ships of the “ Repeat Restigouche ” class will be identical with the “ Restigouche ” class, but the fifth and sixth ships will be fitted with VDS (experimental variable depth sonar handling gear) in a tower-like structure on the sterns, and helicopter platforms. No. Name Builders DDE 235 Chaudierre Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax DDE 236 Gatineau Davie Shipbuilding & Repairing DDE 256 St. Croix Marine Industries Ltd., Sorel, Q. DDE 257 Restigouche Canadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal DDE 258 Kootenay Burrard Dry Dock & Shipbuilding DD E 259 Terra Nova Victoria Machinery Depot Co. DDE 260 Columbia Burrard Dry Dock & Shipbuilding DDE 261 Mackenzie Canadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal DDE 262 Saskatchewan Victoria Machinery Depot Co. DDE 263 Yukon Burrard Dry Dock & Shipbuilding DDE 264 Qu’Appelle Davie Shipbuilding & Repairing DDE 265 Annapolis Halifax Shipyards Ltd., Halifax DDE 266 Nipigon Marine Industries Ltd., Sorel, Q. Name Laid down Launched Completed Chaudierre 30 July 1953 12 Nov. 1957 14 Nov. 1959 Gatineau 30 Apr. 1953 3 June 1957 17 Feb. 1959 St. Croix 15 Oct. 1954 17 Nov. 1957 4 Oct. 1958 Restigouche 15 July 1953 22 Nov. 1954 7 June 1958 Kootenay 21 Aug. 1952 15 June 1954 7 Mar. 1959 Terra Nova 11 June 1953 21 June 1955 6 June 1959 Columbia 11 June 1953 1 Nov. 1957 7 Nov. 1959 Mackenzie Oct. 1958 Saskatchewan July 1959 Yukon Oct. 1959 Qu'Appelle Jan. I960 Annapolis Apr. I960 Nipigon Building Notes July I960 Because of the unit construction method used for the New DEs, it is almost impossible to give a true “ laid down ” TERRA NOVA (starboard bow oblique aerial view) Added I960, Royal Canadian Navy, Official Navy, Official COLUI date. Thus, a ship may be under construction for three or four months before anything appears on the ways. The “ work commencement ” schedule for ships of the “ Repeat Restigouche ” or “ 261 ” class is as shown in the table. Appearance Notes These ships can easily be distinguished from those of the “ St. Laurent ” class by the enclosed gunhouse forward, director before the foremast, different bridge and other varia¬ tions summarised under General Notes above. Photograph Notes Starboard broadside view of Restigouche in the I95K-59 edition. 7 44 St. Laurent ” Class ASSINIBOINE SAGUENAY FRASER ST. LAURENT MARGAREE OTTAWA SKEENA Displacement: 2,263 tons standard (2,800 tons full load) officially revised figures Dimensions: 366 (o.a.)X 42 X I3£ feet Guns: 4—3 inch, 50 cal. AA. in twin mountings; 2—40 mm. AA. Bofors (single) A/S weapons: 2 triple-barrelled depth charge mortars (Limbos) in after well. Homing torpedoes Machinery: Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 20,000 = “ in excess of 25 kts.” (official figure) Boilers: 2 water tube Complement: 290 (20 officers, 270 men) wartime General Notes Officially classed as major warships and as such were the first to be designed completely in Canada. These anti¬ submarine escort vessels or frigates of a high-speed type were built primarily for the detection and destruction of modern fast submarines, and in evolving their design much assistance was received from the Royal Navy and the United States Navy. In function the vessels supersede the frigates and corvettes of the last war, and like the corvettes their design was worked out so that in the event of emergency they could be produced rapidly and in quantity. In speed, manoeuvrability and weapons the ships fulfil all the require¬ ments of their class for modern sea warfare. The design provided for flush deck, low bridge, considerable use of aluminium instead of steel for the superstructure, fittings and furniture and compartmented hull. The ships have long range asdic to probe for submarines and improved armament and electronic equipment as submarine chasers. Design work started in 1949. The original completion date for 14 vessels was scheduled for 1955, but only the first seven were completed by 1957 with the remaining seven (of the "Restigouche” class, see preceding page) ready by 1958-60. Construction was delayed because the ships have been sub¬ jected to constant change due to international development in submarines and torpedoes. All were designated DD E instead ofDEin 1954. The originally estimated cost was $ 15,000,000 each. Revised cost now officially stated to be $23,000,000 each. Displacement Notes Tonnage figures for the “ St. Laurent ” and “ Restigouche ” class destroyer escorts have been corrected on the basis of information from the Naval Constructor-in-Chief, as follows: “ St. Laurent ”: 2,263 tons standard ; 2,800 tons full load. “ Restigouche ”: 2,366 tons standard ; 2,900 tons full load. Destroyer Escorts ( continued )—CANADA 71 Destroyer Escorts (DDE) Anti-Submarine Frigate Type— continued MARGAREE 1958, Royal Canadian Navy Official No. DDE 205 DDE 206 DDE 207 DDE 229 DDE 230 DDE 233 DDE 234 Name Builders St. Laurent Saguenay Skeena Ottawa Margaree * Fraser Assiniboine Canadian Vickers, Ltd., Montreal Halifax Shipyards, Ltd., Halifax Burrard Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Canadian Vickers, Ltd., Montreal Halifax Shipyards, Ltd., Halifax Yarrows, Ltd., Esquimalt, B.C. Marine Industries, Ltd., Sorel, Q. Name Laid down Launched Completed St. Laurent Saguenay Skeena Ottawa Margaree Fraser Assiniboine 22 Nov. 1950 4 Apr. 1951 I June 1951 8 June 1951 12 Sep. 1951 II Dec. 1951 19 May 1952 30 Nov. 1951 30 July 1953 19 Aug. 1952 29 Apr. 1953 29 Mar. 1956 19 Feb. 1953 12 Feb. 1954 29 Oct. 1955 15 Dec. 1956 30 Mar. 1957 10 Nov. 1956 5 Oct. 1957 28 June 1957 16 Aug. 1956 Building Notes * Fraser was launched by Burrard Dry Dock Co. Ltd., but completed by Yarrows Ltd. Engineering Notes Propelling machinery is of British design. Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Scotstoun, Glasgow, received an order from Canadian Vickers for the supply of a complete set of machinery for the St. Laurent, the other ships being supplied with similar machinery manufactured in Canada. The main turbines and condensers are of English Electric design. Photograph Notes Starboard quarter view ofSt Laurent and broadside view of Ottowa as first completed in 1957-58 edition. Starboard quarter oblique aerial view of Ottowa , showing helicopter platform laid on aft, in the 1958-59 and 1959-60 editions. Port bow oblique aerial view of Saguenay in the 1957-58 to 1959-60 editions. Helicopter Notes A prefabricated helicopter platform (first installed in H.M.S. Buckingham, see next page) was fitted over the after well in Ottowa in Aug. 1957 to test the feasibility of operating heli¬ copters from anti-submarine vessels of this class; but this experimental flight apron was subsequently removed. Appearance Notes These ships are now wearing the very light grey, almost white, paint which is coming into general use in H.M. Canadian Ships. Acknowledgment Notes All the above details and photographs were officially furnished by courtesy of the Canadian Department of Nation Defence in Ottawa. ANTI-SUBMARINE FRIGATES (DDE) Converted Destroyers CRESCENT No.: DD E 226 Builders: John Brown & Co. Ltd., Clydebank. Laid down: 16 Sep. 1943 Launched: 20 July 1944 Completed: 21 Sep. 1945 Displacement: 2,100 tons standard (2,700 tons full load) Dimensions: 339* (pp.), 362| (o.a.) x 35* x 13* (aft full load) feet Guns: 2—4 inch forward, 2—3 inch aft, 2—40 mm. Bofors AA. A/S weapons: 2 Limbo three-barrelled depth charge mortars , Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 40,000 = 36-75 kts.(designed) 31 -25 kts. sea speed Boilers: 2 Admiralty 3-drum type Oil fuel: 580 tons Radius: 2,800 miles at 20 kts. Complement: 250 General Notes Crescent was originally a destroyer of the "C” class lent to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1945 and permanently trans¬ ferred from Great Britain in 1951; she was fully con verted into a fast anti-submarine frigate or destroyer escort by Esquimalt Dockyard in 1956. She was extensively refitted in 1958. C R ESC ENT 1959, R.C.N., Official Anti-Submarine Notes It is authoritatively stated that the Limbo weapon has a range of 1,500 yards and a depth over 600 feet, and that one bomb can sink a submarine. Appearance Notes Crescent is generally similar to Algonquin except that the main armament is mounted vice versa, i.e. 4 inch guns are mounted forward and 3 inch guns in aft position. ALGONQUIN (ex-Valentine, ex-Kempenfelt) No.: DD E 224 Builders: John Brown & Co. Ltd., Clydebank. Laid down: 8 Oct. 1942 Launched: 2 Sep. 1943 Completed: 28 Feb. 1944 Displacement: 2,100 tons standard (2,700 tons full load) Dimensions: 339* (pp.), 362* (o.a.) x35* X 13* (aft full load) feet Guns: 2—4 inch aft, 2—3 inch forward, 2—40 mm. Bofors AA. A/S weapons: 2 Squid triple barrelled depth charge mortars Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H. P.: 40,000 = 36-75 kts. (designed) 31 -25 kts. sea speed Boilers: 2 Admiralty 3-drum type Oil fuel: 580 tons Radius: 2,800 miles at 20 kts. Complement: 230 General Notes Algonquin was originally a destroyer of the “ V ” class transferred from Great Britain in 1944; she was fully con¬ verted into a fast anti-submarine frigate or destroyer escort by Esquimalt Dockyard in 1954. ALGONQUIN I960, Royal Canadian Navy, Official Classification Notes Algonquin and Crescent were officially designated “ Des¬ troyer Escorts—Algonquin Class (DDE) ” in 1956. Appearance Notes Algonquin, as compared with Crescent, has no raked funnel cap, and she has her 4 inch guns aft and 3 inch gunsforward, instead of vice versa as in Cresent (see above). She now has a shield to her 3 inch guns. 72 CANADA—Frigates ANTI-SUBMARINE FRIGATES (FFE) 18 Modernised “ River *' Type Designated Frigate Escorts ANTIGONISH BEACON HILL BUCKINGHAM (ex- Royal Mount) CAP DE LA MADELINE FORT ERIE (ex-Lo Tuque) INCH ARRAN JONQUIERE LA H ULLOISE LANARK LAUZON (ex-G/oce Bay) NEW GLASGOW NEW WATERFORD OUTREMONT ST. THERESE STETTLER SUSSEXVALE (ex- Valdorian ) SWANSEA VICTORIAVILLE Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: General Notes Originally of similar design to British “ River ” class. All built in Canadian shipyards. All of rhis class, including three vessels transferred to Norway were modernised and recon¬ structed to flush deckers (completed anti-submarine conversion 1953-58.) La Hulloise commissioned after conversion on 9 Oct. 1957, Swansea 14 Nov. 1957, Beacon Hill 21 Dec. 1957 and New Waterford 31 Jan. 1958). All redesignated FFE (in¬ stead of PF) in 1953. 1,570 tons standard (2,360 tons full load) officially revised figures 304 (o.a.) X 36j X 16 (oft full load) feet 2—4 inch, 6—40 mm. AA. 2 Squid triple-barrelled depth charge mortars Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 5,500=20 kts. Sea speed 19 kts. 2 Admiralty 3-drum type 720 tons 9,600 miles at 12 kts. 140 Reconstruction Notes In the original form the forecastle deck extended about two-thirds of the length with low freeboard aft, but it has now been extended right aft, the extension being wall-sided. The extra space is devoted to improved habitability and to the equipment for detecting and fighting submarines, inclu¬ ding some of the generating machinery which was changed from three steam and one diesel to two steam and two diesel, of greatly increased capacity. The former comparatively small bridge structure has been replaced by a much larger one, almost totally enclosed, demanding a taller funnel to clear it. The new gear has also necessitated a much bigger mast although still a tripod. The propelling machinery has been thoroughly overhauled and some improvement effected. The hull forward has been strengthened against ice, and all the accommodation improved. This reconstruction to tackle modern submarines is a striking example of what can be done to modernise “ River ” class frigates. SUSSEXVALE (deckhouse abaft mainmast) I960, Royal Canadian Navy, Official ANTIGONISH (before addition of midship deckhouse) 1958, Royal Canadian Navy, Official Helicopter Notes Buckingham, recently employed as a recruit training ship, was in 1957equipped with a prefabricated helicopter platform, fitted above the quarter deck, for A.S.W. reconnaissance and to test the feasibility of operating helicopters from anti-submarine escort vessels of this size. The deck was subsequently removed and installed in the new destroyer escort Ottawa, see previous page. Photograph Notes Photographs of Stettler and Sussexvale before the addition of the midship deckhouse appear in the 1956-57 and 1957-58 editions. A photograph of Beacon Hill before alteration appears in the 1958-59 and 1959-60 editions. Transfer Notes Penetang, Prestonian and Toronto were transferred on loan to Norway in 1956, and renamed Draug, Troll and Garm, respectively. All three ships were transferred outright to Norway on 27 June 1958 No. Name Launched FFE 301 Antigonish 10 Feb. 1944 FFE 303 Beacon Hill 6 Nov. 1943 FFE 314 Buckingham 28 Apr. 1944 FFE 317 Cap de la Madeleine 13 May 1944 FFE 312 Fort Erie 27 May 1944 FFE 308 Inch Arran 6 June 1944 FFE 318 Jonquiere 28 Oct. 1943 FFE 305 La Hulloise 29 Oct. 1943 FFE 321 Lanark 10 Dec 1943 FFE 322 Lauzon 10 June 1944 FFE 315 New Glasgow 5 Mar. 1943 FFE 304 New Waterford 3 July 1943 FFE 310 Outremont 3 July 1943 FFE 309 St. Therese 16 Oct. 1943 FFE 311 Stettler 10 Sep. 1943 FFE 313 Sussexvvale 12 July 1944 FFE 306 Swansea 19 Dec. 1942 FFE 320 Victoriaville 23 June 1944 Weather Ship Notes All three of the Canadian " River” Type Frigates (FFE) serving as Weather Ships, the St. Catherines, St. Stephen and Stonetown, formerly on loan to the Department of Transport, have been transferred outright to the Department of Trans¬ port. See photograph and full particulars in the 1958-59 edition. BUCKINGHAM (helicopter flight deck aft) Training Notes Five of the seven frigates of the Fourth Canadian Escort Squadron have been fitted with a midship deck house to provide classrooms and messing facilities for officer cadets under sea training. The ships thus fitted are Antigonish, Beacon Hill, St. Therese, Stettler and Sussexvale. Two other ships of the squadron, Jonquiere and New Glasgow, are without this feature; but will be converted for officer cadet training purposes, similarly to other ships of the squadron. The anti¬ submarine capabilities of the ships have not been affected. Proposed Degaussing Vessel Notes It is officially stated that plans for converting Brockville (YMD 178) and Digby (YMD 179), built as fleer minesweepers of the Canadian Diesel “ Bangor ” class, but subsequently redesignated coastal escorts, into de-perming vessels have 1957, Royal Canadian Navy, Official been abandoned. These ships no longer meet the require¬ ments of the Fleet and, while this has not been announced officially, they will almost certainly be declared surplus within the next few months. Their proposed refits have been cancelled. (Full particulars of these ships, and a photograph of Digby, appear in the 1959-60 edition.) Submarine Notes Submarines serving with the Sixth Submarine Squadron of the Royal Navy at Halifax for anti-submarine training of ships of the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Maritime Air Forces are manned, in part, bv R.C.N. personnel. The Associate Minister of National Defence announced in January, I960, that the possibility of obtaining a submarine on loan from the United States Navy for anti-submarine training in the Pacific Command was being investigated. Survey Ships, Diving Ship, Cable Layers, Escort Maintenance Ships—CAN ADA 73 ex-Coastal Escorts SACKVILLE (No. now 113) Added I960, Royal Canadian Navy, Official I Former “ Flower ” Class Corvette SACKVILLE Displacement: 1,085 tons standard (1,350 tons full load) Dimensions: 190 (pp.), 205 (o.o.) X 33 X 14? feet Machinery: Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 2,750= 16 kts. Boilers: 2 S.E. I960, Royal Canadian Navy, Official General Notes Pennant No. ALC 113. Built by St. John Dry Dock Co., St. John, N.B. Launched on 15 May 1941. Completed on 30 Dec. 1941. Ex-“ Flower ” class frigate (corvette) converted to loop layer. Employed by Naval Research Laboratories for oceanographic work. Reclassification Notes Formerly designated No. AN I 13, but now known as ALC, having been listed as a cable layer under NATO nomenclature. Former Minelaying Trawler (Controlled Minelayer) WHITETHROAT Displacement: 580 tons standard (790 tons full load) Dimensions: 150 (pp.), 164 (o.o.) X 27^ X 12^ feet Guns: I—4 inch AA., etc. Machinery: Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 850= 12-5 kts. Boiler: I cylindrical General Notes Pennant No.: AGH 113. Built by Cook, Welton & Gemmel Ltd., Beverley, East Yorks. Laid down on 15 May 1944. Launched on II Aug. 1944. Completed on 12 Dec. 1944. En¬ gined by C. D. Holmes. Built in England as a Minelaying Trawler and later classified as a Controlled Minelayer, but under NATO she was listed as a Harbour Mineplanter. Minor changes were made, it was officially stated in 1958, so that the ship could be em¬ ployed on research operations in addition to her normal role. She was redesignated as a Survey Ship (AGH) in 1959. GRANBY Added 1959, Royal Canadian Navy, Official Former “ Bangor ” Class Fleet Minesweeper CAPE BRETON (ex-Flamborough Head) CAPE SCOTT ( ex-Beachy Head, ex-Vulkaan, ex-Beachy Head) Name: Cape Breton Pennant No.: ARE 100 Builders: Burrard Dry Dock Co., Vancouver, B.C. Laid down: 5 July 1944 Launched: 7 Oct. 1944 Completed: 25 Apr. 1945 Accepted: 2 May 1945 Cape Scott ARE 101 Burrard Dry Dock Co., Vancouver, B.C. 8 June 1944 27 Sep. 1944 20 Mar. 1945 27 Mar. 1945 Displacement: 8,580 tons standard (11,270 tons full load ) Dimensions: 444x57-^x201 ( mean at standard displacement) feet Machinery: Triple expansion. I shaft. I.H.P.: 2,500= 11 kts. Boilers: 2 Foster Wheeler CAPE SCOTT I960, Royal Canadian Navy, Official 2 “ Cape ” Class GRANBY Displacement: 590 tons standard (790 tons full load) Dimensions: 162 X28X8^ feet Guns: I—40 mm., 2—20 mm. AA. Machinery: Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 2,000= 16 kts. Complement: 60 General Notes Pennant No. YMT 180. Launched on 9 June 1941. Former Fleet Minesweeper (AM) of the Diesel “ Bangor ” class, redesignated Coastal Escort (FSE) in 1953, and Clearance Diving Depot Ship (YMT) in 1959, after having been employed as a Submarine Rescue Vessel. Recent Disposals Ten coastal escorts (FSE), formerly fleet minesweepers (AM) of the Canadian steam “ Bangor " class, the Blairmore, Fort William, Kenora, Kentville, Medicine Hat, Mahone, Nipigon, Sarnia, Swift Current and Westmount, were transferred to the Turkish Navy in 1957-58 under the Mutual Aid Programme of NATO. First five ( Fort William, Kenora, Kentville, Medicine Hat and Nipigon) were turned over to Turkey at Sydney, Canada, on 29 Nov. 1957. Blair¬ more, Mahone, Sarnia, Swift Current and Westmount were transferred in Spring 1958. The eight remaining ships of this class, the Drummondville, Gananoque, Goderich, Malpeque, Milltown, Minas, Port Hope and Red Deer were discarded in 1959. General Notes Cape Breton formerly served in the Royal Navy as the escort maintenance ship Flamborough Head ; but she returned from the United Kingdom in 1951 and was in turn acquired by the Royal Canadian Navy and renamed Cape Breton in 1953, serving as a training establishment for technical apprentices at Halifax until 1958 when she sailed for Esquimalt for con version to her present function. On 16 Nov. 1959 she commissioned on the West Coast as the second mobile repair ship. Cape Scott served in the Royal Navy as the Beachy Head until 1947, when she was lent to Royal Netherlands Navy and renamed Vulkaan; but she returned to the Royal Navy in 1950, and was acquired by the Royal Canadian Navy in 1952, being renamed Cape Scott in 1953. On 28 Jan. 1959 Cape Scott was commissioned at Halifax as the Royal Canadian Navy’s first mobile repair ship. Both ships are equipped with a helicopter landing platform, a decompression chamber for the ship’s divers, engineering, electrical and electronic repair shops, diesel, engi ne repair shop, battery shop, sheet metal shop, welding shop, pipe and coppersmith’s shop, plate shop and blacksmith’s shop. Provision is made on board the maintenance vessels Cape Scott and Cape Breton for medical and dental care. Each ship contains an eight-berth hospital, large sick bay, operating theatre, X-ray room, small medical laboratory, dental clinic and dental laboratory. 74 CANADA—Coastal Minesweepers, Patrol Craft, Gate Vessels, Fleet Replenishment Ship 1958, Royal Canadian Navy, Official Chaleur Chignecto Cowichan Fortune Fundy James Bay Mi rami chi Quinte Resolute Thunder Marine Industries 20 Feb. Geo. T. Davie 25 Oct. Yarrows 10 July Victoria Machinery 24 Apr. Davie Shipbuilding 7 Mar. Yarrows 16 Aug. Victoria Machinery 2 Feb. Port Arthur 2 May Kingston Shipyard 29 Aug, Port Arthur l Sep Measurement: 20,000 tons Aircraft: 6 Sikorsky helicopters General Notes It was announced in the Canadian House of Commons on 15 Apr. 1958 that the construc¬ tion of a 20,000 ton tanker supply ship for the Royal Canadian Navy had been authorised. The tenders have been called for this new fleet replenishment ship, but the contract has not been let. The ship is as yet unnamed. A photograph of the official model appears in the 1959-60 edition. Official Statement A general conception of the new 20,000-ton tanker supply ship, to be built for the Royal Canadian Navy, can be obtained from this photograph of the model of the ship. The clean, streamlined appearance of the hull follows a design to achieve high speed while fulfilling replenishment assignments with the fleet on operations. The forward bridge structure contains the commanding officer’s and officers’ accommodation as well as a modern eight- berth hospital. In the superstructure also are the wheelhouse, chartroom and three positions from which there is complete control of the ship—the command control position and the two bridge wing positions. The helicopter flight deck is aft with the hangar located on this deck and immediately below the funnel. At least six Sikorsky helicopters of the type at present in service in the Royal Canadian Navy will be accommodated in the hangar space. The flight deck will be capable of receiving the largest and heaviest types of helicopter. Immediately below the flight deck are two accommodation decks for the ship’s company, including the main galley and combined mess-recreation spaces for chief and petty officers and men. An unusual feature about the tanker supply ship will be the number of winches on deck, a total of 23 of the electro-hydraulic type. These will be used for ship-to-ship movement of cargo and supplies, as well as shore-to-ship requirements when alongside. Arctic Patrol Vessel Notes The Arctic patrol vessel Labrador was transferred, on loan, subject to recall for military purposes, to the Department of Transport in Feb. 1958 (see photograph and full particulars in the 1958-59 and earlier editions). CORDOVA I Ex-U.S. YMS Type M I RAM ICH I Class Notes Chaleur (144), Chignecto (156), Cowichan (147), Fundy (145), Miramichi (150), and Thunder (153), of the class were transferred to the French Navy in 1954. Six others of this class with the same names have been built for the Royal Canadian Navy to take the place of those transferred. GATE VESSELS (YMG) Recent Disposals Comox (146) Gaspe (143) Trinity (157) and Ungava (148) were transferred to the Turkish Navy under Mutual Aid arrangements in 1958. No. Name Builders 1952, R.C.N., Official 12 Sep. I Aug. 19 Dec. I Nov, 27 Nov 28 Apr. 28 Oct. 15 Oct. 16 Sep. 3 Oct 195/ 1957 1957 1954 1956 1954 1957 1954 1954 1957 17 Nov. 1956 26 Feb. 1957 14 Apr. 1953 14 June 1956 12 Mar. 1953 22 Feb. 1957 8 Aug. 1953 20 June 1953 27 Occ. 1956 MINESWEEPERS SUPPORT SHIP COASTAL 5 “ Porte ” Class Displacement: 325 tons full load Dimensions: 136X24£ X8 feet Machinery: Diesel. B.H.P.: 1,000=15 kts. Complement: 30 Notes Ex-U.S. Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper. Built by Henry C. Grebe & Co., Chicago III. in 1943. Purchased and taken over by the Royal Canadian Navy on 3 Dec. 1951. Formerly employed as tender to Vancouver Naval Reserve Division. Redesignated MCB instead of YMS in 1954 and again redesignated MCA in 1957. Placed in reserve 18 Oct. 1956. Rerated as a Coastal Minesweeper Class Support Ship (MCB) in 1959. Recent Disposals The auxiliary coastal minesweepers Llewellyn and Revestoke of theMMS type were stricken from the Navy List in 1958. Llewellyn was refitted at Dartford Shipyards as a coastal freighter in 1959. The surveying vessel Cedarwood was stricken Pom the Navy List in 1958. (She was con¬ verted into a paddle steamer for the centennial celebrations.) The survey vessels Ehkoli and Lahave were discarded in 1959. COASTAL MINESWEEPERS (MCB) General Notes Extensively builtof aluminium, including frames and decks. Fourof the original 14 vessels of this class were ordered under the 1950 Programme and ten under the 1951 Programme. Named after Canadian straits and bays. Other names considered were Belle Isle, Conso and Chantry. Designation changed from AMC to MCB in 1954. 1959, Royal Canadian Navy, Official Helicopter Carrier and Supply Ship YMT I YMT3 YMT6 YMT2 YMT5 YMT7 Displacement: 70 tons Dimensions: 75X I8|x8i feet Machinery: 2 diesels. B.H.P.: 165 YMT 8 YMT 9 PATROL CRAFT (PCS) LOON 3 “ Bird ” Class Small Submarine Chasers 1956, R.C.N., Official Displacement: 66 tons full load Dimensions: 92x17x5^ feet Guns: I—20 mm. Oerlikon AA. A/S weapons: Hedgehog and depth charges Machinery: 2 diesels. B.H.P.: 1,200=14 kts. Complement: 21 Notes Loon, first of class, commissioned 14 Dec. 1955. Designed for harbour patrol work and training duties. Primarily of wood and aluminium construction. Fitted with sonar and anti¬ submarine apparatus and carry modern navigational equipment. Officially rated as Patrol Craft Submarine Chasers Small. The fourth boat of this class, Blue Heron, was transferred on loan to the Marine Section of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in 1956. Four other vessels of this class, to have been named Arctic Tern, Herring Gull, Kingfisher and Sandpiper, were cancelled in 1956. Recent Disposals The six patrol craft of the Fairmile “ B ” type, the Beaver, Congar, /Vlcose, Raccoon, Reindeer and Wolf, and the six high speed patrol launches of the Sea Rescue type, P R E 208, P R E 231, P R E 232, P R E 233, P R E 234 and P R E 235, were striken from the Navy List in 1958. Laid down Launched Completed PORTE ST. JEAN Displacement: 429 tons full load Dimensions: I25jX26^X 13 feet Guns: I—40 mm. AA. Machinery: Diesel. A/C Electric. I shaft. B.H.P.: 600= 11 kts. Complement: 3 officers, 20 ratings Notes Of trawler design. Multi-purpose vessels used for operating the gates in the A/S booms, fleet auxiliaries, anti-submarine netla/ers for entrances to defended harbours. Capable of being fitted for minesweeping. Designation changed from YNG to YMG in 1954. Porte Dauphine is on loan to the Department of Mines and Technical Surveys for Great Lakes survey work. No. Name Builders Laid down Launched Completed 186 Porte Dauphine Pictou Foundry 16 May 1951 24 Apr. 1952 10 Dec. 1952 184 Porte de la Reine Victoria Machinery 4 Mar. 1951 28 Dec. 1951 19 Sep. 1952 185 Porte Quebec Burrard Dry Dock 15 Feb. 1951 28 Aug. 1951 7 Oct. 1952 180 Porte St. Jean Geo. T. Davie 16 May 1950 21 Nov. 1950 4 June 1952 183 Porte St. Louis Geo. T. Davie 21 Mar. 1951 22 July 1952 28 Aug. 1952 MCB 158 CORDOVA (ex-YMS 420) YMT 10 10 “ Bay ” Class CHALEUR CHIGNECTO COWICHAN FORTUNE FUNDY JAMES BAY MIRAMICHI PCS 781 CORMORANT PCS 780 LOON PCS 783 MALLARD PORTE SAINT-JEAN PORTE SAINT-LOUIS QUINTE RESOLUTE THUNDER Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 390 tons standard (412 tons full load) 140 (pp.), 152 (o.a.)X 28 X7f (aft) feet I—40 mm. 2 General Motors V-12 Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 2,400=16 kts. 52 tons 4,500 miles at 11 kts. 3 officers, 35 ratings PORTE QUEBEC PORTE PORTE DAUPHINE DE LA REINE tUrnM fc: 't%Kp 590 tons standard (790 tons fui! load) 162 X 28 X 8j feet Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 2,000= 16 kts. Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Notes Both ex-minesweepers of Canadian “ Bangor ” diesel type. Launch dates above. French (photograph in the 1959-60 edition) is alongside at Halifax as a depot ship. Irvine is still operational. Sister ship Macbrien was deleted from the list in 1959. OILERS (AO) 2 “ Dun ” Class DUNDALK DUNDURN Displacement: 950 tons Dimensions: I78£ X 32£ X 13 feet Machinery: Diesel. B.H.P.: 700= 10 kts. Notes Small vessels designated tankers, and classed as fleet auxiliaries A photograph of Dundalk appears in the 1949-50 to 1959-60 editions. OCEAN TUGS (ATA) 3 “Saint ” Class Auxiliaries, Service Vessels, R.C.M.P. Marine—CANADA 75 SAINT ANTHONY SAINT CHARLES SAINT JOHN Displacement: 840 tons full load Dimensions: I5l£x33x 17 feet Guns: 2—40 mm. Bofors AA. Machinery: Diesel. I shaft. B.H.P.: 1,920 = 14 kts. Notes Ocean tugs of a new design. Authorised under the 1951 Programme. All built by the St. John Dry Dock Co. A photograph ofSo/nt John appears in the 1957-58, 1958-59 and 1959-60 editions. No. Name Laid down Launched Completed ATA 531 Saint Anthony 15 July 1954 2 Nov. 1955 22 Feb. 1957 ATA 533 Saint Charles 28 Apr. 1954 10 July 1956 7 June 1957 ATA 535 Saint John I Dec. 1953 14 May 1956 23 Nov. 1956 HEATHERTON RIVERTON GLENBROOK GLENDEVON Dimensions: Machinery: TUGS 7 “Glen ” Class GLENDON GLENDYNE 80x20^x7* (aft full load) feet Diesel. B.H.P.: 300=9 kts. GLENEVIS GLENLIVIT II GLENSIDE Big harbour tugs. Glenlivit II is loaned to Halifax Department of Public Works. Hull numbers are YTB 501, 505, 506, 503, 502, 504 and 500, respectively. 4 “Wood ” Class EASTWOOD GREENWOOD LAKEWOOD OAKWOOD Dimensions: 60 (o.o.) X I5f X5 (aft full load ) feet Machinery: H.P.: 250= 10 kts. Notes Medium harbour tugs. Used as A/S Target Towing Vessels. Launched, 1944. Oakwood loaned to Esquimalt Department of Transport. Hull numbers are YTM 550, 551, 552 and 554, respectively. Wildwood was stricken from the Navy List in 1959. Other medium harbour tugs are: FTI FT2 FT3 Employed as fire tugs, Hull numbers YTM 556, 557 and 558, respectively. ADAMSVILLE BEAMSVILLE COLVILLE ECKVILLE LAURENCEVILLE 15 Vi lie Class LISTERVILLE LOGANVILLE MANNVILLE MARYSVILLE MERRICKVILLE OTTERVILLE PARKSVILLE PLAI NSVILLE QUEENSVILLE YOUVILLE Dimensions: 40X I0£ X4f feet Machinery: Diesel. I shaft. B.H.P.: 150 Notes Small harbour tugs. Majority employed on towing duties at Esquimalt and Halifax. Hull numbers are YTS 582, 583, 576, 580, 584, 578, 589, 577, 585, 581, 590,579, 587 586 and 588 respectively. Other small harbour tugs are: SHOVELLER VALIANT Nos. YTS 591 and 575. FORT STEELE FORT STEELE 1960, Director of Marine Services, Official I “ Fort ” Class Displacement: 85 tons Dimensions: 118 (o.o.), 110 (w./.)x2l x7 feet Machinery: Two 18-cyl. Napier Deltic engines. 2 shafts. 2 Kamewa variable pitch propellers. B.H.P.: 5,000 = over 20 kts. Complement: 16 Notes Built by Canadian Shipbuilding & Engineering Ltd. Completed in Nov. 1958. Used as a high speed patrol craft on the east coast, this vessel is built of steel with aluminium super¬ structure, and has twin rudders. Recent Disposals The four old boats of the “ Fort ” class ( Fairmile “ B ” type motor launches) were stricken from the list in 1959. 2 “ Bird ’’ Class (Patrol Craft , PCS Type) BLUE HERON VICTORIA Displacement: 66 tons full load Dimensions: 92x17x5^ feet Machinery: 2 diesels. B.H.P.: 1,200= 14 kts. Blue Heron was built for the Royal Canadian Navy by Hunter Boat Works, Orilla. Launched at Barrie, Ontario, in Dec. 1955. Completed on 30 July 1956. Transferred, on loan, to the R.C.M.P. Marine Section on 19 Nov. 1956 as a sea rescue craft. Similar to Loon (see photo¬ graph on previous page). , , . _ Victoria was built for the R.C.M.P. by Yarrows Limited, Victoria. Completed in Dec. 1955. She is a steel copy of the wooden “ Bird ” class inshore patrol vessels, similar to the Loon and Mallard. Detachment “ Class (Coastal) Patrol Boats ACADIAN CAPTOR ADVERSUS DETECTOR ALERT GANGES BURIN INTERCEPTOR Displacement: 48 tons Dimensions: 65x15x4 feet Machinery: I Cummins diesel. I shaft. B.H.P.: 410= 12 I Notes Coastal patrol police boats built for service on the east and west coasts. LITTLE BOW 2 MASSET NANAIMO SIDNEY TOFINO 48 tons 65 X 15 X 4 fcot i Cummins diesel. I shaft. B.H.P.: 410=12 kts. ORIOLE ( ex-Oriole IV) Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Complement: 68 tons 77 (w.l.)X 19 X 10* feet Cummins diesel. B.H.P.: 24 (max.) On the list of ships is H.M.C.S. Oriole, training yacht attached to H.M.C.S. Venture, officers’ training establishment at Esquimalt, B.C. She is a Bermuda-rigged ketch, with a sail area of 7,000 square feet. Pennant No. QW 3. Built by Neponset, Mass., U.S.A., in 1921. Displacement: 27 tons Dimensions: 55x14x4 feet Machinery: 2 General Motors turbojet engines. B.H.P.: 600=16 kts. TMs turbojet craft was built as an experiment and no additions are contemplated. 6 “Detachment” Class (Great Lakes) CARNDUFF M CUTKNIFE II SHAUr CHILCOOT II MOOSOMIN II TAGIS Dimensions: 50x15x3 feet Machinery: 2 gasoline engines. B.H.P.: 750=over 20 kts. Notes , , _ - | A new class of small, fast patrol craft built for service on the Great Lakes. SHAUNAVON II TAGISH II SUPPLY VESSELS (AKS) 2 “ Ore ” Class EASTORE AKS 515 LAYMORE AKS 516 Measurement: 560 tons gross, 262 tons net Dimensions: l76JrX 32x8 feet Machinery: General Motors diesel. B.H.P.: 1,030= (0-8 kts. Notes Small supply vessels for coastal services. Classed as fleet auxiliaries. A photograph of Eastore appears in the 1952-53 to 1959-60 editions. SCATARI (ex-Malahat) Measurement: 233 tons Dimensions: 97x20x9 feet Machinery: Diesel. I shaft. B.H.P.: 100 Notes Ex-R.C.A.F. supply ship. AKS 514. LANGARA AKS 513 WOOD I960, Director of Marine Services, Official 3 “ Commissioner ” Class WOOD Dimensions: 178 (o.o.) X 29 X 9 feet Machinery: 2 Fairbanks-Morse diesels. B.H.P.: 2,660= 16 kts. Notes Built by Geo. T. Davie and Sons Ltd., Lauzon, Levis, Quebec. Completed in July 1958. Used for patrol duties on the east coast of Canada, this ship is built of steel with aluminium superstructure and steel strengthened for ice patrol. Displacement: 462 tons Dimensions: 104 (pp.), IIlf (o.a.)x28X 11 feet Machinery: Dominion Sulzer diesel. B.H.P.: 1,000=11 kts. Complement: 17 Notes Ocean tugs. Clifton was launched on 31 July 1944. Hull numbers are ATA 529, ATA 527 and ATA 528, respectively. A photograph of Heatherton appears in the 1952-53 to 1959-60 editions. (Ex-Fleet Minesweepers) FRENCH ( ex-Transcona) 26 Apr. 1941. IRVINE ( ex-Noranda ) 30 June 1941 76 CEYLON—Administration, Frigates, Escort Minesweepers, Patrol Boats, etc, CEYLON Administration Captain of the Navy: Personnel Rear Admiral G. R. M. de Mel, O.B.E., A.D.C. The Royal Ceylon Navy came into being on 9 Dec. 1950, the date on which the Navy Act was Naval Base proclaimed. The Naval Base is established at Colombo. 1957: 85 officers and 855 ratings 1958: 130 officers and 1,300 ratings 1959: 136 officers and 1,650 ratings I960: 154 officers and 1,820 ratings FRIGATES 2 Ex-Canadian “ River” Class GAJABAHU ( ex-Misnak , ex-H.M.C.S. Hallowell) MAHASENA (ex-Mivtakh, ex-H.M.C.S. Violetta) Name: Gajabahu Mahasena Pennant No. F 232 F 228 Builders: Canadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal, P.Q. Launched: 8 Aug. 1944 1944 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 1,445 tons standard (2,360 tons full load ) 301* X 36* x 12 feet 3—4 inch, 8—20 mm. AA. Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 5,500 = 20 kts. 2, of three-drum type 585 tons 6,000 miles at 12 kts. 160 Notes Former Canadian “ River ” type frigates acquired by the Israeli Government in 1950 and sold by Israel to the Royal Ceylon Navy in 1959. GAJABAHU Official ESCORT MINESWEEPERS 2 “ Algerine ” Class PARAKRAMA (ex-H.M.S. Pickle) VIJAYA (ex-H.M.S. Flyingfish, ex-Tillsonburg) Name: Pennant No.: Builders: La id down: Launched: Completed: Parakrama M 293 Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast II Jan. 1943 3 Aug. 1943 15 Oct. 1943 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: Vi jay a M 370 Redfern Construction Co. 30 Oct. 1943 16 Feb. 1944 14 Oct. 1944 standard (1,335 tons 1,040 tons full load) 225 (o.a.) X35*X 11* (mox.) feet I—4 inch, 4—40 mm. AA. 2 D.C.T. Vijaya: Triple expansion. 2 shafts. 1. H.P.: 2,000=16 5 kts. Parakrama: Geared Turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 2,000=16 5 kts. 2, of 3-drum type 270 tons 3,200 miles at 10 kts. 100 PARAKRAMA I960, A. & ). Pavia General Notes Vijaya was a Canadian built “ Algerine ” class ocean mine¬ sweeper. She was transferred from Great Britain to the Ceylon Government in Sep. 1949. Parakrama was transferred from Great Britain to the Royal Ceylon Navy with effecc from 30 July 1958. She was officially handed over to the Royal Ceylon Navy at Devonport on 6 Apr. 1959. Photograph Notes A photograph of Vijaya appears in the 1957-58 to 1959-60 editions. SEAWARD DEFENCE BOAT PATROL BOATS KOTIYA 1956. Royal Ceylon Navy, Official I 11 Ford ” Class KOTIYA (ex-H.M.S. Desford) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Complement: 120 tons standard (160 tons full load) NO (pp.), 117* (o.a.) X 20X4* feet I—40 mm. Bofors AA. Depth charge release gear 2 Davey Paxman diesels Foden engine on centre shaft. Speed = 18 kts. 20 Ge neral Notes “ Ford ” class, 3101 series. Transferred from Great Britain to the Royal Ceylon Navy in 1955. Boom Defence Vessel Notes The boom defence vessel Baron was purchased from Great Britain by the Colombo PortCommission (full particulars and photograph appear in the 1958-59 and 1959-60 editions) HANSAYA 2 “Hansaya” Class LIHINIYA Displacement: 36 tons Dimensions: 63-rV(pp.), 66 (o.a.)X 14x4 feet Machinery: 3 General Motors diesels Notes " Hansaya ” class long patrol boats built for the Ceylon Navy at Venice by the Korody Marine Corporation. Photograph of Lihiniya in the 1957-58 to 1959-60 editions. 4 “ Seruwa ” Class DIYAKAWA KORAWAKKA SERUWA TARAWA Displacement: 13 tons Dimensions: 46 (pp.), 48 (o.a.)X 12x3 feet Machinery: 2 Foden FD.6 diesels Notes “Seruwa ” class short patrol boats. Photograph of Diyakawa in the 1957-58 to 1959- 60 editions. SEAGOING TUG I “ Empire ” Class ALIYA (ex-Adept, ex-Empire Barbara) Displacement: 503 tons full load Dimensions: I05x26*x 12* feet Machinery: Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 850= 10 kts. Notes Built by Cochrane & Sons Ltd., Selby, Yorks., England. Transferred from Great Britain. Administration, Silhouettes, Aircraft Carrier—INDIA 77 INDIA Administration The Chief of the Navy Staff, Indian Navy: Vice-Admiral Ram Dass Katari, I.N. Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff: Rear-Admiral A. K. Chatterji, I.N. Flag Officer Commanding, Indian Fleet: Rear-Admiral B. S. Soman, I.N. Chief of Personnel: Commodore K. P. R. K. Nair, I.N. Chief of Material: Commodore P. K. Mukerjee, I.N. Chief of Naval Aviation: Captain D. W. Kirke, O.B.E., R.N. Naval Adviser to the High Commissioner for India in the United Kingdom: Captain J. D. Mody, I.N. Dockyards Defence Minister announced that the Govern¬ ment had acquired two dockyards, one in Bom¬ bay and the other in Calcutta. Ships The title “Indian Flotilla” was changed to “ Indian Fleet,” effective on 30 Dec. 1957. Personnel 1959: 800 officers; 8,000 ratings. I960: 1,200 officers; 12,000 ratings. Mercantile Marine Lloyd’s Register of Shipping: 238 vessels of 749,71 I tons gross Silhouettes Scale: 150 ft. = l inch. MYSORE DELHI RANA, RAJPUT, RANJIT GANGA, GODVARI, GOMATI CAUVERY, KISTNA JUMNA AIRCRAFT CARRIER SUTLEJ TIR INVESTIGATOR VIK RANT I “ Majestic 99 Class 1955, P. A. Vicary VIKRANT (ex-H.M.S. Hercules) Pennant No. R 11 Builders: Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., Tyne Engineers: Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company Laid down: 14 Oct. 1943 Launched: 22 Sep. 1945 Suspended: May 1946 Resumed: Apr. 1957 Completed: To be 1961 Displacement: 16,000 tons standard (20,000 tons full load) Length: 630 (pp.), 700 (o.o.) feet. Beam (hull): 80 feet. Draught: 24 feet. Width overall, including angled deck and mirror sponsons: 128 feet Dimensions: Guns; Armament under review Aircraft; 34 (capacity) Machinery: Parsons single-reduction geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 42,000= 24*5 kts. designed Boilers: 4 Admiralty 3 drum type (400 lb. working pressure. 700 degrees maximum superheat) Complement: 1,343 General Notes Air-conditioned and insulated for tropical service, ship’s sides being sprayed with asbestos cement instead of being lagged. Separate messes and dining halls. Pressed W/T doors of smaller pattern. Building Notes The construction of this ship was suspended almost imme¬ diately after her launch. When she was structurally approach¬ ing completion (see photo) and was about 75 per cent fitted out the contract was cancelled, and in May 1947 she was laid up at Faslane, Scotland. Transfer Notes In Jan. 1957 she was acquired from the Government of Great Britain for the Indian Navy. Reconstruction Notes In Apr. 1957 she arrived at Belfast to be taken in hand for large scale reconstruction and modernisation by Harland & Wolff Ltd., variously estimated to take up to four years to complete. Engineering Notes Turbines and boilers are arranged en echelon, one set of engines and two boilers being installed side by side in each of the two main propelling machinery spaces, on the unit system, so that starboard propeller shaft is longer than the port. Maximum speed: 25 kts. Flight Deck Notes Ten arrester wires. Catapult: single track, 20,000 lb. at 60 kts. Catapult accelerator gear port side forward. (These particulars applied before reconstruction.) Will probably have four arrester wires after modernisation. Nomenclature Notes The Hercules was allocated the new Indian name Vikrant in 1959. Class Notes Sister ship of Leviathan (still suspended) and Magnificent (in the Royal Canadian Navy 1946-47) in the British Navy; Sydney ( ex-Terrible ) and Melbourne (ex-Majestic ) in the Royal Australian Navy; and Bonaventure ( ex-Powerful) in the Royal Canadian Navy. MYSORE ( ex-Nigeria) Pennant No. Builders: Engineers: Laid down: Launched: Completed: C 60 Vickers-Armscrongs, Ltd., Tyne Parsons 8 Feb. 1938 18 July 1939 20 Sep. 1940 8,700 tons standard (11,040 tons full load) Length: 549 ( w.l .), 555£ ( o.a.) feet Beam: 62 feet. Draught: I6£ (mean), 21 (max.) feet 9—6 inch, 8—4 inch AA., 12— 40 mm. AA. (5 twin, 2 single) Removed 4*"-3" side, 2 " turrets, 4" C.T., 2" deck Parsons geared turbines. 4 shafts. S.H.P.: 72,500 = 31-5 kts. 4 Admiralty 3-drum type 730 Dimensions Ceneral Notes Purchased from Great Britain (announced 8 April, 1954) for£300,000. Underwent an extensive refit and conversion by Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd., Birkenhead, which was completed at the end of 1957, before commissioning for operational service. Now flagship of the Indian Navy. Reconstruction Notes Ship formerly had tripod masts. During reconstruction the triple 6 inch turret in “X” position and the 6—21 inch torpedo tubes (tripled) were removed and two lattice masts were stepped. Bridge was modified as in British Newfound¬ land. All electrical equipment was replaced and the engine room and other parts of the ship were refitted extensively. Notes to Drawing Port elevation and plan. Redrawn in 1958. Scale : 128 feet = I inch. Tubes: Armour Transfer Notes The ship was formally handed over to the Indian Navy at Birkenhead and renamed Mysore on 29 Aug. 1957. Boilers: Complement Added 1957, Wright & Logan I “ Leander ” Class DELHI ( ex-Achilles) Pennant No.: C 74 Builders: Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd., Birkenhead Laid down: 11 June 1931 Launched: I Sep. 1932 Completed: 10 Oct. 1933 General Notes 17 Dec. 1939. The Achilles was at that time lent to the Royal Purchased from Great Britain and delivered on 5 July 1948. New Zealand Navy. Refitted in 1955. Formerly the flagship of the Indian Navy until relieved by the Mysore in 1957. Notes to Drawing Port elevation and plan. Redrawn in 1957. Scale: 128 feet Historical Notes =1 inch. “ Y ” turret has now been removed. The 8—21 As H.M.S. Achilles, this ship, with H.M.S. Ajax and H.M.S. inch torpedo tubes (two quadruple banks) have also been Exeter, defeated the German armoured ship (pocket battle- landed and the forecastle plating has been extended aft to the ship) Admiral Graf Spee in the Battle of the River Plate, twin 40 mm. AA. guns abreast the boat stowage. Displacement: 7,030 tons standard (9,740 tons full load) Dimensions: Length: 530 (pp.), 554j (o.a.) feet. Beam: 55i feet. Draught: 16 feet (mean), 20 feet (max.) Guns: 4—6 inch, 8—4 inch AA., 14— 40 mm. AA., 4—3 pdr. Tubes: Removed Armour: 4"—2" side, \" gunhouses, \" bridge, 2" deck Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 4 shafts. S.H.P.: 72,000=32 kts. Boilers: 4 Admiralty 3-drum type Oil fuel: i ,800 tons Complement: 680 Destroyers, Frigates—INDIA 79 ANTI-SUBMARINE FRIGATES 2 “ Whitby ” Class. 1st Rate TALWAR TRISHUL Name: Talwar Trishul Pennant No. F 140 F 143 Builders: Cammed Laird & Co. Harland & Wolff Ltd., Birkenhead Ltd., Belfast Launched: 18 July 1958 18 lune 1959 Completed: I960 I960 3 “ Blackwood ” Class. 2nd Rate KHUKRI KIRPAN KUTHAR Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: 1,020 tons standard (1,536 tons full load) 300 (pp.), 310 (o.a.)x 33 X 10 feet 3— 40 mm. Bofors AA. Mk. 9 4— 21 inch (two twin) 2 Limbo three-barrelled depth charge mortars, Mk. 10 1 set geared turbines. I shaft. S.H.P.: 15,000= 27-8 kts (24 5 lets. max. continuous sea speed) 2 Babcock & Wilcox 140 Pennant No. Name F 149 Khukri F 144 Kirpan F 146 Kuthar Builders J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd., Cowes Alex Stephen & Sons Ltd., Glasgow j. Samuel White & Co. Ltd., Cowes Name Launched Khukri 20 Nov. 1956 Kirpan 19 Aug. 1958 Kuthar 14 Oct. 1958 Completed 16 July 1958 July 1959 1959 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: A/S weapons: 2,144 tons standard (2,545 and 2,557 tons full load, respectively) 360 (pp.), 370 (o.a.)X 41 X 12 feet 2—4-5 inch, 4—40 mm. AA. (twin over tubes, single abreast funnel) 12—21 inch (8 single A S, two twin) 2 Limbo three barrelled depth charge mortars Machinery: Boilers: Complement: 2 sets geared turbines. 2 shafts S.H.P.: 30,430 = over 30 kts. 2 Babcock & Wilcox 231 (II officers, 220 ratings) Notes Built in Great Britain and generally similar to the British frigates of the “ Whitby ” class, but modified to suit Indian conditions. Talwar is a common type of weapon in India. KHUKRI I960, courtesy J. Samuel White & Co., Ltd., Builders Notes frigates of the “ Blackwood ” class; but slightly modified to Built in Great Britain, and generally similar to the British suit Indian requirements. Kirpan means Sword. DESTROYERS 3 “ R ” Class RAN A (ex-Raider) RAN JIT ( ex-Redoubt) RAJPUT ( ex-Rotherham) Displacement: 1,735 tons (Rajput 1,750 tons) standard ; 2,495 tons (Rajput 2,510 tons) full load Dimensions: 358£x35fx9£ (mean), 16 (max.) feet Guns: 4—4-7 inch, 4—2 pdr. pompoms, 6—20 mm. AA.; but Rana and Ranjit have 4—40 mm. AA. Tubes: 8—21 inch (two quadruple mount¬ ings) A/S weapons: 4 D.C.T. Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 40,000 = 34 kts. (max.), 32 kts. sea speed Boilers : 2 Admiralty 3-drum type Oil fuel: 490 tons Radius: 2,500 miles at 20 kts. Complement: 200 General Notes These were the first British destroyers with officers’ accommodation forward instead of aft. They were refitted and modernised prior to transfer, Ranjit on 4 July 1949; Rajput on 29 July 1949; and Rana in Sept. 1949. All three Escort Destroyers (Frigates) 3 “ Hunt ” Class, Type II GANG A ( ex-Chiddingfold) GODAVARI (ex-Bedale, ex-S lazak, ex-Bedale) GOMATI ( ex-Lamerton) Displacement: 1,050 tons standard (1,610 tons full load) Dimensions: 264£ (pp.), 280 (o.a.) X31^ x7| (mean), 14 (max.) feet Guns: 6—4 inch AA., 4—2 pdr. pompoms, 2 to 4—20 mm. AA. Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts S.H.P.: 19,000 = 25 kts. Boilers: 2 Admiralty 3-drum type Oil fuel: 280 tons Radius: 3,700 miles at 14 kts. Complement: 146 General Notes “ Hunt ” class, Type II frigates (ex-Escort Destroyers) F 131, F 126, and F88, respectively. Transferred from Great Britain April/May 1953. Lent to Indian Navy for a period of three years, subject to extension by agreement. Now offi¬ cially rated as destroyers with D pennant Nos. Photograph Notes Photograph of Godavari in the 1953-54 to 1955-56 editions. Photograph of Ganga in the 1954-55 to 1959-60 editions. RANJIT Added 1954, Wright & Logan arrived in Indian waters in Jan. 1950. They constitute the Nth Destroyer Squadron of which Rajput is Leader. The Defence Minister has announced that India hopes to build destroyers in the next two years ac the dockyards acquired by the Indian Navy in Bombay and Calcutta. Photograph Notes Photograph of Rana in the 1953-54 to 1957-58 editions. Photograph of Rajput in the 1953-54 to 1959-60 editions. Pennant No. Name D I 15 D 209 D 141 Name Rana Rajput Ranjit Rana Rajput Ranjit Begun 16 Apr. 10 Apr. 19 June Builders Cammed Laird & Co. John Brown & Co. John Brown & Co. Launched 1941 I Apr. 1942 1941 21 Mar. 1942 1941 2 May 1942 Ltd., Birkenhead Ltd., Clydebank Ltd., Clydebank Completed 16 Nov. 1942 27 Aug. 1942 I Oct. 1942 Pennant No. Name D 94 Ganga D 92 Godavari D 93 Gomati Builders Scott’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Greenock R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Ltd., Hebburn Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd., Wallsend Name Laid down Ganga I Mar. 1940 Godavari 29 May 1940 Gomati 10 Apr. 1940 Launched 10 Mar. 1941 5 Sep. 1941 14 Dec. 1940 Completed 16 Oct. 1941 18 June 1942 16 Aug. 1941 80 INDIA—Frigates (continued) ANTI-AIRCRAFT FRIGATES BRAHMAPUTRA 1958, Wright & Logan 3 “ Leopard ” Class BEAS BETWA BRAHMAPUTRA (ex-Panther) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: 2,251 tons standard (2,482 tons full load) 330 (pp.), 340 (o.o.) X40 X 10 (mean) 12 (max.) feet 4—4 5 inch (in two twin turrets), 2—40 mm. AA. (twin) Squid triple barrelled depth charge mortar Machinery: Complement: Admiralty standard range diesels 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 12,380=25 kts. 200 Notes Brahmaputra was originally ordered as the Panther for the Royal Navy on 28 June 1951. All three ships are generally similar to the British frigates of the “ Leopard ” class, but modified to suit Indian conditions. The Brahmaputra is the first major warship to be built in Great Britain for the Indian Navy since India became independent. Pennant No. Name F 137 Beas F 139 Betwa F 31 Brahmaputra Builders Vickers Armstrongs Ltd., Tyne Vickers Armstrongs Ltd., Tyne John Brown & Co. Ltd., Clydebank Name Beas Betwa Brahmaputra Launched 9 Oct. 1958 15 Sep. 1959 15 Mar. 1957 Completed I960 I960 31 Mar. 1958 TRAINING FRIGATE I “ River ” Class TIR (ex-Bonn) Displacement: Dimensions Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: Notes Former " River ’ to a Midshipmen’s in 1948. Originally see below. 1,490 tons standard (2,216 tons full load) 283 (pp.), 301 i (o.o.)x36|XI4 feet I—4 inch, I—40 mm., 2—20 mm. Reciprocating vertical 4-cylinder triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P : 5,500=18 kts. 2 Admiralty 3-drum type 640 tons 9,500 miles at 12 kts. 118 ’ class frigate in Royal Navy. Converted Training Frigate by Bombay Dockyard the sister ship of survey ship Investigator, Recent Disposals The old frigates (ex-sloops) Cauvery and Kistna are being disposed of in the near future (see full particulars and photo¬ graph in the 1959-60 edition). 1954, Wright & Logan SURVEYING VESSELS I New Construction DARSHAK Builders: Launched: Displacement: Dimensions: Aircraft: Machinery: Hindustan Shipyard 2 Nov. 1959 2,790 tons 319 (o.o.) X 49x28| feet 1 helicopter 2 diesel-electric propulsion plants. Service speed = 16 kts. Notes This ship marks a new stage in Indian shipbuilding. She was the first ship to be built by the Indian yard for the Navy. When completed the ship will be operated by the Navy’s hydrographic branch to undertake a marine survey of the Indian coastline and harbours. She is being fitted with the latest surveying and navigational equipment, and will have several surveying boats and motor launches. She will also carry a helicopter. The ship is all welded. _ I “ River ” Class (ex-Frigate) INVESTIGATOR (ex-Khukri, ex-Trent) Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: 1,460 tons standard (2,000 tons full load ) 283 (pp.), 301 i (o.a.) X 36f X 12 feet Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 5,500 = 20 kts. (max.) 2 Admiralty 3-drum type 100 Notes Former “ River ” class frigate in Ro/al Navy. Converted to a surveying vessel and renamed Investigator in 1951. Originally the sister ship of the training frigate Tir, see above. Name: Investigator Tir Pennant No.: Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: F 243 Charles Hill & Sons Ltd., Bristol 31 Jan. 1942 10 Oct. 1942 27 Feb. 1943 F 256 Charles Hill & Sons Ltd., Bristol 18 June 1942 29 Dec. 1942 7 May 1943 2 “Sutlej” Class (Ex-Frigates, ex-Sloops) JUMNA Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: Notes Jumna together with Cauvery and Kistna (see notes above) formerly constituted the 12th Frigate Squadron. In 1957 she was employed as a survey ship. 1,300 tons standard (1,735 tons full load) 266 (w.l.), 292i (o.a.)x 37* X I Of (mean) feet 6—4 inch, 6—20 mm. AA. 4 D.C.T. (88 D.C.s) Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts S.H.P.: 3,600=18 kts. 2 Admiralty 3-drum type 370 tons 4,500 miles at 12 kts. 197 SUTLEJ Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: 1,300 tons standard (1,735 tons full load) 266 (w.l.), 292* (o.o.) X 371 X |0f feet Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 3,600=18 kts. 2 Admiralty 3-drum type 160 Boilers: Complement: Notes Former frigate employed as a survey ship since 1955. Sister ship of frigate (ex-sloop) Jumna, see above. Both the above ships are generally similar to the former British frigates of the “ Egret ” class. Name: Pennant No.: Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Jumna F II Wm. Denny & Bros. Ltd., Dumbarton 20 Feb. 1940 16 Nov. 1940 13 May 1941 Sutlej F 95 Wm. Denny & Bros. Ltd., Dumbarton 4 Jan. 1940 I Oct. 1940 23 Apr. 1941 Recent Disposals The old ocean minesweepers, Bengal, Bombay, Madras, Rohilkhand, Konkan and Rajputana are being disposed of in the near future (see full particulars and photographs in the 1959-60 edition). MAGAR LANDING SHIP MAGAR (ex-Avenger, ex-LST (3) 3011) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: 2,256 tons light (4,890 tons full load) 3471 (o.a.) x 55? X 12# feet 2—40 mm. Bofors AA. Vertical reciprocating, 4 cylinder. 2 shafts. Speed: 12-75 kts. 64 Former British tank landing ship of the LST (3) type transferred to the Indian Navy. LCT43I0 1956, I.N., Official LG f 4294 LCT43I0 Displacement: 200 tons Dimensions: 187*X38£X3?feet Machinery: Speed 9-5 kts. Notes 3,000 added to original numbers. LCT 4117,4298, 4315,4358 and 4360 were discarded in 1957. SHAKTI Notes Rated as Fleet Replenishment Group Tanker. Acquired from Italy in Nov. 1953. CHILKA SAMBHAR Displacement: 1,082 tons Dimensions: 202 X 30f X 13 feet Machinery: Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 809 = 9 kts. Oil capacity: 800 tons Notes Chilka built by Blythwood Shipbuilding Co., Scotstoun, Sambhar by A. & J. Inglis, Ltd., Glasgow, launched 1942. Both acquired in 1948. Engined by David Rowan & Co. Two steam dynamos, two steam pumps, ballast pump. MOTOR MINESWEEPERS SARQ (ex-MMS 132) MMS 130 MMS 154 Displacement: 163 tons standard (232 tons full load) Dimensions: 105 (pp.), 119 (o.a. )x23x9* feet Guns: 2—20 mm. AA., 2 M.G. Machinery: Diesel. B.H.P.: 500=10 kts. Complement: 30 Notes Former British motor minesweepers of “ 105 ft.” type. Of wooden construction. Trans¬ ferred from Great Britain. 3 New Construction Displacement: 100 tor.s Dimensions: 117 (o.a.) x 20 x4j feet Guns: I—40 mm. AA. Machinery: 2 diesels Notes Reported that three seaward defence craft generally similar to the ” Ford ” class in the Royal Navy are being built in private Indian yards for the Indian Navy. ML 6420 (ex-ML 420) Displacement: 65 tons Dimensions: 112X I8£x5 (max.) feet Guns: I—40 mm. AA., 3—20 mm. AA. Machinery: 2 Hall-Scott Defender engines. B.H.P.: 1,200=20 kts. Complement: 18 Notes Fairmile “ B ” type. At Bombay for training duties. Used as a Torpedo School Torpedo Firing Ship. Pennant No. P 6420. Photograph in the 1959-60 and earlier editions. TUG HATHI Displacement: 668 tons Dimensions: I47£X32f X 12 feet Machinery: Triple expansion. Speed: 13-5 kts. Notes Built by Taikoo Dock & Eng. Co., Hong Kong. Launched in 1932. TENDER DHARANI (ex-Hermine) Notes Cargo ship reported to be converted to a small tender. Work suspended in July 1957. F BASSEIN (ex-Littleham) M 2707 BIMLIPITAN (ex-Hildersham) M 2705 Displacement: 120 tons standard (160 tons full load) Dimensions: 100 (pp.), I06£ (o.a.) X2I£ X5 feet Guns: I—20 mm. Bofors AA. (when mounted) Machinery: 2 Paxman diesels. B.H. P.: 550= 14 kts. (9 kts. sweeping) Oil fuel: 15 tons Complement: 20 Notes “ Ham ” class inshore minesweepers of wooden construction built for the Royal Navy but transferred from Great Britain to the Indian Navy in 1955. Bassein built by Brooke Marine Ltd., Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, launched 4 May, 1954; Bimlipitan built by Vosper Ltd., Portsmouth, launched 5 Feb. 1954. INSHORE MINESWEEPERS Coastal and Inshore COASTAL MINESWEEPERS Motor Launches, Landing Craft, etc.—INDIA 81 SEAWARD PATROL CRAFT BIMLIPITAN 1956, A. & J. Pavia SPC 3110 (ex-HDML 11 10) SPC 3117 (ex-HDML I I 17) SPC 3112 (ex-HDML 1112) SPC 3118 (ex-HDML I I 18) Displacement: 46 tons standard (54 tons full load) Dimensions: 72 (o.a.) X 15f X 5^ feet Guns: I—3 pdr., I—20 mm. AA. Machinery: Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 320=12 kts. Complement: 14 Notes Former British Harbour Defence Motor Launches. These boats, formerly known as Seaward Defence Motor Launches, constitute the 32|st Sea/Land Patrol Craft Squadron. CANNANCRE 1957 Wright& Logan 4 “ Ton ” Class CANNANORE (ex-Whtton) M 1191 KAKINADA (ex-Durweston) M 1201 CUDDALORE (ex- Wennington) M 1190 KARWAR (ex-Overton) Leader M 1197 Displacement: 360 tons standard (425 tons full load) Dimensions: 140 (pp.), 152 (o.a.) x28J X8£ feet Guns: I— 40 mm. Bofors AA., 2—20 mm. AA. Machinery Napier Deltic diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,250= 15 kts. Oil fuel: 45 tons Complement: 27 Notes “ Ton ” class coastal minesweepers of wooden construction built for the Royal Navy, but transferred from Great Britain to the Indian Navy in 1956. Cannanore built by Fleetlands Shipyard, Ltd., Gosport, launched 28 Jan. 1956; Karwar built by Camper & Nicholson, Ltd., Gosport, launched 30 Jan. 1956. Cuddalore built by J. S. Doig, Ltd., Grimsby, and Kakinadc built by Dorset Yacht Co. Ltd., Hamworthy, taken over in August 1956, and sailed for India Nov./Dec. 1956. Named after minor ports in India. Four more are to be acquired. Coastal minesweepers will first be built at the dockyards acquired by the Indian Navy in Bombay and Calcutta. Minesweepers, 1957, Indian Navy, Official 4 HDML Type 82 MALAYA, NIGERIA MALAYA COASTAL MINESWEEPER MAHAMIRU Added I960, A. & ). Pavia MAHAMIRU (ex-H.M.S. Darlaston) Displacement: 360 tons standard (425 tons full load) Dimensions: 140 (pp.), 152 (o.a.) x 28£ x 8£ feet Guns: I—40 mm. Bofors AA. forward; 2—20 mm. Oerlikon AA. aft. Machinery: Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,250= 15 kts. (max.) Complement: 27 in peacetime (39 war) Notes Coastal minesweeper of the “ Ton ” class. Transferred from the Royal Navy to the Royal Malayan Navy in I960 under the Malayan Defence Agreement. INSHORE MINESWEEPERS SRI PERLIS Added 1959, Wright & Logan LANGKA SUKA (ex-H.M.S. Bedham) SRI JOHOR (ex-H.M.S. Altham) SRI PERLIS (ex-H.M.S. Asheldham) TEMASEK (ex-H.M.S. Brantineham) 120 tons standard (159 tons full load) 100 (pp.) t 106A (o.o.)x2lix5i feet I—20 mm. Oerlikon AA. forward (see Gunnery Notes) 2 Paxman diesels. B.H.P.: 550=14 kts. (9 kts. sweeping) 15 tons 15 in peacetime (22 war) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: Complement: General Notes Inshore minesweepers of the “ Ham ” class, M 2601 Series. Transferred from Great Britain and renamed in 1958 ( Langka Suka and Temasek) and 1959 (Sri Johor and Sr/ Perlis). Sri Johor and Sri Perlis are at present armed with three 20 mm. Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns and four 2-pounder saluting guns in place of the acoustic and magnetic minesweeping gear. Since the above photograph of Sri Perlis was taken her 40 mm. Bofors gun mounting has been replaced by a 20 mm. Oerlikon AA. gun and two more 20 mm. pieces have been tempor¬ arily mounted in lieu of the influence sweeping gear. SEAWARD PATROL CRAFT SRI PERAK I960, Royal Malayan Navy, Official SRI KELANTAN ( ex-SDML 3508) SRI PERAK {ex-SDML 3507) SRI NEGRI SEMBILAN {ex-SDML 3506) SRI SELANGOR {ex-SDML 3509) SRI PAHANG {ex-SDML 3505) SRI TRENGGANU (ex-SDML 3502) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: 46 tons standard (54 tons full load) 72 (o.a.)x 15fx5± feet 2—20 mm. Oerlikon AA. 2 Gardner diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 260 to 320= 11 to 12 kts. Notes Former British harbour defence motor launches (HDML) later known as seaward defence motor launches (SDML). The six vessels constitute the 200th Seaward Patrol Craft Squadron operating out of Singapore. Sri Kedah {ex-SDML 3501) was paid off in 1959 and scrapped. LANDING CRAFT SRI MELAKA I960, Royal Malayan Navy. Official SRI MELAKA (ex-H.M.M.S. Malaya, ex-MRC 1401, ex-LCT{E) 341) Displacement: 350 tons standard (586 tons full load) Dimentsions: I87£x38|x3± {forward), 4± (oft) feet Guns: Removed Machinery: Dismantled Complement: 30 General Notes Landing craft of the LCT(4) type. Originally loaned by Great Britain to the Royal Malayan Navy, and given her present name in Oct. 1958 after the Royal Malayan Navy was trans¬ ferred to the Government of the Federation of Malaya. Now employed as a forward main¬ tenance repair craft based at Woodlands, Singapore. Recent Disposa s The landing craft Sri Perlis (ex-H.M.S. Pelandok, ex-LCG{L) 450), and the trawler type controlled minelayer Sri Johor (ex-H.M.M.S. Penyu, ex-H.M.S. Dabchick, ex-Thorney) were paid off in 1959 and sold. NIGERIA NIGERIA I960, Nigerian Navy, Official NIGERIA (ex-H.M.S. Hare) Displacement Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: Notes Former British ocean minesweeper of the “ Algerine ” class. Built by Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast. Laid down on 27 Nov. 1943. Launched on 20 June 1944. Completed on 10 Nov. 1944. Pennant No. M 389. Transferred from the Royal Navy to the Royal Nigerian Navy on 21 July 1959 and renamed Nigeria. General Notes There were 45 officers and 510 ratings in the Royal Nigerian Navy in I960; but this figure is to be increased to a target total cf 3,CC0 personnel as opportunity offers. New Construction A contract was placed with Camper and Nicholsons, Gosport, in I960 for a new seaward defence boat of the “ Ford ” class. Delivery expected in Aug. 1961. 1,040 tons standard (1,335 tons full load) 225 x 35£ X 10 feet I—4 inch, 4—40 mm. Bofors AA. Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 2,000=16-5 kts. 2 of three-drum type 270 tons 5,000 miles at 10 kts 100 KADUNA {ex-SDML 3515) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Complement: 46 tons standard (54 tons full load) 72 (o.a.) X I5f X 5j feet I—20 mm. AA. 4 depth charges 2 Gardner diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P. I I to 14 260 to 320=1 I to 12 kts. Presented to the Royal Nigerian Navy at Portsmouth on SAPELE (ex-MSML 2217) Seaward defence motor launch. 21 July 1959. Pennant No. P 07. CALABAR (ex-MSML 2223) Displacement: 85 tons Dimensions: I 12 (o.a.) X 18^ X 5 feet Guns: I—20 mm. AA. Machinery: 2 Hall Scott Defender engines B.H.P.: 1,200=20 kts. Sea speed 15-5 kts. Complement: 16 to 18 Minesweeping motor launches. Purchased from the Royal Navy in 1959. Pennant Nos. P 09 and P 08. LCT 1312 Displacement: 350 tons standard (586 tons full load) Dimensions: I87|x38|X4± feet Guns: 2—20 mm. AA. Machinery: 2 Paxman diesels. B.H.P.: 920=10 kts. Complement: 13 Landing craft of the LCT(4) type. Purchased from the Royal Navy in 1959. PATHFINDER Measurement: 544 tons gross Dimensions: I54£x27x 11 feet Guns: I—40 mm. AA. Machinery: 2 sets Triple Expansion engines. I.H.P.: 200 = 3 kts. Complement: 42 Built by J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd., Cowes, in 1954. Pennant No. P 06. Surveying ship. PENELOPE Measurement: 79 tons gross Dimensions: 79£X7| x4± feet Machinery: 2 Gardner diesels. Speed 10 kts. Complement: 15 Built by Aldous Successors, Brightlingsea, in 1959. Pennant No. P veying duties. CHALLENGER Measurement: Dimensions: Machinery: Built by Aldous Successors, Customs preventive duties. VALIANT A shallow draught yacht used by His Excellency The Governor General for touring in the inland waterways of Nigeria. Built by Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Scotstoun, Glasgow. 280 tons gfoss, I35£ (o.a.) X29 x4£ feet, 2—3 pdr. saluting guns, 2 sets 3 cylinder triple expansion reciprocating engines, I.H.P.: 450=9 kts., complement 27. 114 tons gross IIO*xl8±x5feet 3 Gleniffer diesels. Speed 13 kts. Brightlingsea, in 1955. Pennant II. Employed on Sur- No. P. 19 Employed on Administration, Silhouettes, Cruisers—NEW ZEALAND 83 ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVY Naval Board Navy Secretary: Mr. D. A. Wraight. Personnel Chairman: The Hon. P. G. Connolly, D.S.C., V.R.D., M.P. Administration January 1958: 2,924 officers and ratings January 1959: 3,030officers and ratings January I960: 2,886 officers and ratings First Naval Member and Chief of Naval Staff: Rear Admiral P. Phipps, D.S.C.. and Bar, V.R.D. Commander-in-Chief: H.E. The Right Hon. Charles John, Viscount Cobham, G.C.M.G., T.D. Second Naval Member (Personnel): Commodore L. S. Stanners, O.B.E. Third Naval Member (Supply): Commodore E. A. G. Whittle, C.B.E., M.I.Mar.E. Royal New Zealand Naval Liaison Officer, London: Captain F. N. F. Johnston, D.S.C., R.N.Z.N. Mercantile Marine Lloyd’s Register of Shipping: 161 vessels of 258,783 tons gross Silhouettes Scale: 150 ft. = I inch “LOCH” Class “BATHURST” Class CRUISERS 2 Improved BLACK PRINCE Name: Black Prince Pennant No.: C 8! Builders and Engineers: Harland & Wolff Led., Belfast Laid down: 2 Nov. 1939 Launched: 21 Aug. 1942 Completed: 20 Nov. 1943 “ Dido ” Class ROYALIST Royalist C89 Scotts’ S.B. & Eng. Co., Ltd. Greenock 21 May 1940 30 May 1942 10 Sep. 1943 Displacement: 5,900 tons standard (7,410 tons and 7,360 tons full load respectively) Dimensions: Length: 512 (o.o.) feet. Beam: 52 feet. Draught: 15 (mean), I8£ (max.) feet Guns: Black Prince: 8—5-25 inch d.p., 10—43 mm., 4—3 pdr. (saluting) Royalist: 8 —5-25 inch d.p., 8— 40 mm. Bofors AA. Tubes: 6—21 inch (tripled) in Black Prince Armour: 2" side, 2" turrets Machinery: Parsons single reduction geared turbines. 4 shafts. S.H.P.: 62,000= 32 kts. Boilers: 4 Admiralty 3-drum type Complement: 550 (peace General Notes Built under War Estimates. Sister ships of Diadem in the Pakistan Navy. Both these ships are lent by the Admiralty to the New Zealand Government, who pay for their annual maintenance. Royalist was reconstructed and modernised in Great Britain; she completed her refit in 1956, being re¬ commissioned on 10 April 1956 at H.M. Dockyard, Devon- port. She has new bridge of rounded form, new lattice masts, the latest gun direction equipment and air and surface radar. She was the flagship of the Royal New Zealand Navy, but now wears the pennant of the Senior Officer Afloat. Transfer Notes Black Prince was lent to New Zealand in 1946. Royalist was formally handed over to the Royal New Zealand Navy on 9 July 1956, and left for New Zealand late in 1956, arriving at Auckland in Dec. 1956. Photograph Notes A large port bow oblique aerial view of Royalist appears in the 1957-58 to 1959-60 editions. A port broadside view of Royalist appears in the 1956-57 edition. A port broadside view of Black Prince appears in the 1954-55 and 1955-56 editions. 1956, Royal New Zealand Navy . Official BLACK PRINCE Notes to Drawing Port elevation and plan of Black Prince. Drawn in 1957. No 2 pdr. or 20 mm. AA. guns are now carried. Scale : 128 feet= linch Notes to Drawing Port elevation and plan of Royalist. Reconstructed with two lattice masts. Drawn in 1957. Scale: 128 feet=l inch. 84 NEW ZEALAND—Cruisers ( continued ), Frigates Cruisers —continued 2 Improved “ Dido ” Class— continued ROYALIST I960, Royal New Zealand Navy, Official ANTI-SUBMARINE FRIGATES New Construction 2 + 2 “Whitby ” Class. Type 12 1st Rate (Anti-Submarine Quality Type) OTAGO ( ex-Hastings) TARANAKI Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: 2,144 tons standard (2,557 tons full load ) 360 (pp.), 370 (o.o.) X 41 X 12 feet 2—4-5 inch, 2—40 mm. AA. 12—21 inch (8 single A/S, two twin) 2 Limbo three barrelled depth charge mortars 2 sets double reduction geared steam turbines. 2shafts. S.H.P.: 30,430=over 30 kts. 2 Babcock & Wilcox 219 OTAGO I960, W right & Logan The Admiralty acting on behalf of the New Zealand Government ordered a “Whitby” class anti-submarine frigate (Taranaki) from the Isle of Wight shipyard of J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd., Cowes (announced by the firm 22 Feb. 1957). A sister ship (Otago) was ordered for the Royal New. Zealand Navy from the Southampton shipyard of John I. Thornycroft & Co. Ltd., Woolston, (officially stated 26 Feb. 1957, New Zealand having taken over the contract for the “ Whitby ” class anti-submarine frigate Hastings, originally ordered in Feb. 1956 for the Royal Navy). These vessels will be generally similar to those building for service in the British Navy, but will have modified accommodation to suit New Zealand conditions. The Otago was launched on 11 Dec. 1958, and commissioned on 22 June I960, and the Taranaki was launched on 19 Aug. 1959. FRIGATES 6 “Loch ” Class 2nd Rate (Anti-Submarine Escort Type ) HA WE A (ex-Loch Eck) KANIERE (ex-Loch Achray) PUKAKI ( ex-Loch Achanalt, ex-Naver) ROTOITI (ex-Loch Katrine) TAUPO (ex-Loch Shin) TUTIRA (ex-Loch Morlich) Displacement: 1,435 tons standard (2,260 tons full load) Dimensions: 286 (pp.), 307£ (o.o.) x 38| X 12 (mean), 14^ (max.) feet, deep load Guns: 1—4 inch, 4—2 pdr. pompoms, 6—20 mm. A A. A/S weapons: 2 squid triple-barrelled depth charge mortars Machinery: Vertical reciprocating 4-cylinder triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 5,500=19-5 kts. Boilers: 2 Admiralty 3-drum type Oil fuel: 724 tons Complement: 1 14 Notes Purchased from Great Britain in 1948, and renamed after New Zealand lakes. The six ships constitute the I Ith Frigate Squadron ROTOITI 1958, Royal New Zealand Navy, Official Frigates ( continued ), Escort Minesweepers, Antarctic Support Ship—NEW ZEALAND 85 F r i gates —con tin ued 6 “ Loch ” Class — continued Pennant No. Name Builders F 422 F 426 F 424 F 625 F 421 F 517 Hawea Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd., Souch Bank- on-Tees Kaniere Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd., South Bank- on-Tees Pukaki Henry Robb, Ltd., Leith Rotoiti Henry Robb, Ltd., Leith Taupo Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Ltd., Tyne Tutira Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Ltd., Tyne Name Laid down Launched Completed Hawea 25 Oct. 1943 25 Apr. 1944 7 Nov. 1944 Kaniere 13 Dec. 1943 7 July 1944 1 Feb. 1945 Pukaki 14 Sep. 1943 2; Mar. 1944 1 1 Aug. 1944 Rotoiti 31 Dec. 1943 21 Aug. 1944 29 Dec. 1944 Taupo 6 Sep. 1943 23 Feb. 1944 10 Oct. 1944 Tutira 15 July 1943 25 Jan. 1944 2 Aug. 1944 PUKAKI 1956, Royal New Zealand Navy, Official ESCORT MINESWEEPERS 4 “ Bathurst ” Class ECHUCA INVERELL KIAMA STAWELL Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: 790 tons standard (1,025 tons full load ) 186 (o.o.), 162 (pp.)x3l X8j (mean) feet I—4 inch, I—40 mm. AA., 6 M.G. (see notes) Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 1,800=15 lets. 2 Admiralty 3-drum small tube type 85 Notes These four vessels were given to New Zealand by Australia in 1952. Stawell, which has undergone a refit, the 4 inch gun having been replaced by a 12-pounder, is commissioned as a training ship, mainly for reservists, in place of Tui, see next page. Pennant No. Name Builders M 252 Echuca Williamstown Naval Dockyard, Melbourne M 233 Inverell Mort's Dock, Sydney M 353 Kiama Evans Deakins, Brisbane M 348 Stawell Williamstown Naval Dockyard, Melbourne Name Laid down Launched Completed Echuca 22 Feb. 1941 Inverell 7 Dec. 1941 Kiama 2 Nov. 1942 Stawell 18 June 1942 17 Jan. 1942 2 May 1942 3 July 1943 3 Apr. 1943 17 Jan. 1943 2 May 1943 26 Jan. 1944 7 Aug. 1943 STAWELL 1956, R.N.Z.N., Official ANTARCTIC SUPPORT SHIP ( Netlayer ) I AN Type ENDEAVOUR (ex-John Biscoe, ex-Pretext, ex-AN 76) Displacement: Measurement: Dimensions: Machinery: General Notes 1,275 cons standard (1,460 tons full load ) 878 tons net, ca 1,000 tons gross I69i (w.l.), 194^ (o.a.)x37x 13^ (max.) feet Diesel-electric. I shaft. S.H.P.: 1,200=12 kts. Built in the United States as netiayer AN 76. Transferred to Great Britain under the Lend-Lease Act on 6 Aug. 1944 as the boom defence vessel Pretext. Conversion Nct.s Converted after the Second World War into the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey Ship the John Biscoe. Purchased by the New Zealand Government in 1956 and refitted at the Southampton shipyard of John I. Thornycroft & Co. Ltd., Woolston, for the Transantarccic Expedition commissioning in the Royal New Zealand Navy on 15 Aug. as Endeavour. Construction Notes Built of wood, but specially strengthened for navigation in ice, her stem being of solid steel. 1957, courtesy Messrs. John I. Thornycroft & Co. Ltd. ENDEAVOUR SURVEY SHIP (Frigate) I “ River ” Class LACHLAN Pennant No.: Builders: Launched: Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: Notes Australian “ River ” class frigate. Lent by the Royal Australian Navy for hydrographic survey work and ocean- graphic research. F 364 Mort’s Dock, Sydney 25 Mar. 1944 1,420 tons standard (2,220 tons full load) 30lix36f X 12 feet Removed Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 5,500=20 kts. 2 Admiralty 3-drum type 140 LACHLAN 1954 R.N.Z.NOfficial TENDERS HAURAKI (ex-Endeavour) Dimensions: Length: 79 feet Notes Powered scow. Used for lighthouse servicing. Renamed when the Antarctic Survey Ship Endeavour (ex-John Biscoe) was purchased and commissioned in 1956. R.N.Z.N., Official Anti-Submarine and Minesweeping Trawlers (Corvette type) 2 “ Bird ” Class Displacement: 600 tons standard (825 tons full load) Dimensions: I56X30X 14 feet Guns: I—4 inch, I—2 pdr., 4 M.G. Machinery: Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 1,000= 14 kts. Boiler: I cylindrical Both of corvette type. Engined by Plenty & Son. Kiwi formerly employed as a training ship, mainly for reservists, was placed in reserve on 20 Dec. 1956. Tui is commissioned as a Fleet Auxiliary for duties in Oceangraphical Research. Pennant No.: Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: P 102 Henry Robb Ltd., Leith 19 Mar. 1940 7 July 1941 28 Oct. 1941 Tui P 33 Henry Robb, Ltd., Leith 19 Mar. 1940 26 Aug. 1941 5 Dec. 1941 Recent Disposals All four of the “ Scottish Isles ” class minesweeping trawlers Inchkeith, Killegray, Sanda and Scarba, were declared surplus to naval requirements and offered for sale in 1958. 12 HDML Type MAKO ( ex-SDML 3551, ex-Q 1183) PAEA (ex-SDML 3552, ex-Q I 184) TAKAPU (ex-SDML 3556, ex-Q 1188) TARAPUNGA (ex-SDML 3566, ex-Q I 187) VITI (ex-SDML 3555, ex-Q 1193) SDML 3553 (ex-Q I 191) SDML 3554 (ex-Q 1192) SDML 3561 (ex-Q 1 194) SDML 3562 (ex-Q I 190) SDML 3563 (ex-Q 1348) SDML 3564 (ex-Q 1350) SDML 3565 (ex-Q 1397) Displacement: 46 tons standard (54 tons full load) Dimensions: 72 (o.o.)X I5f X5Jr feet Guns: I—20 mm. AA., several MG. (not fitted at present) Machinery: Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 320=12 kts. Notes Originally known as Harbour Defence Motor Launches. All built in various yards in the United States and Canada and shipped to New Zealand. SDMLs Takapu and Tarapunga are commissioned as surveying MLs, and operate with Lachlan. SDMLs Mako and Paea have been converted with lattice masts surmounted by a radar aerial, and are employed on fishery protection duties. Viti is attached to the newly formed Fiji Naval Volunteer Reserve. SDML 3565 is American built. 86 NEW ZEALAND (continued), EAST AFRICA, GHANA, HONG KONG MAKO SEAWARD PATROL CRAFT 1958, Royal New Zealand Navy, Official MOTOR LAUNCHES TAIHOA 2 Fairmile “B” Type IRIS MOANA KAH U P 3571 Displacement: 85 tons Dimensions: 112X 18*X5 feet Notes 112-foot Fairmile, Type “ B ” motor launches converted as local naval transports (harbour craft) for passenger carrying. Attached to H.M.N.Z.S. Tamaki, the New Entry Training Establishment at Auckland. Dimensions: Length: 50 feet Notes Motor boat used for harbour duties. TE ATU Dimensions: Length: 65 feet Notes Fuel lighter used as a harbour diesel carrier. STORES CARRIERS HARBOUR TUGS COASTGUARD LANDER I Notes Both are Tenders employed as naval stores carriers at Auckland. ISA LEI Dimensions: Length: 114 feet Machinery: Diesel Notes This vessel was purchased by the Royal New Zealand Navy during 1952. Motor ship used as a stores and ammunition carrier at Auckland. Classed as a Fleet Auxiliary. ARATAKI MANAWANUI Dimensions: Length: 75 feet Machinery: Diesel Notes Steel tugs. Arataki used as a dockyard tug. Manawanui used as a diving tender. HIPI Dimensions: Length: 56 feet Notes Motor tow boat used as a dockyard tug. The fleet tug Toia was declared surplus and sold in 1955. EAST AFRICA Inshore Minesweeper BASSINGHAM Notes Transferred from the Royal Navy to the Royal East African Navy on 25 June 1958. For full particulars see under “ Ham ” class in Great Britain section, page 47 Minesweeping Trawler ROSALIND Notes On loan to the Royal East African Navy as a training ship, but is now nearing the end of her useful life. At Mombasa. See full particulars under Trawlers in Great Britain section, page 50. General Notes There are also MFV 206 and Mvita, base ship, at Kilindini. GHANA Inshore Minesweepers AFADZATO (ex-Ottringham) YOG ADA (ex-Malham) Notes Malham, commissioned on 2 Oct. 1959, and Ottringham, commissioned on 30 Oct. 1959, sailed for Ghana on 31 Oct. 1959, and were officially transferred from the Royal Navy to the Ghana Navy at Takoradi at the end of November 1959 and renamed. For full particulars see under “Ham” class in Great Britain section, page 47. General Notes There is also Radiant, a 180 fi yacht of 525 tons purchased in July 1959 from a British owner to be used to entertain distinguished foreign visitors. Personnel 500 officers and men (planned). HONG KONG Inshore Minesweepers CARDINGHAM ETCHINGHAM Notes Transferred from the Royal Navy to the Hong Kong Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in 1959. For full particulars see under “ Ham ” class in Great Britain section, page 47. Seaward Defence Motor Launch Notes SDML 1323, SDML 1326, SDML 1328 and SDML 1329 were returned to the Royal Australian Navy in 1958 from Hong Kong where they had been lent to the Royal Navy, and were transferred to the Philippine Navy in 1959. SDML 3503, SDML 3510, SDML 3511, SDML 3512, SDML 3513 and SDML 3514 were sold or otherwise disposed of. Administration, Silhouettes, Cruiser—PAKISTAN 87 PAKISTAN Administration Commander-in-Chief, Pakistan Navy, and Chief of Naval Staff: Rear-Admiral A. R. Khan, S.Q.A., P.N. Chief of Staff to C.-in-C., P.N.: Commodore S. M. Ahsan, S.Q.A., D.S.C., P.N. Commodore Commanding P.N. Flotilla: Commodore A. P. W. Northey, D.S.C. and Two Bars, R.N. Deputy Chief of Naval Staff: Commander Rachid Ahmad, P.N. Deputy Chief of Naval Staff ( Personnel ): Captain Muzaffar Hasan, P.N. Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (Technical Services): Captain S. Z. Husnain, P.N. Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (Supply Services ): Captain A. Hameed, P.N. Naval Adviser and Naval Liaison Officer, London: Commander M. A. K. Lodi, P.N. Personnel I960: 660 officers; 6,600 ratings Mercantile Marine Lloyd’s Register of Shipping: 62 vessels of 179,251 tons gross Silhouettes Scale : 150 ft. = I inch. BADR, KHAIBAR CRUISER BABU R (see next page) 1957, Wright & Logan I Improved 14 Dido ” Class BABUR (ex-H.M.S Diadem) Pennant No.: C 84 Builders and R. & W. Hawthorn. Leslie & Engineers: Co. Ltd., Hebburn-on-Tvne Laid down: 15 Nov. 1939 Launched: 26 Aug. 1942 Completed: 6 Jan. 1944 Displacement: 5,900 tons standard (7,560 tons full load) Dimensions: Length: 512 eet (o.o.). Beam: 52 feet. Draught: 15 feet (mean), I8£ (max.) feet Guns: 8—5-25 inch AA., 14—40 mm. AA , 4—3 pdr. Tubes: 6—21 inch (tripled) Armour: 2 inch side, 2 inch turrets Machinery: Parsons single reduction geared turbines. 4 shafts. S.H.P.: 62,000= 32 kts. Boilers: 4 Admiralty 3-drum type Complement: 588 (peace) Note to Drawing Port elevation and plan. Scale: I28feec=l inch. General Notes Former British anti-aircraft light cruiser built under the Second World War estimates. The Admiralty announced on 29 Feb. 1956 the sale of this ship to Pakistan. Refitted at H.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth in 1957, with new radar, two whip aerials on bridge, etc., revised secondary armament. Officially turned over from the Royal Navy to the Pakistan Navy and renamed Babur at Portsmouth on 5 July, 1957. Class Notes Originally a sister ship of the Black Prince and Royalist in the Royal New Zealand Navy. Nomenclature Notes Renamed after Babur, the founder of the great Mogul Empire. (Diadem means the emblem of sovereignty.) 88 PAKISTAN—Destroyers DESTROYERS 2 “ Battle ” Class BADR (ex-H.M.S. Gabbard) KHAIBAR (ex-H.M.S. Cadiz) Name: Pennant No.: Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Badr D 47 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd., Wallsend-on- Tyne. 2 Feb. 1944 16 Mar. 1945 10 Dec. 1946 Khaibar D 79 Fairfield Shipbuild¬ ing & Engineering Co. Ltd., Govan, Glasgow. 10 May 1943 16 Sep. 1944 12 Apr. 1946 Displacement: 2,325 tons standard (3,255 tons full load) Dimensions: 355 (pp.). 379 (o.o.) x40| X I2J {mean), 17 (max.) feet Guns: 4—4-5 inch, 10—40 mm. AA. Tubes: 8—21 inch (quadrupled) A/S weapons: Squid three-barrelled depth charge mortar Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 50,000 = 35-75 kts. (designed) 31 kts. sea speed Boilers: 2 Admiralty 3-drum type Admiralty announced 29 Feb. 1956 the sale of these two destroyers to Pakistan. Refitted and modernised in Great Britain with funds made available by the United States under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program._ 2 “ Cr ” Class ALAMGIR (ex-H.M.S. Creole) JAHANGIR (ex-H.M.S. Crispin, ex-Craccher) Name: Pennant No.: Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Alamgir D 82 J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd., Cowes 3 Aug. 1944 22 Nov. 1945 14 Oct. 1946 Jahangir D 168 J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd., Cowes I Feb. 1944 23 June 1945 10 July 1946 Displacement: 1,730 tons standard (2,560 tons full load) Dimensions: 362|x35fXl0 (mean), 16 (max.) feet Guns: 3—4-5 inch, 6—40 mm. AA. Tubes: A/S weapons: 4—21 inch (quadrupled) 2 Squid triple barrelled depth charge mortars Machinery: Parson geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 40,000=36-75 kts. (designed), 31 -25 kts. (sea speed) Boilers: 2 Admiralty 3-drum type Complement: 200 Notes The Admiralty announced on 29 Feb. 1956 the sale of these two destroyers to Pakistan. They were refitted and modernised in Great Britain by John I. Thornycroft & Co. Ltd., Woolston, Southampton, in 1957-58 with funds made BADR 1957, Pakistan Navy, Official Badr was refitted at Palmers Hebburn, Yarrow, handed over to the Pakistan Navy on 24 Jan. 1957, and sailed from Portsmouth for Karachi on 17 Feb. 1957. Khaibar was refitted at Alex. Stephen & Sons, Ltd.. Govan, Glasgow, handed over to the Pakistan Navy on I Feb. 1957 and renamed Khaibar in commemoration of a famous battle in the history of Islam which Mohammed won in Arabia over 1,100 years ago. JAHANGIR 1958. Wright & Logan available by the United States under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program. They formerly had a W/T cabin in place of “B” gun and a gun in “ X ” position but during the refit before joining the Pakistan Navy the 4-5 inch gun was re¬ stored to “ B ” position, the 4-5 inch gun in "X ” position was suppressed, and two Squids substituted. Crispin was turned over to the Pakistan Navy at Southamp¬ ton on 18 March 1958 and renamed Jahangir. Creole was turned over at Southampton in 1958 and renamed Alamgir. 2 “ Ch ” Class SHAH JAHAN (ex-H.M.S. Charity) TAIMUR (ex-H.M.S. Chivalrous) Name: Shah Jahan Taimur Pennant No.: Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: D 29 D 21 John I. Thornycroft Wm. Denny & Bros. & Co. Ltd., Woolston, Ltd., Dumbarton Southampton 9 July 1943 27 Nov. 1943 30 Nov. 1944 3 Aug. 1945 19 Nov. 1945 13 May 1946 Displacement: 1,710 tons standard (2,545 tons full load) Dimensions: 362fx35|x 10 (mean), 16 (max.) feet Suns: 3—4-5 inch, 6—40 mm. A A. Tubes: 4—21 inch (quadrupled) A/S weapons: 2 Squid triple-barrelled depth charge mortars Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 40,000 = 36-75 kts. (designed), 31-25 kts. (sea speed) Boilers: 2 Admiralty 3-drum type Complement: Notes 200 The Admiralty announced on 22 Oct. 1953 arrangements SHAH JAHAN 1959, Pakistan Navy, Official to lend H.M.S. Chivalrous to the Pakistan Navy or three years, subject to extension by agreement, the vessel to be returned on request in emergency. She was refitted on Merseyside at the expense of the Pakistani Government and taken over at Liverpool on 29 June, 1954. H.M.S. Charity was purchased from the Admiralty by the U.S A. and, under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program, handed over to the Pakistan Navy on 16 Dec. 1958 at the shipyard of J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd., Cowes, Isle of Wight, who refitted her, and renamed Shah Jahan (" Emperor of the World ”) after the Fifth Emperor of the Nughai Dynasty who was the ruler at the height of the prosperity of the Nughai Empire. Photograph Notes A photograph of Taimur appears in the 1957-58 to 1959-60 editions. Frigates, Coastal Minesweepers, Motor Launches, Tugs—PAKISTAN 89 FAST ANTI-SUBMARINE FRIGATES (ex-Destroyers) TIPPU SULTAN (as frigate after conversion) I960, A. & J. Pavia 2 “ O ” Class Limited Conversion, Type 16 TIPPU SULTAN (ex-H.M.S .Onslow, ex-Pakenham) TUGHRIL (ex-H.M.S. Onslaught, ex-Pathfinder) Name Tippu Sultan Tughril Pennant No. F 249 F 204 Builders John Brown & Co. Fairfield S.B. & Eng. Ltd., Clydebank Co. Ltd., Glasgow Laid down I July 1940 14 Jan. 1941 Launched 31 Mar. 1941 9 Oct. 1941 Completed 8 Oct. 1941 19 June 1942 Displacement: 1,800 tons standard (2,300 tons full load). Revised figures Dimensions: 338* (pp.), 345 (o.a.)x35x9 (mean), I5f (max.) feet Guns: 2—4 inch, 5—40 mm. AA. Tubes: 4—21 inch A/S weapons: 2 Squid triple-barrelled depth charge mortars Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 40,000 = 34 kts. Boilers: 2 Admiralty 3-drum type Complement: 170 Notes Originally three “ O ” class destroyers were acquired from Great Britain, Tippu Sutlan being handed over on 30 Sep. 1949; Tariq on 3 Nov. 1949; and Tughril on 6 Mar. 1951 An agreement wassigned in London between the Admiralty and the United States Navy for the refit and conversion in the United Kingdom of the Tippu Sultan and the Tughril (an¬ nounced 29 Apr. 1957) with funds provided under the Mutual Security Act of the United States. Pennant Nos. were changed from D 49 and D 204 to F 249 and F 204 respectively, in 1959. All three ships of this class were scheduled for conversion into fast anti-submarine frigates (limited conversion, Type 16). Tippu Sultan and Tughril arrived in the United King¬ dom in 1957 and were converted at Liverpool by Grayson Rolls & Clover Docks Ltd., Birkenhead, and C. & H. Crighton Ltd., respectively. The Tariq was not converted, however. She wes handed back to Great Britain at Portsmouth on 10 July 1959 and prepared for disposal. FRIGATES I “ River ” Class (Surveying Vessel) ZULFIQUAR (ex-Dhanush, ex-Deveron) Pennant No.: F 265 Builders: Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd., South Bank-on-Tees Laid down: 16 Apr. 1942 Launched: 12 Oct. 1942 Completed: 2 Mar. 1943 Displacement: 1,370 tons standard (2,100 ton full load) Dimensions: 301^ (o.a.) X 36f X 12 feet Guns: I—4 inch,2—40mm.AA. Machinery: Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 5,500 = 20 kts. Boilers: 2 Admiralty 3-drum type Complement: 150 General Notes Former British “ River ” class frigate, converted into a surveying ship, with additional charthouse aft. She has strengthened davits and carries survey motor boats. The after 4-inch gun was removed. Recent Disposals Sister ship Shamsher (ex-Nadder) (training ship) of the “ River ” class was disposed of in I960. The two frigates (ex-sloops) of the “ Jhelum ” class, Jhelum (ex-Narbada) and Sind (ex-Godavari) were also officially stricken off in I960. 1956, Official " Isles ” class, Bahawalpur (ex-Baroda, ex-Lucknow) and Lahore (ex-Rampur), were also deleted from the navy list in I960. ZULFIQUAR The three fleet minesweepers of the “ Bangor ” class, Baluchistan (ex-Greenock), Dacca (ex-Oudh) and Peshawar (ex-Ma/wa); and the two minesweeping trawlers of MUHAFIZ 1956. P.N Official 6 Ex-U.S. MSC (ex-AMS) Type MAHMOOD (ex-MSC 267) MUJAHID (ex-MSC 261) MUBARAK (ex-MSC 262) MUKHTAR (ex-MSC 274) MUHAFIZ )ex-AMS 138) MUNSIF (ex-MSC 373) Displacement: 335 tons light (375 tons full load) Dimensions: 138 (pp.), 144 (o.o.)x27x8y feet Guns: 2—20 mm. Machinery: G.M. diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 880= 14 kts. Complement: 39 Notes Mukhtar was transferred with Munsif (means justice or fair play) which was transferred and renamed at Seattle on 25 June 1959 having been laid down on 24 Feb. 1958 and launched on 20 June 1958 by Bellingham Shipyard Co., Bellingham, Washington. Muhafiz was acquired from the United States under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program and commissioned in 1955 (transferred on 25 Feb. 1955). The remaining three coastal minesweepers were acquired from the U.S. under MDAP in 1956-57. (Mujahid transferred in Nov. 1956, Mahmcod in May 1957, Mubarak in 1957). MOTOR MINESWEEPER I British MMS Type GHAZI (ex-MMS 131) Displacement: 163 tons standard (255 tons full load) Dimensions: 105 (pp.), 119 (o.o.) x23x9| feet Guns: 2—20 mm. AA., 2 M.G. Machinery: Diesel. B.H.P.: 500= 10 kts Complemen: 20 Notes Former British “ 105-ft.” smaller motor minesweeper of “ 1501 ” series. Of wooden construction. Built in 1942-43. Pennant No. M 1631. SDM L 3520 1957, P.N., Official 4 Ex-HDML Type SDML 3517 (ex-SDML 1261) SDML 3519 (ex-SDML 1263) SDML 3518 (ex-SDML 1262) SDML 3520 (ex-SDML 1266) Displacement: 46 tons standard (54 tons full load) Dimensions: 72 (o.o.) X I5f X 5j feet Guns: I—3 pdr., I—20 mm. AA. Machinery: Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 320= 12 kts. Complement: 14 Notes Formerly known as Harbour Defence Motor Launches. Re-numbered in 1951. TUGS MADADGAR (ex-U.S.S. Yuma, ATF 94) Displacement: 1,235 tons standard (1,675 tons full load) Dimensions: 195 (w.l.), 205 (o.a.) x38JfX 12 (mean), 15^ (max.) feet Machinery: 4 sets diesels with electric drive. B.H.P.: 3,000=16-5 kts. Complement: 85 Notes Ocean-going salvage tug launched on 17 July 1943, and transferred from the United States Navy to the Pakistan Navy on 25 Mar. 1959 under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program. Fitted with powerful pumps and other salvage equipment. RUSTOM Dimensions: 105x30x11 feet Machinery: Crossley diesel. B.H.P.: 1,000 = 9-5 kts. (max.) Radius: 1,500 miles endurance Complement: 21 Notes General purpose tug for the Pakistan Navy originally ordered from Werf-Zeeland at Hansweert, Netherlands, in Aug. 1952, but after the liquidation of this yard the order was transferred to Worst & Dutmer at Meppel. Launched on 29 Nov. 1955. Photograph of Rustom in the 1957-58 to 1959-60 editions. There are also the Bholu and Gama, harbour tugs built under an “ off-shore ” order by Costaguta-Voltz. Tanker Notes The water carrier Zum Zum (YW 15) was built in Italy under a United States off-shore procurement of rhe Mutual Defense Assistance Program. A harbour order of 6,500 barrels capacity is under construction in Trieste, Italy, for the Pakistan Navy, under the mutual assistance programme between U.S.A. and Pakistan. 90 SOUTH AFRICA—Administration, Destroyers, Anti-Submarine Frigates SOUTH AFRICA Administration Chief of Naval Staff: Rear Admiral H. Biermann, O.B.E., S.A.N. H.M. Dockyard at Simonstown was transferred to the Union of South Africa on 2 Apr. 1957. Personnel 1958: 1,874 officers and ratings 1959: 1,929 officers and ratings I960: 2,373 officers and ratings New Construction Programme 3 Anti-Submarine Frigates (“ Whitby ” Class): ordered in 1957 for delivery in 1961-1964. Mercantile Marine Lloyd’s Register of Shipping: 147 vessels of 236,135 tons gross DESTROYERS 2 “ W ” Class JAN VAN RIEBEECK (ex-Wessex, ex-Zenith) SIMON VAN DER STEL ( ex-Whelp) Name: Jan van Riebeeck Simon van der Stel Pennant No.: Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: D 278 D 237 Fairfield Shipbuilding R. & W. Hawthorn & Engineering Co. Leslie & Co. Ltd., Ltd., Govan, Glasgow. Hebburn-on-Tyne 20 Oct. 1942 I May 1942 2 Sep. 1943 3 June 1943 II May 1944 25 Apr. 1944 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns Tubes: 1,710 tons standard (2,505 tons full load) 339* (pp.), 362* (o.o.) X 35* X 10 (mean), 16 (max.) feet 4—4-7 inch, I—40 mm. Boiors AA 4—2 pdr. pompom, 8—20 mm. Oerlikon AA. Simon Van der Stel 4—4-7 inch. 3—40 mm. AA., 4—20 mm. AA. 8—21 inch (quadrupled) A/S weapons: . 4 D.C.T. Machinery: Boilers: Complement: Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 40,000 = 36-75 kts. (designed) 31-25 kts. sea speed 2 Admiralty 3-drum type 186 Notes Purchased from Great Britain. Jan van Riebeeck was trans¬ ferred to South Africa on 29 Mar. 1950, and Simon van der Stel early in 1952. Both ships are in reserve. SIMON VAN DER STEL 1953, R. M. Scott FAST ANTI-SUBMARINE FRIGATE (Fully Converted from Destroyer) I 44 W ” Class. 1st Rate VRYSTAAT (ex-Wrangler) Pennant No.: Builders: Laid down: Launched: Combi eted: Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: F 157 Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd.. Barrow-in-Furness 23 Sep. 1942 30 Dec. 1943 14 July 1944 2,100 cons standard (2,700 tons full load) 339* (pp.), 362* (o.o.) X 35* X 16 (max.) feet 2—4 inch, 2—40 mm. Bofors AA. 2 Squid triple barrelled depth charge mortars Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 40,000 = 36*75 kts. (designed) 31*25 kts. sea speed 2 Admiralty 3-drum type 175 Notes Fully converted into a fast anti-submarine frigate from a fleet destroyer in 1951-52 by Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast. Refitted by the Mount Stuart Dry Dock, Ltd., Cardiff, and taken over from the Royal Navy on 29 Nov. 1956, as a unit of the South African Navy and renamed Vrystaat. Sailed for South Africa end of Jan. 1957. 1958, South African Navy, Official VRYSTAAT Class Notes Originally a sister ship of Jan van Riebeeck and Simon van Two further purchases ofships ofsimilar type (one of which der Stel (see above). was to have been H.M.S. Roebuck) were cancelled in 1956. ANTI-SUBMARINE FRIGATES (New Construction ) 3 “ Whitby ” Class. 1st Rate PRESIDENT KRUGER Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: 2,144 tons standard (2,557 tons full load) 360 (pp.), 370 (o.a.) X 41 X 12 feet 2—4-5 inch (twin); 2—40 mm. Bofors AA. (twin) 12—21 inch (8 single homing, two twin) 2 Limbo three-barrelled depth bomb mortars 2 sets double reduction geared steam turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 30,430 = over 30 kts. 2 Babcock & Wilcoy 190 General Notes Three anti-submarine frigates of the “ Whitby " class are being built in the United Kingdom during the period 1958-1964 as a part of the expansion programme announced by the Minister of Defence. The first of these, President Kruger, and another are being built by Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Scotstoun, Glasgow, and one by Alex Stephen & Sons Ltd., Govan, Glasgow. Officially stated that having been primarily designed for the location and detection of the most modern type of sub¬ marines, these first-rate frigates will be fitted with the latest underwater detection equipment and anti-submarine weaponsof post-wardevelopment. Good sea-keeping qualities will enable the vessels to maintain their high speed in rough seas. The vessels are all welded and the structural arrange¬ ments have been specially designed to achieve the lightest possible structure. Opportunity has been taken in their building to gain experience of weldirg procedures and arrangements calculated to conduce to rapid building of such vessels in emergency. Engineering Notes The propelling machinery includes novel geared turbines of advanced design and high power which start on a cruising turbine and automatically switch over to the main turbine at a predetermined speed. Electrical Notes The electrical system is alternating current, 440 volts thr#»e phase. 60 cycles per second. Frigates, Escort Minesweepers, Surveying Vessels—SOUTH AFRICA 91 FRIG ATES Former British Anti-Submarine Type 2 “ Loch ” Class GOOD HOPE ( ex-Loch Boisdale) TRANSVAAL (ex-Loch Ard) Name: Pennant No.: Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Good Hope F 432 Blyth Dry Docks & S.B. Co. Ltd. 8 Nov. 1943 5 July 1944 I Dec. 1944 Transvaal F 602 Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast (completed by Lobnitz & Co. Ltd., Renfrew) 20 Jan. 1944 2 Aug. 1944 21 May 1945 Displacement: 1,435 tons standard (2,260 tons full load) Dimensions: 286 (pp.), 307 (o.a.) x 38-j- X 15 (max.) feet Guns: Transvaal, 2—4 inch, 2—40 mm. Bofors AA. Good Hope, 2—4 inch, 4—3 pdr saluting guns A/S weapons: 2 Squid triple barrelled depth charge mortars Machinery: Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 5,500=19-5 kts. (max.) designed. Sea speed: 18 kts. Boilers: 2 Admiralty 3-drum type Oil fuel: 724 tons Radius: 9,500 miles at 12 kts Complement: 140 Notes These two “ Loch ” class frigates, and a sister ship, Natal, were presented to South Africa by Great Britain in 1944-45. Transvaal is being modernised. Good Hope was converted to a despatch vessel and for training purposes in 1955, on similar lines to H.M.S. Surprise ; she is primarily employed as a Training Ship; she has deckhouse superstructue for extra cabins, and reception platform above, built on aft. Natal was converted into a surveying ship in 1957, see below. GOOD HOPE mm TRANSVAAL ESCORT MINESWEEPERS Former British Ocean Type 2 “ Algerine ” Class BLOEMFONTEIN (ex-Rosamund) PIETERMARITZBURG (ex-Pelorus) Name: Pennant No.: Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Bloemfontein M 439 Port Arthur Shipyards 1943 20 Dec. 1944 1945 Pietermaritzburg M 291 Lobnitz & Co. Ltd., Renfrew 8 Oct. 1942 18 June 1943 7 Oct. 1943 Displacement; Dimensions; Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 1,040 tons standard (1,330 tons full load) 225 (o.a.)x35*X ll± (max.) feet I—4 inch, 8—20 mm. AA. 4 D.C.T. Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 2,160=16 kts. 2, of 3-drum type 270 tons 5,000 miles at 10 kts. 85 PIETERMARITZBURG 1955, R. M. Scott Notes Purchased by South Africa from Great Britain in 1947. minesweepers in the Royal Navy, also used as escort vessels. Of the “ Algerine ” class, the fastest and most efficient Both ships are in reserve. SURVEYING VESSELS I “ Loch ” Class. Former Frigate NATAL (e Loch Cree) Pennant N. , Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: A 301 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.. Wallsend-on-Tyne 18 Oct. 1943 19 June 1944 8 Mar. 1945 Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 1,435 tons standard (2,260 tons full load) 286 (pp.). 307 (o.a.) X 38i X 12 (mean), I4f (max.) feet Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 5,500=19-5 kts. (max.) designed. Sea speed: 18 kts. 2 Admiralty 3-drum type 724 tons 9,500 miles at 12 kts. 124 NATAL (as converted) 1958, South African Navy, Official Notes Originally a “ Loch ” class frigate presented to South vessel in 1957, when guns and anti-submarine weapons were Africa by Great Britain in 1945 Converted into a surveying removed. Sister ship of Good Hope and Transvaal, see above. Defence Craft, Boom Defence Vessels 1956 R M. Scott PROTEA I960, courtesy Vosper Ltd., Portsmouth, Builders HAERLEM I “Flower” Class. Former Frigate PROTEA (ex-Rockrose) Pennant No. Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: H.M.S. Brayford) P 3105 NAUTILUS (ex-H.M.S. Glassford) P 3120 OOSTERLAND P 3127 RIJGER P 3125 GELDERLAND (ex HAERLEM P 3126 A 321 Charles Hill & Sons. Ltd., Bristol 28 Oct. 1940 26 July 1941 4 Nov. 1941 1,020 tons standard (1,340 tons full load ) 190 (pp.), 205 (oa.) X 33 X 16i feet Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 2,750=16 ki Sea speed: 15 kts. 2 S.E. 200 tons 100 99-6 tons light, 120 tons standard (160 tons full load ) 110 (pp.), 117± (o.a.)X20 X4£ feet I—40 mm. AA. 2 D.C.T. in Haerlem, Oosterland and Rijger. Depth charge release gear. Flares 2 Davy Paxman diesels. Foden engine on centre shaft. Max. speed =18 kts. (designed). Sea speed: 15 kts. Displacement Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: max. Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Complement Complement Notes Similar to “ Ford ” class, 3101 series, in the Royal Navy. Gelderland was purchased from Great Britain in 1954, being handed over to the South African Navy at Portsmouth on 30 Aug. 1954. They are an entirely new design of naval vessel, their purpose being to detect, locate and destroy submarines, including midget submarines, in the approaches of defended ports. They have modern electronic equipment for armament, and a comprehensive electrical installation. Gelderland was built by A. & J. Inglis Ltd., Glasgow. Second ship, Nautilus, was purchased in 1955. These first two ships of the class are now in reserve. Rijger was launched at Vosper Ltd., Portsmouth, on 6 Feb. 1953. Haerlem was launched at Vosper Ltd., Portsmouth, on 18 June 1958. Oosterland was launched at Vosper Ltd., Portsmouth, on 27 Jan. 1959. All three of these later ships are fitted with roll damping fins developed and manufactured by Vosper. Notes A former frigate (corvette type) of the “ Flower ” class. Engined by G. Clark. Formerly served in Royal Navy. Purchased in 1947. Refitted with new multiple strut foremast in 1955. Placed in reserve in 1957. Guns and depth charge throwers removed. SOMERSET PRETORIA (open bridge and lattice mast) SEAWARD DEFENCE MOTOR LAUNCHES 5 Ex-HDML Type SDML 1197 SDML 1202 SDML 1204 SDML 1200 SDML 1203 Displacement Dimensions: Machinery: Complement: 46 tons standard (54 tons full load ) 72 (o.o.)X I5f X5i feet 2 Gardner 8-cylinder diesels. B.H.P.: 130=11 kts. 11 to 14 Notes Former HMDLs (Harbour Defence Motor Launches). All built in South Africa. Their guns have now been removed. Used as tenders to South African Naval Bases. SDML 1330 and SDML 1331 were stricken off in 1953, SDML 1 199 and SDML 1201 were stricken in 1955. SDML 1198 was scrapped in 1956. SDML 1332 was scrapped on II Feb. 1958. 10 “ Ton” Class (Type I) DURBAN M 1499 MOSSELBAAI (ex-Oakington) M 1213 EAST LONDON (ex-Chilton) M 1215 PORT ELIZABETH (ex-Dumbleton) M 1212 JOHANNESBURG (ex-Castleton) M 1207 PRETORIA (ex-H.M.S. Dunkerton) M 1144 KAAPSTAD (ex-H.M.S. Hazleton ) M 1142 WALVISBAAI (ex-Packington) M 1214 KIMBERLEY (ex-Stratton) M 1210 WINDHOEK M 1498 Displacement: 360 tons standard (425 tons full load) Dimensions: 140 (pp.), 152 (o.o.) x28£ x8£ feet Guns: I—40 mm. Bofors AA., 2—20 mm. AA. Machinery: Diesels (Mirrlees in Kaapstad and Pretoria, Deltic in remainder). 2 shafts. 15 kts. Complement: 27 Notes Basically similar to the “Ton” class coastal minesweepers in the Royal Navy. Kaapstad and Pretoria, which have lattice mast and open bridge, were purchased in 1955. A modified ship, Windhoek, with frigate bridge and tripod mast, was launched at John I. Thornycroft & Co. Ltd., Woolston, Southampton, on 27 June 1957. Durban, which also has a covered bridge and tripod mast, was launched at Camper & Nicholson's, Gosport, on 12 June 1957. These first four ships of the class are now in reserve. East London and Port Elizabeth were transferred from the Royal Navy to the South African Navy at Hythe, Southampton Water, on 27 Oct. 1958, and sailed for South Africa in Nov. 1958. Johannesburg, Kimberley and Mosselbaai were delivered in 1959. Walvisbaai was launched by Harland & Wolff, Belfast, on 10 Dec. 1958 and delivered in 1959. 2 “Bar” Class FLEUR (ex-Barbrake) P 273 SOMERSET (ex-Borcross) P 285 Displacement: 750 tons standard (919 to 960 tons full load) Dimensions: 150 (pp.), 182 (o.o.) X 32£ X 9£ (mean), I 1^ (max.) feet Machinery: Triple expansion. 160 r.p.m. I.H.P.: 850=11-75 kts. (de¬ signed). Sea speed: 9 kts. Boilers: 2 S.E. (pressure 200 lb. per sq. in.) Fuel: 214 tons coal (F/eur); 186 tons oil (Somerset) Complement: 32 Notes Engined by Wm. Simons and Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Ltd., Wallsend-on- Tyne, respectively. Transferred from Great Britain. Of the same type as the “Bar” class boom defence vessels in the Royal Navy. Renamed in 1951, Fleur after General de la Rey’s horse, and Somerset, the traditionally accepted name for Dick King’s horse. Fleur is in reserve. Guns are removed in peace-time. Name Builders Laid down Launched Completed Fleur Wm. Simons & Co. Ltd. Renfrew 18 July 1941 29 June 1942 15 July 1942 Somerset Blyth Dry Docks & S.B. Co. Ltd. 15 Apr. 1941 21 Oct. 1941 14 Apr. 1942 Recent Disposal The controlled minelayer S kilpad (ex-Spindrift, ex-Polaris), see particulars and photograph i n the 1957-58 edition, was sold to commercial interests in 1958. Administration, Silhouettes—ARGENTINA 93 ARGENTINA Administration Secretary of Marine: Contraalmirante Gaston Clement. Chief of Naval Operations: Vicealmirante Alberto P. Vago. Commander-in-Chief, Sea-going Fleet: Contraalmirante Augustin R. Penunas. Director General, Administration: Contraalmirante Contador Francisco N. Castro. Chief of Naval Commission in Europe and Naval Attache in London: Capitan de Navio Carlos A. Sanchez Sanudo. Personnel I960: 1,500 officers, 20,000 ratings (including 5,000 conscripts). Ships The names of all warships are prefaced by r A.R.A.” (Armada Republica Argentina). Mercantile Marine Lloyd’s Register of Shipping: 358 vessels of 1,039,307 tons gross Silhouettes Scale: 150 feet =• I inch GENERAL BELGRANO, NUEVE DE JULIO BUENOS AIRES Class AZOPARDO, PIEDRABUENA HERCULES MENDOZA Class SARANDI, TRINIDAD KING, MURATURE CERVANTES C/ass HEROINA REPUBLICA 94 ARGENTINA—Aircraft Carrier AIRCRAFT CARRIER ( Portaviones) INDEPENDENCE 1957 Wright & Logan I Ex-British Type (“Colossus ” Class) INDEPENDENCE (ex-H.M.S. Warrior) Builders: Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast Laid down: 12 Dec. 1942 Launched: 20 May 1944 Completed: 24 Jan. 1946 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Aircraft: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 14,000 tons standard, 18,400 tons normal (19,540 tons full load) officially revised figures Length: 630 (pp.), 695 (o.o.) feet. Beam: 80 feet. Width: 118 (o.o.) feet. Draught: 21 ^ (mean), 23? (max.) feet. Flight deck: 690 feet long, 80 feet wide, 39 feet above water line 8—40/60 mm. Bofors AA. (Provision¬ ally) 35 capacity Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 42,000=25 kts. (24-25 kts. sea speed) 4 Admiralty 3-drum type (400 lb. working pressure, 700 degrees maximum superheat) 3,200 tons 12,000 miles at 14 kts.; 6,200 miles at 23 kts. 1,076 (peace), 1,300 (war). General Notes Lent to the Royal Canadian Navy from 1946 to 1948 Served in British Navy from 1948 to 1958. Modernised in 1952-53 with lattice foremast and extended and enlarged bridgework. Again modernised in 1955-56 with the partially angled flight deck and improved arrester gear. Acted as headquarters ship in the Christmas Island Atomic experi¬ ments from Feb. to Oct. 1957. Negotiations for the sale of the ship to the Argentine Government were concluded by the British Government in July 1958. Sailed from Portsmouth to Argentina on 10 Dec. 1958. Renamed Independencia at Puerto Belgrano naval base on 26 Jan. 1959. Construction Notes Flight deck is reported to have been strengthened to take aircraft of over 8 tons in weight. Sponsons can be dis¬ mantled to the extent of 3? feet on either side if necessary to allow for passage through Panama Canal. Mercantile type hull. Built to Lloyd’s specification up to main deck with the original intenrion of converting to commercial service after the Second World War. Damage control: No great measure of vertical sub-division on the sandwich system as it was reckoned that it is better for ships to settle evenly in the event of damage and flooding than to foster capsizing. Insulated for tropical service and partially air-conditioned. INDEPENDENCE Engineering Notes Engines and boilers are arranged en echelon, the two propelling machinery spaces having one set of turbines and two boilers installed side by side in each space, on the unit system, so that the starboard propeller shaft is longer than the port shaft. Maximum speed is 25 knots at 225 revolutions per minute. Economical speed is 15 knots at 120 revolutions per minute. Operational Notes Ten arrester wires to take 15,500 lb. aircraft up to 60 knots. Single track catapult for launching 20,000 lb. aircraft at 60 knots. Catapult accelerator gear port side forward. Flight deck originally designed for 14,000 lb. aircraft rein¬ forced to take 20,000 lb. machines. Dimensions of hangar are: Length, 445 feet; width, 52 feet; clear depth, I7| feet. Dimensions of aircraft lifts are: 45 feet by 34 feet. 1959, Argentine Navy, Official Experimental Notes Warrior was temporarily equipped with a flexible landing deck in 1948-49 for operating jet fighters with skids instead of an under-carriage with wheels, making for safer landings of fast aircraft in limited space. The flexible deck consisted of a rubber sheet supported by air bags. It extended from the bows to the barrier forward of the island and was super¬ imposed on the normal flight deck. After part of the deck was built up to the same level by laying on a light steel structure 2? feet high. Note to Drawing Port elevation and plan. Drawing shows typical layout of guns when she was operational before transfer. Scale: 128 feet= I inch Cruisers—ARGENTINA 95 CRUISERS GENERAL belgrano 1957, Argentine Navy, Official 2 “ Nueve de Julio ” Class GENERAL BELGRANO (ex-17 de Octubre, ex-Phoenix) NUEVE DE JULIO (ex-Boise) Displacement: General Belgrano: 10,800 tons standard, 12,650 tons normal (13,470 tons full load) officially revised figures Nueve de Julio: 10,500 tons standard, 12,300 tons normal (13,645 tons full load) officially revised figures (May I960) Dimensions: Length: 608^ (o.o.) feet. Beam: 69 feet. Draught: 24 feet (max.) Guns: 15—6 inch, 47 cal.; 8—5 inch, 25 cal.; 28—40 mm. AA.; 16— 20 mm. AA.; 4—47 mm. saluting. Aircraft: 2 helicopters Armour: 4"-l£" belt, 3"-f-2" decks, 5"-3" turrets, 8" C.T. Machinery: Westinghouse geared turbines. 4 shafts. S.H.P.: 100,000 = 32-5 kts. Boilers: 8 Babcock & Wilcox Express type Oil fuel: 2,200 cons Radius: 7,600 miles at 15 kts. Complement: General Notes 1,200 Formerly CL 46 and CL 47, respectively, of the U.S. “ Brooklyn ’’Class. Superstructure has been reduced, bulges added, beam increased, and mainmast derricks and catapults removed. Purchased from the United States in 1951 at a cost of $7,800,000, representing 10 per cent of their original cost ($37,000,000) plus the expense of reconditioning them. Both were transferred to the Argentine Navy on 12 Apr. 1951. General Belgrano was commissioned under the name 17 de Octubre at Philadelphia on 17 Oct. 1951. 9 de Julio was commissioned into the Argentine Navy at Philadelphia on II Mar. 1952. Hangar Notes The hangar in the hull right aft could accommodate one helicopter together with engine spares and duplicate parts, though 4 aircraft was the original complement. The incorpora¬ tion of this hangar resulted in a very wide and nearly flat counter and high freeboard aft and also gave the after guns higher command. Above the hangar a revolving crane was placed at the stern extremity overhanging the hangar hatch. The two aircraft catapults originally mounted above the hangar, as far outboard as possible, were removed. It was officially stated in May I960 that the crane and catapult of these two cruisers have been removed, and they do not carry any aircraft. Name Builders General Belgrano New York S.B. Co., Camden Nueve de Julio Newport News S.B. Co. Note to Drawing Port elevation and plan. Scale: 128 feet=l inch. Photograph Notes A starboard bow aerial view of 9 de Julio appears in the 1954-55 to 1958-59 editions, and a larger port quarter surface view of 9 de Julio appears in the 1957-58 edition. Historical Notes 9 de Julio refers to 9 July, 1816, when the Argentine pro¬ vinces signed the Declaration of Independence. 17 de Octubre was renamed General Belgrano in 1956 following the overthrow of President Peron the year before. Laid down Launch Completed 15 Apr. 1935 12 Mar. 1938 18 Mar. 1939 I Aor. 1935 3 Dec. 1936 I Feb. 1939 LA ARGENTINA I960, Argentine Navy Official LA ARGENTINA Builders: Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness Laid down: Jan. 1936 Launched: 16 Mar. 1937 Completed: 31 Jan. 1939 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Armour: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 6,000 tons standard, 7,610 tons normal (8,630 tons full load) officially revised figures (May I960) Length: 510 (pp.), 541 £ (o.o.) feet. Beam: 56^ feet. Draught: I6|feet (max.) 9—6 inch, 4—47 mm., 14—40 mm. AA. 6—21 inch (tripled) 3" side, 2" deck, 2" gunhouses, 3" C.T. Parsons geared turbines. 3 shafts. S.H.P.: 54,000=30 kts. 4 Yarrow, working pressure 300 lb. 1.500 tons 7.500 miles at 12 kts. 800 General Notes Specially designed as Training Cruiser, but now reclassified / i as a cruiser. Named after the Republic. Cost 6,000,000 gold pesos (about £1,750,000). The catapult originally mounted for the two Seagull Amphibians aircraft formerly carried has been suppressed, and it was officially stated in May I960 that the crane has also been removed. Gunnery Notes Original 4 inch guns were removed in 1950 and 40 mm. guns added. Note to Drawing Port elevation and plan. Catapult and crane have been removed. Scale: 128 feet = I inch. Recent Disposals The two old heavy cruisers Almirante Brown and Veinticinco de Mayo (25 May), see full particulars, photograph and draw¬ ings in the 1959-60 edition, have been withdrawn from service and deleted from the list, it was officially stated in May I960. 96 ARGENTINA—Destroyers, Submarines DESTROYERS 6 “ Buenos Aires ” Class BUENOS AIRES MISIONES SAN JUAN ENTRE RIOS SANTA CRUZ SAN LUIS Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes. A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oi! fuel: Radius: Complement: 1,375 tons standard, 1,820 to 1,850 tons normal (1,980 to 2,010 tons full load ) officially revised figures (May I960) 312 (p£>.). 320 fw.J.), 323 (o.o.)x34f X 104 ( mean/ feet 4—4-7 inch. 6—40 mm. AA., 5 M.G. 4—2' inch (quadrupled) 4 D.C.T. Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 34,000 = 35 kts. 3, of 3-drum type 450 tons 4,100 miles at 14 kts. 200 Pennant Nos. Name Builders Launched D 6 Beunos Aires Vickers-Armstrongs (Barrow) Vickers-Armstrongs 21 Sep. 1937 D 7 Entre Rios 21 Sep. 1937 D 11 Misiones (Barrow) Cammed Laird 23 Sep. 1937 D 9 San Juan Clydebank 24 June 1937 D 10 San Luis Clydebank 24 Aug. 1937 D 12 Santa Cruz Cammed Laird 3 Nov. 1937 ENTRE RIOS 1957, Argentine Navy, Official Notes All laid down in 1936 and completed during March-Oct. 1938. Cost approached £400,000 each. Corrientes, of this class, was lost by collision with the heavy cruiser Almirante Brown during exercises on 3 Oct. 1941. Names are those of provinces of the Argentine Republic. Classification of these ships was changed from Exploradores to Torpederos in 1952. and from Torpederos to Destructores in 1957. Four torpedo tubes were removed in 1956. 3 “ Mendoza ” Class MENDOZA LA RIOJA TUCUMAN Displacement: 1,570 tons standard, 1,970 tons normal (2,370 tons full load) officially revised figures (May I960) Dimensions: 332* (w./.), 336| (o.a.)x3l*X 12* feet Guns: 4—4-7 inch, 6—40 mm. AA., 4 M.G. Tubes: 6—21 inch, in triple deck mountings A/S weapons: Improved mortars Machinery: 2 sets Parsons single reduction geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 42,000 = 38-6 kts. designed (39-4 kts. on trials). 30 kts. sea speed Boilers: 4, of 3-drum type, 250 lb. working pressure Oil fuel: 773 tons Radius of action: 6,500 miles at 14 kts. Complement: 200 General Notes All laid down in June 1927, for completion in June 1929. Named after Argentine provinces. Classification of these ships was changed from Exploradores to Torpederos in 1952 and to Destructores in 1957. Pennant Nos. Name Builders Launched D 3 D 4 D 5 Mendoza La Rioja y Tucuman J Samuel White & Co. Ltd., Cowes f 18 July 1928 i 26 Jan. 1929 l 16 Oct. 1928 MENDOZA Added 1958, Argentine Navy, Official Conversion Notes La Rioja and Tucuman are being converted into fast anti-submarine frigates in Rio Santiago Shipyards. I “ Cervantes ” Class CERVANTES ( ex-Churruca) Pennant No.: Builders. Launched: D I Cadiz 26 June 1925 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius of action: Complement’ 1,522 tons standard 1,840 tons normal (2,070 tons full load) officially revised figures 320 ( pp.), 331* (o.o.)X31*X I I* feet A —4-7 inch, 6—40 mm. AA., 4 M.G. 6—21 inch, in triple deck mountings 2 D.C.T. 2 sets Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 42,000 = 32 kts. (38 kts. on trials). 27 kts. sea speed 4, of 3-drum type 540 tons 4,500 miles at 14 kts. 200 General Notes Purchased from the Spanish Government in 1927. Cervantes is named after the author of “ Don Quixote ”. Classification was changed from Exploradore to Torpedero in 1952, and to Destructore in 1957. Recent Disposal Sister ship Garay ( ex-Juan de Garay, ex-Alcala Galiano) was withdrawn from service and deleted from the list in May I960. I960, Argentine Navy, Official CERVANTES SUBMARINES 2 Ex-U.S. “Gato” Class ex-FLOUNDER Name: Pennant No.: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Ex-Flounder S 251 (U.S.) 5 Dec. 1942 22 Aug. 1943 29 Nov. 1943 ex-GABILAN (ticxcxxm E x-Gabilar S 252 (U.S.) 5 Jan. 1943 19 Sep. 1943 29 Dec. 1943 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 1,525 tons standard, 1,816 tons surface (2,425 tons submerged) 31 IJ X 27 X 17 feet I—5 inch, 25 cal., d.p., 2—40 mm. AA. 10—21 inch (6 bow, 4 stern) General Motors 2-stroke diesels. B.H.P.: 6,500=21 kts. (surface). Electric motors. H.P.: 2,750=10 kts. ( submerged). Have 2 engine rooms instead of I, to reduce size of compartments 300 tons 10,000 miles at 8 kts. 85 General Notes Former United States submarines of the “ Gato ” class scheduled to be transferred from the U.S.A. to Argentina during I960, it is officially stated. Both were built by the Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut. Recent Disposals The old submarines Salta and Santiago del Estero were withdrawn from service and deleted from the list, it was officially stated in May T l960. Their sister ship Sante Fe was officially removed from the Navy list in 1957. Frigates—ARGENTINA 97 FRIGATES I Ex-“ River ” Class HERCULES (ex-U.S.S. Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Asheville, ex-H.M.C.S. Nadur. ex-H.M.S. Adur ) Canadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal 10 Mar. 1942 22 Aug. 1942 I Dec. 1942 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 1,445 tons standard, 2,050 tons normal (2,320 tons full load ) officially revised figures 283 ( w.l .) 301 i (o.a.)X 36* X 13* feet 2—41 inch, 8—40 mm. AA. 1 Hedgehog, 6 D.C.T. Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 5,500= 20 kts. (designed). 19 kts. sea speed 2 Admiralty 3-drum type 680 tons 7,800 miles at 12 kts. 180 Notes Former United States “ Asheville ” class patrol escort, British “River” type. Pennant No. P. 31. Fitted as Flagship. 3 “ Sarandi ” Class. Ex-U.S. PF Type HEROIN A (ex-U.S.S. Reading) SARANDI (ex-U.S.S. Uniontown, ex-Chattanooga) TRINIDAD (ex-H.M.S. Caicos, ex-Hannam ) Displacement: 1,420 to 1,445 tons standard, 1,920 tons normal (2,235 to 2,415 tons full load ) officially revised figures Dimensions: 285* (w.L), 304 (o.a.) X37*X I3|feet Guns: 2—41 inch, 8—40 mm. AA. A/S weapons: 1 Hedgehog, 6 D.C.T. Machinery: Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 5,500=20-3 kts. on trials (19 kts. sea speed) Boilers: 2, of 3-drum type Oil fuel: 700 tons Radius: 7,800 miles at 12 kts. Complement: 175 Notes Former United States patrol escorts of the “ Tacoma ” class. These ships bear the names of frigates which saw prominent action during the War of Independence. Trinidad was formerly known as Santisma Trinidad. SARANDI I960, Argentine Navy, Officia Pennant No. Name Builders Laid down Launched Completed P 32 P 33 P 34 Heroina Leatham Smith, Superior Sarandi Leatham Smith, Superior Trinidad Walsh-Kaiser, Providence 25 May 1943 21 Apr. 1943 1943 28 Aug. 1943 7 Aug. 1943 5 Sep. 1943 19 Aug. 1944 15 Apr. 1944 2 Jan. 1944 2 “ Azarpardo ” Class AZOPARDO PIEDRABUENA Name: Azopardo Piedrabuena Pennant No.: P 35 P 36 Laid down: Nov. 1950 Nov. 1950 Launched: 12 Dec. 1953 12 Dec. 1954 Completed: 1957 1958 Displacement: 1,160 tons standard, 1,220 tons normal (1,400 tons full load) revised figures Dimensions: 279x31 jX 10 feet Guns: 1—4-1 inch, 6—40 mm. Bofors AA. A/S weapons: 1 Hedgehog, 4 Depth Charge Mortars Machinery: 2 Parsons steam turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 5,000=20 kts. Boilers: 2 Water tube 3-drum type Oil fuel: 340 tons Radius: 2,300 miles Complement: 167 PI EDRABU ENA 1959, Argentine Navy, Official Notes “King ” type. Azopardo is named after the Argentine naval Both built at Astillero Nav. Rio Santiago. Improved hero. 2 “ King ” Class Rated as Patrol Vessels KING MURATURE Name: King Murature Pennant No.: P 21 P 20 Laid down: Dec. 1938 June 1938 Launched: Dec. 1943 July 1945 Completed: 28 July 1946 18 Nov. 1946 Displacement: 913 tons standard, 1,000 tons normal (1,032 tons full load) Dimensions: 2521x29 x 7* feet Guns: 3—41 inch, 2—40 mm. Bofors AA., 2—40 mm. NA. AA..2M.G. A/S weapons: 4 D.C.T. Machinery: 2 Werkspoor 4-stroke diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 2,500= 18 kts. Oil fuel: 90 tons Radius: 9,000 miles at 12 kts. Complement: 130 KING Notes Both built at Astillero Nav. Rio Santiago. Named after Captain John King, an Irish follower of Admiral Brown, who distinguished himself in the war with Brazil, 1826-28; 1952, Argentine Navy, Official and Captain Murature, who performed conspicuous service against the Paraguayans at the Battle of Cuevas on Aug, 6 1865. G REPUBLICA BAHIA BLANCA 1958, Argentine Navy, Official BAHIA BLANCA (ex-San Luis ) MADRYN (ex-Comodoro Rivadavia, ex-San Juan ) Displacement: 843 tons standard (970 tons full load) Dimensions: 195 (pp.), 206$ (o.o.)x33X IIJ feet Guns: I—3 inch Machinery: Hawchorn-Werkspoor Diesel. I shaft. B.H.P.: 750= 12 5 kts. Boilers: I single-ended Scotch to supply steam to auxiliary machinery Oil fuel: 88 tons Radius: 7,000 nautical miles Complement: 63 Notes Both built at Hebburn-on-Tyne. Delivered in Feb. 1928. Named after Argentine ports. No. Name Builders Launched Completed Q7 Bahia Blanca f Hawthorn, \ 26 Oct. 1927 Feb. 1928 Q 6 Madryn \ Leslie & Co., Ltd.J 27 Sep. 1927 Feb. 1928 ALFEREZ MACKINLAY Displacement Dimensions: Machinery: Coal fuel: Radius: Notes Built in the Netherlands. Launched in 1914. Former Surveying Vessel used as Lighthouse Inspection Vessel. Subsequently fitted out as a Rescue Ship and rated as such until 1959 when she was reclassified as a surveying vessel. Pennant No. Q I I. The gantry Ship Samba (ex-U.S. LST 1104) is no longer a unit of the Navy. 700 tons standard, 935 tons normal (1,020 tons full load) I93x28±xl3 feet H.P.: 520=9-5 kts. 195 tons 4,500 miles REPAIR SHIPS (Buques Taller) INGENIERO GADDA (ex-U.S. LST 82) INGENIERO IRIBAS (ex-U.S. LST 81) Displacement: 2,160 tons standard (3,776 tons full load) revised figures Dimensions: 382X50X 16^ feet Guns: 2—40 mm. AA. Bofors Machinery: 2 sets diesels. B.H.P.: 1,800= 11 kts. Oil‘fuel: 700 tons Radius: 9,500 miles at 9 kts. Complement: 150 Notes Built by Jeffersonville Boat and Mach., Indiana. Launched in 1943. Two propellors and two rudders. Fitted as Repair Ships. Rated as Workshop Vessels. Bear the names of two engineers of the Argentine Navy who died on duty. Former U.S. landing ships. (Served in the British Navy during 1943-46). Pennant Nos. Q 22 and Q 21. SURVEYING VESSELS (Buques Oceanograficos ) Displacement: 450 tons standard, 605 to 620 tons normal (650 tons full load ) officially revised figures Dimensions: 164 (pp.), 197 (o.a.)x 24x81 feet (max.) Guns: 4—40 mm. Bofors AA., 2 M.G. Machinery: 2 sets M.A.N. 2-cycle diesels. B.H.P.: 2,000= 16 kts. Oil fuel: 50 tons Radius: 3,000 miles at 10 kts. Complement: 70 Notes All laid down in 1935-37. First Argentine warships built in local shipyards. Named after distinguished naval officers (several of whom were of British extraction). Carry mines. M 7 Bouchard Rio Santiago Naval Yard 20 Mar. 1936 M 2 Drummond Rio Santiago Naval Yard 19 June 1936 M 4 Granville Rio Santiago Naval Yard 27 Jan. 1937 M II Parker Sanchez Shipyard, San Fernando 2 May 1937 M 10 Py Rio Santiago Naval Yard 30 Mar. 1938 M 3 Robinson Hansen & Puccini, San Fernando 18 Aug. 1938 M 12 Seaver Hansen & Puccini, San Fernando 18 Aug. 1938 M 13 Spiro Rio Santiago Naval Yard 7 June 1937 CAPITAN CANEPA (ex-H.M.C.S. Barrie) Displacement: 995 tons standard (1,265 tons full load) Dimensions: 208x331 X 161 feet Machinery: Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 2,750= 15 kts. Boilers: 2 Oil fuel: 271 tons Complement: 54 Notes Former Canadian corvette (frigate) of the “ Flower ” class. Launched in Canada on 12 Nov. 1940. Completed on 12 May 1941. USHUAIA Displacement: 1,275 tons standard (1,500 tons full load) Dimensions: 211 x3l|x 1II feet Guns: Removed Machinery: 2 sets diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,200= 12-7 kts. Oil fuel: 60 tons (officially revised figure) Radius: 3,500 miles Complement: 65 Notes Built at Rio Santiago. Launched in 1939. Named after the capital of the territory of Tierra del Fuego. Pennant No. B 4. Formerly rated as a transport until 1959. MOTOR TORPEDO BOATS PY BOUCHARD DRUMMOND GRANVILLE PARKER 1960, Argentine Navy, Official PY SEAVER ROBINSON SPIRO MINESWEEPERS (Rated as Rastreadores) Displacement: 45 tons standard (50 tons full load) Dimensions: 71 (pp.), 78J (o.o.)x 20x41 feet Guns: 2—40 mm. NA. AA., 2—5 inch Br. AA. M.G. Torpedoes: 4 torpedo cradles A/S weapons: 2 rocket projectors Machinery: 3 Packard engines. H.P.: 4,500=42 kts. (max.) Fuel: 9 tons aviation spirit Radius: 1,000 miles at 20 kts. Complement: 12 Notes “ Higgins” type. Built in New Orleans, U.S.A. in 1946. Pennant Nos. P 81-84, 86-89. LT 5 (P 85) was officially removed from the Navy List. CAPITAN CANEPA 1958, R.M. Scott 98 ARGENTINA—Corvette, Minesweepers, M.T.Bs., Surveying Vessels I960, Argentine Navy, Official CORVETTE REPOBLICA ( ex-Smilax) Notes Former British modified " Flower ” Class corvette (frigate). Transferred in 1949. Perpetuates the name of a corvette which distinguished herself in the War of Independ¬ ence. Pennant No. P. 10. Added 1958, Argentine Navy, Official LT 2 LT 3 LT 4 LT 6 LT 7 LT 8 LT 9 I Ex-British 44 Flower *’ Class Builders: Launched: Completed: Collingwood Shipyards 24 Dec. 1942 21 June 1943 995 tons standard, 1,220 tons normal (1,375 tons full load) 206j X 34y X I4j feet I—41 inch AA., 2—20 mm. AA. 1 Hedgehog, 4 D.C.T. Triple expansion. I shaft. I.H.P.: 2,750=16 kts. (max.) 2 350 tons 6,800 miles at 10 kts. 106 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: Landing Ships, Training Ships, Transports—ARGENTINA 99 TANK LANDING SHIPS BDT I CABO SAN BARTOLOME BDT 2 CABO SAN DIEGO BDT 3 CABO SAN FRANCISCO DE PAULA BDT 4 CABO SAN GONZALO BDT 6 CABO SAN ISIDRO BDT 7 CABO SAN PABLO BDT 10 CABO SAN PIO BDT II CABO SAN SEBASTIAN BDT 13 CABO BUEN TIEMPO BDT 14 CABO SAN VICENTE Displacement: 2,366 tons (beaching), 4,080 tons (full load) Dimensions: 316 (w./.), 328 (o.a.)x50x 112 (14 max.) feet Machinery: 2 sets diesels. Two screws. B.H.P.: 1,800= 11 kts. Oil fuel: 700 tons Radius: 9,500 at 9 kts. Complement: 80 Notes Ex-United States LST’s 875, 995, 998, 872, 919, 994, 1057, 1044, 1103. Built by Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Co., Seattle, U.S.A. Launched in 1944. Have two rudders. BTD I to 5 Pennant Nos. O 41 to 45. BTD 7, and 11 were named Dona Elora and Dona Irma. BDT 5, BDT 8, BDT 9, and BDT 12, were withdrawn from service in 1958-60. MEDIUM LANDING SHIPS BDM I BDM 2 Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 743 tons (beaching), 1,095 tons (full load) 1962 (w./.), 2032 (o.o.)X 33|X6 (8 max.) feet 2 sets diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 2,800=13 kts. 170 tons 4,100 miles at 12 kts. 60 Notes Former American LSM’s 267 and 86, respectively. Pennant Nos. Q 69 and Q 70. INFANTRY LANDING CRAFT BDI 4 i960, Giorgio Arra BDI I (Q.54) BDI 4 (Q.57) BDI 7 (Q.60) BDI 12 (Q. 65) BDI 15 (Q.68) BDI 2 (Q.55) BDI 5 (Q.58) BDI 10 (Q.63) BDI 14 (Q.67) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 230 tons light (387 tons full load) 153 (w.l.), 159 (o.o.)x 232x5 feet 2—20 mm. NA. AA. (only in BDI's 2, 4, 5 and 12) 8 sets diesels. B.H.P.: 3,200=14 kts. Two reversible pro¬ pellers 110 tons 6,000 miles at 12 kts. 30 Notes Ex-American LCIL’s 583, 1067, 606, 750, 748, 688, 753, 1060 and 689. BDI 3, BDI 6, BDI 8, BDI 9, BDI 11, and BDI 13. were withdrawn from service in 1958. BDI I, BDI 2and BDI 4 were given new Q numbers as shown above instead of Q 64, 65 and 67. PERSONNEL AND VEHICLE LANDING CRAFT EDPV 1 EDPV 6 EDPV 10 EDPV 13 EDPV 20 EDPV 24 EDPV 2 EDPV 7 EDPV 11 EDPV 17 EDPV 21 EDPV 27 EDPV 3 EDPV 4 EDPV 8 EDPV 9 EDPV 12 EDPV 19 EDPV 22 EDPV 28 Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Notes Ex-American LCVP’s. 12 tons 392 X 10^X52 feet I diesel. Speed 9 kts. Nos. 16, 23, 25 and 26 were withdrawn from service in 1959. TRAINING SHIPS (Buques Escuela) LIBERTAD Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Endurance: Complement: 4,000 tons (officially revised figure, May I960) 3092 X 452X222 feet I—3 inch, 4—40mm.AA.,4—47 mm saluting 2 diesels. B.H.P.: 2,400=13-5 kts. 15,000 miles 370 (crew) plus 150 cadets Notes Under construction in the State-owned shipyards at Rio Santiago. Sailing ship. Three masts. Launched on 30 June 1956. It was officially stated in May I960 that this ship is practically completed. PRESIDENTE SARMIENTO Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Coal: Radius: Complement: 2,850 tons 2512 X 432 X 232 feet 2—40 mm. AA. Bofors, 6—47 mm. saluting Compound. I.H.P.: 2,800= 12 kts. I Niclausse, I Yarrow, 2 cylindrical single-ended 370 tons 4,300 miles at 10 kts. 294 Notes Built by Laird Bros., Birkenhead. Launched in 1898. Sheathed and coppered. Built as Training Ship for boys and named after Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, who founded the Naval School after being elected President of the Republic in 1868. Refitted in 1940-41. Three above water torpedo tubes suppressed. Pennant No. Q i. Recent Disposals The very old river monitors Parana and Rosario were withdrawn from service in 1958. TRANSPORTS ( Transportes) BAHIA THETIS BAHIA AGUIRRE Added I960, Skyfotos BAHIA THETIS BAHIA BUEN SUECESCO Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 3,100 tons standard (5,000 tons full load) 334| X 47 X 182 feet (Bahia Thetis) 2—41 inch, 2—40 mm. Bofors AA., 2—20 mm NA. AA., 4—47 mm. saluting (Bahia Aguirre) 2—20 mm. NA. AA. 2 sets Nordberg diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 3,750=16 kts. 500 tons (Bahia Thetis), 422 tons (Bahia Buen Suecesco), 355 tons (Bahia Aguirre) 15,000 miles 100 Notes Built in Canada by Halifax Shipyards. Bahia Busn Suecesco was completed at Halifax, Nova Scotia, in June 1950. Pennant Nos. B 2, B 6 and B 8, respectively. First two are troop trans¬ ports. Bahia Thetis is used as a training ship and carries guns (see above). LE MAIRE Added 1955, Lieut. Aldo Fraccaroli LA PATAIA LE MAIRE LES ECLAIRSEUR Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 3,825 tons standard (6,000 tons full load) 3352X502X23 feet 2 sets diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 3,400= 16 kts. 500 tons 15,000 miles 100 Notes Built in Italy by C. R. del Adriatico (CRDA). Laid down on 12 Apr. 1948 (Le Maire on 25 Apr.), launched on 25 June, 22 Oct. and 30 Mar., 1949, respectively and all completed in June 1950 being delivered on 2 Oct. 1951. Pennant Nos. B 10, B 11 and B 9, respectively. Troop transports. BEAGLE Measurement: Dimensions: Machinery: Oil fuel: 1,140 tons deadweight 169 X 292 X 11 feet I Humbol Deutch diesel. B.H.P.: 800 63 tons Notes Built in Bremer-Haven. Launched in 1952. Completed in 1953. Purchased in 1958. The transport Ushuaia has been reclassified as a surveying vessel (see previous page). The transport San Julian is being converted into a salvage vessel (see next page)._ RESEARCH VESSEL AND ICEBREAKER GENERAL SAN MARTIN 1955, Argentine Navy, Official GENERAL SAN MARTIN Displacement: Measurement: Dimensions: Guns: Aircraft: Machinery: Endurance: Oil fuel: Complement: (Rompehielos) 4,854 tons standard (5,301 tons full load) officially revised figures 1,600 tons deadweight 279x61 X2I feet I—41 inch, 2—40 mm. AA. Bofor I reconnaissance aircraft and I helicopter 4 diesel-electric. 2 shafts. H.P.: 7,100= 16 kts. 37,000 miles 1,100 tons 160 Notes Built by Seebeck Yard of Weser A.G. Launched on 24 June 1954. Completed in Oct. 1954. Used by the Antarctic Institute. Fitted for icebreaking. Specially insulated against cold. ALBANIA Personnel: I960: 1,500 officers and men. Ships: In addition to the ships listed below, eight Soviet submarines are based in Albania. PATROL VESSELS 4 Ex-U.S.S,R “Kronstadt” Class Displacement: 300 tons Dimensions: 1675 X 19-g- X 9 feet Guns: I—3-9 inch, 2—37 mm. AA., 3—20 mm. AA. A/S weapons: Depth bomb projectors Mines: Fitted for laying Machinery: Diesels. 2 shafts=27 kts. Oil fuel: 20 tons Complement: 40 lotes Russian built " Kronstadt" class submarine chasers, transferred to Albania in 1958. MOTOR TORPEDO BOATS 5 Ex-U.S.S.R. “P-4” Class Displacement: 40 tons Guns: 2—25 mm. AA. M.G. Tubes: 2—21 inch Machinery: Speed=35 kts. Notes Russian built “ P-4 ” class fast patrol boats acquired in 1955. It is reported that there are 14 motor torpedo boats in the Albanian Navy comprising five Soviet P-4 class, Italian MAS 501 class, and U.S. 70-ft. Vosper class. INSHORE MINESWEEPER 2 Ex-U.S.S.R. “T 301” Class Displacement: 130 tons Dimensions: I00X 16X4* feet Guns: 2—20 mm. AA., 4 M.G. Machinery: Diesel. B.H.P.: 480= lOkts. Complement: 30 Notes Russian built “ T 301 ' ’ class inshore minesweepers, transferred to Albania in 1957. MINESWEEPING BOATS 3 Ex-U.S.S.R. “KM 4/5” Class Displacement: 20 tons Guns: 2—13 mm. AA. M.G. Machinery: Speed = 32 kts. Notes In addition to the above there are reported to be 16 small patrol craft for coastal duties. PEHUENCHE TONOCOTE Displacement: 330 tons Dimensions: I05x24f X 12* feet Machinery: Triple expansion. I.H.P. : 600=11 kts. Boilers: 2 Oil fuel: 36 tons Radius: 1,200 miles Complement: 13 Notes Both built in Rio Santiago Naval Yard. Commissioned for service in 1954. CHARRUA (ex-U.S. Army LT-224) Displacement: 982 tons Dimensions: I49*x34x 13* feet Guns: 2—20 mm. NA. AA. Machinery: Unaflow steam engine. I shaft. H.P.- 1,200= 12 kts. Boilers: 2 Oil fuel: 417 tons Range: 9,500 miles Complement: 37 Notes Salvage tug. Built by Marietta Manufacturing Co. U.S.A., in 1945. Fitted as rescue ship. Sister ship Guarani was lost without trace in the Straits of Magellan on 15 Oct. 1958. CHIRIGUANO (ex-U.S. ATA 227) SANAVIRON (ex-U.S. ATA 228) DIAGUITA (ex-U.S. ATA 124) YAMANA (ex-U.S. ATA 126) Displacement: 689 tons standard (800 tons full load) Dimensions: I33f (w.l.), 143 (o.a.)x34X 12 feet Guns: 2—20 mm. N.A. AA. Machinery: Diesel-electric. B.H.P.: 1,850= 12 5 kts. Oil fuel: 154 tons Radius: 16,700 miles Complement: 49 Notes Ocean salvage tugs. Built by Levingstone Shipbuilding Co., Orange, Texas, U.S.A., in 1945. Diaguita and Yamana are fitted as rescue ships. All five of above ships bear names of South American Indian tribes. Recent Disposal The salvage tug Ranquel has been withdrawn from service and deleted from the list, it was officially stated in May I960. MATACO TOBA Displacement: 600 tons Measurement: 339 tons gross Dimensions: 130* (pp.), 137 ( w.l .) 139 (o.a.) X 28* X 11* feet Machinery: Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I .H.P.: 1,200= 12 kts. Boilers: 2 Oil fuel: 95 tons Radius: 3,900 miles Complement: 34 Notes Both built by Hawthorn Leslie, Ltd., Hebburn-on-Tyne. Launched on 24 Jan. 1928 and 23 Dec. 1927, respectively. Both completed in Mar. 1928. ONA QUERANDI Displacement: 615 tons Measurement: 345 tons gross Dimensions: 134* X 30 X 11 feet Machinery: Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 1,300= 12 kts. Boilers: 2 Oil fuel: 115 tons Radius: 2,40C miles Complement: 34 Notes Built by John J. Thornycroft & Co Ltd., Woolston, Southampton. Launched in 1913. PUNTA DELGADA ( ex-Sugarland , ex-Nanticoke, AOG 66) PUNTA LOYOLA ( ex-Capitan , ex-Klickitat, AOG 64) PUNTA NINFAS (ex-Black Bayou, ex-Michigamme, AOG 65) Displacement: 5,930 tons standard (6,090 tons full load) Dimensions: 325 X 48* X 20 feet Machinery: Westinghouse diesel. I shaft. B.H.P.: 1,400= 11-5 kts. Oil fuel: 150 tons Radius: 9,000 miles Complement: 72 Notes Bear names of geographical locations. All U.S.M.S. type TI-M-BTI. All built by St. John’s River S.B. Co. Launched on 7 Apr. 1945, 24 Mar. '945 ind 31 May, 1945, respective!j PUNTA CIGUENA ( ex-Sulphur Bluff) PUNTA RASA (ex-So/t Creek) Displacement: 2,055 tons standard (2,253 tons full load) Dimensions: 221 X 37 X 13* feet Machinery: Diesel. I shaft. B.H.P.: 800= 10 kts. Oil fuel: 60 tons Radius: 3,500 miles Complement: 37 lotes Commissioned in 1947. Named after Capes. U.S. M.C. type TI-M-A2. No. Name Builders Launched B 13 Punta Cigueha Todd Galveston Drydocks Inc. 1944 B 14 Punta Rasa Barnes Dulath S.B. Co. 1943 Completed Mar. 1944 1944 PUNTA ALTA Displacement: 1,600 tons standard (1,900 tons full load) Measurement: 800 tons deadweight Dimensions: 210x33* X 12* feet Machinery: Diesel. I shaft. B.H.P.: 1,850=8* kts. Oil fuel: 146 tons Radius: 4,700 miles Notes Built at Puerto Belgrano. Launched in 1937. Named after a headland. Pennant No. B 12. 100 ARGENTINA—Oilers, Salvage Vessel, Tugs. ALBANIA OILERS (Buques Tanques ) SALVAGE VESSEL PUNTA MEDANOS Notes Built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Ltd., Wallsend-on-Tyne. Launched on 20 Feb. 1950. Completed on lOOct. 1950. In her equipment this ship, a unit of the Argentine Navy available as a training vessel for personnel, is the embodiment of experience gained in modern fleet oilers, and was the finest and fastest of her type afloat. Fitted for fuelling warships at sea. Boilers built under licence by the Wallsend Slipway & Engineeting Company. Steam con¬ ditions of 400 lb. per sq. in. pressure and 750 deg. F. temperature. Pennant No. B 18. PUNTA LOYOLA Added 1955, U.S. Navy, Official Added 1955, Argentine Navy, Official TUGS (Re mo I cad ores) .. . ife'- . PUNTA MEDANOS Displacement: Measurement: Dimensions: Machinery: Boilers: Speed: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 14,352 tons standard (16,331 tons full load) 8,250 tons deadweight 470 (pp.), 502 (o.o.)x 62 x 28* feet Double reduction geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 9,500 2 Babcock & Wilcox two-drum integral furnace water-tube Over 19 kts. obtained on trials 1,500 tons 13,700 miles 99 Displacement: 930 tons Dimensions: 176X32*X 11 feet Machinery: 2 sets diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,000= 10 kts. Oil fuel: 75 tons Complement: 40 Notes Ex-U.S. Army small cargo carrier. Built by Wheeler Shipbuilding Corpn. Launched in 1944. Pennant No. B7. It was officially stated in May I960 that this vessel, formerly rated as a transport, is being converted into a salvage vessel. SAN JULIAN (ex-FS 281) Administration, Coastal Escorts, Minesweepers, Transports—BELGIUM 101 BELGIUM Administration The Marine Militaire (Force Navale) is attached to the Ministry of National Defence. Chief of Naval Staff: Commodore L. J. J. Robins, A.D.C. Naval , Air and Military Attache in London: Colonel L. Tancre. Personnel I960: 5,000 officers and men Mercantile Marine Lloyd’s Register of Shipping 212 vessels of 728,3 16 tons gross The Marine de I’ Etat (State Marine) is under the Ministry of Communications COASTAL ESCORTS (Escorteurs Cotiers) 4 Ex-British “ Algerine ” Class A. F. DU FOUR (ex-H.M.C.S. Winnipeg) DE BROUWER (ex-H.M.S. Spanker) DE MOOR (ex-H.M.S. Rosario) G. LEroiNTF (ex-H.M.C.S. Wallaceburg) Displacement: 1,040 tons (1,335 tons full load) Dimensions: 2I3± (pp.), 226| (o.o.)X35?X 10 to 11| (max.) feet Guns: 1—4 inch, 4—40 mm. AA. (8—20 mm. AA. in A. F. Dufour and G. Lecointe) A/S Weapons: 4 D.C.T. (1 Hedgehog in A. F. Dufour and G. Lecointe) Machinery: Geared turbines. (Triple expansion in A. F. Dufour and G. Lecointe).! shafts. S.H.P.: 2,000=16 kts. Boilers: 2, of 3-drum type Oil fuel: 235 tons Radius: 4,000 miles at 10 kts. Complement: 101 i ant No. Name Transferred F 903 At. F. Dufour 7 Aug. 1959 F 904 de Efrouwer 25 Feb. 1953 F 905 de Moor 13 Jan. 1953 F 901 G. Lecointe 31 July 1959 Added, I960, Wright & Logan DE MOOR Name A. F. Dufour de Brouwer de Moor Lecointe Begun Launched Completed 19 Sep. 1942 1943 22 Sep. 1942 20 Apr. 1943 9 July 1943 22 Sep. 1942 3 Apr. 1943 20 Aug. 1943 17 Dec. 1942 1943 Notes Formerly Britsh ocean minesweepers. Officially reclassified as coastal escorts in 1959. De Brouwer and De Moor were built by Harland and Wolff, Ltd., Belfast, and A. F. Dufour and G. Lecointe by Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co., Ontario. De Brouwer and De Moor are tropicalised for service in African waters. A. F. Dufour ( ex-Fancy) was relegated to a stationary training ship in 1959 and renamed Nzadi I. Georges Lecointe (ex-Cadmus) was scrapped in 1959, and Jan Van Howerbeke (ex-Ready) in I960. The present A. F. Dufour (ex-Winnipeg) and G. Lecointe (ex-Wallaceburg) were transferred from Canada at Esquimalt. B.C. and Sydney, Nova Scotia, on 7 Aug. 1959 and 31 July 1959, respectively. Adrien de Gsrlache (ex-Liberty) was reclassified as an auxiliary (A 954) in I960 (batiment logistique). FLEET (WOODEN) MINESWEEPERS (Rated as Draguers de Haute Mer) 4 U.S. MSO (ex-AM) Type 498 ARTEVELDE (ex-MSO 503, ex-AM 503) BREYDEL (ex-MSO 504, ex-AM 504) F. BOVESSE (ex-MSO 516, ex-AM 516) G. TRUFFAUT (ex-MSO 515, ex-AM 515) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: Range: Complement: 720 tons light (780 tons full load) 165 ( w.l.) 172± (o.a.)x 35 X$* (I I max.) feet I—40 mm. Bofors AA. 2 General Motors diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,600=14 kts. (max) 50 tons 2,400 miles at 12 kts. 72 Note- U S AM 498 class minesweepers Wooden hulls and non¬ magnetic equipment. Capable of sweeping all modern mines of any type. Diesels of non-magnetic stainless steel alloy Controllable pitch propellers. The names given to Artevelde and Breydel commemorate those of twelfth-century Flemish patriots. Artevelde was transferred to the Belgian Navy by the U.S. Navy on 15 Dec. 1955 at Seattle, Wash., U.S.A., under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program. Breydel was delivered at Seattle, 15 Feb. 1956. Both built by Tacoma Boatbuilding Co. Tacoma, Wash, othar two b/ Tampa Shipbuilding Co. Inc. Tampa Fla. Pennant No. Name Builders Transferred M 907 Artevelde Tacoma 15 Dec. 1955 M 906 Breydel Tacoma 15 Feb. 1956 M 909 F. Bovesse Tampa 12 Oct. 1956 M 908 G. Truffaut Tampa 25 Jan. 1957 Name Begun Launched Completed Artevelde 1953 19 June 1954 15 Dec. 1955 Breydel 1954 25 Mar. 1955 15 Feb. 1956 F. Bovesse 1954 1956 12 Oct. 1956 G. Truffaut 1955 1955 25 Jan. 1957 1957, Belgian Navy, Official BREYDEL TRANSPORTS (Unites de Transport) Ex-German Submarine Support Ship K AMIN A (ex-Royal Harold ex-Herman von Wissmann) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: 3 900 tons standard (5,750 tons full load) 344± (pp.) 374 (o.a.) X48±X 18i feet 2—3 inch, 4—40 mm. AA., 2—20 mm. A A. I B. & W. Diesel. I shaft. B.H.P.: 3,600 = 15 kts. (cruising) 10,000 miies at economical speed 175. Troop capacity 650. Radius: Complement: Notes Built in 1940 at Hoboken, Antwerp, by J. Cockerill for Poland. Seized by Germans and used as support ship for U-boats in Norway. Transferred to Britain 1945, and finally given to Belgium in Oct. 1950. Pennant No. AP 957 (ex-AP 907). Naval auxiliary officially classified as Transport de Troupes. A. DE GERLACHE (ex-British Ocean Minesweeper) Notes ,, Former British ocean minesweeper of the “ Algerine ” class, subsequently reclassified as a coastal escort and again re-rated as a bdtement logistique in I960. See full particulars and photograph in the 1959-60 edition. Pennant No. A 954 K AMINA 1957, Belgian Navy, Offieiql 102 BELGIUM—Coastal and Inshore Minesweepers, etc COASTAL MINESWEEPERS (Draguers de Mines Cotiers) M 925 1958, courtesy Godfrey H. Walker, Esq. 26 U.S. MSC (ex-AMS) Type 60 M 915 ARLON (ex-MSC 104) M 916 BASTOGNE (ex-MSC 151) M 923 BLANKENBERGHE (ex-MSC 170) M 917 CHARLEROI (ex-MSC 152) M 925 DE PANNE (ex-MSC 131) M 910 DIEST (ex-MSC 77) M 920 DIKSMUIDE (ex-MSC 65) M 911 EEKLO (ex-MSC 101) M 929 HEIST M 921 HERVE (ex-MSC 153) M 931 KNOKKE M 933 KOKSIJDE M 924 LAROCHE (ex-MSC 171) M 912 LIER (ex-MSC 63) M 913 MAASEIK (ex-MSC 78) M 922 MALM EDY (ex-MSC 154) M 926 MECHELEN M 932 NIEUWPOORT M 930 ROCHEFORT M 914 ROESELAERE (ex-MSC 103) M 918 ST. NIKLASS (ex-MSC 64) M 919 ST. TRUIDEN (ex-MSC 169) M 927 SPA M 928 STAVE LOT M 934 VERVIERE (ex-MSC 259) M 935 VEURNE (ex-MSC 260) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: Range: Complement: 330 tons light (390 tons full load) 139 ( pp .), 144 (o.o.)x 27£x7* to 8* feet 2—20 mm. (twin mount) 2 G.M. Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 880= 13.5 kts. (max.) 28 tons 2,700 miles at economical speed (10.5 kts.) 40 Notes Motor minesweepers of wooden construction. New type of vessel constructed throughout of material with the lowest possible magnetic attraction to attain the greatest possible safety factor when sweeping for magnetic mines. M 910-925, 934 and 935 were built in U.S.A., under MDAP, and M 926-933 of same type were built in Belgium under MAP with machinery and armament from U.S.A. M 910 (ex-MSC 77, ex-AMS 77) turned over 12 May 1953. at Boston, M 919 (ex-MSC 169, ex-AMS 169) turned over 25 Feb. 1954, at New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn. M 925 (ex-MSC 131, ex-AMS 131) transferred 28 Oct. 1955. M 934 (ex-MSC 259) turned over 19 June 1956. M 935 (ex-MSC 260) was transferred on 7 Sep. 1956. M 926 to 933 were all laid down in 1953-54 and launched and completed in 1954-55. INSHORE MINESWEEPERS (Drageurs de Mines de Petits Fonds) Inshore Minesweepers —continued SERAING 1958, courtesy Admiral M. Adam TRAINING SHIPS Ex-British “Algerine” Type Ocean Minesweeper NZADI (ex-A.F. Dufour, ex-H.M.S. Fancy) Notes Former British ocean minesweeper of the “ Algerine ” class, subsequently re-classified as a coastal escort, and again re-rated as a stationaire-ecole in 1959 and renamed Nzad i. For full particulars see 1959-60 edition and “ Algerine ” class on previous page. Photograph in the 1953-54 to 1957-58 editions. EUREKA 1959, Belgian Navy, Official Ex-U.S. BYMS Type. Coastal Minesweeper EUREKA (ex-BYMS 1 1, ex-Young joe) QM 900 Displacement: 300 tons Dimensions: 136 x25£x 8 (max.) feet Machinery: 2 diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P: 1,000= 15 kts. Radius: 5,500 miles at economical speed Complement: 14 Notes Combined yacht and training ship. Refitted in 1957. Former American auxiliary motor minesweeper. Built at Seattle, Washington, U.S.A., by Associated Shipbuilders, in Sep. 1942. Acquired by Belgium in 1956. KORTRIJK 1959, Belgian Navy, Official 16 MSI “Ham” Type. “ Herstal Class” M 485 ANDENNE (ex-MS/ 97) May 1958 M 477 OUDENARDE May 1958 M 484 DINANT (ex-MS/ 96) 5 Apr. 1958 M 483 OUGREE (ex-MS/ 95) 16 Nov. 1957 M 471 HASSELT 17 Nov. 1956 M 480 SERAING (ex-MSI 92) 16 Mar. 1957 M 478 HERSTAL (ex-MS/ 90) 6 Aug. 1956 M 470 TEMSE 6 Aug. 1956 M 479 HUY (ex-MS/ 91) 17 Nov. 1956 M 475 TONGEREN 16 Nov. 1957 M 472 KORTRIJK 16 Mar. 1957 M 481 TOURNAI (ex-MSI 93) 18 May 1957 M 473 LOKEREN 18 May 1957 M 474 TURNH0UT 7 Sep. 1957 M 476 MERKSEM 5 Apr. 1958 M 482 VISE (ex-MSI 94) 7 Sep. 1957 RIVER PATROL BOATS 1957, Belgian Navy, Official DENDER LIBERATION OURTHE SAMBRE SEMOIS LEIE MEUSE RUPEL SCHELDE YSER Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: 25 tons light (27.5 tons full load) 75± (pp.), 82 (o.a.) X 12£ X 3 feet (Libera tion 85^ X 1 3± X 3± feet) 2 Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 440=19 kts. 7 Notes Built at the Theodor Shipyards of Regensburg, Germany, in 1953, except Deader, Liberation, Ourthe, Rupel, in 1954. First seven boats constitute the Belgian Naval Rhine Squadron at Niehl. TUGS Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: Range: Complement: 160 tons light (180 tons full load) 106$ (pp.), 113£ (o.a.) X22$ X 6 to 7 (max.) feet 2—20 mm. A A. 2 diesels, 2 shafts. Speed: 15 kts. (max.) 18 tons 2,300 miles at 10 kts. 17 Notes New MSI type. Modified AMI “ 100-foot” class. All built in Belgium. The first four MSI were launched in 1956. Herstal and Temse were both launched at the Mercantile Marine Yard, Kruibche, on 6 Aug. 1956, followed by another pair in 1956, and four more pairs in 1957 (see launch dates above). Herstal was completed in June 1957. The first group of eight (M 478 to 435) was a United States ‘‘ off shore order,” the remaining eight (M 470 to 477) being financed under the Belgian Navy Estimates. SUB-LIEUTENANT VALCKE Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Complement: 110 tons 78f (pp.), 95 (o.o.)x2l X5$ feet I Diesel. I shaft. B.H.P.: 600X 12 kts. 14 Notes Built in Haarlem, Netherlands in 1951. Pennant No. A 950. Photo in 1957/58 edition. There are also two harbour tugs (remorqueurs portuaires), namely Hommel and Wesp, displacement 22 tons, length 43 feet, with 300 B.H.P. diesels and Voigt Schneider propellers, built in Germany in 1953; three barges, namely FN I, FN 2 and FN 3, displacement 300 tons, length 105 feet, built in the Netherlands; the ammunition ship Ekster displacement 140 tons, length 118 feet, built in Belgium in 1953; the harbour craft Benga, length 55 feet, beam 13 feet, one diesel, 110 h.p., built in Belgium in 1955; and the diving cutter ZM 4, displacement 50 tons, length 33 feet, built in Belgium in 1953. Adminstration, Silhouettes, Aircraft Carrier—BRAZIL 103 BRAZIL Administration Minister of Marine: Almirante de Esquadra Jorge do Paco Mattoso Mai a. Chief of Naval Staff: Almirante de Esquadra Jorge da Silva Leite. Naval Attache in London : Captain Luiz Gonzaga Doring Personnel I960: 1,700 officers and 41,000 men (including 10,000 marines) Naval Aviation A Fleet Air Arm has been formed. Mercantile Marine Lloyd’s Register of Shipping: 415 vessels of 952,088 tons gross. BARROSO BAURU Class ' 104 BRAZIL—Aircraft Carrier ( continued ), Cruisers Aircraft Carrier —continued Added 1953 MINAS GERAIS (before reconstruction) I Ex-British Type (“ Colossus ” Class) MINAS GERAIS (ex-H.M.S. Vengeance) Builders: Laid down ; Launched: Completed: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Ltd., Wallsend-on-Tyne 16 Nov. 1942 23 Feb. 1944 15 Jan. 1945 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Aircraft: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 15,890 tons standard (19,890 tons full load ) revised figures Length: 630 (pp.), 695 (o.a.) feet. Beam: 80 feet. Width: 121 (o.a. feet (as reconstructed) Draught: 2I£ (mean) 23^ (max) feet. Flight deck: 690 feet long, 80 feet wide, 39 feet above water line. 12—40 mm.AA., 4—3 pdr. saluting 35 capacity Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 42,000=25 kts. (24-25 kts. sea speed) 4 Admiralty 3-drum type (400 lb. working pressure, 700 degrees maximum superheat) 3,200 tons 12,000 miles at 14 kts.; 6,200 miles at 23 kts.* 1,300 with air group on board Genera Notes Served in British Navy from 1945 onwards. Fitted out in late 1948-early 1949 for experimental cruise to Arctic. Lent to the Royal Australian Navy early in 1953, but was returned to the Royal Navy in August 1955. British Admiralty an¬ nounced on 14 Dec. 1956 that negotiations for the purchase of the aircraft carrier Vengeance by the Brazilian Government had been successfully completed and that the ship, after modernisation would be commissioned in the Brazilian fleet unde r the name of N. Ae L. Minas Gerais. Being reconstruc¬ ted at Verolme Dock, Roterdam, where the work is expected to take about three years. The conversion and overhaul includes the installation of the angled deck, steam catapults, mirror sight deck landing system, and complete armament fire control and radar equipment. The ship was purchased for $16,000,000 and the reconstruction will cost $15,000,000. Scheduled to be commissioned in the late I960. To be used primarily for anti-submarine warfare aircraft and helicopters. Engineering Notes Engines and boilers are arranged en echelon, the two propelling machinery spaces having one set of turbines and two boilers installed side by side in each space, on the unit system, so that the starboard propeller shaft is longer than the port shaft. Maximum speed is 25 knots at 225 revolutions per minute. Economical speed is 15 knots at 120 revolutions per minute. D isplacement Notes The displacement before reconstruction was 13,190 tons standard and 18,040 tons full load. Construction Notes Flight deck is reported to have been strengthened to take aircraft of over 8 tons in weight. Sponsons can be dis¬ mantled to the extent of 3j feet on either side if necessary to allow for passage through Panama Canal. Mercantile type hull. Built to Lloyd’s specifications up to main deck with the original intention of converting to commercial service after the war. Damage control: No great measure of vertical sub-division on the sandwich system as it was reckoned that it is better for ships to settle evenly in the event of damage and flooding than to foster capsizing. Insulated for tropical service and partially air-conditioned. Operational Notes Ten arrester wires to take 15,500 lb. aircraft up to 60 knots. Single track catapult for launching 20,000 lb. aircraft at 60 knots. Catapult accelerator gear port side forward. Flight deck originally designed for 14,000 lb. aircraft rein¬ forced to take 20,000 lb. machines. Hangar Notes Dimensions of hangar are : Length, 445 feet; width, 52 feet; clear depth, I7£ feet. Dimensions of aircraft lifts are: 45 feet by 34 feet. Photograph Notes Two more photographs (port bow aerial view and star¬ board bow aerial view) appear in the 1957-58 edition. Note to Drawing Starboard elevation and plan before reconstruction. Scale: I28feet=l inch. CRUISERS TAMANDARI= 1957, Brazilian Navy, Official 2 Ex-U.S. Type (“Almirante” Class) TAMAN DARE (ex-St. Louis) Pennant No.: C 12 Builders: Newport News S.B. & D.D. Co. Laid down: 10 Dec. 1936 Launched: 15 Apr. 1938 Completed: 10 Dec. 1939 Displacement: 10,000 tons standard, 13,500 tons full load Dimensions: Length: 608i feet (o.a.). Beam: 69 feet. Draught: 24 (max.) feet Guns: 15—6 inch, 47 cal., 8—5 inch, 38 cal. (twin dual purpose), 28—40 mm. A.A., 24—20 mm. AA. Aircrraft: 4(normal capacity), could accommo¬ date 6. Armour: 5 —\±" belt, 3"+2" decks, 5"—3" turrets, 8"C.T. Machinery: Westinghouse geared turbines, 4 shafts. S.H.P.: 100,000=32*5 kts. Boilers: 8 Babcock & Wilcox Express type (boiler pressure is higher than in Barroso) Oil fuel: 2,100 tons Radius: 14,500 miles at 15 kts. Complement: General Notes 975 Of same dimensions and generally of similar characteristics, as Barroso, but not a sister ship. Formerly C L 49 of the U.S. “ St. Louis ” class. Purchased from the United States, with the Barroso, (transferred on 29 Jan. 1951) for a sum represent¬ ing JO per cent, of their original cost ($37,000,000) plus the expense of reconditioning them. Tamandare differs from Barroso in having her 5-inch guns mounted in pairs in roomy gunhouses on high bases, a different scheme of boat stowage, a small tripod mast immediately abaft second funnel, and after gunnery control arrangements redistributed. Sister ship Helena was sunk in the Battle of Kula Gulf, New Georgia, on 6 July, 1943. Photograph Notes Another photograph of Tamandare (port quarter view) appears in the 1953-54 to 1957-58 editions. Note to Drawing Port elevation and plan. Scale: I28feet=l inch. Hangar Notes The hangar in the hull right aft could accommodate 6 aircraft if necessary together with engine spares and duplicate parts, though 4 aircraft has been the normal capacity. The incorporation of this hangar resulted in a very wide and nearly flat counter and high freeboard aft and also gave the after guns higher command. Above the hangar two catapults were mounted as far outboard as possible, and a revolving crane was placed at the stern extremity overhanging the aircraft hatch. illftlilS BARROSO Added, 1957 BARROSO ( ex-Philadelphia) Pennant Nos: Cl I Builders: Philadelphia Navy Yard Laid down: 28 May 1935 Launched: 17 Nov. 1936 Completed: 28 July 1938 Displacement: 9,700 tons standard, 13,000 tons full load Dimensions: Length: 600 ( w.l .), 608^ (o.o.) feet Beam: 69 feet (with bulges) Draught: I9f (mean), 24 (max.) feet Guns: 15—6 inch; 47 cal.; 8—5 inch, 25 cal. (single mountings); 28—40 mm. AA.; 24—20 mm. AA Aircraft: 4 (normal capacity); 6 (maximum accommodation). See Hangar Notes above Armour: 4" to l£" belt, 3" and 2" decks, 5" to 3" turrets, 8" conning tower Machinery: Westinghouse geared turbines. 4 shafts. S.H.P.: 100,000=32-5 kts. Boilers: 8 Babcock & Wilcox Express type Oil fuel: 2,100 tons Radius: 14,500 miles at 15 kts. Complement: 888 General Notes Formerly the American large light cruiser Philadelphia, Class Notes Sister ship of Honolulu and Savannah in the United States Navy, General Belgrano (ex-Diecisiete de Octubre, ex-Phoenix) and Nueve de Julio in the Argentine Navy, and 0'Higgins(ex- Brooklyn) and Prat (ex-Nashville) in the Chilean Navy. Note to Drawing Port elevation and plan. Scale: 128 feet=l inch. CL 41, of the “ Brooklyn ” class. Purchased from the United States in 1951 (see General Notes under Tamandare on previous page). Originally two catapults were mounted on the quarter deck for launching the aircraft (see Hangar Notes under Tamandare). After initial completion the super¬ structure was reduced, bulges were added and the beam increased. Originally cost $14,750,000. Commissioned in the Brazilian Navy on 21 Aug. 1951. DESTROYERS (Contratorpedeiros) 4 Ex-U.S. “Fletcher” DD Type (“Para” Class) PARA (ex-U.S.S. Guest, CD 472) PARAIEA (ex-U.S.S. Bennett, DD 473) PARANA (ex-U.S.S. Franks, DD 554) PERNAMBUCO (ex-U.S.S. Knapp, DD 653) Displacement: 2,100 tons standard (3,050 tons fu load) Dimensions: 376£ (o.a.) x39£x 12£ (mean), 18 (max.) feet Guns: 5—5 inch, 38 cal d.p., 6—40 mm. Bofors, 10—20 mm. Oerlikon. Tubes: 5—21 inch (quintupled) AJS weapons: 2 Hedgehogs, I D.C. rack, 2 side¬ launching torpedo racks, 2 fixed hedgehogs Machinery: 2 sets General Electric geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 60,000 = 35 kts. Boilers: 4 Babcock & Wilcox Oil fuel: 650 tons Radius: 6,000 miles at 15 kts. Complement: 262 (15 officers, 247 men) PARA (see Photograph Notes) I960, Brazilian Navy, Official General Notes Ex-American destroyers Knapp of the later “ Fletcher ” class and the other three of the “ Fletcher ” class (see particulars in U.S. section). Acquired from the United States on loan for five years, under MDAP in 1959. The Guest was transferred to the Government of Brazil at Mutual Assistance Program ceremonies on 5 June 1959 and renamed Para. The Bennett was transferred to Brazil on 15 Dec. 1959 at Bremerton, Washington, and renamed Paraiba. . ■ ^ .Lf f { Photograph Notes A photograph of Para, D 27 (ex-U.S.S. Guest, DD 472), taken alongside the Supply Pier at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington appears on page 473 (Addenda) of the 1959-60 edition. No. Name Builders Laid down Launched Completed D 27 Para Boston Navy Yard 27 Sep. 1941 20 Feb. 1942 15 Dec. 1942 D 28 Paraiba Boston Navy Yard 10 Dec. 1941 16 Apr. 1942 9 Feb. 1943 D29 Parana Seattle-Tacoma S.B. Corpn,. Seattle 8 Mar. 1942 7 Dec. 1942 30 July 1943 D30 Pernambuco Bath Iron Works Corpn. 10 July 1943 15 Sep. 1943 106 BRAZIL—Destroyers ( continued ), Frigates, Submarines Destroyers —continued 6 British Design “ Amazones ” Class ACRE AJURICABA AMAZONAS APA ARAGUARI ARAGUAYA Displacement: 1,450 tons standard (1,800 tons full load) 323 (o.o.)x35x8£ (mean) 9 (max.) feet 4—5 inch, 2—40 mm. AA., 4—20 mm. AA., 4 D.C.T. Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: 8—21 inch (quadrupled) Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. S.H.P.: 34,000=34 kts. Boilers: 3 of 3-drum type Oil fuel: 150 tons Complement: 150 Name Laid down Launched Completed Acre 28 Ajuricaba 28 Amazonas 20 Apa 28 Araguaya 20 Araguari 28 Dec. 1940 30 May Dec. 1940 30 May July 1940 29 Nov. Dec. 1940 30 May July 1940 24 Nov. Dec. 1940 1945 Dec. 1951 1945 Dec. 1951 1943 10 Nov. 1949 1945 Dec. 1951 1943 3 Sep. 1949 1945 Dec. 1951 ARAGUAYA 1952, Brazilian Navy, Official Notes All built by llha das Cobras, Rio de Janeiro, to a British design. All named after rivers. Designated CT. Refitted with tripod mast. [Pennant Nos. changed from A 4, A 3, A I, A 6, A 2, and A 5, respectively, to D 10, Dll, D 12’ D 13, D 15, and D 14. 3 U.S.A. Design. “Greenhalgh ” Class GREENHALGH MARCILIO DIAS MARIZ E BARROS Displacement: 1,500 tons standard (2,200 tons full load) 341 (pp.), 360 (o.a.)X 35 X 10 (mean) 12 (max.) feet Dimensions: Guns: 4—5 inch, 38 cal. (d.p.), 4—40 mm. AA., 4—20 mm. AA. Tubes: 4—21 inch (quadrupled) Machinery: Geared turbines by General Electric Co. S.H.P.: 42,800=36-5 kts. Boilers: 4 high-pressure watertube of Express type by Babcock & Wilcox Oil fuel: 550 tons Radius: 6,000 miles Complement: 190 Pennant No. Name Launched Completed D 24 Greenhalgh 8 July 1941 1944 D 25 Marcilio Dias 20 July 1940 1943 D 26 Mariz e Barros 28 Dec. 1940 1944 Notes All of U.S.A. design and built at llha das Cobras, Rio de Janeiro, with material from U.S.A. These ships are generally similar to destroyers of the U.S. Navy, and are armed with MARCILIO DIAS I960, Brazilian Navy, Official guns of American manufacture. All three were laid down in Pennant Nos. were changed from M3, Ml, and M2, 1937 and commissioned on 29 Nov., 1943, Designated CT. respectively. FRIGATES (Destroyer Escorts) 8 Ex-U.S. DE Type. “Babitonga” Class BABITONGA (ex-Alger) BENAVENTE ( ex-Christopher) BAEPENDI ( ex-Cannon) BERTIOGA (ex-Pennewill) BAURU ( ex-Reybold ) BOCAINA (ex-Marts) BEBERIBE (ex-Herzog) BRACUI (ex-McAnn) Displacement: 1,240 tons standard (1,900 tons full load) Dimensions: 306 (o.a.)X 37 X lOf (mean) 12 (max.) feet 3—3 inch (dual purpose),2—40 mm., 8—20 mm. Guns: Tubes: 3—21 inch A/S weapons: D.C.T. Machinery: Diesel-electric tandem-motor drive. 4 General Electric diesels and 2 electric motors. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 6,000=21 kts. (19 kts. in service) Oil fuel: 300 tons ' Radius: 1 1,500 miles at 11 kts. Complement: 218 Name Laid down Babitonga 2 Jan. 1943 Baependi 14 Nov. 1942 Bauru 17 May 1943 Beberibe 17 May 1943 Benavente 7 Dec. 1942 Bertioga 26 Apr. 1943 Bocaina 26 Apr. 1943 Bracui 3 May 1943 Launched Completed 1943 12 Nov. 1943 25 May 1943 26 Sep. 1943 22 Aug. 1943 I I Oct. 1943 5 Sep. 1943 6 Oct. 1943 June 1943 23 Oct. 1943 8 May 1943 15 Sep. 1943 8 Aug. 1943 3 Sep. 1943 5 Sep. 1943 24 Sep. 1943 Notes Ex-American Destroyer Escorts of the “ Bostwick ” class, formerly DE 101, DE 99, DE 177, DE 178, DE 100, DE 175, DE 174 and DE 179, respectively. Built by Dravo, Welmington, BABITONGA 1910, Brazilian Navy, Official Del. (Babitonga and Baependi) and Federal, Port Newark 6, 1,8,3. respectively, to DI6, DI7, DI8, D19, D20, D2I, (othersix). 1 ransferred from the U.S. Navy in 1944. Desig- D22, and D23. nated CTe. Pennant Nos. were changed from BE 7, 5, 4, 2, SUBMARINES (Submarinos) 2 Ex-U.S. ” Gato ” Class HUMAITA (ex-U.S.S. Muskallunge) RIACHUELO (ex-U.S.S. Paddle) Name: Humaita Pennant Nos: S 14 Builders: Electric Boat Co. Laid down: 7 Apr. 1942 Launched: 13 Dec. 1942 Completed: 15 Mar. 1943 Riachuelo S 15 Electric Boat Co; I May 1942 30 Dec. 1942 29 Mar. 1943 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: Complement: 1,525 tons standard, 1,816 tons surface (2,425 tons submerged) 31 If x27x 17 feet I—5 inch, 25 cal., 2—40 mm. AA. 10—21 inch (6 bow, 4 stern) General Motors 2-stroke diesels. B.H.P.: 6,500=21 kts. (surface); Allis Chalmers electric motors: H.P.: 2,750= 10 kts. ( submerged ) 85 HUMAITA I960, Brazilian Navy, Official General Notes Former United States submarines of the “ Gato ” Class loaned to Brazil for five years under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program, after completion of overhaul at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Jan. 1957. Have two engine rooms to reduce size of compartments. Recent Disposals The three ex-Italian submarines of the “ Tupi ” class, Tamoia, Timbira and Tupi, were officially removed from the list in I960. , JOSE BONIFACIO 1957, brazilian Navy, Official JOSE BONIFACIO ( ex-ltapema) Displacement: 1,300 tons Dimensions: 270X42X I4f eet Guns: 2—4 inch, 2—6pdr. Machinery: Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 540=9 kts. Complement: 152 Notes Built by Ailsa S.B. Co., Troon. Launched in 1909. Transport employed as survey ship. Pennant No. V 2. Recent Disposals The old surveying vessel Rio Branco (ex-Ruth, ex-Margaret), launched in 1914, was officially removed from the list in 1958. The destroyer depot and repair ship Be/monte, rated as torpedeiros depot and navio tender, was officially removed from the list in I960. PIRANHA 1950, Official 5 “ p ” Class. Rated as Caga-submarinos PIRAJU (PI) PIRANHA (P3) PIRAQUE (P4) PIRAMBU (P2) PIRAPIA (P5) Displacement: 130 tons standard Dimensions: 128 X 19^x6 feet Guns: I—40 mm. AA., 3—20 mm. AA. A/S weapons: 30 D.C. Machinery: Diesels. 3 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,890 = 20 kts. Complement: 30 General Notes Motor launches. All launched in 1947-48. Built at Rio de Janeiro. The hulls are of wooden construction. Recent Disposal Sister boat Pirauna, P 6, was officially removed from the list in I960. LANDING CRAFT Notes Ishikawajima Heavy Industries Co., Tokio, have built 28 LCVP for the Brazilian Navy, 10 “ Angostura ” Class Added 1958, Official ANGOSTURA BAHIANA CABOCLO Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: FORTE DE COIMBRA I IGUATEMY I IMPERIAL MARINHEIRO 911 tons standard I84x30^x I If feet I—4 inch, 4—40 mm. AA. 2 Sulzer diesel engines. B.H.P.: 2,160=16 kts. 135 tons MEARIM PURUS SOLIMOES YPIRANGA General Notes All built in the Netherlands, launched in 1954-55, and incorporated into the Brazilian Navy in 1955. Photograph Notes Photograph of Imperial Marinheiro in the 1956-57 and 1957-58 editions. Recent Disposals The three ex-British trawlers rated as corvetas and navios-faroleiros of the " Felipe Camarao ” class, Felipe Camarao, Henrique Dias and Vidal Negreiros; the five minelayers rated as corvetas and mineiros of the “ Carioca ” class, Cabedelo, Camocim, Camanea, Caravelas £and Carioca; and the four ex-American patrol vessels rated as caca-submarinos, Graju, Grauna, Guajara and Gurupi, were all officially removed from the list in I960. PARNAIBA Displacement: 620 tons standard Dimensions: 180? (o.a.), 178? (pp.)x33?x5 feet (max. draught) Guns: I—3 inch, 50 cal.; 2—47 mm., 2—40 mm. AA. (single), 6—20 mm. AA. Armour: 3" side and partirl deck protection Machinery: 2 sets vertical triple expansion by John I. Thornycroft & Co. Ltd., Southampton. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 1,300= 12 kts. Boilers: 2, of 3-drum type, working pressure 250 lb. Oil fuel: 70 tons Complement: 90 Notes Built at Rio de Janeiro. Laid down on 11 June 1936, Launched in Sep. 1937, and completed in Nov. 1937. In Matto Grosso Flotilla. Pennant Bo. P 2. Re-armed in I960 (see guns above). For former armament see 1959-60 edition. Displacement: 430 tons standard Dimensions: 146? X 34i X 5 feet Guns: I—3 inch, 50 cal,; 2—47 mm., 2—40 mm. AA. (single), 6—20 mm. AA. Machinery: 2 sets triple expansion, by J. S. White & Co. Ltd., Cowes I.H.P.: 1,100=13 kts. Boilers: 2, of 3-drum type Oil fuel: 40 tons Complement: 71 Notes Built at Rio de Janeiro. Launched on 22 Dec. 1938. In Matto Grosso Flotilla. Pennant No P 3. Re-armed in I960 (see guns above). For former armament see 1959-60 edition. Boilers: Oil fuel: Complement: PARAGUA<£U (ex-Victoria, ex-Espirito Santo) PARAGUAgU 1940, Official CANOPUS 1958, Ishikawajima Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. 2 Frigate Type CANOPUS SIRIUS Displacement: 1,463 tons standard Measurement: 1,600 tons gross Dimensions: 236£ (pp.), 246 (w./.), 255f (o.a.) x39£xl2yfeet Guns: I—3 inch AA., 4—20 mm. M.G. Machinery: Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 2,700= 15 kts. Complement: 102 Notes Built by Ishikawajima Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., Tokio, Japan. Fitted with a helicopter platform aft. Special surveying apparatus, echo sounders, Raydist equipment, sounding machines are installed, and a helicopter, landing craft (LCVP), jeep, and surveying launches are carried. The propellers are of the controllable pitch type. All living and working spaces are air-conditioned. 3 New Construction (Coastal Type) ARGUS ORION TAURUS Displacement: 250 tons standard (300 tons full load) Dimensions: 138 (pp.), 147? (o.a.) X20 feet Machinery: 2 diesels coupled to two propeller shafts. B.H.P.: 1,200=15 kts. Oil fuel: 35 tons Notes All built by Arsenal da Marinha in Rio de Janeiro and incorporated into the Navy on the effective list on the dates shown as completed in the table below. Name Argus Orion Taurus Laid down 12 Dec. 1955 12 Dec. 1955 12 Dec. 1955 Launched 6 Dec. 1957 5 Feb. 1958 7 Jan. 1958 Completed 29 Jan. 1959 II June 1959 23 Apr. 1959 Pennant No.: Name Laid down Launched Completed H 22 H 21 Canopus Sirius 13 Dec. 1956 20 Nov. 1957 15 Mar. 1958 13 Dec. 1956 30 July 1957 27 Dec. 1957 OILERS ( Navios-Tanques) 2 New Construction MATARIPE (BO I) PAULO AFONSO (BA I) Notes Mataripe is an oiler and Paulo Afonso is a water tanker. Near sisters. Launched in 1957. RIJO ( ex-Gualula, ex-AOG 28) RAZA ( ex-Klaskanine, ex-AOG 63) Displacement: 2,228 tons full load Dimensions: 217*X37X7 feet Machinery: Diesel engines. B.H.P.: 850=9 kts. Capacity: 1,500 tons Complement: 41 General Notes Former American petrol carriers (gasoline tankers), Both built at East Coast Shipyards, Bayonne, N.J., U.S.A. U.S.M.C. type TI-M-A2. Photograph Notes A photograph of Rijo appears in the 1950-51 to 1959-60 editions. Pennant No. Name Laid down Launched Completed Rl Rija 24 Apr. 1944 3 June 1944 19 Aug. 1944 R 2 Raza 21 Dec. 1944 3 Feb. 1945 26 Feb. 1945 COMANDANTE GARCIA D’AVILA (ex-YO 71) Displacement: 1,400 tons Dimensions: 176*X32x 15 feet Machinery: One Fairbanks Morse diesel engine, 5 cylinders, 2 cycle. B.H.P.: 500=10 kts. Notes Former American yard oiler. Built in 1943. Purchased from the U.S. Navy in 1947. POTENGI Displacement: 600 tons Dimensions: 175* (pp.), 178* (o.a.)x24*x6 feet Machinery: Diesel engines, 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 550= 10 kts. Oil: 450 tons Complement: 19 Notes Built at the Papendrecht yard in the Nederlands. Launched on 16 Mar. 1938. Employed in the Matto Grosso Flotilla on river service. Recent Disposals The ex-American oiler llha Grande (ex-Silver Star Park, ex-Santa Cecilia ) was officially removed from the list in I960. 2,228 tons full load 217* X 37X7 feet Diesel engines. B.H.P.: 850=9 kts. 1,500 tons 41 600 tons 175* (pp.), 178* (o.o.) X24* X 6 feet Diesel engines, 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 550=10 kts. 450 tons 19 TUGS ( Rebocadores ) 3 Ex-U.S. ATA Type TRIDENTE ( ex-ATA 235) TRITAO ( ex-ATA 234) TRIUNFO ( ex-ATA 236) Displacement: 534 tons (835 tons full load ) Dimensions: I33| (w./.), 143 (o.a./ X33f X 13* feet Machinery: G.M. diesel-electric. H.P.: 1,500=13 kts. General Notes All built by Gulfport Boiler & Welding Works, Inc., Port Arthur, Texas, and launched in 1954. Ex-U.S. ATRs. Pennant Nos. Tridente, R 2, Tritao, R I, Trifuno, R 3. Photograph Notes Photograph of Tridente in the 1950-51 to 1957-58 editions. 6 Holland-Nautic Type AUDAZ GUARANI PASSO DA PATRIA CENTAURO LAMEGO VOLUNTARIO Measurement: 130 tons gross Dimensions: 82 (pp.) 90* (o.a.) X 23* x7* (fore), I* (aft) feet Machinery: Wumag-diesel motor. B.H.P.: 750= 11 kts. Notes All built at HcMand-Nautic Yard, Haarlem, Netherlands in 1953. Small but powerful tugs of a new type for the Brazilian Navy. ANIBAL MEN DON g A (ex-Times, ex-St. Keyne) Displacement: 570 tons Dimensions: 135X30X 14* feet Guns: 2—3 pdr. Machinery: I.H.P.: 1,200=12 kts. (present best speed 10 kts. Coal: 240 tons Complement: 45 Notes Launched in 1919. Former British tug of the “ Saint ” class transferred to the Brazilian Navy. LAURINDO PITTA LOMBA Displacement: 514 tons Dimensions: I30X26X 15 feet Machinery: Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 850= I I kts. Notes Laurindo Pitta was built in Great Britain by Vickers. Launched in 1910. ANTONIO JOAO Displacement: 80 tons Dimensions: 75*Xl7*x6f Machinery: Fairbanks Morse diesel engine, 6 cylinder, 2 cycle. B.H.P.: 180 Notes Formerly classed as aviso. General utility craft for river service. ALMIRANTE JULIO DE NORONHA ALMIRANTE WADENKOLK Displacement: 75 tons Displacement: 350 tons Machinery: S.H.P.: 600 Recent Disposals The tug Mono Alves was officially removed from the list in I960. TRAINING SHIPS ( Navios-Escolas) ALBATROS (ex-Wishbone) Displacement: 100 tons Dimensions: 82*xl7fx—feet Machinery: Diesel engine for auxiliary propulsion. B.H.P.: 85=5 kts. Sail area: 3,000 square feet Notes British auxiliary two-masted schooner yacht sold to the Brazilian Navy as a training ship. Employed as Naval College Training Yacht, 'ialiast (lead keel): 28 tons. Recent Disposal The ex-German sail training ship (navios-escolas) Guonabara (ex-Albert Leo Schlageter) was officially removed from the list in I960. SOARES DUTRA 1958, Ishikawajima Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. 4 “ Pereira ” Class ARY PARREIRAS CUSTODIO DE MELLO BARROSO PEREIRA SOARES DUTRA Displacement: Measurement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: 4,800 tons standard (7,300 tons full load) 4,200 tons deadweight, 4,879 tons gross (Panama) 362 (pp.), 391* (o.o.) x 52* x 20* feet (max.) 8—40 mm. AA. 2 sets Ishikawajima all impulse 2 cylinder cross compound double reduction geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 4,800 = 17 67 kts. (sea speed 15 kts.) 2 Ishikawajima two drum water tube type, oil fuel 127 (Troop capacity 1,972) General Notes All built in Japan by Ishikawajima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., Tokio. Transports and cargo vessels. Flush deckers with forecastle and long poop. Elevator type helicopter landing platform laid on aft. Normal troop carrying capacity for 497 personnel, with commensu r ate medical, hospital and dental facilities. All working and living quarters are mechanically ventilated with partial air conditioning. Refrigerated cargo space of 15,500 cubic feet. Can carry 4,000 tons of cargo. Barroso Periera and Custodio de Mello were incorporated into the Brazilian Navy on 22 Mar. 1955 and 8 Feb. 1955 respectively. Photograph Notes Photograph of Custodio de Mello in the 1956-57 and 1957-58 editions. Name Laid down Ary Parreiras 13 Dec. 1955 Barroso Pereira 13 Dec. 1953 Custodio de Mello 13 Dec. 1953 Soares Dutra 13 Dec. 1955 Launched Completed 24 Aug. 1956 29 Dec. 1956 10 Aug. 1954 I Dec. 1954 10 June 1954 30 Sep. 1954 13 Dec. 1956 23 Mar. 1957 Recent Disposals The old transport Almirante Frontin (ex-ltassuce) was officially removed from the list in 1958. The ex-American dual purpose transport and training ship Duque de Caxias, U 11 (ex- Orizaba, AP 24) was officially removed from the list in I960. 108 BRAZIL—River Gunboats, Transports, Training Ships, Oilers, Tugs RIVER GUN BOATS (Avisos) Training Ships —continued ALMIRANTE SALDANHA Displacement: Dimensions Guns: Tubes: Total sail area: Machinery: Radius of action: Complement: 3,325 tons standard (3,825 tons full load) /mm \ -3r»7± l r. \ vCI v IQi 262 (pp.), 307* (o.a.) X 52 X 18* feet (mean draught) 4—4 inch, I—3 inch AA., 4—3 pdr., I —13 mm. AA., 2 M.G. I—21 inch 25,990 sq. ft. Auxiliary diesel engine. B.H.P.: 1,400=11 kts. (12 kts. reached on trials) 12,000 miles 356+ 100 midshipmen and cadets Notes Built in the Nederlands in 1955-56. Officially classified as avisos. General Notes Built by John I. Thornycroft & Co. Ltd., Southampton. Launched in 1907. In Matto Grosso Flotilla. Re-armed in I960. Photograph Notes A photograph of Oiapoque appears in the 1953-54 to 1959-60 editions. RIO DAS CONTAS RIO DOCE RIO FORMOSO RIO REALE RIO VERDE Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: 150 tons standard 121* X 21* X 9* feet Diesel. B.H.P.: 450= 15 kts. OIAPOQUE (ex-Amapa, exCidade de Belem) ; ; RIO DAS CONTAS Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boiler: Coal: Complement: 195 tons standard 130 (pp.), 137 (o.a.) X 18 X 6 f eet 2—20 mm. AA. Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 450= 14 kts. I Babcock watertube 51 tons 51 Added 1958, Official Notes Built by Vickers Armstrongs, Ltd., Barrow. Launched on 19 Dec. 1933. Cost £314,500. Instructional minelaying gear is included in equipment. Pennant No. NE I. Photograph Notes A photograph of Almirante Saldanha appears in the 1952-53 to 1959-69 editions. BULGARIA 109 BULGARIA DESTROYERS I Ex-U.S.S.R. "Otlichnyi” Type GEORGI DIMITROV (ex-Russian) Displacement: 1,800 tons standard (2,650 tons full load) Dimensions: 387& (o.o.)x 36£x 12* feet Guns: 4—5-1 inch, 55 cal. (twin mounts), 2—3 inch AA., 6—37 mm. AA. Tubes: 8—21 inch A/S Weapons: 4 D.C.T. Mines: 68 to 80 Machinery: Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 60,000 = 38 kts. Boilers: 3 Oil fuel: 500 tons Complement: 250 GEORGI DIMITROV 1960, Mr. P. H. Silverstone Notes Former Russian destroyer of the “ Otlichnyi ” class. Built by Marti Nikolaiev. Launched in 1943. Bulgaria is reported to have received at least one other destroyer from the U.S.S.R. I Ex-.US.S.R. “ Novik ” Type Ex-ZHELYEZNYAKOV (ex-Petrovski, ex-Korfu) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 1,350 tons standard (1,600 tons full load) 303^X29^X9 feet 3—3*9 inch, 2—37 mm. AA. Turbine. S.H.P.: 29,000=26 kts. 5 390 tons 1,800 miles at 22 kts. 200 Notes Ex-Russian Zhelyeznyakov of the old (1912) “ Novik ” type of destroyers. Built at Nikolaiev. Launched in 1917. Com¬ pleted in 1925. Transferred to Bulgaria in 1950. Ex-ZHELYEZNYAKOV Official FRIGATES PATROL VESSELS MOTOR TORPEDO BOATS 4 “Riga” Class Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: A/S weapons: Mines: Machinery: 950 tons standard (1,200 tons full load) 278*x29±Xl0feet 3—3-9 inch AA., 4—37 mm. AA. 3—21 inch 4 D.C.T. 50 Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 24,000=27 kts. Notes Reported to have been transferred from the Russian Navy. SUBMARINES 2 SC Type BELOMORETZ (ex-French C 27) CHERNOMORETZ (ex-C 80) Displacement : Guns: Machinery: Fuel: Radius: Complement: 77 tons |_47 mm., 2 M.G. 3 sets of 220 B.H.P. standard petrol motors, totalling 660 B.H.P.= 17 kts. 9 tons 700 miles at 10 kts. 26 3 Coastal Type M i M 2 M 3 Displacement: 205 tons surface (256 tons submerged) Dimensions: I47xl0£x8£ feet Guns: I— 37 mm. Tubes: 2—21 inch Machinery: Diesels. B.H.P.: 800=13 kts. surface. Electric motors. H.P.: 400 =8 kts. submerged Oil fuel: 18 tons Radius: 3,400 miles at 8 kts. Notes Bulgaria is reported to have acquired three Soviet M II type submarines. Notes Former submarine chasers built in the United States in 1917-18. Both purchased from France in 1922. There are also Rila and another vessel. Both launched 1941. Displacement 200 tons. 3 MS Type DERZKI KHRABRI STROG1 I 5 PA 2 Type Displacement: 40 tons Guns: 4—25 mm. AA. Machinery: Speed = 40 kts. Notes Former Russian fast patrol boats of the PA2 type. Built in 1950. No. 3 (ex-S 201) No. 4 (ex-S 202) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: Complement: 35 tons 70x20x4 feet 1— 20 mm. 2— 21 inch 3 sets Rolls Royce petrol motors. B.H.P.: 3,000=45 kts. 9 Notes Former German Schnellboote. Built by Werft Gusto, Schiedam, Holland (1940). British Power Boat Company type. No. 2 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: Complement: 60 tons 92 X I4f X5* feet 1— 20 mm. AA. 2— 21 inch 3 Mercedes-Benz motors. B.H.P.: 3,150 = 34 kts. 18 MINESWEEPERS 4 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: M 35 Type 717 tons standard (874 tons full load) 223 X27*x8± feet 2—4-1 inch, 2—37 mm. AA., 8—20 mm. AA. 2 Lenz triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 3,200=18 kts. 2 high pressure Wagner 143 tons 5,000 miles at 10 kts. 100 Notes Former German fleet minesweepers of the M boat 35 type. Built in 1940. Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Coal: Complement: 100 tons I26*XI3*X8£ feet 2—47 mm., I M.G. I shaft. Designed H.P.: 2,000= 26 kts. (actual max. 18 kts.) Du Temple 27 tons 23 Notes Former German Schnellboote. Built by Lurssen, Vege- sack. Launched 1939. No. I was a war loss while in German hands. TRAINING VESSELS ASSEN Notes Creusot boats. Built in sections by Schneider, Chalon- sur-Saone, in France, reassembled at Varna, 1907-08. Origin¬ ally torpedo boats with 2—18-inch tubes. Reported to be refitted for minesweeping. It is reported that Bulgaria has also acquired a number of •x-German M-boats. Displacement: 240 tons Guns: 2—65 mm., I M.G. Machinery: H.P.: 120=7 kts. Notes Auxiliary sail training vessel. Launched 1912. Refitted 1933-34. There is also the Kamcia, launched 1898. Refitted 1925. Speed, 10 kts. 110 BURMA—Frigate, Ocean Minesweeper, Motor Torpedo Boats, Gunboats BURMA Administration Vice-Chief of Staff, Defence Services (Navy): Commodore Than Pe. Naval Attache in London: Colonel Thein Maung. Personnel I960; 3,000 officers and ratings, including reserves FRIGATE I Ex-British “River” Class MAYU (ex-H.M.S. Fal) Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd., South Bank-on-Tees 20 May 1942 9 Nov. 1942 2 July 1943 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Fuel: Complement: 1,460 tons standard, 2,170 tons full load 283 (pp.), 30 1* (o.o.) X 36f X 12 feet 2—4 inch D.P., 4—40 mm. AA. Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 5,500=19 kts. 2, of 3-drum type 440 tons 140 Notes “ River ” class frigate. Acquired from Great Britain in 1947. MAYU Added 1954, Burmese Navy, Official ESCORT MINESWEEPER I Ex-British “Algerine” Class YAN MYO AUNG (ex-H.M.S. Mariner, M 380, ex- Kincardine ) Builders: Laia down: Launched: Completed: Port Arthur Shipyards, Canada 26 Aug. 1943 9 May 1944 23 May 1945 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Radius: Complement: 1,040 tons standard (1,335 tons full load) 225 (pp.), 235 (o.o.) X 35* X I ly (max.) feet I—4 inch 4—40 mm. AA. Triple Expansion. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 2,000= 16-5 kts. 2, of 3-drum type 4,000 miles 140 Notes Formerly of the fastest and most efficient class of ocean minesweepers in the British Navy, which were of the corvette type and were frequently used as escort vessels. Mariner was transferred from Great Britain in 1957 with Burma paying the —BIB YAN MYO AUNG 1958, Wright & Logan cost of reactivation at H.M. Dockyard, Sheerness. The ship and renamed Yan Myo Aung, on 18 Apr. 1958. She is fitted was actually handed over to Burma in the Pool of London for minelaying and can carry 16 mines, eight on each side. MOTOR TORPEDO BOATS GUNBOATS T 201. courtesy Saunders-Roe (Anglesey) Limited 5 British MTB/MGB Convertible Type T 201 (ex-PTS 101) T 203 (ex-PTS 103) T 205 (ex-PTS 105) T 202 ex-PTS 102) T 204 (ex-PTS 104) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: Complement: 50 tons standard (64 tons full load) 67 (pp.), 7 1 i (o.a.) X 19i X 6 (max.) feet fas gunboat) i—4-5 inch, I —-40 mm. AA. (as torpedo boat) 4—21 inch with 2—20 mm. AA. (twin) 2 Napier Deltic diesels. S.H.P.: 5,000=42 kts. 13 Notes Saunders Roe (Anglesey) Ltd. received from the British Admiralty the order for these interchangeable motor torpedo boats/motor gunboats for delivery to the Burmese Govern¬ ment. These convertible craft are of aluminium construction, having a riveted skin and a riveted aluminium alloy framework. As well as main engines, auxiliary power is also provided by diesels. The Saunders-Roe slow-speed electric drive is fitted to facilitate manoeuvring in the confined inland waters where the craft may be required to operate. Armament and layout of the vessels are similar to the British Admiralty fast patrol boats of the “ Dark ” Class. The order, including engines, equipment and spares, amounted to over £ 1,800,000. T20I was launched on 24 Mar. 1956. All completed 1956-57. INLAY 1950, Burmese Navy, Official 4 Ex-British LCG (M) Type IN DAW INLAY INMA INYA Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: 381 tons I54± (o.o.)X 22^X7| feet 2—25 pdr., 2—20 mm. AA. Paxman Ricardo. 12 T.P.M. Vee-type diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,000= 13 kts. 39 Notes Former British LCG(M) type vessels—landing craft, gun, medium. Employed as gunboats. Boom Defence Vessel Notes The former British “ Bar ” class boom defence vessel Barstroke, which had been on loan to the Rangoon Port Commission since 1946, was returned to the Royal Navy at Singapore at the end of 1959 and put up for sale. Recent Disposals The former British 105 ft. motor minesweeper MA4S 197 was decommissioned in 1957. Her sister ship MMS 201 was stricken from the Navy List in 1956. BURMA ( continued ), CAMBODIA III MOTOR GUNBOATS RIVER GUNBOAT S MGB 1467 A tided 1950, Burmese Navy, Official 6 Ex-British HDML Type MGB 1272 MGB 1304 MGB 1456 MGB 1462 MGB 1478 MGB 1306 Displacement: 46 tons (54 tons full load) Dimensions: 72 (o.a.)X I5fx5i feet Guns: 2—20 mm. AA. except MGB 1456, I—2 pdr.,1—20 mm. AA. Machinery: Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 320=10 kts. Notes Ex-British harbour defence motor launches of same numbers. MGB 1299, MGB 1369, MGB 1467, MGB 1477, and MGB I486 were decommissioned in 1957. 10 Ex-United States CGC Type MGB III MGB 113 MGB 115 MGB 117 MGB 119 MGB 112 MGB 114 MGB 116 MGB 118 MGB 120 Displacement: 102 tons Dimensions: 95xl8x5.eet Guns: 2—40 mm. Bofors QF. Machinery: 4 General Motors Diesels. 2 shafts .B.H.P.: 2,200 = 21 (max.) kts. (2 stroke, 6 cylinder. 2 engines on each shaft, tandem geared, I L.H. and I R.H. drive. 550 H.P. each) Complement: 15 Notes Two of these ten United States Coast Guard type Cutters were transferred to Burma under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program in 1959. These shallow draught patrol craft were acquired for use as small gunboats to assist the Burmese Government in patrolling the navigable river systems of Burma. It is reported that others will follow these two. Built or building in the U.S.A. Recent Disposals The nine83ft.ex-U.S.C.G. type cutters, MGB 101, 102, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109 and 110 MGB 103 was lost due to foundering off the Fenessarin coast in heavy seas in 1956) are reported to be scrapped. It is reported that Burma will build hulls for nine new patrol craft to replace the nine that were scrapped. 10 New Construction Patrol Type Displacement: 100 tons Dimensions: 104 (o.a.)x 24x2? (max.) feet Guns: I—40 mm. AA.; 2—20 mm. AA. Machinery: 2 Mercedes Benz diesels. B.H.P.: 1,000=14 kts. Complement: 30 Notes These ten new river gunboats for the Burmese Navy built at Pula, Yugoslavia, arrived in Burma in Jan.-Feb. I960. They are of steel construction, having a riveted skin and lramework. 1 1 SHWEPAZUN 1952, Burmese Navy, Official 9 Converted Type HINTHA SAGU SETKYA SHWEPAZUN SABAN SEINDA SETYAHAT SHWETHIDA SINMIN Displacement: 98 tons Dimensions: 94£X22X4£ feet Guns: 6—20 mm. A A. Machinery: Crossley ERL.—6 diesel. B.H.P.: 160=12 kts. Complement: 32 Notes Nine river gunboats are river steamers leased from Inland Water Transportation Board and converted to gunboats. Two river gunboats commenced in 1952 at Dawbon Government Dockyard, Rangoon, In March, 1956 hulls were transported to Dalla Dockyard for completion. Six more river gunboats are planned for construction at Rangoon Naval Workshop. TUG TUSA 133 Notes On loan to the Burmese Navy from Great Britain since 1950. At Rangoon. Marine Royale Khmere The Marine Royale Khmere was established on 20 April, 1954. CAMBODIA Administration Chief of Naval Operations: Commander (Capitaine de Fregate) Pierre Coldes. Personnel I960: Navy: 1,200 officers and men. Marine Corps: 152 officers and men.. E 312 I960, United States Navy, Official E 311 (ex-Flamberge, P 631, ex-PC 1086) E 312 (ex-L’ Inconstant, P 636, ex-PC 1171) Displacement: 325 tons standard (400 tons full load) Dimensions: 170 (w./.), I73f (o.a.)X23x6^ feet Guns: I—3 inch d.p., I—40 mm. AA., 5—20 mm. AA. Machinery: 2 General Motors diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 3,600=20 kts. (18 kts. sea speed) Oil fuel: 62 tons Radius: 6,000 miles at 10 kts. Complement: 60 Former American submarine chasers of the PC type. Transferred from the United States Navy to the French Navy in 1951 and served in Indo-China. Transferred to the Marine Royale Khmere in 1955-56. Built of steel. LANDING CRAFT Pill (ex-LS/L 9039, ex-LSIL 875) Displacement: 230 tons standard (387 tons full load) Dimensions: 169 x 23| X 5f feet Guns: I—3 inch, I—40 mm. AA., 2—20 mm. AA. Machinery: 2 General Motors diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,320= 14 kts. Complement: 58 Former American infantry landing ship of the LSIL type. Transferred from the United States Navy to the French Navy on 2 Mar. 1951 and stationed in Indo-China. Transferred to the Marine Royale Khmere in 1957. There are also ex-LCU 9073 and ex-LCU 9089, 7 landing craft (LCM), 39 armoured craft (LCVP), 2 patrol boats (YP) and 6 auxiliaries (YAG). ex-LCT 9085 (ex-622) Displacement: Machinery: Complement: ex-LCT 9091 (ex-720) 160 tons standard (320 tons full load) 105 (w./.), 119 (o.a.) X 32f x 5 feet I—40 mm. AA., 4—20 mm. AA. Gray diesels. 3 shafts. B.H.P.: 675=8 kts. 13 Former American tank landing craft of the LCT (6) type. Transferred from the United States Navy to the French N avy for service in Indo-China. Transferred from the French Navy to the Marine Royale Khmere in 1956-57. There are also ex-U.S.S. YTL 555 and ex-U.S.S. YTL 556, and ex-VP 748, 749 and 762 of the British HDML type, transferred in 1956 by the French. 112 CHILE—Administration, Silhouettes, Cruisers CHILE Administration Minister of National Defence: Senor Carlos Vial. Chief of the Naval Staff: Contra Almirante Roul Rudolphy. Personnel I960: 13,000 officers and men. Commander-in-Chief of the Navy: Vice Almirante Leopoldo Fontaine. Head of the Chilean Naval Mission in Great Britain and Naval Attache in London: Capitan de Navio Arturo Oxley. Mercantile Marine Lloyd’s Register of Shipping 105 vessels of 231,727 tons gross Silhouettes Scale: 150 feet= I inch PRAT SERRANO Class BAQUEDANO Class CRUISERS ( Cruceros) 2 44 Prat ” Class O’HIGGINS ( ex-Brooklyn) PRAT ( ex-Nashville) Name: O’Higgins Prat Builders: New York New York Navy Yard S.B. Co. Laid down: 12 Mar. 1935 24 Jan. 1935 Launched : 30 Nov. 1936 2 Oct. 1937 Completed: 18 July 1938 25 Nov. 1938 Displacement: Prat: 10,000 tons standard (13,500 tons full load) O'Higgins: 9,700 tons standard (13,000 tons full load) Dimensions: Length: 608^ (o.o.) feet. Beam: 69 feet. Draught: 24 feet {max.) Guns: 15—6 inch, 47 caL; 8—5 inch, 25 cal; 28—40 mm. AA.; 24—20 mm. A A. Aircraft: 4 (normal capacity) see notes Armour: 4"-1 belt, 3"+ 2" decks, 5"-3" turrets, 8" C.T. Machinery: Westinghouse geared turbines. 4 shafts. S.H.P.: 100,000=32-5 kts. Boilers: 8 Babcock & Wilcox Express type Oil fuel: 2,100 tons Radius: 14,500 miles at 15 kts. Complement: General Notes 888 to 975 (peace) Formerly CL 40 and CL 43, respectively, of the U.S. “ Brooklyn ” Class. Purchased from the United States in 1951 at a cost representing 10 per cent of their original cost ($37,000,000) plus the expense of reconditioning them. Hangar Notes The hangar in the hull right aft could accommodate 6 aircraft if necessary together with engine spares and duplicate parts, though 4 aircraft is the normal capacity. The existence of this hangar resulted in a very wide and nearly flat counter and high freeboard aft and also gave the after guns higher command. Above the hangar two catapults were mounted as far outboard as possible, and a revolving crane was placed at the stern extremity overhanging the aircraft hatch. Note to Drawing Port elevation and plan. Scale: 128 feet= I inch. * O'HIGGINS (see previous page) courtesy Dr. Nestor Capetillo P. DESTROYERS ( Destructores ) I960, courtesy Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness, Builders ALMIRANTE WILLIAMS 2 New Construction ALMIRANTE RIVEROS (12 Dec. 1958) ALMIRANTE WILLIAMS (5 May 1958) Displacement: 2,730 tons standard (3,300 tons full load ) Dimensions: 402 (o.a.) X 43 X 13^ (max.) feet Guns: 4—4 inch AA.; 6—40 mm. AA. Tubes: 5—21 inch A/S weapons: 2 squid three-barrelled mortars Machinery: Vickers-built Parsons geared tur¬ bines of Pametrada design. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 54,000=34-5 kts. Boilers: 2, Range: 6,000 miles Complement: 266 General Notes Chilean naval headquarters announced in Santiago in Jan. 1954, that two modern destroyers were to be purchased from Great Britain. Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. received the order from the Chilean Government in May 1955. The layout and general arrangements are strictly conventional, with two funnels. Bunks are fitted for the entire crew. Launch dates above. Completed in I960. Gunnery Notes The main armament is disposed in four single mountings, two superimposed forward and two aft. The 4-inch guns are entirely automatic with a range of 12,500 yards (or over 7 miles) and an elevation of 75 degrees. Operational Notes The Operations Room and other similar spaces are air- conditioned. There are twin rudders for exceptional manoeuvrability. The ventilation and heating systems have been designed to suit the Chilean coastline, extending from the tropics to Cape Horn. The latest type of warship radar is fitted, specially developed for these ships to work in conjunction with new fire control systems developed by Vickers-Armstrongs. Electrical Notes The electrical system is on alternating current. Galleys are all electric. There is widespread use of fluorescent lighting. Degaussing cables are fitted. Fletcher Class Notes It is officially stated by Chilean Naval Headquarters that the delivery of two “ Fletcher ” class destroyers by the U.S.A. is doubtful and they have therefore been deleted. 4 “ Serrano ” Class HYATT ORELLA RIQUELME SERRANO Displacement: 1,090 tons standard (1,430 tons full load) 288* (pp.), 300 (o.a.) X 29 X I2f feet (max.) Dimensions: Guns: 3—4-7 inch, 1—3 inch AA., 3—20 mm. AA., 2 M.G. Tubes: 6—21 inch, in triple deck mountings Machinery: Geared turbines Parsons (Lp.), Brown-Curtis (h.p. and cruising). 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 28,000=35 kts. B filers: 3 Thornycroft 3-drum type Oil fuel: 320 tons Complement: 130 General Notes Fitted for carrying mines. Plating is galvanised throughout, and the hsavy hull scantlings reduce the stresses to even less than those allowed by British Admiralty practice. All exceeded their contract speed on trials. They have exceptionally good accommodation for vessels of their size, and are adapted for service in a wide range of climates. All distinguished by initial letter of name painted on bows. Conversion Notes \ Orella and Serrano were converted into escort destroyers in 1956. The modifications included the stepping of a tripod mast and the fitting of moderrt radar equipment and anti¬ submarine sonar apparatus, extra fuel tanks, etc. Serrano also converted into a DE li ke Orella, was refitted with a short lattice foremast to support new radar in 1955. H ORELLO (after conversion to escort with tripod mast for radar) 1956, Chilean Navy, Official 114 CHILE—Destroyers (continued), Frigates, Corvettes, Submarines Destroyers —continued “ Serrano ” Class — continued Bow Letter H O R S Name Hyatt -) Orella ( Riquelme ( Serrano J Builders All by John I. Thornycroft & Co. Ltd., Southampton Name Laid down Launched Completed Hyatt Orella Riquelme Serrano June 1927 21 July 1928 June 1927 8 Mar. 1928 July 1927 28 May 1928 July 1927 25 Jan. 1928 June 1929 June 1929 July 1929 Sep. 1928 Recent Disposals Sister ships Aldea and Videla were officially removed from the list in 1958. 1959, Chilean Navy, Official SERRANO FRIGATES ( Fragatas) 3 “ Baquedano ” Class BAQUEDANO ( ex-Esmeralda, ex-Glace Bay, ex-Lauzon ) COVADONGA (ex-Seacliff, ex-Megantio) IQUIQUE ( ex-Joliette) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S Weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 1,445 tons standard (2,125 tons full load) 301 x37x 13 feet 2—4 inch AA., 10—20 mm. AA. 6 D.C.T. 2 sets triple expansion. 2 shafts. 1. H.P.: 5,500=20 kts. 2, of 3-drum type 646 tons 9,500 miles at 12 kts. 140 General Notes Purchased from the Royal Canadian Navy in 1946. Esmeralda was renamed Baquedano in 1952. The ships are distinguished by the initial letters of their names: B— Baquedano; C — Covadonga; I— Iquique. Name Builders Baquedano Geo. T. Davie Ltd., Lauzon, P.Q. Covadonga Davie Shipbui'ding Co., Lauzon, P.Q. Iquique Morton Ltd., Quebec City, P.Q. Name Baquedano Covadonga Iquique Launched 26 Apr. 1944 8 July 1944 12 Nov. 1943 Completed 2 Sep. 1944 26 Sep. 1944 14 June 1944 COVADONGA 1957, courtesy Mr. Augustin Ross BAQUEDANO 1955, Chilean Navy, Official CORVETTES ( Corbetas) 3 “ Casma ” Class CASMA ( ex-Stellarton , 27 Apr. 1944) CHIPANA (ex-Strathroy, 15 June 1944) PAPUDO ( ex-Thorlock , 15 May 1944) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: General Notes 1,060 ton s standard (1,340 tons full load ) 193 (pp.), 205 (o.o.)x33£xl4J feet (max.) I—4 inch, 6—20 mm. AA. 4 D.C.T. Triple expansion. 1. H.P.: 2,750=16-5 kts. 2, of 3-drum type 350 tons 7,000 miles at 10 kts. 66 Launch dates above. Completed on 29 Sep. 1944, 20 Nov., 1944, and 13 Nov. 1944, respectively. Built by Morton Ltd., Quebec City, P.Q. (Casma) and Midland Shipyards Ltd., Midland, Ont. (other two). Purchased from the Royal Canadian Navy in 1946. Rated as Corbetas. Chipana actually serves as a surveying vessel. Distinguished by initial letters of their names: C— Casma; CH— Chipana; P— Papudo. 1955, Chilean Navy, Offcial PAPUDO SUBMARINES I “ Balao ” Class Displacement: Dimensions: 1,526 tons standard, 1,816 tons surface (2,425 tons submerged) 31 4x27x17 feet Guns: I—5 inch, 25 cal., d.p., 2—40 mm AA. Tubes: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 10—21 inch (6 bow, 4 stern) G.M. 2-stroke diesels. B.H.P.: 6,500 = 20 kts. (surface). H.P.: 4,610 = 10 kts. (submerged) 300 tons 12,000 miles at 10 kts. 80 Notes It is officially stated that one submarine of the “ Balao ” class is being acquired from the United States instead of two submarines of the “ Gato ” class. To be delivered in 1961. Recent Disposals The old submarines Almirante Simpson and Capitan O’Brien were officially removed from the list in 1958, and their sister ship Capitan Thompson was sold in 1959. Submarine Depot Ship, Coastguard Vessels, Patrol Vessels, Landing Craft, etc.—CHILE 115 SUBMARINE DEPOT SHIP PATROL VESSELS ARAUCANO Added I960, Official LAUTARO 1956, Chilean Navy, Official 3 “ Lautaro ” Class ARAUCANO Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Aircraft: Machinery: Coal: Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., Barrow I Mar. 1929 22 Oct. 1929 Mar. 1930 6,438 tons standard (9,000 tons full load) 390 (pp.), 412* (o.o.) X55* X 16* (mean), 17* (max.) feet 2—4.7 inch, 5—20 mm. AA., 2 M.G. I seaplane Parsons geared turbines. S.H.P.: 2,400= 13 kts. 670 tons Notes Has accommodation for 585 personnel, including crews of attached submarines. Has had a seaplane added to her equipment. LAUTARO (ex-U.S.S. ATA 122, 27 Nov. 1942) LEUCOTON (ex-U.S.S. ATA 200, 8 Sep. 1944) LIENTUR (ex-U.S.S. ATA 177, 5 June 1944) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: Complement: 534 tons standard (835 tons full load) 134* (w./.), 143 (o.o.) X 33f X 13* (max.) feet I—3 inch AA., 2—20 mm. AA. General Motors diesel-electric. S.H.P.: 1,500= 12-5 kts. 187 tons 33 Notes Former United States Navy auxiliary ocean Tugs of the ATA type (“ Maricopa ” class), originally ocean rescue tugs (ATRs), transferred to the Chilean Navy and reclassified as patrol vessels. Launch dates above. Built by Levingstone Shipbuilding Co., Orange, Texas, U.S.A. (Lautaro and Lientur) and Gulfport Boiler & Welding Works, Port Arthur, Texas ( Leucoton ). COASTGUARD VESSELS (Escampavias) General Notes Four or five seagoing patrol craft are included in the new construction and acquisition programme. Coastguard vessels are employed on surveying service. PILOTO SIBBALD Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Boilers: Coal capacity: Complement: 1,100 tons I4l*x28*x 11 feet Triple expansion. 2 screws. I.H.P.: 1,200= 11-5 kts. 2 cylindrical 145 tons 18 General Notes Built by Bow, McLachlan & Co., Paisley. Launched in 1916. Possesses fire-fighting and salvage equipment. During 1916-19 this vessel was taken over by the Royal Navy, in which she served as the Stoic. Re-acquired by Chile in 1920. Classed as coastguard vessel. Photograph Notes Photograph in the 1957-58 edition. Recent Disposals It is officially stated that the old coastguard vessel Yelcho, employed on surveying service was removed from the effective list in 1959. TRAINING SHIP (Buque Escuela) ESMERALDA 1954, Chilean Navy , Official ESMERALDA ( ex-Don Juan de Austria) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Sail area: Machinery: Range: Complement: 3,040 tons standard (3,673 tons full load) 308* (o.o.), 260 (pp.)X 43x23 (max.) feet 2—57 mm. Total 26,910 sq. feet I Fiat Auxiliary Diesel. I shaft. B.H.P.: 1,400=11 kts. 8,000 miles 271 plus 80 cadets General Notes Four-masted schooner completed in 1952. Built in Spain by the Echevarrieta Yard, Cadiz, and originally intended for the Spanish Navy. Transferred to Chile on 12 May, 1953, Near sister ship of Juan Sebastian de Elcano in the Spanish Navy. Similar to the Brazilian trainings, ship Almirante Sadanha. Replaced transport Presidente Pinto as training ship. Recent Disposals The smaller and older training ship (school tender) Vidal Gormaz was withdrawn from service in 1958. The minelayer Orompe/.'o was scrapped in 1957. LANDING CRAFT ( Barcazas) ASPIRANTE GOICOLEA Added 1949, Official ASPIRANTE GOICOLEA ASPIRANTE IZAZA Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Completed: General Notes 743 tons standard (1,095 tons full load) 196* (w./.), 203* (o.o.) X 34* X 7* feet Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 2,800= 12 kts. 60 Former U.S. medium landing craft, Ex-LSM 400, and ex-LSM 295, respectively. Both launched in 1944. Recent Disposals Of two sister ships, the Aspirante Morel was withdrawn from service in 1958, and the Guardiamarina Contreras was removed from the effective list in 1959. EDUARDO LLANOS Added 1949, Official CABO BUSTOS EDUARDO LLANOS Displacement: 230 tons standard (387 tons full load) Dimensions: 159 X 23f X 5f feet Machinery: Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,320=14 kts. General Notes Ex-LCIL 878 and ex-LCIL 1025, respectively. Both launched in 1943. Named after personnel killed in action during the war with Peru and Bolivia, 1879-80. Recent Disposals Sister ships Grumete Bolados, Grumete Diar, Grumete Tellez and Soldado Canaves were with¬ drawn from service in 1958. There are also three small classes of landing craft as follows: 8 of LCP type 22 of LCVP type 2 of LCPL type All the above vessels of the LCP, LCVP and LCPL type were purchased from the U.S. Navy in 1947. SEAGOING TUGS (Remolcadores de Alta Mar) I Ex-U.S. ATF Type YELCHO (ex-U.S.S. Tekesta, ATF 93) Displacement: 1,235 tons standard (1,675 tons full load) Dimensions: 195 (w./.), 205 (o.o.) X 38^ X 12 (mean), 15^ (max .) feet Guns: I—3 inch, 4—40 mm. AA., 2—20 mm. AA. Machinery: 4 sets of diesels with electric drive. B.H.P.: 3,000= 16.5 kts. Complement: 85 Notes Former United States Navy fleet ocean tug of the ATF type (“ Apache ” class) fitted with powerful pumps and other salvage equipment. Launched on 20 Mar. 1943. Leased to Chile by U.S.A. with ARD 32 (auxiliary floating dry-dock) in April I960. Delivered to the Chilean Navy in I960. I “ Huemul ” Class HUEMUL ( ex-Vilumil'a) Displacement: 320 tons Dimensions: 100 (w./.)x22x 13 feet Machinery: Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 650=12 kts. Boiler: I Coal capacity: 35 tons Notes Bu ilt at Valdivia and launched in 1937. Another of the same type, Contramaestre Brit (ex- Pelantaro), was lost. 4 “ Cabrales ” Class CABRALES (24 Oct. 1929) GALVARINO COLOCOLO SOBENES (23 Oct. 1929) Displacement: 790 tons Dimensions: I26|x27x 12 {mean) feet Machinery: Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 1,050=11 kts. Fuel: 130 tons coal (except Cabrales, 135 tons oil) General Notes All built by Bow, McLachlan & Co., Paisley. Launch dates above. Cabrales was converted into an oil burner in 1959 (see capacity above). These ships are classed as coastguard vessels. Recent Disposals Sister ship Janequeo was withdrawn from service in 1958. Photograph Notes Photograph of Galvarino in the 1953-54 to 1957-58 editions. RANCAGUA 1957, Chilean Navy, Official MA3FO RANCAGUA Displacement: 8,225 tons standard Measurement: 3,800 tons gross, 7,715 tons deadweight Dimensions: 365 X 49| X 22£ feet Guns: 2—4 7 inch, 2 M.G. AA. Machinery: Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 4,800=15 kts. Boilers: 4 S.E. Oil fuel: 725 tons Complement: 54 Notes Distinguished by initials of names painted on bows. Names are those of actions during the War of Independence— Maipo on 15 Apr. 1818; Rancagua on I Oct. 1814. Bow Letter Name M Maipo R Rancagua Completed \ Vickers-Armstrongs, /Mar. 1929 Jan. 1930 Mar. 1930 / Ltd., Tyne \Mar. 1929 Nov. 1929 Mar. 1930 \Mar. 1929 PILOTO PARDO Displacement: 1,250 tons light, 2,000 tons standard ( circa 3,000 tons full load) Dimensions: 269X39X 15 feet Aircraft: I helicopter Machinery: 2 diesel-electric. H.P.: 2,000= 14 kts. Complement: 44 (plus 24 passengers) Built by Haarlemsche Scheepsbouw Mij, Haarlem, Netherlands. Antarctic patrol ship, transport, and research vessel with a reinforced hull to navigate in iced zones. For special service in the Southern Ocean. Officially listed as a transport. Delivered in 1959. Recent Disposals It is officially stated that the old transport Pilcomayo was removed from the effective list in 1959. PILOTO PARDO 1960, Chii ean Navy , Official 116 CHILE—Attack Transports, Oilers, Tugs, etc ANGAMOS 1957, Chilean Navy, Official ANGAMOS Built at Aalborg. Laid down on 5 Apr. 1940. Launched in 1941. Delivered in Feb. 1946. Named after the naval victory which, on 8 October 1879, virtually decided the issue of the war against F eru and Bolivia. MICALVI {ex-Boston Lines, ex-Bragi) Small transport and cargo ship. Built by Ostsee Werft, Stettin- Launched in 1925. Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Coal: Complement: 3,800 tons standard 315 (pp.), 340 (o.o.) X 46 X I9f feet Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 2,200=12 kts. 575 tons 72 + 74 passengers or troops Displacement: Measurement: Dimensions: Machinery: 850 tons standard 612 tons gross I8I±X28|X II feet Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 380=9-5 kts. ATTACK TRANSPORTS (Transportes de Ataque) OILERS ALMIRANTE JORGE MONTT Displacement: 9,000 tons standard (17,500 tons full load) Measurement: I 1,800 tons gross, 17,750 tons deadweight Dimensions: 548 X 67| X 30 feet Machinery: Rateau Bretagne geared turbines. I shaft. S.H.P.: 6,300= 14 kts. Boilers: 2 Babcock & Wilcox Radius: 16,500 miles at 14 kts. Notes Naval squadron supply tanker. Built by Ateliers et Chantiers de la Seine Maritime, Le Trait, France. Laid down in 1954. Launched on 14 Jan. 1956. Completed in Mar. 1956. 1955, Chilean Navy, Official PRESIDENTE PINTO ALMIRANTE JORGE MONTT 1958, Chilean Navy, Official PRESIDENTE ERRAZURIZ ( ex-Xenia, AKA 51, 27 June, 1943) PRESIDENTE PINTO {ex-Zenobia, AKA 52, 6 July, 1945) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: 4,100 tons standard (6,744 tons full load) 426 (o.o.) X 58 X 16 {max.) feet I—4-7 inch, 2—3 inch, 8—40 mm. Turbo-electric. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 6,000=17 kts. 2 Wickes 225 {Presidente Pinto) Notes Both built by Walsh-Kaiser. Launch dates above. Purchased from the U.S. Navy in Nov. 1946. Distinguished by E and P painted on hulls. Presidente Errazuriz served as fleet flagship for a time. Presidente Pinto served as a training ship for midshipmen. Destroyers, Frigates—CHINA 117 PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA Shi ips 4 Destroyers 33 Minecraft 17 Frigates 40 Motor Gunboats 24 Submarines 125 M.T.B.s. 4 Escort Vessels 63 Amphibious 27 Submarine Chasers 300 Miscellaneous Personnel I960: Naval, 48,000 officers and ratings I960: Marine, 28,000 officers and men Mercantile Marine Lloyd’s Register of Shipping: 262 vessels of 623,435 tons gross DESTROYERS 4 Ex-Russian CHANG CHUN “ Gordy ” Class FUSHUN Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: A/S weapons: Mines: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Complement: 1.657 tons standard (2,159 tons full load ) 357| (pp.). 377 (o.a.)x33* X 13 feet 4—51 inch, 8—37 mm. A A. 6—21 inch (tripled) 8 D.C.T. 100 Tosi geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 50,000 = 36 kts. 3-drum type 500 tons 250 Notes Of Odero-Terni-Orlando design. All launched in 1936-41. Fitted for minelaying. CHANG CHUN Added I960 Cruiser Notes The old cruiser Kaganovich was reported to have been lent or leased by the U.S.S.R. to the People’s Republic of China. For particulars of this ship, see U.S.S.R. section. The old light cruiser Pei Ching (ex-Huang Ho, ex-Victory, ex-Chungking, ex-H.M.S. Aurora ) is now a mere hulk. For full particulars see 1959-60 and earlier editions. FRIGATES 4 “ Riga ” Class Escorts Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: 1,200 tons standard (1,600 tons full load ) 295 (o.o.) X 31* X 10 feet 3—3-9 d.p. (single mounts); 3—37 mm. AA. 3—21 inch (3 torpedoes) A S weapons: Machinery: Complement: 4 depth charge projectors Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 24,000 = 28 kts. 200 Notes Built in China. First “ Riga ” class escort, launched about 28 Apr. 1956 at Hutung Shipbuilding Factory, Shanghai, had light tripod mast, but was later converted with heavier mast and larger bridge as in the other three. Second “Riga” class vessel built by the same concern was launched on 26 Sep. 1956. Both are fitted with mine rails. Third vessel of this type was built at Shanghai. Second, third and fourth ships are reported to be of the later “ Riga ” class. 2 Ex-Japanese Escort Destroyer Types HUI AN ( ex-Shisaka) Displacement: 940 tons standard (1,020 tons full load) Dimensions: 255 (w./.),258* (o.a.)x30X 10 feet Guns: 2—4-7 inch, 6 M.G. Machinery: 2 Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 4,200=19-5 kts. Radius: 5,000 miles at 16 kts. Complement: 150 Notes Ex-Japanese “ Ukuru ” class escort destroyer. Launched in 1943. Completed in 1945. Repaired after 1950 bombing. Sister ship of Cheng An which is Nationalist. Hui An is ex- Chinese Nationalist name. Was rearmed in 1955 CHANG PAI (ex-Japanese Oki, ex-Chinese Ku An) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Radius: Complement: 870 tons standard (1,020 tons full load) 237| (pp.), 250 (w./.), 255 (o.a.)x30 X 10 feet 2—3-9 inch; 2—45 mm. AA. 60 D.C. 2 Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 4,200 = 19-7 kts. 8,000 miles at 16 kts. 150 CHANG PAI Added 1953, Hajime Fukaya Notes Ex-Japanese Type A or “ Etorofu ” class. Built by Uraga Dock Co. Ltd. Laid down on 27 Feb. 1942. Launched on 20 Oct. 1942. Completed on 31 Mar. 1943. Above is new armament mounted in 1955. One raked funnel, two pole masts with tripod bases. Sister ship of Lin An held by Nationalists. 6 Ex-Japanese Corvette Types CHI AN (ex-No. 85) SHEN YANG (ex-Yuang An, ex-Mukden, ex-No. 81) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Radius: Complement: 745 tons standard (810 tons full load) 2063 (pp.). 216* (w./.), 221* (o.o.) X 27* X 9* feet 2—4-7 inch, 8 M.G. (Chi An); 2—3-9 inch, 4—37 mm. AA. (Shen Yang) 120 D.C. 2 Diesels. B.H.P.: 1,900=16-5 kcs. 6,500 miles at 14 kts. 136 Notes Ex-Japanese C or No. I Type. Chi An built by Tsururmi, laid down on 20 Nov. 1944, launched on 27 Jan. 1945, and completed on 31 May 1945, is now in hulk condition. Above is new armament mounted in Shen Yang. CHI AN Added 1953, Hajime Fukaya CHANG SHA (ex-Chinese Chieh 12, ex-Japanese No. 118) CHI NAN (ex-Wei Hoi, ex-Chieh 6, ex-No. 194) HSI AN (ex-Chinese Chieh 14, ex-Japanese No. 198) WU CHANG (ex-Chinese Chieh 5, ex-Japanese No. 14) Name: Builders: Laid down: Launched: Complete c: Displacement: Dimensions : Guns: Chang Sha Kawasaki, Sensha Works 8 June 1944 18 Oct. 1944 27 Dec. 1944 Hsi An Mitsubishi, Zosen Co., Nagasaki 17 Jan. 1945 26 Feb. 1945 31 Mar. 1945 740 tons standard (900 tons full load) 213* (pp.). 223 ( w.l .). 228 ( o.a .) X 28* X 10 feet 2—3-9 inch or 4 7 inch, 3—3 inch or A/S weapons: Machinery: Radius: Complement: 3 or 6—37 mm. AA.. 4—25 mm. or 3—20 mm. AA. 120 D.C. ! steam turbine. S.H.P.: 2,500 = 17-5 kts. 4,500 miles at 14 kts. 160 CHANG SHA Notes Ex-Japanese Type D or Added 1957, Hajime Fukaya Thin trunked funnel amidships. Pole masts with tripo^ Class No. 2 Type. bases. 118 CHINA—Frigates ( continued ), Submarines, Fleet Minesweepers, Patrol Vessels Frigates —continued I Ex-Japanese Sloop (Gunboat) Type NAN CHANG (ex-Chinese Chang Chi, ex-Japanese Uji) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: 950 tons standard (1,206 tons full load) 249* (pp.), 257* (w/.), 264 (o.o.) X 3lf X8* feet 2—3-9 inch; 2—3 inch, 4—20 mm. AA. Machinery: Boilers: Radius: Complement: 2 turbines. S.H.P.: 4,600=20 15 kts. 2 3,460 miles at 14 kts. 170 Notes Former Japanese sloop or gunboat. Built at Sakura.iima Works, Osaka. Launched on 25 Sep. 1940. Completed in 1941. Rearmed by Chinese Republicans in 1955. NAN CHANG 1956, K. Long I Ex-Canadian Corvette Type KUANG CHOU (ex-Chinese Yuan Pei, ex-H.M.C.S. Bowmanville, ex-Nunney Castle) Displacement: 1,100 tons standard (1,580 tons full load) Dimensions: 252 (o.a.)x36f X 15* (max.) feet Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: 2—51 inch, I—45 mm. AA., 5—37 mm. AA. Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 2,800= 16 5 kts. 2 of three-drum type 480 tons Radius: 8,400 miles at 10 kts. Complement: 100 Notes Built by Wm. Pickersgill & Sons, Ltd., Sunderland. Laid down on 12 Aug. 1943. Launched on 26 Jan. 1944. Completed on 8 Oct. 1944. 2 Ex-British Corvette Type KAI FENG (ex-S.S. Cloverlock, ex-H.M.S. Clover) LIN I (ex-S.S. Ziang Teh, ex-H.M.S. Heliotrope, ex-U.S.S. Surprise) Displacement: 1,020 tons standard (1,280 tons full load) Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Fuel: 190 (pp.), 205 (o.o.) X 33 X 14* feet 2—3-9 inch; I—45 mm. AA.; 4—37 mm. AA. (Kai Feng) 2—3.9inch; 2—37 mm. AA. ( Lin I) Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 2,750= 16 kts. 2 S.E. 350 tons coal Radius: 7,000 miles at 10 kts. Complement: 78 Notes Both built in 1940-41. Above three ships were converted from merchant vessels by Chinese Republicans and rearmed. Existence of ex-Copperdiff (ex-Wan Lee, ex-Ta Lun) is doubtful. SUBMARINES 12 Russian “W” Class 4 Ex-Russian “ Shshuka ” Class Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Mines: Machinery: Radius: 1,050 tons (standard); 1,300 tons (surface); 1,600 tons (submerged) 245 (o.a.)x 24 X 14 feet Some have I—3-9 inch in a retract¬ able turret before the conning tower I light AA. Others 2—57 mm. 2—25 mm. 8—21 inch (6 forward, 2 aft) 40 mines or 20 torpedoes Diesel-electric. 2 shafts. Diesels: B.H.P.: 4,000=16 to 17 kts. (sur¬ face) Electric motors: H. P.: 2,500= 13 to 16 kts. (submerged) 13,000 to 16,500 miles Notes Medium size class of long range submarines similar to those built in yards throughout the Soviet Union. All stream¬ lined. Equipped with snort. Fitted for minelaying. In July 1959 twelve “ W ” class submarines were opera¬ tional with 7 to 9 building. Six to 8 “ W ” class are being constructed each year at Shanghai and Wuchang yards. 4 Ex-Russian “ S 99 Class S 400 S 401 S 402 S 403 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: Notes 780 tons standard, 840 tons (surface) 256X21X13 feet I—3-9 inch; I—45 mm. AA. 6—21 inch Diesel=l5 kts. (surface); Electric motors=8 kts. (submerg ed) All launched in 1937-40. Particulars of individual boats vary slightly. Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 620 tons (surface); 738 tons (submerged) I90*X I9*x 13 feet 2—45 mm. AA.. 2 M.G. 6—21 inch (10 torpedoes) Diesels. B.H.P.: 1,600=15.5 kts. (surface) Electric motors. H.P.: 800=8.5 kts. (submerged) 60 tons 4,000 miles at 8 kts. 40 Notes Medium type. All launched in 1935-47. There are varia¬ tions in design. 4 Ex-Russian “ M-V ” Class M 200 M 201 M 202 M 203 Displacement: 350 tons (surface), 400 tons (submerged) Dimensions: 167* X 16 X 12 feet Guns: 1—45 mm. AA., 1 M.G. Tubes: 2—21 inch Machinery: Diesels. B.H.P.: 1,000=13 kts. (surface) Electric motors. H.P.: 800= 10 kts. (submerged) Oil fuel: 21 tons Radius: 4,000 miles at 8.5 kts. (surface) 100 miles at 5 kts. (submerged) Complement: 24 Notes Designed for coastal operations, now used for training and instruction. I Ex-Russian “ M-IV" Class Displacement: 205 tons (surface). 256 tons merged) 147* X 11 X 9 feet (sub- Dimensions: Guns: 1—45 mm. AA., 1 M.G. Tubes: 2—21 inch. Machinery: Diesels. B.H.P.: 800=13 (surface) kts. Electric motors H.P.: 400 = 8 (submerged) kts. Oil fuel: 18 tons Radius: 3,400 miles at 8 kts. ( surface ) 90 miles at 3 kts. (submerged) Complement: 20 Notes Launched in 1945. For coastal operations. Enlarged and improved edition of " M I ” type. Transported in sections on the Trans-Siberian Railway and assembled at Vladivostok for service in the Pacific. I Ex-Russian “ M-l ” Class Displacement: Dimensions: Tubes: Machinery: Complement: 160 tons (surface), 200 tons (submerged) I24X 10* X 8*feet 2—21 inch Diesel. B.H.P.: 685=13 kts. (surface) Electric motors. H.P.: 240=7 kts. (submerged) 15 Notes No guns. Now employed only for training duties. FLEET MINESWEEPERS Patrol Vessels —continued 10 Russian “ T 43 ” Class Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: 410 tons standard (530 tons full load) 200 X 27* X 9 feet 4—37 mm. AA. Diesels= 18 kts. Notes A new type of moderately fast fleet minesweepers. Two “ T43 " class minesweepers were acquired from Russia in 1954-55. Four to eight “ T43 ” type minesweepers are reported to have been constructed in Republican China shipyards, two in 1956, and the remainder since. PATROL VESSELS 18 Ex-Russian “Kronstadt” Class Submarine Chasers PC 611 PC 612 PC 615 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: 300 tons 167* X 19* X 9 feet I—3*9 inch; 2—37 mm. AA.; 3—20 mm. AA. Diesels. 2 shafts. Speed 27 kts. I Ex-British “ Bathurst ” Class Ex-S.S. CHEUNG HING (ex-H.M.A.S. Bendigo) Displacement: 815 tons standard (1,025 tons full load) Dimensions: 162 (pp.). 186 (o.a.)x3l X8* feet Guns* 2—51 inch, 2—37 mm. AA. Machinery: Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 1,800= 15 kts. Boilers: 2 Admiralty 3-drum small tube type Oil fuel: 170 tons Radius- 4,300 miles at 10 kts. Complement: 85 Built as fleet minesweeper. Launched in Mar. 1941 at Sydney, Australia. Disposed of as surplus after Second World War. Converted from merchant vessel by Chinese Republicans and rearmed. .. 2 Ex-British Isles Class (ex-H.M.S.-) 560 tons standard (770 tons full load) 150 (pp.), 164 (o.o.) X 27* X 14 feet I—3 inch, 2—20 mm. A A. Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 850=12-5 kts. I Cylindrical 183 tons coal 45 (ex-H.M.S. Hoxa) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Fuel: Complement: Notes Former British anti-submarine and minesweeping trawlers. Welton & Gemmell, Ltd., in 1941. Hoxa was built by Cook, Notes Six built in 1950-53 were received from Russia in 1956-57. Others were built at Shanghai and Canton yards, with 12 completed, 1956. Flush decked, large squat funnels, slightly raked, massive block bridge structure. 6 Ex-Russian “ Artillerist 99 Class Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: 240 tons 160* X 19X8* feet 1—3 inch; 12—37 mm. A A.; 3 M.G.: 2 D .C.T. Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 3,300 =23 kts. (ex-H.M.S. Bassett) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Fuel: Complement: 461 tons standard (696 tons full load) 150 (pp.), 160* (o.o.) X27*X 10* feet I—3 inch, 2—20 mm. AA. Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 850=12 kts. I Cylindrical 180 tons coal 37 Former British trawler. Built by Henry Robb, Ltd., Leith. Launched on 28 Sep. 1935. Above three ships, converted into merchant vessels, were acquired by Chinese Republicans and rearmed. MOTOR GUNBOATS “ Swatow ” Class Notes A new class with " P 6 " type M.T.B. hulls, mounting twin 37 mm. guns fore and aft, but with some units having only one twin 37 mm. mounting. No torpedo tubes. 3 Ex-U.S. Type Ex.-PGM 12 Ex-PGM 14 KAN TANG (ex-PGM 15) Displacement: 280 tons standard, 348 tons (trial), 450 tons full load Dimensions: 170 (w./.), 173* (o.o.)x23xll (max.) feet Guns: I—3 inch, 50 cal. d.p., 2—40 mm. AA. (twin) Machinery: G.M. Diesel. 2shafts. B.H.P.: 2,800=20 kts. Complement: 65 Notes Former American patrol vessels (motor gunboats). MOTOR TORPEDO BOATS “P 4” Class Notes Several of this class reported. There are approximately 100 other motor torpedo boats of 40ft. and 70ft. length, with armament of 2 torpedo tubes and twin M.G. 50 “ P 6 ” Class Notes “ P6 ” class motor torpedo boats are under construction in Chinese Republican yards; 12 were completed in 1956. KUAI 102 Displacement: 60 tons standard Dimensions: 92x14x5 feet Machinery: Speed: 30 to 33 kts. (max.) Complement: 14 Notes Built in Germany in 1936-37. A large motor torpedo boat is reported to be at Shanghai. PATROL CRAFT 2 Ex-Japanese Type Ex-KWANG KUO (ex-Japanese No. 223) Displacement: Dimensions: Ex-HSIEN FENG (ex-Chinese Kao Ming, ex-Japanese) 135 tons 96 X 19x9 feet wtes S.C. Type. Built in 1941-43. (The ex-British harbour defence motor launches were lost. 4 No. 201 (ex-No. 14) Displacement: 215 to 222 tons Dimensions: 97* (o.o.)x I9*x7* (max.) feet Guns: I—31 inch, 4—25 mm. (No. 201, I—40 mm., I—25 mm., 2—13 mm., 3—7-7 mm.) Machinery: I Diesel. B.H.P.: 300=9*5 kts. Radius: 1,700 miles at 9-5 kts. Ex-Japanses auxiliary minesweepers. Trawler type. No. 201, completed in 1943, was delivered to China at Tsingtau on 3 Oct. 1947, and taken over by the Republicans. Nos. 19 and 22 were taken over by the Nationalists, see later page. Coastal Minesweepers, Motor Torpedo Boats, Patrol Craft, Gunboats—CHINA 119 COASTAL MINESWEEPERS GUNBOATS Ex-YEN AN ( ex-Yung Ch : , ex-Japanese Asuka, ex-Yung Chi) Displacement: 860 tons Dimensions: 205 (pp.), 215* (t?.a.)x29*x 1I* feet (max.) Guns: 2—3 inch, 4 M.G. Machinery: Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 1,350= 11 kts. Boilers: 2 cylindrical Coal: 156 tons Complement: 143 Built by Kiangnan Dock Co., Shanghai. Launched in 1915. Sunk in 1945 and later salvaged. 2 Ex-Japanese AMS Type 1947, Official 1944, U.S. Navy, Official 5 Ex-U.S. YMS Type Ex-YMS 339 Ex-YMS 346 Ex-YMS 367 Ex-YMS 393 Ex-YMS 2017 Displacement: 270 tons standard (350 tons full load) Dimensions: 136X24*X6 feet Guns: I—3 inch, 2—20 mm., 2 D.C.T. Machinery: 2 G.M. Diesels. B.H.P.: 1,000=13 kts. Complement: 50 Notes Built of wood in U.S.A. in 1942-43, and transferred to the Chinese Navy in 1948. Some are fitted as minesweepers, others as gunboats. YUNG SUI Ex-YUNG SUI Displacement: 650 tons Dimensions: 225x30x6 feet (mean), 7 (max.) feet Guns: I—3 inch AA., I—40 mm. AA., 4 M.G. Machinery: Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 4,000= 12 kts. Boilers: 2 Yarrow. Coal fired Complement: 152 Notes Built by Kiangnan Dock Co., Shanghai. Launched in 1929. Salvaged and repaired after sinking in 1949. Yung Sui is ex-Chinese Nationalist name. CH’ANG CHIANG (ex-M/ng Chuan) Displacement: 464 tons Dimensions: I76f X26X6 feet (mean), 6* (max.) feet Guns: Only 3 M.G. at present Machinery: Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 2,200= 12 kts. Boilers: 2 Yarrow Coal: 280 tons Complement: 119 Notes Built by Kiangnan Dock Co., Shanghai. Launched in 1929. YEN AN 300 tons standard 141 X22x8 feet 2—2-4 inch, 3 M.G. Reciprocating. I.H.P.: 600= 10 kts. Notes Built at Shanghai in 1933. Reported sunk in 1949 but believed to have been salvaged. Added 1957 AN TUNG 1947, Official Ex-AN TUNG (ex-Japanese Ataka, ex-Nakoso) Notes Launched in April, 1922. Ex-WEI NING Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: 727 tons 222x32x7* feet 2—3 inch, 5—25 mm., 6 M.G. Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 1,700=11 to 14 kts. 2 Kampon 120 CHINA—Gunboats ( continued ), River Gunboats Gunboats —continued River Gunboats —continued CHU TUNG Added 1957 Ex-CHU TUNG Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Coal: Complement: Notes Built by Kawasaki Co., 740 tons 200 X 30 X 8 feet 2—3 inch, 5—25 mm. AA. Triple expansion. 2 shafts. Yarrow 150 tons 117 e. Launched in 1906. Sister I.H.P.: 1,350=11 Kts. ship of Chu Kwan (Nationalist). CHIANG YUAN Adaed 1957 CHIANG YUAN Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Coal: Complement: Notes Built by Kawasaki Co., 550 tons 170 (pp.), 180 (o.a.) x 28 X 7 I—20 mm. AA. Triple expansion. 2 shafts. Watertube 113 tons 127 e. Launched in 1905. feet I.H.P.: 950=9 kts. TING HSIN TUNG TEH Displacement: Guns: Machinery: Fuel: 500 tons standard I—3 inch, 4—47 mm. Speed: II to 15 kts. max. Coal Notes Captured by Chinese Republicans in 1949. RIVER GUNBOATS CHIANG FENG 1947, Official Ex-CHIANG FENG (ex-Chinese Kiang Shih, ex-Japanese Fushima) Ex-CHIANG HSI (ex-Chinese Nan Chang, ex-Japanese Sumida) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Radius: Complement: 373-6 tons, official Japanese figure, 320 tons standard 159 i (pp.), 164 (w./.), 165 (o.a.) X 32* X 4* feet I—3-1 inch H.A. short cal., 8—25 mm. and other cal. AA. 2 geared turbines.2shafts. S.H.P: 2,200=16-7 kts. (designed) 2 Kampon 1,496 miles at 14 kts. 64 Notes Both ships were built by Fujinagata Co., Osaka. Launched on 26 March 1939 and 30 October 1939, respectively. Completed on 15 July 1939 and 31 May 1940, respectively. Were the latest river gunboats in the Japanese Navy. Fushima bombed and bottomed at Anking on 29 Nov. 1944, was salvaged and towed to Shanghai for repairs and was moored there at the end of the war. Sumida was at Shanghai at the end of the war; her armament has been removed for land batteries. Ex-YING HAO (ex-H.M.S. Sandpiper) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: 185 tons I60x30|x2 (mean) feet I—3-7 inch howitzer, 9 smr!,er 2 sets triple expansion. 2 ,nafts. I, of Admiralty 3-drum type 40 Notes Built by John I. Thornycroft & Co. Ltd., Southampton. Presented to Nationalist China by Great B *itain in Feb. 1942, by the Republicans. Now has mainmast. I.H.P.: 600= 11 kts. Launched on 9 June, 1933. and subsequently taken over Ex-NAN CHIANG (ex-Ying Teh, ex-Lnng Huan, ex-H.M.S. Falcon) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Fuel: Complement: 372 tons I50x28fx5 (mean) feet I—3-7 inch howitzer, 2—6 pdr., 10 M.G. Parsons geared turbines. S.H.P.: 2,250 = 15 kts. 2, of Admiralty 3-drum type 84 tons oil 55 Notes Built by Yarrow & Co., Ltd., Scotstoun, Glasgow. Launched in 1931. Presented to Nationalist China by the British Government in Feb. 1942, and subsequently taken over by the Republicans. YUNG PING 1947, Official Ex-YUNG AN (ex-Futami) Ex-YUNG PING lex-Atami) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Complement: 170 tons 148* X 22 x 4* feet I—47 mm. AA., 5—25 mm. AA., 3 M.G. 2 sets triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 2 Kampon 53 tons 77 Notes Both launched in 1929, Former Japanese river gunboats. 1,200=12 kts. Ex-YING SHAN (ex-H.M.S. Gannet ) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Fuel: Complement: 310 tons 177 (w./.), I84| (o.o.) X 29x3* feet 2—3 inch AA., 8 M.G. Geared turbines. Designed S.H.P.: 2,250= 16 kts. Yarrow 60 tons oil 55 Notes Designed by Yarrow. Built by Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Scotstoun, Glasgow. Launched in 1927. Presented to Nationalist China by Great Britain in Feb. 1942, and subsequently taken over by the Republicans. TAI YUAN 1947, Official Ex-MEIYUAN (ex-U.S.S. Tutuila) Ex-TAI YUAN (ex-Tatara, ex-U.S.S. Wake, ex-Guam. Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: Complement: 370 tons standard 150 (w./.)x!59* (o.a.) X 27x5* (mean —fresh water), 6 (max.) feet 2—3 inch, 23 cal., 10 M.G. Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 1,950=12 kts. 75 tons 70 Notes Built by Kiangnan Dock Co., Shanghai. Launched on 14 June and 28 May 1927 respectively . Mei Yuan was presented to China by the U.S. Government in March 1942. Sister ship was recovered from Japanese hands and presented to China in 1946. Ex-CHANG TEH (ex-Seto) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Complement: 305 tons 180x27x3* feet 2—3 inch, 6 M.G. Triple expansion. 2 shafts. 2 Kampon 85 tons 82 Notes Japanese prize, built at Harima yard. Launched in 1923. class may still exist, I.H.P.: 2,100=14 kts. Ex-Japanese Katado of the same River Gunboats [continued), Landing Ships, Supply Ships, etc.—CHINA 121 River Gunboats —continued LANDING SHIPS Ex-KIANG KUN (ex-Japanese Narumi. ex-Italian F.rmannc Carlotto) 12 LST Type Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Oil: Complement: 180 tons standard I60x24±x2f feet 2—3 inch, 6 M.G. Designed I.H.P.: 1,100=14 kts (ma . 2 Yarrow 56 tons 60 Ex-CHING KANG SHAN Ex-CHUNG 101 (ex-U.S.S. LST 804) Ex-CHUNG 102 (ex-U.S.S. LST) Ex-CHUNG 106 (ex-U.S.S. LST 589) Ex-CHUNG 107 (ex-U.S.S. LST 1027) Ex-CHUNG 110 Ex-CHUNG III (ex-U.S.S. LST 805) Ex-CHUNG 116 (ex-U.S.S. LST 406) Ex-CHUNG 122 (ex-Ch'ing Ling) Ex-CHUNG 125 No. 16 No. 258 Notes Built by Shanghai Dock & Engineering Co. Launched in 1921. Completed in 1921. Shallow draught river gunboat. Twin screws in tunnels. Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Complement: 1,653 tons standard (4.080 tons full load) 316 (w./.), 328 (o.o )X50X 14 feet Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,700=11 kts. 80 to 210 Ex-FAKU (ex-French Balny) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Fuel: Range: Complement: 201 tons I67±. 179 (o.a.) X 23x5 feet 1—3 inch AA., 2—1 pdr., 4 M.G. Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 920= 14 kts. 2 Fouche water tube 45 tons coal 900 miles at 14 kts. 49 Notes Built by Chantiers de Bretagne, Nantes. Launched in 1920. Completed in 1921. 13 LSM Type Ex-H UA 201 (ex-U.S.S. LSM 112) Ex-HU A 202 (ex-U.S.S. LSM 248) Ex-HU A 204 (ex-U.S.S. LSM 430) Ex-HU A 205 (ex-U.S.S. LSM 336) Ex-HU A 207 (ex-U.S.S. LSM 282) Ex-CHUAN SHIH SHUI Ex-HUANG HO (ex-Chinese Me/ Sheng, ex-U.S.S. LSM 433) Ex-HU A 208 (ex-U.S.S. LSM 42) Ex-HU A 209 (ex-U.S.S. LSM 153) Ex-HUA 211 Ex-HUA 212 Ex-HUAI HO (ex-Chinese W an Fu) Ex-YUN HO (ex-Chinese Wong Chung ) Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Complement: 743 tons beaching (1,095 tons full load) 196* (w./.), 203± (o.a.)x34±x8| feet Diesel. 2 shafts. 2,800= 12 kts. 60 to 120 Notes Built in U.S.A. in 1944-45. Some were converted for minelaying. Armament varies. LANDING CRAFT 15 LSIL Type MIN 301 MIN 306 MIN 312 MIN 319 MIN 325 MIN 303 MIN 311 MIN 313 MIN 321 MIN 331 HO HSEUH 1947, Official Ex-HO HSEUH (ex-Chinese Yang Ch*/, ex-Japanese Toba) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Coal: Complement: 215 tons 180x27x2^ feet (mean). 4 feet (max.) 3—3 inch, 3—25 mm. AA., 3 M.G. Triple expansion 2 shafts. I.H.P. - 900=9 kts. 2 Kampon 80 tons 86 Notes Former Japanese shallow draught river gunboat. Built by Sasebo, Japan. Launched in 1911. Ex-CHU TIEN (ex-Chinese Lien Kuang, ex-U.S.S. LCI 517) Ex-KU CHOU Ex-U.S.S. LC! 488 Ex-LIEN PI (ex-U.S.S. LCI 514) Ex-YUNG KAN (ex-Chinese Lien Yung, ex-U.S.S. LCI 632) Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Complement: 230 tons light (387 tons full load) 159x23|X5| feet Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1.320= 14 kts. 30 to 80 Notes Built in U.S.A. in 1943-45. Reported to be fitted with rocket launchers. Some are fitted as minesweepers. Armament varies. Ex-WU FENG (ex-Japanese Maiko, ex-Portuguese Macau) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: Notes 100 tons 120 (o.o.) X 20x2 feet 2-6 pdr., 3 M.G. H.P.: 250= 11*8 kts. I Yarrow 24 Former Portuguese very shallow draught river gunboat. Scotstoun, Glasgow. Launched in 1909. Built by Yarrow & Co. Ltd., 2 LCU (ex-LCT) Type Ex-HO CHIEN (ex-U.S.S. LCT 515) Ex-HO YUNG (ex-U.S.S. LCT 1171) Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Oil fuel: 160 tons light (320 tons full load) 105 (w./.), 119 (o.o.) X 33x5 feet Diesel. 3 shafts. B.H.P.: 475= 10 kts. 80 tons Notes Former United States Navy Tank Landing Craft later reclassified as Utility Landing Craft. NETLAYER Ex-Japanese No. 101, (ex-H.M.S. Barlight) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: 750 tons standard (1,000 tons full load) 150 (pp.), I73| (o.a.) X 32j x9± feet 1—3 inch d.p., 6 M.G. Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 850=1 1.75 kts. 2 single-ended 32 Notes Boom defence vessel of British " Bar ” Class. Built by Lobnitz & Co. Ltd., Renfrew. Launched on 10 Sept. 1938. Captured by Japanese in 1941. Acquired byChinain 1945. SURVEYING SHIPS SUPPLY SHIPS Ex-U.S.Army FS 146 (ex-C/over) Ex-U.S. Army FS- Ex-U.S. Army FS 155 ( ex-Violet) Ex-U.S. Army FS- Ex-TA CHEN (ex-U.S.) Displacement: 1,000 tons standard Dimensions: 175 (o.a.)X32X 10feet Machinery: General motors diesels. B.H.P.: 1,000= 12 kts. Notes Built in U.S.A. in 1944-45. Two are reported to be employed as motor torpedo boat tenders. TROOP TRANSPORT Ex-CHUNG NING (ex-Japanese Takebu Maru) Displacement: 200 tons standard Dimensions: 115x16x6 feet Machinery: Speed: 10 kts. Not es Fomer Japanese. Employed for hydrographic and general purpose duties. Ex-FUTING Displacement: 160 tons standard Dimensions: 90 x 20 x 8 feet Machinery: Speed: II kts. CHIAO JEN Displacement: 1,873 tons Notes Formerly a Chinese Nationalist troop transport. Mined on 28 July 1949. Suffered machinery derangement but no hull damage. After survey crew hoisted Communist flag and took her to Canton. OILERS REPAIR SHIP Ex-HSING AN (ex-Achilles, ARL 41. ex-tST 455) Displacement: 1,625 tons light, 3,960 tons normal (4,100 tons full load)\ Dimensions: 316 (w.l.), 328 (o.a.)x50xll feet \ Guns: I—3 inch, 8—40 mm. AA. \ Machinery: Diesel-electric. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,800=11 kts. Notes Ex-U.S. Launched on 17 Oct., 1942. Burned and grounded in 1949 .salved and refitted\ I Notes One or more ex-U.S. Navy 174 ft. yard oilers and other naval tankers are in service. TUGS Notes One or more ex-U.S. Army 149 ft. LT class tugs and other naval tugs are in service. 122 COLOMBIA—Administration, Destroyers, Frigates COLOMBIA Administration Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Forces: Major-General Alfredo Duarte Blum. Commandant of the Navy : Rear Admiral Juan A. Pizarro. Commander of the Fleet: Capitan de Navio Jaime Eraso Annex/. Chief of Naval Staff: Capitan de Navio Augusto G. Porto Herrera. DESTROYERS (Destructores) Personnel I960: 6,000 officers and men Ships Ships’ names are prefaced by the letters “A. R.C.” (Armada Republica de Colombia) V E INT E D E JU LIO 1958, courtesy Kockums Mekaniska Verkstads Aktiebolag, Builders 2 Modified “ Halland ” Type SIETE DE AGOSTO (ex-Trece de Junio) VEINTE DE JULIO No Name Laid down Launched Completed 06 7 de Agosto Nov. 1955 19 June, 1956 31 Oct. 1958 05 20 de Julio Oct. 1955 26 June, 1956 15 June, 1958 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: A/S Weapons: Machinery: Boilers T Complement: 2,650 tons standard (3,100 tons full load) officially revised figures 380* (pp.),397i (o.a.) X40§ X 12* feet 6—4-7 inch, (3 twin turrets), 4—40 mm. AA. (single mounts) 4—21 inch 1 quadruple rocket launcher De Laval double reduction geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 55,000= 35 kts. 2 Penhoet, Motala Verkstad design 260 (20 officers, 240 men) Notes Modified “ Halland” type ordered in 1954. Built in Sweden by Gotaverken and Kockums respectively. The hull and machinery are similar to the Swedish “Halland” type, but they have different armament (six 4-7 inch instead of four, no 57 mm. guns, four 40 mm. guns instead of six, and four torpedo tubes instead of eight) and different accommodation arrangements. They have an anti-submarine rocket projector, more radar and communication equipment, and air conditioned living spaces, having been designed for the tropics. The change of name from 13 de Junio to 7 de Agosto was decreed by the Colombian Navy in July 1957. 2 “ Antioquia ” Class ANTIOQUIA ( ex-Douro ) CAL DAS (ex-Te/o) Displacement: 1,142 tons light, 1,304 tons standard (1,588 tons full load) Dimensions: 319 (pp.), 322 (o.a.)X 31x11 (max.) feet Guns: 2—5 inch, 38 cal. AA., 6—40 mm. AA. A/S weapons: Tubes: Machinery: 1 Hedgehog, 6 D.C.T., 2 D.C. racks 4—21-inch, in quadruple mounting 4 Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 33,000=36 kts. (sea speed 30 kts.) Boilers: 3 Yarrow, working pressure 400 lb. Oil fuel: 296 tons Radius: 3,400 miles at 15 kts. Complement: 165 (12 officers, 153 ratings) Notes Both Yarrow type laid down at Lisbon for Portugal and purchased in 1934. Fitted for minelaying. Antioquia was entirely modernised at Cartagena naval base in 1952. New armament installed in U.S.A. in 1953 included single fully automatic 5-inch guns with Mk. 52 fire control director, and twin Bofors with Mk. 26 radar equipment. Caldas under¬ went similar refit and rearmament in 1954 (completed Nov. 1955). Pennant No. DD 01 DD 02 Name Antioquia Caldas Builders Soc. de Constr. Lisbon Soc. de Constr. Lisbon Name Launched Antioquia 9 June 1932 Caldas 18 Nov. 1933 Completed Refitted June 1934 1952-1953 Feb. 1934 1954-1955 1957, Colombian Navy, Official ANTIOQUIA FRIGATES (Fragatas) 3 11 Almirante Padilla ” Class Ex-U.S. PF Type ALMIRANTE BRION (ex-U.S.S. Burlington ) ALMIRANTE PADILLA (ex-U.S.S. Groton) CAPITAN TO NO (ex-U.S.S. Bisbee) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Complement: 1,430 tons standard (2,100 tons full load) Capitan Tono 2,200 tons full load) 303-f* X 37* x I3f feet 3—3 inch, 50 cal.: 6—40 mm. AA. I Hedgehog, 6 D.C.T., 2 D.C. racks Triple expansion. 2 shafts. 1. H.P.: 5,500=20 kts. 2, of 3-drum type 290 tons 120 (Capitan Tono 103, Almirante Padilla 147) ALMIRANTE BRION 1956, Colombian Navy, Official Frigates ( continued ), River Gunboats, Coastguard Vessels—COLOMBIA 123 FRIGATE S —continued “Almirante Padilla ” Class —continued Notes Almira nte Pad ilia was purchased from the U.S. Navy in 1947. and served in Korean waters in 1951. Capitan Tono (transferred to Russia during Second World War) was acquired from the U.S. in 1952, and served 14 months in Korean waters as did Almirante Brion acquired in 1953. Pennant No. Name Builders FG 14 Almirante Brion Consolidated Steel Corp., Los Angeles FG II Almirante Padilla Walter Butler, Superior, Wise. FG 12 Capitan Tono Consolidated Steel Corp., Los Angeles Name Almirante Brion Almirante Padilla Capitan Tono Laid down 19 Oct. 1943 15 July 1943 7 Aug. 1943 Launched 7 Dec. 1943 14 Sep. 1943 8 Sep. 1943 Completed 3 Apr. 1944 15 Sep. 1944 4 Feb. 1944 Colombian Navy, Official ALMIRANTE PADILL<^ RIVER GUNBO ATS GUNBOAT ARAUCA 1957, Official 3 “ Arauca “ Class ARAUCA LETICIA RIOHACHA Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Range: Complement: 184 tons 163* (o.a.) X 23* X 2* feet 2—3 inch d.p., 50 cal. 4—20 mm. 2 Caterpillar engines. B.H.P.: 916=13 kts. 1,000 miles 43 Notes Built by Union Industrial de Barranquila (Unial) Colombia. Launched in 1955. Completed in 1956. Pennant Nos. 37, 36 and 35, respectively. CARTAGENA 1957, Official 3 “ Barranquila '* Class BARRANQUILA CARTAGENA SANTA MARTA Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Fuel: Complement: 142 tons 130 (pp.), 137* (o.a.) x 23* X 2* (max.) feet 2—3 inch, 1—20 mm. AA„ 4 M.G. 2 Gardner semi-Diesel engines. 2 shafts, working in tunnels. H.P.: 600=15-5 kts. 24 tons 39 Notes These three vessels represented an extraordinarily efficient type of shallow draught gunboat, incorporating many improvements on previous types. Hull is of galvanised steel, and machinery spaces, cabins and magazines are of bullet-proof plating. Ventilation and refrigerating plant designed to secure excellent habitability. Names are those of Colombian ports. All built by Yarrow & Co., Ltd., Scotstoun, Glasgow, and launched on 10 May 1930, 26 Mar. 1930, and 16 Apr. 1930 respectively. Barranquila and Santa Marta have been modernised in Cartagena, with new armament, engines, auxiliaries and super¬ structure. PRESIDENTE MOSQUERA Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: 230 tons I27*x26f X4* feet 1—3 inch, 2—20 mm. AA., 7 M.G. Triple expansion (stern wheel)=ll kts. 60 Notes Launched in 1912. Refitted in 1952 and was still operational until recently. RENATO BELUCHE Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: 180 tons 155 X 19x7 feet I—3 inch A.A. 2 Maybach diesels. B.H.P.: 2,400=18 kts. Notes Launched on II Nov. 1955 at the Naval Base, Cartagena, Colombia. COASTGUARD VESSELS GENERAL VASQUES COBO 1957, Official GENERAL RAFAEL REYES GENERAL VASQUES COBO Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 146 tons 118 (pp.), 124* (o.a.)X 23x5 feet I—40 mm. 2 Maybach diesels. B.H.P.: 2,400= 18 kts. (20 kts. on trials) 15 tons 1,000 miles 20 Notes Built by Lurssen Werft, Vegesack, Germany, respectively. Delivered in May 1956. Launched on 10 Nov. 1955, and 27 Sept., 1955 ESPARTANA ESPARTANA 1957, Colombian Navy, Official Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: Complement: 50 tons 90 (w./.), 96 (o.a.)X 13x4 feet I—20 mm. AA. 2 Diesels. B.H.P: 300= 13-5 kts. 6 tons II Constructed by the Engineer of the Naval Dockyard at Cartagena. 1950. Launched on 22 June Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: 25 tons 63 X 11 X3* feet Diesels. B.H.P.: 115=10 kts. 3 tons Built at Cartagena. Launched in 1947. Used as buoy and lighthouse inspection boat. Named after the first head of Colombian Naval Academy, Lieutenant-Commander Ralph Douglas Binney, R.N. JAMARY Dimensions: 146 x25| x8 feet Complement: 43 Notes Small tender equipped as a naval hospital ship with beds for 80 patients. OILERS FRITZ HAGALE ALFONSO VARGAS (3 July 1952) 1956, Colombian Navy, Official FRITZ HAGALE (19 July 1952) Displacement: 33 tons Dimensions: 72 (pp.), 76 (o.o.)X I2x2j feet Guns: I—20 mm. AA., 4 M.G. Machinery: 2 G.M. diesels. B.H.P.: 260= 13 kts. Fuel: 3? tons Complement: 10 Notes Built at Cartagena naval base. Designed for operations on rivers. Named after naval officers. Launch dates after the names above. DILIGENTE IN DEPEN DIENTE TRIUNFANTE VENGADORA LA COLOMBIANA TORMENTOSA VALEROSA VOLADORA Notes Launched at the Naval Base, Cartagena, in 1942-54. The boats vary in detail SANCHO JIMENO Displacement: 1,200 tons light (6,000 tons full load) Dimensions: 325 X 48 X 19 feet Machinery: I Enterprise engine. B.H.P.: 1,400=11 kts. Complement: 35 Notes Launched in 1943. Purchased in 1952. Pennant No. 63. BLAS DE LEZO (ex-U.S.S. Kalamazoo, AOG 30) Displacement: 700 tons (Cargo capacity: 1,228 tons) Dimensions: 2I2J[ ( w.l .), 220^ (o.a.)X 37 X I2f feet Guns: I—3 inch aft, on poop, 2—20 mm., 4 M.G. Machinery: Diesel. B.H.P.: 800 = 9-5 kts. Oil fuel: 60 tons Complement: 67 Notes Built by the East Coast S.Y., U.S.A. Launched on 30 Aug. 1944. Pennant No. 62. Photograph in the 1957-58 edition. Nites This oiler has been retired from service and is used as a receiving ship at Cartagena. TRANSPORTS ALBERTO GOMEZ (1954) MARIO SERPA (1953) HERNANDO GUTIERREZ (1953) Displacement: 70 tons Dimensions: 82xl8x2Jfeet Machinery: 2 G.M. diesels. B.H.P.: 260=9 kts. Oil fuel: 4 tons Complement: 10 (berths for 56 troops) Notes Built at Cartagena in 1953-54. Named after Army officers. Photograph of Alberto Gomez in the 1954-55 to 1957-58 editions. Launch dates after names above. CIUDAD DE QUIBDO Displacement: 633 tons Dimensions: 165 x 23± feet Machinery: I Mai diesel. B.H.P.: 390= 11 kts. Fuel: 32 tons Complement: 12 Notes Built by Gebr. Sander Delfzijl, in the Netherlands. Photograph in the 1957-58 edition. CIUDAD DE PEREIRA Displacement: 633 tons Dimensions: 163 X 33 X 10 feet Machinery: Diesels. B.H.P.: 600= 10 kts. Complement: 20 Notes Light naval transport. Former U.S. Army freight ship FS-139. Photograph in the 1957-58 edition. TUGS CANDIDO LEGUIZAMO CAPITAN JULIO PATINO CAPITAN HERNANDO BOCANEGRA CAPITAN RIGOBERTO GIRALDO CAPITAN ALVARO RUIZ CAPITAN VLADIMIR VALEK CAPITAN CASTRO TENIENTE LUIS BERNAL Displacement: 50 tons Dimensions: 63x14x2^ feet Machinery: 2 G.M. diesels. B.H.P.: 260= 10 kts. CORONEL MORA ANGUEYRA Displacement: 20 tons i Machinery: Diesel. B.H.P.: 84= 10 kts. Note Launched in 1945. ANDAGOYA Displacement: 100 tons Machinery: Caterpillar diesel. B.H.P.: 400= 10 kts. Notes Launched in 1928. Re-engined in 1955. Pennant No. 71. Photograph in 1957-58 edit on. ABDIA MENDEZ Displacement: 39 tons Dimensions: 52|XllX4 feet Machinery: Caterpillar diesel. B.H.P.: 80=8 kts. Note Built in Germany in 1924. MAYOR ERNESTO ROJAS TENIENTE MIGUEL SILVA Dimensions: 73±Xl7£ feet Machinery: 2 diesels. B.H.P.: 260=9 kts. Radius: 2,200 miles Notes River'tugs. Built by^Union^Industrial (Unial) of Barranquila, Nos. 89 and 90 respective ly. Frigates, Patrol Vessels—CUBA 125 CUBA Administration Personnel Naval Establishments I960: 380 officers, 220 warrant officers, 5,000 men Naval Academy: At Mariel, for training officers. Naval School: At Morro Castle, Havana, for training enlisted personnel. Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Commander R. Castineiras, FRIGATES (Fragatas) I Rated as Cruiser ( Crucero ) llilPlilllll CUBA Builders: Launched; Cramp, Philadelphia 10 Aug., 1911 Displacement Dimensions: Guns: 2,055 tons 260 (pp.) X 39 X 14 feet 2—4 inch, 2—3 inch, mm. 5—20 mm. AA.,2 D.C.T. Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 6,000 = 14 kts. (officially revised figure) 2 Foster Wheeler 3-drum type. Mach Notes Reconstructed in 1936-37. Converted from coal to oil burning. Completed further general reconstruction and modernisation in 1956, when hull and machinery were overhauled, new bridge rear constructed, tripod mast suppressed and replaced by a pole mast, radar equipment installed, funnel cap altered, height of masts reduced and four 57 mm. and five 20 mm. AA. gur.s mounted. CUBA 1957, Official ANTONIO MACEO ( ex-Peoria , P F 67) JOSE MARTI ( ex-Eugene , PF40) MAXIMO GOMEZ ( ex-Grand Island, PF 14) Displacement 1,430 tons standard (2,415 tons full load) 285* (w./.), 304 (o.o.) X 37* X 13f feet 3—3 inch d.p., 4—40 mm. AA., 6—20 mm. AA. (except Maximo Gomez, 3—3 inch d.p., 4—40 mm. AA. (9—20 mm. AA.) Hedgehog, D.C.T. and racks Triple expansion. 2 shafts. 1. H.P.: 5,500=18 kts. 2, of 3-drum type 135 (Jose Marti ) Dimensions Guns: A/S weapons Machinery: Boilers: Complement General Notes Acquired from U.S.N. in 1947. Jose Marti is fitted as flagship. All completed a refit in 1956 at Key West Naval Base, when new anti-submarine armament and equipment were installed. ANTONIO MACEO I960, Cuban Navy, Official Pennant No. Name Builders Name Laid down Launched Completed Photograph Notes Photographs of Jose Marti and Maximo Gomez appear in the 1954-55 to 1959-60 editions. Antonio Maceo Leathern D. Smith, S.B. Co. Wis, Jose Marti Consolidated Steel, San Pedro Maximo Gomez Kaiser Cargo Inc., Richmond, Cal. Antonia Maceo Jose Marti Maximo Gomez 4 June 1943 2 Oct. 1943 15 Oct. 1944 12 June 1943 6 July 1943 15 Jan. 1944 27 Nov. 1943 19 Feb. 1944 27 May 1944 PATROL ESCORTS (Buques de Patrulla y Escolta) 1957, Official I Ex-U.S. P.C. Type Submarine Chaser CAR I BE Cuban Navy, Official 2 Ex-U.S. PCE Type Escort Patrol Vessels CARIBE (ex-U.S.S. PCE 872) SIBONEY (ex-l/.S.S. PCE 893) Name: Caribe Siboney Pennant No: PE 201 PE 302 Builders: Albina Eng. & Mach. Works, Willamette Iron & Steel Corp., Portland, Oreg. Portland, Oreg. Laid down 30 Jan. 1943 27 Oct. 1942 Launched: 24 Mar. 1943 8 May 1943 Completed: v 29 Nov. 1943 25 July 1944 640 tons standard (903 tons full load) 180 (w.l.), 184* (o.o.) X 33x9* feet. I—3 inch d.p., 3—40 mm. AA., 4—20 mm. AA. Hedgehog, D.C.T. and racks 12 cylinder Marine Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,800= 14 kts. 99 X BAIRE ( ex-Tribesman, ex-PC 790) Displacement: 295 tons standard (450 tons full load) Dimensions: 170 (wJ.), 173 (o.a.) X23X7* (mean), 10$ (max.) Guns: I—3 inch d.p., 50 cal., I—40 mm. AA., 2—20 mm. AA. Machinery: 2 Hamilton diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,600=22 kts. Complement: 66 Notes Former United States submarine chaser. Pennant No. PE 203. Built by Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon. Laid down on 6 Feb. 1943. Launched on 22 Mar. 1943. Completed on 23 Mar. 1944. Commissioned in 1944. Formerly of Honduran registry prior to purchase by Cuba in 1956. Acquired by the Cuban Navy and re-armed for employment in the coastal patrol. Displacement Dimsenions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Complement: Disposal The old sloop Patria has been removed from the effective list. New Construction It is officially stated that plans have been made to acqu ire twelve new gas turbine-diesel motor coast guard cutters, two new lighthouse tenders, and 15 auxiliary patrol craft of the SV 1 and SV 7 types. Notes Built in U.S.A. Former United States escort patrol vessels. Box deck-house amidships was removed from Caribe in 1953. Both completed a refit in 1956 at Key West Naval Base, when new anti-submarine armament and equipment were installed. HABANA AUXILIARY PATROL CRAFT SV 7 SV 8 SV 9 SV 10 SV 12 SV 14 Dimensions: Length 40 feet Guns: I—50 cal. M.G. Machinery: 2 G.M. diesels. Speed 25 kts. Notes Later boats of the SV type assigned to naval stations for coastal vigilance, to deal with contraband, and for auxiliary services, rescue and navigation. Equipped with radar. SV I SV 2 SV 3 SV 4 SV 5 SV 6 Displacement: 6-IS tons Dimensions: 32x I0x2£ feet Machinery: 2 Chrysler Crown. B.H.P.: 230= 18 kts. Notes Auxiliary patrol boats for port vigilance, launched in 1953. Photograph of SV 6 in 1957-58 edition. Seven YP type patrol craft were delivered to Cuba, having been built at Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.A. during 1956. Three more were delivered later. LIGHTHOUSE TENDERS ENRIQUE COLLAZO (ex-Joaquin Codoy) Displacement: 815 tons Dimensions: 211x34x9 feet Machinery: Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 672=8 kts. Notes Built at Paisley, Scotland. Launched in 1906. Acquired in 1950 from Cuban mercantile marine. Rated as Buque de Servicio de Faros. Photograph in the 1953-54 to 1957-58 editions. BERTHA Displacement: 98 tons Dimensions: I04X I9X 11 feet Machinery: 2 Gray Marine Diesels. B.H.P.: 450=10 kts. Notes Launched in 1944. Pennant No. SF 10. Photograph in the 1957-58 edition. Recent Disposal The very old surveying vessel Yara ( ex-Ruperto Rodriguez ) has been removed from the effective list. AUXILIARY VESSELS ( Buques-Auxiliares) GRANMA Notes Yacht which landed in Cuba on 2 Dec. 1956 with Dr. Fidel Castro and the men who began the liberation war. Historical vessel incorporated into the Navy as an auxiliary vessel with the Pennant No. All. The former Presidential Yacht 10 de Marzo (ex-Wakitty) has been removed from the effec¬ tive list. Al A2 A3 Displacement: 60 tons Dimensions: 74 X 15x5 feet Guns: I M.G. Machinery: 2 diesel engines Notes Formerly yachts. Photograph of A3 appears in the 1954-55 to 1957-58 editions. DON ATI VO GC 102 ( ex-Capitan Fernandez Quevedo) Displacement: 130 tons Dimensions: 101x18x7 feet Machinery: 2 sets Diesels. B.H.P. 360= 12 kts. Notes Built at Havana. Launched in 1932. Photograph in the 1947-48 to 1959-60 editions. MATANZAS GC 103 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Notes Wooden hulled. Built at Havana. Launched in 1912. Photograph in the 1947-48 to 1959- 60 editions. Both of the above ships are rated as Guardacostas Auxiliaries. 80 tons I00X 18X6 feet 1 —I pdr. 2 Fairbanks Morse Diesels. B.H.P.: 180=12 kts. RESCUE AND SALVAGE VESSEL (Buque de Rescate y Salvamento) 10 DE OCTUBRE (ex-ATR 4) Displacement: 852 tons standard (1,315 tons full load) Dimensions: 155 (w./.), I65£ (o.a.)x33^X 16 feet Guns: Removed Machinery: Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 1,600= 12 kts. Boilers: 2 Babcock & Wilcox D-type. Oil burning Notes Former American ocean rescue tugs. Built in U.S.A. Launched in 1943. Largely of wooden construction. Pennant No. RS 210. Rated as Buque de Rescate y Salvamento. Sister ship 20 de Mayo (photograph in the 1954-55 to 1959-60 editions) has been removed from the effective list. R 41 (ex-PT 715) R 42 (ex-PT 716) R 43 (ex-U.S. PT) Displacement: 35 tons Dimensions: 71 X 19^X5 feet Guns: 2 M.G. Machinery: sPackard petrol engines. 3 shafts. B.H.P.: 3,600=40 kts. (max.) Notes Former American motor torpedo boats of the PT type. Built in the U.S.A. by Annapolis Yacht Yard, Inc., Annapolis, Md. Launched on 9 July 1945 (R 41) and 17 July 1945 (R 42). Sunk during a hurricane, 5 Oct. 1948, but were subsequently salvaged and are in service as sea-air rescue craft. R 43 is a different type from R 41 and R 42. She is undergoing general repairs. All rated as Buques-Auxiliares, Ex-Torpederos. GC 13 1951, Official GC II GC 13 GC 14 Displacement: 45 tons Dimensions: 83x16x4^ feet Guns: I—20 mm. AA. Depth charges Machinery: 2 Sterling Viking petrol motors. H.P.: 1,200=18 kts. Complement: 12 Notes Former CS of same numbers. Built in U.S.A. Launched in 1942-43. Ex-United States Coast Guard Cutters 83351, 83385, 83395, respectively. Wood. Received from U.S. Navy in March 1943. Rated as Guardacostas, 83 ft. GC 12 and GC 31 have been removed from the effective list. GC 32 GC 33 GC 34 Displacement: 45 tons Dimensions: 83x16x4^ feet Guns: I—20 mm. AA. Machinery: 2 Superior Diesel motors. B.H.P.: 460=12 kts. Complement: 12 Notes Built in U.S.A. Launched in 1942-43. Ex-United States Coast Guard Cutters 56191, 56190, 56192. Wood. Photograph of GC 32 in the 1955-56 to 1959-60 editions. GC 31 has been removed from the effective list. Notes Built in U.S.A. by Dingle Boat Works (Or/ente), W. A. Robinson, Inc., Ipswich, Mass (Havana and Las Villas), and Perkins & Vaughan, Inc., Wickford, R.l. (Pinar del Rio). Camaguey GC 105, has been removed from the effective list, it was officially stated in I960. R 42 1955 Official 1954, Official HABANA GC 107 (ex-SC 1291) LAS VILLAS GC 106 (ex-SC 1290) ORIENTE GC 104 (ex-SC lOOo) PINAR DEL RIO GC 108 (ex-SC 1301) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: 95 tons I07± ( w.l.), III (o.a.)x 17X6± feet 2—20 mm. AA. G.M. Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,000= 15 kts. Administration, etc., Frigates, Corvettes—DENMARK 127 DENMARK Administration Commander-in-Chief: Vice-Admiral H. A. Nyholm, R.D.N. Navy Estimates 1958-59: Kr. 161,500,000 1960-61: Kr. 172,100,000 1959-60: Kr. 170,100,000 - Personnel Naval Attache, London: Lt. Colonel J. B. Danielsen. October I960:.7,000 officers and men Mercantile Marine Lloyd's Register of Shipping: 787 vessels of 2,204,283 tons gross FRIGATES 2 New Construction DE Type Displacement: circa 1,800 tons (official figure) Notes Fast frigates or destroyer escorts to be laid down in 1962. I Ex-British “ River ” Class NIELS EBBESEN (ex-H.M.S .Annan) Pennant No. Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: F 339 Hall, Russell & Co. Ltd. 10 June 1943 29 Dec. 1943 29 June 1944 1,398 tons standard (2,134 tons full load ) 301 *X 36*Xl2 feet 2—51 inch, 2—57 mm. (saluting), 4—40 mm. AA., 2—20 mm. AA. Madsen Triple expansion. 2 shafts. 1. H.P.: 5,500=20 kts. 2, of 3-drum type 140 NIELS EBBESEN Added I960 Notes “ River ” Class. Purchased from Great Britain. Employed Recent Disposal as sea-going training ship and for fishery protection. Sister ship Holger Danske was scrapped in 1959. 3 Ex-British “ Hunt ” Class ESBERN SNARE (ex-H.M.S. Blackmore) ROLF KRAKE (ex-H.M.S. Calpe) VALDEMAR SEJR (ex-H.M.S. Exmoor) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Complement: 1,050 tons standard (1,610 tons full load) 280 (o.a.) X 31 * X 14 (max.) feet 6—4 inch AA., 4—40 mm. AA. Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 19,000=25 kts. 2 of 3-drum type 280 tons 150 Name Esbern Snare Rolf Krake Voldemar Sejr Laid down 10 Feb. 1941 12 June 1940 7 June 1940 Launched 2 Dec. 1941 28 Apr. 1941 12 Mar. 1941 Completed 14 Apr. 1942 II Dec. 1941 18 Oct. 1941 Name Pennant No. Builders Esbern Snare F 341 Alex. Stephen & Sons, Ltd., Glasgow Rolf Krake F 342 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Valdemar Sejr F 343 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson ROLF KRAKE Notes British “ Hunt ” class, type II. Lent by Great Britain in Added 1958, Wright & Logan 1953 for 4 years and subsequently extended for a furthe 4 years. Reconstructed in 1953-54. I Ex-British “ Flower " Class THETIS (ex-H.M.S. Geranium) Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Wm. Simons & Co. Ltd. 21 Sep. 1939 23 Apr. 1940 24 June 1940 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Complement: 1,000 tons standard (1,313 tons full load) 190 (pp.), 205 (o.a.) X 33 X 14* feet (max.) I—3 inch, I—40 mm. AA., 4—20 mm. AA. Madsen Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 2,750= 16 kts. 2 S.E. 230 tons 85 Notes Former British corvette (later reclassified as frigate) of “ Flower ” Class. Purchased from Great Britain. Operates in North Sea and off Faroes. Rebuilt and modernised in 1951- 52 when new boilers were installed and the funnel was stepped a little more aft. Pennant No. F 340. THETIS 1952, courtesy Captain R. Steen Steensen,' R.D.N. Gunnery Notes The 4 inch AA. gun formerly carried was replaced by a 3 inch gun in 1959. CORVETTES 4 “ Triton ” Class BELLONA DIANA FLORA TRITON Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: 760 tons standard (1,000 tons full load) 249* (o.a.) X 31* X9 feet 2—3 inch, 2—40 mm. AA. Fiat diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 4,400=21 kts. 110 Name Builders Bellona Naval Meccanicia, Castellammare Diana Cantiere del Tirreno, RivaTrigoso Flora Cantiere del Tirreno, Riva Trigoso Triton Cantiere Navali di Taranto Pennant No. Name Launched Transferred FC 344 Bellona 9 Jan. 1955 31 Jan. 1957 FC 345 Diana 19 Dec. 1954 30 July 1955 FC 346 Flora 25 June 1955 28 Aug. 1956 FC 347 Triton 12 Sep. 1954 10 Aug. 1955 TRITON Notes All four vessels were under United States MDAP 1956, courtesy Dott. Ing. Luigi Accorsi in Italy for the Danish Navy. Officially classified as corvettes in 1954. 128 DENMARK—Submarines, Patrol Vessels, Coastal Minesweepers SUBMARINES 4 41 Delfinen ” Class DELFINEN SP/EKH UGGEREN TUMLEREN Displacement: Dimensions: Tubes: Machiner/: Radius: 550 tons standard, 600 tons surface Length 177 feet 4—21 inch 2 Burmeister & Wain diesels. B.H.P. 1,200=13 knots surface. Electric motors=l2 kts. submerged 4,000 miles at 85 kts. Notes Thase new submarines were built in the Royal Dockyard, Copenhagen Delfinen (Dolphin) was the first submarine built in Denmark for 17 years. Engined with diesels of a new type. Equipped with Schnorkel. A fourth ship of the class, as yet unnamed, is scheduled to be launched in 1962. Pennant No. S 326 S 327 S 328 S 329 Name Delfinen Spaekhuggeren Tumleren Laid down I July 1954 I Dec. 1954 22 May 1956 I960 Launched 4 May 1956 20 Feb. 1957 June 1958 DELFINEN I960, Royal Danish Navy, Official Recent Disposals The submarines Saelen (ex-U3, ex-Morse, ex-H.M.S. Vortex) and Springeren (ex-UI, ex-Dz/7;, ex-P52) were handed back to the Royal Navy on 16 Jan. 1958 and 19 Nov. 1957, res¬ pectively. The third ship of the class, the Storen (ex-H.M.S. Vulpine) was returned to Great Britain in 1958. PATROL VESSELS (ex -Coastal Destroyers) 2 “ Huitfeldt ” Class H UITFELDT ( ex-Nymfen) WILLEMOES ( ex-Najaden) Name: Huitfeldt Willemoes Pennant Nos.: Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: P 520 P 521 Royal Dockyard, Copenhagen 3 July 1942 3 July 1942 22 June 1943 17 Mar. 1943 31 July 1947 30 June 1947 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns^ Tubes: Mines: Machinery: Oil fuel: Complement: 782 tons standard (890 tons full load) 283 (o.o.), 279 (pp.)x27j X 11| feet 2—4 1 inch, 3—40 mm. AA., 6 —20 mm. Madsen 6—21 inch. 2 D.C.T. 60 Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 21,000 = 35 kts. 100 tons 92 HUITFELDT Added 1959, Royal Danish Navy, Official Notes Originally known as Torpedo Boats. Reclassified as Coastal with P pennant numbers, in 1958. Named after Danish naval Destroyers in 1951 and again reclassified as Patrol Vessels, officers. PATROL VESSELS ( ex-Minesweepers ) COASTAL MINESWEEPERS S0HUNDEN 1958, Royal Danish Navy, Official AAR0SUND 1956, Wright & Logan 2 44 Sohesten " Class S0HUNDEN S0RIDDEREN Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boiler: Oil fuel: Complement: 274 tons standard (315 tons full load) 169 (pp.), I76± (0.0.) X 20f X 6 Jr feet 2—40 mm. AA., 4—20 mm. AA., Bofors. 2 D.C.T. Geared turbine. I shaft. S.H.P.: 2,200= 19 kts. I Thornycroft 3-drum type 30 tons 48 Notes Both built at Royal Dockyard, Copenhagen. Former minesweepers equipped for mine¬ laying. Reconstructed with radar and firing director, reclassified as patrol vessels and given new P numbers instead of M pennant numbers in 1958. Soridderen means Sea Knight: Sohunden means Seadog. Pennant No. Name Launched P577 (ex-M 542) Sohunden P579 (ex-M 544) Soridderen 16 May 1942 II Apr. 1942 8 44 Aarosund ” Class AAR0SUND M 571 (ex-AMS 127) ALSSUND M 572 (ex-AMS 128) EGERNSUND M 573 (ex-AMS 129) GR0NSUND M 574 (ex-MSC 256) GULDBORGSUND M 575 (ex-MSC 257) OM0SUND M 576 (ex-MSC 221) ULVSUND M 577 (ex-MSC 263) VILSUND 578 (ex-MSC 264) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: 375 tons standard (405 tons full load) 138 (pp.), 144 (o.o.)x27x8i feet 2—20 mm. Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,200= 15 kts. 35 Recent Disposals The two sister ships of the “ Sohesten ” class, the Sohesten (Seahorse) and Soloven (Sealion) were scrapped in 1959. All the six patrol vessels (ex-torpedo boats) of the “ Krieger ” class, the Bille, Buhl, Hammer> Holm, Krabhe and Krieger, were scrapped in 1959. Notes MSC (ex-AMS) 60 class NATO coastal minesweepers AMS 127-130 and four more all built in U.S.A. Completed in 1954-56. Aarosund was transferred on 24 Jan. 1955, Alssund on 5 Apr. 1955, Egernsund on 3 Aug. 1955, Gronsund on 21 Sep. 1956, Guldborgsund on I I Nov. 1956, Omosund on 20 lune 1956, Ulvsund on 20 Sep. 1956 and Vilsund on 15 Nov. 1956. Notes LINDORMEN courtesy Captain R. Steen Ste n*en, R.D.N. LINDORMEN Displacement: 60-4 cons standard ('-45 tons full load) Dimensions: 1751 (o.o.), 1671 ((p )x29x8 feet Guns: 2—40 mm. AA., 2 MG. Mines: 150 Machinery: Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 1,200=14 kts. Boilers: 2 Thorn/croft 3-d»"um type Oil fuel: 35 tons Complement: 66 Notes Built at the Royal Dockyard, Copenhagen. Launched on 30 Mar. 1940. Scuttled in Copenhagen Harbour on 29 Aug. 1943, but was salved and refited with a new rig The 3-inch gun formerly mounted, and one 40 mm. gun, were removed in 1959. Pennant No. N 39. 6 “ Gribben ” Class I 10 tons 120 X 18X6 feet 1— 40 mm. AA., I—20 mm. AA. 2— 21 inch 3 Diesels. B.H.P.: 7,500=45 kts 23 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: Complement: Three built in Royal Dockyard, Copenhagen, three in Frederikssundvaerft. All units are named after fishes. ■^iwi P" mm I960, Royal Danish Navy, Official 2 “ Laaland ” Class Notes Built by Copenhagen Naval Yard. Both launched in 1941 and completed in 1946. Pennant Nos. N 40 and N 41, respectively. SEAWARD DEFENCE CRAFT 8 New Construction SDC Type Displacement: 150 tons Dimensions: 121 X 22 X 61 feet Guns: I—40 mm. AA. A/S weapons: Depth charges Machinery: Speed =20 kts. Notes It is officially stated that these eight seawa-d defence craft are to be laid down in 1960-62. MOTOR TORPEDO BOATS 6 New Construction FPB Type FLYVEFISKEN GRIBBEN P 551 (ex-T 51, ex-S 316) STORMFUGLEN P 565 (ex-Lyn, ex-S 64) HEJREN P 563 (ex-Tross, ex-S 117) TRANEN P 567 ( ex-Storm , ex-S 85) RAVNEN P 560 (ex-T 60, ex-S 97) VIBEN P 568 (ex-S 68) i»^—m t in i in in artlill 1956, Royal Danish Navy, Official Displacement: 99 tons Dimensions: 115 X I7J X6 feet Guns: I—40 mm., 3—20 mm. AA. Tubes: 2—21 ineh Machinery: 3 Mercedes-Benz Diesels. B.H.P.: 6,000 = 36 kts. Complement: 21 Notes Ex-German Schnell-boote. Hejren built b*/ jcnlichting, Travemunde, others all built by Liirssen, Vegesack, except Gribben. Hejren, Stormfuglen and Tranen were transferred from the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1951. Now named after birds. Haerfuglen, Isfuglen and Musvaagen were scrapped in Oct. 1955. Hogen was sunk in wUi?ites Built at Turun Veneveistamo Yard. Launched in 1936-37. Notes Built in Finland. Launched in 1943. Ex-Motor launches SP 41, 42. VM 18 (ex-SP I) was KALA 2 KALA 5 KALA KALA 3 KALA 4 Displacement: 60 tons Notes Launched in 1956. Completed in 1959, of LCU (utility landing craft) type. MOTOR LAUNCHES NV I NV 3 NV 5 NV 7 NV 9 NV 2 NV 4 NV 6 NV 8 NV 10 Notes New Finnish motor boats. First series NV 1-5 built since 1956. Second series NV 6-10 under construction. TRANSPORT CRAFT (Kuijetusalukset) 3 “Pansio” Class PANSIO (1947) PORKKALA (1940) PUKKIO (1929) Displacement: 162 tons Dimensions: 92x2l*x9feet Guns: I—40 mm., I—20 mm. AA. Machinery: Diesel. B.H.P.: 300= 10 kts. Notes Built at Naval Dockyard, Helsinki. Launch dates above. Vessels of the tug type used as transports, minesweeping tenders, minelayers and patrol vessels. Can carry 20 mines. Training Ship Notes It was officially stated in I960 that the training ship Suomen Joutsen ( ex-Oldenburgh , ex- Laennec) has been converted into a stationary seamen’s school ship, and sold to the Finnish Mercantile School. FIRTT1SAARI (ex-DR 7) PYHTAA (ex-DR 2) Displacement: 106 tons Dimensions: 69x20x8* feet Guns: I—20 mm. Speed: 8 kts. Notes Former United States Army Tugs. Launched in 1943-44. General purpose vessels used as minesweepers, minelayers, patrol vessels, tenders, tugs or personnel transports. DR 2 and DR 7 were adapted as the Coast Artillery transports Pyhtaa and Pirttisaari in 1958 and 1959, respectively. TARMO ( ex-Sampo II) Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Complement: Notes 1958, Finnish Navy, Official 2,400 tons (officially revised figure) 210* (w./.), 220 (o.a.) X 47 X 18* feet Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 3,850=12 kts. 43 Built by Armstrong & Co. Ltd., Newcastle-on-Tyne. Launched in 1907 MURTAJA Displacement: 3,370 tons (officially revised figure) Dimensions: 243* X 57 x 20 feet Machinery: Diesel-electric. 4 shafts. B.H.P.: 7,500= 16 kts. Notes Built by Wartsila-yhtyma O/Y Hietalahden Laiva telakka, Helsinki. Karhu was launched on 22 Oct. 1957, and completed at the end of 1958. Murtaja was launched on 23 Sep. 1958. A third ship of this class, Sampo, is scheduled to be delivered in I960. Icebreakers, Landing Craft, Transport Craft, Tugs—FINLAND 143 ICEBREAKERS ( Jaanmurtajat ) Icebreakers —continued Displacement: 180 to 200 tons Dimensions: 100 feet length Guns: I—41 inch (105 mm.) Cmex. Obuchov Machinery: Speed = IOkts. Notes Former German MFP type landing craft converted and armoured. Launched in 1942. New Construction The Finnish Navy is to build a new icebreaker which will be a larger vessel of the “ Voima ” type. Construction is expected to be started in 1961. 1959, Official LANDING CRAFT ( Kuijetusalukset ) VOIMA Displacement: 4,200 tons (officially revised figure) Dimensions: 254* (w./.), 274 (o.a.) x63f (61* w./.)x20* feet Machinery: Diesels with electric drive. 4 shafts. B.H.P.: 14,000= 16* kts. Oil fuel: 740 tons Complement: 73 Notes Built by Hietalahden telakka. Launched and completed in 1953. Built for deep-sea work. Two propellers forward and aft. Transferred to the Board of Navigation in 1956. OTSO Displacement: 900 tons Dimensions: 134* (pp.), 144* (o.o.) X 37* X 16* feet Machinery: Triple expansion, with bow propeller. I.H.P.: 1,860=13 kts. Oil fuel: 60 tons Notes Launched in 1936. Belongs to the town of Helsinki. Photograph in the 1953-54 and earlier editions. SEILI 1959, Official LONNA KARHU General Notes All the above icebreakers belong to the Board of Navigation, except the Otso, which belo ngs to the town of Helsinki. Recent Disposals The old and less powerful icebreakers Apu and Murtaja were scrapped in Spring 1959 and 1958, respectively. VOIMA 1954, Finnish Navy, Official SISU Displacement: 2,000 tons Dimensions: 194* (w./.), 210* (o.a.)X 46*X 16* feet Guns: 2—3-9 inch AA. Machinery: 3 sets Atlas Polar Diesels with electric drive. 2 shafts and a bow propeller. H.P.: 4,000= 16 kts. Complement: 100 Notes Built by Hietalahden telakka. Launched on 24 Sep. 1938. Displacement: 1,850 tons Dimensions: 202 X 43 X 18* feet Machinery: Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 3,850= 12 kts. Complement: 43 Notes Built by Armstrong & Co. Ltd., Newcastle-on-Tyne. Launched in 1898. This ship will be scrapped in I960 when a new icebreaker of the same name is completed. SAMPO SISU 1940, Official 144 FRANCE—Administration, etc.. Silhouettes FRANCE Administration Assistant Chief of Naval Staff: Personnel Chief of the Naval Staff: Contre-Amiral Ponchardier. I960: 5,000 officers and 63,000 men Amiral Cabanier Assistant Chief of Naval Staff: (Major General de la Marine). Vice-Amiral d’Escadre Monaque Naval Attache in London: Contre-Amiral V. B. Marchal Mercantile Marine Lloyd’s Register of Shipping: 1,409 vessels of 4,538,370 tons gross Battleship Cruisers Destroyers, Escorts, Frigates, etc. Silhouettes—FRANCE 145 S i I h o u ettes —continued Scale: I50ft.= l inch DUPERRE Class. T 53 R Type L’AVENTURE Type ELAN Class L’ALSACIEN HOVA Type PAUL GOFFENY L’AG ENA IS S£n£GALAIS Class COMMANDANT ROBERT GIRAUD LE NORMAND Class. E 52 Type FRANCIS-GARNIER MARCEL LE BIHAN LE CORSE Class. E 50 Type BISSON Type GUSTAVE Z£d£ K 146 FRANCE—Pennant Numbers, Carrier Borne Aircraft PENNANT 1 NUMBERS CLASSIFICATION. D = Destroyers ( Escorteurs d'Escadre S = Submarines ( Sous-marins) P = Patrol Vessels (Patrouilleurs) A = Auxiliaries \ and Escorteurs Rapides) F = Frigates ( Escorteurs and Avisos) M = Minesweepers ( Drageurs) L = Landing Ships D Flag Superior: F Flag Superior— continued P Flag Superior— continued M Flag Superior— continued 606 Chateaurenault 764 Le Bordelais 642 L’Opiniatre L’Agile L’Adroit 684 Lobelia 607 Guichen 765 Le Normand 643 685 Magnolia 621 Surcouf 766 Le Picard 644 686 Marguerite 622 Kersaint 767 Le Gascon 645 L’Alert 687 Mimosa 623 Cassard 768 Le Lorrain 646 L’Attentif 688 Muguet 624 Bouvet 769 Le Bourguignon 647 L’ Enjoue 693 Pavot 625 Dup6tit Thouars 770 Le Champenois 648 Le Hardi 694 Pervenche 626 Chevalier Paul 771 Le Savoyard 656 Marjolaine 695 Pivoine 627 Mai lie Breze 772 Le Breton 658 Lotus 696 Renoncule 628 Vauquelin D’Estrees 773 Le Basque 659 Tiare 697 Reseda 629 774 L’Agenais 701 Sirius 630 Du Chayla 775 Le Bearnais 702 Rigel 631 Casabianca 776 L’Alsacien M Flag Superior: 703 Antares 632 Guepratte 777 Le Provencal 704 Algol 633 Duperre 778 Le Vendeen 612 Alen<;on 705 Aldebaran 634 La Bourdonnais 613 Berneval 706 Regulus 635 Forbin 614 Bir Hacheim 707 Vega 636 Tartu S Flag Superior 615 Cantho 708 Castor 637 Jaureguiberry 616 Dompaire 709 Pollux 638 La Galissoniere 601 L’Andromede 617 Garigliano 710 Pegase 603 L’Artemis 618 Mytho 726 La Dunkerquoise 606 La Creole 619 Vinh-long 727 La Malouine F Flag Superior: 607 L’Africaine 620 Berlaimont 728 La Bayonnaise 608 L'Astree 621 Origny 729 La Paimpolaise 701 Algerien 609 M i lie 622 Autun 730 La Dieppoise 702 Senegalais 610 Laubie 623 Baccarat 731 La Lorientaise 707 L’Aventure 613 Roland Morillot 624 Colmar 734 Croix du Sud 708 La Surprise 616 Saphir 638 Acacia 735 Etoile Polaire 709 Ailette 631 Narval 639 Acanthe 736 Altair 710 Croix de Lorraine 632 Marsouin 640 Aconit 737 Capricorne 711 La Confiance 633 Dauphin 641 Amarante 740 Cassiopee 718 Kabyle 634 Requin 643 Asphodele 741 Eridan 719 Bambara 635 Arethuse 644 Basilic 742 Orion 721 Touareg 636 Argonaute 647 Clematite 743 Sagittaire 722 Soudanais 637 Espadon 649 Pimprenelle 744 Achernar 724 Malgache 638 Morse 650 Primev^re 745 Procyon 725 Victor Schoelcher 639 Amazone 651 Genet 746 Arcturus 726 Commandant Bory 640 Ariane 659 Hortensia 747 Betelgeuse 727 Anr.iral Charner 641 Daphne 661 Campanule 748 Persee 728 Doudart de la Gree 642 Diane 662 Heliotrope 749 Phenix 729 Balny 643 Doris 663 Jasmin 750 Bellatrix 730 Francis-Garnier 644 Eurydice 664 Perce-Neige 751 Denebola 733 Cdt. Riviere 645 Flore 665 Anemone 752 Centaure 734 Chamois 646 Galath£e 667 Ajonc 753 Fomalhaut 736 Gazelle 668 Azalee 754 Canopus 737 Bisson 669 Begonia 755 Capelia 738 Cdt. Amyot d’lnville P Flag Superior: 670 Bleuet 756 Cephee 739 Cdt. Pimodan 671 Camelia 757 Verseau 741 Cdt. Delage 603 Goumier 672 Chrysanth^me 758 Ari6s 742 Cdt. Domine 604 Coutelas 673 Coquelicot 759 Lyre 743 Cdt. Duboc 606 Dague 674 Cyclamen 765 Mercure 747 La Moqueuse 608 Cimeterre 675 Eglantine 750 La Perouse 618 Fantasin 676 Gardenia 751 Beautemps Beaupre 630 L’ Intrepide 677 Giroflee L Flag Superior 752 Amiral Mouchez 635 L’Ardent 678 Glaieul 754 O.E. Paul Goffeny 637 L’ Etourdi 679 Glycine 9001 Laita 755 Cdt. Robert Giraud 638 L’ Effronte 680 Jacinthe 9002 Orne 761 Le Corse 639 Le Frondeur 681 Laurier 9004 Ranee 762 Le Brestois 640 Le Fringant 682 Lilas 9005 Odet 763 Le Boulonnais 641 1 Le Fougueux 683 Liseron 9006 1 Cheliff FRENCH CARRIER-BORNE AIRCRAFT Name Maker Type Dimensions Power Plant Armament Performance ETENDARD IV-M Passault Single-Seat Inter¬ ceptor and Fighter-Bomber Wing Span 31 ft. 6 in. Length 47 ft. 3 in. One SNECMA Atar 8 turbojet Two 30 mm. can¬ non. Bombs or missiles Max. speed 700 m.p.h. at 36,000 ft. Range 370- 800 miles AQUILON (SEA VENOM) Sud-Aviation Single or Two- Seat All-Weather Fighter Wing Span 42 ft. I(H in. Folded 23 ft. Length 36 ft. 6 in. One D.H. Ghost Mk. 48 turbojet - ■ Four 20 mm. can¬ non. Eight rockets Max. speed 600 m.p.h. F4U-7 CORSAIR Chance Vought Single-Seat Fighter-Bomber Wing Span 40 ft. 1 If in. Folded 17 ft. Length 34 ft. in. One Pratt & Whit¬ ney R-2800-18W Engine Four 20 mm. can¬ non. Ten 5 in. rockets and two 1,000—1,600 lb. bombs Max. speed over 450 m.p.h. TBM-3 AVENGER Grumman Three-Seat Anti- Submarine Aircraft Wing Span 54 ft. 2 in. Length 40 ft. One Wright Cy¬ clone R-2600 En¬ gine Four machine guns. One tor¬ pedo or four 500 lb. bombs. Eight rockets Max. speed 262 m.p.h. Range 1,000 miles Br IOSO ALIZE I Breguet I Three-Seat Anti- Wing Span 51 ft. 2 in. One Rolls-Royce One torpedo. Up Max. speed 292 I Submarine Folded 22 ft. II in. Dart R. Da. 22 to five depth m.p.h. Normal i Aircraft Length 45 ft. 6 in. turboprop charges. Six endurance 5 hr. rockets or two 10 min. missiles I960, French Navy, Official I960, French Navy, Official I960, French Navy, Official CLEMENCEAU (starboard broadside view) 2 New Construction CLEMENCEAU (PA 54) FOCH (PA 55) Name: Clemenceau Foch Pennant No.: R 98 R 99 Builders: Brest Penhoet-Loire & Brest Laid down: Nov. 1955 Feb. 1957 Launched: 21 Dec. 1947 July 1959 Completion: Trials pursued Trials scheduled to since 24 Nov. start July I960 1959 General Notes These are the first aircraft carriers fully built in France. Authorised in 1953 and 1955, respectively. They have the angled deck incorporated, two lifts, measuring 52^x36 feet, one of them on the starboard deck edge, two steam catapults for aircraft up to II tons, and two mirror sight deck landing aids. The flight deck measures 543x96£ feet and is angled at 8 degrees. The dimensions of the hangar are: 497f x87x 28 feet. These aircraft carriers were originally to have been of the light fleet type with an armament of 24—2-25 inch guns in twin mountings, but the armament was revised to 12—3 9 inch (100 mm.) in 1956 and to 8—3 9 inch (100 mm.) in 1958. The 100 mm. guns are of a new design. Rate of fire: 60 rounds per minute. Clemenceau was ordered from Brest Dockyard on 28 May 1954 and begun in Nov. 1955. Foch began construction at Chantiers de I’Atiantique a St. Nazaire, Penhoet, in a special dry dock, but is being completed by Brest Dockyard. Machinery was also ordered from Penhoet- Loire. Cancellation Notes The 1958 naval estimates provided for the construction of an aircraft carrier of 30,000 tons standard displacement, but owing to the reductions in the financial vote she was not laid down. Note to Drawing Port elevation and plan. Scale: 128 feet= I inch. Redrawn in I960. CLEMENCEAU (over-head plan view showing angled deck) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Armour: Aircraft: Catapults: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 22,000 tons standard (27,307 tons normal, 30,000 tons full load) 833* (pp.), 845 (o.o.) X 96* (hull), 151 (mo<.)x24| feet 8—3-9 inch (100 mm. automatic) AA. in single turrets and 30 mm. Flight deck, hull (over machinery spaces and magazines), island super¬ structure and bridges 60, including jet aircraft 2 Mitchell-Brown steam, Mk. BS 4 Penhoet geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 126,000=32 kts. 6 4,000 tons 7,500 miles at 18 kts., 4,800 miles at 24 kts. 2,700 (including 179 officers) CLEMENCEAU (port bow oblique aerial view) 148 FRANCE—Aircraft Carriers ( continued) Aircraft Carriers —continued ARROMANCHES 1959, French Navy, Official I Ex-British “ Colossus 99 Class ARROMANCHES (ex-H.M.S. Colossus Pennant No: R 95 Builders: Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. (Tyne) Laid down: I June 1942 Launched: 30 Sep. 1943 Completed: 16 Dec. 1944 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Aircraft: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 14,000 tons standard ( 19,600 tons full load), officially revised figures Length: 694j feet (o.o.). Beam: 80* feet. Width: 118 feet (o.o.). Draught : 23 feet 43—40 mm. AA. (as refitted) (see General Notes) Capacity: 30 to 34 (24 at present). American “ Hellcat ” fighters and “Helldiver” dive-bombers to be replaced by new Breguet Alize ASM aircraft Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 42,000=25 kts. (designed), 23.5 kts. ( actual) 4, of 3-drum type (400 lb. working pressure, 700 degrees maximum superheat) 3,200 tons 12,000 miles at 14 kts.; 6,200 miles at 23 kts. 1,620 maximum in wartime 1,019 total in peacetime (42 officers and 777 men and 200 for air service) Official figures on I Jan. 1959 General Notes This ship was lent to the French Navy for five years from August 1946 with the option of purchase in 1951, which was taken up, and she was permanently transferred from Great Britain in that year. Extensively refitted 1950-51; and again refitted in 1957-58 (see Reconstruction Notes). Will eventually become a training carrier with no guns. Reconstruction Notes Modernised and partially rebuilt in 1957-58 with the ang'ed deck at 4 degrees, and mirror sight deck landing aid sponsons, the overall width being increased from 112£ feet to just over I 18 feet (36 metres). In consequence of these modifications the ship is able to receive the new Breguet Alize ASM aircraft of the 1050 type. Engineering Notes Engines and boilers are arranged en echelon, one set of turbines and two boilers being installed side by side in each of the two main propelling machinery spaces. Notes to Drawing Starboard elevation and plan. Drawn in 1959. Scale: 128 feet= I inch. ARROMANCHES 1959, French Navy, Official I New Construction JEANNE D’ARC A/S weapons: ASM equipment under review Displacement: 10,000 tons standard (13,000 tons full load) Aircraft: Normal complement of helicopters will include 8 to 12 heavy ASM machines Dimensions: Length: 590? feet (o.o.). Beam: 78* feet (hull). Draught: 20± feet (max.). Helicopter platform: 230x85 feet. Machinery: Boilers: Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 40,000=26*5 kts. (designed speed) 4 Guns: 4—3 9 inch AA. in single mountings Oil fuel: 2,000 tons Guided Missiles: Twin launcher for “Masurca” surface-to-air weapons Radius: Complement: 6,000 miles at 15 kts 1,050 Notes Authorised under the 1957 estimates. The ship has not yet been named (I960). To be used for midshipmen’s training in time of peace in place of the cadets’ training cruiser Jeanne d’Arc which is scheduled to be discarded in 1962-63. Illustra¬ tion on next page. It was officially stated in I960 that: She will now have four 100 mm. (3-9 inch) guns instead of six; The quadruple mortar originally planned is being replaced by a twin launcher for “ Masurca ” surface-to-air guided missiles; She is to be laid down in July I960, and will be completed and commissioned in July 1963. Aircraft Carriers ( continued )—FRANCE 149 Aircraft Carriers —continued 1957, Marius Bar BOIS BELLEAU WL* k , ' ». iBfiSSEir’ L -TIE 2 Ex-U.S. “ Cowpens ” Class BOIS BELLEAU (ex-Belleau Wood, ex-New Haven) LA FAYETTE ( ex-Langley, ex-Crown Point, ex-Fargo) Name: Bois Belleau La Fayette Pennant No.: R 97 Builders: New York S.B. Corpn., Camden, New Jersey Laid down: II Aug. 1941 Launchea: 6 Dec. 1942 Completed: 31 Mar. 1943 R 96 New York S.B. Corpn. Camden, New Jersey II Apr. 1942 22 May 1943 31 Aug. 1943 Displacement: 11,000 tons standard (15,800 tons full load) Dimensions: Length: 623 (o.o.) feet. Beam: 7I± (hull) feet. Width: 109 (ex¬ treme) feet. Draught: 26 (max.) feet Armour: 2" Belt (5" on some vital points) Aircraft: 26 carried Machinery: Geared turbines. 4 shafts. S.H.P.: 100,000=32 kts. Boilers: 8 Babcock & Wilcox Oil fuel: 2,000 tons Range: 11,000 miles at 15 kts.: 5,800 miles, at 25 kts. Complement: General Notes 1,183 (peace); 1,400 (war) La Fayette was officially turned over to France on 6 June 1951 under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program. Bois Belleau was transferred on loan to France by the United States on 5 Sep. 1953 for five years, this period now having been ex¬ tended until I960. Formerly units of United States Navy “Cowpens ” class fast light fleet aircraft carriers. Laid down as light cruisers of the U.S. " Cleveland " class but completed as aircraft carriers. A new radar mast was added on the starboard side, between the funnels, in 1955 Aircraft Notes The maximum aircraft capacity when stowed was 101. Note to Drawing Starboard elevation and plan. Scale: 128 feet=inch. Recent Disposal The auxiliary aircraft carrier Dixmude (ex-H.M.S. Biter, ex- Rio Parana ), officially rated as Transport d’Aviation, former U.S. escort carrier, is now a hulk and used as a barracks at St. Mandner (see full particulars and photograph in the 1959-60 edition). LA FAYETTE French Navy, Official / 1955, French Navy, Official JEAN BART JEAN BART Pennant No.: B 61 Builders: A.C. Loire Shipyard Laid down: Jan. 1939 Launched: 6 Mar. 1940 Completed: 1949 (in service 1955) Displacement: 35,000 tons (nominal): 38,750 tons (standard); 49,000 tons (full load) Dimensions: Length: 8l3f feet (o.o.). Beam: I 16V feet. Draught: 30 feet (32f feet full load) Guns: 8—15 inch, 9—6 inch d.p., 24—3-9 inch d.p., 28—57 mm. AA., 20— 20 mm. AA. (Oerlikon) Armour: I5i"-8f" Belt, 6f"-6" (upper armoured deck), I?" (lower armoured deck), 17", Ilf", 6f" and 5f" Main Turrets, I3f" Conning Tower Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 4 shafts S.H.P.: 150,000=30 kts. (On preliminary trials she reached 32 kts. with 160,000 S.H.P.) Boilers: 6 Indret-Sural. Steam pressure 384 Ibs./sq. in. superheated 700°F Oil fuel: 6,000 tons Radius: 8,500 miles at 14 kts., 6,900 miles at 20 kts., 3,400 miles at 30 kts. Complement: 70 officers, 1,600 ratings (peace): 88 officers, 2,055 ratings (war) General Notes Having had bulges fitted, this ship has greater beam than Richelieu. Also has different type of bridge and improved AA. armament. When building at St. Nazaire (A.C. Loire shipyard), she succeeded in escaping in June 1940, in an incomplete state and prior to any trials, and arriving at Casablanca, where she stayed during the war. Building was resumed in 1945 at Brest Navy Yard, and she ran her first sea trials in Jan. 1949. Excellent and most elaborate radar equipment is installed, rendering her suitable for employ¬ ment as a “ command vessel.” Commissioned in April 1950 for gunnery trials and exercises, and her long-delay ed armament was mounted during winter of 1951-52. In service 1955. Employed as an accommodation vessel for the gunnery training ships at Toulon since 1956. Gunnery Notes The 57 mm. anti-aircraft guns are of the same model as mounted in the ainti-aircraft cruisers Colbert and De Grasse, the aircraft direction destroyers of the “T 53 ” type, the anti-aircraft destroyers of the “ T 47 ” type, and the fast anti-submarine and anti-aircraft frigates of the “ E 52 ” and ” E 50 ” types. Engineering Notes The total weight of machinery is over 3,000 tons. Armour Notes The proportion of displacement devoted to armour is 40 per cent higher than in any previous ships. The total weight of armour is 14,000 tons. Class Notes Both Richelieu and Jean Bart were built in dry dock, their cost exceeding 2,000,000,000 francs each. Jean Bart was built in the Loire yard, but her construction was shared by the Penhoet concern. The uncompleted hull of a third ship, Clemenceau, was sunk by Allied heavy bombers during the siege of Brest. A fourth ship, the Gascogne, was projected, but never begun. Recent Disposal Sister ship Richelieu has been employed as an accommoda- JEAN BART 1957, Skyfotos JEAN BART 1956, Skyfotos tion vessel for the reserve officers’ training establishment at Brest since 1956. In I960 she was classed as a hulk and no longer listed under combatant vessels (for full particulars, photographs and drawings, see 1959-60 edition). Note to Drawing Port elevation and plan. Redrawn in 1957. Scale: 128 feet= I inch. cr 2 _ 1959, French Navy, Official COLBERT I Improved “ De Grasse ” Class COLBERT Pennant No: C 611 Builders: Brest Dockyard Laid down: Dec. 1953 Launched: 24 Mar., 1956 (floated out of dry dock) Completed: 1958 (trials end of 1957) Displacement: 8,720 tons standard (11,000 tons full load), officially revised figures Dimensions: Length: 574| (pp-), 597& (o.a.) feet. Beam: 63^ feet. Draught: I8f feet Guns: 16—5 inch AA. (twin mounts), 20—57 mm. Bofors AA. (10 twin mountings) Aircraft: I helicopter Armour: Has some protection. See notes Machinery: Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 86,000=32 kts. Boilers: 4 Radius: 4,000 miles at 25 kts. Complement: 977 (70 officers and 907 men) General Notes Improved De Grasse type. Provision has been made in the design so that she can be fitted eventually with guided missiles. Has a new scheme of protection, quite different Notes to Drawing Port elevation and plan, feet= I inch. from that of De Grasse, and a platform for a helicopter. As a fast transport she could carry 2,400 men with equipment. Redrawn in 1957. Scale: 128 DE GRASSE 1957, French Navy, Official I “ De Grasse ” Class DE GRASSE Pennant No.: C 610 Builders: Lorient Dockyard and Brest Dockyard (see notes) Engineers: A. & C. de Bretagne Laid down: Nov. 1938 Launched: II Sep. 1946 Completed: Aug. 1955 (trials); officially commissioned (ready for active service) 3 Sep. 1956 Displacement: 9,380 tons standard (11,545 tons full load ) officially revised figures Dimensions: Length: 592 ( pp .), 6I7£ (o.a.) feet. Beam: 61 feet. Draught: I8£ feet (mean) Guns: 16—5 inch AA., 12—57 mm. AA. Bofors twin mounts Armour: Has some protection including armoured deck and side belt. Machinery: Rateau - Chantiers de Bretagne geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 105,000=33-5 kts. Boilers: 4 multitubular Radius: 5,000 miles at 18 kts. Complement: 983 (86 officers and 897 men with Admiral on board), officially revised figures General Notes Ordered under the 1937 Estimates. Her construction was suspended during the German occupation of Lorient, but was resumed in 1946 until her launch. Building then again stopped pending study of new anti-aircraft equipment and owing to the financial situation. Construction was again resumed on 9 Jan. 1951. Completed in Brest Dockyard as an anti-aircraft cruiser to a modified design with modern armament. She is equipped as a fleet command ship and for radar control of air strikes. This applies also to Colbert. Gunnery Notes Guns are radar controlled with stabilised gunlayers for automatic tracking. This applies also to Colbert. Note to Drawing Refitted with a stump mainmast in Jan. 1956. Scale: 128 feet=l inch. Redrawn in 1957. 152 FRANCE—Cruisers (continued) GUIDED MISSILE CRUISER I Projected Light Type To be laid down at the beginning of 1961. To be commissioned in 1965. Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Guided Missiles: Guns: 5,000 tons (mean) Length: 5I8 j (o.o.) feet. Beam: 48 feet Geared turbines. Speed = 34 kts. “Masurca” surface-to-air weapons 2 single mount automatic 3.9 inch AA. guns. 2 single mount automatic 30 mm. AA. guns Aircraft: A/S helicopters A/S weapons: (a) Malafon guided missile. The Malafon is a rocket-glider dropping a homing torpedo in the vicinity of the enemy submarine. ( b) AS helicopters directed by the cruiser towards the enemy sub¬ marine. (c) Homing torpedoes launched directly from the ship. General Notes The structure of the ship will provide the best possible resistance to atomic blast. The cruiser is to be fitted with up-to-date detection devices (radars and sonars). Carefully studied habitability is a feature of the design. (All the above particulars were kindly furnished by the French Admiralty in April I960.) TRAINING CRUISER ( Croiseur-Ecole ) I EANNE D'ARC Pennant No.: C 605 Builders: Penhoet, St. Nazaire Laid down: 1928 Launched: 14 Feb. 1930 Completed: Sep. 1931 Displacement: 6,500 tons standard (9,000 tons full load) Dimensions: Length: 525 (pp.), 557f (o.a.) feet. Beam: 57* feet. Draught: I7| (mean), 20f (max.) feet Guns 8—6-1 inch, 4—2-9 inch (75 mm.) AA., 8—40 mm. AA., 10—20 mm. AA. Armour: Protective deck and light plating to gunhouses and conning tower Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. Designed H.P.: 32,500=25 kts. (22 to 23 kts. actual sea speed) see Engineering Notes Boilers: 4 Penhoet Oil fuel: 1,400 tons Radius: 5,200 miles at 11 kts., 3,200 miles at 21 kts. Complement: neral Notes 648 maximum in wartime 582 total in peacetime (32 officers, 120 petty officers and 430 ratings) officially revised figures. Authorised under the 1927 Programme. This ship was specially designed for duty as a training cruiser and can accommodate 156 midshipmen and cadets and 20 instructional officers in addition to ordinary complement. She is scheduled to be discarded in 1963 when a new helicopter carrier will be used in peacetime as a training ship to replace her (see earlier page). Engineering Notes Recent Disposals On 3 hours’ full power trials the propelling machinery developed an average of 39,200 S.H.P. equal to 27-03 (mean), Of the three old cruisers of the “ Gloire ” class, the Gloire 27-84 (max.) kts. was condemned on 2 Jan. 1958, Georges Leygues was scrapped in 1959, and Montcalm was relegated to be an accommodation ship at Toulon (replacing the hulk Emile Bertin). For full particulars, photographs and drawings, see 1959-60 and earlier editions. 1959, French Navy, Official JEANNE D’ARC COMMAND SHIPS AND FLOTILLA LEADERS (Ex-Light Cruisers) Rated as Escorteurs d'Escadre GUICHEN 2 “Chateaurenault” Class (Ex-Italian “Capitani Romani ” Type) CHATEAU RENAULT (ex-Attilio Regolo) GUICHEN (ex-Scipione Africano) Name: Chateaurenault Guichen Pennant No. Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Converted: D 606 O.T.O., Leghorn 28 Sep. 1939 28 Aug. 1940 14 May 1942 I Apr. 1954 D 607 O.T.O., Leghorn 28 Sep. 1939 12 Jan. 1941 18 Feb. 1943 I July 1954 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oilfuel: Radius: Complement: 3,680 tons standard (5,500 to s full load) officially revised figures Length: 444± (pp.), 455* (w.l.), 466? (o.a.) feet. Beam: 44f feet. Draught: 15 (mean), I7| (max.) feet 4—4-1 inch AA. (ex-German) twin mounts (see Notes), 10—57 mm. Bofors AA., twin mounts 6—21 -7 inch in two triple mountings for A/S torpedoes (see Notes) 2 sets geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 90,000=39 kts. (max.), (sea speed 34-35 kts.) 4, of 3-drum type 1,400 tons 6,800 miles at 10 kts.; 3,600 miles at 18 kts.; 1,800 miles at 30 kts. 353 war (24 officers and 329 men) Notes Former Italian light cruisers. Allocated in 1948 as France’s share of surrendered Italian tonnage. These ships are lightly constructed with alloy superstructure and no armour, strength and protection having been sacrificed to speed, but are good sea-boats. Originally equipped for minelaying. They were modernised and fitted as fast A/S and AA. cruisers in 1954 with new main armament of the German 105 mm. pattern. Rebuilding for ASW was equivalent to the United States cruiser, hunter-killer-ship Norfolk (Destroyer Leader). Reconstruction of both was undertaken by F. C. Mederranee. La Seyne Dockyard in summer 1951. Recommissioned for trials July 1954. Re-rated as Escorteurs d’Escadre in 1955. It was announced in 1957 that they were to be fitted out as Command Ships and Flotilla Leaders, the after twin 4-1 inch turret and the forward six of the twelve torpedo tubes being removed to provide extra accommodation for staff officers and space for radar control equipment. Guichen was com¬ pleted as such early in 1959 Destroyers—FRANCE 153 DESTROYERS (Rated as Escorteurs d’Escadre) 18 “ Surcouf ” Group LA GALISSONIERE (official model) I960, courtesy M. Henri Le Masson I Anti-Submarine Type New Construction LA GALISSONIERE Pennant No. Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: D 638 Lorient Naval Dockyard Nov. 1958 12 Mar. I960 To be 1961 Guided Missiles: Tubes: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: “ Malafon ” weapon (see A/S weapons) 6—21 -7 inch ASM I —12 inch (quadruple) ASM mortar I A/S helicopter I launcher for “ Malafon ” A/S guided missile Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 63,000 = 34 kts. 4 800 tons 5,000 miles at 18 kts. 350 Displacement: Guns: Aircraft: 2,750 tons standard (3,750 tons full load) 2—3-9 inch automatic AA. in single mounts, 2—30 mm. automatic AA. in single mounts I helicopter (see A/S weapons) General Notes Designed as a squadron escort and flotilla leader. She will have extensive sonar and anti-submarine apparatus and both conventional and homing torpedoes. Particularly well developed anti-aircraft and radar equipment. T 56 type. Same characteristics as regards hull and machinery as T 47 and T 53 R types, but different armament. She will have a platform for a helicopter. When first commissioned she will be used as an experimental ship for new sonars and anti¬ submarine weapons, it was officially stated in I960. Gunnery Notes She will be fitted experimentally with French marks of guided missiles and she will be the first French combatant ship to be so armed. This is the reason for the now official two 3-9 inch guns instead of the 3 or 4 previously planned. Her torpedo tubes may for the same reason be reduced or suppressed. As redesigned she will be France’s first opera¬ tional guided missile ship. She will also carry helicopters and will be fitted out as a command ship. Photograph Notes The above photograph is of the official model as projected in I960. Since 1958 there have been several recastings of*]he design. FOR BIN 5 Aircraft Direction Type DUPERRE LA BOURDONNAIS FORBIN JAUREGUIBERRY TARTU Displacement: 2,750 tons standard (3,750 tons full load) Dimensions: 422 (o.a.)x4lfx I6| (mean), I7£ (max.) feet Guns: 6—5 inch AA. (twin mounts), 6—2-25 inch (57 mm.) Bofors AA., 2 or 4—20 mm. AA. Tubes: 6—21 7 inch ASM (two triple mountings) also able to launch ordinary torpedoes A/S weapons: New device of heavy hedgehog (sextuple Bofors lance roquettes howitzer) Machinery: 2 Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 63,000=34 kts. Boilers: 4 (500 Ib./sq. in. pressure, 725; superheat) in two boiler rooms separated by turbine compartments. Oil fuel: 700 tons Radius: 5,000 miles at 18 kts. Complement: 346 (20 officers and 326 men) Genera/ Notes Radar Picket Destroyers. Modified " Surcouf " Class or ‘‘ T 53 R ” Type. Specially fitted as aircraft direction and command ships. Radar equipment is more comprehensive and prominent than in the original “ Surcouf ” or “ T 47 ” Anti-Aircraft Type and gives them a different appearance. All authorised under the 1953 Programme. These vessels were classed as Escorteurs Rapides in 1953, but re-rated as Escorteurs d’Escadre in 1955. Latest electronic appliances provided. Names after famous French sailors. 1959, Wright & Logan DUPERRE Constructional Notes Hull entirely welded. Light alloys used extensively for upperworks. 1959 A. & J. Pavia Gunnery Notes The 5 inch guns are able to use standard American ammunition. Pennant No. Name Builders Laid down Launched Completed (commissioned) D 633 Duperre Lorient Naval Dockyard Nov. 1954 2 July 1955 8 Oct. 1957 D 635 Forbin Brest Naval Dockyard Aug. 1954 15 Oct. 1955 I Feb. 1958 D 637 Jaureguiberry F. C. Gironde Sep. 1954 5 Nov. 1955 July 1958 D 634 La Bourdonnias Brest Naval Dockyard Aug. 1954 15 Oct. 1955 Mar. 1958 D 636 Tartu A.C. Bretagne Nov. 1954 2 Dec. 1955 5 Feb. 1958 154 FRANCE—Destroyers ( continued ), Frigates Destroyers —continued .arrsc ' jg^M VAUQUELIN 1957, French Navy, Official “Surcouf” Group —continued 12 Anti-Aircraft Type BOUVET CASABIANCA CASSARD CHEVALIER PAUL D’ESTR^ES DU CHAYLA DUPETIT THOUARS GUEPRATTE KERSAINT MAILLE-BREZE SURCOUF VAUQUELIN Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes, A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 2,750 tons standard (3,750 tons full load) 422 (o.a.)x 41 f X 16^ (mean), I7£ (max.) feet 6—5 inch. AA. (twin mounts), 6—2 25 inch (57 mm.) Bofors AA., 6—20 mm. A A. 12—21-7 inch in four triple mount¬ ings (6 for ordinary and special ASM torpedoes, 6 for ASM homing torpedoes only) 2 Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 63,000=34 kts. (on trials Surcouf made 36-5 kts.) 4 (500 Ib./sq. in. pressure, 725° F. superheat) in two boiler rooms alternating with two turbine com¬ partments 700 tons 5,000 miles at 18 kts. 347 (19 officers and 328 men) General Notes One authorised under 1949 Programme, one 1950, our 1951, six 1952. These vessels were designed as Escorteurs Rapides Anti-aeriens but re-rated as Escorteurs de Premiere Classe in 1951, as Escorteurs Rapides in 1953 and as Escor¬ teurs d’Escadre in 1955. Latest electronic appliances pro¬ vided. Named after famous French sailors. These ships are the original ‘‘Surcouf" class or “T 47” type. All were commissioned by 1957. Constructional Notes Hull entirely welded, assembled from 84 prefabricated sections with a total weight of 1,100 tons. Light alloys used extensively for upperworks. Gunnery Notes The 5 inch guns (a new calibre in the French Navy) are semi-automatic, and were chosen to facilitate ammunition supply so that these guns are able to use standard American ammunition. Bouvet is employed as gunnery instruction ship. Recent Disposal Notes Of the older destroyers (escorteurs rapides) : L’Alsacien was condemned in 1955 and sister ship Le Lorrain was stricken in 1956. Hoche and sister ship Marceau were condemned in 1957. Kleber was condemned in 1957, Le Terrible was de¬ classed in 1957 and reduced for use as a stationary training ship for subordinate engineer officers and mechanics (see Port Depot ships on a later page). Albatros was discarded in 1957. GUEPRATTE 1959, Keith Long CASABIANCA Pennant No. D 624 D 631 D 623 D 626 D 629 D 630 D 625 D 632 D 622 D 627 D 621 D 628 Name Bouvet Casabianca Cassard Chevalier Paul D’Estr6es Du Chayla Dupetit Thouars Guepratte Kersaint Maile-Breze Surcouf Vauquelin Builders Lorient Naval Dockyard A.C. Bretagne A.C. Bretagne F.C. Gironde Brest Naval Dockyard Brest Naval Dockyard Brest Naval Dockyard F.C. Gironde Lorient Naval Dockyard Lorient Naval Dockyard Lorient Naval Dockyard Lorient Naval Dockyard Laid down t June 1952 Oct. 1953 Nov. 1951 Feb. 1952 May 1953 July 1953 Mar. 1952 Aug. 1953 Nov. 1951 Oct. 1953 July 1951 Mar. 1953 1959, Wright & Logan Launched Completed* 3 Oct. 1953 13 May 1956 13 Nov. 1954 4 May 1957 12 May 1953 14 Apr. 1956 28 July 1953 22 Dec. 1956 27 Nov. 1954 19 Mar. 1957 27 Nov. 1954 4 June 1957 4 Feb. 1954 15 Sep. 1956 9 Nov. 1954 6 June 1957 3 Oct. 1953 20 Mar. 1956 26 Sep. 1954 4 May 1957 3 Oct. 1953 1 Nov. 1955 26 Sep. 1954 3 Nov. 1956 t Dates when assembly actually started on slip. Dates of entering service FRIGATES (Rated as Avisos Escorteurs) 9 New Construction Dual Purpose Type Launched AMIRAL CHARNER 12 Mar. I960 BALNY To be 1961 COMMANDANT BORY 11 Oct. 1958* COMMANDANT BOURDAIS To be 1961 COMMANDANT RIVIERE 1 1 Oct. 1958* DOUDART DE LA GF £e To be 1961 ENSEIGNE DE VAISSEAU HENRY PROTET VICTOR SCHOELCHER 11 Oct. 1958* Displacement: 1,750 tons standard (2,200 tons full load) Dimensions: 321 ^ (pp.), 334 (o.o.) x 37|x 12* (mean) feet Guns: 3—3-9 inch automatic AA. of new design in single turrets; 2—30 mm. AA. Aircraft: 1 light helicopter can land aft Tubes: 6—21 inch ASM A/S weapons: 1 —12 inch quadruple ASM and anti- shore mortar and other weapons Machinery: Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 16,000= 25 kts. (see notes) Radius: 4,500 miles at 15 kts . 6,000 miles at 12 kts. Complement: Notes 135 peace, 210 war (Commando unit of 80 can be carried) Seven ordered under 1956 naval estimates. Two more being built under 1957 estimates. All allocated to Lor ent Naval Dockyard. Commandant Riviere started assembly on slip in Nov. 1956. Balny and Commandant Bory are to be equipped with Sigma free piston generators and gas turbines. Others will have four SEMT-Piel stick diesels coupled two by two on two shafts. Formerly classed as Escorteurs d'Unian Francaise, to serve as avisos in peacetime and frigates in wartime, but officially re-rated as Avisos Escorteurs on I Apr. 1959. Commandant Riviere, name-ship of the class, was commissioned to run her preliminary sea trials on I Apr. 1959, and sailed as tender to Jeanne d’Arc early in I960. Three others (*) are to be completed in 1961. COMMANDANT RIVIERE I960, courtesy M. Henri Le Masson Fast Frigates—FRANCE 1 55 FAST FRIGATES (Rated as Avisos Escorteurs) 18 Oceangoing (A/S and AA.) Group 14 “Le Normand " Class (E 52 a Type) L’AGENAIS LE GASCON L’ALSACIEN LE LORRAIN LE BASQUE LE NORMAND LE BEARNAIS LE PICARD LE BOURGUIGNON LE PROVENCAL LE BRETON LE SAVOYARD LE CHAMPENOIS LE VENDEEN Displacement: 1,295 tons standard (1,700 tons full load) Dimensions: 31 If (pp.), 327f (o.o.)x33f X 10 feet Guns: 6—2-25 inch (57 mm.) AA. (twin mounts), 2—20 mm. AA. Tubes: 12 ASM tubes (four triple mountings aft) for homing torpedoes A/S weapons: Heavy sextuple ASM Bofors mortar of hedgehog type forward (lance- roquettes); 2 D.C. mortars; 1 D.C. rack (see Notes) Machinery: Geared turbines. Parsons or Rateau. S.H.P.: 20,000=27 kts. (cn trials they topped over 29 kts.) Boilers: 2 (500 Ibs./sq. in. pressure, 725°F. superheat) Radius: 4,500 miles at 15 kts. Complement: 200 L’AGENAIS Added I960, French Navy, Official L’ALSACIEN Adaed I960, courtesy M. Henri Le Masson General Notes The E 52 a type have similar characteristics to the E 50 t/pe as regards hull and machinery but are easily distingu¬ ished in that they have the ASM tubes aft and the heavy hedgehog or ASM howitzer forward while the E 50 type have the ASM torpedo tubes forward. L'Alsacien, Le Bearnais, Le Provengal and Le Vendeen have a different arrangement of bridges, funnel and armament, with a 12-inch quadruple mortar in place of the sextuple Bofors howitzer, and only A —57 mm. AA. guns. L’Alsacien, Le Provengal and Le Vendeen have the Strombos-Valensi type modified funnel cap. Cancel I ation Notes Owing to financial difficulties the construction of the two frigates of the “ E 52 b ” type, which were to have been provided under the 1957 naval estimates, was abandoned. Photograph Notes A larger photograph of Le Gascon appears in the 1957-58 to 1959-60 editions. Photographs of Le Champenois in the 1957-58 edition, and of L'Agenais in the 1958-59 edition, Le Boulonnais in the 1956-57 and 1957-58 editions, and Le Corse in the 1955-56 to 1957-58 editions. * Drtes of entering service, after completion of trials 1959, Stefan Terzibaschitsch LE VENDEEN pennant No. Name Programme Builders Laid down Launched Completed* F 765 Le Normand 1952 F. Ch. de la Mediterranee July 1953 13 Feb. 1954 3 Nov. 1956 F 768 Le Lorrain 1952 F. Ch. de la Mediterranee Feb. 1954 19 June 1954 1 Jan. 1957 F 766 Le Picard 1952 A.C. Loire Nov. 1953 31 May 1954 20 Sep. 1956 F 767 Le Gascon 1952 A.C. Loire Feb. 1954 23 Oct. 1954 29 Mar. 1957 F 770 Le Champenois 1952 A.C. Loire May 1954 12 Mar. 1955 1 June 1957 F 769 Le Savoyard 1952 F. Ch. de la Mediterranee Nov. 1953 7 May 1955 14 June 1956 F 771 Le Bourguignon 1952 Penhoet Jan. 1954 28 Jan. 1956 1 1 July 1957 F 772 Le Breton 1953 Lorient Navy Yard June 1954 2 Apr. 1955 20 Aug. 1957 F 773 Le Basque 1953 Lorient Navy Yard Dec. 1954 25 Feb. 1956 18 Oct. 1957 F 774 L’Agenais 1954 Lorient Navy Yard Aug. 1955 23 June 1956 May 1958 F 775 Le Bearnais 1954 Lorient Navy Yard Dec. 1955 23 June 1956 18 Oct. 1958 F 776 L’Alsacien 1955 Lorient Navy Yard July 1956 26 Jan. 1957 1959 F 777 Le Provengal 1955 Lorient Navy Yard 1955 5 Oct. 1957 1959 F 778 Le Vendeen 1955 F. Ch. de la Mediterranee Mar. 1957 27 July 1957 1959 4 “ Le Corse ” Class (E 50 Type) LE BORDELAIS LE BRESTOIS LE BOULONNAIS LE CORSE Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Tubes: Machinery: Boilers: Radius: Comolement: 1,290 tons standard, 1,528 tons for trials (1,702 tons full load) 31 If (pp.), 327f (o.a.)x33f X 10 feet 6—2*25 inch (57 mm). AA. (twin mounts) 2—20 mm. AA. 2 mortars, I D.C. rack, I sextuple lance-roquettes 12 ASM tubes (four triple) for homing torpedoes. E 50 type have ASM tubes forward Geared turbines. Parsons or Rateau. S.H.P.: 20,000=27 kts. ( Bordelais, 29-5 kts. on trials) 2 (500 Ibs./sq. in. pressure, 725°F. superheat) 4,500 miles at 15 kts. 198 Pennant No. Name Programme Builders F 764 Le Bordelais 1950 F 763 Le Boulonnais 1950 F 762 Le Brestois 1949 F 761 Le Corse 1949 F. Ch. de la Mediterranee A.C. Loire Lorient Navy Yard Lorient Navy Yard Name Le Bordelais Le Boulonnais Le Brestois Le Corse Laid down May 1952 Mar. 1952 Nov. 1951 Oct. 1951 Launched 11 July 1953 12 May 1953 16 Aug. 1952 5 Aug. 1952 Completed 7 Apr. 1955 5 Aug. 1955 19 Jan. 1956 15 Apr. 1955 General Notes Intended as seagoing convoy escort vessels with a very 1957, courtesy M. Henri Le Masson large radius of action. Designed as Escorteurs Rapides Anti- Sousmarins. Re-rated as Escorteurs de Deuxieme Classe in 1951, as Escorteurs in 1953, and as Escorteurs Rapides in 1955. First four laid down are E 50 type, remainder E 52 type. Design stated to resemble closely that of new U.S. DE Dealey. Le Bordelais has Strombos-Valensi type modified funnel cap. Gunnery Notes Le Brestois has a single 3 -9 inch automatic AA. gun mounted in place of the after twin mounting for experimental purposes. 156 FRANCE—Frigates FRIGATES (Rated as Escorteurs) Ex-U.S. Destroyer Escort Type 8 “Senegalais 44 Class BAM BARA (ex-Swearer, DE 186) 1 KABYLE (ex-Riddle, DE 185) MALGACHE ( ex-Baker, DE 190) llnd Group SOUDANAIS ( ex-Cates, DE 763) TOUAREG (ex-Bright, DE 747) J ALGERIEN (ex-Cronin, DE 107) SENEGALAIS (ex-Corbesier, DE 106) Ust Group SOMALI (ex-DE III) J Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: I, 300 tons standard (1,650 tons full load) 300 (pp), 306 (o.o.)x36f X 10§ feet 2nd Group: 3—3 inch dual purpose, 6—40 mm. AA., 18—20 mm. AA. in twin mounts; 1st Group: 3—3 inch, 3—40 mm., 10—20 mm. (except Somali, see Notes) All have I hedgehog, 8 D.C. mortars, 2 D.C. racks, 126 D.C. Diesel-electric drive. 4 General Electric diesels. 2 electric motors. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 6,000=19 kts. (economical speed 12 kts.) 300 tons II, 500 miles at 11 kts., 5,500 at 19 kts. 150 peace, 185 war Name Alg&rien Bambara Kabyle Malgache Senigalais Somali Soudanais Touareg Builders Dravo Corporation, Wilmi ngton, Del Federal S.B. & D.D. Co. Federal S.B. & D.D. Co. Federal S.B. & D.D. Co. Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, Del. Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, Del. Tampa S.B. Co. Western Pipe & Steel Co. Pennant No. Name Launched Completed F 701 F 719 F 718 F 724 F 702 A 607 F 722 F 721 Algerien Bambara Kabyle Malgache Senegalais Somali Soudanais Touareg 27 Nov. 1943 31 Oct. 1943 17 Oct. 1943 28 Nov. 1943 11 Nov. 1943 12 Feb 1944 10 Oct. 1943 26 Sep. 1943 23 Jan. 1944 24 Nov. 1943 17 Nov. 1943 23 Dec. 1943 2 Jan- 1944 9 Apr. 1944 15 Dec. 1943 30 June 1944 General Notes First group acquired in 1944, first of six ships (Senegalais) being commissioned on 2 Jan. 1944. These were formerly rated as Torpilleurs d’Escorte, but re-rated Escorteurs de Deuxieme Classe in 1951. Six more DEs of same class trans¬ ferred from U.S.A. in Mar. 1950 under Atlantic Pact. Arabs and Kabyle turned over to France on 12 Aug. 1950, Bambara and Sakalave turned over in Sep. 1950, Soudanais and Touareg delivered in Nov. 1950, all at Philadelphis. Berbere and Malgache transferred 29 Mar. 1952, at Brooklyn. All re-rated as Escorteurs in 1953. Gunnery Notes The first group which had 3—40 mm. and 10—20 mm. have been or are being rearmed (secondary armament) like the second group. BAMBARA Added I960, Wright & Logan SOUDANAIS Experimental Notes Somali was converted into an experimental vessel in 1956 and her armament landed, her pennant number subsequently being changed from F 703 to A 607. Class Notes Former United States destroyer escorts of the “Bostwick” class. Added I960, A. & J. Pavia Photograph Notes A photograph of Somali appears in the 1957-58 to 1959-60 editions. Recent Disposals Sister ships Hova (ex-DE I 10), Marocain (ex-DE 109) and Tunisien (ex-Crosley, DE 108) of the 1st Group, and Arabe (ex- Samuel S. Miles, DE 183), Berbere (ex-Clarence L. Evans, DE 113) and Sakalave (ex-Wingfield, DE 194) were officially stricken from the^list2in](l960. 5 Ex-British “River 44 Type “ L’ Aventure ” Class L’AVENTURE (ex-H.M.S. Braid) CROIX DE LORRAINE (ex-H.M.S. Strule, ex-Glenarm) AILETTE (ex-L’Escarmouche, ex-H.M.S. Frome) LA SURPRISE (ex-H.M.S. Torridge) LA CON FIANCE ( ex-Tonkinois , ex-H.M.S. Mayola) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 1,450 tons standard (2,150 tons full load) 30If (pp.), 305f (o.a.) X 36f X 12 feet 2—4-1 inch, 2 or 3—40 mm., 6 or 8—20 mm. AA., (La Confiance has I —40 mm. AA. in the stern) I Hedgehog, 4 D.C.T., 2 D.C. racks. Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 5,500=20 kts. 2, of 3-drum type 645 tons (Croix de Lorraine, 440 tons) 7,700 miles at 12 kts. 5,600 miles at 16-5 kts. (Croix de Lorraine 4,200 miles at 12 kts.) 123 peace, 141 war Notes All ex-British frigates of “ River ” type, purchased in 1943-44. Lattice masts in Croix de Lorraine, Ailette and La Confiance-, tripod in L’Aventure and La Surprise. Formerly rated as Ftegates. Re-rated Escorteurs de Deuxieme Classe in 1951 and as Escorteurs in 1953. Tonkinois was renamed La Confiance in 1953. L'Escarmouche was renamed Ailette on I Jan. 1957 and is now used as a fishery protection vessel in addition to L’Aventure. Pennant No. Name Builders F 709 Ailette F 707 L’Aventure F 710 Croix de Lorraine F 708 La Surprise F 711 La Confiance Name Laid down Blyth S.B. & D.D. Co., Ltd. Wm. Simons & Co., Ltd. Henry Robb, Ltd. Blyth S.B. & D.D. Co., Ltd Smith’s Dock Co., Ltd. Launched Completed Ailette 30 May 1942 I June 1943 3 Mar. 1944 L’Aventure I Dec. 1942 30 Nov. 1943 21 Jan. 1944 Croix de Lorraine 15 July 1942 8 Mar. 1943 30 July 1943 La Surprise 17 Oct. 1942 16 Aug. 1943 6 Apr. 1944 La Confiance 9 Feb. 1942 27 Aug. 1942 15 Jan 1943 LA SURPRISE 1954, Wright & Logan Recent Disposals Sister ship La Decouverte (ex-H.M.S. Windrush) was scrapped in Dec. 1959. Two or three more units of this class will most probably be discarded before the end of I960. Frigates, Experimental Guided Missile Ship—FRANCE 157 FRIGATES (Rated as Avisos) 2 Colonial Type BEAUTEMPS-BEAUPRE (ex-Sons Souci) LA PE ROUSE (ex-Sons Peur) Name: Pennant No.: Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Beaautemps-Beupre La Perouse F75I Penhoet 1940 1941 8 May 1947 F 750 Penhoet 1940 1941 23 Apr. 1947 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 1,372 tons standard (2,000 tons full load) 31 I|x38±x I0i feet 3—41 inch, 2—40 mm. AA., 8— 20 mm. AA. Sulzer diesels. 2 shafts. Speed: 16 kts. 230 to 240 tons 6,000 miles at 18 kts.; 15,000 miles at 10 kts. 144 General Notes Formerly rated as Avisos Coloniaux Hydrographies. Re-rated as Escorteurs de Deuxi&me Classe (Frigates) early in 1953, as Avisos Escorteurs II Aug. 1953, and as Avisos in 1955, although they are normally operated as surveying LA PEROUSE 1955, Marius Bar vessels (Batiments Hydrographies). Reported to be very successful vessels. Gunnery Notes The 4* I inch guns are of the German 105 mm. model. Recent Disposals Of the colonial sloop type, Savorgnan de Brazza was scrapped in 1955, Dumont d’Urville was condemned in 1958 and La Grandiere was scrapped at the end of 1959. 2 Former Aircraft Tenders (Depanneurs d’Aviation) COMMANDANT ROBERT GIRAUD (ex-German Immelmann) PAUL GOFFENY (ex-German Max Stinsky) Name: Pennant No.: Builders: Launched: Completed: Commandant Robert Giraud F 755 Norderwerft, Hamburg 1941 Dec. 1941 Paul Goffeny F 754 Norderwerft, Hamburg 1940 7 Aug. 1941 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 1,000 tons standard (1,380 tons full load) 239 (pp.), 246 (o.o.)X 36x12 feet 1— 41 inch, 2—40 mm. AA., 2— 20 mm. AA. 4 M.A.N. diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 8,800=20-5 kts. (23 kts. on trials) 236 tons 4,000 miles at 18 kts.; 7,800 miles at 12 kts. 77 General Notes Former German aircraft tenders. Transferred by Great Britain in Aug. 1946. Commandant Robert Giraud is-named after a gallant naval officer who lost his life when the destroyer Bison was sunk on 3 May 1940. Re-rated as Escorteurs de Deuxieme Classe early in 1953, as Avisos Escorteurs on 11 COMMANDANT ROBERT GIRAUD 1954, courtesy M. Henri Le Masson Aug. 1953, and as Avisos in 1955. The above two ships have been used in Indo-China, where they have given yeoman service mainly as patrol and escort vessels, support gunboats and as carriers for commandos, as they are fast and reliable, and have a rather shallow draught, a good armament, and can stow LCV and LCVP aft. Photograph Notes Photograph of Paul Goff ny in the 1957-58 edition. Engineering Notes The four diesels are coupled two by two by hydraulic ransmission on two shafts. I Ex-Italian Sloop Type (Rated as Aviso) FRANCIS GARNIER ( ex-Eritrea) Pennant No: F 730 Builders: Castellammare Laid down; 25 July 1935 Launched: 19 Sep. 1936 Completed: June 1937 Displacement: 2,172 tons ( standard , 3,172 tons full load) Dimensions: 25 4 (w./.), 274 (o.o.) 43f X 14 (mean) feet Guns: 3—4-7 inch (single forward, twin aft), 4—40 mm. AA., 4—20 mm. AA. A/S weapons : 2 D.C. mortars, 1 D.C. rack 2 Fiat diesels, with electric drive from 2 Marelli motors. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 7,800=20 kts. Machinery: Oil fuel: 320 tons Radius: 9,300 miles at 12 kts.; 4,000 miles at 16 kts. Complement: 184 (peace), 211 (war) Notes Designed by Engineer Major-General Icilio d’Esposito. Fitted for minelaying. Ordered on 8 May 1935. Ex-Italian F 730 FRANCIS GARNIER 1954 , Marius Bar sloop. Transferred to France under the terms of the Peace Aviso de Premiere Classe. Re-rated Escorteur de Deuxieme Treaty. Extensively overhauled in 1952-53. Formerly rated Classe in 1951, Aviso Escorteur in 1953, and Aviso in 1955. EXPERIMENTAL GUIDED MISSILE SHIP (Ex-Transport) ILE D’OLERON (ex-Munchen, ex-Mur) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: General Notes This vessel, launched in 1939, and formerly rated as a transport, was an accommodation vessel at Brest until she was converted into an experimental guided missiles ship in 1956-58. She was commissioned as a test bed early in 1959. Guided Missile Notes Fitted with 2 launchers for ground to air missiles, the medium range " Mascurca " and the long range “ Masalca I launcher for ship to ship/shore missiles, the “ Malaface I launcher for target planes. Photograph Notes Official port quarter view on page 474 (Addenda) of the 1959-60 edition. 3,280 tons standard (7,500 tons full load) 350 (pp.), 377j (o.o.) 50x24 feet Replaced by guided missiles (see Guided Missile Notes) M.A.N. 6-cyl. diesels. I shaft. B.H.P.: 3,500=14-5 kts. 340 tons 7,200 miles at 12 kts.; 5,900 miles at 14 kts. 195 (15 officers, 180 men) ILE D’OL^RON 1959, Marius Bar 158 FRANCE—Submarines SUBMARINES I Projected Atomic Powered Type Q 244 Builders: Cherburg Naval Dockyard Displacement: circa 4,000 tons surface circa 5,000 tons submerged Dimensions: Length: circa 400 feet Machinery: Nuclear reactors. Geared steam turbines Notes Construction was stopped in 1959 pending negotiations with the United States for the delivery of a nuclear pro¬ pulsion plant. 7 New Construction DAPHNE DORIS FLORE Q248 DIANE EURYDICE GALATEE Displacement: Dimensions: Tubes: Machinery: Complement: 750 tons standard. 850 tons surface, 1,040 tons submerged I90*x22*x 15* feet 12 (8 bow, 4 stern) SEMT-Pielstick 12-cyl. engines' Diesel-electric drive. Speed: 16 kts- surface and submerged 46 (6 officers, 40 men) Notes Daphne and Diane were built by Dubigeon, and Doris, Eurydice, Flore and Galatee are being built by Cherbourg. Q 248, provided for under the 1957 naval estimates, is to be built by Dubigeon. The construction of Q249 and Q250 has been abandoned. Daphne was launched on 20 June 1959 4 “Arethuse ” Class AMAZONE (3 Apr.1958) ARGONAUTE (29 June 1957) ARETHUSE (9 Nov. 1957) ARIANE (12 Sep. 1958) Displacement: Dimensions: T u bes: Machinery: Complement: 400 tons standard, 529 tons surface, 634 tons submerged I64x I9x \2} feet 4 SEMT-Pielstickl2-cyl. diesel engines. Diesel-electric drive=l6 kts. sur¬ face, 16 kts. submerged 39 (5 officers, 34 men) Ge neral Notes Submarine-killer type for hunting enemy submarines. Arethuse and Argonaute were built under the 1952 programme, Amazon and Ariane under the 1953 programme, all at Cher¬ bourg. Streamlined hull, silent motors, and up-to-date electronic and detection equipment. Launch dates above. Argonaute was commissioned for service on 23 Oct. 1958. 6 Oceangoing Type. “ Narval ” Class DAUPHIN ESPADON Displacement: Dimensions: Tubes: Machinery: Radius: Complement: General Notes Improved versions of the German XXI type. Dauphin, Marsouin, Narval and Requin were built in seven prefabricated parts each of 10 metres in length. Dauphin and Requin were commissioned for active service on I Aug. 1958. Photograph Notes Photographs of Narval as launched and as first completed without bulbous bow in 1957-58 edition. J ennant No. Name Programme Builders S 633 Dauphin 1950 Cherbourg S 637 Espadon 1953 Normand S 632 Marsouin 1949 Cherbourg S 638 Morse 1953 Seine Maritime S 631 Narval 1949 Cherbourg S 634 Requin 1950 Cherbourg Name Laid down Launched Completed Dauphin 1952 17 Sep. 1955 1957 Espadon Mar. 1957 15 Sep. 1958 1959 Marsouin 1951 21 May 1955 1957 Morse Dec. 1956 10 Dec. 1958 1959 Narval 1951 II Dec. 1954 1957 Requin 1952 3 Dec. 1955 1957 MARSOUIN NARVAL MORSE REQUIN 1,200 tons standard, 1,430 tons surface, 1,800 tons submerged 256x23f X 18 feet 8 (6 interior, 2 exterior) 14 tor¬ pedoes Schneider 2-stroke, 7 cylinder diesels. B.H.P.: 4,000=16 kts. surface. Electric motors. H.P.: 5,000=18 kts. submerged 15,000 miles with schnorchel at 8 kts. 58 (7 officers, 51 men) DAUPHIN Oct. 1957, Marius Bar NARVAL I Ex-British “S” Class SAPHIR ( ex-Satyr) Pennant No.: Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: 5 616 Scotts’ Shipbuilding 6 Engineering Co. Ltd., Greenock 8 June 1940 28 Sep. 1942 8 Feb. 1943 Displacement: Dimensions: Tubes: Machinery: Oil fuel: Complement: 715 tons standard, 814 tons surface, 1,090 tons submerged 217 (o.a.)x 23} x 10* feet 6—21 inch (bow), 13 torpedoes carried Diesels, B.H.P.: 1,900= I4| kts. surface; Electric motors, H.P.: 1,300 = 12 kts. submerged 44 tons 48 SU LTAN E 1953, Marius Bar Notes Four of this class were transferred from the British Navy to the French Navy in 1951-52. Lent for 4 years for anti¬ submarine training. Saphir is streamlined like Sultane. Sirene was returned to Great Britain at Gosport on 24 Oct. 1958 and reverted to her original name Spiteful, and Sultane was returned to Great Britain at Rosyth on 5 Nov. 1959 and reverted to her original name Statesman. Saphir also will most probably have been returned to Great Britain by the end of I960. Sibyl I e (ex-Sportsman) was lost accidentally with all hands on 23 Sep. 1952, near Toulon. Submarines (continued )—FRANCE 159 Submarines —continued 5 “Creole” Class L’AFRICAINE L’ARTEMIS LA CREOLE L’ANDROMEDE L’ASTREE Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 820 tons standard, 970 tons surface, 1, 180 tons submerged 235± (pp.), 241 (o.a.) X2I4X 134 feet 1— 3-5 inch (88 mm. ex-German), 2— 20 mm. A A. (see notes) 10—21-7 inch (6 internal) Sulzer diesels (Schneider in L’Afri- caine ) B.H.P.: 3,000=17-3 kts. surface. Electric Motors H.P.: 1,400 (2,000 H.P. in L’Andromede)= 10 kts., submerged 100 tons 8,800 miles at 10 kts. 62 (7 officers, 55 men) General Notes La Criole was towed to England after her launch in 1940, and was returned to her builders in 1946 for completion. Construction of L’Africaine and L’Astree was also resumed. L’Andromede and L’Art6mis resumed after 1949 and under 1950 Programmes, respectively, given streamlined superstructure, and snort, no guns. L’Andromede is armed with prototype equipment designed for the “ Narval ” class. Gunnery Notes Guns are now suppressed in all units of the class except Creole. L’ANDROMEDE 1957, French Navy, Official L’ASTREE 1957, French Navy, Official Appearance Notes After suppression of her gun, the appearance of Africaine is identical with that of Astree, it is officially stated in I960. Photograph Notes Photograph of La Ci&ole in the 1954-55 to 1957-58 editions. Photograph of L ’Africaine in the 1953-54 to 1959-60 editions. P ennant No. Name Programme Builders S 607 L’Africaine 1937 Worms S 601 L’Androm£de 1938 Dubigeon-Nantes S 603 L’Art6mis 1938 Normand, Dubigeon S 608 L’Astree 1938 Dubigeon-Nantes S 606 La Criole 1937 Normand Name L’Africaine L’Andromede L’Artemis L’Astree La Creole Laid down Sep. 1938 1945 1945 1945 Aug 1938 Launched Completed 7 Dec. 1946 1948 17 Nov. 1949 1953 28 July 1952 1953 4 May 1946 1949 5 June 1940* 1946 * Re-launched 3 May, 1946. L’ARTEMIS 1955, Alar/us Bar Cancellation Notes The construction of two new midget submarines, Q224 and Q225, of 30 tons displacement, which were to have been built under the 1956 and 1957 programmes, was abandoned. Recent Disposals Of the four ex-German Seehund type “ pocket ” sub¬ marines, S 621 (No. 74) and S 622 (No. 90) were scrapped in 1955 ,and S 623 (No. 107) and S 624 (No. 365) in 1957. 3 Ex-German Types ROLAND MORILLOT (ex-U 2518) Displacement: Dimensions: Tubes: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: I, 330 tons (standard), 1,600 cons (surface), 1,827 tons (submerged) 237 (pp.),2524 (o.a.) x214 X 20f feet 6—21 inch (23 torpedoes carried) 2 M.A.N. 6-cyl. diesels. B.H.P.: 2,600=15 kts.; 2 electric motors. H.P.: 5,000=16 kts. 250 tons II, 150 miles at 12 kts.; 16,500 miles at 9 kts.; submerged 365 miles at 5 kts., 30 miles at 15 kts., 9,000 miles at 8 kts. with Schnorkel. 65 ROLAND MORILLOT 1956, French Navy, Official Pennant No.: Builders: Completed: S 613 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1945 Notes Former German oceangoing Type XXI U-boats. Trans¬ ferred by Great Britain on loan to French Navy. LAUBIE (ex-U 766) MILLfc (ex-U 471) Name: Laubie Mille Pennant No.: Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: S 6(0 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 1942 Apr. 1943 July 1943 S 609 Deutsche Werke, Kiel 1941 1942 1942 MILLE Added 1957, A. & J. Pavia Displacement: Dimensions: Tubes: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: General Notes Former German Type VII C U-boats. Both fitted with snort. Nomenclature Notes Laubie and MHI6 are named after French submarine officers who lost their lives in the Second World War 510 tons (designed), 750 tons (surface), 850 tons (submerged) 2204 X 20f X 15 feet 5—21 inch (14 torpedoes carried) 2 G.W. diesels. B.H.P.: 2,800= 17 kts.; 2 Siemens electric motors. H.P.: 750=7-6 kts. 107 tons 3,450 miles at 17 kts.; 8,400 miles at 10 kts. Submerged: 80 miles at 4 kts. 51 (5 officers, 46 men) LAU BI E 1952, Alar/us Bar Recent Disposals Blaison (ex-U 123), former German Type IX B, was dis- 8ouan (ex-U 5 10), former German Type IX C, was scrapped carded in 1957. in 1958. 160 FRANCE—Corvettes, Submarine Depot Ship CORVETTES (Rated as Avisos) 3 Later “ Chamois ” Class BISSON COMMANDANT AMYOT D’INVILLE COMMANDANT DE PIMODAN Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Radius: Oil fuel: Complement: 660 tons standard (900 tons full load ) 257 X 28? X 12 (max.) feet I—4-1 inch, 2—40 mm. AA. t 4—20 mm. ( Bisson , 2—41 inch aft, I—40 mm.) 6 D.C.T., 2 D.C. racks 2 Sets Sulzer diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.:4,000 = 20 kts. 8,000 miles at 10 kts.: 4,800 miles at 15 kts.; 3,000 miles at 18 kts. 82 tons 100 (8 officers, 92 men) General Notes Authorised under the 1938 programme. Bisson is attached to the Pilotage School as a pilot’s training vessel. The other two ships of the later “ Chamois ” class (see above) and the two remaining ships of the early “ Chamois ” class (see below) were allocated to the Naval School in 1957 for the raining of cadets. COMMANDANT AM YOT D’ IN V I L L E 1955, Mar/us Bar Pennant No. F 737 F 738 F 739 Name Builders Bisson Lorient Dockyard Commandant Amyot D'lnville Ch. Dubigeon Penhoet Commandant de Pimodan A.C. Loire, St. Nazaire Laid down 1939 1939 1939 Launched 5 Mar. 1946 13 May 1942 29 May 1942 Completed Sep. 1947 Dec. 1947 Oct. 1947 2 Early “Chamois” Class CHAMOIS ( ex-Annamite) GAZELLE Name: Pennant No. Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Radius: Oil fuel: Complement: Chamois F 734 ... Lorient Dockyard Apr. 1938 17 June 1939 Feb. 1940 Gazelle F 736 Lorient Dockyard Apr. 1937 17 June 1939 Oct. 1939 647 tons standard (920 tons full load) 257 x 28±X 10* feet 2—41 inch I—40 mm., 6—20 mm. 4 D.C.T., 2 D.C. racks Sulzer diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 4,000=20 kts. 10,000 miles at 9 kts. 5,200 miles at 15 kts. 100 tons 100 (8 officers, 92 men) General Notes Gazelle was built under the 1935 programme, and Chamois under that for 1937. Formerly rated Avisos de Duexieme GAZE L L E 1950, French Navy, Official Classe, but re-rated Escorteurs de Deuxieme Classe in 1951, Avisos Escorteurs on I I Aug. 1953, and Avisos in 1955. Both above and following class have amply demonstrated their qualities in both war and peacetime service on Indo-Chinese coasts, being robust, reliable and handy, and can be relied on ndefinitely at sea. Annamite was renamed Chamois in 1953. Transfer Notes Sister ship Chevreuil was transferred to the Tunisian Navy on 13 Oct. 1959. 4 “ Elan ” Class COMMANDANT DELAGE COMMANDANT DOMINE (ex-La Rieuse) COMMANDANT DUBOC LA MOQUEUSE Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: General Notes Commandant Delage and CommandantDuboc were built under the 1936 Programme. Commandant Domine and La Moqyeyse were built under the 1937 Programme. Formerly rated as Avisos de Deuxi&me Classe. Re-rated Escorteurs de Deux- i£me Classe in 1951, Avisos Escorteurs on I I Aug. 1953, and Avisos in 1955. All now have 41 inch guns (German model). Recent Disposals Commandant Bory of this class was scrapped in 1953. Sister ships Elan, La Boudeuse, La Capricieus and La Gracieu re were condemned in 1958. 640 tons standard (900 tons full load) 256X28X10*feet Commandant Delage, I—4-1 inch, I—40 mm. AA., 6—20 mm. AA., 2 M.G.; Commandant Domine, Commandant Duboc and La Moqueuse, I—41 inch AA., I—40 mm. AA., 4—20 mm. A A. 4 D.C.T., 2 D.C. racks 2 sets Sulzer diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 4,000=20 kts. 105 tons 10,000 miles at 9 kts., 5,200 miles at 15 kts., 3,000 miles at 18 kts. 100 1958, Skyfotos Pennant No. F 741 F 742 F 743 F 747 Name Commandant Delage Commandant Domine Commandant Duboc La Moqueuse Builders At. et Ch. de France Ch. Dubigeon Ch. Dubigeon Lorient Dockyard Laid down Nov. 1936 Feb. 1938 2 May Dec. 1936 16 Jan. Ssp. 1938 25 Jan. Completed Dec. 1939 Apr. 1940 Aug. 1939 1940 Apr. 1940 Launched 25 Feb. 1939 1939 1939 S U B M A RI NE DEPOT SHIP ( Ravitailleur-pour-Sousmarins ) Ex-German Type GUSTAVE ZEDE (ex-Saar) Builders: Krupp-Germania Launched: 5 Apr. 1934 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Fuel: Radius: Complement: 2,895 tons standard (3,230 tons full load) 308x44*X 14 feet 3— 41 inch, 4—40 mm. AA., 8— 20 mm. AA. 2 sets Krupp diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 3,700=16 kts. 336 tons 9,400 miles at 11 kts. 364 Notes Former German submarine school depot ship. Acquired from the U.S. Navy in Oct. 1947. Recommissioned in 1949. Alterations were made to the bridge and foremast in 1952 (see photo). Flagship of the G.A.S.M. or Groupe d’action anti-submarine (Anti-submarine Group). Recent Disposal The ex-submarine depot ship Jules Verne, recently em¬ ployed as a fleet repair ship and a port depot ship, was scrapped in I960. GUSTAVE 'Z£d£ Added I960, Wright & Logan courtesy M. Henri Le Masson VEGA VINH LONG Added 1960, courtesy Admiral M. Adam 15 U.S. MSO (ex-AM) Type ALENQON (ex-AM 453) BIR HACHEIM (ex-AM 451) MYTHO (ex-AM 475) AUTUN (ex-AM 502) CANTHO (ex-AM 476) NARVIK (ex-AM 512) BACCARAT (ex-AM 505) COLMAR (ex-AM 514) ORIGNY (ex-AM 501) BERLAI MO NT (ex-AM 500) DO MPAI RE (ex-AM 454) OUISTREHAM (ex-AM 513) BERNEVAL (ex-AM 450) GARIGLIANO (ex-AM 452) VIN H LONG (ex-AM 477) Displacement: 700 tons standard (795 tons full load ) Dimensions: 165 (w.l.), 171 (o.a.) X 35 X 10^ feet Guns: I—40 mm. AA. Machinery: 2 General Motors diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,600= 13-5 lets. (designed), 14 kts. on trials Radius: 3,000 miles at 10 kts. Complement: 54 General Notes The U.S.A. agreed in Sep. 1952 to transfer to France in 1953 eight new AM, and four more in 1954. Three more were transferred in 1956. Bir Hacheim was transferred in Feb. 1954, Garigliano was transferred in Apr. 1954 and Vinh Long in 1955. Origny was launched on 25 Feb. 1955, Autun on 6 May 1955, Baccarat on 6 Aug. 1955 and Berlaimont on 7 Jan. 1955. Appearance Notes Autun, Baccarat, Berlaimont, Colmar, Narvik, Origny and Ouistreham are somewhat different from the others (photo of Alengon in 1958-59 edition) and have a taller funnel. Research Notes Origny is now classified and fitted as an oceanographic research vessel but is Navy manned. Photograph Notes Larger photographs of this class appear:—an aerial port quarter view of Garigliano in the 1955-56 edition, a broadside surface view of Alengon in the 1956-57 to 1958-59 editions, and a starboard bow view of Narvik in the 1959-60 edition. 30 U.S. MSC (ex-AMS) Type “ Acacia ” Class ACACIA (ex-AMS 69) COQUELICOT (ex-AMS 84) LISERON (ex-AMS 98) ACANTHE (ex-AMS 70) CYCLAMEN (ex-AMS 119) LOBELIA (ex-AMS 96) ACONIT (ex-AMS 66) EGLANTINE (ex-AMS I 17) MAGNOLIA (ex-AMS 87) AJONC (ex-AMS 71) GARDENIA (ex-AMS 114) MARGUERITE (ex-AMS 94) AZALEE (ex-AMS 67) GIRO FLEE (ex-AMS 85) MIMOSA (ex-AMS 99) BEGONIA (ex-AMS 83) GLAIEUL (ex-AMS 120) MUGUET (ex-AMS 97) BLEUET (ex-AMS I 16) GLYCINE (ex-AMS 118) PAVOT (ex-AMS 124) CAMELIA (ex-AMS 68) JACINTHE (ex-AMS 115) PERVENCHE (ex-AMS 141) CHRYSANTHEME LAURIER (ex-AMS 86) PIVOINE (ex-AMS 125) (ex-AMS 113) LILAS (ex-AMS 93) RENONCULE (ex-AMS 142) RESEDA (ex-AMS 126) Displacement: 370 tons standard (405 tons full load) Dimensions: 136 i (pp.), 141 (o.a.) X26 X 8^ feet Guns: 2—20 mm. AA. Machinery: 2 General Motors diesels. 2 shafts. (8 kts. when sweeping) Oil fuel: 40 tons Radius: 2,500 miles at 10 kts. Complement: 38 (3 officers, 35 men) B.H.P.: 1,200=13 kts. General Notes The U.S.A. agreed in Sep. 1952 to transfer to France in 1953, 36 new AMS (later re¬ designated MSC) but 30 only were finally allocated to France in 1953-55. Three were returned to the U.S.A. after delivery, to Saigon for Indo-China, and two of these were allocated to Japan (AMS 95 and 144). Three (AMS 139, 140, 143) were not delivered, having been allocated to Spain. Auxiliary motor minesweepers of wooden construction. New type of vessel constructed throughout of materials with the lowest possible magnetic attraction to attain the greatest possible safety factor when sweeping for magnetic mines. All “Flower” names, some of which had been given to the corvettes under the Free French flag: Aconit (which sank two submarines), Lobelia, Mimosa. Glycine perpetuates the name of ex-YMS of the U.S.A; which was mined and sunk in Indo-China with Myosotis. Building Notes Acacia was launched on 28 Mar. 1953, Aconit on 27 Mar. 1953, and Azalee on 9 June 1953. Photograph Notes A larger port broadside view of Coquelicot appears in the 1954-55 to 1959-60 editions. 1957, Marius Bar courtesy M. Henri Le Masson Launch dates above. La Bayonnaise, La Malouine and La Paimpolaise were transferred to the French flag at Halifax on I Apr. 1954, La Dunkerquoise on 30 Apr. 1954, and La Dieppoise and La Lorientaise on 10 Oct. 1954. All similar to the “ Bay ” class in the Royal Canadian Navy. 34 British Type “ Sirius 99 Class ACHERNAR (12 Aug. 54) ALDEBARAN (27 June 53) ALGOL (15 Apr. 53) ALTAIR (27 Mar. 56) ANTARES (21 Jan. 54) ARCTURUS (12 Mar. 54) ARIES (13 Mar. 56) BELLATRIX (21 July 55) BETELGEUSE (12 July 54) CANOPUS (31 Dec. 55) CAPELLA (6 Sep. 55) CAPRICORNE (8 Aug. 56) CASSIPOEE (16 Nov. 53) CASTOR (19 Nov. 53) CENTAURE (8 Mar. 55) CEPHESE (3 Jan. 56) CROIX DU SUD (13 June 56) DENEBOLA (12 July 56) ERIDAN (18 May 54) ETOII.E POLAIRE (5 Mar. 57) FOMALHAUT (24 Apr. ! LYRE (3 May 56) ORION (20 Nov. 53) PEGASE (21 June 55) PERSEE (23 May 55) PHENIX (23 May 55) POLLUX (16 July 54) PROCYON (12 Dec. 54) R§GULUS (18 Nov. 52) RIGEL (13 May 53) SAGITTAIRE (12 Jan. 55) SIRIUS (6 Oct. 52) VEGA (14 Jan. 53) VERSEAU (26 Apr. 56) Of wooden and aluminium alloy construction. Launch dates above. Of same general characteristics as the British “ Coniston ” class, but of different hull construction Propelled by a special new type of engine, i.e. Alsthom or Rateau gas turbine with S.I.G.M.A. free piston generator, except Altair, Arcturus, Aries, Betelgeuse, Canopus, Capella, Capncorne, Cephee, Croix du Sud, Etoile Polaire, Lyre, Phenix and Verseau, which have Pielstick-SEMT light diesels. Similar to those built in Great Britain and the Netherlands of which the plans were basically similar for all. The original design of this type of craft was developed in close collaboration with John I. Thornycroft & Co. Ltd., Southampton, and the British Admiralty. 16 of these vessels were built under the “off-shore” procurement programme. Launch dates as above. Canopus was station-ship in the West Indies in 1958-59. D 25, D 26 and D 27 were allocated to Yugoslavia. Photograph Notes nn lorn ,. . . A large starboard bow view of Regulus appears in the 1957-58 to 1959-60 editions. RESEDA LA DUNKERQUOISE 6 Ex-Canadian “ Bay” Type - “ Bayonnaise ” Class 390 tons standard (412 tons full load) 140 (pp.), 152 (o.a.) X 28 X8f feet I—40 mm. AA. General Motors diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 2,400=16 kts . (max.) 52 tons 4,500 miles at 11 kts. 43 (4 officers, 39 men) 365 tons standard (424 tons full load) 140 (pp.), 152 (o.a.) X 28 X 8y feet |_40 mm. Bofors AA., I—20 mm. Oerlikon AA. (Several have 2—20 mm. AA.) S.I.G.M.A. free piston generators and Alsthom or Rateau- Bretagne gas turbines. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 2,000 = 15 kts. (I I *5 kts. when sweeping) 48 tons 3,000 miles at 15 kts. 38 LA BAYONNAISE (ex-Oi/gnecto) LA DIEPPOISE (ex-Chaleur) LA DUNKERQUOISE (ex-Fundy) LA LORIENTAISE (ex-Miramichi) LA MALOUINE (ex-Cowichan) LA PAIMPOLAISE ( ex-Thunder ) Launched 12 May 1952 21 June 1952 Apr. 1953 1953 12 Nov. 1951 17 July 1952 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: T62. FRANCE—Coastal Minesweepers ( continued ), Patrol Vessels Coastal Minesweepers —continued PATROL VESSELS (Escorteurs Cotiers) MERCURE courtesy M. Henri Le Masson I Special Type MERCURE (21 Dec. 1957) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: 333 tons light, 362 tons normal (380 tons full load ) I37f (pp.), I45± (o.a.) X 27 x8i feet I—20 mm. AA. 2 Mercedes-Benz diesels. 2 shafts. Kamewa variable pitch propellers. B.H.P.: 4,000=15 kts. Notes Ordered in France from Mecaniques de Normandie (who have built six sister ships for the Federal German Navy) under the “off-shore” programme. Laid down in Jan. 1955. Somewhat different from the " Sirius ” class and with the same method of construction as the United States-built “ Acacia ” class. CAMPANULE French Navy, Official 13 Ex-U.S. YMS Type “ Amarante ” Class AMARANTE (ex-D 301, ex-YMS 169) ANEMONE (ex-D 311, ex-YMS 34) ASP HO DELE (ex-D 314, ex-YMS 226) BASILIC (ex-D 317, ex-YMS 13) CAMPANULE (ex-D 321, ex-YMS 36) CLEMATITE (ex-D 323, ex-YMS 62) GENtT (ex-D 355, ex-D 272, ex-YMS 208) HELIOTROPE (ex-D 334, ex-YMS 33) HORTEN SI A (ex-D 333, ex-YMS 27) JASMIN (ex-D 385, ex-YMS 29) PERCE-NEIGE (ex-D 351, ex-D 201, ex-YMS 23) PIMPRENELLE (ex-D 352, ex-D 211, ex-YMS 26) PRIMEVERE (ex-D 353, ex-D 212, ex-YMS 31) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 280 tons standard (325 tons full load) I34±x24±x 12 feet I—3 inch d.p., 2—20 mm. AA., 2 M.G. (only 4—20 mm. AA. in Heliotrope, Jasmin, Perce-Neige) 2 sets diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,000=12 kts (10 kts. when sweeping) 22 tons 2,500 miles at 10 kts. 30 (2 officers, 28 men) General Notes Built of wood. Basilic was launched on 13 June 1942, Gentiane on I Nov. 1941, Jasmin on 10 Apr. 1942. All acquired in 1954. Anemone is an experimental vessel, fitted with an A/S torpedo tube aft. Marjolaine was converted into a hydrographic vessel in 1957. She has been reclassified as a patrol vessel similar to Lotus and TiarS, and is used on surveying off Madagascar (see next page). Appearance Notes All have 2 funnels except Amarante and Genkt, which have a single funnel. Class Notes Glycine (ex-D 332, ex-YMS 18) and Myosotis (ex-D 338, ex-YMS 15) were sunk by mines in Indo-China in 1949. Lotus and Tiark were reclassified as patrol vessels in 1951. Petunia and Zinnia were reclassified as patrol vessels in 1957, see next page. Transfer Notes Aubergine, Belladone and Digitate were transferred to the Vietnamin Navy on 11 Feb. 1954, and renamed Ham Tu, Bach Dong and Chuong Dong, respectively. Recent Disposals Capucine and Geranium were scrapped in 1955. Armoise, Balsamine and Dahlia were scrapped in 1959. Gentiane was condemned in I960. L’ADROIT (6 Sep. 1958) L’AGILE (26 June 1954) L’ALERTE (1958) L’ATTENTIF (10 July 1958) L’ARDENT (17 July 1958) L’EFFRONTE (27 Jan. 1959) L’ENJOUEl L’ETOURDI (5 Feb. 1958) LE FOUGUEUX (31 May 1954) LE FRINGANT (6 Feb. 1958) LE FRONDEUR (26 Feb. 1959) LE HARDI (17 Sep. 1958) LE INTREPIDE (12 Dec. 1958) L’OPINIATRE (4 May 1954) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Radius: Complement: 325 tons standard (400 tons full load) 170 (pp.)x23x6£ feet 2—40 mm. Bofors AA., 2—20 mm. AA. I hedgehog, 4 D.C. mortars (and 2 D.C. racks), Asdic in L’Agile, Le Fouguex, L’Opiniatre ; others have a new 120 mm. ASM mortar forward, 2 D.C.T., I D.C. rack 4 Pielstick-SEMT light and fast diesel engines coupled 2 by 2. B.H.P.: 3,240=18-7 kts. (22 kts. on trials) 3,000 miles at 12 kts., 2,000 miles at 15 kts. 62 (4 officers, 58 men) General Notes Three of nine patrol vessels ordered in France (U.S.A. offshore order) were commissioned by the French Navy. P I (Le Fougueux), P 2 ( L’Opiniatre), P 3 (L’Agile). Five more were built under the 1955 naval estimates and six were built under the 1956 estimates. These have a different armament, slightly different appearance, and bridge which bears a resemblance to that of Guepratte and Forbin, though smaller. Photograph Notes Larger photographs of Le Fougueux, port broadside and starboard bow views, appear in the 1956-57 and 1957-58 editions, and a larger photograph of L’Opiniatre appears in the 1958-59 and 1959-60 editions. COUTELAS Added 1959, Marius Bar 5 Ex-U.S. PC Type. “ Carabinier ” Class CIMETERRE (ex-PC 1250) COUTELAS (ex-PC 1560) DAGUE (ex-PC 1561) FANTASSIN (ex-PC 621) HUSSARD (ex-PC 1235) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Fuel: Radius: Complement: 325 tons standard (400 tons full load) 170 (w.f.), I73f (o.o.)x23x6± feet I—3 inch d.p., 1—40 mm. AA., 5—20 mm. AA. (latter armament varies from 3 to 6—20 mm. AA.) 2 D.C.T. (24 D.C.) 2 General Motors diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 3,600=20 kts. (18 5 kts. at full load) 60 tons 6,000 miles at 10 kts., 2,300 miles at 18 kts. 63 General Notes Of steel construction. Coutelas was launched on 4 Feb. 1944 and Hussard on 3 Apr. 1943. Formerly rated as Escorteurs, but re-rated as Patrouilleurs in 1951. Ardent, Flamberge- Glaive, Impetueux, Inconstant, Intrepide, Mousquet and Trident, ex-American PCs, were trans, ferred by U.S.A. in 1951 and sent to Indo-China. Hue, Luang-Prabang and Pnom-Penh (ex- PC 796-798), formerly U.S. Navy submarine chasers, were purchased in 1950 by the French Government and fitted out in Seattle for service in French Indo-China. Remainder were acquired from U.S.N. in 1944. Hussard is fitted for torpedo tube training. Attentif, Cavalier (ex-PC 627), Franc Tireur, Javelot and Resolu were discarded in 1951. L’Effronti (ex-PC 481) was scrapped in 1953. Volontaire, much damaged after she had grounded, was reduced to a hulk. L’Impetueux, loaned to Marine Royale Khm6re, was returned to the U.S. Navy in 1956. Mousquet was transferred to Viet Nam in June 1955, L’Intrepide in 1956. Pnom-Penh was discarded in 1955. Flamberge and L’lncantant were transferred to Marine Royale Khmere (Cambodia) in 1955-56. L’Ardent, Glaive and Trident were transferred to Viet Nam in 1955-56. Carabinier, Grenadier, Legionnaire, Mameluck and Tirailleur were condemned in 1957-58. Dragon, L’Emporte, L’lndiscret, Lansquenet, Pique, Le Rus6, Spahi and Le Vigilant were scrapped in 1959. L’Eveille, Lancier, Sabre and Voltigeur were scrapped in I960, and several more, including Dague, may be scrapped before the end of the year. Hussard, which was fitted for torpedo tube training aft (see photograph in the 1954-55 to 1959-60 editions), is now classed as a tender with the auxiliary pennant number A 624. Photograph Notes A larger photograph of Hussard (broadside view) appears in the 1954-55 to 1959-60 editions Transfer Notes Goumier was transferred to the Moroccan Navy on 15 June I960 and renamed Agadir. Patrol Vessels ( continued ), Inshore Minesweepers, etc.—FRANCE 163 Patrol Vessels —continued Escorteurs Cotiers 3 Ex-U.S. YMS Type TIARE ( ex-Petunia, ex-M 646, ex-D 355, ex-D 271, ex-VMS 207) LOTUS (ex-Zinnia , ex-M 652, ex-D 356, ex-D 273, ex-YMS 227) MARJOLAINE (ex-D 337, ex-YMS 69) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 280 tons standard (325 tons full load) 134* x24* x 12 feet 1—3 inch, d.p., 2—20 mm. AA., 2 M.G. 2 diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,000= 15 kts. 36 tons 3,700 miles at 10 kts. 34 (3 officers, 31 men) General Notes Built of wood. Acquired from the United States in 1944. Formerly rated as minesweepers. Lotus and Tiar6 were re-rated as patrol vessels in 1957. Same type as ex-American mine¬ sweepers of “ Amarante ” class above. They have been stationed at Tahiti and Caledonia. The former Petunia and Zinnia were refitted as patrol vessels at Brest in 1956; they left Brest for their stations 26 Feb. 1957, and were renamed Tiare and Lotus, respectively, in 1957, with the pennant numbers P 659 and P 658. They replaced the former Lotus (ex-D 29, ex-D 324, ex-YMS 43) and Tiar6 (ex-D 30, ex-D 353, ex-YMS 63) which formerly served on those stations and which were scrapped. Reclassification Notes Marjolaine was reclassified as a patrol vessel in 1959 with the pennant number P 656 and is used for surveying off Madagascar. LANDING SHIPS DOCK I New Construction LSD (Transport de chalands de debarquement ) TDC 60 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Radius: 8,500 tons full load 489 X 70* X 15 feet 6—30 mm. AA., 2—4-7 inch mortars Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 8,000= 17 kts. 8,000 nautical miles at 15 kts. Notes To be built at Brest Dockyard. Scheduled to be completed in 1964. To be fitted, beside landing craft, with heavy helicopters. All the above details were officially furnished by the French Navy. FOUDRE 1959, R.M. Scott I Ex-U.S. LSD FOUDRE (ex-Greek Okeanos, ex-British Oceanway, ex-U.S. LSD 12) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Radius: Complement: 4,500 tons standard (7,930 tons full load) 457f (o.o.) x72x 18 feet l—4-1 inch, 2—4*7 inch mortars, 4—40 mm. AA., 4—20 mm. AA. Turbine. 2 shafts. H.P.: 7,400= 17 kts. 2 8,000 miles at 15 kts. 212 (12 officers, 200 men) Notes Built by Newport News S.B. & D.D. Co. Launched on 29 Dec. 1943. Transferred by the United States to Great Britain in 1944. Acquired by Greece from whom she was purchased by the U.S. in 1952 and transferred to France under MDAP. Pennant No. A 646. PORT DEPOT SHIPS General Notes Former cruisers, etc., now obsolete, are classed as port depot ships:— There are the battleship Richelieu at Brest, the heavy cruisers Suffren at Toulon and Toum7/e at Brest, the light cruiser Montcalm at Toulon, and the auxiliary aircraft carrier Dixmude (aviation transport), all used as barracks; the former aircraft carrier Bearn hulk at Toulon. Also the destroyers Le Terrible and Le Matin, and a number of other ships including Duchesse Anne, Tefemaque, Voftigeur, Somme, Impassible, LCH 9055, Volontaire and Alphie. INSHORE Ml NESWEEPERS (Drageurs de Rade et d'Estuaire) M 773 1957 courtesy M. Henri Le Masson 15 British Type. “ Ham 99 M 771 ( ex-Frettenham) M 772 ( ex-Wexham ) M 773 ( ex-Mersham) M 744 (ex-lsham) M 775 ( ex-Kingham) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel Complement: M 776 ( ex-Stedham) M 781 ( ex-Rendlesham) M 782 ( ex-Petersham) M 783 (ex-Mi/eham) M 784 ( ex-Tibenham) Class M 785 ( ex-Sparham) M 786 (ex-Whippingham) M 787 ( ex-Sulham) M 788 ( ex-Riplingham ) M 789 (ex-Pineham) 120 tons standard (140 tons full load) 100 (pp.), 106* (o.a.) X 21 * X 5* feet I—40 mm. Bofors AA. or I—20 mm. Oerlikon AA. forward 2 Paxman diesels. B.H.P. : 550= 14 kts. (9 kts. when sweeping) 15 tons 12 (2 officers, 10 men) Notes Former British inshore minesweepers of the “ Ham ” class transferred to France under the American “off-shore” procurement programme. First, M 771, was delivered in Dec. 1954. Last, M 789, was handed over at Hythe on 10 Nov. 1955. Recent Disposals The eight remaining converted inshore minesweepers of the former patrol ( chasseur ) type, M 690, M 691, M 695, M 696, M 711, M 713, M 714 and M 715, were condemned in 1959. M 697 was condemned in 1958. ELECTRONICS MAINTENANCE SHIP I New Construction (Batiment de soutien logistique version electronique) Displacement: 2,375 tons (mean) Dimensions: 302x42f X 12 feet Guns: 3—40 mm. AA. Machinery: Diesels. I shaft. B.H.P.: 3,300= 16*5 kts. Notes To be built by Lorient Dockyard. Authorised under the 1959 Programme. Scheduled to be completed in 1963, it is officially stated. SUBMARINE MAINTENANCE SHIP I New Construction (Batiment de soutien logistique version soutien de sous-marins) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: 2,375 tons (mean) 302x421x12 feet 3—40 mm. AA. Diesels. I shaft. B.H.P.: 3,300= 16-5 kts. Notes Authorised under the I960 Programme. It is officially stated that this ship will have the same general characteristics as the new electronics maintenance ship. AUXILIARIES ENCLUME Displacement: 350 tons Dimensions: I63*x2l*x4f feet Machinery: 3 MW.M motors. B.H.P.: 660=10 kts. Repair ship. No armament. (The Les Vosges (ex-Washington, ex-Brunehilde), former German Danube and Black Sea gunboat, afterwards a U.S. patrol vessel on the Danube, dis¬ mantled, transferred to the Rhine and rebuilt there as flagship of the French Rhine Flotilla, was transferred to the Bundeswehr in Dec. 1957). AMIRAL EXELMANS ( ex-Germania) Displacement: 220 tons Dimensions: 130f X21*X4* feet Machinery: I M.A.N. diesel. I shaft. B.H.P.: 230=9*5 kts. Ex-river passenger boat purchased in 1952. Used for the training of pilots. Pennant No. A 793. 164 FRANCE—Patrol Launches, Seaward Patrol Craft, Surveying Vessels SURVEYING VESSELS (Annexes Hydrograph iques) PATROL LAUNCHES (Formerly rated as Chasseurs de Sousmarins) P 723 (showing quadruple rocket launchers) 1954, courtesy M. Henri Le Masson Skyfotos AMIRAL MOUCHEZ I Aviso Type Displacement: I 10 tons standard (138 tons full load) Dimensions: 107^ (w./.), I I Of (o.a.)X 18fx6£ feet Guns: I—40 mm. AA., 3—20 mm. AA. A/S weapons: 2 D.C.T., I D.C. rack (18 D.C.) Machinery: 2 General Motors diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P. Oil fuel: 15 tons Radius: 2,000 miles at 10 kts.; 1,150 miles at 15 kts Complement: 25 Notes Of wooden construction. All launched in 1941-43. Acquired from tf Formerly rated as Submarine Chasers, but re-rated as patrol vessels in 695, 696, 697, 711, 713, 714, 715 were converted into inshore mineswet were discarded as such in 1958-59, although Nos. 690, 691, 696, 711 and as auxiliaries and not on the Navy list of fighting vessels. AMIRAL MOUCHEZ Pennant No. Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: 719 tons standard (970 tons full load ) 203£X33|X II feet 4—20 mm. (actual armament mounted, see Notes) Removed Sulzer diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 800=13 kts. 60 tons 3,400 miles at 13 kts.; 5,000 miles at 11 kts. Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: Recent Disposals P 731 was scrapped in 1956 and sister ship P 736 was given back to United States Navy in 1956. P 704 was scrapped in 1957 and P 701 was condemned in 1958. P 702 was scrapped in 1959. Nos. 693, 694, 709, 718, 722, 723 and 724 are still used as hulks or vedettes without armament for auxiliary purposes. Notes Specially constructed as a survey ship. Formerly rated as Avisos Hydrographique. Re¬ rated Escorteur de Deuxieme Classe early in 1953, as Aviso Escorteur II Aug. 1953, and Aviso in 1955, but employed as survey ship. Former armament of 2—3-9 inch guns and 2—13 mm. AA. M.G., and anti-submarine weapons removed. I Ex-Passenger Type GUYANE Measurement: Machinery: 965 tons gross I Werkspoor 4 str. 8 cyl. diesel. Notes Former passenger motor vessel built by Chantiers Ziegler at Dunkirk. Launched on 17 Sep. 1951. Purchased in I960 and converted by Cherbourg Dockyard into a surveying ship. She will be renamed. Displacement: 75 tons standard (82 tons full load) Dimensions: 104£ X 15£ X 5£ feet Guns: 2—20 mm. AA. Machinery: 2 Mercedes-Benz diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 2,700=28 kts. Radius: 1,500 miles at 15 kts. Complement: 15 (VC I to 10), 17 (VC II and 12) Notes Seaward defence motor launches of a new type. All completed in 1958 and 1959. Built by the Constructions Mecaniques de Normandie, Cherbourg (VC 3-10), Liirssens in Germany (VC I and 2), Chantiers Navals d’Esterel (VC I I and 12). The two latter are slightly different as far as hull forms are concerned. Most of them are employed off the North African coast. P 751 (VC I) was sold to Tunisia, being handed over to the Tunisian Navy on 22 Sep. 1959. 3 British Type VP 747 (ex-HDML 1423) *VP 768 (ex-VP 6, ex-HDML 1228) VP 775 (ex-VP 25, ex-HDML 1021) Displacement: 40 tons standard (52 tons full load) Dimensions: 72 (o.o.)X I5£x4^ (mean) feet Guns: 2—20 mm., 4 M.G. Machinery: 2 Gardner or Thornycroft diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 300=12 kts. Oil fuel: 6 tons Radius: 2,200 miles at 10 kts. Complement: 8 (I officer, 7 men) Notes * On loan from Great Britain. Most of these boats are in Indo-China. Several were sunk by the enemy in Indo-China. Others were scrapped. VP 762 was loaned to the Royal Khmere Navy. VP 747 and VP 748 were transferred to the Royal Khmere Navy in 1956. VP 764 was discarded in 1957. The three remaining boats are to be scrapped in the near future. 2 Ex-U.S. Type VP 772 ex-VP 51) VP 773 (ex-VP 52) Displacement: 40 tons standard Dimensions: 52£x I4|X5y feet Guns: I M.G. Machinery: 2 petrol engines. B.H.P.: 250=12 kts. Complement: 10 (I officer, 9 men) Notes Former motor launches of the U.S. Navy. Stationed in Tahiti. S ENT IN ELL E 1951, Skyfotos I Ex-German Type ESTAFETTE (ex-B 282, ex-Treff. 6) Displacement: 500 tons standard (654 tons full load) Dimensions: I37x26x I5£ feet Guns: 2—20 mm. Machinery: Deutz motor. B.H.P.: 500=12 kts. Oil fuel: 140 tons 1 Notes Ex-whaler. Sister ship Sentinelle (ex-B 284, ex-Treff. 2) was scrapped in I960. Alidade (ex-German M 4621, ex-Van Rozeland) was scrapped in 1959. Recent Disposals Astrolabe (ex-B 281, ex-V 201, ex-Zieten) and Boussole (ex-UJ 1405, ex-B 285) were scrapped in 1953. The surveying vessel Ingenieur en Chef Girod was sold to Viet Nam in Dec. 1955. Ingenieur-Hydrographe Nicolas (ex-Otto Brohan, ex-B 206) and Octant (ex-German M 4626, ex-0stfriesland) were scrapped in I960. Trawlers The ex-British trawlers La Seto/se (ex-Oriental Star) and La Toulonnaise ( ex-Hampshire ) were scrapped in 1959. Air-Sea Rescue Launches The four former British remaining air-sea rescue launches Y 615, Y 616, Y 617 and Y 619, were scrapped in 1959. Boom Defence Vessels, Landing Ships—FRANCE 165 BOOM DEFENCE VESSELS (Rated as Gabares) Mouilleur de Filets LANDING SHIPS (Rated as Bailments de debarquement) CIGALE (ex-AN 98) CRIQUET (ex-AN 96) FO URMI (ex-AN 97) SCAR, GRILLON (ex-AN 95) 560 tons standard (770 tons full load ) I49^X335X IOj feet I—40 mm. Bofors, 4—20 mm. A A. 2, 4-stroke diesels, electric drive. B.H.P. Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Notes U.S. AN type “ Off-shore ” orders. Only the five above were finally allocated to the French Navy. G 6 was allocated to Spain. Criquet was launched on 3 June 1954, Cigale on 23 Sep. 1954, Fourmi on 6 July 1954, Grillon on 18 Feb. 1954, and Scarabee on 21 Nov. 1953. ARAIGNEE I960, Giorgio Arra 3 Ex-U.S. AN Type Netlayers ARAIGNEE ( ex-Hackberry , ex-Maple ) SCORPION (ex-Yew) TARENTULE (ex-Pepperwood, ex-Walnut) Displacement: 560 tons standard (850 tons full load ) Dimensions: 146 (w./.), 163 (o.o.)x30^ X Ilf feet Guns: I—3 inch AA., some M.G. Machinery: Diesel-electric. H.P.: 800= 12 kts. CHELIFF (ex-LST 874) ORNE (ex-LST 508, 10 Nov. 1943) LAITA (ex-LST 177, 10 May 1943) RANGE (ex-LST 223. 24 Aug. 1943) ODET (ex-LST 815) Displacement: 1,625 tons standard (4,030 tons full load) Dimensions: 316 (w.f.), 328x50x 14 (max.) feet Guns: 8—20 mm. AA. Machinery: Diesel. 2shafts. B.H.P.: 1,700=11 kts. Notes Used as naval transports. Adour (ex-LST 860), seriously damaged, was raised to become an accommodation ship (removed to France), but was scheduled to be scrapped in 1958. Vire was scrapped in 1957. Goto (ex-LST 973) was discarded in I960. Recent Disposals LSSL Arbalete was sold to Viet Nam in 1954 and Arquebuse in 1955. Hallebarde, Javeline and Rapiere were given back to the United States in Oct. 1955. Etendard, Oriflamme and Pertuirane were given back to U.S.A. in 1957. Framee was transferred to Viet Nam Navy in 1957. LS/L 9030 (ex-715) scrapped 1955. LS/L 9029, 9035, 9038 transferred to Viet Nam in 1956, 9039 to Royal Khmere Navy. Others scrapped or given back to U.S.A. (9031, 9032, 9036, 9037) LSM 9011,9012 transferred to Viet Nam Navy, Dec. 1955. LSM 9014, 9017, 9018, returned to U.S.A. in 1955. LSM 9019, 9021 transferred to Viet Nam Navy in 1956. Others returned to U.S.A. TRIEUX I960, French Navy , Official ARGENS (BDC 2) BIDASSOA (BDC 5) DIVES (BDC 4) BLAVET (BDC 3) TRIEUX (BDC I) Displacement: 1,400 tons standard, 1,765 tons light (4,000 tons full load) Dimensions: 328 (o.o.) X 50 X 14 feet Guns: 2—40 mm. AA., 2—20 mm. AA. Machinery: Two sets of SEMT-Pielstick diesel engines. B.H.P.:2,000 = 11 kts. Radius: 18.500 miles Complement: 85 (6 officers and 79 men). Can carry 170 troops (normal) and 335 (even up to 870) if required. 329 passengers in bunks, 552 in hammocks Notes Trieux was built under the 1956 programme by Chantiers de Bretagne, Nantes, and launched on 6 Dec. 1958. Two more provided under the 1957 naval estimates were allocated to the same builder, Argens having been launched on 7 Apr. 1959 and Blavet on 16 Jan. I960. Two more were allocated in 1958 to Chantiers Seine Maritime, Dives was launched on 28 June I960 and Bidassoa is scheduled to be launched in Dec. I960. Can carry four LCVPs and 1,800 tons deadweight of freight. •I L9DD5 - L3005- 1954, courtesy M. Henri Le Masson Complement: 39 Notes Launched on 6 Mar. 1941, 25 Sep. 1941, and 25 Aug. 1941, respectively. Former American netlayers. I Former Aircraft Tender Type MARCEL LE BIHAN (ex-German Greif) Pennant No.: F753 Builders: Lubecker Fleudewerke Launched: 1936 Completed: 1937 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Radius: Complement: 800 tons standard (1,000 tons full load) 236f x34f x9 (light) I—41 inch, 2—40 mm. AA., 4—20 mm. AA. 2 sets diesels. B.H.P.: 4,400= 18-5 kts. (16 kts. sea speed) 2,000 miles at 13 kts. 63 EDIC 6 1959, Marius Bar Notes Former German aircraft tender. Transferred by the United States in Feb. 1948. Re-rated as Escorteur de Deuxieme Classe early in 1953, as Aviso Escorteur I I Aug. 1953, and Aviso in 1955. Resembles Paul Goffeny in general design. Reclassified as a boom defence vessel on I Nov. 1959. 5 Small Type AGISSANTE PATIENTE PERSISTANTE PU1SSANTE VICTORIEUSE Notes All 350 tons, except Patiente 305 tons. Giraffe and Perseverante were scrapped in 1957, and F/de/e was scheduled to be condemned in 1958. Weather Ship Notes The ex-U.S. frigates Mermoz (ex-U.S.S. Muskegon, PF 24) and Le Verr/er (ex-U.S.S. Emporia, PF 28) were adapted for weather observation in the North Atlantic. Formerly rated as Fregates Meteorologiques, but re-rated fscorteurs de Deuxieme Classe in 1951. They belong to the Ministry of Transport and are no longer manned by the French Navy. They are not on the Navy list, and they would no longer be used as escort vessels in wartime. Sister ship Le Brix (ex-U.S S. Manitowoc, PF 61) was condemned in 1958. 6 EDIC Type EDIC I (7 Jan. 1958) EDIC 3 (17 Apr. 1958) EDIC 5 (II Apr. 1958) EDIC 2 (21 Feb. 1958) EDIC 4 (24 July 1958) EDIC 6 (II Oct. 1958) Dimensions: 187 x 38f x4f feet Machinery: MGO diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,000 = 8 kts. Notes EDIC I to 4 were built by C. N. Franco Beige, EDIC 5 and 6 by Toulon Dockyard. Launch dates above. All completed in 1958 and 1959. Recent Disposals LCI 9041 (ex-102) and L Cl 9044 (ex-109) were discarded in 1953, and LCI 9050 (ex-508) in 1954. LCI 9047 and LCI 9048 were discarded in 1956. LCI 9046 was scrapped in 1956. LCI 9049 was sunk off Indo-China on 27 Sep. 1953. LCH 9055 (ex-LCH 377, ex-LCI 377) was relegated to a port depot ship in I960. LCT 9062 LCT 9065 LCT 9069 LCT 9070 LCT 9071 Recent Disposals LCT 9060, 9061, 9063, 9064, 9066, 9067 were discarded in 1956. LCT 9085 and LCT 9091 were transferred to the Royal Khemre Navy. LCG 9059 and LCT 9083 were scrapped. LCT 9068 was condemned in 1957. LCT 9072 was condemend in I960. Photograph of LCT 9071 in the 1957-58 and 1958-59 editions. LCT 9083 (ex-LCT (R) 4) Notes Ex-U.S. LCU 1694, ex-U.S. LCU 1695 and all other LCU were transferred to the Viet Nam Navy. LCT 9084 (ex-LCT (R) 27) was scrapped in 1959. 166 FRANCE—Patrol Boats, Transports, etc PATROL BOATS (Ex-F/ot/V/a du Rhin) Ex-Flotilla du Rhin ( continued ) P 9785 1956, courtesy M. Henri Le Masson P 9783J P 978<# Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: P 9785 P 9786 45 tons 79* X 16x4 eet 8 M.G. 2 Daimler-Benz diesels. P 9787 P 9788 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,000= 18 kts. P 9781 P 9781 1956. P 9782 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: 34-5 tons 80* X I2f X4* feet 5 M.G. 2 Mayback diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 900=21 kts. HOCHE L 981 KLEBER L 982 MARCEAU L 980 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: 175 tons 131*X26*X4 feet I—3 inch, 12 M.G., I—31 inch mortar 2 Mercedes-Benz diesel motors. B.H.P.: 1,720= 13 kts. 14 Notes Former Rhine Flotilla support ships, brought back to France and laid up in 1958. Named in I960. Monitor, 990, actually a self-propelled pontoon with a Sherman tank turret mounted amidships, for service in the Rhine Flotilla, was discarded in 1959. DIVING TENDER (Batiment de Recherches Sous Marines) INGEN I EUR £l_l£ MONNIER 1957, French Navy, Official I Ex-German Type INGENIEUR ELI E MONNIER (ex-German trawler Albatros) Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Range: Complement: Notes Fitted for ocean research. 280 tons standard (350 tons full load) 111*X24X 10 feet Diesel. I shaft. Speed: 12 kts. 1,500 miles 19 Built by D. W. Kremer Schiffwert Elmshom in 1944. P 9796 (ex-41 P 9797 (ex-42) P 9798 (ex-43) P 9799 (ex-44) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: 23 tons 65* X 11 X 3* feet 5—13-2 mm. Hotchkiss M.G. 2 M.A.N. diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 400=19 kts. 8 Notes Built 1950-51, two by Rasmussen, Bremse Vegesack, two by Bodenwerft. P 9740 P 9741 P 9742 P 9743 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: 12 tons 49x9* X 3 feet I M.G. I M.W.M. diesel. I shaft. B.H.P.: 220=13 kts P 9794 P 9794 1956, courtesy M. Henri Le Masson Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: 10 tons 47X 10* (hull), 14* (o.o.) X2* (hull), 5* (wings) feet 2—* inch M.G. 2 Scripps motors. B.H.P.: 300=45 kts. Notes Equipped with hydroplane wings. P 9790, 9791, 9792 and 9793 also carry wings: speeds 32 and 37 kts. RAMBERYILLERS Y 6659 Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: 24 tons 67*X 11*X5* feet 2 Deutz diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 300=12 kts. Notes This auxiliary patrol launch was a war prize with the Ormont which was retired from service in Feb. 1958. There are also 11 police vedettes of 6-3 tons (Y 6670-Y 6683); 2 control patrol launches of 10-2 tons (Y 6640, Y664I); two vedettes of 2 tons (P 9790, P979I); two vedettes of 6 tons (P 9792, P 9793); eight river tugs; and 31 landing craft (LCM). Nine control patrol launches of 10-2 tons, Y 6642-Y 6650, one river tug, and 9 landing craft (LCM) were transferred to the Bundeswehr in 1957-58. TRAINING SHIPS ( Voiliers-Lcole) 2 Auxiliary Sailing Vessels LA BELLE-POULE L’ETOILE Displacement: 227 tons Dimensions: 128 (o.o.)x23*X 11* feet Machinery: Sulzer diesel. B.H.P.: 120=6 kts. Notes Built by Chantiers de Normandie (Fecamp), 1932. Accommodation for 3 officers, 30 cadets, 5 petty officers, 12 seamen. Attached to the Navy School. DOLPHIN (ex-Simone Marcelle) Notes Ex-tunny fishing vessel purchased Oct. 1954 and altered. Notre Dame d’Etel scrapped. Attached to the School of Manoeuvre. MUTIN Notes Attached to the School of Pilotage. TRANSPORTS Conversion Notes The transport lie d’Oleron has been converted into an experimental guided missile ship, see earlier page. FALLERON (ex-German Welle) TER (ex-German Heinrich) Displacement: 150 tons (247 tons full load) Machinery: Diesels. Speed: 7 kts. Notes Heraultwas removed from the effective list in 1955. Alphee became a station ship in 1958. GAPEAU (ex-German 8 284, ex-Y 625, ex-Johan Schultz) MOLENE (ex-German B. 262, ex-Y 620, ex-Koln) Displacement: 300 tons Machinery: Deutz diesels. B.H.P.: 500=9 kts. Notes Photograph of Gapeau in 1957-58 and earlier editions. Cap Ferrat was officially deleted from the list in I960. TREBERON (ex-B 254) Displacement: 120 tons Dimensions: 82x20x9 feet Machinery: Diesel. B.H.P.: 120=8-5 kts. Notes Former German danlayer used as small personnel transport for local service. Rated as Patrol Craft. Sister ship Rachgoun was scrapped in 1957. Oilers, Water Carriers, Tugs—FRANCE 167 OILERS (Transports Petroliers) 3 New Construction ABERWRACH (ex-CA I) Displacement: 2,000 tons Machinery: Diesel. Speed= 15 kts. Notes Authorised under the 1956 programme. It is officially stated that Aberwrach was ordered in 1959. GIBOULEE HANAP ( ex-Stjordels Fjord) LIAMONE ( ex-Arrosoir ) Displacement: 450 tons (1,369 tons full load) Dimensions: I84x28|x I3£ feet Machinery: Sulzer diesels. B.H.P.: 1,000= 11-5 kts. Complement: 27 Notes Rated as regional supply ships. Arrosoir was renamed Liamone in March, 1954. Photo¬ graph of Liamone in 1957-58 and earlier editions. AIGUADE CASAMANCE FONTAINE ONDEE AVERSE CATARACTE FORMENE TORRENT BENZENE DELUGE MIRAGE ZAGHOUAN BRUINE Notes Cascade, Durance and Fraicbe were scrapped in 1957. Aube was scrapped in 1958. Ard&che was scrapped in I960. LA BAISE I Fleet Replenishment T/pe 4,220 tons light (12,100 tons full load) 433X52^X201 feet I—3-9 inch, 14—20 mm. AA. Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 5,200= 15 kts. 2 Penhoet 1,100 tons 10,000 miles at 13 kts. Notes Built by Ch. Worms, Le Trait, under the 1938 Programme. Rated as Ravitailleur d’Escadre. La Baise was launched in 1945. Pennant number A 625. Of two sister ships La Charente was scrapped in I960 and La Mayenne is also being scrapped. Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: OASIS RUMMEL SAHEL Displacement: 630 tons light (1,430 tons full load) Machinery: 2 Diesels. B.H.P.: 700= 12 kts. Notes Sahel was completed in Aug. 1951, Rummel and Oasis in 1952 and 1953, respectively, by Chantiers Naval de Caen. Deadweight 600 tons. Photograph of Sahel in 1957-58 and earlier editions. Displacement: 230 tons Machinery: H.P.: 1,000=11 kts. Radius: 2,400 nautical miles Complement: 15 BELIER PACHYDERME Displacement: 900 tons standard (1,185 and 1,115 tons full load, respectively Machinery: I.H.P.: 2,000= 12 kts. Oil fuel: 180 tons Radius: 3,000 miles Notes Photograph of Pachyderme in the 1957-58 edition. BUFFLE Displacement: 900 tons standard (1,180 tons full load ) Dimensions: I67£x 33 X 10 feet Machinery: 2 sets triple expansion. I.H.P.: 2,000=12 kts. Complement: 32 Notes Launched on 4 May 1939. ACHARNE COTENTIN OBSTIN§ UTILE CHAMPION ENTgTE T§TU Displacement: 500 to 682 tons full load Dimensions: I I4fx27f X 10 feet Machinery: Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 1,000= 10 to 11 kts. Notes All laid down 1937-38, Actifby Ch. de la Loire, Nantes, Cepet and Cotentin by Ch. Dubigeor, Nantes, Acharne by Brest, others by F. & C de la Gironde, Bordeaux. Actif, Applique and C6pet were scrapped in 1957-58. INFATIGABLE ( ex-Polangen) Displacement: 540 tons Machinery: I.H.P.: 1,200=11 kts. IMPLACABLE (ex-Fohn II) Displacement: 620 tons Machinery: I.H.P.: 1,600=11 kts. Notes Valeureux (ex-ATA) was condemned at the end of 1957. Fort was condemned on 2 Jan. 1958. INTRAITABLE ( ex-Nordergrunde ) Displacement: 540 tons Machinery: I.H.P.: 1,000= 10 kts. IM B ATT A B LE (ex-Nesserland) Displacement: 690 tons Machinery: I.H.P.: 1,000=10 kts. MAMMOUTH (1918) Displacement: 620 tons standard (740 tons full load) Machinery: I.H.P: 1,800=10 kts. ELEPHANT (ex-Bor) Displacement: 850 tons (1,180 tons full load) Machinery: I.H.P.: 1,800=12 kts. Notes The tug Samson (ex-German Suder Hever) was officially deleted from the I ist in I960. SERIEUX (ex-Italian Nereo) Displacement: 340 tons Machinery: I.H.P.: 900=11 kts. LAC CHAM BON 1956, Skyfotos LAC CHAM BON ( ex-Anticline) LAC TCHAD ( ex-Syncline) LAC TONLE-SAP (ex-Pumper) Displacement: 800 tons light (2,670 tons full load) Dimensions: 235 X 37 X 15f feet Guns: 3—20 mm. AA. Machinery: 2 Fairbanks-Morse diesels. B.H.P.: 1,150= 11 kts. Radius: 6,300 miles at 11 kts. Complement: 37 Notes Ex-American fuel oil barges. Acquired in Dec. 1944 and Mar. 1945. Lac Noir was scrapped in 1951. Lac Pavin was scrapped in 1953. Displacement: Machinery: 500 tons I.H.P.: 1,000=9 kts, RHINOCEROS Displacement Machinery: 700 tons Diesels. B.H.P.: 1,800=12 kts. Displacement: 5,147 tons light (22,300 tons full load) Measurement: 16,870 tons deadweight Dimensions: 525x72^x33 feet Machinery: 2 Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 7,200 = 16 kts. Boilers: 3 Penhoet Notes Fleet tankers returned to French Navy from charter company Sep. 1953. Now painted Navy grey ail over. La Saone was converted into a fleet supply ship and commissioned as such in Apr. 1958. She is now rated as Ravitailleur d’Escadre. Photograph of La Seine in the 1954-55 to 1958-59 editions. Recent Disposals L’Aulne (ex-U.S. YOG 680) was transferred to the Vietnamese Navy in 1956. Garonne (ex- Italian Tarvisio) was discarded in 1957. Of the German type, Elorn was condemned in 1958, and her sister ship Var was scrapped in I960. Of the Penhoet type, Le Mekong was scrapped in I960. Notes Photograph of Rhinoceros in the 1953-54 to 1957-58 editions. COOLIE (ex-YTB 459, ex-Edenshaw, 1943) MALABAR (ex-YTB 458, ex-Evea) Displacement: 300 tons Machinery: Diesel. B.H.P.: 1,020=14 kts. Notes Transferred from the United States Navy in 1944. TEN ACE (ex-ATA 226) Displacement: 400 tons Machinery: Diesels. B.H.P.: 1,200= 10 kts. LOCMINE Displacement: 620 tons Machinery: Reciprocating I.H.P.: 1,000=10 kts. 168 GERMANY (EAST)—Frigates, Patrol Vessels, Minesweepers GERMANY (EAST) Nationale Volksarmee, Seestreitkrafte 4 New Construction D I D II D III D IV Displacement: 1,400 tons standard Dimensions: 348 (o.a.) X 36 X8£ feet Guns: 4—4 inch AA., 8—37 mm. AA. Tubes: 2—21 inch Mines: 50 (capacity) Machinery: 2 sets geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 36,000=32 kts. Boilers: 2 water tube Notes Code name: Falke (Falcon). General design is similar to that of the Russian “ Kola ” class frigates. Under construction at Neptun, Rostock and Peenewerft, Wolgast, with engines of Masch. Fabr. Erfurt. Provision made for carrying mines. No effective construction was observed in I960, and it is reported that it is extremely doubtful if the vessels will in fact materialise. MLR 6-42 (aerial view showing minesweeping stern) I960, Erich Groner 10 “Krake” Class MLR 6-41 h MLR 6-42 N MLR 6-23 MLR 6-24 Displacement: 650 tons Dimensions: 229fx26^X I2f feet Guns: I—85 mm. AA.; 10—25 mm. AA. (paired vertically) A/S weapons: 4 D.C.T. Mines: Fitted for laying Machinery: Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 34,000= 18 kts. Complement: 80 (peace), 96 (war) Notes Buit in 1956-58 at Peenewerft, Wolgast. The hull form is similar to that of 6-1 I. Code name: Krake. The first four were completed in 1958, originally for Poland, but not delivered. Appearance is different compared with the first type, the squat wide funnel being close to the bridge work with a lattice mast and radar. Minelayers and minesweepers. A port broadside photograph of MLR 6-47 appears in the 1958-59 and 1959-60 editions. KSS 40 (aerial view showing minelaying stern) I960, Erich Groner KSS 40 KSS 41 KSS 42 Displacement: 950 tons standard Dimensions: 278f (o.a.) X 3 I £ X 9 feet Guns: 3—3-9 d.p.(single mounts); 4—37 mm.AA. (paired vertically) Tubes: 3—21 inch A/S weapons: 4 depth charge projectors Mines: 50 (capacity) Machinery: Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H P.: 24,000 = 28 kts. Complement: 190 Notes Frigates or light destroyer escorts of the Russian so called “ Riga ” type, known officially as the “ SKR ” type. Designed to carry 50 mines. It was reported in 1960 that the I-61,62,63 numbers are no longer to be seen. Added 1959, Erich Grdne> ERNST THALMANN ERNST THALMANN ( ex-Dorsch , ex-Hvidbjornen) Displacement: 1,100 tons Dimensions: 220x34£x I6f feet Guns: I—3-3 inch (85 mm.), 2—37 mm. AA., 4—25 mm. AA. Machinery: Triple expansion. I shaft. 1,800= 14-5 kts. Boilers: 2 water tube Oil fuel: 140 tons Radius: 3,300 miles at 12 kts. Notes Ex-Danish Hvidbjornen. Launched in 1928. Modernised in 1953-54 at Matthias Thesen Yard, Wismar. Ex-name Dorsch was borne only during this period for disguise. Fitted with new boilers at Rostock in the spring of 1957. Employed as a training ship for officer candidates. MLR 6-11 (aerial view showing minesweeping stern) 6 “ Habicht II ” Class MLR 6-12 MLR 6-13 MLR 6-14 Displacement Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Mines: Machinery: Notes Ex-6-91, 6-92, 6-71-74, ex-6-l I l-l 16, ex-621 to 626. These vessels are a modification of MLR 6-31 type but lengthened by 20 feet amidships. Built at Wolgast Peene Yard. All welded. All completed 1955-56. Habicht 11 type. A starboard broadside photograph of MLR 6-16 (ex-6-7l, ex-6-116, ex-626) appears in the 1956-57 to 1959-60 editions. 550 tons 213 (o.a.)x26£X I If feet I—3 -4 inch, 2—20 mm. AA., 8—25 mm. AA. (paired vertically) 4 D.C.T. Fitted for laying 2 diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 2,800= 18 kts. Submarine Notes It was reported in June I960 that there are no submarines building, projected or planned and none on loan. Not one of the Russian “ MV ” type has joined the Seestreitkrafte. They have only some complete complements trained in Polish or Russian “ M ” type boats The salvaged German Vile type submarine was broken up in 1954-55, and the salvaged German XXIII type (ex-U 2344) was completely demolished. 4 “Hai” Class PC I PC 2 PC 3 Displacement: 370 tons Dimensions: I87x27£x9 feet Machinery: Diesels. Speed 28 kts. Notes Submarine chasers under construction at Peenewerft, Wolgast. Habicht I MLR 6-32 MLR 6-35 MLR 6-3 MLR 6-36 500 tons (6-31,6-32), 600 tons (6-34,6-35,6-36) I93± (o.a.) x26fx I If feet I—3*4 inch, 4—20 mm. AA. (except 6-31, 6-32, I—37 mm. AA., 2—20 mm. AA., 8—15 mm. AA.) A/S weapons: 4 D.C.T. Mines: Fitted for laying Machinery: Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 2,800=18 kts. (6-31-6-34: B.H.P.: 2,400= I7kts.) Notes Ex-331-336, ex-031-036, formerly 611 to 616. Code name: Habicht I (Hawk). Modified German M 40 war type minesweepers but with diesel propulsion. Prefabricated in five sections and assembled at Volkswerft, Stralsund. Laid down in 1952-53, launched in 1952-54 and completed in 1952-54. All welded. MLR 6-33 sank early in 1958 but was salvaged and repaired in 1959. A starboard bow photograph of MLR 6-31 (ex-33 I, ex-031, ex-61 I) appears in the 1956-57 to 1959-60 editions. Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: name: ROBERT KOCH Displacement: 1,520 tons Dimensions: 217 (o.a.) X 32X 14ff eet Machinery: 2 diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,800= 14-5 kts. Complement: 44 Notes Of the trawler type. Launched in 1955 at the Neptun Yard, Rostock, and completed at the Matthias-Thesen Yard, Wismar (A new fishery protection vessel is planned at Peenewerft, Wolgast. Two small vessels are Professor Henking (ex-Neues Deutschland), and Dr. Friedrich Wolf (1957), both 100 tons, 14 kts.). Coastal Minesweepers, Patrol Boats, Motor Torpedo Boats, etc.—GERMANY (EAST) 169 COASTAL MINESWEEPERS 50 R-boat Type 7-11 7-21 7-31 7-41 7-51 D 01 D 08 7-12 7-22 7-32 7-42 7-52 D 02 D 09 7-13 7-23 7-33 7-43 7-53 D 03 D 10 7-14 7-24 7-34 7-44 7-54 D 04 D II 7-15 7-25 7-35 7-45 7-55 D 05 D 12 7-16 7-26 7-36 7-46 7-56 D 06 D 13 7-17 7-27 7-37 7-47 7-57 D 07 D 14 7-91 Displacement: 50 tons Dimensions: 85y X 14f X 4| feet Guns 2—25 mm. AA. Machinery: Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P. : 300=17 kts. Oil fuel: 1 -5 tons Notes Launched in 1954-56. D 01 to D 14 boats belonging to S.H.D. are of the same type but without armament. Notes 8 Ex-German R-boat Type 812 813 814 815 816 Displacement: 140 tons Dimensions: I28§X 18f X5£ feet Guns: I—37 mm. or 2—20 mm. AA. Machinery: Diesels. 2shafts. B.H.P.: 2,550=21 kts. Oil fuel: 15 tons Radius: 1,000 miles at 15 kts. Complement: 38 817 818 R-boats of the R 401-424 or R 218-290 series of the former German Navy ceded by the Soviet Navy. Built in 1943. There are also some boats of the FLB 5001 type. MOTOR LAUNCHES 821 822 Notes 823 824 Displacement: Guns: Machinery: 825 826 12 tons I —15 mm. AA. Diesels. Speed 10 kts. 827 828 ozes Built in 1954-55 by Engelbrecht V. E. B., Berlin-Kopenik. Numbers also reported as 7- to 7—29. WILHELM PIECK Displacement: 200 tons Machinery: Diesel. I shaft. B.H.P.: 106=8 kts. Notes Brigantine employed as a school ship. Built in 1951. Photo in 1955-56 edition. Also two yachts, Ernst Thalmann, 150 tons, and Jonny Scheer, 120 tons, and six more including Max Reichpietsch, Alvin Kobis, Helgoland and Knechtsand. JOHANN L. KRUGER (1951) Displacement: 475 tons HELMUT JUST (1952) Notes Measurement: Machinery: Dimensions: 260 tons gross Diesel. B.H.P.: 400=10-5 kts. 128 X 24 X 11 feet Built at VEB Rosslauer Shipyard, Rosslau, River Elbe. Launch dates above. There are also Jordan and Magnetologe (1954), 135 tons, 10 kts. (seiner type); Arkona, Darsser Ort and Stubbenkammer (1956), 55 tons, 10 kts. (cutter type); and Flaggtief and Hydrograph (1953) 30 tons, 8 kts. AUXILIARY VESSELS H 42 (ex-931), Netlayer H 41 (ex-932) H 44 (ex-941), Oiler H 43 (ex-933), Tender Notes Sixteen auxiliary vessels service the East German Navy, including the above. For ex¬ perimental purposes there are also Rosa Luxemburg (1950) and Wilhelm,Liebknecht (1951), 475 tons, 10 kts.; Meteor (1956), 435 tons, 10-5 kts.; and Saturn (1956), i 10 tons, 9 kts TUGS H 31 H 32 H 33 H 34 H 35 H 36 H 37 Displacement: 700 tons Machinery: H.P.: 1,200=14 kts. Notes Ex-921 to 927. Particulars vary. Number doubtful. First five somewhat smaller. Also Wismar, small salvage tug. A photograph o H 36 (ex-926) appears in the 1956-57 to 1959-60 editions. Also Alfred Merz, buoy tender; and Karl r. Gauss seiner type; and the icebreaker tugs Eisbar and Eisvogel (1958), 1,100 H.P. PATROL BOATS G 171 1956, Erich Groner G III G 112 G 113 G 114 G 115 G 116 Notes G 121 G 122 G 123 G 124 G 125 G 126 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: G 131 G 132 G 133 G 134 G 135 G 136 G 141 G 142 G 143 G 144 G 145 G 146 G 151 G 152 G 153 G 154 G 155 G 156 161 162 163 164 165 166 G 171 G 172 G 173 G 174 G 175 G 176 181 182 183 184 185 186 53 tons (72 tons full load), G 121-156, 56 tons (75 tons full load) 85i (o.o.) G 121-156, 96X 16x5 feet 2—20 mm. AA., 2 M.G. (first type); 5—20 mm. AA. (2 twin, I single), 10 D.C. (G 121-156) V 2 diesels. B.H.P.: 1,800=26 kts. (G 121-156, 27 kts.) Code name: Delphin. All built 1951-54. P 201-206, P 441, 442, 461-464, 821-829, 3-31 to 3-38 and 3-41 to 3-48 also reported. Of the patrol boats 20 are of the KS (Coastal Security) class. P 201 Notes P 202 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: P 203 P 204 P 205 30 tons 78fx 16x5 feet I—20 mm. Diesels: Speed=l3kts. Built at Kopenick in 1950-56. 6 New Construction Displacement: 55 tons Guns: 2—25 mm. AA., 2—15 mm. AA. Tubes: 2—21 inch Machinery: Speed = 40 kts. Notes First launched in 1956 at Schiffswerft, Rosslau. Wolgast. Code name: “ Delphin.” Five more were built at Peenewerft, MTB RUSSIAN TYPE Notes Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: I960, Erich Groner 9 Ex-U.S.S.R. “PA 3” Type 50 tons 85^ X 20 X 6 feet 4—25 mm. A A. 2—21 inch Speed =42 kts. Built in 1952-55. Purchased from U.S.S.R. in 1957. Fitted out by Peenewerft, Wolgast. G 152 1956, Erich Groner 4-41 4-46 Displacement: 50 tons Guns: 2 to 8—15 mm. AA. (twin) A/S weapons: 4 D.C. Machinery: 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,000=29 kts. Notes Motor boats of all metal construction. 4-911 4-913 4-915 4-912 4-914 4-916 Machinery: 2 Jumo diesels. 2 shafts. 4-917 4-918 B.H.P.: 1,000=29 kts. 4-919 G 311 G 312 G 313 G 314 G 321 G 322 G 323 G 324 G 331 G 332 G 333 G 334 Notes Of similar construction. Coastal and harbour defence boats. Code name: “ Tummler.’ 1 1959, Erich Groner 170 GERMANY (WEST)—Administration, Destroyers, Fast Frigates, Training Ship Bundesmarine Administration Commander of West German Navy: Vice-Admiral Friedrich Ruge Naval Attache in London: Commander A. Zimmerman Personnel 2,000 officers and 21,000 men GERMANY (WEST) New Construction Programme 12 Destroyers of about 2,800 tons. 6 Fast frigates of about 1,850 tons. 2 Minelayers of about 2,500 tons. 12 Submarines of about 350 tons. 18 Coastal minesweepers of about 400 tons. 30 Inshore minesweepers of about 200 tons. 40 Motor torpedo boats of about 140 tons. I Training vessel of about 4,500 tons. Also 2 harbour defence boats of 100 tons, 12 torpedo recovery boats, 3 torpedo diving boats, 9 oilers, 8 seagoing tugs, 8 harbour tugs, I sail training ship of 1,600 tons, 36 landing ships and 11 fleet supply ships. The German Government has asked the U.S.A. for the loan of 12 destroyers for six years until the new German destroyers are completed, and has purchased from Great Britain 7 frigates for training purposes. DESTROYERS 12 New Construction BREMEN D0SSELDORF HAMBURG HANNOVER KIEL MAINZ MUNCHEN SAARBRUCKEN SCHLESWIG- HOLSTEIN STUTTGART WIESBADEN Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: A/S weapons: Machinery: Complement: 2,850 tons (3,800 tons full load ) 423f X 43| X I5f feet 4— 3-9 inch, 54 cal. dual purpose; 8—40 mm. AA. in twin mounts 5— 21 inch (quintuple nest), and 2 for ASW torpedoes 2 squid three barrelled depth charge mortars MAN geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 80,000=40 kts. 350 Notes Four being built by H. C. Stulcken Sohn, Hamburg. First to be completed in 1961-62, other three in 1962-63. Five more vessels of a larger type projected will be built by Howaldtswerke, Kiel, for delivery in 1963-65, and these are reported to be designed to carry guided missiles with a displacement approaching 6,000 tons. All these ships will be named aLer countries of the German Federal Republic. Hamburg was launched at H. C. Stulcken Sohn, Hamburg, on 26 Mar. I960, Schleswig-Holstein in Aug, I960. 6 Ex-U.S. “ Fletcher ” Class Z I (ex-U.S.S. Anthony, DD 515) Z 2 (ex-U.S.S. Ringgold, DD 500) Z 6 (ex-U.S.S. Charles Ausburn, DD 570) Z 3 (ex-U.S.S. Wadsworth, DD 516) Z 5 (ex-U.S.S. Dyson, DD 572) Z 4 (ex-U.S.S. Claxton, DD 571) Displacement: 2,100 tons standard (2,750 tons full load) Dimensions: 3761 (o.o.) X 391X121 (meon), 18 (max.) feet Guns: 4—5 inch, 38 cal. d.p.; 6—3 inch, 50 cal. AA. Tubes: 5—21 inch (quintuple bank) A/S weapons: 2 depth charge throwers Machinery: 2 sets General Electric geared tur¬ bines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 60,000= 35 kts. Sea speed: 30 kts. Boilers: 4 Babcock & Wilcox Oil fuel: 650 tons Radius: 6,000 miles at 15 kts. Complement: General Notes 350 Former American “ Fletcher ” class destroyers. On loan from the United States for five years. Anthony, now Z I (NATO Pennant No. D 170) arrived at Bremerhaven on i4 Apr. 1958. Ringgold was transferred by the U.S.A. at Charleston, S.C., on 15 July 1959, Wadsworth, Charles Ausburn, Claxton and Dyson were transferred to West Germany by 15 Apr. I960, at Charleston, S.C. Z I 1958, Erich Groner Pennant No. Name Builders Laid down Launched Completed D 170 Z 1 Anthony Bath Iron Works Corporation, Maine 17 Aug. 1942 20 Dec. 1942 26 Feb. 1943 D 171 Z 2 Ringgold Federal S.B. & D.D. Co., Port Newark 25 June 1942 II Nov. 1942 23 Dec. 1942 D 172 Z 6 Charles Ausburn Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange 14 May 1941 16 Mar. 1942 24 Nov. 1942 D 178 Z 3 Wadsworth Bath Iron Works Corporation, Maine 18 Aug. 1942 10 Jan. 1943 16 Mar. 1942 D 179 Z 5 Dyson Bath Iron Works Corporation, Maine 25 June 1941 15 Apr. 1942 30 Dec. 1943 D 180 Z 4 Claxton Bath Iron Works Corporation, Maine 25 June 1941 1 Apr. 1942 8 Sec. 1942 FAST FRIGATES 6 New Construction AUGSBURG (15 Aug. 1959) KARLSRU HE (24 Oct. 1959) EMDEN (21 Mar. 1958) KOLN (6 Dec. 1958) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: T ubes: A/S weapons: Machinery: Complement: 2,100 tons (2,800 tons full'oad ) 3441 (pp.), 357f (o.o.)x34ix 12 feet 2—3-9 inch 6—40 mm. AA. (two twin, two single) 2 for ASW torpedoes 2squid three-barrelled depth charge mortars Combined diesel and gas turbine plant. A —16 cyl. MAN diesels, B.H.P.: 12,000, coupled to a Brown Boveri gas turbine, B.H.P.: 26,000. 2 shafts. Total B.H.P.: 38,000=30 kts. 210 Notes A new type of fast anti-submarine frigates or escort destroyers. Under construction by H. C. Stulcken Sohn, Hamburg. Ordered Mar. 1957. First to be completed in KOLN I960. Remainder to be delivered by 1961. All the ships of this class will be named after towns of Western Germany. I960, Erich Groner Classed as Geleitboate. Launch dates above. Pennant Nos.: F 219 (Koln), F 220 ( Emden), F 221 ( Augsburg) F 222 ( Karlsruhe) TRAINING SHIP I New Construction. Cruiser Type BERLIN Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: A/S weapons: Aircraft: Machinery: Complement: 4,500 tons standard (5,500 tons full load ) 475f X 59 X I4f feet 4—3-9 inch, 6—3 inch AA., 6—40 mm., AA. For A/S/ homing torpedoes 2 triple barrelled depth charge mortars I helicoptor Diesel motors and geared turbines. Speed=20 kts. 500 Notes Designed with armament and machinery of different Rendsburg. Will carry a helicopter, anti-submarine weapons types for training purposes. Ordered from Nobiskrug, and torpedo tubes. Frigates—GERMANY (WEST) 171 FRIGATES (ex-Sloops) 3 Ex-British Later “ Black Swan ” Class HIPPER (ex-H.M.S. Actaeon) SCHARNHORST (ex-H.M.S. Mermaid) SCHEER (ex-H.M.S. Hart) Displacement: 1,490 tons standard (1,975 tons full load ) 300 X 38? X 11 (max.) feet Hipper: 4—4 inch AA., 2—40 mm., AA. Scharnhorst: 6—4 inch AA., 2—40 mm., A A. Scheer: None Split Hedgehog; 4 D.C.T.; 2D.C. racks; 40 D.C. Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 4,300=19-75 kts. (designed) Sea speed 18 kts. 2 Admiralty three-drum type 370 tons 4,500 miles at 12 kts. 76 (7 officers, 69 ratings) 190 max. Laid down Launched Completed 15 May 1944 25 July 1945 24 July 1946 8 Sep. 1942 11 Nov. 1943 12 May 1944 27 Mar. 1942 7 July 1943 12 Dec. 1943 Builders John I. Thornycroft & Co. Ltd., Southampton Wm. Denny & Bros. Ltd., Dumbarton Alex. Stephen & Sons Ltd., Govan, Glasgow Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: Name Hipper Scharnhorst Scheer Name Hipper Scharnhorst Scheer HIPPER (ex-H.M.S. Actaeon) 1959, Bundesmarine, Official Notes Former British frigates (ex-sloops) of the Modified “ Black Swan ” class. Hipper was transferred from Great Britain to the Bundesmarine at Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Newcastle- on-Tyne, on 9 Dec. 1958, and commissioned on 10 Jan. 1959 for duty as cadet training ship at Kiel. Scheer was handed over at Palmers, Jarrow, on 27 Apr. 1959, and Scharnhorst was handed over at Vickers-Armstrongs, Tyne, on 5 May 1959. Scharnhorst is employed for gunnery training and Scheer for asdic training. Pennant Nos. F 214, F 213 and F 216, respectively. I Ex-British “ Black Swan ” Class GRAF SPEE (ex-H.M.S. Flamingo) Pennant No. Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: F 215 Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Scotstoun, Glasgow 26 May 1938 18 April 1939 3 Nov. 1939 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 1,430 tons standard (2,015 tons full load) 299*x37ix II (max.) feet 4—4 inch; 2—40 mm. A A. Split Hedgehog, 4 D.C.T. Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 4,300=19-25 kts. (designed) Sea speed 18 kts. 2 of three-drum type 370 tons 4,500 miles at 12 kts. 76 (180 max.) Notes Former British frigate (ex-sloop) of the original “ Black Swan ” class. Transferred from Great Britain to the Bundes- GRAF SPEE (ex-H.M.S. Flamingo) 1959, Bundesmarine, Official marine on 21 Jan. 1958 at the Palmers Hebburn Works of Vickers-Armstrongs (Shipbuilders) Ltd., at Hebburn-on- Tyne, where she was refitted, and renamed and commissioned on 21 Feb. 1958 as a cadet training ship based on Kiel. FRIGATES (ex-Escort Destroyers) 2 British “ Hunt ” Class, Type III BROMMY (ex-H.M.S. Eggesford) RAULE (ex-H.M.S. Albrighton) Displacement: 1,087 tons standard (1,620 tons full load) Dimensions: 264* (pp .),280 (o.a.) X 31 * X 14 (max.) feet Guns: 2—4 inch AA.; 1—40 mm. AA. Tubes: 2—21 inch A/S weapons: 4 D.C.T. Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 19,000 = = 29 kts. (designed) Sea speed 25-5 kts. Boilers: 2 Admiralty three-drum type Oil fuel: 345 tons Radius: 3,700 miles at 14 kts. Complement: 70 (170 max) Name: Brommy Raule Builders: J. Samuel White & John Brown & Co‘ Co. Ltd., Cowes, une 1941 Ltd., Clydebank Laid down: 23 Ji 30 Dec. 1940 Launched: 12 Sep. 1942 II Oct. 1941 Completed: 21 Jan. 1943 22 Feb. 1942 Notes Former British frigates (ex-escort destroyers) of the “Albrighton ” class (“Hunt “ class, Type III). Reconstructed in 1958-59. Both ships were transferred from Great Britain to the Bundesmarine in 1959. Commissioned on 14 May 1959. Rated as training ships for the submarine weapons school. Pennant Nos. F 218 and F 217, respectively. I British “ Hunt ” Class, Type II GNEISENAU (ex-H.M.S. Oakley, ex-Tickham ) Builders: Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Scotstoun, Glasgow Laid down: 19 Aug. 1940 Launched: 15 Jan. 1942 Completed: 7 May 1942 Displacement: 1,050 tons standard (1,610 tons full load) Dimensions: 264* (pp.), 280 (o.o.)x3l*X 14 (max.) feet Guns: 6—4 inch AA.; 2—40 mm. AA.; A/S weapons: 4 D.C.T. Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 19,000=29 kts. (designed). Sea speed 25 kts. Boilers: 2 Admiralty three-drum type Oil fuel: 345 tons Radius: 3,600 miles at 14 kts. Complement: Notes 82 (7 officers, 75 ratings) 150 max Former British frigate (ex-escort destroyer) of the “ Blankney ” class (“ Hunt “ class, Type II). Purchased from the Royal Navy in Nov. 1957. Officially taken over by the GNEISENAU (ex-H.M.S. Oakley I960, Werner Schiefer German Federal Navy, after refit in Great Britain, at Langton Branch Dock, Harland & Wolff Ltd., Liverpool, on 2 Oct. 1958. Commissioned and re-named at Bremerhaven on 18 Dec. 1958. Now fitted with stabilisers, radar, and cowl on funnel. Employed as a training ship by the German Naval Gunnery School. Pennant No. F 212. 172 GERMANY (WEST)—Submarines, Minelayers, Corvettes, Minesweepers SUBMARINES 12 New Construction Displacement: 350 tons Notes Under construction in Germany by Howaldts Werke, Kiel, for delivery in 1960-61. Similar to XXIII type but it is reported that they will have no turret fin. 3 Midget Type Displacement: 100 tons Note s Under construction by Atlas Werke, Bremen, for delivery in I960. Will be employed for electric trial purposes. I Type XXI WILHELM BAUER (ex Wal,ex-U 2540) Pennant No.: S 172 Displacement: Dimensions: Tubes: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: Notes German Second World War Type XXI. Launched in 1944 by Blohn and Voss, Hamburg. Sunk on 3 May, 1945. Raised in 1957. Rebuilt in 1958-59 at Howaldts Werke, Kiel, lor commissioning on I Sep. I960. Will be used for training and experimental purposes (officially under the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries). 1,620 tons surface (1,820 tons submerged) 252fx2l$x20i feet 6—21 inch (bow) MAN diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 4,000= 15 kts., surface 2 electric motors. H.P.: 5,000= 17-5 kts. submerged 250 tons I 1,000 miles at 12 kts. 57 HECHT 1958, Erich Groner 2 Type XXIII HAI (ex-UW 20, ex-U 2365) NATO Pennant No.: S 170 HECHT (ex-UW 21, ex-U 2367) NATO Pennant No.: S 171 Displacement: Dimensions: Tubes: Machinery: 180 tons standard, 232 tons surface (256 tons submerged) 112X I0X 12 feet 2—21 inch (bow) I MWM diesel. I shaft. B.H.P.: 580=9-7 kts. surface I Electric motor. H.P.: 600=12-5 kts. submerged. I Electric motor. H.P.: 35=2 kts. submerged Oil fuel: 18 tons Radius: 1,350 miles at 9 kts. Complement: 16 Notes German war type XX111. Built in 1944 at Deutsche Werft, Hamburg. Raised in Western Baltic 1956, rebuilt at Howaldts Werke, Kiel, 1957. Used for ASW training, submarine crew training, and testing sonar, radar and other submarine equipment. Hai (Shark) was commissioned on 17 Aug. 1957, Hecht (Pike) was commissioned on I Oct. 1957. Both in service in 1958. MINELAYERS 2 New Construction Notes Displacement: 2,500 tons Mines. 100 a new type f ast m j ne | aV o r to be built under the new Dimensions: 420 X 42 X 14 feet Machinery: Diesels. S.H.P.: 70,000=40 kts. programme. Planned but not yet ordered. co R VETTES Coastal Minesweepers — continued BIENE I960, Werner Schiefer 5 M 35 Type BIENE (ex-Belfort, ex-M 205) HUMMEL (ex-Laffaux, ex-M 81) BREMSE (ex-Vimy), ex-M 253) WESPE (ex-Ailette, ex-M 24) BRUMMER (ex- Yser, ex-M 85) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 717 tons standard (874 tons full load) 229§ X 28* x 9 feet I—4-1 inch, I—40 mm. AA., 8—20 mm. AA. (Brummer and Wespe have 4—20 mm. AA.) 1 hedgehog, 2 depth charge throwers 2 Lentz double Expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 3,500=18 kts. 2 high pressure Wagner 123 tons 1,440 miles at 9 kts. 100 Notes Former German M 35 type. Completed in 1940-42. Transferred to French Navy after the Second World War. Turned over to the German Federal Republic Navy in Dec. 1956 (Purchase approved 10 Nov. 1956). Employed for training purposes. Refitted in 1958. Formerly classed as large minesweepers, but subsequently re-rated as geleitboote (escort vessels) or corvettes, with frigate pennant Nos. F 207-F 211, and classed as schulboote (Cadet Training Ships) in I960, for training Naval Cadets and Upper Yardmen Candidates. Ocean Minesweeper Notes All six of the coal-burning ocean minesweepers built during the second World War, namely Seeschlange of the “ M 43 ” type, and Seepferd, Seestern, Seehund, Seeigel, and See/owe of the “ M 40 ” type, are out of commission and stricken from the Navy List. All the vessels were placed in reserve in 1959-60 and laid up as accommodation vessels in several naval bases. (Full particulars and photographs in the 1959-60 and earlier editions.) COASTAL MINESWEEPERS BINGEN DETMOLD Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: 6 French “ Mercure ” Type HAMELN VEGESACK PASSAU WORMS 362 tons standard (378 tons full load) 13 7}(pp.), 144* (o.a.) x 26* X 9 feet 2—20 mm. AA. 2 Mercedes-Benz diesels. 2 shafts. Kamewa variable pitch propellers. B.H.P.: 4,000= 16 kts 40 ^. VEGESACK I960, Bundesmarine, 0,ficial Notes Built in France by Constructions M6caniques de Normandie, Cherbourg, under the “ off-shore ” programme for the Federal German Navy. All similar to the French Mercure, except for slight differences in details and armament. Vegesack was launched on 21 May 1959 and Hameln on 20 Aug. 1959. Vegesack commissioned on 10 Sep. 1959. Detmold on 20 Feb. I960, and Worms on 30 Apr. I960. Pennant Nos.: M 1250 (Vegesack), M 1251 (Hameln), M 1252 (Detmold), M 1253 (Worms). I960, Bundesmarine, Official WEILHclM CUXHAVEN DUREN FLENSBURG FULDA GOTTINGEN 18 U.S. KOBLENZ KONSTANZ LINDAU MARBURG MINDEN Type PADERBORN SCHLESWIG TUBINGEN ULM VOLKLINGEN WEILHEIM WETZLAR WOLFSBURG Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: 370 tons standard (425 tons full load) 137} (pp.), I47f (o.a.)X 27* X 8* feet I—40 mm. AA. Maybach diesels. 2shafts. B.H.P.: 4,000= 15-16 (max.) kts. 46 Notes Lindau, first German-built vessel for the new West German Navy since the war, was launched at Burmester, Burg, on 16 Feb. 1957. Built by Yacht & Bootswerft, Burmester, Bremen-Burg. Eleven similar Kustenminlnsuchboote were built in German yards in 1958. Six more were built by Chant, et Atl. Mecaniques Normandie, Cherbourg, France, for delivery in 1959-60. Similar to standard wooden hulled minesweepers being added to French, Nether¬ lands and British navies. The hull is of entirely wooden construction and laminated with plastic glue. The engines are built of non-magnetic materials. The first six were modified with lower bridges in 1958-59. Weilheim is the birthplace of the Minister of Defence, Herr Franz josef Strauss. NATO Pennant Nos.: M 1078, 1079, 1034, 1086, 1070, 1071, 1081, 1072, 1080, 1085, 1076, 1073, 1074, 1083, 1087, 1077, 1075, and 1082, respectively. Fulda commissioned on 5 Mar. I960 and Vdlklingen on 21 May I960. M109S EISMOWE (ex-S I) P 6055 SILBERMOWE ( ex-Silver Gull) P 6052 RAUBMOWE (ex-S 2) P 6056 STURMMOWE ( ex-Storm Gull) P 6053 SEESCHWALBE (ex-S 3) P 6057 WILDSCHWAN ( ex-Wild Swan) P 6054 Displacement: 110 tons standard (155 tons full load) Dimensions: 115X 16;X6 feet Guns: I—40 mm. AA. or 4—20 mm. AA. (see Notes) Tubes: 2—21 inch Machinery: 3 Mercedes-Benz Diesels. B.H.P.: 7,500=38 kts. (Seeschwalbe has Maybach diesels; last three B.H.P.: 9,000= 40 kts.) Radius: 600 miles Complement: 19 Notes V Built by Liirssen, Vegesack, Silver Gull, Storm Gull and Wild Swan in 1952-55, and SI, S2 and »3 in 1955-56. First two commissioned ,2 July 1956, third 16 Apr. 1957. First three have 4—20 mm. guns, remaining three have I—40 mm. gun. NATO Pennant Nos. above. Added 1959, Herr Alexander Bredt CASTOR (ex-R 138) ORION (ex-R 132) RIGEL (ex-R 135) MERKUR (ex-R 134) REGULUS (ex-R 142 SATURN (ex-R 146) Displacement: 150 tons Dimensions: 135X 19X5; feet Guns: 2—20 mm. AA. ( Castor and others have 4—20 mm. AA.) Machinery: Diesel. B.H.P.: 2,200= 19 kts. 2 Voith-Schneider propellers Notes Transferred by U.S. Navy, being returned to Germany in 1956. NATO Pennant Nos.: M 1051, 1066, 1053, 1055, 1056 and 1057, respectively. Capella, Mars, Pollux, Sirius and Spica were taken out of service on 20 Feb. 1959. Jupiter was renamed OT I for training duties (see next page). Patrol Vessels, Motor Torpedo Boats, Inshore Minesweepers—GERMANY (WEST) 173 PATROL VESSEL Motor Torpedo Boats — continued “2 Nasty Type ” SILBERMOWE I960, Werner Schiefer 6 S-Boot Type Displacement: 2~0 tons standard (266 tons full load) Dimensions: I44£ (pp.), 154f (o.o.)x 22±x7i feet Guns: 2—40 mm. AA. d«.si ne i Machinery: Maybach diesels. 2 shafts. Voith Schneider propellers. B.H.P.: 3,600 = 24 6 kts. Complement: 39 Notes Fische, Krebs, Mira, Schutze, Steinbock, Stier and Waage were built by Abeking & Rasmussen, Lemwerder, Widder by Schurenstedt, Bardenfl., KM 26-30 by Schlichting, Travemiinde. Design is a German type of fast minesweeper, a development of the “ R ” boats of the Second World War. All the boats of this class will be named after stars. The later boats will have Escher-Wyss propellers. Schutze commissioned on 14 Apr. 1959, Gemma on May 10 I960. Pennant Nos.: M 1090 (Schutze), M 1091 ( Steinbock ), M 1092 (Stier), M 1093 (Krebs), M 1094 (Waage), M 1095 (Widder), M 1096 (Gemma), M 1097 (Fische), M 1098 (Mira). NES WEEPERS Displacement: 69 tons standard (74 tons full load) Dimensions: 80^ (o.a.) X25* X 6£ feet Guns: 2—40 mm. Bofors AA. Tubes: 4—21 inch Machinery: 2 Napier turbo blown Deltic diesels. B.H.P.: 6,200 = 45 kts. Complement: 22 Notes Ordered from Boat Services Ltd., A/S., Norway, in May 1959. I960, Bundesmarine, Official 30 New Construction Fast Motor Type MIRA SCHUTZE STEINBOCK STIER WAAGE WIDDER UW 12 (ex-PC 1618, ex-P 9) NATO Pennant No.: W 51 Displacement: 325 tons standard (400 tons full load) Dimensions: 170 (pp.)X23x6± feet Guns: I—40 mm. Bofors AA.; 2—20 mm. AA. A/S weapons: I hedgehog, 4 D.C.T., 2 D.C. racks Machinery: 4 Pielstick-SEMT light and fast diesels coupled 2 by 2. B.H.P.: 3,240=18-7 kts. Radius: 2,500 miles at 12 kts.; 2,000 miles at 15 kts. Complement: 62 Notes Built in France by Dubigeon, Nantes, under a U.S.A. off-shore order. Completed in 1955. Purchased by Germany in 1957. Commissioned on 17 Apr. 1957. Employed for trial purposes at the submarine weapons school. Training Vessels UW 10 (ex-FPB 5230, ex-S 130) U W 11 (ex-FPB 5208, ex-S 203) Displacement: 105 tons Dimensions: I 14^ (o a.) x27£ X7 feet Tubes: 2—21 inch Machinery: UW 10: 3 Napier-Deltic diesels. B.H.P.: 9,000-40 kts UW I I: 3 Mercede-Benz diesels. B.H.P.: 7,500 = 39 kts. Oil fuel: 20 tons Radius: 700 miles at 30 kts. Notes Former German “ S ” boats built by Schlichting, Travemiinde, and Lurssen, Vegesack, Launched in 1944-45. Employed on fishery protection duties after the Second World War operating from Hamburg under the administration of the British Flag Officer, Germany. Reconstructed in 1955-56. Rated as Schulboote. NATO Pennant Nos.: W 49 and 50. GEMMA FISCHE GEMMA KREBS UW 11 I960, Werner Schiefer JAGUAR 1958, courtesy Erich Groner 40 Schnellboot Type ALBATROS P 6069 HABICHT P 6075 LEOPARD P 6060 SEEADLER P 6068 ALK P 6084 HAHER P 6087 LOWE P 6065 SPERBER P 6076 BUSSARD P 6074 ILTIS P 6058 LUCHS P 6061 STORCH P 6085 FALKE P 6072 JAGUAR P 6059 MARDER P 6067 TIGER P 6063 FUCHS P 6066 KONDOR P 6070 PANTHER P6064 WEIHE P 6078 GEIER P 6073 KORMORAN P 6077 PELIKAN P 6086 WOLF P 6062 GREIF P 6071 KRANICH P 6083 Displacement: 150 tons standard (183 tons full load) Dimensions: 138x22x5 feet Guns: 2—40 mm. AA. (single) Tubes: 4—21 inch Mines: (2 torpedo tubes can be removed for 4 mines) Machinery: Mercedes-Benz or Maybach diesels. 4 shafts. B.H.P.: 12,000= 43-5 kts. Complement: 39 Notes 32 built by Fr. Lurssen, Bremen-Vegesack in 1957-60. Eight built by Krogerwerft, Rends- burg in 1957-59. Convertible MTBs and MGBs. Steel and light metal hulls. NATO Pennant Nos.: P 6058 et seq. (see above). Kormoran commissioned on 9 Nov. 1959, Kranich on 12 Dec. 1959, Aik on 14 Jan. I960, Storch on 12 Mar. I960, Pelikan on 30 Mar. I960, and Haher on 5 Apr. I960. 1958, courtesy Herr W. Schiefer Submarine Chaser (PC) type ALGOL 1960, Werner Schiefer “R” Types —continued ALDEBARAN (ex-R 131, ex-R9l) DENEB (ex-R 141, ex-R 127) ALGOL (ex-R 148, ex-R 99) PEGASUS (ex-R 143, ex-R 68) ARKTURUS (ex-R 151, ex-R 128) SKORPION (ex-R 139, ex-R 120) WEGA (ex-R 130, ex-R 67) Displacement: 125 tons Dimensions: I24x I9x4f feet Guns: I—20 mm. AA. Machinery: 2 MAN diesels. B.H.P.: 1,840=20 kts. 2 Voith-Schneider propellers Complement: 27 Notes NATO Pennant Nos.: M 1060, 1061, 1062, 1064, 1067, 1068 and 1069, respectively. Atair (ex-R 145, ex-R 76) was taken out of commission in I960. Training Vessels AT I (ex-R 152, ex-R 266) OT I (ex-Jupiter, ex-R 137) AT 2 (ex-R 154, ex-R 406) Displacement: 140 tons Dimensions: 128$X I8fx5$ feet Guns: 4—20 mm. AA. (armaments vary) Machinery: 2 MWM diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 2,550=21 kts. Notes Classed as training vessels, AT boats for naval gunnery training, OT boat for asdic training. NATO Pennant Nos.: W 61, 62 and 52, respectively. OT I (ex-R 153, ex-R 407) was taken out of service on 20 Feb. 1959 and replaced by Jupiter, renamed OT I. Three more “ R ” types used for training are rated as patrol vessels, see next column. NIOBE 1959, Bundesmarine, Official 10 New Construction. “ Niobe ” Type HANSA (18 Nov. 1957) NATO Pennant No.: W 22 NIOBE (8 Aug. 1957) NATO Pennant No.: W 21 Displacement: 150 tons standard (180 tons full load) Dimensions: 108 (pp.), 113$ (o.a.)x2l$x5$ feet Guns: I—40 mm. AA. A/S weapons: D.C. Machinery: 2 Mercedes-Benz diesels B.H.P.: 1,900= 17 kts. Complement: 16 Notes Inshore minesweeping patrol boats, the design of which was strongly influenced by that of the British inshore minesweepers of the “ Ham ” class. Hansa and Niobe were built by Krogerwerft, Rendsburg, where eight more are under construction. Rated as Hafenschutz- boote (harbour defence boats). Coastal Patrol Boat Type ( Kustenwachboote ) KW I (ex-H I, ex-W I, ex-KFK 319) KW 6 (ex-H 6, ex-W 15) KW 2 (ex-H 2, ex-W 2, ex-KFK 613) KW 7 (ex-H 7, ex-W 16) KW 3 (ex-H 3, ex-W 3, ex-KFK 561) KW 8 (ex-H 8, ex-W 17) KW 4 (ex-H 4, ex-W 13) KW 9 (ex-H 9, ex-W 18) KW 5 (ex-H 5, ex-W 14) KW 10 (ex-H 10, ex-W 19) Displacement: 112 tons Dimensions: 78f X 22 X 9 feet Guns: I—20 mm. AA., 2 M.G. Machinery: I diesel motor. B.H.P.: 150=9 kts. Radius: 1,200 miles Complement: 16 Notes KFK ( Kriegsfischkutter) type picket boats (wachtboote). Launched in 1943. Rebuilt in 1951-52. Photograph of H 4—H 7 in the 1957-58 and earlier editions. Rated as Hafens- chutzboote (harbour defence boats) until I960 when they were re-rated as Kustenwachboote. NATO Pennant Nos.: W 1-10. FL 5 (ex-H II , ex-P I) FL 6 (ex-H 12, ex-P 2) Displacement: 60 tons Dimensions: 83 (pp), 93$ (o.a.)X !5$X4 feet Guns: Removed Machinery: 2 Mercedes-Benz diesels. B.H.P.: 2,000=25 kts. Complement: 16 Notes Built 1951-52. All ten are similar to U.S. Coast Guard 93-ft. type. Formerly rated as harbour defence vessels, but re-rated as Flugsicherungboote (crash boats) in 1959. NATO Pennant Nos.: W 11-14. Photograph of FL 6, ex-H 12, in 1957-58 and earlier editions. FL 7 (ex-H 13, ex-P 3) FL 8 (ex-H 14, ex-P 4) U W 5 1958, courtesy Herr W. Schiefer 3 “R.” Types UW 4 (ex-R 150) UW S (ex-R 149, ex-R 101) UW 4 (ex-R 155, ex-R 408) Displacement:-. See “ R ” Types Dimensions: I under Inshore Guns: j Minesweepers Machinery: ■' in previous columns Notes Former “ R ” boats of the 150 tons, 125 tons and 140 tons type, respectively, now training vessels for submarine weapons school. Rated as Schulboote. NATO Pennant Nos.: W 46, 47,48. 5 Ex-Canadian “MMS I” Type FM I (ex-W 7, ex-P/erre Men6) UW I (ex-W 10, ex-Adrien Magnier) FM 2 (ex-W 8, ex-Malgre Tout) TM I (ex-L/W 3, ex-W 12, ex-No. 186) TM 2 (ex-UW 2, ex-W II, ex-Miss Andrie) Displacement: 140 tons Dimensions: 118X22X 11 feet Guns: I—20 mm. AA. Machinery: (FM I, 2, UW I, TM 2) 1 Fairbanks-Morse diesel. B.H.P.: 450 = 11 kts. (TM I) I National diesel. B.H.P.: 500= 11 kts. Oil Fuel: 23 tons Radius: 3,300 miles Complement: 18 Notes Ex-Canadian built MMS I fitted with high fo’c’s’le. These vessels were Belgian fishing vessels before being bought and rebuilt! by Germany. Re-rated training vessels in 1957, FM boats for fernmelde (telecommunications), UW I for underwater training, and TM-boats for divers. FM 3, ex-W 9, was taken out of service on 3 Oct. 1959, and UW 2 was renamed TM 2. NATO Pennant Nos.: W 54, 55, 44, 53 and 45, respectively. KW.20 1959, courtesy Herr Alexander Bredt 6 “KW” Trpe KW 15 (ex-H 15) KW 17 (ex-H 17) KW 19 ex-H 19 KW 16 (ex-H 16) KW 18 (ex-H 18) KW 20 (ex-H 20 Displacement: 70 tons standard (90 tons full load) Di mensions: 93$ X 15$ X 4 feet Guns: 2—20 mm. AA. Machinery: 4 Mercedes-Benz diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,600=25 kts. (last three, B.H.P.: 2,000) Complement: 18 Notes Formerly USN 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, ex-Weser River patrol boats similar to FL 5-8 below) Launched in 1951-53. NATOPennant Nos.: W 15-20. Re-rated as Kustenwachboote in I960, KW 19 has been allocated to the Gunnery School as a training vessel. 4 “FL” Type I960, Bundesmarine, Official SUPPLY SHIPS ( Tross-schiffe ) ANGELIN (ex-Boree) DITHMARSCHEN ( ex-Hebe ) Measurement: 2,111 tons gross Machinery: Pielstick diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 3,000= 17 kts. Notes Built by S.N. Caenaise, Caen. Launched in 1955. Commissioned on 27 Nov. 1959 and 19 Dec. 1959, respectively. Pennant Nos.: A 56 and A 57, respectively. Rated as Material- transporter. TENDERS KNURRHAHN ALTER HAFEN ARCONA Notes Accommodation vessels. Ships of the former German Navy transferred frona U.S.A. Pennant Nos.: Y 811, Y 810, and Y 809, respectively. MEMMERT (ex-U.S.N. 106, ex-India, ex-BP 34) Measurement: 270 tons gross Dimensions: 100 (pp), I08y (o.o.)x3I x5f feet Machinery: 2 diesels. 2 shafts Complement: 5 Notes Salvage vessel with a derrick. Built in 1940 at Walsum (Rhine river). Now rated as Torpedoklarmachschiff (torpedo repair ship). NATO Pennant No.: Y 805. FRIEDRICH VOGE Measurement: 189 tons gross Notes Former tug, now tender of the Marine Waffer Erprobungsstelle in Eckernforde. KARL KOLLS (ex-Salmo) Measurement: 189 tons gross Notes Former small freighter. Now tender of the Marine Waffer Erprobungsstelle in Eckernforde. Surveying Vessel Notes Surveying vessels include Suderoog, Gauss, Hooge, Ruden, Altair, Rungholt and Wega (full particulars and photographs of which appear in the 1959-60 and earlier editions), but all these belong to the Federal Ministry of Transport and were officially deleted from the Navy List in I960. Torpedo Recovery Boats, Landing Ships, Launches, Tenders, etc.—GERMANY (WEST) 175 I “ KFK” Type NORDWIND Displacement: 100 tons Dimensions: 78fx22x9feet Sail area: 2,037£ sq.ft Machinery: Diesel. B.H.P.: 150=8 kts. Notse Ketch, ex-Kriegsfischkutter (KFK). Formerly under the administration of the Ministry of Interior. Photograph in the 1954-55 edition. NATTER L 755 (ex-U.S.S. Thames River, LSM(R) 534) OTTER L 754 (ex-U.S.S. Smyrna River, LSM(R) 532) Displacement: 994 tons (attack), 1,084 tons full load Dimensions: 204£ (w./.), 206^ (o.a.) x34±x7± feet Guns: I—5 inch, 4—4-2 inch mortars, 4—40 mm. AA., 8—20 mm. AA., 10—5 inch rocket projectors Machinery: General Motors diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 2,800= 12-6 kts. Complement: 100 to 130 General Notes Former United States Medium Landing Ships (Rocket). Rated as Landungsunterstutzungs- boote (see Notes below). New Construction Notes Six new Medium Landing Ships are planned under the New Construction Programme. |t is reported that they will be similar to the U.S. LSM type. TORPEDO RECOVERY BOATS GORCH FOCK Displacement: 1,860 tons Dimensions: 229f (w./.), 257 (o.o.)x39^X I5£ feet Machinery: Auxiliary MAN diesels. B.H.P.: 800= 10 kts. Sail area: 21,141 sq. ft. Radius: 1,990 miles Complement: 267, plus 200 cadets Notes Sail training ship of the “ Horst Wessel ” type. Barque rig. Launched by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg on 23 Aug. 1958 and completed on 17 Dec. 1958. NATTER I960, Bundesmarine, Official FL I (ex-FL 51, ex-MSM 2) FL 2 (ex-FL 52, ex-MSM 3) FL 3 (ex-FL 50, ex-MSM I) Displacement: 56 tons standard (75 tons full load ) Dimensions: 90x I6f X5f feet Machinery: Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,650=25 kts. Notes Ex-German Air Force sea rescue launches. Formerly USN 51, 52, 50. Same type as British ML 6009. Now tenders of the Naval Academy (Marineschule) in Miirwick. NAT O Pennant Nos.: 57, 58 and 59. FL 4 (ex-Falke, ex-FL 4) Displacement: 30 tons Dimensions: 62fX 10^X4 feet Machinery: Diesel motors. B.H.P.: 300=14 kts. Notes Built in 1939 at Krogerwerft, Warnemunde. Smaller type of aircraft rescue boat of the Second World War. Photo in 1955-56 edition. Pennant No.: W 60. 4 Harbour Patrol Boat Type TF 101 TF 102 TF 103 TF 104 Displacement: 110 tons Machinery: Speed=IOkts. Notes Of the KFK type. Built in 1944. Pennant Nos. Y 883, T 884, Y 885, and Y 886, respectively. SALAMANDER Displacement: 500 tons Dimensions: 226^x25f x7? feet Guns: 3—40 mm. AA. Machinery: MAN diesels. 2 shafts. BHP: 6,000=24 kts. Notes Being built by Roland Werft, Bremen-Hemelingen for delivery in 1960-61. These Torpedo- fangboote would be used as submarine chasers in wartime. SAIL TRAINING SHIPS I Improved “ Horst Wessel ” Type EIDECHSE L 751 (ex-U.S.S. LSM 491) KROKODIL L 750 (ex-U.S.S. LSM 537) SALAMANDER L 752 (ex-U.S.S. LSM 553) VIPER L 753 (ex-U.S.S. LSM 558) General Notes Rated as Landungsboote. All the above six landing ships (two LSM(R) and four LSM types) were purchased from the United States for about $6,000,000 and transferred to Germany on 5 Sep. 1958 at Charleston, S.C. Refitted in 1959. They constitute the German Landunga- geschwader 2. Helicopter Notes Krokodil has a landing deck for helicopters aft, and all the squadron could be so fitsed. Displacement: 25 tons Dimensions: 74x I3£x4 feet Machinery: Diesels. I shaft. B.H. P.: 320= I4j kts. Oil fuel: 2 tons Radius: 1,300 miles at 12 kts. Notes Former German Air Force torpedo recovery boats. Patrol vessels employed as training tenders. NATO Pennant Nos.: Y 806 and 807. 5 New Construction PC Type 2 Training Type Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: 743 tons beaching (1,095 tons full load) 1961 (w./.), 203£ (o.o.)X 34ix8i feet 2—40 mm. AA. General Motors diesels, direct drive. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 2,800=12-5 kts. 50 to 59 TF 25 TF 26 176 GERMANY (WEST)—Depot and Repair Ships, Diving Vessel, Oilers, Fishery Protection Vessels, Tugs DEPOT AND REPAIR SHIPS OILERS 11 New Construction RHEIN (10 Dec. 1959) Displacement Dimensions Guns: Machinery: Complement: Pennant No. : A 61 1,800 tons 262±x39ix 17 feet 2—4 inch AA., 8—40 mm. AA. Diesels. Speed =22 kts. 100 Notes Four ordered in Ja n. 1958 from Schlieker Werft, Hamburg (formerly Ottenser Eisenwerke, Hamburg), one fromBlohm & Voss, Hamburg, one from Elsflether Werft, one from Liirssen, Bremen-Vegesack, and one from Norderwerft, Hamburg. Rated as Belgeitschiffe tenders for minesweepers and motor torpedo boats. EIDER I960, Werner Schiefer 2 Ex-British “ Isles ” Type Trawler Minesweepers EIDER (ex-Catherine) NATO Pennant No.: A 50 TRAVE (ex-Cornelia) NATO Pennant No.: A 51 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Fuel: Complement: 480 tons standard (750 tons full load) 164 (pp), I77i (o.o.)X 27*X 14 feet Eider: 3—20 mm. A A. Trave : I—40 mm. AA., I—20 mm. AA. Eider: Triple Expansion, I shaft. I.H.P.: 750= 12 kts. Trave: Mercedes-Benz diesels I shaft. B.H.P.: 900=12 kts. Trave: 153 tons, Eider: 130 tons. 45 Notes Former British “ Isles ” type minesweepers (trawlers). Built in Canada. Trave converted from steam (triple expansion) to diesel propulsion. Both commissioned on 2 July 1956. Formerly employed as training ships at the re-opened Naval Academy at Flensburg-Miirwik. Photograph of Trave in the 1957-58 to 1959-60 editions. Formerly rated as Begleitschiffe, but re-rated as tenders in I960 and now employed as Cadet Training Ships at Kiel. EMS I960, Werner Schiefer EMS (ex-U.S.N. 104, ex-Harle, ex-Hunte) NATO Pennant No.: A 53 Measurement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: 660 tons gross 1851 (o.a.)x 29 X 15* feet 4—20 mm. Sulzer diesels. B.H.P.: 1,000=12 kts. 13 Notes Built in 1941 by Kremer & Sohn, Elmshom. Originally a sister ship to Gauss and Meerkatze and formerly a water carrier. Commissioned on I I Dec. 1956. OSTE (ex-U.S.N. 101, ex-Puddefjord) NATO Pennant No.: A 52 Measurement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: 567 tons gross I60x29f X 17 feet 2—20 mm. A A. I diesel. I shaft. B.H.P.: 1,000=12 kts. Notes Built in 1943 at Akers Mekaniske Vaerkstad, Oslo. Both above, officially described as escort vessels (tenders). Taken over from U.S. Navy. Both are tenders ( Beleitschgiffe) of the Schnelle Minensuchgeschwader consisting of R boats. WIELAND Displacement: 130 tons Dimensions: 12 I { x I9f x 5 feet Notes Repair ship of the former German Navy. Commissioned on 10 Aug. 1956. Rated as schwimmwerkstattchiff (floating workshop) NATO Pennant No.: Y 804. DIVING VESSEL METEOR II Notes Purchased in 1958. Employed as training ship to the submarine weapons school. 4 New Construction Medium Type Displacement: 4,500 tons Notes Projected under the new construction programme. To be ordered in the near: uture. 9 New Construction Small Type Displacement: 1,200 tons Notes Planned in the new construction programme. To be laid down shortly. FRAN KEN LAND ( ex-Munslerland, ex-Powell) Displacement: 16,310 tons Measurement: I 1,700 tons gross Dimensions: 5211x70* x37£ feet Machinery: Diesels. B.H.P.: 5,800= 13-5 kts. Notes Built by Lithgows, Glasgow. Launched in 1950. Commissioned on 29 Apr. 1959. Pennant No.: A 57. IEVERLAND ( ex-Ammerland, ex-Kongsdal) Displacement: Measurement: Dimensions: Machinery: Notes Built by Vulkan, Bremen. No.: A 56. 14,890 tons 9,949 tons gross 492±x66x36i feet Diesels. B.H.P.: 4,100= 12 kts. Launched in 1937. Commissioned on 29 Apr. 1959. Pennant BORKUM (ex-U.S.N. 105, ex-Bombay, ex-Bodden) Displacement: 450 tons Measurement: 265 tons gross Dimensions: I24f X26^X 12 feet Machinery: Diesels. Speed = 6 kts. Notes Built by Flender, Lubeck. Launched in 1939. Former German motor tanker. Commissioned on I Nov. 1956. Pennant No.: A 54. EUTIN (ex-Ramsoy) Displacement: 410 tons Machinery: Speed = 6 kts. Notes Small oiler. Built by Menzer, Geesthacht. Launched in 1943. Commissioned on I July 1956. Pennant No.: A 55. BODENSEE (ex-Unkas) Displacement: Measurement: Dimensions: Machinery: WITTEN SEE ( ex-Sioux ) 1,200 tons 1,230 tons deadweight, 980 tons gross 208* X 32* X 15 feet Diesels. B.H.P.: 1050—1,250= 12 kts. Notes Built by P. Lindenan, Kiel-Friedrichsort. Launched in 1956 and on 23 Sep. 1958, res¬ pectively. Commissioned on 26 Mar. 1959. These ships are nearly identical. FISHERY PROTECTION VESSELS Notes Fishery Protection Vessels include Poseidon, Anton Dohrn, Meerkatze, Frithjof and Uthorn (full particulars and photographs of which appear in the 1959-60 and earlier editions), but all these belong to the Federal Ministry for Agriculture and Fisheries and were officially stricken from the Navy List in I960. TUGS PASSAT Added 1957, U.S. Navy, Official PASSAT (ex-U.S.N. 103 Displacement: 460 tons Dimensions: I 18 X 26£ X 13 feet Machinery: Diesels. B.H. P.: 650= 11 kts. Notes Built at Deutsche Werke, Kiel. Launched in 1936. NATO Pennant No.: Y 800. Com¬ missioned on 30 Nov. 1956. PELLWORM (ex-USN 102) Displacement: Measurement: Dimensions: Machinery: 500 tons 276 tons gross 127 x 28X I If feet I diesel. I shaft. B.H.P.: 800= 12 kts. Notes Pellworm was built in 1939 at Schichau, Konigsberg. NATO Pennant No.: Y 801. Com¬ missioned on I Nov. 1956. PLON Measurement: 101 tons gross Machinery: H.P.: 350 Notes Tug for Kiel purchased in 1956. Pennant No.: Y 802. KNECHTSAND Y 814 (22 Dec. 1958) LANGENESS Y 819 (29 Apr. 1959) LUTJE HORN Y 812 (I Oct. 1958) MELLUM Y 813 (10 Nov. 1958) Notes Small harbour tugs of the “ Lutje Horn ” type, against names above. NORDSTRAND Y 817 (25 Feb. 1959) SCHARHORN Y 815 (2 Jan. 1959) TRISCHEN Y 818 (7 Apr. 1959) VOGELSAQAND Y8I6 (26 Jan. 1959) Commissioning dates and pennant numbers Administration, Silhouettes, Cruiser—GREECE 177 ROYAL HELLENIC NAVY Administration Chief of General Naval Staff: Rear-Admiral G. Panayotopoulos, R.H.N. Commander in Chief of the Fleet: Rear Admiral Georgios Bakas, R.H.N. Naval Attache in London: Captain E. G. Panas, R.H.N. Personnel I960: 15,000 officers and men (conscript, 18 months or enlistment) Mercantile Marine Lloyd’s Register of Shipping 489 vessels of 2,150,938 tons gross DOXA, NIKI AETOS ARMATOLOS ELLI (destroyer’s mast and funnel in background amidships) 1957, Royal Hellenic Navy, Official I Ex-Italian Type ELLI ( ex-Eugenio di Savoia ) Pennant No.: Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Torpedo tubes: A/S weapons: Mines: Armour: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: C. 94 Ansaldo Jan. 1932 16 Mar. 1935 Jan. 1936 8,856 tons standard (10,835 tons full load ) Length: 592 (w./.), 6105- ( o.a .) feet. Beam: 57^ feet. Draught: I6|feet o—6 inch, 53 cal., 6—3-9 inch, 47 cal. AA., 8—37 mm. AA., 12—20 mm. AA., 2 M.G. 6—21 inch (tripled) 2 D.C.T. 100 (see notes) 4"-lj" Vert, side, l£". Deck, 4" Turrets, 3" Barbettes, 4" C.T. Belluzzo geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 110,000=36-5 kts. 6 Yarrow, of 3-drum type 1,731 tons 3,670 miles at 20 kts. 551 Former Italian light cruiser with an originally designed displacement of 7,283 tons. This ship was assigned to Greece by the Italian Peace Treaty, turned over to Greece in July 1950, and was refitted by Cantieri Navali de Taranto before being delivered on 2 July 1951. She is an enlarged edition of the Italian Montecuccoli. Reported to be very lightly constructed. Equipped for minelaying, and can carry 66 to I 12 mines, according to size and type. Note to Drawing: Port elevation and plan. Scale: 128 feet=l inch. Photograph Notes K port broadside view appears in the 1956-57 to 1959-60 editions. M 178 GREECE—Destroyers DESTROYERS 4 Ex-U.S. DD Type “ Fletcher ” Class ASPIS (ex-U.S.S. Conner, DD 582) LONCHI (ex-U.S.S. Hall, DD 583) SFENDONI (ex-U.S.S. Aulick, DD 569) VELOS (ex-U.S.S. Charette, DD 581) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 2,100 tons standard (2,750 tons full load) 376j (o.o.)X 39^X12^ (mean), 18 (max.) feet 4— 5 inch, 38 cal. d.p.; 6—3 inch, 50 cal. AA. (three twin) 5— 21 inch (quintuple bank) 6 depth charge throwers 2 sets General Electric geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 60,000= 35 kts. 4 Babcock & Wilcox 650 tons 6,000 miles at 15 kts. 300 Name Laid down Launched Completed Aspis 16 Apr. 1942 18 July 1942 8 June 1943 Lonchi 16 Apr. 1942 18 July 1942 6 July 1943 Sfendoni 14 May 1941 2 Mar. 1942 27 Oct. 1942 Velos 20 Feb. 1941 3 June 1942 18 May 1943 Name Pennant No. Builders Aspis D 06 Boston Navy Yard Lonchi D 56 Boston Navy Yard Sfendoni D 85 Consolidated Steel Corp., Texas Velos D 16 Boston Navy Yard I960, Royal Hellenic Navy, Official SFENDONI (after refit) ASPIS (before refit) Added 1959, U.S. Navy, Official Notes Former United States destroyers of the “ Fletcher ” class, transferred from the U.S.A. to Greece under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program, Aspis, Lonchi and Velos at Long Beach, California, on 15 Sep. 1959, 9 Feb. I960 and 15 June 1959, respectively, and Sfendoni at Philadelphia on 21 Aug. 1959. Aspis means Shield. 2 Ex-U.S. DD Type “Gleaves’* Class DOXA (ex-U.S.S. Ludlow) NIKI (ex-U.S.S. Eberle) Name: Doxa Niki Pennant No.: 20 65 NATO No.: D220 D 225 Builders: Bath Iron Bath Iron Works Corpn. Works Corpn. Laid down: 18 Dec. I$39 12 Apr. 1939 Launched: II Nov. 1940 14 Sep. 1940 Completed: 5 Mar. 1941 4 Dec. 1940 Displacement: 1,630 tons standard (2,572 tons full load) Dimensions: 348^ (o.a.) X 36 X 18 (max.) feet Guns: 4—5 inch, 38 cal., 12—43 mm. (2 quadruple, 2 twin), 6—20 mm. AA. (2 twin, 2 single) Torpedo tubes: Removed A/S weapons: 4 D.C.T. Machinery: General Electric : geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 50,000=34-5 kts. Boilers: 4 Babcock & Wilcox Oil fuel: 600 tons Radius: 5,000 miles at 15 kts. Complement: 250 (war), 188 peace NIKI General Notes Taken over from the United States Navy on 18 Apr. 1951. Formerly DD 438 and DD 430, respectively, of the “ Gleaves ” class destroyers. Nomenclature Notes Names mean " Glory ” and " Victory,” respectively. 1956, A. & J. Pavia Gunnery Notes The twelve 40 mm. guns are disposed in six twin mountings, two between the funnels and four abreast the mainmast. Torpedo Notes The 5—21 inch torpedo tubes originally mounted in a quintuple bank were removed. FRIGATES (Destroyer Escorts ) 4 Ex-U.S. DE Type AETOS (ex-U.S.S. Slater) LEON (ex-U.S.S. Eldridge) IE RAX (ex-U.S.S. Ebert) PANTHIR (ex-U.S.S. Garfield Thomas) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: I, 240 tons standard (1,900 tons full load) 306 (o.a.) x36f X 12 (max.) feet 3—3 inch, 50 cal. d.p., 6—40 mm., (3 twin) 18—20 mm. AA. (9 twin) 8 D.C.T. Diesel-electric. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 6,000=20 kts. 300 tons II, 500 miles at 11 kts. 220 (war) Name Laid down Launched Completed Aetos 9 Mar. 1943 lerax 1 Apr. 1943 Leon 22 Feb. 1943 Panthir 23 Sep. 1943 13 Feb. 1944 23 May 1944 25 June 1943 12 Dec. 1943 I May 1944 12 July 1944 27 Aug. 1943 24 Jan. 1944 Pennant No. NATO No. Name Builders 01 D 212 Aetos Tampa S.B. Co. 31 D 213 lerax Tampa S. B. Co. 54 D 217 Leon Federal S.B.& D.D.Co. 67 D 227 Panthir Federal S.B.& D.D.Co Notes Former American destroyer escorts of the “ Bostwick ” IERAX class. Their 3—21 inch torpedo tubes (triple mount) were removed. Transferred from U.S.A. in 1951 under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program. Formerly DE 766, DE 768, DE 173 and DE 193, respectively. Meanings of I960, Wright & Logan names are Eagle, Falcon, Lion and Panther. Aetos and lerax transferred 15 Mar. 1951, Leon and Panthir 15 Jan. 1951. Re-named after late destroyer flotilla in Greek Navy bearing these names. Frigates, Submarines—GREECE 179 FRIGATES (Escort Destroyers) 2 Ex-British " Hunt ” Type III ADRIAS ( ex-Tanatside) ASTINGS ( ex-Catterick) Name: Adrias Astings Pennant No.: NATO No.: Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: 02 210 Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Scotstoun, Glasgow 26 June 1941 30 Apr. 1942 4 Sep. 1942 15 215 Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness I Mar. 1941 22 Nov. 1941 12 June 1942 Displacement: 1,050 tons standard (1,435 tons full load) Dimensions: 280x3l^x7| feet (mean) Guns: 4—4 inch (2 twin), 1—4-barrelled 2 pdr. pompom,3—20mm. AA.(exc. pt Adrias), 2—40 mm. AA. (Adrias only) Tubes: 2—21 inch A S weapons: 4 D.C.T. Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. S.H.P.: 19,000=29 kts. (designed), 26 kts. sea speed Boilers: 2, of 3-drum type Oil fuel: 265 tons Radius: 3,500 miles at 14 kts.; 2,400 miles at 20 kts.; 1,000 miles at 26 kts. Complement: General Notes 146 The above two vessels, officially classed as escort de¬ stroyers, belong to the modified “ Hunt ” Type III class (escort destroyers later reclassified as frigates), on loan from Great Britain. Another escort destroyer of this type, Adrias ( ex-Border ), was scrapped owing to heavy damage received when a mine blew away her fo’c’s’le on 22 Oct. 1943. ADRIAS Recent Disposals Sister ships Kanaris ( ex-Hatherleigh ) and Pindos (ex- Bolebroke) were returned to Great Britain on 12 Dec. 1959 and sold for scrap in Greece, and it was officially stated in I960 that it is anticipated that Miaoulis (ex-Modbury ) of the same class will also be returned and similarly disposed of. 1957, R.H.N., Official All three of the ex-British “ Hunt ” Type II frigates (escort destroyers), namel/ Aegaion (ex-Lauderdale), Kriti (ex-Hursley) and Themistocles (ex-Bramham) were also re¬ turned to Great Britain on 12 Dec. 1959 and sold for scrap in Greece. FRIGATES (Corvettes) 2 Ex-British “ Flower ” Type APOSTOLIS ( ex-Hyacinth) TOMBAZIS ( ex-Tamarisk) Name: Apostolis Pennant No.: 28 NATO No.: Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: F 451 Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast 20 Apr. 1940 19 Aug. 1940 4 Oct. 1940 Tombazis 89 F 452 Fleming & Ferguson, Ltd., Paisley 10 Feb. 1941 28 July 1941 26 Dec. 1941 Displacement: 1,060 tons standard (1,250 tons full load) Dimensions: 190 (pp.), 205 (o.o.) X32x I4± feet Gu.is: Apostolis: 1—3 inch, 2—2 pdr. pompom, 2—20 mm. AA. Tombazis: 1—4 inch, 1—2 pdr. pompom, 6—20 mm. AA A/S weapons: 4 D.C.T. Machinery: Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 2,750= 16 kts. Boilers: 2 S.E. Oil fuel: 350 tons Radius: 7,000 miles at 10 kts. Complement: 79 to 85 TOMBAZIS 1954, R.H.N., Official Notes Both on loan from Royal Navy since 1942-43. Small armament varies. Apostolis is one of the “ Flower ” class corvettes which were never brought home after going to the Mediterranean in 1940, and consequently she never had the forecastle extended aft nor was rearmed. Tombazis is of modified “ Flower " type. SUBMARINES 2 Ex-U.S. 14 Gato ” Class AMFITRITI (ex-Jack) FOSEICON (ex-Lapon) Name: Amfitriti Poseidon Pennant No.: Y 17 Y 16 Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Electric Boat Div., Gen. Dynamics Corp. 2 Feb. 1942 16 Oct. 1942 6 Jan. 1943 Electric Boat Div., Gen. Dynamics Corp. 21 Feb. 1942 27 Oct. 1942 23 Jan. 1943 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: Complement: 1,525 tons standard, 1,816 tons surface (2,425 tons submerged) 311J X 27 X 17 feet I—5 inch, 25 ca!., d.p. 10—21 inch (6 bow, 4 stern) G.M. 2-stroke diesels. B.H.P.: 6,500=21 kts. (surface). Electric motors, H.P.: 2,750=10 kts. ( submerged ) 85 AMFITRITI 1959, A. & ). Pavia Notes Both loaned from the United States in 1957 under the Military Aid Programme. Have two engine rooms instead of one to reduce size of compartments. Lapon was transferred by the United States under M.A. P. on 8 Aug. 1957 and Jack on 21 Apr. 1958. Recent Disposals Argonaftis, Y 15 (ex-H.M.S. Viru/ent) and Triena, Y 14 (ex- H.M.S. Vo/atf/e), both on loan from Great Britain since 1946, NATO Nos. Sill and S 112, respectively, were returned to the Royal Navy in 1958. Sister ships Delfin, Y 9 (ex-H.M.S. Vengeful) and Piplnos, Y 8 (ex-H.M.S. Veldt, ex-P 71), which had been on loan from Great Britain since 1943, were handed back to the Royal Navy at Malta on 12 Dec. 1957. f POS EIDON 1958, Royal Hellenic Navy, Official 180 GREECE—Escort Minesweepers, Minelayers, Patrol Vessels ESCORT MINESWEEPERS (Corvettes) 5 Ex-British “ Algerine ” Type Ocean Minesweepers (Officially classed as Corvettes) ARMATOLOS (ex-Aries) PIRPOLITIS ( ex-Arcturus) MAHITIS (ex-Postillion) POLEMISTIS (ex-Gozo) NAVMACHOS (ex-Lightfoot) Displacement: 1,030 tons standard (1,325 tons full load) Dimensions: 225 (o.a.)X35*X II* (max.) feet Guns: 2—3 inch (U.S. Mk. 21), 4—20 mm. AA. (U.S.), 2 Colt-Browning M.G. (except Mach/tis) A/S weapons: 4 D.C.T. Machinery: Triple expansion. 2 2,000=16-5 kts. shafts. I.H.P.: Boilers: 2, of 3-drum type Oil fuel: 270 tons Radius: 5,000 miles at 10 kts Complement: 85 Name No. Launched Armatolos M 12 19 Sep. 1942 Mahitis M 58 18 Mar. 1943 Navmachos M 64 14 Nov. 1942 Pirpolitis M 76 31 Aug. 1942 Polemistis M 74 27 Jan. 1943 PIRPOLITIS Notes Formerly ocean minesweepers of the “Algerine” class in the Royal Navy. Acquired from the Executive Committee of Surplus Allied Material. Officially classed as corvettes. Launch dates below. Armament of Mahitis has been removed 1957, R.H.N. Official and she is now used as a training ship. All built by Redfern Construction Co., except Armatolos, by Toronto Shipyard. Pennant Nos. (1956) 12, 58, 64, 76 and 74, respectively. NATO Nos. M 12, M 58, M 64, M 76 and M 74, respectively. PLOTARKHIS MARIDAKIS 1959, Royal Hellenic Navy, Official 1959, Royal Hellenic Navy, Official AMVRAKIA AKTION (ex-LSM 301) AMVRAKIA (ex-LSM 303) Displacement: 720 tons standard (1, 100 tons full load) Dimensions: I96i (w./.), 203i (o.a.) X 34£ X (8i max.) feet Guns: 8—40 mm. d.p. (4 twin mounts), 6—20 mm. AA. (single) Mines: Capacity 100 to 130 Machinery: 2diesels. 2shafts. B.H.P.: 3,600= 12-5 kts. Radius: 3,000 miles at 12 kts. Complement: 65 Notes Former United States Landing Ships Medium. Both built at Charleston Naval Shipyard. Aktion was launched on I Jan. 1945 and Amvrakia on 14 Nov. 1944. Converted in the U.S.A. into all purpose seagoing minelayers for the Royal Hellenic Navy under the terms of the Mutual Defense Assistance Program. Have undergone extensive rebuilding from the deck up. Twin rudders. The Greek flag was hoisted on I Dec. 1953. Pennant Nos. N 04 and N 05, respectively. PLOTARKHIS MARIDAKIS (ex-U.S.S. LSSL 65) 14 Nov. 1944 PLOTARKHIS VLACHAVAS (ex-U.S.S. LSSL 35) 17 Sep. 1944 Displacement: 257 tons standard (395 tons full load) Dimensions: 157x23^x51 feet Guns: I—3 inch, 4 40 mm. AA. (2 twins), 4—20 mm. inch AA. M.G. Machinery: Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,600= 14-4 kts. Oil fuel: 87 tons Notes Former American Landing Ships Support, Large. Built by Albina Engine & Machinery Works Inc., Portland, Oreg., and Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oreg., respectively. Launch dates above. Plotarkhis Vlachavas was transferred from the United States on 12 Aug. 1957 under the Military Aid Program and Plotarkhis Maridakis in June 1958. Employed as patrol vessels and gunboats. PATROL VESSELS ( Gunboats ) VASSILEFS GEORGHIOS II 1952, Royal Hellenic Navy, Official VASSILEFS GEORGHIOS II (ex-PC 622) Displacement Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Oil fuel: Complement: Notes Built by Nashville Bridge Co. Launched in 1942. Transferred from the U.S. Navy under the Lend-Lease Act in June 1944. Rated as a gunboat. Pennant No. P 17, 335 tons standard (439 tons full load) 170 (w.L), I73f (o.a.) X23 X7£ feet I—3 inch d.p., I—40 mm. AA., 5—20 mm. 4 D.C.T. 2 sets G.M. 2-stroke diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P. 60 tons 65 PARALOS 1955, R.H.N., Official 14 BYMS Type KARIA 1957, R.H.N., Official AFROESSA (ex-BYMS 2185) LEROS (ex-BYMS 2186) ITHAKI ( ex-BYMS 2240) KALYMNOS (ex-BYMS 2033) PARALOS (ex-BYMS 2066) PATMOS (ex-BYMS 2229) 8 HDML Type KARTERIA (ex-BYMS 2065) KEFALINIA (ex-BYMS 2171) KERKYRA (ex-BYMS 2172) LEFKAS (ex-BYMS 2068) PAXI (ex-BYMS 2056) SAL AMIN IA (ex-BYMS 2067) SI Ml (ex-BYMS 2190) ZAKYNTHOS (ex-BYMS 209) BIZANI ( ex-HDML 1221) DAVLIA (ex-HDML 1032) DISTRATON (ex-HDML 1292) FARSALA (ex-HDML 1252) KARIA (ex-HDML 1307) KASTRAKI (ex-HDML 1375) KLISSOURA (ex-HDML 1149) PORTARIA (ex-HDML 1051) Displacement: 270 tons standard (350 tons full load) Dimensions: 136 x24£ X 8 feet Guns: 1—3 inch, 2—20 mm. AA., 4 M.G., 2 D.C.T. Machinery: Diesel. B.H.P.: 1,000= 12 kts. Complement: 33 Notes Of wooden hull construction. All the names are conventional and are not mentioned in signals or correspondence. Known by numbers. Karteria was launched on 21 Dec. 1942. Displacement: 46 tons standard (54 tons full load ) Dimensions: 72 (o.a.)X I5£x4£ feet (mean) Guns: I—40 mm., I—20 mm. AA. Machinery: Diesel. B.H.P.: 300= 10 kts. Notes Former Royal Navy harbour defence motor launches. All on loan from Great Britain. Vegas (ex-BYMS 2078), has been adapted as a hydrographic ship, see below. COASTAL PATROL VESSELS 8 BYMS Type Ex-Coastal Minesweepers ANDROMEDA (ex-BYMS 2261) LAMBADIAS (ex-BYMS 2182) ARIADNI (ex-BYMS 2058) PIGASSOS (ex-BYMS 2221) AURA (ex-BYMS 2054) PROKYON (ex-BYMS 2076) CLIO (ex-BYMS 2152) THALIA (ex-BYMS 2252) Displacement: 251 tons standard (338 tons full load) Dimensions: 136 X 24£ X 8£ (max.) feet Guns: I—20 mm. Oerlikon AA. Machinery: 2 General Motors diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,000= 15 kts. Oil fuel: 16 tons Radius: 5,500 miles at economical speed Complement: 30 Notes Former United States coastal minesweepers of the BYMS type acquired in 1959. Of wooden hull construction. HEPHAISTOS 1954, R.H.N., Official Ex-German Type HEPHAISTOS (ex-Khios, ex-Marie Reppel) SURVEY SHIPS I BYMS Type Ex-Coastal Minesweeper VEGAS (ex-BYMS 2078) Displacement: 252 tons standard (325 tons full load) Dimensions: 136 X 24£ X 6 feet Machinery: Diesel. B.H.P.: 1,000=12 kts. Notes Former coastal minesweeper of the wooden hulled BYMS type, see sister ships above. ALKYONI Displacement: 213 tons 1953, A. & J. Pavia 1 Fairmile B Type KALAMBAKA (ex-ML 483) NISS1ROS (ex-ML 864) Displacement: 75 tons standard (130 tons full load) Dimensions: 112x18x9 feet Guns: 1—40 mm. AA., 2—20 mm. AA., 4 M.G. Machinery: 2 Hall Scott motors. B.H.P.: 1,200= 18 kts. Notes Fairmile “ B ” type. Both on loan from Great Britain. Nissiros is used as the Royal Barge. Recent Disposals The sister launches Doxaton (ex-ML 307), Drama (ex-ML 341), Elephtheron (ex-Kalini, ex-ML 478), Chalkis (ex-ML 578), Kapernissi (ex-ML 867) and Tsataltza (ex-ML 861) were returned to Great Britain, it was officially stated in 1960, and are being scrapped or sold. Displacement: 3,800 tons standard (4,550 tons full load) Measurement: 9,300 tons gross Dimensions: 360^x50x23 feet Guns: 2—3 inch AA., 4—20 mm. Machinery: Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 1,800=11.5 kts. Notes Former German cargo ship. Built at Rostock. Launched in 1920. Converted into a Repair Ship in 1925. Hephaistos was the patron god of the metal workers. SOTIR 1959, A. & J. Pavia I British “Sal” Type SOTIR (ex-Salventure) Displacement: 1,440 tons standard (1,700 tons full load ) Measurement: 1,112 tons gross Dimensions: 216 (o.o.)x37|x 13 (max.) feet Machinery: Triple expansion 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 1,500= 12 kts. Oil fuel: 310 tons Complement: 60 Notes Royal Fleet Auxiliary ocean salvage vessel. On loan from Great Britain. AIR-SEA RESCUE BOATS 5 Ex-U.S. AVR Type ADAMIDIS A/N 705 (ex-AVR 705) IRA A/N 709 (ex-AVR 709) IOS A/N 1084 (ex-AVR 1084) KARNAVIAS A/N 707 (ex-AVR 707) SAKELLARIOU A/N 708 (ex-AVR 708^ Displacement: 24 tons Dimensions: 63x15x3^ feet Machinery: 2 Hall Scott motors. B.H.P.: 1,260=33 kts. 3 Ex-U.S LST Type Notes Launched by Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. on 21 May 1943. Taken over by Royal Hellenic Navy in 1953. Headquarters ship of Captain Landing Forces. 6 British LST (3) Type ACHELOOS (ex-LST 3503) AXIOS (ex-LST 3007) ALFIOS (ex-LST 3020) PIN I OS (ex-LST 3506) ALIAKMON (ex-LST 3002) STRYMON (ex-LST 3502) Displacement: 2,256 tons standard (4,980 tons full load) Dimensions: 330 (w./.), 347 (o.a.)x55X 14^ (max.) feet Guns: 10—20 mm. AA. Machinery: Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 5,500= 13 kts. Oil fuel: 1,950 tons Notes Original LST (3) type landing ships. All launched in 1943. On loan from Great Britain. NAFKRATOUSSA I960, A. & ]. Pavia I Ex-U.S. LSD Type NAFKRATOUSSA (ex-Hyperion, ex-LSD 9) 1959, Royal Hellenic Navy, Official Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: 4,790 tons standard (9,375 tons full load) 454 (w./.), 457i (o.a.) x72£x 18 (max.) feet Geared turbines. 2shafts. S.H.P.: 7,000= 15 kts. Notes Displacement: 1,653 tons standard, 2,366 beaching, 3,960 trials (4,080 tons full load) Dimensions: 316 (w./.), 328 (o.a.)X50X 14 (max.) feet Guns: 7—40 mm. AA., 2—20 mm. AA. Machinery: General Motors diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,700= 11 *6 kts. Cargo capacity: 2,100 tons Complement: 119 (accommodation for 266) It was officially stated in 1960 that the acquisition of three LSTs was anticipated. TANK LANDING CRAFT AMORGOS ( ex-LCT 1301) ANAFI (ex-LCT 1293) KAN DAN OS (ex-LCT 587) KYTHIRA (ex-LCT 1 198) 8 LCT Type MILOS (ex-LCT 1300) SERIFOS (ex-LCT 1227) SOFADES (ex-LCT 594) THIRA (ex-LCT 1297) ipi IB III wm WMF 11 <■!—i —KIWI m III— lllllll CHIOS 1952, R.H.N. Official 3 U.S. LST (2) Type CHIOS (ex-LST 35) LIMNOS (ex-LST 36) SAMOS (ex-LST 33) Displacement: 1,625 tons, standard (4,080 tons full load) Dimensions: 316 (w./.), 328 (o.o.)x50x 14 (max.) feet Guns: I—3 inch, 6—20 mm. AA. Machinery: Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,700=11 kts. Oil fuel: 595 tons Complement: 119 Notes All launched in 1943. Acquired from the U.S. Navy in 1943, on Lend-Lease terms. Lesvos (ex-LST 322) was returned to the British Government in 1953. Displacement: 146 tons standard (320 to 400 tons full load) Dimensions: I20x 33 X 3J feet Machinery: Diesel. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 675=8 kts. Guns: 2—20 mm. AA. Complement: 12 Notes U.S. LCT (6) type. All launched in 1943-44. On loan from Great Britain, except Serifos. UTILITY LANDING CRAFT 2 Ex-U.S. LCU Type SCIATHOS (ex-U.S.S. LCU 853) SCOPELOS (ex-U.S.S. LCU 827) Displacement: 143 tons standard (309 tons full load) Dimensions: 105 (w.L), 119 (o.a.) X 32f X 5 (max.) feet Guns: 2—20 mm. Oerlikon AA. Machinery: Diesel. 3 shafts. B.H.P.: 440=8 kts. Complement: 13 Notes Former United States Utility Landing Craft of the LCU (ex-LCT(6)) type, acquired in 1959 MINOR LANDING CRAFT 14 LCVPs 12 LCMs Notes The above LCMs and LCVPs were transferred from the United States under the Military Aid Program. Recent Disposals The nine Assault Landing Craft, LCA 1123, 1352, 1525, 1618, 1725, 1726, 1775, I8l8and 1886, on loan from Great Britain from 1950 to 1959, have been returned or otherwise disposed of. United States Navy, Official HERMES I British Trawler Type MES (ex-Product, ex-Port Jackson) Displacement: 550 tons standard (650 tons full load) Dimensions: I33x27f-xll feet Machinery: Diesel, 4-stroke. B.H.P.: 560 = 11 kts. J jtes Depot ship for minesweepers. Launched in 1941. On loan from Great Britain, GREECE ( continued), GUATEMALA 183 OILERS NET TEND ER ARETHOUSA I960, Royal Hellenic Navy, Official I Ex-U.S. AOG Type THETIS Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: 560 tons standard (805 tons full load) 146 ( w.l .), 163 (o.a.)X30^X 10? (mean), Ilf (max.) feet I—3 inch AA., some M.G. Diesel-electric. B.H.P.: 800=13 kts. 48 Notes It was officially stated in I960 that this ship had been taken over by the Royal Hellenic Navy. TRANSPORTS ANCHIALOS (ex-FI 28, ex-APC 65) KALAVRITA (ex-FT 13, ex-APC 71) DISTOMON (ex-FI 15, ex-APC 66) LEHOVON (ex-FI 24, ex-APC 73) ARETHOUSA (ex-U.S.S. Natchaug, AOG 54) Displacement: Measurement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: 1,850 tons light (4,335 tons full load) 2,575 deadweight (cargo capacity 2,040 tons) 292 (w.l.), 31 Of (o.a.) x48±X I5§ (max.) feet 4—3 inch d.p., 50 cal. General Motors diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 3,300=14 kts. 43 (6 officers, 37 men) Notes Former American petrol carrier. Built by Cargill Inc., Savage, Minn. Laid down on 15 Aug. 1944. Launched on 6 Dec. 1944. Transferred from the U.S.A. to Greece under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, in July 1959. Pennant No. A 377. ELASSON ex-FI 12, ex-APC 67) VELESTINON (ex-FI II, ex-APC 75) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: 165 tons standard (229 tons full load) 103 X 21? X 8? feet 2—20 mm. A A. Diesel. B.H.P.: 500=10 kts. Notes Former American small coastal transports. All built in 1943. Photograph of Anchialos in the 1956-57 and 1957-58 editions. WATER CARRIERS I Ex-British “War” Class ARGO (ex-Solna, ex-Granlund, ex-Corbis, ex-War Ranee) Displacement: Measurement: Dimensions: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: 11,715 tons 8,350 tons gross (cargo capacity 7,310 tons) 400 X 52? X 25? feet Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 3,000=10 kts. 3 cylindrical 2,200 tons Notes Built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd., Wallsend-on-Tyne. Launched in 1918. Photograph in the 1949-50 to 1957-58 editions. ZEUS (ex-YOG 98) Launched: Capacity: Dimensions: 1944 900 tons 165 X 35 X 10 feet SI RIOS (ex-Poseidon, ex-Empire Faun) Capacity: 850 tons Notes On loan from Great Britain. This ship was renamed Sirios when the name Poseidon was given to the submarine Lapon acquired from the U.S.A. in 1958 (see earlier page). PROMETHEUS Launched: Capacity: 1939 520 tons VIVIIS 690 tons 520 tons 480 tons 300 tons KASTALIA STYMPHALIA VLIK All 120 tons LIGHTHOUSE TENDERS ST. LYKOUDIS (ex-Chania) Displacement: 1,020 tons SERRAI (ex-Anna Raeder) Displacement: 725 tons SKYROS Capacity: KASTORIA Capacity: VOLVI Capacity: TRIKHONIS Capacity: KALIRROE Capacity: KRONOS (ex-Islay, ex-Dresden) Displacement: 311 tons Capacity: 110 tons ORION (ex-U.S. tanker Y 126) Capacity: 700 tons Notes Khalki and Xanthi were officially stricken from the list in 1958. FLEET TUGS ACCH ILEUS (ex-Confident) AIAS ANTAIOS (ex-Busy) ATLAS (ex-F 5) CYCLOPS (ex-F 10) HERAKLIS KENTRAVROS PERSEUS (ex-SI 772) SAMSON (ex-F 16) THESEUS (ex-SI 539) TITAN GUATEMALA On 5 Jan. 1959 Guatemala announced that it was establishing a navy, with a primary duty to rout poaching fishing boats and smugglers. Three warships were being ordered ; and a small frigate was to be obtained from a Scandinavian country, plus small coast guard craft from the United States. PATROL VESSEL JOSE FRANCISCO BARRUNDIA (ex-Snapphanen) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Complement: 310 tons standard (370 tons full load) 170# X I9f X 96 feet 2—3 inch; 2—25 mm. AA. De Laval geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 3,600=23 kts. 2 Vancon-Normand 50 tons 40 Notes Built by Karlskrona Dockyard. Launched on 2 Nov. 1933. Formerly a minesweeper which served in the Royal Swedish Navy until 1959 when she was transferred to the new Guatemalan Navy as the first warship. Now has lower mast (lattice), bridge and funnel (squat, thicker and streamlined) and shields on her 12-pounder guns. One of the 25 mm. Bofors has been moved aft. She is painted a very light grey, nearly white. JOSE FRANCISCO BURRUNDIA 1959, Official 184—HAITI, HONDURAS HUNGARY HAITI Administration Commandant of The Haitian Coast Guard: Lt. Robert Bazile Personnel I960: 300 officers, petty officers and ratings COAST GUARD PATROL VESSELS Coast Guard Patrol Vessels —continued LA CRETE A PIERROT (ex-U.S.C.G. 95315) VERTIERES Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Radius: Complement: 100 tons 95 X 19x5 feet 3—20 mm. AA. 4 diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 2,200=21 kts. 1,500 miles 15 Notes Former United States Coast Guard cutters, steel type. Built at U.S. Coast Guard Yard, Curtiss Bay, Maryland. La Crete a Pierrot was acquired on 26 Feb. 1956. Vertieres was trans¬ ferred to Haiti at Norfolk, Virginia, in Oct. 1956 and commissioned in Dec. 1956. Pennant Nos. GC 8 and GC 9, respectively. AMIRAL KILLICK Added 1957, U.S.C.G, Official AMIRAL KILLICK (ex-U.S.N. Black Rock, W ACL 367) Displacement: 160 tons Dimensions: Length 114 feet Notes Former small buoy tender purchased from the United States Coast Guard in 1955, com¬ missioned in Jan. 1956. Pennant No. GC 7 TOUSSAINT L’OUVERTURE (ex-SC 1064) 16 AOUT 1946 (ex-SC 453) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: I 10 tons standard (138 tons full load) I lO^X I8*x6± feet 2—40 mm., 2—20 mm. Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,000= 15 kts. Notes Pennant Nos. GC 3 and GC 2, respectively. Submarine chasers of the SC type acquired during 1947 from the U.S. Navy. Launched in 1941-43. Laid up in reserve in poor condition and will probably be sold or scrapped. Amiral Killick, GC4, was discarded in 1954. Nos. I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Speed: 45 tons 82 x 16 X 4j feet I—20 mm. 20-5 kts. Notes Patrol craft of picket-boat type acquired from the U.S. Coast Guard. Launched in 1942. SAVANNAH Displacement: Dimensions: Machinary: Complement: 47 tons 83 X 16 X 4* feet Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 200 = 9 kts. 12 Notes Ux-U.S.C.G. cutter 56200, built in the U.S.A. in 1944 and acquired in 1944. LANDING CRAFT ARTIBONTE (ex-U.S. LCT) Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Complement: 134 tons standard (285 tons full load) I20i ( 0 . 0 .) x 32 X 4£ feet 3 diesels. B.H.P.: 675=8 kts. 12 Notes Salvaged by Haitian Coast Guard after grounding. Pennant No. GC 5. Laid up in reserve having been damaged by grounding in Mar. 1956. Vertieres GC 6 (ex-U.S.S. ARC 92) was lose at sea. PRESIDENTIAL YACHT SANS SOU Cl (ex-Captain James Taylor) Displacement: 161 tons Machinery: Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 300= 10 kts. HONDURAS Notes A frigate has been reported adapted for mercantile use, but it was officially stated in Mar. I960 that Honduras has no navy or armed vessels worthy of inclusion in Fighting Ships. Mercantile Marine Lloyd’s Register of Shipping: 78 vessels of 201,831 tons gross HUNGARY PATROL LAUNCHES RIVER MINESWEEPERS Displacement: 100 tons Notes Ten of these patrol launches are reported to be in commission. RIVER PATROL VESSEL BAYA (ex-Barsch) Dimensions: 149^x19^x3^ Guns: 2—70mm.,2M.G. Machinery: A.E.G. turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 1,200=15 kts. Boilers: 2 Yarrow Oil fuel: 18 tons Complement: 44 Notec Built at the Ganz-Danubius Yard, Budapest, and launched in 1918. Her screws work in tunnels. DEPOT SHIP Added 1957, courtesy AT J.Meister Displacement: 12 tons Guns: 2 M.G. Mines: 8 Armour: 8 mm. Machinery: 2 diesels. B.H.P.: 75 Notes Ten river minesweepers of this armoured type have been reported. They can sweep or lay mines. CSOBANC Displacement: 305 tons Dimensions: I32x 18x4y feet Machinery: 2 Diesels. Tunnel screws. B.H.P.: 180=8 kts. y Oil fuel: 8 tons Complement: 18 Notes ) Built at the Ganz-Danubius Yard, Budapest, and launched in 1928. Ml NESWEEPERS TRAINING SHIP Displacement: 70 tons Notes Two of these small minesweepers are reported to be in commiss on ol reserve. BADACSONY Displacement: 225 tons Machinery: H.P.: 400= 10-5 kts. Administration, Patrol Vessels—ICELAND 185 ICELAND Administration Minister of Justice : Mr. B. Benediktsson. Director, Coast Guard Service: Captain Petur Sigurdsson. The Coast Guard Service (Landhelgisgaezlan) deals with fishery protection, salvage, hydrographic research and surveying. Ships: Prefix v/s, colour: dark grey. Mercantile Marine Lloyd’s Register of Shipping: 128 vessels of 91,025 tons gross Official 1958, Official 1957, Official AEGIR 1957, Official AEGIR Measurement: 507 tons gross Dimensions: \7\% (pp.), 187 (o.o.)X29£X 14? feet Guns: I—57mm. Machinery: 8. & W. diesel engines. B.H.P.: 1,300=13-5 kts. Complement: 25 Built by Burmeister' & Wain, Copenhagen. Launched on 25 Apr. 1929. Rebuilt in 1953. Also usee as Research Vessel for offshore and hydrographic research. Displacement: 920 tons Measurement: 693 tons gross Dimensions: I83£ (pp.), 206 (o.a.)x 3l|x 13 feet Guns: I—57 mm. Machinery: 2 Crossley diesel motors. B.H.P.: 3,200=17 kts. Complement: 28 Notes Built at Aalborg, Denmark. Launched in 1951. Completed and commissioned late 1951. Rated as coastal inspection and salvage vessel. GAUTUR (ex-Odinn) Displacement: 72 tons Guns: I—47 mm. Machinery: Petters diesel motor. B.H.P.: 425= 10.5 kts. Complement: 11 Notes Built in Iceland. Launched in 1938. Rebuilt in 1954. Also used for surveying. This vessel was re-named Gautur when the name Odinn was given to the new large patrol vessel built in 1959-60 (see above). Photograph in the 1956-57 and 1957-58 editions. TYR Measurement: 33 tons Dimensions: Length, 60 feet Machinery: 3 Perkins diesel motors. B.H.P.: 390=12 kts. Complement: 6 Notes Surveying launch. Also used for local fishery inspection. Ex-R.A. F. 60 ft. pinnace Photograph in the 1957-58 edition. SAEBJORG 1956, Official SAEBJORG Measurement: 98 cons gross Dimensions: Length: 80£ feet Guns: I—47 mm. Machinery: Atlas Imperial diesel motor. B.H.P.: 320=10 kts. Complement: II Notes BuiIr at Frederikssund, Denmark. Launched in 1937. Rebuilt, enlarged and re-engined in 1947. T THOR COASTGUARD PATROL VESSELS Displacement: 1,000 tons (officially revised figure) Dimensions: 200 (w./.), 207 (o.a.)x3l x 18^ feet Guns: I—57 mm. Machinery: 2 diesel motors. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 5,000= 18 kts. Complement: 30 Notes A new coast guard vessel built at Aalborg Vaerft A/S, Denmark. Launched in 1959. Completed in I960. ALBERT ALBERT Measurement: 138 tons gross Dimensions: Length: 90£ feet Guns: I—47 mm. Machinery: Petters diesel motor. B.H.P.: 470= 11 -5 kts. Complement: 12 Notes Built at Frederikssund, Denmark. Launched in 1950. Also used for inshore fishery and hydrographic research. The fishery protection patrol vessel and lighthouse tender Hermodur foundered off south-west Iceland on 17 Feb. 1959. She has been replaced by the new large patrol vessel Odinn, see previous column. Measurement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: 200 tons gross Length: 111£ feet I—47 mm. I Nohab diesel motor. B.H.P.: 650=12 5 kts 15 Launched in 1956. Completed and commissioned in Apr. 1957 ODINN ODINN 1957, Official MARIA JULIA MARIA jOLfA 186 INDONESIA—Administration, Destroyers, Frigates, Submarines INDONESIA Administration Chief of Naval Staff Angkatan Laut (Naval Forces): Rear-Admiral Raden Edi Martadinata Naval Attache in London: Commander R. Sardjoeno Personnel 14,030 officers and men, including 4,000 in Marine Corps Mercantile Marine Lloyd’s Register of Shipping 205 vessels of 155,710 tons gross DESTROYERS 4 Ex-U.S.S.R. “ Skoryi” Class SILIWANGI SINGAMANGARADJA Displacement: 2,600 tons standard (3,500 tons full load ) Dimensions: 393f (pp.), 420 (o.o.) X 41 X I3£ feet Guns: Tubes: A/S weapons: Mines: Machinery: 4—5 1 inch (twin), 2—3 inch AA., 7— 37 mm. AA. (Some have 8— 37 mm. AA. in twin mounts). 10—21 inch 4 D.C.T. 80 Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 70,000 = 38 kts. Boilers: Radius: Complement: 3 4,000 miles at 15 kts. 250 Notes Former Soviet destroyers of the “ Skoryi ” type. Built in 1951-56. Transferred from the U.S.S.R. to the Indonesian Navy in 1959. I Ex-British “ N ” Type GADJAH MADA ( ex-Tjerk Hiddes, ex-Nonpareil) Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Wm. Denny & Bros. Ltd., Dumbarton 22 May 1940 25 June 1941 30 Oct. 1942 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: 1,760 tons standard (2,540 tons full load) 348 (pp.), 356i (o.o.) X35f X9 feet 6—4-7 inch, 4—40 mm. AA., 6—20 mm. AA. Tubes: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 10—21 inch (quintupled) Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 40,000=36 kts. designed (30-5 kts. sea speed) 2, of 3-drum type 486 tons 1,600 miles at 20 kts. 264 GADJAH MADA 1955, Indonesian Navy, Official Notes ferred from the Royal Netherlands Navy to the Indonesian Formerly a destroyer of the “ N ” Class. Purchased Navy on I Mar. 1951. Formerly flagship of the Indonesian from Great Britain by the Netherlands in 1941. Trans- Navy. Now reported to be laid up with guns removed. FRIGATES 2 “Surapati” Class (Light Destroyers ) IMAM BONDJOL SURAPATI Imam Bondjol Su'cpati Name: Laid down: Launched: Completed: 8 Jan. 1956 5 May 1956 19 May 1958 Jan. 1956 5 May 1956 28 May 1958 Displacement: 1,150 tons standard (1,500 tons full load) 295? (p.p.), 325 (o.o.) x 36x84 feet. Dimensions: Guns: 4—4 inch (102 mm.) 46 cal. AA. in two twin mounts, 6—30 mm. (3 twin), 6—20 mm. AA. (3 twin) Tubes: 3—21 inch A/S weapons: 2 hedgehogs, 4 D.C.T., 1. D.C. track Machinery: 2 sets Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts, S.H.P.: 24,000 = 32 kts. Boilers: 2 Foster Wheeler Oil fuel: 350 tons Radius: 2,800 miles at 22 kts. (cruising speed) Complement: 200 Notes Fast frigate or light destroyer type. Both built at Ansaldo Yard, Leghorn, Italy. Photograph of Imam Bondjol in the 1958-59 edition. * 7 $ -imrniminnr IpIrhPB^ SURAPATI 1959, courtesy Ansaldo, Builders 2 “ Pattimura ” Class (Escort S/oops) PATTI MURA Name: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: Pattimur i 8 Jan. 1956 I July 1956 28 Jan. 1958 HASANUDIN Hasanudin 8 Jan. 1956 24 Mar. 1957 8 Mar. 1958 950 tons standard (1,200 tons full load) 246 (p.p.), 2704 (o.o.) X 34 X 9 feet 2—3 inch, 40 cal. AA., 2—30 mm. 70 cal. Hispano Suiza A A. (twin) 2 hedgehogs, 4 D.C.T., I D.C. track 3 Ansaldo-Fiat diesels. 3 shafts. B.H.P.: 6,900=22 kts. 100 tons 2,400 miles at 18 kts. cruising speed) I 10 Notes Small sloop or fast corvette type. Both built at Ansaldo Yard, Leghorn, Italy. PATTIMURA 1958, Indonesian Navy, Official SUBMARINES 2 Ex-U.S.S.R. “ W ” Class Guns: Tubes: MANGALA Displacement: 1,030 tons (surface); 1,180 tons ( submerged) Dimensions: 240 (o.o.)x22x 15 (max.) feet Mines: Machinery: 2—57 mm., 2—25 mm. 6—21 inch (4 forward, 2 aft). 14 torpedoes carried 40 mines or 20 torpedoes Diesel-electric. Twin screws. Diesels B.H.P.: 4,000=17 kts. (surface) Electric motors: H.P. : 2,500=15 kts. (submerged) Radius: 13,000 to 16,500 miles Complement: 60 Notes Former Soviet submarines of the medium sized, long range “ W ” class. Delivered to Indonesia by the U.S.S.R. in Aug. 1959. Corvettes, Patrol Vessels, Coastal Minesweepers, Patrol Boats—INDONESIA 187 CORVETTES 3 “ Banteng '* Class (M/nes weepers) BANTENG ( ex-Ambon, ex-Cairns, 7 Oct. 1941) PAT I UN US ( ex-Tidore, ex-Tamworth, 14 Mar. 1942) RADJAWALI ( ex-Banda, ex-Wollongong, 5 July 1941) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: 815 tons standard (1,025 tons full load) 162 (pp)., 186 (o.a.) X 31 x8Jr feet I—4 inch, I—40 mm. AA., 4—20 Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 2,000=15-5 kts. 2, of 3-drum type 170 tons 4,300 miles at 10 kts. 56 to 70 Notes All built in Australia as ocean minesweepers, Banteng and Pati Unus by Walkers, Maryborough, Hang Tuah by Evans Deakin, Brisbane, and Radjawali by Cockatoo Docks & Eng. Co. Launch dates above. Hang Tuah and Pati Unus were transferred from the Royal Netherlands Navy on 28 1955, Indonesian Navy, Official RADJAWALI Dec. 1949, Banteng and Radjawali on 6 Apr. 1950. Hang sunk by rebel planes off Balikpapan, East Borneo, on 28 Tuah (ex-Morotai, ex-Ipswich) was reported to have been Apr. 1958. PATROL VESSEL S COASTAL MINESWEEPERS 4 Ex.U S.S.R. “ Kronstadt ” Class Submarine Chasers Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Mines: Machinery: Oil fuel: Complement: 300 tons I67^X 19^x9 feet I—3-9 inch, 2—37 mm. AA., 3—20 mm. AA. Depth bomb projectors Fitted for laying Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.:=27 kts. 20 tons 40 Notes Former Soviet patrol vessels or submarine chasers of the “ Kronstadt ” type. Built in 1951-1954. Acquired from the U.S.S.R. in I960. ALU ALU 1958, Indonesian Navy, Official 5 Ex-U.S. PC Type Submarine Chasers ALU ALU (ex-U.S.S. PC 787) TENGGIRI (ex-U.S.S. PC 1183) HUI (ex-U.S.S. Malvern, PC 580) TJAKALANG (ex-U.S.S. Pierre, PC 1141) TORANI (ex-U.S.S. Manville, PC 581) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 280 tons standard (450 tons full load ) 170 (w./.), I73f (o.a.)X 23 X7£ (mean), lOf (max.) feet 1—3 inch, 1—40 mm. AA., 2—20 mm. AA., 4 D.C.T. 2 G.M. diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 2,880=20 kts. 60 tons 5,000 miles at 10 kts. 54 (4 officers, 50 men) Notes Former American submarine chasers of the steel-hulled PC type. Pierre was transferred from the U.S. Navy at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, in Oct. 1958 and renamed Tjakalang. Malvern and Manville were transferred by the U.S.A. under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program in Mar. I960 and renamed Hui and Torani, respectively, Pennant Nos. 317 and 318. Name Builders Alu Alu Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Ore. Hui Albina E. & M. Works, Portland, Ore. Tenggiri Gibbs Gas Engine Co., Jacksonville, Fla. Tjakalang Defoe S.B. Corpn., Bay City, Mich. Torani Albina E. & M. Works, Portland, Ore. Laid down 13 Jan. ’43 22 Jan. ’42 27 Oct. ’42 12 Mar. ’43 12 Feb. ’42 Launched 12 Feb. ’43 29 Apr. ’42 7 July ’43 22 June ’43 8 July ’42 Completed 13 Nov. ’43 26 Sep. ’42 7 Dec. ’43 28 Dec. ’43 9 Oct. ’42 FAST PATROL BOATS 6 New Construction DKN 901 DKN 902 DKN 903 DKN 904 DKN 905 DKN 906 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: 140 tons I28x I9x5£ feet 4—20 mm. A A. Maybach diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 3,000=24-5 kts. Notes Coastal minesweepers to be used also as patrol craft and police boats. Built in Germany in 1958-59, three by Lurssen, Vegesack and the others by Abeking & Rasmussen, Lemiverder. PALAU ROTI Indonesian Navy, Official 10 “ R ” Class (Raum-boats) PALAU RAAS PALAU RANGSANG PALAU RAU PALAU REMPANG PALAU RENGAL PALAU RINDJA Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: 139*4 tons standard I29X I8§X5 feet I—40 mm. AA., 2—20 mm. AA. 2 MAN diesels 12 cyl. (V-motor type) B.H.P.: 2,800=24 6 kts. 26 PALAU ROMA PALAU ROTI PALAU RUPAT PALAU RUSA Notes Built in Germany by Abeking & Rasmussen Yacht-und Bootswerft, Lemwerder I.O., in 1954-57. These boats have a framework of light metal covered with wood. 2 MMS “126 ft ” 1001 Type DUIVELAND (ex-MMS 1674) IJSELMONDE (ex-MMS 1026) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: 254 tons standard (360 tons full load) 126 (pp.), I39f (o.a.)x 26 X I0£ (mean), \2{ (max.) feet 2—20 mm. AA., 2 M.G. Diesel. B.H.P.: 540=10 kts. 21 Notes Former British large motor minesweepers of the MMS II type transferred from the Royal Netherlands Navy on 23 Feb. 1952. Reported to be no longer sea-going, and their continued existence is doubtful. 4 Auxiliary Type DJAMPEA DJOM3ANG ENGGANO (ex-Hino Mjru) FLORES Displacement: 175 tons Dimensions: I06f (pp.), I I3| (Flores Il4i) (o.o.) X 18} X6£ feet Machinery: I Enterprise diesel. B.H.P.: 360= 12-5 kts. Notes First three were commissioned in 1941. Flores was completed by the Japanese during the occupation of Java. First two were built at Droogdok Maatschappij, Soerabaya, and the other two at Droogdok Mij, Tandjorg Priok. Used as auxiliary minesweepers by the Royal Netherlands Navy. Enggano was re-named by Japanese. These ships were recovered after the war. 8 German-Built “ Jaguar” Type ADJAK BERUANG MADJAN KUMBANG SERIGALA ANOA MATJAN TUTUL Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: 150 tons 131 (pp.), 138 (o.o.) X 25x5 feet 2—40 mm. AA. (single) 4 Daimler-Benz diesels. 4 shafts. B.H.P.: 12,000 = 40-42 kts. 39 Notes Built to the order of the Indonesian Navy by the German yard of Fr. Lurssen, Bremen- Vegesack in 1959-60. Fast patrol boats similar to the motor torpedo boats or schenllboote of the “ Jaguar ” class in the West German Navy (Bundesmarine). The first four boats have wooden hulls, but the second four were built of steel. PATROL BOATS 6 Ex-Yugoslavian “ Kraljevica” Class Submarine Chasers BUNARD JAJAND LEMADANG DORANG KAPRAY TODAK Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: 190 tons I34*x20f X 7 feet I—3 inch, I—40 mm. AA., 4—20 mm. AA. D.C. Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 3,300=20 kts. Notes Former Yugoslavian patrol boats of the “ Kraljevica” or “ PBR 500” class. Purchased from Yugoslavia and transferred to the Indonesian Navy in 1959. 188 INDONESIA—Patrol Boats ( continued ), Seaward Defence Craft, Landing Ships Patrol Boats —continued New Acquisitions On 27 Feb. 1959 Indonesia announced she woul J acquire from the U.S.A. two minesweepers to be used as patrol craft. mm PAT 03 PAT 06 PAT 04 Dimensions Machinery: Balam BEKAKA EALAM BARAU BELATIK BENDALU Measurement Dimensions: Machinery: Notes All launched in 1953. 200 tons gross 125* (o.a.)x2l*x6* feet Werkspoor diesel engine. B.H.P.: 400-430= I I kts. Balam and others were commissioned for service in 1953. 1951, lndon 2 siai Navy, Official 25 Ex-HDML Patrol Boat T/pes 46 tons standard (54 tons full load) 72X 16x5* feet I—37 mm., 2—20 mm. Oerlikon M.G. 2 diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 300= 11 kts. 10 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: Notes All ex-Netherlands patrol boats. Built in 1943-46. Formerly British HDML type RP 109, RP III, RP 112, RP 114 and RP 118 ( ex-HDML 1451, HDML 1472, HDML 1473, HDML 1454 and HDML 1449). BETTET 44 tons standard (56 tons full load) 62 (o.o.)x 185 x 4 feet 1—20 mm. AA„ I M.G. I diesel. B.H.P.: 165=10 kts. Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: BANGO BABUT BLIBIS Measurement Dimensions: Machinery: 194 tons gross 120* (pp.), 125* ( 0 . 0 .) X 21 * X 6-h feet Werkspoor diesel engine. B.H.P.: 430 Notes Built in 1945-46. Former American Higgins type motor launches, later Netherlands RP 120, RP 121, RP 122, RP 124, RP 125, RP 127, RP 128, RP 130, RP 134 and RP 136, transferred to Indonesia in 1950. 7 “ Durian ” Class Displacement: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Complement: 54 tons I—40 mm. AA., 2—20 mm. AA, 8 D.C.T. Speed = 11 kts. 10 DAIK DAGONG DAMARA DATA DUATA DUKU DURIAN Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: 90 tons 78* x 16x6* feet Caterpillar diesel. Notes Former Netherlands motor launch RP 138, transferred by the Royal Netherlands Navy in 1950. ALKAI ALLAP ALULU AMPOK AMPIS ANDIS ANKANG ANKLOENG ANTANG AROKWES ARYAT ATTAT Displacement: 143 tons (247 tons full load) Dimensions: 124* x 18* X 5* feet Guns: I—37 mm. 4 M.G. Machinery: Enterprise Diesel engine. B.H.P.: 400-450=12 kts. Complement: 20 Notes Built in the Netherlands. Ampok and Alkai were shipped to Indonesia on 17 Mar. 1950 TELUK LANGSA, LST 868 (ex-U.S.S. Solano County, 1ST 1128) 1,653 tons standard, 2,366 beaching, 3,960 trials (4,080 tons full load) 316 (w./.), 328 (o.a.)x 50 X 14 (max.) feet 7—40 mm. AA., 2—20 mm. AA. General Motors diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,700= 11 -6 kts. 2,100 tons I 19 (accommodation for 266) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Cargo capacity: Complement: Notes Former American tank landing ship of the 51 l-l 152 series. Transferred to Indonesia by the United States under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program at Seattle, Washington, on 31 Mar. I960. (Indonesia announced that she was to acquire this ship from the United States on 27 Feb. 1959.) AMAHAI (ex-T ropenvogel, LCI 467) BARUNA (ex-Jjsvogel, LCI 948) MARICH ( ex-Zeemeeuw) NAM LEA ( ex-Stormvogel, LCI 588) PIRU ( ex-Zeearend, LCI 420) BHAYAMKARA 1954, Korody Marine Corporation 250 tons standard (381 tons full load) 158X23X7 feet 1—37 mm., 2 Vickers M.G. G.M. (Super High Speed Diesel). B.H.P. 60 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: BHAYAMKARA/ BHAYAMKARA II BHAYAMKARA III Displacement: 116 tons (trials), (148 tons full load) Dimensions: 107* (w./.), IlOf (o.a.)X 17X6* feet Machinery: Diesel: B.H.P.: 800= 15-5 kts. Notes Former United States submarine chasers of the NO ft. SC type. Refitted Dy Korody Marine Corporation. Operated by the Indonesian Marine Police. Notes Former United States infantry landing craft. Turned over from the Netherlands East Indies Government on the formation of the Indonesian Navy in 1950. Photograph in the 1951-52 to 1957-58 editions. Auxiliaries—IN DO N ESI A 189 BURDJAMHAL 1954 courtesy P. Bronsveld DEWARUTJI 1954, Skyfotos DEWARUTJI BURDJAMHAL Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Complement: Notes Training ship for Indonesian Navy, built in Germany by H. C. Stulcken & Sohn, Hamburg Launched on 24 Jan. 1953. Completed on 9 July 1953. Barquentine of iron construction. Sail area 1305 sq. yds. (1091 sq. metres). Speed with sails 12-8 kts. 810 tons standard (1,500 tons full load) 19li (o.o.), I36£ (pp.)x3l£x I3| feet MAN diesel engine. B.H.P.: 690=10-5 kts. I 10 (32 + 78 midshipmen) Displacement: 1,200 tons Dimensions: 21 If (o.o.), 192 (pp.)x33£x 10 feet Machinery: 2 Werkspoor diesel engines. B.H.P. Complement: 90 Notes Built by Scheepswerf De Waal, Zaltbomme. Launched on 6 Se 6 July 1953. MERBABU ( ex-Merbaboe ) Displacement Dimensions: Machinery: Complement: 80 tons 7Ah X 14^X5 feet Diesel. B.H.P.: 135 20 DIAMPEA Measurement: 113 tons gross Dimensions: I30|x I8£ x6£ feet Machinery: Diesel B.H.P.: 360= 10 kts. Complement: 10 Notes Launched in 1940. Reported to have been renamed. SAMUDERA BISCAYA CASA BLANCA Measurement: 750 tons Dimensions: I68x27fx7f feet Notes Dual purpose troopships and cargo ships. I Modified “ Bango ” Type (Laboratory Ship) SAMUDERA Measurement: 200 tons gross Dimensions: I25£x2l£x9| feet Machinery: Werkspoor diesel engine. B.H.P.: 450 Notes Built by Ferus Smit, Foxol. Launched on 28 May 1952. Completed on 28 Aug. 1952. Same type as " Bango ” class motor patrol vessels, equipped as a laboratory ship. Used for deep sea explorac : on in Indonesian waters. Notes Former Russian tankers transferred to the Indonesian Navy in June 1958. TJEPU (ex-Scondus, ex-Nordhem) 1,372 tons 1,042 tons gross 226j X 34 X I4| feet Polard diesel. I shaft. B.H.P Displacement: Measurement: Dimensions: Machinery: Notes Built in Sweden in 1949. TRITON (ex-/V1atsunoura Maru ) Measurement: 383 tons gross Dimensions: 182? X 30 X I :> feet Machinery: Reciprocating. I.H.P.: 700 Notes Former Japanese vessel. Launched in 1941. Reported to have been renamed BIDUK 1953, courtesy P. Bronsveld BIDUK Displacement: 1,250 tons standard ,% y, f Dimensions: 213± (o.a. ix39£ X ll£ feet If Machinery: I Triple expansion engine. I.H.P.: 1,600 = Complement: 66 Notes Lighthouse Tender Cable Layer and multi-purpose, naval auxiliary. Smit, Kinderijk. Launched on 30 Oct. 1951. Completed on 30 July 1952. Measurement: 610 tons gross Machinery: Speed =7-5 kts. Notes Launched in 1940. Reported to have been giveri a new Indonesian name. 190 IRAN—Frigates, Coastal Minesweeping, Patrol Boats IRAN (PERSIA) FRIGATE I Ex-British “ Loch ” Type BABR (ex-H.M.S. Derby Haven, ex-Loch Assynt) Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Ltd., Wallsend- on T/ne II Feb. 1944 14 Dec. 1944 2 Aug. 1945 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: Notes Modified “ Loch ” Britain in 1949. “ Babr 1,653 tons standard (2,160 tons full load) 309x38^x0| (mean), 14? (max.) 2—4 inch, 4—40 mm. AA. Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 5,500— 19-5 kts. 2 Admiralty 3-drum type 725 tons 9,500 miles at 12 kts. 140 class frigate acquired from Great ” means “ Panther.” BABR Imperial Iranian Navy, Official CORVETTE I Ex-British “ Algerine ” Type Escort Minesweeper PALANG (ex-H.M.S. Fly) Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Lobnitz & Co., Ltd., Renfrew 6 Oct. 1941 I June 1942 20 Oct. 1942 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 1,040 tons standard (1,235 tons full load) 225 (o.a.) X 35? X 13 feet 2—4 inch, 4—40 mm. AA. 2 D.C.T. Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 2,000=16-5 kts. 2, of 3-drum type 270 tons 5,000 miles at 10 kts. 85 Notes Former ” Algerine ” class ocean minesweeper and escort vessel acquired from Great Britain in 1949. ” Palang ” means " Tiger.” PALANG 1957 Imperial Iranian Navy, Official COASTAL MINESWEEPERS SEAWARD DEFENCE CRAFT 2 Ex-U.S. “Bluebird” Class, MSC Type SHAHBAZ (ex-U.S.S. MSC 275) SHAHROKH (ex-U.S.S. MSC 276) Displacement: 320 tons light (370 tons full load) Dimensions: 138 (pp.), 144 (o.a.) X 28 X 8^ feet Guns: 2—20 mm. Machinery: 2 General Motors diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 880=13 kts. Oil fuel: 25 tons Radius: 2,500 miles at 10 kts. Complement: 40 (4 officers, 2 midshipmen, 34 men) Notes Coastal motor minesweepers of wooden construction. Both built by Bellingham Ship¬ yards Co. Shahbaz was launched on 22 Nov. 1958. Both transferred from the U.S.A. to Iran under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program at Seattle, Wash., Shahbaz on 9 Sep. 1959 and Shahrokh on 16 Nov. 1959. “Shahbaz” means Eagle and “ Shahrokh ” means Bird of Prey. Light minesweepers from the U.S.A. are being delivered under a phased 1960 programme. PATROL BOATS KEYVAN KEY VAN 1957, Official 2 Ex-U.S. Coast Guard Type TIRAN Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Radius: Complement: 80 tons standard (107 tons full load) 90 (pp.), 95 (o.a.) X 20* X6f (max.) feet I—40 mm AA. 8 —7-2 inch rockets 8—300 lb. depth charges 4,600 H.P. Cummins diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 2,200 = 19 -8 to 21 kts. (max.) 1,500 miles cruising range 15 Notes Keyvan was built in the United States in 1955. She was delivered to Iran on 14 Jan. 1956. For service in the Caspian Sea. Pennant No. MDA I. Tiran was built by the U.S. Coast Guard at Curtis Bay, Maryland, and transferred to Iran early in 1957 under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program. Fitted with air-conditioning equipment. ASALON 2 Ex-British HDML Type ASALON (ex-SML 323, ex-/V1L 1081) TAHMADOU FDB Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: 65 (ex-FDB 58, ex-SDML 1389) 46 tons standard (58 tons full load) 72X 16X5 feet 8 M.G. Diesel. B.H.P.: 320= 12 kts. 10 1957, Official No es Former British motor launches of the harbour (seaward) defence type. SMt 323 (last employed on survey duties) was transferred from the British Navy to the Iranian Navy at Khorramshahr on 21 June i956. Employed as despatch boats. MOTOR LAUNCHES 3 “Babolsar” Class BABOLSAR GORGAN SEFI DROUDE Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Nctes Built in 1935 by Cant. Nav. 28 to 32 tons 68 ? X I2?x5? feet 1—47 mm. (Skoda), I M.G. 2 Krupp diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 300=» 14 kts. Riuniti, Palermo, Italy. Employed in the Caspian Sea. 6 “ Mah ” Class MAHNAVI-HAMRAZ MAH >1 aVI-VAHEDI MAHNAVI-TAHERI MA^DjAN Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: 10 tons 40 x I I x 3? feet M.G. 2 G.M. diesels MORVARID SADAF IRAN (continued), IRAQ 191 GUNBOATS COAST GUARD CUTTERS 2 Ex-U.S. LSIL Type HENGAM (ex-French LSIL 9037, ex-U.S.S. LSIL 768) Ex-U.S.S. LSIL 710 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: 209*2 tons light (387 tons full load ) 153 (w./.)t 159 (o.a.)X 23f X5f (max.) feet 4—20 mm. A A. General Motors diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 2,320=14-4 kts. 40 Notes Former American Landing Ships, Infantry, Large, built in 1944. LSIL 768 was ceded to France in 1953 by the United States for service in Indo-China, given back to the U.S.A in 1957 and then transferred to Iran under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program. LSIL 710 was loanef to 'ran b/ the Uni.eJ States in I ?59 IMPERIAL YACHT CHAHSAVAR CHAHSAVAR 1958, Imperial Iranian Navy, Official Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Notes Built by N.V. Boele’s Sea. 530 tons 176! X 25! X 10! feet 2 Sets Diesels by Gebr. Stork of Hengelo. B.H.P.: 1,300= 15 kts. Scheepwerven, Bolnes, Netherlands. Launched in 1936. In Caspian OILER HORMUZ Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Oil fuel: I Italian Type 1,250 tons standard (1,700 tons full load) 171! (w./.), 178! (o.o.) X 32! X 14 feet I Ansaldo Q 370, 4-cycle diesel 25 tons Notes Built by Cantiere Castellamare di Stabia. Cargo oil capacity 5,000 to 6,000 barrels. Pennant No. YO 247. Photograph in the 1957-58, 1958-59 and 1959-60 editions. AZAR. 1955, Imperial Iranian Navy, Official 9 Spezia Type AZAR DARAKHSH PEYKAN TONDAR CHAHAB NAVAK TONDBAD TOUFAN Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Notes 65 tons standard (90 tons full load) 90X 16X9 feet M.G. 2 diesels. Speed =22 kts. TOUSAN Built by Cant. Nav. I.N.M.A., La Spezia. Removed from the Navy List in 1958 and transferred to the Coast Guard. 2 Ex-MTBs Note The two ex-air/sea rescue craft (ex-motor torpedo boats) were handed over to the Coast Guard in 1953. TENDER I Ex-MFV SIRRY (ex-MFV 1513) Length: 90 feet Notes Purchased from Great Britain in 1949. Rated as a “ Fire Extinguishing Boat ”. TUG YADAK BAR ( ex-Neyrou) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Note Built by Cant. Nav. 226 tons 81 (pp.), 38! (o.a.)x 22 x 10 feet 2 M.G. Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 600= I I kts. Riunici. Ancona. Launched on 9 Dec. 1944. In Persian Gulf. IRAQ MOTOR TORPEDO BOATS LIGHTHOUSE TENDER 10 Ex-U.S.S.R. Type Displacement: 50 tons Dimensions: 82x20x6 feet Guns: 4 — 13 mm. AA. M.G. Tubes: 2—21 inch Machinery: Speed = 40 kts. Notes Presented by the U.S.S.R. Some were received in 1959, and more are expected to be delivered. FAISAL 1 (ex-Sans Peur, ex-Restless) Displacement: 1,025 tons Dimensions: 186X29!X 14! feet Machinery: Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P. : 850=13 kts. Boiler: 1 oil-fired Notes Former Royal yacht. Designed by Messrs. G. L. Watson Ltd. Built by John Brown & Co. Ltd., Clydebank. Launched in 1923. Photograph in the 1937 to 1959-60 editions. PATROL BOATS PRESIDENTIAL YACHT . i wm \ j A JSi )L i5fc 4 f |Ta m ! ; ^ H . No. 1 courtesy John 1. ^Thornycroft & Co. Ltd. Southampton, Builders 4 Thornycroft Type No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 Displacement: 67 tons Dimensions: 100X 17x3 feet (mean) Guns: 1 — 3-7 inch howitzer, 2 — 3 inch mortars, 4 M.G. Machinery: 2 Thornycroft 6-cyl. diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 280= 12 kts. Notes Protected by bullet-proof plating. All built by John 1. Thornycroft & Co. Ltd., Woolston, Southampton, and launched in 1937. The first boat was launched on 16 Apr. 1937. All were completed and delivered by the summer of 1937. New Construction Eight patrol boats of 36 feet in length with a diesel of 125 B.H.P. and four 21 ft. pilot despatch launches with a diesel of 40 B.H.P. are under construction by John 1. Thornycroft & Co. for the Iraqi Ports Administration. AL THAWRA 1958, Captain Aldo Fraccaroli AL THAWRA (ex-Melike Aliye) Displacement: 746 tons Machinery: Diesels. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 1,800= 14 kts. Note This ship was acquired for use as the Royal Yacht before the assassination of King Faisal II in 1958, after which she was renamed Al Thawra (The Revolution) instead of Me/ike Aliye (Queen Aliyah). TUG ALARM (ex-Sf. Ewe) Displacement: 570 tons standard (820 tons full load ) Dimensions: 135 X 30X 14! feet Machinery: Triple expansion. 1 shaft. I.H.P.: 1,200=12 kts. Boilers: 2 oil-fired Notes Former British “ Rescue ” type tug of the “ Saint ” class. Built by Murdock & Murray. Launched in 1919. 192 ISRAEL—Destroyers, Frigates ISRAEL DESTROYERS 2 Ex-British “Z” Class ELATH (ex-H.M.S. Zealous) Name: Elath Pennant No.: -40 Builders: Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd., Birkenhead Laid down: 5 May 1942 Launched: 23 Feb. 1944 Completed: 9 Oct. 1944 YAFFO (ex-H.M.S. Zodiac) Yaffo 42 John I. Thornycrcft & Co. Ltd., Southampton 7 Nov. 1942 II Mar. 1944 25 Oct. 1944 Displacement: 1,710 tons standard (2,555 tons full load) Dimensions: 362? (o.a.)X 35fxl6 (max.) feet Guns: 4—4-5 inch d.p., 6—40 mm. AA. Tubes: 8—21 inch A/S weapons: 4 D.C.T. Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. S.H.P.: 40,000=36-75 kts. Boilers: 2 Admiralty 3-drum type Oil fuel: 580 tons Radius: 2,800 miles at 20 kts. Complement: 250 Notes Purchased from Great Britain. Transferred to Israel on 15 July 1955 in Cardiff Docks. Refitted before going to Israel in 1956, Elath b/ Harland & Wolff in Langton Dock, Liverpool, Yaffo by Crichtons in Trafalgar Dock, Liverpool. FRIGATES I Ex-Egyptian “Hunt” Class HAIFA ( ex-Ibrahim el Awal, ex-Mohamed AH el Kebir, ex-Mendip, ex-Lin Fu, ex-Mendip) Pennant No. Builders: Engineers: Laid down: Launched: Completed: 38 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richard¬ son, Ltd., Wallsend-on-Tyne The Wallsend Slipway & Engineer¬ ing Co. Ltd., Walisend 10 Aug. 1939 9 Apr. 1940 12 Oct. 1940 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: Notes 1,000 tons standard (1,490 tons full load) 273? (pp.), 280 (o.a.)x 20x7} (mean), 14 (max.) feet 4—4 inch, 2—20 mm. AA. Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 19,000=27-5 kts. 2, of three-drum type 280 tons 3,000 miles at 14 kts. 250 Originally an escort destroyer, subsequently reclassified as an anti-aircraft frigate, of the British “ Hunt ” Class, Type I. 1959, Israeli Navy, Official HAIFA This ship, first named Mendip. served with the British Navy from Oct. 1940 until May 1948 when she was transferred to the Chinese Navy and renamed Lin Fu. She was returned to the British Navy at Hong Kong a year later and reverted to the name Mendip, but was transferred to the Eg/ptian Navy in Nov. 1949 and was first renamed Mohamed AH el Kebir but was again renamed Ibrahim el Awil in 1951. She was captured from Eg/pt off Haifa by Israeli forces on 31 Oct. 1956 and renamed Haifa. She was commissioned for service in the Israeli Navy in Jan. 1957. I Ex-Canadian “River” Class MISGAV (ex-H.M.C.S. Strathadam) Pennant No. : 30 Q Builders: Yarrows Ltd., Esquimalt, B.C. Launched: 20 Mar. 1944 Completed: 29 Sep. 1944 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 1,445 tons standard (2,360 tons full load) 30l^x36ix 12 feet 3—4-7 inch (120 mm.) 40 cal., 8—20 mm. AA., 70 cal. of Italian origin 6 D.C.T. Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 5,500=20 kts. 2 Admiralty three-drum type 440 tons 9,500 miles at 10 kts. 200 Notes Canadian “ River” type. An additional 4-7 inch gun was mounted in 1956. Sister ships Misnak (ex-H.M.C.S. Hallowell) and Mivtakh (ex-H.M.C.S. Violetta) were sold to the Royal Ceylon Navy in Aug. 1959. ■■■ MISGAV Added I960 Submarines, Patrol Vessel, Motor Torpedo Boats—ISRAEL 193 SUBMARINES 2 Ex-British “S” Class RAHAV (ex-H.M.S. Sangu/ne) TANIN (ex-H.M.S. Springer) Name: Rahav Tanin Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Cammell Laird & Co. Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd., Birkenhead 10 Jan. 1944 15 Feb. 1945 13 May 1945 Ltd., Birkenhead 8 May 1944 14 May 1945 2 Aug. 1945 Displacement: 715 tons standard, 814 tons surface, 1,000 tons submerged Dimensions: 202} (pp.), 217 (o.a.)x 23^x101 (mean) feet Guns: 1—3 inch Tubes: 6—21 inch Machinery: Diesels. B.H.P.: 1,900=14-7 kts. surface Electric motors. H.P.: 1,300=9 kts. submerged Oil fuel: 44 to 87 tons Complement: 40 to 44 officers and men Notes Former British submarines of the “ S ” class purchased by Israel in Oct. 1958 and refitted in Great Britain before delivery to Israel in May I960 (Rahav) and Dec. 1959 (Tanin). They are reported to be very handy craft, capable of making a “ crash dive ” in 30 seconds, and both are fitted with “ Snort ” mast and sonar domes. RAHAV (wearing Israeli colours) I960, Wright & Logan TANIN 1959, Wright & Logan PATROL VESSEL Motor Torpedo Boats —continued NOGAH 1955, Israeli Navy, Official I Ex-U.S. PC Type NOGAH (ex-PC 16) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Oil fuel: Radius: Machinery: Complement: 295 tons standard (450 tons full load) 170 (pp.), I73f (o.a.)X23x7} (mean), 10 (max.) feet I—3 inch, 2—20 mm. AA. 4 D.C T. 60 tons 5,000 miles at 9 kts. 2 diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,764= 18 kts. 70 Notes Former United States patrol vessel (submarine chaser) of the steel hulled PC type. MOTOR TORPEDO BOATS OPHIR Baglietto Type 1957, Giorgio Arra OPHIR SHVA TARSHISH Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Torpedoes: Machinery 40 tons 70 X 17x5 feet 1— 40 mm. AA., 2—20 mm. AA. 2— 17-7 inch Diesels. Speed 40 kts. Notes Motor Torpedo Boats/Gunboats built for the Israeli Navy by Cantieri Baglietto, Varazze, Italy, In 1956-57. T 207 1953, courtesy Builders Meulan Type AYAH BAZ DAYA PERESS NETS TAHMASS Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Torpedoes: Machinery: Radius: Complement: 62 tons standard 85} (o.a.)X 20f X5 feet 1— 40 mm., 4—20 mm. AA. 2— 17-7 inch 4 Arsenal Marine Petrol Engines. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 4,600=42 kts. 600 miles at 29 kts. 14(1 officer, 13 men) Notes Built by Chantiers de Meulan, France. Launched in 1950-52. Pennant numbers: T 200, 202, 203, 206, 207, 208. Photograph of T 208 in the 1953-54 to 1957-58 editions. Vosper Type LILITT SHALDAGG TINSHEMETT Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: Radius: Complement: 43 tons standard 70 X 19x5 feet 1— 40 mm., 2—20 mm. AA. 2— 18 inch 3 Packard engines. B.H.P.: 4,050=40 kts. 600 miles at 15 kts. 16 Notes Motor torpedo boats purchased in Great Britain. Built by Vosoer, Ltd., Portsmouth, England, in 1942. Pennant Numbers: T 209, T 210, and T 212. N 194 ISRAEL—Motor Launches, Patrol Boats, Depot Ship, Landing Craft COAST GUARD CUTTERS 1958, Israeli Navy, Official Yarkon Echad Type YARDEN YARKON ECHAD Displacement: 96 tons standard (109 tons full load) Dimensions: 100x20x6 feet Machinery: Diesels. 2 shafts. Speed 22 kts. Complement: 16 2,150 tons 2I6*X39X 17 feet I—3 inch, 4—20 mm. AA. Diesel. B.H.P.: 1,200=11 kts. 70 Coastguard cutters. Yarkon was built by Yacht & Bootswerft, Burmester Burg, Germany, and launched on 25 July 1956. Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: MOTOR LAUNCH Notes Ex-U.S. Coast Guard Cutter of the sloop type, of exceptionally strong construction with icebreaker bows specially built for the Bering Sea. Built by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. in 1927. Was formerly employed by the Israeli Navy as a training ship. MATZPEN Added 1959, Israeli Navy, Official MATZPEN ( ex-Ealath , ex-U.S.C.G.C. Northland) LANDING CRAFT Ex-British Fairmile “ B ” ML Type HAPORTZIM (ex-M 17) Displacement: 65 tons standard (86 tons full load) Dimensions: II2X 18^x5 feet Guns: 3—20 mm. AA. Machinery: Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,200=19 kts. Complement: 16 Notes Former British Fairmile “ B ” type motor launch. Built in Great Britain in 1943. LCT (6) Type LCT Displacement: 143 tons standard (309 tons full load) Dimensions: 120x33x4 feet Machinery: 3 diesels. B.H.P.: 675=10 kts. Notes Reported to be a mixed flotilla of ex-American tank landing craft, including ex-U.S.S. 640 and ex-U.S.S. 673, and ex-British vessels of the LCT (6) type. LCM Type Displacement: 22 tons standard (60 tons full load) Dimensions: 50X 14X3£ feet Machinery 2 diesels. B.H.P.: 450=11 kts. Notes Former American vessels of the Landing Craft Mechanised type. 3 Ex-British HDML Type DROR (ex-M 21) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Complement: SAAR (ex-M 35) 46 tons standard (54 tons full load) 72 (o.a.)X 16 X5^ feet I—40 mm., I—20 mm. AA., 8 D.C. 8 D.C. 2 diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 320=12 kts. 12 Former British harbour (seaward) defence motor launches. Built in Great Britain in 1943. tes Former American vessels of the Landing Craft Infantry type. 1956, Israeli Navy, Official TIRTSA 1955, Israeli Navy, Official HAPORTZIM LC I type 1954, Israeli Navy, Official LCI Type Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: 230 tons standard (387 tons full load) 159X23X51 feet 2 diesels. B.H.P.: 1,320=14-4 kts. Administration, Silhouettes—ITALY 195 ITALY Administration Chief of Naval Staff: Ammiraglio di Squadra Corso Pecori Giraldi. Deputy Chief of Naval Staff: Ammiraglio di Squadra Ernesto Giuriati. Commander-in-Chief Naval Forces: Ammiraglio di Squadra Francesco Mimbelli. Naval Attache in London: Capt. Emanuele Filiberto Perucca Orfei, It. N. New Construction Programmes 1959-60: A third guided missile escort cruiser of the “ Doria ” class 2 frigates of improved “ Centauro ” type 4 corvettes of improved “ Airone ” type 2 submarines of “ Bagnolini ” type A nuclear powered submarine 4 mortar gun/torpedo boats 1958-59: I guided missile destroyer of “ Intre- pido ” type 5 motor torpedo boats 1957-58: The second part of the new construc¬ tion programme includes two light cruisers of the “ Doria ” type which will be armed with guided missiles. 1956-57: I guided missile destroyer of “ Intrepido ” type 4 frigates of “ Bergamini ” type Personnel I960: 41,000 officers and ratings Mercantile Marine Lloyd’s Register of Shipping: 1,325 vessels of 5,118,764 tons gross Silhouettes Scale: 150 ft. = I inch ARTIGLIERE v jJ Mi. AIRONE Class GRECALE LIBRA, SAGITTARIO DAINO Class 196 ITALY—Cruisers GUIDED MISSILE LIGHT CRUISER (CLG) I Converted “ Garibaldi ” Class GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI Pennant No.: C 551 Builders: C. R. dell’ Adriatico Laid down: Dec. 1933 Launched: 21 Apr. 1936 Completed: Dec. 1937 Converted: 1957-1960 Displacement: 9,802 tons standard (11,600 tons full load) Length: 593 (w./.), 613* (o.a.) feet Beam: 61 f feet Draught: 17 (mean), 29 (max.) feet Dimensions: Guns: 4—5-3 inch, 45 cal. d.p. 8—3 inch, 62 cal. AA. (see Gunnery Notes) “ Terrier ” battery aft. 1 launcher for surface-to-air weapons (twin mounting) Guided missiles: Armour: 4±" belt, 2£" deck, 4" turrets, 5" conning tower Aircraft: Helicopters Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts S.H.P.: 85,000 = 30 kts. Boilers: 6 of 3-drum type Oil fuel: 1,700 tons Radius: 4,500 miles at 20 kts. Complement: 650 General Notes Originally similar to Luigi di Savoia Duca degli Abruzzi, but she is undergoing conversion into a guided missile cruiser. The appearance of the ship has been completely altered with a single large trunked funnel and lattice masts. She is expected to be commissioned for operational service in 1961 or 1962. Gunnery Notes The new armament will include four 5-3 inch dual purpose guns of a new fully automatic model disposed in two twin turrets forward, and an anti-aircraft battery of eight 3-inch fully automatic weapons, also of a new pattern, built by O.T.O. La Spezia, disposed in single turrets, four on each side amidships abreast the funnel and the bridge, with a rate of fire of 70 rounds per minute. Electrical Notes The electronic and electrical equipment will be of a new pattern. The generating plant will develop power at 44C volts at 60 cycles per second. This will be the prototype installation for the Italian Navy Notes to Drawing Port elevation and plan. Scale: 128 feet = I inch. (A larger official artist’s starboard elevation drawing appears in the 1958-59 and 1959-60 editions.) Engineering Notes On her original trials this ship developed 104,030 S.H.P. and attained a speed of 33 -6 kts. During her reconstructicr her machinery has been entirely renewed. LIGHT CRUISER (CL) I “ Garibaldi 99 Class LUIGI DI SAVOIA DUCA DEGLI ABRUZZI Pennant No.: C 550 Builders: Odero-Terni-Orlando Laid down: June 1934 Launched: 21 Apr. 1936 Completed: June 1937 Displacement: 9,959 tons standard (11,776 tons full load) Dimensions: Length: 593 (w.l.), 6l3f (o.a.) feet. Beam: 61 f feet. Draught: 17 feet (mean), 29 feet (max.) Guns: 10—6 inch, 55 cal., A —3-9 inch, 47 cal., 2 A —40 mm. 56 cal. Bofors AA. Armour: 1 j" vertical side, 2±" deck, 4" turrets, 5" C.T. Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. 85,000=29 kts. actual sea speed Boilers: 6 of 3-drum type Oil fuel: 1,680 tons Radius: 3,455 miles at 20 kts. Complement: General Notes 600 This ship represents the ultimate expansion of the original “ Condottieri ” design. She was equipped for minelaying. She is expected to be disposed of in the near future. Origi¬ nally the sister ship of Giuseppe Garibaldi (see above). Reconstruction Notes This cruiser was rebuilt under the new five-year naval pro¬ gramme. She now has a very different conning tower with small tripod mast and radar aerials, mainmast shortened to the top on which are radar sets one of which has large anten¬ nae similar to American type. The ship completed 27 months refit at La Spezia Navy^Yard in June 1953. Engineering Notes The maximum speed is now not more than 29 kts. Notes to Drawing Port elevation and plan. Scale: 128 feet=l inch. The 40 mm. guns abreast the funnels are actually twin and not quadruple mountings. RAIMONDO MONT ECUCCO LI 1957, Italian Navy, Official I 44 Condottieri ” Class RAIMONDO MONTECUCCOLI Pennant No: C 552 Builde-s: Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente Laid down: Oct. 1931 Launched: 2 Aug. 1934 Completed: July 1935 Displacement: 7,675 tons standard (8,955 tons full load ) Dimensions: Length: 575* (pp.), 577 (w./.), 597* (o.a.) feet. Beam: 54* feet. Draught: 14* feet (mean) 29 feet, (max.) Guns: 6—6 inch, 53 cal., 4—3-9 inch, 47 cal. AA., 8—40 mm., 56 cal. AA., 4—20 mm. 70 cal. AA. Mines: 80. Can carry 66 to 112 according to size and type Armour: Thin plating only on turrets and decks but side armour decidedly thicker at waterline Machinery: Belluzzo geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 75,000=29 kts. (see notes) Boilers: 4 Yarrow, of 3-drum type (2 of original 6 boilers removed) Oil fuel: 1,180 tons Radius: 2,800 miles at 20 kts. Complement: 522 General Notes Raimondo Montecuccoli was begun under the 1930 Pro¬ gramme, but construction was held up pending alterations to plans. Equipped for minelaying. Used as training ship for midshipmen since the summer of 1949. Torpedo Notes Her original 4—21 inch torpedo tubes have been removed. Engineering Notes On her initial trials she made 39-5 kts. without stores or ammunition on board. Her original rating was 106,000 S.H P. when she had six boilers, but two of these were removed when she was converted. Gunnery Notes After conversion she retains only six of her original 8—6 inch guns and only 4 of her 3-9 inch guns. “ B ” turret, and “Q” 3-9 inch centre line mounting were removed, Now has an AA. radar set on mainmast and 8—40 mm. Bofors AA. guns added. Notes to Drawing Port elevation and plan. Scale: 128 feet=l inch. 1959, Italian Navy, Official SAN GIORGIO 2 “ San Giorgio ” Class (officially rated as Cacciatorpediniere Conduttori) SAN GIORGIO (ex-Pompeo Magno SAN MARCO ( ex-Giulio Germanico) Name: San Giorgio San Marco Pennant No.: D 562 D 563 Builders: Cantieri N. Riuniti, Navalmeccanica Ancona Castellammare di Stabia Laid down: 23 Sep. 1939 II May 1940 Launched: 28 Aug. 1941 20 July 1941 Completed: 24 June 1943 19 Jan. 1956 Displacement: 3,950 tons standard (5,600 tons full load) revised figures Dimensions: 455* (w.f.), 466* (o.a.) X 47* X 13* (mean), 16* (max.) feet Guns: 6—5 inch, 38 cal.; 20—40 mm., 56 cal. AA. A/S weapons: 1 three-barrelled A/S automatic mortar forward, 4 D.C.T., 1 D.C. rack Machinery: Geared steam turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 100,000=38 kts. Sea speed 36 kts. Boilers: 4 of 3-drum type Oil fuel: 1,400 tons Radius: 3,000 miles at 25 kts. Complement: 430 General Notes These two vessels were originally built as light cruisers of the Roman Captains (Capitani Romani ) class. Giulio Germanico was sunk by the Germans in Sep. 1943 before completion, refloated in 1947. Both ships converted into fleet destroyers by Cantieri del Tirreno Genova, and Naval¬ meccanica Castellammare di Stabia. Conversion completed in the autumn of 1955. San Giorgio recommissioned I July 1955, San Marco 20 Feb. 1956. Re-rated as Esploratori (scouts) in 1957, and as Cacciatorpediniere Conduttori (leaders) in 1958. Engineering Notes During sea trials in 1955 these ships reached 39 and 41 knots, respectively. Class Notes Sister ships of Chateaurenault (ex-Attilio Regolo) and Guichen ( ex-Scipione Africano) converted into Escorteurs d’Escadre (squadron escorts) for the French Navy. Doria ” Class (revised official drawing) 1959, Italian Navy, Official 3 New Construction. “Doria” Class (officially rated as Incrociatori di Scorta) ANDREA DORIA CAIO DUILIO ENRICO DANDOLO Displacement: 6,000 tons ( standard ) Dimensions: Length: 472£ (pp.), 483£ ( o.a .) feet. Beam: 56£ feet. Draught: 16 feet Guns: 8—3 inch, 62 cal. AA. (see Gunnery Notes) Guided missiles: “ Terrier ” battery forward. I launcher (twin mounting) Aircraft: 3 heavy A/S helicopters Machinery: Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 60,000 = 30 kts. (designed speed) Boilers: 4 Foster-Wheeler Complement: 450 General Notes Escort cruisers or destroyer leaders of an entirely new de¬ sign, extraordinarily beamy in relation to their length. Andrea Doria was laid down on 11 May 1958 byCantieri del Tirreno, Riva Trigoso, and Caio Duilio was laid down on 16 May 1958 by Navalmeccanica, Castellammare di Stabia. Enrico Dandolo will be laid down under the 1959-60 new construction programme. Gunnery Notes The anti-aircraft battery will include eight 3-inch fully automatic weapons of a new pattern, disposed in single turrets, four on each side amidships abreast the funnels and the bridge. They have a rate of fire of 70 rounds per minute. Helicopter Notes Helicopters operate from a large platform aft measuring 98* feet by 52£ feet (30 X 16 metres). GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYERS (DDG) 1959, Italian Navy, Official Machinery: Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P. 70,000=35 kts. Boilers: 4 Complement: 344 Notes The armament includes the new Italian designed and built single-barrelled A/S howitzer and missiles aft. Otherwise these ships are basically similar to the “ Impetuoso ” type of which they are later versions; but the machinery will be of a different type. Will probably be classed as Caccia - torpediniere Conduttori (leaders) on completion. “ Intrepido ” Class (revised official drawing) 2 “Intrepido” Class (New Construction) MPAVIDO INTREPIDO Displacement Dimensions: Guns: 3,201 tons standard (3,941 tons full load) revised figures 429^ x 44| X 14f feet 2—5 inch, 38 cal. AA. (forward); 4—3 inch, 62 cal. AA. Single mounting for “ Tartar" surface-to-air weapons (aft) 1 or 2 A/S helicopters 2 triple 21 inch, for A/S torpedoes 4 depth charge throwers Guided missiles: Name: Pennant No. Ordered: Laid down: Intrepido D 561 1959 16 May Aircraft: Tubes: A/S Weapons 1959, Italian Navy t Official IMPETUOSO 2 ” Impetuoso ” Class (officially rated as Cacciatorpediniere) IMPETUOSO INDOMITO Name: Impetuoso Indomito Pennant No.: D 558 D 559 Builders: Cantieri del Tirreno, Ansaldo, Leghorn Riva Trigoso (formerly O.T.O. Yard) Ordered: Nov. 1950 Nov. 1950 Laid down: 7 May 1952 24 Apr. 1952 Launched: 16 Sep. 1956 7 Aug. 1955 Completed: 25 |an. 1958 23 Feb. 1958 Displacement: 2,775 tons standard (3,800 tons full load) Dimensions: 418f (o.a.), 404f (pp.) X 43* X 15± feet Guns: 4—5 inch, 38 cal. AA., 16—40 mm., 56 cal. Bofors AA. Tubes: 2—21 inch A/S type A/S weapons: Triple long range A/S weapon for¬ ward. 4 depth charge throwers aft. Machinery: Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 60,000=34 kts. (see Engineering Notes) Boilers: 4 Foster-Wheeler Complement: 350 General Notes Italy’s first destroyers to be constructed since the Second World War. Special anti-submarine and heavy anti-aircraft armament. Officially rated as Cacciatorpediniere or torpedo boat destroyers. Engineering Notes On their sea trials these ships attained a speed of 35 kts. at full load (war displacement). A/S Weapon Notes The triple long range A/S weapon has a range o fmore than 1,600 yards. Destroyers ( continued )— ITALY 199 Destroyers —continued 2 Ex-U.S. DD Type. “ Artigliere 99 Class (officially rated as Cacciatorpediniere) ARTIGLIERE (ex-U.S.S. Woodworth, DD 460) Displacement: 1,620 tons standard (2,575 tons full load) Dimensions: 348* (o.a)X 35* X 18 (max.) feet Guns: 4—5 inch, 38 cal., 12—40mm. 56 cal., 6—20 mm., 70 cal. A/S weapons: 4 D.C. throwers, 2 D.C. racks Machinery: Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 50,000 = 36-5 kts. designed (sea speed 31 kts.) Boilers: 4 high pressure Oil fuel: 600 tons Radius: 6,000 miles at 12 kts. Complement: 200 (peace), 250 (war) Notes Formerly of United States “ Mayo ” class destroyers (DD). ARTIGLIERE 1959, Giorgio Arra AVI ERE I960, Giorgio Arra AVIERE (ex-U.S.S. Nicholson, DD 442) Displacement: 1,700 tons standard (2,580 tons full load) Dimensions: 341 (w./.),348* (o.a.) X 36 X 10 (light), 18 (max.) feet Guns: 4—5 inch, 38 cal, 12—40 mm. Bofors, 6—20 mm. Oerlikon A/S weapons: 4 D.C. throwers, 2 D.C. racks Machinery: General Electric geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 50,000=37-4 kts. designed (sea speed 31 kts.) Boilers: 4 Babcock & Wilcox Oil fuel: 600 tons Radius: 6,000 miles at 12 kts. Complement: 200 (peace), 250 (war) Notes Formerly of the United States “Gleaves” class destroyers DD). Name: Artigliere Aviere Pennant No.: D 553 D 554 Builders: Bethlehem, Boston San Francisco Navy Yard Laid down: 13 Jan. 1941 1 Nov. 1939 Launched: 29 Nov. 1941 31 May 1940 Completed: 30 Apr. 1942 3 June 1941 General Notes Both transferred from the United States Navy under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program and commissioned 25 May 1951. Officially turned over to Italy, II June, 1951. The 5—21 inch torpedo tubes were removed. Appearance Notes Artigliere has flat sided funnels and shielded “ X ” 5 inch mounting but Aviere has round funnels and no shield to “ X ” gun, and has extra tier on bridge, see photographs. FAST ANTI-SUBMARINE ES C O R T S (Converted Destroyers) CARABINIERE 1957, A. & J. Pavia I “ Granatiere 99 Class (officially rated as Fregate) CARABINIERE Pennant No.: D 551 Builders: Cantiere del Tirreno, Riva Trigoso Laid down: Feb. 1937 Launched: 24 July 1938 Completed: Dec. 1939 Displacement: 1,900 tons standrd (2,530 tons full load) Dimensions: 339 (w./.), 350 (o.a.) X 33* X 12 feet (mean) Guns: 3—4-7 inch, 50 cal., 6—40 mm. AA., 56 cal. A/S weapons: 2 D.C. throwers, 2 D.C. racks Machinery: 2 sets Belluzzo geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 48,000=39 y-ts. designed (30 kts. sea speed) Boilers: 3, of 3-drum type Oil fuel: 545 tons Radius: 1,800 miles at 20 kts. Complement: 189 (peace), 214 (war) Notes Destroyer modernised and converted to Submarine Killer with new type hedgehog forward for trials 1953-54. Her original 3—21 inch (tripled) torpedo tubes were removed. She is at present being used as an experimental ship.~and therefore her armament is subject to continuous changes. Recent Disposal Sister ship Granatiere was removed from the effective list in 1958. I “ Grecale ” Class (Converted into Command Ship) GRECALE Pennant No. Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed ; D 552 C. N. Riuniti, Ancona Apr., 1931 17 June,1934 Nov., 1934 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Mines: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 1,750 tons standard (2,400 tons full load) 333* (w.l.), 350 (o.a.)x33*X 11 feet 2—40 mm. 56 cal. 2 D.C. throwers, 2 D.C. racks Can carry 36 to 64 2 sets Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 44,000=38 kts. designed (30 kts. sea speed) 3, of 3-drum type 520 tons 1,725 miles at 20 kts. 153 (peace), 200 (war) Notes Former destroyer. Built under the 1930 Programme. Fitted for minelaying. Reconstructed in 1949 with new lattice mast, several new radar sets, and British type navi¬ GRECALE (as converted to command ship) gating bridge, and re-converted to an anti-submarine escort in 1952-53. Her original 6—21 inch torpedo tubes were removed. She was converted in 1959-60 to a command ship, I960, courtesy Ing. Augusto Nani being equipped with CIC and communications apparatus suitable for carrying out her new task as flagship of the Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet. 200 ITALY—Frigates FRIGATES (Destroyer Escort Type) 2 Improved “Centauro” Class Notes It was officially stated in I960 that two units of an improved 11 Centauro” class will be ordered soon under the 1959-60 new construction programme. They will have the same displacement and the same main characteristics but their engines will develop 25,000 S.H.P., equal to 28 kts. 4 “ Centauro ” Class (officially rated as Fregate) CANOPO CENTAURO CASTORE (ex-DE 1021) CIGNO (ex-DE 1020) Displacement: 1,680 tons standard (2,120 tons full load) D»mensior\s: 3I7| (pp.), 339* (o.o.) X 38 X 11* feet Guns: 4—3 inch, 62 cal. AA.; 4—40 mm. 70 cal. Bofors AA. Tubes: 2—21 inch fixed torpedo launchers A/S weapons: 1 triple barrelled automatic BAS mortar forward; 4 “ Menon ” type side depth charge launchers, 2 each side; 1 stern D.C.T. Machinery: Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 22,000=25 kts. Boilers: 2 Foster Wheeler Oil Fuel: 400 tons Complement: General Notes 200 Special A/S and medium AA. armament. Cigno and Castore were built to Italian plans and specifications under the United States off-shore programme for the Italian Navy. All four ships are fitted with United States sonar gear. Although officially rated as frigates they have D pennant Nos. Builders Cantieri Navali di Taranto Ansaldo, Leghorn Cantieri Navali di Taranto Cantieri Navali di Taranto Pennant No. D 570 D 571 D 572 D 573 Name Canopo Centauro Cigno Castore Name Canopo Centauro Cigno Castore Laid down 15 May 1952 31 May 1952 10 Feb. 1954 14 Mar. 1955 Launched 20 Feb. 1955 4 Apr. 1954 20 Mar. 1955 8 July 1956 Completed I Apr. 1958 5 May 1957 7 Mar. 1957 14 July 1957 CIGNO Gunnery Notes The 3 inch guns are in twin gunhouses of a new type with the two barrels in the vertical plane, one superfiring over 1959, Captain Aldo Fraccaroli the other. The new two-barrelled 76/62 gun is Italian designed and built by Ansaldo. Its rate of fire is 80 rounds per minute with 3,200 feet per second muzzle velocity. FRIGATES ( Fregate) 4 New Construction “Bergamini” Class CARLO BERGAMINI LUIGI RIZZO CARLO MARGOTTINI VIRGIUO FASAN Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Aircraft: Machinery: Radius: 1,410 tons standard (1,800 tons full load) 298* (w./.), 308* (o.o.) x 37* X 10* feet 3—3 inch, 62 cal. (single, fully automatic) I single-barrelled automatic long range depth charge mortar I light A/S helicopter 4 Tosi diesel motors. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 16,000=26-5 kts. (sea speed 25 kts.) 4,500 miles at 16 kts General Notes Light frigates of a new type with Tosi diesels instead of steam propulsion. Originally they were officially rated as Corvette Veloci tipo 2. (Fast Corvettes, “ CV 2 ” Type). Fitted with Denny-Brown stabilisers. Carlo Bergamini was originally to have been built by Cantieri Navali di Taranto; but the order was cancelled and she was laid down at Monfalcone, C.R.D.A. di Trieste Yard in May 1959. Carlo Margottini and Luigi Rizzo were both laid down on 26 May 1957 by Navalmeccanica, Castellammare; Luigi Rizzo was launched on 6 Mar. I960 and Carlo Margottini was launched on 12 June I960 and Viriogil Fasan was laid down on 6 Mar. I960 at Castellammare. “ Bergamini ” Class (revised official drawing) 1959, Italian Navy, Official Anti-Submarine Notes The new single-barrelled depth charge mortars will have a range of over 1,000 yards. Helicopter Notes It was officially stated that I helicopter on the stern platform is projected. Design Notes The plans for these ships have not been finally decided, and there may be further amendments. The present projection provides for an orthodox tripod mast instead of the former truncated conical mast (see photo of official drawing in the 1958-59 edition) and the original quadrupled lattice mast (see photo of first model in 1957-58 edition) and a squat truncated conical funnel. Frigates ( continued )—ITALY 201 Frigates — continued 3 Ex-U.S. DE Type. “ Altair ” Class (officially rated as Fregate) ALDEBARAN (ex-U.S.S. Thornhill, DE 195) ALTAIR (ex-U.S.S. Gandy, DE 764) ANDROMEDA (ex-U.S.S. Wesson, DE 184) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: I, 240 tons standard (1,900 tons full load) 306 (o.a.)x 36 X 12 (max.) feet 3—3 inch, 50 cal., 6—40 mm. Bofors AA., 18—20 mm. AA. I Hedgehog, 8 D.C.T., 2 D.C. racks General Motors diesels. Electric drive. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 6,000 = 21 kts. designed (17-5 kts. sea speed) 300 tons II, 500 miles at 11 kts. 160 Pennant No. Name Builders F 590 Aldebaran Federal S.B. & D.D. Co., P. N 2 wark F 591 Altair Tampa S.B. Co. F 592 Andromeda Federal S.B. & D.D. Co., P. Newark ALTAIR 1956, Lieut. Aldo Fraccaroli Name Aldebaran Altair Andromeda Laid down 7 Oct. 1943 I Mar. 1943 29 July 1943 Launched 30 Dec. 1943 12 Dec. 1943 17 Oct. 1943 Completed I Feb. 1944 7 Feb. 1944 11 Nov. 1943 General Notes Ex-U.S. destroyer escorts of the “ Bostwick ” class ceded by the United States under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program. Transferred 10 Jan. 1951. Masting Notes In 1956 a new pentapod foremast was stepped in all three ships in place of the former polemast. I “ Libra ” Class (officially rated as Torpediniera) LIBRA Pennant No. F 552 Builders: C.N. Quarnaro Fiume Laid down: Dec. 1936 Launched: 30 Oct. 1937 Completed: Jan. 1938 Displacement: 1,030 tons standard (1,250 tons full load) Dimensions: 259* ( w.l. ), 280f (o.o.) X 27 x 9 (mean) feet Guns: 6—40 mm., 56 cal. (3 twin moun¬ tings) A/S weapons: 1 Hedgehog, 2 D.C.T., 2 D.C. racks Machinery: 2 sets Tosi geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 19,000=34 kts. designed (25 kts. sea speed) Boilers: 2, of 3-drum type Oil fuel: 207 tons Radius: 1,260 miles at 20 kts. Complement: General Notes NO (peacetime), 159 wartime Fitted for minelaying and minesweeping. Former ocean¬ going torpedo boat. Converted to a fast light anti-submarine frigate in 1951-53. Torpedo tubes removed. In reserve. CLIO 1958, Italian Navy, Official Reclassification Notes Latterly rated as Nave Scorta Costiera. Officially re-rated Recent Disposal as Torpedininiera in 1959. Sister ship Clio was scrapped in I960. 2 “ Orsa ” Class (officially rated as Torpediniere) ORIONE ORSA Name: Orione Orsa Pennant No.: F 559 F 558 Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: C.N.R., Palermo Apr. 1936 21 Mar. 1937 1938 C.N.R., Palermo Apr. 1936 21 Apr. 1937 1938 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: . A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 1,200 tons standard (1,700 tons full load) 274* (pp.), 279 (w.l.), 292| (o.a.)x 31x11* (max.), 8 (mean) feet 4—40 mm. 56 cal. Bofors AA. I Hedgehog, 2 D.C.T., 2 D.C. racks Tosi geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 16,000 = 28 kts. designed (22 kts. sea speed) 2, of 3 drum type 450 tons 4,000 miles at 15 kts. 110 ORSA Added 1959, Captain Aldo Fraccaroli General Notes Ordered in 1935. Fitted for minelaying and minesweeping. Can carry 20 mines. Were rated as Escort Vessels (Avvisi Scorta) when first completed, later as torpedo boats, and re¬ rated as Escort Vessels again in 1951. Converted to anti¬ submarine frigates in 1953-55, torpedo tubes being removed. Reclassification Notes Latterly rated as Navi Scorta Costiere. Officially re-rated as Torpediniera in 1959. Photograph Notes An official photograph of Orione appears in the 1958-59 edition. SAGITTARIO I960, courtesy Ing. Augusto Nani I “ Sirio ” Class (officially rated as Torpediniera) SAGITTARIO Pennant No.: F 557 Builders: C. N. Quarnaro Fiume Laid down: Nov. 1935 Launched: 21 June 1936 Completed: Oct. 1936 Displacement: 1,000 tons standard (1,200 tons full load) Dimensions: 269X27X9 feet Guns: 6—40 mm. AA. (3 twin mountings) 56 cal. (see notes) A/S weapons: Machinery: 1 Hedgehog, 2 D.C.T., 2 D.C. racks 2 Tosi geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 19,000=34 kts. designed (25 kts. sea speed) Boilers: 2, of 3-drum type Oil fuel: 193 to 211 tons Radius: 1,200 miles at 20 kts. Complement: 110 (peacetime) General Notes Fitted for minelaying and minesweeping. Fast corvette type converted to a fast anti-submarine frigate in 1951-52. Formerly rated as a torpedo boat. Latterly rated as Nave Scorta Costiera. Officially re-rated as Torpediniera in 1959. Recent Disposals Sister ships Cassiopea and Sirio were scrapped in I960. 202 ITALY—Corvettes CORVETTES 4 Improved “Airone” Class Notes It was officially stated in 1960 that four units of an improved “ Airone ” class will be ordered soon under the 1959-60 new construction programme. They will have a displacement cf 1,000 tons and 2 diesel motors of 8,000 B.H.P. 3 “ Airone ” Class ALBATROS (ex-PCE 1919) AIRONE (ex-PCE 1921) ALCIONE (ex-PCE 1920) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 800 tons standard (1000 tons full load ) 244 ( pp.), 249^ (o.o.) x 31 X 9 feet 2—3 inch. 62 cal., 2—40 mm., 70 cal., Bofors AA. 2 Hedgehogs, Mk. II, 4 D.C.T., I D.C. rack Fiat diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 4,500 =21 kts. (sea speed 20 kts.) 100 tons 2,400 miles at 18 kts. 109 AIRONE Pennant No. Name F 543 Albatros F 544 Alcione F 545 Airone 1959, Captain Aldo Fraccaroli Launched 18 July 1954 19 Sep. 1954 21 Nov. 1954 Completed I June 1955 23 Oct. 1955 29 Dec. 1955 Notes Built in Italy by Navalmeccanica, Castellammare di Stabia. Five other identical ships were built in Italian yards to the offshore construction order of the United States for Mutual Defense Program general account, one for Netherlands, four for Denmark. 22 “ Ape " Class (officially rated as Corvette) F 567 APE F 576 FOLAGA F 578 BAIONETTA F 571 GABBIANO F 549 BOMBARDA F 566 GRU F 569 CHIMERA F 561 IBIS F 575 CORMORANO F 562 MINERVA F 547 CRISALIDE F 574 PELLICANO F 563 DANAIDE F 573 POMONA F 568 DRIADE F 564 SCIMITARRA F 548 FARFALLA F 579 SFINGE F 577 FENICE F 565 SIBILLA F 572 FLORA F 570 URANIA Displacement: 670 tons standard (800 tons full load) Dimensions: I92| (w../), 21 4 (o.a.)x28ix8i feet Guns: 4—40 mm., 56 cal. in 10 ships, 3—40 mm., 56 cal. in 9 ships (2—20 mm. AA., 70 cal. in two ships) see notes Tubes: 2—17-7 inch (see notes) A/S weapons: 1 Hedgehog, Mk. 15 or Mk. 10 (see notes), 4 D.C.T. Machinery: Fiat diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 3,500=18-5 kts. Actual best speed is 15 to 16 kts. Oil fuel: 64 tons Radius: 2,800 miles at 15 kts. Complement: 100 Notes All launched in 1942-48. Originally fitted for minesweeping. Only vessels (8) attached to the Command Training School carry torpedo tubes for training. Ten of this class (Ape, Chimera, Cormorano, Danaide, Fenice, Flora, Pellicano, Pamona, Sibilla and Sfinge) carry 4—40 mm., 56 cal. AA. guns. Folaga carries I—3 -9 inch and 2—40 mm., 56 cal AA. guns. (Bombarda and Gabbiano carry 2—40 mm., 56 cal. AA. guns and 2—20 mm., 70 cal. AA. guns). Remainder have 3—40 mm., 56 cal. AA. guns ( Cormorano and Danaide have no hedgehog). Some have depth-charge equipment at stern. All have been modified with navigating bridge. 11 BBS I960, Italian Navy, Official PELLICANO APE 1958, Italian Navy, Official I Ex-British “ Algerine ” Class (officially rated as Corvetta ) ALABARDA (ex-Ammiraglio Magnaghi, ex-Eritrea, ex-Larne) Pennant No.: Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: F 560 Lobnitz & Co., Ltd., Renfrew 25 Jan. 1943 2 Sep. 1943 22 Nov. 1943 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 990 tons standard (1,262 tons full load) 225 (o.o.)x35iX I li (max.) feet 4—40 mm., 56 cal. Bofors 4 D.C.T., 2 D.C. racks Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 2,000= 13 kts. (sea speed I I kts.) 2, three-drum type 270 tons 5,000 miles at 8 kts. 100 Note Former British ** Algerine " class ocean minesweeper. Acquired by Italy after Second World War. First classed officially as colonial sloop, then as corvette, subsequently as frigate, and later as coastal escort vessel. Classification officially changed from Nave Scorta Costiera to Corvetta in 1959. The 3*9 inch gun forward was removed in 1957 and the space is now occupied by a C.I.C. for motor torpedo boats. ALABARDA 1958, Captain Aldo Fraccaroli Reclassification Notes In I960 the corvettes Daino and Gazzella were reclassified, ship (see under surveying vessels and training ships on later the former as a surveying vessel and the latter as a training pages). Submarines — ITALY 203 SUBMARINES I Projected Nuclear Powered Type 2 New Construction Submarine Killer Type (SSK) I Ex-U.S. “ Balao *’ Class EVANGELISTA TORRICELLI (ex-U.S.S. Lizardfish, SS 373) GUGLIELMO MARCONI Displacement: 2,830 tons surface Dimensions: 252x31 feet Machinery: Water-cooled nuclear reactor. Geared turbines Notes The first nuclear powered submarine projected in Italy. Still in the planning stage. Based on the design of the United States nuclear powered submarine Skipjack. The name Guglielmo Marconi has been assigned to this new submarine to be built. Official Statement The design of the two submarine killer type submarines has undergone extensive modification in armament and electronic apparatus. The final characteristics are not yet settled. The names of the two submarines have been changed to Bagnolini and Enrico Toti, being the names of two sub¬ marines which distinguished themselves in war action. ALPINO BAGNOLINI (ex-Guglielmo Marconi, ex-Delfino) ENRICO TOTI Displacement: Dimensions: Tubes: Machinery: 850 tons standard, 1,021 tons surface (1,230 tons submerged) 215x19x17 4—21 inch (bow) 2 diesels. I shaft. B.H.P.: 2,200= 14 kts. ( surface) Electric motors, H.P.: 2,200= 15 kts. ( submerged ) Notes Alpino Bagnolini (ex-Guglielmo Marconi) was to have been built under the 1956-57 Programme by Cantieri Navali di Taranto. Laid down nominally on 16 June 1957. Was originally to have been named Delfmo, Italy’s first submarine to be constructed since the Second World War. Enrico Toti was to have been built under the 1958-59 programme. Rated as SSK (submarine killers). Both will be laid down during I960. Builders: Manitowoc S.B. Co. Launched: 16 July 1944 Completed: 30 Dec. 1944 Transferred: I Apr. 1959 Displacement: Dimensions: Tubes: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 1,526 tons standard, 1,816 tons sur¬ face (2,425 tons submerged) 311 £ X 27 X 17 feet 10—21 inch (6 bow, 4 stern) 2 2-stroke diesels. B.H.P.: 6,500= 20 kts. surface 2 electric motors. H.P.: 2,750= 10 kts. submerged 300 tons 12,000 miles at 10 kts. 85 Notes Lent to the Italian Navy by the U.S.A. Transferred to the Italian Navy by the U.S. Navy at Pearl Harbour on 9 Jan. I960. Was originally to have been renamed Luigi Torelli. 2 Ex-U.S. “Gato” Class Oceangoing Type LEONARDO DA VINCI (ex-U.S.S. Dace, SS 247) ENRICO TAZZOLI (ex-U.S.S. Barb, SS 220) Name: Leonardo da Vinci Enrico Tazzoli Pennant No.: S 510 Builders: Electric Boat Div. General Dynamics Corpn. Laid down: 22 July 1942 Launched: 25 Apr. 1943 Completed: 23 July 1943 Transferred: 15 Dec. 1954 S 511 Electric Boat Div. General Dynamics Corpn. 7 June 1941 2 Apr. 1942 8 July 1942 31 Jan. 1955 Displacement: Dimensions: Tubes: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 1,525 tons standard, 1,816 tons sur¬ face (2,425 tons submerged) 31 I £ X 27 X 17 feet 10—21 inch (6 bow, 4 stern) 2 General Motors 2-stroke diesels. B.H.P.: 6,500=21 kts. surface 2 electric motors. H.P.: 2,750= I I -5 kts. submerged 250 tons 12,000 miles at 10 kts. 85 Notes Transferred to Italy by U.S.A. after conversion to guppy snorkel in 1953-54. Modified structure and fairwater. Loan by U.S. extended for 5 years in 1959. 2 “ Flutto ” Class BARIO (ex-Uit7, ex-Bario) Pennant No.: Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: S 503 C.R.D.A., Monfalcone 15 Mar. 1943 23 Jan. 1944 Dec. 1957 Displacement: Dimensions: Tubes: Machinery: Notes Radius: Complement: 800 tons standard, 905 tons surfrce, 1,107 tons submerged 216^x23 x I3± feet 4—21 inch A/S 2 MAN diesels. I shaft. B.H.P.: 2,700 = 14 kts. surface, 3 electric motors = 14 kts. submerged 10,000 miles at 8 kts. 60 Bario was sunk by Allied air-raid on 16 Mar. 1945 after having been renamed Uit7. She was completely reconstructed and modernised during 1957-59 and re-launched on 21 June 1959 (see photo). VORTICE (ex-P.V.2, ex-Vortice) Pennant No. Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: S 502 C. R.D.A., Monfalcone 3 Jan. 1942 23 Feb. 1943 21 June 1943 Displacement: Dimensions: Tubes: Machinery: Radius: Complement: 781 tons standard, 901 tons surface, 1,095 tons submerged 207ix22f X 16 feet 4—21 inch (originally 6—21 inch) 2 FIAT diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 2,400=15 kts. surface, 2 electric motors. H.P.: 1,350=7 kts. submerged 12,500 miles at 8 kts. 52 1 VORTICE (as reconstructed) 1958, Italian Navy, Official Vortice is one of 8 boats of the “ Flutto ” Class which joined the terms of the Peace Treaty. Her subsequent reconditioning the Royal Italian Navy during the war. She was laid up under was completed at the end of 1952. I “ Acciaio ” Class GIADA (ex-P.V. I, ex-Giada) Pennant No.: Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: S 501 C.R.D.A. Monfalcone 16 Oct. 1940 10 July 1941 6 Dec. 1941 Displacement: Dimensions: Tubes: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 643 tons standard, 719 tons surface, 865 tons submerged I97ix2l£xl5| feet 4—21 inch 2 Tosi diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,350=12 kts. surface, 2 electric motors, H.P.: 800=6 kts. submerged 40 tons 2,050 miles at 8 kts. 54 G IADA (as reconstructed) Notes One of the 13 “Acciaio” Class boats which actually joined the Royal Italian Navy during the war. Laid up under 1958, Italian Navy Official the terms of the Peace Treaty, end of 1953. Guns removed. Reconditioning completed SENTINELLA Added I960, courtesy Ermino Bagnasco I Submarine Chaser Type Rated as Coastal Escort Vessel ( Corvetta) SENTINELLA (ex-VAS 470) Pennant No.: F 598 Displacement: 300 tons standard (340 tons full load ) Dimensions: 154 (p.p.), 163 (o.a.) x2lfx 7 feet Guns: 2—40 mm. 56 cal. AA Torpedoes: 2—17-7 inch A/S A/S weapons: I Hedgehog, Mk. 10, 2 D.C.T., I D.C. rack STORIONE Added I960 Sea speed, 27 kts. i Oil fuel: 28 tons Complement: 76 4 Ex-U.S. MSO Type “Salmone” Class Notes Ordered in 1952 and laid down on 21 June 1954 at C.R.D.A. Monfalcone yard. Launched on 14 Nov. 1955. Commissioned on 20 Sep. 1956. Rated specifically as a corvette under the generic category of coastal escort vessels. M 5430 SALMONE (ex-MSO 507) M 5432 SGOMBRO (ex-MSO 517) M 5433 SQUALO (ex-MSO) M 5431 STORIONE (ex-MSO 506) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: Range: Complement: 665 tons standard (750 tons full load) 165 (w./.) I83| (o.a.) X 35 X 10 feet I—40 mm., 56 cal. AA. 2 diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,600= 14 kts. 46 tons 3,000 miles at 10 kts. 74 General Notes Former American “ Agile ” class ocean minesweepers with wooden hulls and non-magnetic equipment. The diesels are of non-magnetic stainless steel alloy. Controllable pitch pro¬ pellers. All transferred by the U.S. Navy. Storione, launched on 13 Nov. 1954, was built by Martinolich S.B. Company, San Diego, and transferred on 23 Feb. 1956. Salmone, launched on 19 Feb. 1955 was built by Martinolich S.B. Co., and transferred from United States at San Diego, Calif., on 17 |une 1956 under the terms of the Mutual Defense Assistance Pro¬ gram. Sgombro and Squalo were delivered in June 1957. Recent Disposals The four fast minesweepers (ex-ocean-going torpedo boats) were removed from the effective list, Nicola Fabrizi in 1957, and Antonio Mosto, Giacinto Carini and Guiseppe Abba in 1958. SUPPORT GUNBOATS (Cannoniere d’appoggio) SEGUGIO 1957, Italian Navy, Official (Ex-U.S. Landing Ships, Support/Large) 6 “Alano” Class ALANO ex-LSSL 34) M ASTI NO (ex-LSSL 62) SEGUGIO (ex-LSSL 64) BRACCO (ex-LSSL 38) MOLOSSO (ex-LSSL 63) SPIN ONE (ex-LSSL 118) Displacement: 227 tons standard (387 tons full load ) Dimensions: 153 (w./.), 158^ (o.o.)x23f X5f feet Guns: 5—40 mm., 56 cal.; 4—20 mm., 70 cal.; 4—12-7 mm. Machinery: 8 Gray Marine diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 900= 12-5 kts. (Sea speed 10 kts.) Oil fuel: 87 tons Radius: 8,000 miles at 10 kts. Complement: 73 Notes Transferred from the U.S.A. on 25 July, 1951, under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program. Formerly designated LCI (L) (Landing Craft Infantry, Large). Distinguished by NATO pennant numbers L 9851 to L 9856 respectively. Photograph of Alano in the 1957-58 edition. VEDETTA I960, Captain Aldo f raccaroli I Ex-U.S. PC Type Rated as Coastal Escort Vessel ( Corvetta ) VEDETTA (ex-Be/oy Deress, ex-U.S.S. PC 1616) Displacement: 325 tons standard (450 tons full load) Dimensions: 170 (pp.), I73f (o.a.) x 2f X 10 feet Guns: 2—40 mm., 56 cal. Bofors AA., 2—20 mm. AA. Machinery: 4 diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 3,240= 19 kts. A/S weapons: I Hedgehog. 4 D.C.T., 2 D.C. racks Radius: 3,000 miles at 12 kts. Complement: 60 Notes This ship has had rather a chequered history. She was built at Brest, France, as a United States off-shore order under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program. Laid down on 17 Dec. 1953. Launched on 30 Sep. 1954. Completed on 23 Aug. 1955. The PC 1616 was origin¬ ally intended for Germany, but a change in U.S. plans resulted in the ship never being delivered, and she was finally given to Ethiopia under the Military Assistance Program. Transferred to Ethiopia at Bremerhaven, Germany, by the U.S. Navy in Jan. 1957. Officially taken over from the American flag at Massawa, Ethiopia, in mid-1957. Later, the ship was found to be too much for the state of naval training in Ethiopia, and she was returned to the U.S. Navy. She was then sold to Italy, being transferred to the Italian Navy under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program on 3 Feb. 1959, and officially classified as a nave pattuglia (patrol vessel). Air-conditioning equipment is installed. Refitted in La Spezia Navy Yard in 1959. The above is the original armament which may be modified in due course. DR 301 1958, Italian Navy, Official 16 Ex-British MS Type DR 301 (ex-Burra) DR 306 (ex-Egilsay) DR 311 (ex-Mouso) DR 302 (ex-Cumbrae) DR 307 (ex-Minuet) DR 312 (ex-Gavotte) DR 303 (ex-Unst) DR 308 ( ex-Twostep ) DR 313 (ex-Foula) DR 304 (ex-Staffa) DR 309 (ex-Grain) DR 314 (ex-Ensay) DR 305 (ex-Filla) DR 310 (ex-Othello) DR 315 (ex-Stromo) DR 316 (ex-Hornpipe) Displacement: 523 to 545 tons standard (750 to 780 tons full load) Dimensions: 150 (pp.), 164 (o.o.)x27f X 11 feet Guns: 3—20 mm. AA (see Notes) Machinery: Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 950= 11 kts. Boilers: I cylindrical Fuel: 180 to 189 tons coal Complement: 36 Notes All Admiralty design trawlers of “ Isles,” “ Dance ” and “ Shakespearian ” classes purchased from Great Britain. NATO Pennant Nos. 5301 to 5316 respectively. The 3-inch gun in some ships was removed and one 20 mm. AA. gun added in 1956, but other ships still have their 3-inch gun. Coastal Minesweepers, Motor Patrol Boats—ITALY 205 COASTAL MINESWEEPERS (Dragamine Costieri) MSC C ILI EG IO 1956, Lieut. Aldo Fraccaroli 37 U.S. and Italian MSC (ex-AMS) Types 18 44 Abete ” Class (American built) Coastal Minesweepers —continued TULIPANO * ' 1954, Ing. L. Accorsi 17 Ex-American BYMS Types (MSC (o)) I I “ Azalea ” Class (One funnel) M 5401 AZALEA (ex-BYMS 2142) M 5408 MAGNOLIA (ex-8YMS 2206) M 5402 BEGONIA (ex-8VMS 2073) M 5412 ORCHIDEA (ex-BYMS 2037) M 5404 DALIA (ex-BYMS 2141) M 5413 PRIMULA (ex-8YMS 2278) M 5405 FIORDALISO (ex-BYMS 2277) M 5414 TULIPANO (ex-8YMS 2194) M 5406 GARDENIA (ex-BYMS 2150) M 5414 VERBENA (ex-8YMS 2280) M 5416 GLADIOLO M 5501 ABETTE M 5507 FAGGIO M 5512 OLMO M 5502 ACACIA M 5508 FRASSINO M 5513 ONTANO M 5503 BETULLA M 5509 GELSO M 5514 PINO M 5504 CASTAGNO M 5510 LARICE M 5515 PIOPPO M 5505 CEDRO M 5519 MANDORLO ( ex-Salice) M 5516 PLATANO M 5506 CILIEGIO M 5511 NOCE M 5517 QUERCIA 290 tons standard (335 tons full load) 136 (o.a.) X 24* X 6 feet I—3 inch, 2—20 mm. AA 2 General Motors, diesels. B.H.P.: 1,000=13 kts. 19 tons 2,500 miles at 8 kts. 33 Notes Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: NARCISO 1958, Italian Navy, Official Notes Inshore Patrol Boats ( Dragamine di Sorveglianza — D.V.), designed and built by Cantiere Baglietto, Varazze, Italy. Both launched in 1944-45. Used for coastal patrols DV 133 and DV 135 were scrapped in Aug. 1953. Recent Disposals DV40I, DV 405, DV 406, DV 407 and DV 415 were removed from the effective list in 1957-58. DV 402, DV 403, DV 404, DV 41 I, DV 412, DV 413 and DV 414 were scrapped in 1959-60. All seven boats of the VAS ( Vedette-Sommergible ) type, viz. VAS 491, VAS 492, VAS 493, VAS 494, VAS 495, VAS 496 and YAS 497, were removed from the effective list in 1957. Displacement: 375 tons standard (405 tons full load) Dimensions: 144 (o.a.) X 26£ X 8£ feet Guns: 2—20 mm., 70 cal. AA. Machinery: 2 diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,200= 14 kts. Oil fuel: 25 tons Radius: 2,500 miles at 10 kts. Complement: 38 Notes Non-magnetic type minesweepers of composite wooden and alloy construction similar to those transferred from the United States Navy, but built in Italian yards. Last 7 were all built by C.R.D.A., Monfalcone, and launched in 1956. NATO Pennant Numbers above. Recent Disposals The small minesweepers DR 20, DR 32, DR 34, DR 38, DR 40 and DR 41 have been scrapped. Formerly designated DR 401, 402, 403, 411, 404, 417, 405, 406 ,407, 416, 408, respectively Derricks abaft funnel. NATO Pennant Numbers above. ~*sri r' 1958, Italian Navy, Official 2 DV Type DV 409 (ex-116) 101 tons standard (110 tons full load) IlliX 19 X4i feet 2—20 mm. AA., 70 cal. 2 petrol motors. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 2,300=15 kts. 7 tons 2,000 miles at 13 kts. 19 “Agave” Class (Italian built) DV 408 (ex-1 14) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Fuel: Radius: ALLORO 1958, Giorgio Arra M 5531 AGAVE M 5532 ALLORO M 5533 EDERA M 5534 GAGGIA M 5535 GELSOMINO M 5536 GIAGGIOLO M 5537 GLICINE M 5338 LOTO M 5539 MIRTO M 5540 TIMO M 5541 TRIFOGLIO M 5542 VISCHIO *M 5521 BAMBU *M 5522 EBANO *M 5523 MANGO *M 5524 MOGANO *M 5525 PALMA *M 5526 ROVERE *M 5527 SANDALO Displacement: 245 tons trials (338 tons full load) Dimensions: 130 (w.l.), 136 (o.a.) x24i X 8£ (max.) feet Guns: 3—20 mm. AA. (some have I—3 inch) Machinery: 2 General Motors, diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,000=14 kts. Radius: 2,500 miles at 8 kts. Complement: 30 Notes Formerly designated DR 409, 410, 412, 413, 414, 415, respectively. Mainmast derrick between funnels. NATO Pennant Nos. above. General Notes for Both Types All the above 17 vessels of generally similar particulars were built in 1942-43 and acquired from the U.S. Navy in July 1947. One 20 mm. AA. gun was added in 1956. M 5409 MUGHETTO (ex-BYMS 2023) M 5410 NARCISO (ex-BYMS 2024) M 5411 OLEANDRO (ex-BYMS 2027) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 375 tons standard (405 tons full load) 138 (pp.), 144 (o.o.)x 26^X8* feet 2—20 mm. 2 diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,200= 14 kts. 40 tons 2,500 miles at 10 kts. 38 Notes Former American “ Bluebird ” class coastal motor minesweepers of wooden construction, a new type of vessels constructed throughout of materials with the lowest possible magnetic attraction to attain the greatest possible safety factor when sweeping for magnetic mines. All transferred by the U.S. Navy in 1953-54. Formerly numbered AMS 72-76 ,79-82, 88-90, 133-137. NATO Pennant Numbers above. 6 “ Anemone ” Type (Two funnels) M 5400 ANEMONE (ex-8YMS 2009) M 5403 BIANCOSPINO (ex-8YMS 2012) M 5407 GERANIO (ex-8YMS 2014) Notes Convertible type Gun/Torpedo Boat (as gunboat), official drawing 1959, Italian Navy, Official Notes MOTOR TORPEDO BOATS ( Motosiluranti ) MGB 5 New Construction Five motor torpedo boats of a new design are being built as part of the 1958-59 Italian Naval Programme. 1958, Italian Navy, Official MS 422 (ex-822) MS 431 (ex-831) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Torpedoes: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 5 Ex-U.S. Vosper Type MS 432 (ex-832) MS 462 (ex-812) MS 463 (ex-813) 38 tons standard (45 tons full load ) 70X 19x6 feet 5—20 mm., 65 cal. 2—17-7 inch Packard petrol motors. 3 shafts. B.H.P.: 4,050=42 kts. (actual sea speed 30 kts.) 7 tons 1,000 miles at 20 kts. 15 Notes Former United States PT boats of the Elco Vosper type. Two 17-7 inch torpedoes carried. No tubes. MS 421, MS 423 and MS 424 were removed from the effective list in 1958. MS 433, MS 434, MS 454, MS 461 and MS 464 were removed from the effective list in 1959. 7 Ex-U.S. Higgins Type MS 441 (ex-841) MS 442 (ex-842) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Torpedoes: Machinery: Fuel: Radius: Complement: MS 443 (ex-843) MS 451 (ex-851) MS 453 (ex-853) MS 444 (ex-844) MS 452 (ex-852) 43 tons standard (51 tons full load ) 78 X 20 X 6 feet 1— 40 mm., 56 cal., 2 or 3—20 mm., 70 cal. 2— 17-7 inch 3 Packard 12-cyl. petrol motors. 3shafts. B.H.P.: 4,050= 40 kts. (actual sea speed 29 kts.) see Notes 8 tons 1,000 miles at 20 kts. 15 Former United States PT boats of the Higgins type. Refitted in Italy during 1949-53. Two 17-7 inch torpedoes carried. No tubes. These boats are under reconstruction and will be fitted with three ASM/185/CRM (Italian) petrol motors of 4,500 B.H.P., equal to a designed sea speed of 34 kts. I Ex-German “S” Type. Rated as MGB MC 485 (ex-MS 621, ex-Toros) Displacement: 124 tons standard (130 tons full load) Dimensions: I I4^X I6f x6| feet Guns: 2—40 mm., 56 cal. AA. Tubes: 2—21 inch Machinery: 3 Mercedes-Benz diesels. 3 shafts. (32 kts. sea speed) Radius: 800 miles at 30 kts. Complement: 22 B.H.P.: 7,500=40 kts. Ex-German S-boat, built by Lurssen Vegesack, then merchant ship Toros, purchased and rebuilt in Italy during 1953-54. Convertible Type Rated as MGB MC 490 was authorised in Nov. 1950, launched on 21 Jan. 1954 from C.R.D.A. Monfalcon Yard, and commissioned on 21 July 1955. Two rudders. 1958, Italian Navy, Official MC 490 ITALY—Motor Gunboats, Motor Torpedo Boats MOTOR GUNBOATS (Motocannoniere) MC 485 206 4 New Construction Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: A/S weapons: Machinery: 160 tons standard (190 tons full load ) I29£ X I9f X 5 feet 2—40 mm. AA. 4—21 inch 2 D.C.T., I D.C. rack 4 diesles, 4 shafts. B.H.P.: 10,000=38 kts. (accelerating from 20 kts. to full speed very rapidly) 3 Convertible Type Gun/Torpedo Boats Notes Convertible gunboats to be built under the 1959-60 new construction programme. Notes A new type of convertible gunboats and torpedo boats rated as MGB ( Motocannoniere), improved versions of MC 490 prototype. MC 491 was laid down in 1957. Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: A/S weapons: Machinery: 175 tons standard (200 tons full load) I3l±x24x5i feet 3—40 mm. A A 2—21 inch 2 depth charge throwers, I depth charge rack Diesel motors and gas turbines = 38 kts. MC 491 MC 492 MC 493 170 tons standard 131 5 : X 21 X 5 feet As Gunboat: 3—40 mm., 70 cal. or 2—40 mm., 70 cal. and 1 Rocket As Torpedo Boat: I—40 mm., 70 cal. As Torpedo Boat: 4—17-7 inch 2 diesels and Metrovick gas turbine. S.H.P.: 11,700=40 kts. Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: Inshore Minesweepers, Surveying Vessels, Tenders, Netlayers—ITALY 207 INSHORE MINESWEEPERS (Drogamine Portuali) MSI RICCIO 1958, Italian Navy, Official 20 NATO “Ham” Type “Aragosta” Class M 5450 ARAGOSTA M 5451 ARSELLA M 5452 ASTICE M 5453 ATTINIA M 5454 CALAMARO M 5455 CONCHIGLIA M 5456 DROMIA Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: M 5457 GAMBERO M 5463 M 5458 GRANCHIO M 5464 M 5459 MITILO M 5465 M 5460 OSTRICA M 5466 M 5461 PAGURO M 5467 M 5462 PINNA M 5468 M 5469 119 tons standard (142 tons full load) 106x21 X6 feet I—20 mm. (not mounted) 2 diesels. B.H.P.: 550= 14 kts. 15 tons 2,000 miles at 9 kts. 14 POLIPO (ex-Polpo) PORPORA RICCIO SCAMPO SEPPIA TELLINA TOTANO Notes Similar to British “ Ham ” class. All constructed in Italian yards for the Italian Fleet in 1955-57 to the order of NATO. All names of small sea inhabitants. NATO Pennant Nos. above. SURVEYING VESSELS (Navi Idrografice) STAFF ETTA 1958, Italian Navy, Official I Ex-British “Flower” Type Frigate STAFFETTA ( ex-Elbano, ex-U.S.S. Prudent PG 96, ex-H.M.S. Privet) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: 1,020 tons standard (1,280 tons full load) 205 (o.a.) X 33 X I4£ feet 2—20 mm. AA Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 2,750=16 kts. (actual sea speed 12 kts.) 2 cylindrical 250 tons 5,500 miles at 8 kts. Notes Former British “ Flower ” class corvette (later reclassified as a frigate). Built by Morton Engine & D.D. Co., Montreal, Canada, engined by Port Arthur S.B. Co. Laid down on 14 Aug. 1942, launched on 4 Dec. 1942, completed on 16 Aug. 1943. Converted for hydrographic duties and commissioned in 1953. NATO Pennant No.: A 5307. The surveying vessel Azio was discarded in 1957. I Ex-German “ Daino ” Type Corvette DAI NO (ex-B 2, ex-M 802) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Complement: 605 tons standard (821 tons full load ) 224x29^x7± feet I—3-9 inch, 47 cal. aft; 3—40 mm. AA., 56 cal. 2 D.C.T. Triple expansion. 2 shafts. 2,400= 14 kts. 2 Schulz-Marine 142 tons 80 Notes Ex-German coal burning minesweeper. Acquired on 20 July 1949, when she was classed as “ Nave Ausiliarie ” (Auxiliary Ship) but subsequently converted to burn oil fuel and classed as “ Nave Pattuglia ” (Patrol Ship). Pennant number painted on bows: M 5339. Reclassified as a minesweeper in 1954. Again reclassified as a coastal escort vessel ( Nave Scorta Costiera) on I June 1956 and as Corvetto in 1959, with F pennant number 542. Re¬ classified as a surveying vessel in I960. Sister ship Antilope (ex-B I, ex-M 328) was removed from the effective list in 1958, and sister ship Gazzella was reclassified as a training ship in I960 (see later page). TENDERS (Navi appoggio) PI ETRO CAV EZZAL E 1958, Italian Navy, Official I Ex-U.S. AVP Type PIETRO CAVEZZALE (ex-U.S.S. Oyster Bay, AVP 28, ex-AGP 6) Displacement: 1,766 tons standard (2,800 tons full load ) Dimensions: 300 (w./.), 31 If (o.a.) X 41 X I3£ (max.) feet Guns: I—3 inch, 2—40 mm., 56 cal. AA. Machinery: 2 sets diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 6,080=16 kts. Oil fuel: 400 tons Radius: 10,000 miles at 11 kts. Complement: 200 Notes Former American seaplane tender (previously motor torpedo boat tender) of the “Barne- gat ” class, built at Lake Washington Shipyard and launched on 7 Sep. 1942. Recommissioned and transferred from the United States Navy to the Italian Navy under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program on 23 Oct. 1957 and renamed. She is used for special duties, as a tender for frogmen and similar operations. 1955, Italian Navy, Official I General Purpose Type ERCOLE ( ex-Ciclope) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: 1,050 tons 180? X 29£ X 12 feet 4—20 mm. 2 triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 1,900= 12 kts. Notes Launched in 1903. Multi-purpose depot ship, diving tender and fleet support ship. NATO Pennant No.: A 5302. NETLAYERS ( Posareti) ALICUDI I960, Italian Navy, Official ALICUDI 2 NATO Type FILICUDI Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: 680 tons standard (834 tons full load) I5I| (pp.), 165* (o.a.) X 33* X 10* feet I—40 mm., 70 cal. AA.; 4—20 mm., 70 cal. AA. Diesel-electric. H.P.: 1,200=12 kts. Notes Built to the order of NATO. Laid down on 22 Apr. 1954 and 19 July 1954, respectively by Ansaldo, Leghorn, launched on 11 July 1954 and 26 Sep. 1954. Pennant Nos.: A 5304 and A 5305, respectively. 208 ITALY—Transports, Repair Craft, Training Ships MOC 1201 1955, A. & J. Pavia 7 Ex-British LCT(3) Type MOC 1201 MOC 1203 MOC 1205 MOC 1208 MOC 1202 MOC 1204 MOC 1207 Displacement: 350 tons standard (640 tons full load) Dimensions: 192x31x7 feet Guns: 2—40 mm., 2—20 mm. (2 ships have 2—40 mm. and I ship has 3—20 mm.) Machinery: Diesel = 8 lets. Notes Former British landing craft of the LCT (3) type converted to repair craft. MOC 1207 is a munitions transport. Now carry new NATO Pennant Nos.: A533I to 5338, respectively. TRAINING SHIPS (Navi Scuola) AMERIGO VESPUCCI Displacement: 3,543 tons standard Dimensions: 229£ (pp.), 270 (o.o. hull), 330 (o.o. bowsprit)X5I x22 feet Guns: 4—3 inch, 50 cal.; I—20 mm. Machinery: Two Fiat diesels, with electric drive to 2 Marelli motors. I shaft. H.P.: 1,900=10-5 lets. Complement: 400+150 midshipmen Notes Built at Castellammare. Launched on 22 March 1930. Sail area: 22,600 sq. ft. Hull, masts and yards are of steel. Loud speakers and echo-sounding gear are included in her equipment. Photograph in the 1957-58 edition. NATO Pennant No.: A 5312. PALIN URO ( ex-Commandant Louis Richard) Displacement: 1,450 tons Measurement: 858 tons gross Dimensions: 204 (pp.), 226± (o.a.)x 32 X I8§ feet Machinery: Diesel. I shaft. B.H.P.: 375=7 kts. Notes Barquentine. Ex-French vessel, launched in 1920. Purchased in 1950. Rebuilt and recom¬ missioned in the Italian Navy on 16 July 1955. NATO Pennant No. A 5311. The sail training ship Ebe was disposed of in I960. I Ex-German “Daino” Type Corvette GAZZELLA (ex-B 3, ex-M 801) Displacement: 605 tons standard (821 tons full load) Dimensions: 224x29£x7£ feet Guns: I—3-9 inch, 47 cal. aft; 3—40 mm. AA., 56 cal. A/S weapons: I Hedgehog, 2 D.C.T. Machinery: Triple expansion. 2 shafts. 2,400=14 kts. Boilers: 2 Schulz-Marine Oil fuel: 142 tons Notes Ex-German coal burning minesweeper. Acquired on 20 July 1949, when she was classed as “ Nave Ausiliarie ” (Auxiliary Ship) but subsequently converted to burn oil fuel and classed as “ Nave Pattuglia ” (Patrol Ship). Pennant number painted on bows: M 5338. Reclassified as a minesweeper in 1954. Again reclassified as a coastal escort vessel (Nave Costiera on I June 1956 and as Corvette in 1959, with F pennant number 541. Reclassified as a training ship in I960 and used for the training of cadets of the Accademia Navale. Sister ship Antilope (ex-B I, ex-M 328) was removed from the effective list in 1958, and sister ship Daino was reclassified as a surveying vessel in I960 (see earlier page). VESUVIO A. &J. Pavia 2 OTO Type STROMBOLI VESUVIO Displacement: 2,188 tons standard (6,160 tons full . oad ) Dimensions: 334| (o.o.)x46x2lf feet Guns: I—3-9 inch aft.), 4—40 mm., 56 cal. Machinery: One set double reduction geared turbines. S.H.P.: 3,700= 13-5 kts. Boilers: 3 water tube. Oil fuel Radius: 8,150 miles at full load Notes Both built by Odero-Terni-Orlando yard, La Ppezia. Stromboli was completed in 1948 and Vesuvio in 1954. Stromboli is fitted out as Flagship of the Logistic Support Group of the Fleet. NATO Pennant Nos.: A 5329 and A 5330, respectively. TARANTOLA Displacement: 512 tons Dimensions: 157^x22x6 feet Machinery: Tosi diesel. B.H.P.: 380= 10-5 kts. Sea speed 9 kts. Notes The ex-German type transport Montegrappa (ex-KT 10), NATO Pennant No.: A 5328, was removed from the effective list in 1958. MTC 1006 1959, Giorgio Arra 14 Ex-German MFP Type MTC 1001 MTC 1004 MTC 1007 MTC 1010 MTC 1102 MTC 1002 MTC 1005 MTC 1008 MTC 1103 MTC 1003 MTC 1006 MTC 1009 MTC 1101 MTC 1104 Displacement: 240 tons standard Dimensions: I64x2l^x5f feet Guns: 2 or 3—20 or 37 mm. Machinery: 2 or 3 diesels. B.H.P.: 500=10 kts. Notes Moto-Trasporti Costieri. MTC 1001 —1010 are Italian MZ (Motozattere) type. MTC 1101 -1 104 are ex-German built in Italy. NATO Pennant Nos.: A 5341 to A 5359, respectively. 20 Ex-U.S. LCM Type MTM 9901 MTM 9905 MTM 9909 MTM 9913 MTM 9917 MTM 9902 MTM 9906 MTM 9910 MTM 9914 MTM 9918 MTM 9903 MTM 9907 MTM 9911 MTM 9915 MTM 9919 MTM 9904 MTM 9908 MTM 9912 MTM 9916 MTM 9920 Displacement: 20 tons standard Guns: 2—20 mm. AA Machinery: Diesels. Speed: II kts. Notes Rated as Moto-Trasporti Medi. Former American landing craft of the LCM type. 25 Ex-U.S. LCVP Type MTP 9701 MTP 9706 MTP97II MTP 9716 MTP 9721 MTP 9702 MTP 9707 MTP 9712 MTP 9717 MTP 9722 MTP 9703 MTP 9708 MTP 9713 MTP 9718 MTP 9723 MTP 9704 MTP 9708 MTP 9714 MTP 9719 MTP 9724 MTP 9705 MTP 9710 MTP 9715 MTP 9720 MTP 9725 Displacement: 8 tons standard Guns: 2 M.G. Machinery: Diesels. Speed: 12 kts. Notes Rated as Moto-Trasporti Piccoli. Former American landing craft of the LCVP type. MTB 9726 of 10 tons displacement and similar characteristics is of Italian construction. MFT 1302 Added 1959, Italian Navv Official 3 Ex-British LCT (3) Type MTF 1301 MTF 1302 MTF 1303 Displacement: 296 tons light (700 tons full load) Dimensions: 192x31x7 feet Guns: I—40 mm., 56 cal. AA., 2—20 mm., 70 cal. AA. Machinery: Diesel. 1 shaft. Speed =8 kts. Notes Converted landing craft of the British LCT (3) type. Lighthouse motor transports (Moto- Trasporti Pari). NATO Pennant Nos.: A 5361, A 5362 and A 5363. LIGHTHOUSE TENDERS (Navi addette al Servizio Fari) BUFFOLUTO Displacement: 930 tons standard Dimensions: 172+ (pp.), 184+ (o.o.) X29£X 11 feet Machinery: 2 triple expansion. I.H.P.: 1,400=10 kts. Boilers: 2Thornycroft Notes Launched in 1924. NATO Pennant No.: A 5327. Sister ship Panigaglia blew up in July 1947. RAMPINO Displacement: 350 tons standard (645 tons full load) Dimensions: I58f X24£x 13 feet Machinery: Triple expansion=7 kts. Notes Buoy tender. Of netlayer type. Classed as Nave Ausiliarie with NATO Pennant No. A 5309. Auxiliaries—ITALY 209 RESCUE AND SALVAGE SHIP (Nave Salvataggio) OILERS (Navi Cisterna per Nafta) STEROPE PROTEO 1957, courtesy Dott. Ing. Luigi Accorsi PROTEO ( ex-Perseo , ex-Proteo) Displacement: 1,865 tons standard (2,147 tons full load ) Dimensions: 220£ (PP-) , 248 (o.a.)x38x I5f (mean), 21 (max.) feet Guns: I—3-9 inch AA., 2—20 mm., 65 cal. Machinery: 2 diesels. B.H.P.: 4,800=16 kts. (see Notes) Radius: 7,500 miles at 13 kts. Notes Laid down at Cantieri Navali Riuniti, Ancona, in 1943. Suspended in 1944. Seized by Germans and transferred to Trieste. Construction recommenced at Cantieri Navali Riuniti, Ancona, in 1949. Diesels at 250 r.p.m. drive a single propeller through hydraulic couplings and reduction gearing. NATO Pennant No.: A 5310. r nasco STEROPE (ex-Enrico Insom) Displacement: 5,350 tons light (21,800 tons full load) 38 ad Dimensions: 523£ (o.a.) X 68 X 30f feet BB1M 18 Machinery: Turbo-electric. S.H.P.: 6,000= 15 kts. Boilers: 2 Babcock & Wilcox Notes Former United States built oiler of the T 2 type acquired by the Italian Navy in 1959 and entered La Spezia Navy Yard in mid-April 1959 for refitting. DALMAZIA Displacement: 2,900 tons light (5,000 tons full load) Dimensions: 260X32^X 15* feet Guns: I—4-7 inch, 2—20 mm. AA. Machinery: Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 1,450=10 kts. Boilers: 2 Thornycroft oil-fired Cargo: 1,800 tons Notes Built byQuarnaro Yard, Fiume, launched in 1922. Formerly classified as a water carrier. Reclassified as a fleet oiler in 1958. NATO Pennant No. : A 5366. Photograph in the 1957-58 to 1959-60 editions. Recent D isposal The fleet oiler Prometeo was removed from the effective list in 1958. WATER CARRIERS (Navi Cisterna per Acqua) TUGS (Rimorchiatori) CIRCEO Notes Both completed in 1955. TAVOLARA VOLTURNO (new radar mast) 1957, Italian Navy, Official PO VOLTURNO Displacement: 3,336 tons standard (6,000 tons full load) Dimensions: 270f X 38* X 16£ feet Guns: I—4 inch, 35 cal., 2—40 mm, 2—20 mm. (Po), I—4-7 inch, 45 cal., 2—40 mm., 2—20 mm. AA. (Volturno) Machinery: Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 1,700= 11 -5 kts. Boilers: 2 oil-fired watertube Oil fuel: 226 tons Cargo capacity: 2,200 tons Notes Po was launched by Cant. Nav. Riuniti, Ancona, on 21 Dec. 1936. Volturno was built by Cantieri del Tirreno, Riva Trigoso, in 1936-37, and rebuilding was completed in 1951. Volturno has a new radar mast (see photo). NATO Pennant Nos.: A 5365 and A 5366, res¬ pectively. ADIGE (ex-YW 92) ISONZO (ex-YW 77) TANARO (ex-YW 99) FLEGETONTE (ex-YW 95) TICINO (ex-YW 79) Displacement: 463 tons standard (1,470 tons full load) Guns: I—37 mm., 2—20 mm. AA. Machinery: 2 diesels. H.P.: 315=8 kts. Water capacity: 850 tons Notes Ex-U.S. Army. NATO Pennant Nos.: A 5369, A 5371, A 5372, A 5376 and A 5377, respectively. SESIA Displacement: 1,050 tons Dimensions: 213^X33X 11£ feet Guns: I—37 mm., 2—20 mm. AA. Machinery: Fiat diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 600=8 kts. Notes Built by Adriatico. Launched in 1933. Fitted for minelaying. NATO Pennant No.: A 5375 METAURO Displacement: 592 tons Dimensions: 133*x26^X I0£ feet Machinery: Tosi diesels. B.H.P.: 400 = 8 kts. Notes Built by C.N. Quarnaro-Fiume. Launched in 1933. NATO Pennant No.: A 5373. ARNO Displacement: 634 tons Dimensions: 138* X 26 X 10 feet Machinery: I Fiat diesel. B.H.P.: 350=8 kts. Notes Built by Odero-Terni-Orlando, La Spezia. Launched in 1929. NATO Pennant No.: A 5370. MINCIO Displacement: 645 tons Dimensions: I38*x26£x 10 feet Guns: 2—20 mm. AA. Machinery: Tosi diesels. B.H.P.: 350=8 kts. Notes Built in Venice. Launched in 1929. NATO Pennant No.: A 5374. TIMAVO VIPACCO Displacement: 265 tons Machinery: I Tosi diesel. B.H.P.: 200=8 kts. Notes Both built by C.O.M.I., Venezia, 1921-26. FRIGIDO (ex-Fukuju Maru) Displacement: 398 tons Dimensions: I I6±x2l£x 10 feet Guns: 2 M.G. Machinery: Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 221 =7 kts. Boiler: I cylindrical Notes Built by Osaka. Launched in 1912. Purchased in 1916. OFANTO Displacement: 250 tons Dimensions: I05 jX I9|x7j feet Machinery: I Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 165=6 kts. Boilers: I Notes Built by S.E.B., Riva Trigoso, 1913-14. LENO SIMETO SPRUGOLA STURA TRONTO Notes Small water carriers of 270, 167, 212, 126 and 110 tons displacement, respectively. AUSONIA Displacement: Notes Both launched in 1948. 240 tons CICLOPE TITANO Displacement: 1,200 tons Dimensions: I57£X32f X 13f eet Machinery: Triple expansion. I shaft. I.H.P.: 1,000=8 kts. Notes NATO Pennant Nos.: A 5319 and A 5320, respectively. Titano was launched in 1948. Sister ship Nereo was discarded in 1957. MISENO Displacement: 285 tons Notes Former United States Navy harbour tugs. MONTE CRISTO GAGLIARDO ROBUSTO Displacement: 389 tons standard (506 tons full load) Machinery: I.H.P.: 1,000=8 kts. Notes Both launched in 1939. NATO Pennant Nos.: A 5322 and A 5323, respectively. PORTO EMPEDOCLE Displacement: 330 tons standard Guns: I—3 inch Machinery: I.H.P.: 500= 11 kts. Notes Launched in 1934. Employed as a harbour tug. PORTO FOSSONE PORTO RECAN ATI PORTO VECCH PORTO PISANO PORTO ROSSO SALVORE PORTO TORRES TINO Displacement: 226 to 270 tons Dimensions: 88£X22X 10 feet Guns: I—3 inch Machinery: I.H.P.: 600=9 kts. Notes All launched in 1936-37, except Tino, 1931, Principally employed as harbour tugs. ATLETA (ex-LT 152) FORTE (ex-LT 159) COLOSSO (ex-LT 214) TENACE (ex-LT 154) Displacement: 525 tons standard (835 tons full load) Dimensions: I42*x32£xll feet Machinery: 2 diesel—electric. H.P.: 690=11 kts. Notes Ex-U.S. Army. NATO Pennant Nos.: A 5318, A 5320, A 5321 and A 5324, respectively. ATLANTE Displacement: 355 tons Dimensions: 121^x23x9 feet Guns: I—3 inch Machinery: I.H.P.: 900= 11 kts. Notes Launched in 1928. Sunk by collision in harbour at Genoa in Jan. 1948, but later salvaged NATO Pennant No.: A 5317. LIPARI VENTIMIGLIA Displacement: 254 tons (Lipari), 230 tons (Ventimiglia) Dimensions: I08*x23x7£ feet (Lipari) Machinery: H.P.: 500 (Lipari)= 9 kts., 550 (Ventimaglia)= 10 kts. General Notes Lipari was built in 1917. There are also 55 harbour tugs, ferry tugs, lagoon tugs, numbered tugs and minor tugs. o 210 JAPAN—Maritime Self-Defence Force JAPAN Administration Chief of the Maritime Staff, Defence Agency: Admiral Mitsugu lhara. Commander, Self-Defence Fleet: Vice-Admiral Takao Aso. Defence Attache in London: Captain Yoshio Takahashi Personnel March, I960: 30,068 officers and ratings New Construction Programmes New 5-year defence plan calls for the con¬ struction in Japan between 1961 and 1965 of two anti-submarine helicopter carrier groups. Each group to consist of I helicopter carrier and 7 or 8 screening ships. Japan plans to build up to 20 submarines. I960: I guided missile destroyer (2,600 tons); 2 submarines (1,560 tons); 2 minesweepers (680 tons); I motor torpedo boat (120 tons); I oiler (3-500 tons). 1959: 2 frigates (1,450 ton “ B ” type); 2 sub¬ marines; 3 submarine chasers; 2 minesweepers; I submarine rescue vessel. 1958: 2 frigates (1,800-ton “A” type) 2 sub¬ marine chasers (450 tons); 4 coastal mine sweepers (340 tons); I high speed boat (45 tons). Mercantile Marine Lloyd’s Register of Shipping: 2,775 vessels of 6,276,689 tons gross DESTROYERS I New Construction Guided Missile Type Displacement: 2,600 tons standard Guided Missiles: “Tartar” surface-to-air weapons Notes Provided under the I960 new construction programme. To be equipped with “Tartar” surface-to-air guided missiles supplied from the U.S.A. To be completed in 1963. (U.S. AKIZUKI 2 “Moon” “ Off-shore ” Class Programme) TERUZUK! Name: Pennant No.: Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completion: Displacement: Dimensions: Akizuki DD 161 Mitsubishi Zosen Co., Nagasaki 31 July 1958 26 June 1959 13 Feb. I960 2,388 tons normal 377± (w./.), Teruzuki DD 162 Shin Mitsubishi Jyako Co., Kobe 15 Aug. 1958 24 June 1959 29 Feb. I960 standard, 2,890 tons 387£ (o.o.)x 39|xl3| Guns: Tubes: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: 3— 5 inch, 54 cal. d.p. (single); 4—3 inch, 50 cal. AA. (two twin) 4— 21 inch (quadrupled) 2 hedgehogs, 2 Y-guns, I rocket launcher, 2 depth charge throwers 2 sets Mitsubishi-Escher-Weiss (Aki¬ zuki), Westinghouse (Teruzuki) geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 45,000=32 kts. 4 Mitsubishi CE type 330 AKIZUKI I960, courtesy Mitsubishi Zosen Co., Nagasaki, Builders Notes Destroyers of a new design with a long forecastle hull received.from the United States as part of the 1957 United States Military Aid Program, but built in Japanese shipyards under an “ off-shore ” procurement agreement. They were designed as flotilla leaders to serve as senior officers’ ships and are equipped with 2 homing torpedo launchers, two radar systems and two sonar installations. The Akizuki is the flagship of the Self-Defence Fleet, Japan’s Maritime Self-Defence Force. “ Akizuki ” means Autumn Moon; “ Teruzuki ” means Shining Moon. Anti-Aircraft (“ A ” Type DDA) 3 “ Rain ” Class HARUSAME MURASAME YUDACHI Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: 1,800 cons standard (2,500 tons full load) 360 X 36 x I2± feet 3—5 inch, 54 cal. d.p.; 2—3 inch, 50 cal. AA. 4 short anti-submarine torpedoes, 1 hedgehog, 2 Y-guns, I depth charge rack 2 sets geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 30,000=30 kts. 2 Name: Pennant No. Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Harusame DD 109 Uraga Dock Co., Yokosuka Murasame DD 107 Mitsubishi Zosen Co., Nagazaki Yudach DD 108 Ishikawa- jima Jyuko Co., Tokyo 17 June 1958 18 June 1959 15 Dec. 1959 17 Dec. 1957 31 July 1958 28 Feb. 1959 16 Dec. 1957 29 July 1958 25 Mar. 1959 HARUSAME I960, courtesy Uraga Dock, Yokosuka, Builders General Notes Murasame and Yudachi were built under the 1956 Pro¬ gramme. They are named after the rains. Harusame was built under the 1957 Programme. “ Harusame ” means Spring Rain. “ Murasame ” means Village Rain or Shower. Engineering Notes Murasame has Mitsubishi-Escher-Weiss turbines and Mitsubishi CE type boilers by Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Co.; Yudachi has Kanpon-lshikawajima type turbines and Ishikawa- jima FW-D type boilers by Ishikawajima Heavy Industry Co. Anti-Submarine (“A” Type DDK) 4 + 3 “Wave” Class AYANAMI SHIKINAMI URANAMI ISONAMI TAKANAMI Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: T u bes: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: 1,700 to 1,720 tons standard (2,500 tons full load). 357$ (w./.)X 35,V,X ll| (max.) 6—3 inch, 50 cal AA. 4—21 inch (quadrupled). Homing torpedoes, 2 on each beam 2 Hedgehogs, 2 Y-guns. Sonar. 2 sets Mitsubishi-Escher-Weiss tur¬ bines. 2shafts. S.H.P.: 35,000 = 32 kts. 2 Mitsubishi-Nagasaki C E type Programme Name 1955 Ayanami 1955 Isonami 1955 Shikinami 1957 Takanami 1955 Uranami 1958 Onami 1958 Makinam i Builders Mitsubishi Zozen Co., Nagazaki Shin Mitsubishi Jyuko Co., Kobe Mitsui Zozen Co., Tamano Mitsui Zozen Co., Tamano Kawasaki Jyuko Co., Kobe Ishikawajima Jyuko Co., Tokyo lino Jyuko Co., Maizuru Pennant No. Name DD 103 Ayanami DD 104 Isonami DD 106 Shikinami DD NO Takanami DD 105 Uranami DD 111 Onami DD 112 Makinami Laid down Launched Completed 20 Nov. 1956 I June 1957 12 Feb. 1958 14 Dec. 1956 30 Sep. 1957 II Mar. 1958 24 Dec. 1956 25 Sep. 1957 15 Mar. 1958 8 Nov. 1958 8 Aug. 1959 31 Jan. I960 I Feb. 1957 29 Aug. 1957 27 Feb. 1958 20 Mar. 1959 13 Feb. I960 Aug. I960 20 Mar. 1959 25 Apr. I960 Oct. I960 URANAMI I960, Hajime Fukava Notes The Hedgehog throwers are mounted on turntables be fore the bridge. Four torpedo loading racks are mounted in pairs abreas: the after funnel. Droppers foranti-submarine homing torpedoes are mounted on the quarter deck. Ayanami means ‘‘Weave Wave,” Isonami means " Shore Wave,” Shikinami means “ Spread Wave,” Takanami means “ High Wave ” and Uranami means “ Small Bay Wave.” Maritime Self-Defence Force ( continued )—JAPAN 211 Destroyers —continued 2 “Wind ” Class HARUKAZE YUKIKAZE Pennant No.: Name: Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: DD 101 Harukaze Mitsubishi Zosen Co., Nagazaki 15 Dec. 1954 20 Sept. 1955 26 April 1956 DD 102 Yukikaze Shin - Mitsub¬ ishi Jyuko Co., Kobe. 17 Nov. 1954 20 Aug. 1955 31 July 1956 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 1,700 tons standard (2,340 tons full load) 347£ (w.l.), 358± (o.a.) X 34* X 12 feet 3—5 inch, 38 cal., d.p.; 8—40 mm. U.S. Bofors A A. Tubes for short homing torpedoes, 2 hedgehogs, 4 K-guns, I depth charge rack Harukaze: 2 Mitsubishi-Escher Wyss geared turbines. Yukikaze: 2 Westinghouse geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 30,000 = 30 kts. Harukaze: 2 Hitachi-Babcock Yukikaze: 2Combustion Engineering 557 tons 6,000 miles at 18 kts. Harukaze: 190; Yukikaze 187 HARUKAZE 1956, courtesy Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., builders General Notes “ A ” Type DD High Speed Escort Vessels. Harukake and Yukikaze were authorised by Congress under 1953 fiscal year programme. Largest and first destroyer hulled vessels built in Japan since the Second World War. Electric welding was extensively adopted in hull construction; development and usage of weldable high tension steel in main hull and light alloy in superstructure are also novel. Nearly all armament supplied from U.S.A. under the MSA clause, Harukaze means “ Spring Wind,” Yukikaze means ” Snow Wind.” Photograph of Yukikaze in 1957-58 Edition. A/S Weapon Notes Armament was modified in Mar. 1959 when homing torpedo tubes were mounted and depth charge equipment correspondingly reduced. (Ex-U.S. Later “ Fletcher ” Type Destroyers) 2 “ Twilight *' Class ARIAKE (ex-U.S.S. Heywood L. Edwards, DD 663) YUGURE (ex-U.S.S. Richard P. Leary, DD 664) Name: Pennant No.: Builders: Launched: Completed: Ariake DD 183 Boston Navy Yard 6 Oct. 1943 26 Jan. 1944 Yugure DD 184 Boston Navy Yard 6 Oct. 1943 23 Feb. 1944 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: 2,050 tons standard (3,040 tons full load) 376i (o.a.) X 39^ X 18 (max.) feet 5—5 inch, 38 cal.; 10—40 mm. AA.; 8—20 mm. A A. General Electric geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 60,000=35 kts. 4 Babcock & Wilcox 300 ARIAKE (before transfer and reconditioning) Added 1959, United States Navy, Official Notes Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force on 10 Mar. 1959 and Former United States destroyers of the Later “ Fletcher ” towed to Japan for re-conditioning. “ Ariake ” means Dawn class DD. Transferred on loan from the U.S. Navy to the Twilight; “Yugure” means Evening Dusk. (Ex-U.S.“ Gleaves ” Type Destroyers) 2 “ Breeze ” Class ASAKAZE (ex-U.S.S. Ellyson, DD 454, ex-DMS 19) HATAKAZE (ex-U.S.S. Macomb, DD 458, ex-DMS 23) Name: Pennant No.: Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: Asakaze DD 181 Federal S.B. & D.D. Co. 2 Dec. 1940 25 July 1941 28 Nov. 1941 Hatakaze DD 182 Bath Iron Works Corpn, 3 Sep. 1940 22 Sep. 1941 26 Jan. 1942 1,630 tons (2,775 tons full load) 341 (wJ.), 348i(o.o.)X 36 X 10 (mean) 18 (max.) feet 3—5 inch, 38 cal., d.p.; 8—40 mm. AA.; 4—20 mm. AA. I or 2 Hedgehogs, 4 K-guns, 2 depth charge racks Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 50,000 = 37 kts. (designed). Sea speed approx. 30 kts. 4 Babcock & Wilcox 250 ASAKAZE 1956, Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force, Official Notes Former United States destroyers of the “ Gleaves ” class, DD, formerly rated as destroyer minesweepers, DMS. Taken over from the U.S.A. on 19 Oct. 1954. Names mean “ Morning Breeze ” and “ Flag-fluttering Breeze,” respec¬ tively. FRIGATES (Ex-U.S. “ Bostwick” Type Destroyer Escorts) 2 “ Sun ” Class ASA HI (ex-U.S.S. Amick, DE 168) HATSUHI (ex-U.S.S. Atherton, DE 169) Name: No.: Builders: Launched: Completed: Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: Asahi DE 262 Federal Port Newark 26 May 1943 26 July 1943 Hatsuhi DE 263 Federal, Port Newark 26 May 1943 29 Aug. 1943 1,250 tons (1,900 tons full load) 306 (o.a.) X 36f X 10| (mean), 12 (max.) feet 3—3 inch, 50 cal. d.p.; 2—40 mm. AA; 4—20 mm. AA.; and D.C.T. General Motors diesels with electric drive. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 6,000= 20 kts. sea speed 220 HATSUH 1 1956, Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force, Official Notes Former United States destroyer escorts of the “ Bost- 1955. Asahi means “ Morning Sun ”; Hatsuhi means “ First wick” class DE taken over from the U.S. Navy on 14 June Sun of the Year.” 212 JAPAN—Maritime Self-Defence Force ( continued ) Frigates —continued 2 New Construction Destroyer Escort Type (DE) DE 204 DE 205 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: A/S weapons: Machinery: 1,450 tons standard (1,700 tons full load ) 260 x 33£ X 11 feet 4—3 inch, 50 cal. 8—21 inch A/S “ Able ” mortar, I D.C.T., I D.C. rack 2 diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 16,000 = 25 kts. Notes Being built under the 1959 new construction programme by Ishikawajima Jyuko Co., Tokyo, and lono Jyuko Co., Daizuru, respectively. Two more are projected, DE 206 and ME 207. INAZUMA Added 1959 , courtesy Mitsui Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd., Builders Diesel “ B ” Type DE 2 “ Thunder” Class I KAZUCHI INAZUMA Name: Ikazuchi Inazuma No.: Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Radius: Complement: DE 202 DE 203 Kawasaki Jyuko Mitsui Zosen Co., Kobe Co., Tamano 18 Dec. 1954 25 Dec. 1954 6 Sep. 1955 4 Aug. 1955 29 May 1956 5 Mar. 1956 1,080 tons standard (1,300 tons full load) 287 (w.l.) X 28^ X IG± feet 2—3 inch, 5C cal., d.p.; 4—40 m.m. AA. I hedgehog, 4 K-guns, 2 dapth charge racks Diesel engines. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 12,000 = 25 kts. 5,500 miles at 15 kts. 145 and 156 General Notes Diesel powered “ B ” type DE Escort Vessels. Authorised by Congress under 1953 fiscal year programme. Unlike the turbine boat, Akebono, see below, which has two funnels, these diesel boats have only one funnel. Ikazuchi means “ Thunder,” Inazuma means “ Thunderbolt.” ! KAZUCH I 1958, Hajime Fukaya Gunnery Notes The original 2—3 inch guns and I—40 mm. gun were removed in Mar. 1959 and replaced by 2—3 inch quick firinj guns. Turbine “ B ” Type DE I “ Dawn ” Class AKEBONO No.; D E 201 Builders: Ishikawajima Jyuko Co., Tokic Ordered: 20 Nov. 1954 Laid down: 10 Dec. 1954 Launched: 15 Oct. 1955 Completed: 20 Mar. 1956 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: 1,075 tons standard (1,350 tons full load) 301 (o.a.) X 28^ X I I (max.) feet 2—3 inch, 50 cal.; 3—40 mm. AA. 1 Hedgehog, 4 K-guns, I depth charge rack Ishikawajima geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 18,000=28 kts. 2 Ishikawajima—Foster Wheeler type 193 AKEBONO General Notes Turbine propelled “ B ” type DE Escort Vessel built under the 1953 Programme. “ Akebono ” means Dawn. 1958, Hajime Fukaya Gunnery Notes The original 2—3 inch guns and I—40 mm. gun were removed in March 1959 when 2—3 inch quick firing guns were mounted and 4 K-guns and I D.C. rack removed. Rated as Radar Picket (Ex-Japanese Escort Destroyer) WAKABA ( ex-Nashi) No.: Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Displacement: Dimensio ,s: Guns: A/S Weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: General Notes This ship, the old wartime escort destroyer Nashi, was built under the War Programme of 1943 as one of the Modified “ Matsu ” type. She Was sunk on 28 July 1945 off Hatajiri Point, Inland Sea, by carrier borne aircraft. She was officially scrapped on 15 Sep. 1945. But she was subsequently raised and repaired and purchased by the Maritime Self-Defence Force. She completed her first re¬ construction at Kure Zosen on 12 May 1956, being renamed and commissioned on 31 May. Designated “ B ” Type DE. Her new name Wakaba means “ Young Leaf.” She was intended to be used as the training ship but she was converted into a radar picket escort vessel or aircraft direction ship. Her second reconstruction commenced on 10 Sep. 1957 and was completed on 26 Mar. 1958. Her lattice foremast and tripod mainmast were stepped in 1958. DE 261 Kawasaki, Kobe I Sep. 1944 17 Jan. 1945 15 Mar. 1945 1,250 tons standard (1,560 tons full load) 322* (pp.), 329| (o.a.) X 31 £ X lOf feet 2—3 inch AA. Hedgehog, 2 K-guns, D.C. tracks Turbines. 2shafts. S.H.P.: 14,000 = 25 kts. Sea speed, 24 kts. 2 Kampon 395 tons 4,680 miles at 16 kts. 206 WAKABA Added 1959, courtesy The Uraga Dock Co. Ltd., Yokosuka Photograph Notes Another photograph of this ship after conversion to a radar picket escort vessel, a starboard quarter view, appears in the 1958-59 edition. Maritime Self-Defence Force ( continued )— JAPAN 213 Frigates — continued Rated as Frigates (Ex-U.S. “ Tacoma ” Type Patrol Escorts) 18 “ Tree ” Class BUNA (ex-U.S.S. Bayonne, PF 21) PF 294 KAEDE (ex-U.S.S. Newport News, PF 27) P F 293 KASHI (ex-U.S.S. Pasco, PF 6) P F 283 KAYA (ex-U.S.S. Son Pedro, PF 37) P F 288 KEYAKI (ex-U.S.S. Evansville, PF 70) P F 255 KIRI (ex-U.S.S. Everett, PF 8) PF 291 KUSU (ex-U.S.S. Ogden, PF 39) P F 281 MAKI (ex-U.S.S. Charlottesville, PF 25) P F 258 MATSU (ex-U.S.S. Bath, PF 55) P F 286 MOMI (ex-U.S.S. Poughkeepsie, PF 26) P F 284 NARA (ex-U.S.S. Machias, PF 53) PF 282 NIRE (ex-U.S.S. Sandusky, PF 54) P F 287 SAKURA (ex-U.S.S. Carson City, PF 50) PF 290 SHII (ex-U.S.S. Long Beach. PF 34) PF 297 SUGI (ex-U.S.S. Coronado, PF 38) PF 285 TOCHI (ex-U.S.S. Albuquerque, PF 7) PF 296 TSUGE (ex-U.S.S. Gloucester. PF 22) P F 292 UME (ex-U.S.S. Allentown, PF 52) P F 289 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 1,430 tons standard (2,415 tons full load) 285* (w.L), 304 (o.o.)x37*x I3f (max.) feet 3— 3 inch, 50 cal., d.p.; 2—40 mm. AA.; 9—20 mm. AA. 2 hedgehogs, 2 depth charge racks, 8 K-guns Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 5.500 = 20 kts. (designed). Sea speed 18 kts. 2 645 tons 9.500 miles at 12 kts. 180 Notes y Former American patrol escorts, PF, of the “Tacoma” class. Of similar design to the British frigaces of the “ River ” class. All launched in 1943. Transferred from U.S.A. in 1953. All named after trees. Keyaki, with deckhouse added abaft the mainmast, is flagship of the flotilla. Pennant Nos. I to 18, superseded by new numbers assigned on I Sept. 1957 (see above). KIRI Added 1957, Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force, Official NARA courtesy Lieut.-Commander G. R. G. Murray, R.N. SUBMARINES 2 Projected Improved “Oyashio” Type Displacement: 1,560 tons Notes To be built under the I960 new construction programme. Nuclear Powered Type Notes The Director of the Japanese Defence Agency stated on 5 May 1959 that Japan was studying the possibility of building a nuclear powered submarine. In the meantime, two sister ships of the Oyashio would be ordered. 2 New Construction Displacement: Dimensions: Tubes: Machinery: 750 tons 194* X 20f feet 4—21 inch 2 diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 850= 12 kts. (surface). 2 electric motors H.P.: 650=14-5 kts. (submerged) Notes Medium submarines of a new type designed and built under the 1959 Programme. OYASHIO (on first trials) I960, Hajime Fukaya I “ Oyashio ” Class OYASHIO Pennant No.: Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: SS 511 Kawasaki JyukoCo., Kobe 25 Dec. 1957 25 May 1959 30 June I960 Displacement: 1,139 tons surface (1,420 tons submerged) Dimensions: Tubes: Machinery: Radius: Complement: 258* X 23 x15*feet 4—21 inch. 10 torpedoes 2 diesels. B.H.P.: 2,700= 13 kts. (surface) 2 electric motors. S.H.P.: 5,960= 19 kts. (submerged) 5,000 miles at 10 kts. 65 Notes Of a new type. Built under the 1956 Programme. The first submarine to be built in a Japanese shipyard since the end of the Second World War, and the first Japanese sub¬ marine to be fitted with a Schnorkel breathing tube. Completed and delivered to the Japanese Maritime Self- Defence Force on 30 June I960. She was first estimated to cost £2,718,000, but this figure has since been revised. I Ex-U.S. “ Gato ” Class KUROSHIO (ex-U.S.S. Mingo, SS 261) Pennant No.: Builders: Laid rlivn: Launcie i: Completed: SS 501 Electric Boat Conn., U.S.A. 21 Mar. 1942 3 Nov. 1942 12 Feb. 1943 Co., Grocon, Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: Complement: 1,525 tons standard, 1,816 tons surface (2,425 tons submerged) 31 If X27 X 15 feet I—5 inch, 25 cal., d.p.; 2—20 mm. AA. 10—21 inch (6 bow, 4 stern) 2 General Motors, diesels. B.H.P.: 6,500=21 kts. (surface); 2 electric motors. H.P.: 2,750 = 10 kts. (submerged) KUROSHIO 1956, Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force, Official Notes Taken over from the U.S. Navy late August 1955. Kuroshio Former United States submarine of the “Gato” class, means “ Black Current.” 214 JAPAN—Maritime Self-Defence Force ( continued ) FAST PATROL VESSELS MINELAYERS OOTAKA I960, courtesy Kure Shipyard, Builders Rated as Submarine Chasers (PC) 5 “Mizutori” Class MIZUTORI 313 Displacement Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: YAMADORI 314 315 420 tons standard I96f x23*x7* feet 2—40 mm. (twin) 1 Hedgehog, I D.C. rack, Homing Torpedoes 2 Kawasaki M.A.N. diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 4,000=20 kts. No. Name Builders Laid down Launched 311 Mizutori Kawasaki, Kobe 13 Mar. 1959 22 Sep. 1959 312 Yamadori Fujinagata, Osaka 14 Mar. 1959 22 Oct. 1959 313 Kure Shipyard 16 Dec. 1959 May I960 314 Fujinagata, Osaka 18 Dec. 1959 May I960 315 Sasebo Shipyard 25 Jan. I960 June I960 Completed 22 Feb. I960 15 Mar. I960 Oct. I960 Oct. I960 Nov. I960 Notes Mizutori and Yamadori were built under the 1958 fiscal year programme, others under the 1959 fiscal year programme. 2 “ Umitaka ” Class OOTAKA Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: UMITAKA 440 tons standard I96f x23*x7* feet 2—40 mm. (twin) 2 Mitsui B. and W. diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 4,000=20 kts. No. Name Builders Laid down Launched Completed 309 Umitaka Kawasaki, Kobe 13 Mar. 1959 25 July 1959 30 Nov. 1959 310 Notes OOtaka Kure Shipyard 18 Mar. 1959 3 Sep. 1959 14 Jan. I960 Built under the 1957 fiscal year programme. Same hull and armament as “ Mizutori ” class. Design improved from “ Kamome ” and “ Kari ” class, emphasising good sea-keeping qualities. Ootaki means Great Hawk, and Umitaka means Sea Hawk. HAYABUSA HAYABUSA 1957, courtesy Mitsubiski Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Builders I Gas Turbine Type Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: 370 tons standard 190* X 25* X 6|f;et 2—40 mm. AA. (twin) I Hedgehog, 2 D.C. throwers, 2 D.C. racks I Gas turbine. H.P.: 5,000. 2 diesels. B.H.P.: 4,000=26 kts. Notes Authorised under the 1954 fiscal year programme. Pennant No. 308. Built by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd., Nagasaki. Laid down on 23 May 1956. Launched on 20 Nov. 1956. Completed on 10 June 1957. Other particulars (not officially confirmed): Oil fuel: 22 tons; Radius: 2,000 miles; Complement: 80. KAMOM E 1957, Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force, Official KAMOME KARI KIJI Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: 7 Diesel Type MISAGO TSUBAME TAKA WASHI 330 tons standard (Kari, Kijii, and W ashi 310 tons) 173* (o.a.) X 21 * X 6f feet 2—40 mm. (twin) I hedgehog, 2 K-guns, D.C. Throwers Diesel (Kari, Kijii, Taka and Washi, Kawasaki M.A.N.; others Mitsui Burmeister & Wain). B.H.P.: 4,000=21 kts. No. Name Builders Laid down Launched Completed 305 Kamome Uraga, Yokosuka 27 Jan. 1956 3 Sep. 1956 14 Jan. 1957 301 Kari Fujimagata, Osaka 18 Jan. 1956 26 Sep. 1956 8 Feb. 1957 302 Kiji lino, Maizura 14 Dec. 1955 11 Sep. 1956 29 Jan. 1957 307 Misago Uraga, Yokosuka 27 Jan. 1956 1 Nov. 1956 II Feb. 1957 303 Taka Fujimagata, Osaka 18 Jan. 1956 17 Nov. 1956 1 1 Mar. 1957 306 Tsubame Kure Shipyard 15 Mar. 1956 10 Nov. 1956 31 Jan. 1957 304 Washi lino, Maizuru 14 Dec. 1955 12 Nov. 1956 30 Mar. 1957 Notes Authorised under the 1954 fiscal year programme. Name Kamome means “ Seagull.” Particulars not officially confirmed: Oil fuel: 21 *5 tons; Radius: 2,000 miles at 12 kts.; Complement: 74. TSUGARU 1956, Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force, Official Minelayer and Cable Layer (ARC) TSUGARU Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Mines: Machinery: Complement: Notes Dual purpose cable layer and coastal minelayer. Authorised under the 1953 fiscal year pro¬ gramme. Built by Yokohama Shipyard & Engine Works, Mitsubishi Nippon-Heavy Indus¬ tries, Ltd. Laid down on 18 Dec. 1954. Launched on 19 July 1955. Completed on 15 Dec. 1955. 1,000 tons 2I6*X34*X II feet I—3 inch, 50 cal., d.p.; 2—20 mm. AA.; 4 K-guns 4 mine launchers, capacity of 40 mines Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 3,200= 16 kts. 105 E RIMO 1956, Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force, Official Minelayer and Minesweeper (AMC) ERIMO Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Complement: 630 tons 210x26x8 feet 2—40 mm. AA.; 2—20 mm. AA. I Hedgehog; I D.C. Diesel. I shaft. B.H.P.: 2,500= 18 kts. 74 Notes Multi-purpose minelayer, ocean minesweeper (non-magnetic) and submarine chaser. Authorised under 1953 fiscal year programme. Buiit by Uraga Dock Co. Laid down on 10 Dec 1954. Launched on 12 July 1955. Completed on 28 Dec. 1955. PATROL VESSELS ( Keibitel) FUYO Added 1957, Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force, Official 23 “ Flower ” Class AJISAI (ex-LSSL 88) 425 AYAME (ex-LSSL I 15) 410 AZAM I (ex-LSSL 27) 419 BARA (ex-LSSL 78) 406 BOTAN (ex-LSSL 129) 442 FUJI (ex-LSSL 75) 405 FUYO (ex-LSSL 110) 412 HAMAGIKU (ex-LSSL 87) 415 HAMAYU (ex-LSSL 68) 439 HIMAWARI (ex-LSSL 102) 423 HII RAG I (ex-LSSL 114) 424 ISOGIKU (ex-LSSL 106) 416 IWAGIKU (ex-LSSL 120) 418 KAIDO (ex-LSSL 76) 420 KESHI (ex-LSSL I 14) 409 NOGIKU (ex-LSSL 22) 413 RINDO (ex-LSSL 79) 421 SHIRAGIKU (ex-LSSL 72) 417 SHOBU (ex-LSSL 96) 440 SUIREN (ex-LSSL 94) 432 SUMIRE (ex-LSSL 14) 407 TSUTSUJI (ex-LSSL 101) 422 YAMAGIKU (ex-LSSL 82) 414 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: 227 tons standard (383 tons full load) 158* (o.a.)x 23* X5f (max.) feet 6—40 mm. AA.; 4—20 mm. AA. (see notes) Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,600= 14-5 kts. 73 Notes Former American LSSL’s (Landing Ships Support, Large). Transferred from U.S.A. in 1953. All named after flowers. Some boats have I—3 inch, 50 cal. d.p. instead of twin 40 mm. AA. in “ A ” position. Pennant Nos. I to 50, superseded by new numbers from 401 to 450 assigned on I Sep. 1957. Photograph of Renge in 1957-58 edition. Hamagiku is to be refitted as a “ Drone ” carrier. Japan has returned all but 23 of the 50 originally leased LSSL’s to the United States to save maintenance costs. These 23 were transferred to Japan under MDAP in Aug. 1959. Recent Disposals Akane (ex-LSSL 100), Aoi (ex-98), Hagi (ex-130), Himejuri (ex-20), Kanna (ex-109), Karakaya (ex-67), Keito (ex-60), Kiku (ex-57), Kikyo (ex-119), Oniyuri (ex-13), Renge (ex-126), Sasayuri (ex-52), Sekichiku (ex-12), Suisen (ex-74), Suzuran (ex-25), Yaguruma (ex-103), Yamayuri (ex- 18 and Yuri (ex-107) were returned to the U.S.A. in 1958 and Ezogiku (ex-LSSL 24), Hasu (ex-LSSL 89), Hinagiku (ex-LSSL 83), Ran (ex-LSSL 104), Sawagiku (ex-LSSL 84), Shida (ex-LSSL 90), Susuki (ex-LSSL 58), Tsuta (ex- LSSL 85) and Yamabuki (ex-LSSL I 16), were returned to the U.S.A. in 1959. Maritime Self-Defence Force ( continued )—JAPAN 215 COASTAL MINESWEEPERS Coastal M inesweepers — continued 7 + 6 “ Kasado ” Class 9 “ Ujishima 99 Class HABUSHI KANAWA KOHZU SAKITO TATARA KASADO MIKURA SHISAKA TSUKIMI Displacement: 340 tons Dimensions: 151 X 27* X 7* feet Guns: 1—20 mm. AA. Machinery: 2 diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,200=14 kts. Notes Anti-magnetic type minesweepers. Habushi, Kanawa and Sakito were ordered under the 1957 Programme. Sakito was built by Nippon Steel Tube Co. (Tsurumi Works), Habishi and Kanawa by Hitachi Shipbuilding Co. (Kanagawa Works of Kawasaki). Four more medium type minesweepers, building Nos. 309, 310, 311 and 312 are being built under the 1958 Programme, and two more under the 1959 Programme. Kasado and Shisaka were ordered under the 1955 Programme. Kasado was built by Hitachi, Kanagawa Works, Shisaka by Tsurumi, Japan Steel Works. Hull is of wooden construction with form for speed. Otherwise built of non-magnetic materials. No. Name Laid down Launched Completed MSC 604 Kasado 9 July 1956 19 Mar. 1958 26 June 1958 MSC 605 Shisaka 20 July 1956 20 Mar. 1958 16 Aug. 1958 MSC 606 Kanawa 25 Aug. 1958 22 Apr. 1959 24 July 1959 MSC 607 Sakito 16 Aug. 1958 22 Apr. 1959 25 Aug. 1959 MSC 608 Habushi 25 Aug. 1958 19 June 1959 22 Sep. 1959 MSC 609 Kohzu 24 Mar. 1959 12 Nov. 1959 26 Feb. I960 MSC 610 Tatara 30 Mar. 1959 14 Jan. I960 26 Mar. I960 YASHIRO 1957, Nippon Steel Tube Co. Ltd., Builders I “Yashiro” Class YASHIRO Displacement: Dimensions: Guns? Machinery: Complement: 230 tons standard 118 (pp.) x 22f x 6* feet I—20 mm. AA. Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,200=13 kts. 33 Notes Built under the 1953 Programme by the Nihon Kohan Co., Tsurumi. Officially stated to be of a different type from Atada and Itsuki (see below). .-v * 4 ^ ITSUKI I960, Nippon Steel Tube Co. Ltd., Builders 2 “ Atada ” Class. AT ADA ITS UK Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 240 tons standard (260 tons full load) 118 (pp.), 123* (o.a.) X 21 x6* feet I—20 mm. AA. Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,200= 13 5 kts. 20 tons 2,000 miles at 10 kts. 33 Notes Wood and light metal. Non-magnetic. Authorised under 1953 fiscal year programme. Built by the Hitachi Zozen Co. Named after small islands. A photograph of Atada appears in the 1957-58 to 1959-60 editions. No. Name Laid down Launched Completed MSC 601 Atada 20 June 1955 12 Mar. 1956 30 Apr. 1956 MSC 602 Itsuki 22 June 1955 12 Mar. 1956 20 June 1956 MSC 603 Yashiro 22 lune 1955 26 Mar. 1956 10 July 1956 ETAJIMA (ex-U.S.S. Firecrest, AMS 10) MOROSHIMA (ex-U.S.S. Hummer, MSC(o) 20) NINOSHIMA (ex-U.S.S. Lark, MSC(o) 23) N UWAJIMA (ex-U.S.S. Heron, AMS 18) OGISHIMA (ex-U.S.S. Pelican, AMS 32) UJISHIMA (ex-U.S.S. Condor. AMS 5) YAKUSHIMA (ex-U.S.S. Osprey. AMS 28) YUGEJIMA (ex-U.S.S. Swallow, AMS 36) YURISHIMA (ex-U.S.S. Chatterer, AMS 40) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: 270 tons standard (350 tons full load) 136 X 24* X 8 (max.) feet I—40 mm. AA.; 2—20 mm. AA. 2 General Motors diesels. B.H.P.: 1,000=12 kts. Complement: 39 Notes Former American ** Albatross ” class coastal minesweepers of wooden construction, formerly known as auxiliary motor minesweepers (AMS) but reclassified as Minesweepers, Coastal (old) or MSC(o) in Feb. 1955. Moroshima and Ninoshima were transferred from the United States Navy on loan to Japan under the MDAP on 12 Feb. 1959, the remainder in 1955. All named after small islands around the Japanese homeland. Pennant Nos. 656, 612, 613, 657, 655, 658, 659, 660 and 661, respectively. INSHORE MINESWEEPERS 10 “ Ukishima ” Class AWASH IMA (ex-MS 23, ex-No. 138) HIMESHIMA (ex-MS 22, ex-No. 136) KAMOSHIMA (ex-MS 25, ex-No. 152) KU RUSH IMA (ex-MS 24, ex-No. 139) MATSUSHIMA (ex-MS 21, ex-No. 135) OSH IMA (ex-MS 29, ex-No. 179) OTOSHIMA (ex-MS 20, ex-No. 134) TAKASHIMA (ex-MS 26, ex-No. 153) TSURUSHIMA (ex-MS 19, ex-No. 84) UKISHIMA (ex-MS 18, ex-No. 31) Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Complement: 238 tons I05| (o.a.) X 20x7* feet I diesel. B.H.P.: 400=10 kts. 26 Notes Wood. Ex-Naval Auxiliary Patrol Boats constructed 1943-1945. Named after small islands around Japanese homeland. Nos. MSI 683, 682, 684, 687, 686, 689, 681, 688, 685, and 680 respectively. Photographs of Ukishima and Otoshima in 1957-58 edition. I “ Okichidori ” Class OKICHIDORI (ex-MS 68) Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Complement: 189 tons 125 X 18X9* feet 2 diesels. B.H.P.: 800= 14 kts. 26 Notes Former Naval Aircraft Rescue Boat. Of steel construction. Pennant No. MSA. II “Chiyozuru ” Class CHIYOZURU (ex-MS 01, ex-No. 171) HATSUTAKA (ex-MS 03, ex-No. 222) HAYATORI (ex-MS 15, ex-No. 214) HIYODORI (ex-MS 84, ex-No. 203) IWATSUBAME (ex-MS 13, ex-No. 99) KAMOZURU (ex-MS 06, ex-No. 249) SHIRATORI (ex-MS 17, ex-No. 231) TOMOZURU (ex-MS 16, ex-No. 215) UMITSUBAME (ex-MS 07, ex-No. 72) YOSHIKIRI (ex-MS 02, ex-No. 221) YUKARI (ex-MS 10, ex-No. 88) Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Complement: 130 tons 95* (o.a.)X 18* X 6* feet I diesel. B.H.P.: 400=11 kts. 23 Notes Wood. Ex-Naval Auxiliary Sub-Chasers constructed 1943-1945. All named after birds. Nos. MSI 690 ( Yoshikiri ), 691 ( Kamozuru ), 692 ( Yukari ), 693 ( Tomozuru ), 694 (Shiratori), 695 Chiyozuru ), 696 ( Hatsutaka ), 69 7(Umitsubame), 698 (Iwatsubame), 699 (Hayatori ),700 ( Hiyodori ). Photograph of Chiyozuru in 1957-58 edition. Recent Disposals Furutaka, Hakuo, Hayataka, Kiji, Miyakodori, Nishikidori, Otaka, Otori, Shirasagi, Wakataka, Yamabato and Yuhibar of this class were disposed of in 1959. AUXILIARY MINESWEEPERS 2 “ Guinea Pig ” Ships SOEI (ex-Soe/ Maru, MS 32) Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Complement: 2,860 tons 303* X 42x23* feet Geared turbine. I shaft. S.H.P.: 1,200 64 Notes Ex-wartime 2 TM tanker used as a “ guinea pig ” in minesweeoing. Rated as a large minesweeper(G. P.). = 11 kts. Built Japan Jan. 1945. YUCHIDORI (ex-MS 62) Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Complement: 307 tons I4l*x20xl0* feet Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 800=14 kts. 36 Notes Ex-Naval Aircraft Rescue Boat used as a *' guinea pig " in minesweeping, small minesweeper(G. P.). Rated as a MINESWEEPING BOATS 4 “ Yashima ” Class HASH IMA (ex-U.S.S. AMS 95) TSUSHIMA (ex-U.S.S. MSC (ex-AMS 255) TOSHIMA (ex-U.S.S. MSC 258) YASHIMA (ex-U.S.S. AMS 144) 6 Inshore Type No. 401 No. 402 No. 403 No. 404 No. 405 No. 406 Displacement: 375 tons Dimensions: 138 (pp.), 144 (o.a.) X26* X8* feet Machinery: 2 GM. diesels. B.H.P.: 1,000= 14 kts. Complement: 39 Notes Wood. Former American AMS’s (Auxiliary Minesweepers). Yashima and Hashima were transferred from U.S.A. in 1954 and 1955, respectively. Tsushima was transferred from the U.S A. under MDAP and commissioned in the Japanese Navy on 18 July 1956 at San Francisco. Toshima transferred under MDAP in 1957. Nos. MSC 651 (Yashima,) 652 (Hashima,) 653 (Tsushima), 654 (Toshima). A photograph of Yashima appears in the 1957-58 to 1959-60 editions. Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Complement: Notes 42 tons 57* (w./.), 62* (o.a.) X 16 X 4 feet Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 640 =10 kts. 8 Three minesweeping boats were built under the New Construction Programme authorised for the 1954 fiscal year, and another for 1955. All launched in Jan. and Feb. 1957 and com¬ pleted in Feb. and Mar. 1957. Nos. 401 and 402 built by Hitachi, Kanagawa; Nos. 403 and 404 by Nihon Kokan, Tsurumi. Nos. 405 and 406 were built by Nikan Kokan, Tsurumi (Nippon Steel Tube Co., Tsurumi Works). Named Sokaitei Nos. I to 6, and numbered MSB 701 to)706. Laid down in June 1958 and completed in Feb.—Mar. 1959. AUXILIARIES Submarine Rescue Vessel (ASR) Displacement: 1,250 tons Notes Building under the 1959 new construction programme. TOBA Displacement: 390 tons Dimensions: I26fx28 X 12 feet Machinery: I diesel. B.H.P.: 1,200= 11 kts. Notes AST category. Of wooden construction. Former name was LT 392. SUMA Displacement: 115 tons Dimensions: 70^x19x5 feet Machinery: I diesel. B.H.P.: 600= 12 kts Notes ASR category of steel construction. Former name was YTL 749. TOKUMU I TOKUMU 3 TOKUMU 7 TOKUMU 8 Notes . Rated as ASM. For miscellaneous service (Tokumu). High Speed Poats ( Kosoku) KOSOKU 4 ' *■ ’ KOSOKU 5 Displacement: 30 tons Dimensions: 75^X I8x2£ feet Machinery: 2 Packard engines. B.H.P.: 2,600=30 kts. Notes Of aluminium construction. Laid down on 10 Oct. 1958 and II Dec. 1958 at Mitsubishi, Shimonoseki Works under the 1958 Programme, launched on I I Dec. 1958 and 2 Mar. 1959, and completed on I I May 1959 and 12 June 1959, respectively. Pennant Nos.: ASH 04 and 05. KOSOKU I KOSOKU 2 KOSOKU 3 Displacement: 30 tons Dimensions: 65|X 17x2$ feet Machinery: 2 petrol engines. B.H. P.: 3,000=42 kts. Notes ASH category. Of wooden construction. Former names were YS 01, YS 02, YS 03. All the above are Maritime Self-Defence Force auxiliaries. KOSOKU II, 12 KOSOKU 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 Displacement: 30 tons Dimensions: 63£X I5£X6 feet Machinery: 2 petrol engines. B.H.P.: I, 200=33-5 kts. Notes Transferred under MAP in 1958-59. Pennant Nos.: ASH II, 12 and 21-26. Patrol Boats ( Shokai ) SHOKAI I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 SHOKAI 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 Displacement: 18 Tons Dimensions: 45?X 13f X3* feet Machinery: 2 diesels. B.H.P.: 450=16 kts. Notes These 18 vessels were transferred to Japan under the MAP programme in 1958. MAINTENANCE SHIPS 2 “ Miho ” Class MIHO (ex-U.S.S. FS 524) NASAMI (ex-U.S.S. FS 408) Displacement: 706 tons Dimensions: I77X30X 10 iaet Machinery: Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,000= 10 kts. Notes Transferred from the United States in 1955. Nasami is rated as minesweepers tender (MST). Miho, formerly rated as ASS, was refitted as an inshore minesweeper depot ship in August 1959. Photograph of Nasami in 1957-58 edition. (It is officially stated that the con¬ struction of a new supply and repair ship has been abandoned.) TUGS One rescue tug (ATR) was launched in 1956, and another y/as built at the end of the > MTB No. I 1957, Hitachi Shipbuilding Co., Builders No. I No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 Displacement: 70 tons Dimensions: 82 x 20 x 6 feet Guns: I—40 mm. AA. Tubes: 2—21 inch torpedo launchers Machinery: 2 diesel engines. B.H.P.: 4,000=31 kts. Complement: 18 Notes Authorised under 1953 fiscal year programme. Light metal hull. Builders: Azuma Zosen Co. (Nos. 5 & 6), Hitachi Zosen Co. (Nos. I & 2), and Mitsubishi Zosen Co. (Nos. 3 & 4). Numbers 801 to 809 were assigned to PTs (fast patrol boats) on I Sep. 1957. Named Gyoraieti Nos. I to 9. 216 JAPAN—Maritime Self-Defence Force ( continued) AMPHIBIOUS VESSELS FAST PATROL BOATS Notes Authorised under the 1954 fiscal year programme. Built by Mitsubishi Zosen. Co., Shimonoseki Works. Laid down on 28 and 23 Aug. 1956, respectively, launched on 2 Feb. and 20 July 1957 and completed on 31 Oct. and 15 Nov. 1957. MTB No. 7 1957, Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. No. 7 No. 8 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: 104 tons I I2x24f X4 feet 2—40 mm. AA. 4—21 inch 3 Mitsubishi diesels. 3 shafts. B.H.P.: 6,000 = 33 kts. 1958, courtesy Saunders-Roe ( Anglesey ) Ltd. Builders Motor Torpedo Boats ( Gyoraitei) I “ Dark” Class Landing Ships (Yorikutei) LSM 3001 (ex-French LSM 9013, ex-U.S.S. LSM 125) Displacement: 743 tons beaching (1,095 tons full load) Dimensions: !96£ (w./.), 203^ (o.a.) X 34£ X 5£ (beaching), 8? (max.) feet Guns: 2—40 mm. AA. Machinery: Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H. P.: 2,800= 12-5 kts. Complement: 60 Notes LSM 3001 was transferred from the United States Navy to the French Navy in 1954 for use in Indo-China. She was returned by the French in 1957 to the U.S. Navy, and then transferred to the Japanese in 1958. Named yor/kute/No. 3001. (29 landing ships of 772 tons are being acquired from the United States Navy.) LCU 2001 LCU 2002 Displacement: Landing Craft 6 LCU Type LCU 2003 LCU 2004 187 tons ‘ LCU 2005 LCU 2006 Notes 55 landing'Craft"fcOmprising six of 187 tons, twenty-nine of 22 tons and twenty of 8 tons were transferred from the United Spates, 2 June 1955. . - , • PT 9 PT 9 Notes Basically similar to the British fast patrol boats (motor torpedo/gun boats) of the “ Dark ” class. Built by Saunders-Roe (Anglesey) Ltd., Beaumaris, and delivered co Yokosuka Naval Base on 29 July 1957. Accepted into the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force on 2 Sep. 1957 and named No. 9 Fast Torpedo Coat LM 3001 1958, Hajime Fukaya LCM 1001 — 1029 Displacement: 29 LCM Type 22 tons Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery. Complement: 64 tons 71 ?X I9f X 6 feet. 1— 40 mm. AA. 2— 21 inch 2 Napier Deltic diesels. B.H.P.: 5,000=40 kts. 15 MARITIME SAFETY BOARD Personnel: 10,890 as of I Jan. I960 Maritime Safety Board—JAPAN 217 LARGE PATROL VESSELS ATSUM1 (gun on forecastle) 1959, Japanese Maritime Safety Board, Official 5 “ Atsumi ” Class (ex-Frigates) Japanese Maritime Safety Board, Official MEDIUM! PATROL VESSELS ATSUMI ( ex-Chikubu) PL 103 OJIKA ( ex-lkuna ) PL 102 KOjIMA ( ex-Shiga) PL 106 SATSUMA ( ex-Ukuru) PL 104 TSUGARU ( ex-Shinnan) PL 105 22 “ Rebun ” Class Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Radius: 940 tons standard (1,020 tons trials) 258* (o.a.)x 30 X 10 feet I—3 inch, 50 cal.; 2—20 mm. AA. Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 3,000= 18-5 kts. 5,000 miles at 16 kts. Notes Former naval escorts or frigates of the “ Ukuru ” class, of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Launched in 1944-45. Now employed both as patrol vessels and as weather ships. MUROTO Japanese Maritime Safety Board, Official CHIBURI PM 18 KOZU PM 20 DAITO PM 22 KUROKAMI PM 19 SHIKINE PM 21 465 tons standard (483 tons normal) 169 (pp.), 177 (w./.)x25*x8-& feet ( normal) I—3 inch, 50 cal.; I— 20 mm. AA. 2 sets diesels. B.H.P.: 1,300= 15 8 kts. 4,400 miles at 12 kts. Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Radius: AWAJI PM 01 MIYAKE PM 02 SADO PM 03 REBUN PM 04 IKI PM 05 OKI PM 06 m ■ ; FiTH !HTT»^F [it?! m NOTO PM 13 HEKURA PM 14 MIKURA PM 15 KOSHIKI PM 16 HIRADO PM 17 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Radius: PM 01—03: 510 tons standard (550 tons normal ) PM 04— 17: 450 tons standard (488 tons trials, 495 tons normal PM 04—17, 155* (pp.), 164 yw.l.) I70| (o.a.) X26* X8* f eet (PM 01—03, 172 (o.a.) X 26| X 9* feet) I—3 inch, 50 cal.; I—20 mm. AA. 2 Sets diesels. B.H.P.: 1,300= 15 kts. 3,000 miles at 12 kts. Notes PM 01-03 were completed in 1950, PM 04-17 in 1951 and PM 18-22 in 1952. Vessels of a new design resembling a United States Coast Guard Cutters. SMALL PATROL VESSELS 2 “ Muroto ” Class DAIO PL 02 MUROTO PL 01 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: 750 tons standard (840 tons normal) 182 (pp.), 200 (o.a.) X 30* X 10* feet I—3 inch, 50 cal.; 2—20 mm. AA. 2 sets, 4 cycle single acting diesels, 270 r.p.m. B.H.P.: 1,500 = 15*37 kts. (trials), 12 kts. ( service) Notes Muroto, built by Uraga Dock Company Ltd., Tokyo, was laid down on 16 Aug. 1949, launched on 5 Dec. 1949, and delivered on 20 Mar. 1950 to the Maritime Safety Board. Rated as Large Patrol Vessels. Vertical tubular donkey boiler, three generators, wireless, radar, direction finder, echo-sounder, etc.; novel streamlined bridge wings. MIURA PL 101 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: 680 tons standard (879 tons normal) 160* (pp.), 175* (o.a.) X 31 * X I I * feet I—3 inch, 50 cal.; 2—20 mm. AA. Reciprocating. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 2,200=12 kts. 2 5 Notes Former naval tug. Completed on 5 Dec. 1944. SOYA (after third conversion) 1959, Japanese Maritime Safety Board, Official SOYA PL 107 Displacement: Dimensions: Aircraft: Machinery: Radius: Complement: 4,364 tons normal (4,818 tons full load) officially revised figures 259* (w./.)x5lf (including bulge) X 18* feet 4 helicopters (see Notes) 2 sets diesels. B.H.P.: 4,800=12-529 kts. on trials 16,400 miles at 11 kts. 96 Notes Originally a large Lighthouse Supply Ship and Navigational Aid Vessel (LL) but con¬ verted by Asano Dockyard of Nippon Steel Tube Co. Ltd. into a South Pole Research Ship. Her first conversion began on 12 Mar. 1956 and was completed on 10 Oct. 1956. The second conversion began on I July 1957 and was completed on 30 Sep. 1957. The third conversion was completed on 5 Oct. 1958. She now carries two Sikorsky S—58 helicopters and two Bell 47G-2 helicopters on a new flight platform laid on the quarter deck for ex¬ ploration and surveying in the Antarctic. She is designed for breaking ice more than 4 feet thick. CHITOSE PS 56 SORACHI PS 57 SUMIDA PS 55 YAHAGI PS 54 YUBARI PS 58 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery : Radius: 333-15 tons standard, 375-7 cons normal 147* (pp.), 157* (w./.)x24x7f feet (normal) I—40 mm. AA. 2 sets diesels. B.H.P.: 1,400= 15-5 kts. 4,000 miles at 12 kts. Notes All built by Niigata Engineering Co. Ltd. Yahagi was laid down on 9 Dec. 1955, launched on 19 May 1956, and completed on 31 July 1956. Sumida was completed on 30 June 1957. Chitose was laid down on 20 Sep. 1957, launched on 24 Feb. 1958, and completed on 30 Apr. 1958. Sorachi was completed in Mar. 1959. Yubari was completed on 15 Mar. I960. TESHIO PS 53 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Radius: 421 5 tons normal 149* (pp.), 159 (w./.) X23 X8*; eet (normal) I—40 mm. AA. 2 secs diesels. B.H.P.: 1,400=15-71 kts. 3,690 miles at 12 kts. Notes Built by Uraga Dock Co. Ltd. Laid down on 15 Sep. 1954, launched on 12 Jan. 1955, and completed on 19 Mar. 1955. TOKACHI PS 51 TATSUTA PS 52 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Radius: 336 tons standard, 381 tons normal (Tokachi) 324 tons standard, 369 tons normal (Tatsuta) 157* (pp.), 164 (w.l.), 170 (o.a.) X 2If X 11* I—40 mm. AA. 2 sets of 4 cycle single acting diesels. B.H.P. 750=16 (max.) 12 kts. (service) ( Tokachi) 700=15 (max.) 12 kts. (service) ( Tatsuta) 3,824 miles at 12 kts. (Tokachi) 3,930 miles at 12 kts. (Tatsuta) Notes Built by Uraga Dock Co. Ltd. Laid down on 15 Sep. 1954, launched on 12 Jan. 1955, and completed on 19 Mar. 1955. 218 JAPAN—Maritime Safety Board ( continued) Small Patrol Vessels —continued KUMA 1955, Japanese Maritime Safety Board, Official 20 “ Kuma ” Class KUMA PS 01 KUZURYU PS 08 KISO PS 14 FUJI PS 02 ABUKUMA PS 09 SHINANO PS 15 TENRYU PS 03 KIKUCHI PS 10 CHIKUGO PS 16 ISUZU PS 04 MOGAMI PS II KUMANO PS 17 ISHIKARI PS 05 YOSHINO PS 12 NAGARA PS 18 SAGAMI PS 06 NOSHIRO PS 13 TONE PS 19 OYODO PS 07 KITAKAMI PS 20 Displacement: 258 tons standard, 275 tons normal Dimensions: 122 (pp.), 126+ (w./.), 132+ (o.o.) X 23 X7+ feet Guns: 1—40 mm. AA. Machinery: 2 sets diesels. B.H.P.: 800= = 13-6 kts. Radius: 2,000 miles at 12 kts. Notes Kuma was built by Nihon Kokan Co. Ltd., Tsurumi Dockyard, laid down on 29 Sep. 1950, launched on 12 Jan. 1951 and completed on 24 Mar 1951 %r ) t HAMACHIDORI 1959, Japanese Maritime Safety Board, Official 11 “ Kawachidori ” Class KAWACHIDORI PS 101 TOMOCHIDORI PS 105 MURACHIDORI PS 109 HAMACHIDORI PS 102 OKICHIDORI PS 106 SHIMACHIDORI PS I 12 ASACHIDORI PS 103 SAWACHIDORI PS 107 HARUCHIDORI PS 115 MIOCHIDORI PS 104 WAKACH IDORI PS 108 Displacement: 300 tons Dimensions: I52| (o.o.)x22+ x7± feet Machinery: 2 diesels. B.H.P.: 800=l4kts. Notes Former naval aircraft rescue vessels, now employed as local patrol vessels. 15 44 Kasasagi M Class WAKASAGI PS 122 HATSUKARI PS 131 UZURA PS 140 MANAZURU PS 123 HIBARI PS 132 AOSAGI PS 141 UGUISU PS 126 HATO PS 133 HINAZURU PS 142 TSUGUMI PS 127 CHIDORI PS 134 HOOJIRO PS 143 SEKIREI PS 128 KAMOME PS 139 YAMAGARA PS 145 Displacement: 112 tons Dimensions: 95f (o.a.)X I8f X6^ feet Machinery: I diesel. B.H.P.: 400=11 kts. Notes Auxiliary Submarine Chaser type, built of wood. Hibari is rated as a small minesweeper (WT). Oshidori, Yamasemi and Kotaka were discarded in 1956, Kawasemi and Shigi in 1957, Hayabusa and Yamadori in 1958, Kasasagi and Shirataka in 1959. PATROL CRAFT SHINONOM E 1955, Japanese Maritime Safety Board, Official 10 44 Shinonome ” Class SHINONOME PC 30 YAEGUMO PC 33 TATSUGUMO PC 36 HATAGUMO PC 31 ASAGUMO PC 34 HANAYUKI PC 37 MAKIGUMO PC 32 NATSUGUMO PC 35 MlNEYUKI PC 38 ISOYUKI PC 39 Displacement: 43 to 46 tons normal Dimensions: 69 X I7yx7| feet (Hatagumo, Makigumo, Shinonome, Yaegumo) 69 X 17+X 8+ feet ( Asagumo , Natsugumo, Tatsugumo ) Machinery: 2 diesels. B.H.P.: 1,400=21 kts. 2 diesels. B.H.P.: 1,000= 18-8 kts. (Shinonome only) Complement: 9 Notes Hanayuki and Mineyuki were completed in Mar. 1959. Asagumo and Natsugumo were com¬ pleted on 15 Mar. 1955 and 31 Mar. 1955, respectively. Tatsugumo was completed on 31 May 1955. Isoyuki was completed on 29 Feb. I960. All the others were completed before Oct. 1954. SUZUTSU KI 1953, Hajime Fukaya 24 44 Hatsunaml ” Class HATSUNAMI PC 01 CHIYON AMI PC 09 TERUZUKI PC 17 AYANAMI PC 02 HAYANAMI PC 10 URAZUKI PC 18 ISONAMI PC 03 HATSUZUKI PC II WAKAZUKI PC 19 URANAMI PC 04 HANAZUKI PC 12 YAMAZUKI PC 20 KIYONAMI PC 05 KIYOZUKI PC 13 HARUZUKI PC 21 OKINAMI PC 06 MOCHIZUKI PC 14 NATSUZUKI PC 22 TAMANAMI PC 07 NIIZUKI PC 15 AKIZUKI PC 23 SUZUNAMI PC 08 SUZUTSUKI PC 16 FUYUZUKI PC 24 Displacement: 45 cons normal Dimensions: 75+ (o.o.)X I5+X3 feet Machinery: 2 diesels. B.H.P.: 700=14 kts. Notes Rated as local patrol boats. Seaward defence patrol craft and small submarine-chaser type. I “ Mutsuki " Type MUTSUKI PC 25 Displacement: 55 tons normal Dimensions: 83f (o.o.)X 16x4+ feet Machinery: 2 diesels. B.H.P.: 1,000=15 kts. Notes General purpose vessel rated as a local patrol craft. SAYOCHIDORI 1956, courtesy Lieut.-Com. G. R. G. Murray, R.N. 8 4 4 Kabashima 99 Group KABASHIMA PS 100 SAYOCHIDORI PS 113 KOMADORI PS 152 NAMICHIDORI PS 110 IWACHIDORI PS 114 HAYABUSA PS 153 ISOCHIDORI PS III FUjITAKA PS 151 Notes Small patrol vessels displacing from 93 to 220 tons. Jinryu-Maru was discarded in 1956. PS 151 Fujitaka, was formerly Aichi-Maru. PS 152 Komadori, was formerly Kojo-Maru. PS 153 Hayabusa, was formerly Hayabusa-Maru. Harbour Defence Types HATSU KAZ E 1953, Hajime Fukaya CL 01 to CL 158 Notes 58 harbour patrol boats of various types ranging from 14 to 106 tons displacement. ■"> » 'S /Vi _ 1955, Japanese Maritime Safety Board, Official construction. TAKUYO 1958, Japanese Maritime Safety Board, Official I “Takuyo” Class TAKUYO HL 02 Displacement: Approx. 880 tons standard, 930 tons normal Dimensions: 185 (pp.), 192$ (w./.)x3l$X 10$ feet ( normal) Machinery: 2 sets diesels. B.H.P.: 1,300= 14 kts. (max.) Radius: 8,000 miles at 12 kts. Notes Built for the Maritime Safety Board by Niigata Engineering Co. Ltd. Laid down on 19 May 1956, launched on 19 Dec. 1956, and completed in March 1957. Equipped with a wide range of surveying equipment. Service Types CS 01 to CS 127 Notes 80 small craft of various displacements. There are also 7 CF boats (fire-fighting) and 19 CR boats (rescue). Maritime Safety Board ( continued )—JAPAN 219 ISOGIKU CS 62 Arakaze is constructed of light alloy, welding having been used for approx. 40 per cent of the hull; she was laid down on I I Nov. 1953, launched on I I Feb. 1954 and completed on 29 Mar. 1954. Harukaze, Hatakaze, Iwakaze, Matsukaze and Sachikaze are of wooden Patrol Craft —continued Surveying Vessels —continued I960, Japanese Maritime Safety Board, Official Navigation Aid Vessels (Buoy Tenders) 3 “ Ginga ” Class Notes Ginga was built by Osaka Dock Yard, laid down on I I Nov. 1953, launched on 6 May 1954, and completed on 30 June 1954. Equipped with 15 ton derrick for laying buoys. In addition to the above, there are also 6 LM’s and 79 LS’s for navigation aid services. Navigation Aid Vessel (Lighthouse Tender) GINGA LL 12 HOKUTO LL II KAIO LL 13 Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Radius: 500 tons I28$X3I$X 13$ feet 2 diesels. B.H.P.: 420 = 11 -26 kts. 2,800 miles at 10 kts. WAKAKUSA 1958, Japanese Maritime Safety Board, Official WAKAKUSA LL0I I “Wakakusa" Class Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: 1,815 tons 204x 32$X 19$ feet H.P.: 1,850 Notes Built by Hitachi Innoshima Dockyard in Mar. 1946. Purchased from Osaka Shosen Kaisha in Jan. 1956. 1955, Japanese Maritime Safety Board, Official ARAKAZE ARAKAZE CL 14 HARUKAZE CL 15 MEIYO HL 01 Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Radius: I “ Meiyo ” Class 630 tons 144$X27X 14 feet H.P.: 1,400 3,500 miles at 10 kts. Coastal Launch Type GINGA Added 1958, Japanese Maritime Safety Board, Official HATAKZE CL 17 IWAKAZE CL 19 MATSUKAZE CL 18 SACHIKAZE CL 16 Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Notes 16 tons normal 49$ X 13$ X 6$ feet 2 diesels. B.H.P.: 440=20-5 kts. Purchased from the Kyokuyo Whaling Co. Ltd., on 28 Mar. 1953. Former whaling ship, now converted into a survey vessel. Formerly named Meiyo-Maru. There are also 3 HM’s and 19 HS’s, ranging from 5 to 7 tons. Notes 220 KOREA—Administration, Frigates, Escorts KOREA Administration On 5 Mar. 1955 the Republic of Korea Navy assumed all responsibility for sea defence for the first time since the Korean War began, taking over from the United States Far East Naval Command. Defence Minister: Kim Chung Yul. Chief of Naval Operations: Vice-Admiral Lee, Young Woon. Commander-in-Chief of Fleet: Rear Admiral Lee, Hi Jung. Naval Attache in London: Colonel I. W. Chung. Ships The Korean Navy is to have 79 ships on com¬ pletion of the augmentation programme. Personnel I960: 2,000 officers, 500 midshipmen, 14,100 men, Total 16,600 FRIGATES 2 Ex-U.S. “ Bostwick ” Type Destroyer Escorts KANG WON (ex-U.S.S. Sutton, DE 771) KYONG Kl (ex-U.S.S. Muir, DE 770) Name: Pennant No. Builders : Launched: Completed: Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: Kang Won DE 72 Tampa S.B. Co. 6 Aug. 1944 22 Dec. 1944 Kyong Ki DE 71 Tampa S.B. Co. 4 June 1944 30 Aug. 1944 1,240 tons standard (1,900 tons full load) 306 (o.o.) X 36f X I Of {mean), 14 (max.) feet 3—3 inch, 50 cal d.p.; 2—40 mm. AA.; 4—20 mm. AA. General Motors diesels with electric drive. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 6,000 = 20 lets, sea speed 300 tons I 1,500 miles at I I kts. 220 Notes Former American destroyer escorts, DE, of the “ Bost¬ wick " class. Transferred from the United States Navy at Boston in 1956 under the Mutual Defense Assistance Pro¬ gram. The 3—21 inch torpedo tubes originally mounted were removed. Named after Korean States. 4 Ex-U.S. “Tacoma” Type Patrol Vessels (Frigates) IMCHIN (ex-U.S.S. Sausalito, PF 4) DUMAN (ex-U.S.S. Muskogee, PF 49) NAKTONG (ex-U.S.S. Hoquiam, PF 5) TAEDONG (ex-U.S.S. Tacoma, PF 3) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: 1,430 tons standard (2,415 tons full load) 304 (o.a.) X 37* X 1 3f (max) feet 3—3 inch, 50 cal., d.p., 2—40 mm., 9—20 mm. AA. Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 5,500=20 kts. Sea speed 18 kts. 2 645 tons 9,500 miles at 12 kts. 180 Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: Notes Former United States frigates, PF, of the “ Tacoma ” class. Transferred to Russia under the Lend-Lease scheme during the Second World War. Returned to the U.S. Navy after hostilities and laid up at Yokosuka naval base. Reactivated on outbreak of Korean War. First pair loaned to ROK Navy and commissioned 5 Nov. 1950. Second pair transferred to South Korean Navy on 8 Oct. 1951 at Yokosuka. Apnok, ex- U.S.S. Rockford (PF 48) in collision on 21 May 1952, decom¬ missioned, returned to the U.S.N. and expended as target in 1953. Replaced by Imchin. Builders Consolidated Steel Corpn. Permanente Metals Corpn. Permanente Metals Corpn. Kaiser Cargo Inc. Pennant No. PF 61 PF 65 PF 63 PF 66 Name Duman Naktong Taedong Imchin Name Duman Naktong Taedong Imchin Laid down 18 Sep. 1943 10 Apr. 1943 10 Mar. 1943 7 Apr. 1943 Launched 18 Oct. 1943 31 July 1943 7 July 1943 20 July 1943 Completed 16 Mar. 1944 8 May 1944 6 Nov. 1944 4 Mar. 1944 1958, Korean Navy, Official DUMAN ESCORT VESSELS 4 Ex-U.S. “ 180 ft.” Steel PCEC Type Patrol Vessels (Escorts) Control HANSAN PCEC 53 (ex-U.S.S. PCEC 873) MYYONG RYANG PCEC 52 (ex-U.S.S. PCEC 896) OKPO PCEC 55 (ex-U.S.S. PCEC 896) RO RYANG PCEC 51 (ex-U.S.S. PCEC 882) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 640 tons standard (967 tons full load) 180 (w./.), 184* (o.o.) X 33£ X 10 (max.) feet I—3 inch, 50 cal., d.p.; 3—40 mm. AA.; 8—20 mm. AA. Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 2,000= 14 3 kts. sea speed 260 tons 4,300 miles at 10 kts. 90 Notes Former American patrol vessels, escort, PCE, later redesignated control escorts, PCEC, on assignment to amphibious forces. On loan from United States Navy. Transferred in Feb. 1955 (Myong Ryang and Ro Ryang) and 1956 (Hanson and Okpo). Built in 1942-45 by Williamette Iron & Steel Corpn., Portland, Oregon (Myong Ryang and Okpo) and Albina Engine and Machine Works, Portland, Oregon (Hansan and Ro Ryang). Submarine Notes It is reported that Korea will acquire her first submarine in I960 through U.S. aid. HANSAN 1959, Korean Navy, Official 1959, Korean Navy, Official KOCHANG KUMSEONG 1959, Korean Navy, Official 4 Ex-U.S. “136ft.” Wooden PCS Type SUSEONG PCS 201 (ex-PCS 1426) MOKSEONG PCS 203 (ex-PCS 1446) KUMSEONG PCS 202 (ex-PCS 1445) HWASEONG PCS 205 (ex-PCS 1443) Displacement: 251 tons standard (338 tons full load) Dimensions: 130 (w./.), 136 (o.o.)x24* x 8* feet Guns: I—40 mm. 2—20 mm. Machinery: 2 General Motors diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 800=14 kts. Notes Former United States Submarine Chasers of the PCS type, of wooden construction, built in 1943-44. Acquired Ly Korea in 1952. Kaesong PCS 504, Kilchu PCS 514 and PCS 518 (ex- VMS of same numbers) used as gunboats, were de-commissioned in 1955-56. LANDING SHIPS Ex-U.S. LST Type UN BONG LST 807 (ex-U.S.S. LST 1010) WEEBONG LST 812 (ex-U.S.S. Johnson DUKBONG LST 808 (ex-LST 227) County LST 849) Bl BONG LST 809 (ex-U.S.S. LST 218) SU YONG LST 813 (ex-U.S.S. Kane KAEBONG (LST 810 (ex-U.S.S. County LST 853) Berkshire County LST 288) BUK HAN LST 815 (ex-U.S.S. Lynn County LST 900) HWA SAN LST 816 (ex-U.S.S. Pender County LST 1080) Displacement: 1,653 tons standard, 2,366 tons beaching (4,080 tons full load) Dimensions: 316 (w./.), 328 (o.a.) X50X 14 (max.) feet Guns: 7 —40 mm. AA., 2—20 mm. AA. Machinery: Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,700 = II kts. Cargo capacity: 2,100 tons Complement: 211 Notes Former United States Landing Ships. Andong LST 803 (ex-U.S.S. LST 491) was wrecked and scrapped on 24 Jan. 1952 Dak Bong and Un Bong were transferred on 22 Mar. 1955 at S. Diego. Kaebong was transferred on 5 Mar. 1956 at Seattle, she mounts 10—40 mm. guns and 8—20 mm. guns. Buk Han, Su Yong and Wee Bong were transferred on 2 Dec. 1958, 22 Dec. 1958 and 13 Jan. 1959, respectively, at Seattle, and Hwa San was transferred on 30 Oct. 1958 at Long Beach. There are also the Jung Su, APL 8116, ex-U.S.S. APL 59, ex-U.S.S. LST 53, non self-propelled barracks ship transferred in 1955, and the landing craft repair ship Duksoo (ex-U.S.S. Minotaur, ARL 15, ex-LST 645) loaned from the U.S. Navy in 1955, see next page. Recent Disposals Chong Ho LST 801 (ex-U.S.S. LST 659), Ulsan LST 802 (ex-U.S.S. LST 608), Chochiwan LST 805 (ex-U.S.S. LST 595) and Samlangjin LST 806 (ex-U.S.S. LST 388) were discarded in 1959. Ex-U.S. LSM Type BIYOUP LSM 607 (ex-U.S.S. LSM 96) DOK DO LSM 603 (ex-U.S.S. LSM 419) KA DUK LSM 605 (ex-U.S.S. LSM 462) Kl RIN LSM 610 (ex-U.S.S. LSM 19) KUMOON LSM 606 (ex-U.S.S. LSM 30) ULRYUNG LSM 613 (ex-U.S.S. LSM 17) Displacement: 743 tons bee Dimensions: 196* (w./.), ; . LSM 96) NEUNG RA LSM 611 (ex-U.S.S. LSM 84) I. LSM 419) PUNG DO LSM (F) 608 (ex-U.S.S. LSM 54) . LSM 462) TAE CHO LSM 601 (ex-U.S.S. LSM 546) SM 19) WOLMI LSM 609 (ex-U.S.S. LSM 57) S.S. LSM 30) YEU DO LSM 602 (ex-U.S.S. LSM 268) S.S. LSM 17) SIN-MI LSM 612 (ex-U.S.S. LSM 316) 743 tons beaching (1,095 tons full load) 196* (w./.), 203* (o.a.) X 34* X 8* (max.) feet Guns: I—40 mm. AA., 4—20 mm. AA. Machinery: Diesels, direct drive. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 2,880= 12-5 kts Complement: 60 Notes On loan from the United States. LSM 19, 30, 54, 57, 84 and 96 were transferred to the Korean Navy at Seattle in 1956. LSM 19, 84 transferred on 3 July 1956, LSM 17 on 18 Oct. 1956, LSM 316 on 18 Nov. 1956. Pungdo, LSM(F) 608 has been converted into a Mine Force Flagship. Ex-U.S. LSMR Type SI HUNG LSMR 311 (ex-U.S.S. St. Joseph River. LSMR 527). Notes To be transferred to Republic of Korea Navy at San Diego, California, in I960. FAST TRANSPORTS Ex-U.S. Modified Destroyer Escort KYUNG NAM (ex-U.S.S. Cavallaro, APD 128, ex-DE 712) Displacement: 1,400 tons standard, 1,650 tons trials (2,130 tons full load) Dimensions: 300 (w./.), 306 (o.a.) X37X I2f (max.) feet Guns: I—5 inch, 38 cal. d.p.; 6—40 mm. AA. Machinery: General Electric turbines with electric drive. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 12,000=23 -6 kts. (trials) Boilers: 2 “ D ” Express Oil fuel: 350 tons: Radius: 5,500 miles at 15 kts. Complement: 204, plus 162 troops Notes Former American high speed transport, APD, modified destroyer escort. Transferred to Korea under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program in 1959. Built by the Defoe Ship¬ building Co., Bay City, Mich. Laid down on 28 Mar. 1944. Launched on 15 June 1944. Completed on 13 Mar. 1945. Pennant No. 81. 3 Ex-U.S. PT Type JEBI PT27 (ex-U.S.S.PT620) KALMAEKI PT23 (ex-PT 616) KIROKI PT 25 (ex-PT 6 1 9) Displacement: 33 tons standard (56 tons full load) Dimensions: 80* X20JX5 feet Guns: I—40 mm., I—20 mm., 8 M.G. Tubes: 4 torpedo launching racks Machinery: Packard. 3 shafts. B.H.P.: 4,050=41 kts. (designed) Complement: 17 Notes Former United States Navy motor torpedo boats of plywood hull construction built by the Electric Boat Co., Bayonne, N.J. in 1945. Transferred to the Republic of Korea Navy in Jan. 1952. Olpamei PT 26 (ex-U.S.S. PT 613) was destroyed in Sep. 1952 while on loan to the Republic of Korea. Notes Former United States auxiliary motor minesweepers of wooden construction, built in 1941-42. All ex-YMS type. Rigged as minesweepers except VMS 514 and VMS 518, mine¬ sweeper type not converted into sweepers. AMS 516 was mined and sunk in Wonsan Harbour, on 19 Oct. 1950. AMS 509 was mined on 28 Sep. 1950 off Korea. AMS 505, AMS 506 and AMS 512 were decommissioned in 1958. Recent Disposals The ex-Japanese auxiliary minelayers and light minesweepers Tosung and Tukchon, and the ex-Japanese gunboats and seaplane salvage tugs Hukchownan, Ching Mukong I and Chung Mukong II were discarded in 1959 it is officially stated. Patrol Vessels, M.T.B.s, Coastal Minesweepers, Landing Ships—KOREA 221 PATROL VESSELS COASTAL MINESWEEPERS 3 Ex-U.S. MSC Type 1959, Korean Navy, Official PAKTUSAN 5 Ex-U.S. “173 ft.” Steel PC Type PAKTUSAN PC 701 (ex-Ensign Whitehead, SAMKAKSAN PC 703 (ex-PC 802) ex-PC 823) HANLASAN PC 705 (ex-PC 485) KUMKANGSAN PC 702 (ex -PC 802) MYOHYANGSAN PC 706 (ex-PC 600) Displacement: 280 tons standard (450 tons full load) Dimensions: 170 (w.l.), I73| (o.o.) X23 X 10* (max.) feet Guns: I—3 inch, 50 cal., d.p.; I—40 mm. AA.; 2—20 mm. AA. Machinery: Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 2,880=20 kts. Complement: 80 Notes Former United States submarine chasers, PC, of steel construction built in 1941-42. Paktusan is a former United States Merchant Marine Academy’s training ship. She was pur¬ chased by the 7,500 officers and men of the South Korean Navy in Sep. 1949, at a cost of $18,000 and fitted with guns at Pearl Harbour in Jan. 1950, preparatory to sailing for Chinhae, Korea, Naval Base. Three other converted PC boats for the South Korean Navy were at Honolulu on the outbreak of war in Korea. Chirisan, PC 704, was mined and sank off Wonsan, Korea, on 26 Dec. 1951. New Construction It is reported that South Korea is to design and construct a diesel-powered patrol boat, mounting machine guns, in I960. KUM HWA MSC(O) 519 (ex-U.S.S. Curlew, ex-MSC(O) 8, ex-AMS 8, ex-VMS 218) KIM PO MSC(O) 520 (ex-U.S.S. Kite, ex-MSC(O) 22, ex-AMS 22, ex-VMS 375) KOCHANG MSC(O) 521 (ex-U.S.S. Mockingbird, ex-MSC(O) 27, ex-AMS 27, ex-VMS 419) KANGjiN MSC (O) (ex-AMS 501) KYONJU MSC(O) (ex-AMS 502) KWANGJU MSC(O) (ex-AMS 503) KANGNUNG MSC(O) (ex-AMS 507) KANGGYONG MSC(O) (ex-AMS 510) KIMCHON MSC(O) (ex-AMS 513) KOR YONG MSC(O) (ex-AMS 515) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: 270 tons standard (350 tons full load) 136 (o.a.) X 24* X 8 (max), feet I—3 inch, 50 cal., 2—20 mm. AA. Diesels. B.H.P.: 1,000= 15 kts. 50 Notes Transferred from United States Navy in 1956. See data below. KUM KOK MSC 525 (ex-MSC 286) KUM SAN MSC 522 (cx-MSC 284) 1958, Korean Navy, Official 10 Ex-U.S. YMS Type 320 tons standard (370 tons full load) 138 (pf>.), 144 (o.o.)x28x9 (max.) feet 2—20 mm. A A. 2 diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,200= 14 kts. 40 Notes Newly built coastal minesweepers, MSC, of the American “ Bluebird ” class specially built by the U.S.A. for foreign countries under the Military Assistance Program. Ko Hung and Kum San were transferred from the U.S. Navy to the Korean Navy in 1959, followed by Kum Kok, transferred at Long Beach, California, on 10 Nov. 1959. KO HUNG MSC 523 (ex-MSC 285) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: 222 KOREA (continued), KOREA (NORTH), LEBANON, LIBERIA Landing Ships —continued Ex-U.S. LSSL Type CHUNG JIN LSIL 105 LSSL 107 (ex-LSSL 77) LSSL 109 (ex-LSSL 54) (ex-U.S.S. LSIL 1056) LSSL 108 (ex-LSSL 91) LSSL 110 (ex-LSSL 86) Displacement: 230 tons standard (387 tons full load) Dimensions: 159 X 23$ X 5$ feet Guns: 4 or 5—20 mm. AA. Machinery: Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: = 14 kts Complement: 40 to 78, according to employment Notes Chung Jin is a former United States Infantry Landing Ship Large, LSSL, ex-LCI(L). Re¬ mainder, former United States Support Landing Ships Large, LSSL, ex-LCS(L), LSSL 107, 108, 109, 110 are employed as gunboats. OILERS CHUN-jl (ex-Bir/c) AO 2 PUJON (ex-Hosse/) AO 3 Measurement: 2,257 and 2,256 tons gross, respectively Dimensions: 275 (pp.)x44$X 18$ feet Notes Former Norwegian tankers. Both built at Bergen (Norway) at the A/S Berken Mek. Verks in 1951. Taken over by South Korean naval authorities at Rotterdam, Sep. and July 1953, respectively. KURYONG AO I, ex-YO 106 PAEK YEON AO 5 (ex-U.S.S. YO 59) (ex-U.S.S. YO 118) Notes Ex-United States self-propelled fuel oil barges. YO 118 was transferred on 3 Dec. 1946 and YO 59 was transferred on 14 Oct. 1955. LANDING CRAFT REPAIR SHIP DUKSOO (ex-U.S.S. M/notour, AM. 15, ex-lST 645) Displacement: 2,366 tons standard (4,100 tons full load) Dimensions: 316 (w./.), 328 (o.o.) x 50X 11$ feet Guns: 8—40 mm. AA. Machinery: General Motors diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,800= 11-5 kts. Complement: 250 Notes Former American landing craft repair ship. Built by Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., Seneca, Del. Laid down on 20 June 1944, launched on 20 Sep. 1944 and completed on 30 Sep. 1944. SUPPLY SHIPS KIMHAE AKL 902 WAEKWAN AKL 90S Notes Ex-U.S. Army FS craft. Namwon AKL 901, Yoju AKL 903 and Chunju AKL 906 were officially deleted from the list in 1959. KUN SAN AKL 908 MA SAN AKL 909 (ex-U.S.S. AKL 35) (ex-U.S.S. Sharps, AKL 10) MOCK PO AKL 907 (ex-U.S.C.G.C. Trillium, WAK 170) Notes Kun San was transferred from the U.S.N. and commissioned in the Korean Navy at Seattle, Wash, on 3 Apr. 1956, Ma San at Seattle on 9 Sep. 1956, and Mock Po was transferred at San Francisco in 1956. AKL 35 Note Transferred from the United States on 6 Sep. 1956. TUGS LT I (ex-U.S. Army LT 134) YDT I Notes Tugs and salvage vessels. Personnel Estimated at 7,500 officers and men in Sep. I960- KOREA (NORTH) torpedo boats; 4 ex-Russian patrol vessels; 8 ex- 2 ex-Russian coastal submarines; 12 motor Russian minesweepers; 70 armed motor junks. LEBANON PATROL BOATS TARABLOUS Displacement: 105 tons standard Dimensions: 124$ X 18 X 5$ feet Guns: 2—40 mm. Machinery: 2 Mercedes-Benz diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 2,700 = 27 kts. Radius: 1,500 miles Complement: 19 (3 officers, 16 men) Notes Built by Ch. Navals de I’Esterel. Laid down in June 1958. Launched in June 1959. Com¬ pleted in 1959. 3 “ Biblos ” Class BIBLOS SIDON TIR Displacement: 28 tons standard Dimensions: 66 X 13$ X 4 feet Guns: I—20 mm. AA., 2 M.G. Machinery: General Motors diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 530=18 5 kts. Notes Built by Ch. Navals de I'Esterel. Launched in 1954-55. A very small naval service has been formed, of which the above four French built ML type craft and a utility landing craft are the nucleus. BIBLOS I960, Capain Aldo Fraccaroli LANDING CRAFT Ex-LCU 1474 Displacement: 180 tons standard (360 tons full load ) Dimensions: 115x34x6 feet Guns: 2—20 mm. AA. Machinery: 3 diesels. 3 shafts. B.H.P.: 675=10 kts. Notes Former U.S. utility landing craft built in 1957 and transferred in Nov. 1958. LIBERIA Coast Guard A very small naval service has been formed with about 200 men Mercantile Marine Shipping: 1,085 vessels of 11,936,250 tons PATROL BOATS (Coastguard Cutters) Added 1959, Godfrey H. Walker, Esq, Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: 11 5 tons 40$ (o.o.) x 14x3$ feet 2 M.G. 2 General Motors diesels, Model 6-71 380=23 (max.) kts. (18 kts. sustained) Measurement: Dimensions: 742 tons (Thames), 692 27 tons gross, 341 -6 tons reg. net 173 (w.l.), 209 (o.o.) x 29$ x 13$ feet. Notes Notes Two newly constructed 40 ft. coastguard cutters built at the United States Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland, presented by the U.S.A., and transferred during 1957. There is also a landing craft reported to be in service. Motor yacht of 742 tons (yacht measurement) built in 1930 by William Beardmore & Co. Ltd., Dalmuir. Purchased by Liberia for use as the Presidential yacht in 1957. (Her previous owners were the Trustees of the Estate of the late Viscount Camrose.) Administration, Frigates—MEXICO 223 MEXICO Administration Secretary of the Navy: Admiral C.G. Manuel Zermeno Araico. Under-Secretary of the Navy: Engineer Rear-Admiral Oliverio F. Orozco Vela. Chief of Operations: Vice-Admiral C.G. Rigoberto Otal Briseno. Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet: Vice-Admiral C.G. Luis M. Bravo Carrera. Chief of the Naval Staff: Rear-Admiral C.G. Antonio J. Aznar Zetina. Director of Services: Rear-Admiral C.G. Jose Abelardo Cerdan Munoz. Deputy Chief of Naval Staff: Rear-Admiral Guillermo Hernandez Sagarra. Personnel March I960: Total 6,200 officers and men, in¬ cluding marines. Mercantile Marine Lloyd’s Register of Shipping: 76 vessels of 181,036 tons gross FRIGATES 4 Ex-U.S. “Tacoma “ Type Rated as Fragatas CALIFORNIA (ex-U.S.S. Hutchinson, PF 45) PAPALOAPAN (ex-U.S.S. Gladwyne, PF 62) TEHUANTEPEC (ex-U.S.S. Bangor, PF 16) USUMACINTA (ex-U.S.S. Annapolis PF 15) Displacement: 1,430 tons standard (2,415 tons full load) 285± (w./.), 304 (o.a.) X 37§ X 13| feet Dimensions: Guns: 3—3 inch, 50 cal., 2—40 mm. AA. (single), 2—20 mm. AA. (single) A/S weapons: 2 D.C.T. Machinery: Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 5,500=20 kts. Sea speed: 18 kts. Boilers: 2, of 3-drum type Oil fuel: 290 tons normal, 650 tons max. Radius: 9,500 miles at 12 kts.: 7,000 miles at 14 kts. Complement: 150 to 180 Name Builders California Papaloapan Tehuantepec Usumacinta Consolidated Steel, Los Angeles, Calif* Globe S.B. Co., Superior, Wis. American S.B Co., Lorain, Ohio American S.B. Co., Lorain .Ohio Name Loid down Launched Completed USUMACINTA Official California 28 July 1943 27 Aug. 1943 3 Feb. 1944 Papoloapan 14 Oct. 1943 7 Jan. 1944 18 Aug. 1944 Tehuantepec 20 May 1943 6 Nov. 1943 22 Aug. 1944 Notes Usumacinta 20 May 1942 16 Oct. 1943 4 July 1944 Former United States patro Ifrigates, PF, of the “Tacoma " class. Purchased in 1947. All stationed on the Pacific Coast. I “ Durango " Type Rated as Transporte-Canonero DURANGO Pennant No.: 128 Builders Union Naval de Levante Valencia Launched: 28 June 1935 Completed: 1936 Displacement: 1,600 tons standard (2,000 tons ull load) 282 (pp.), 303 (o.a.) X 40 X 10 feet Dimensions: Guns: 2—4 inch, 2—57 mm., 2—25 mm. AA. (twin mounts), 2—13 mm. AA. A/S weapons: 2 D.C.T. Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 6,500=20 kts. designed (19 kts. sea speed) Boilers: 2 Yarrow Oil fuel: 400 tons Radius: 3,000 miles at 15 kts. Complement: 141 General Notes Designed primarily as an armed transport ( transporte - canohero) with accommodation for 20 officers, 450 men and DURANGO Official 80 horses, this vessel carries a lighter armament than the three canoheros of the “ Guanajuato ’* class (see below) which besides their troop carrying and transport capacity are equivalent to frigates in many ways. Class Notes A sister ship of the Durango, the Zacatecas, was taken over by the Spanish Navy on completion as a frigate or gunboat and renamed Calvo Sotelo, but she was removed from the effective list at the end of 1957. 3 “ Guanajuato ’’ Class Rated as Canoneros GUANAJUATO POTOSI QUERETARO Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: r A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Complement: 1,300 tons standard (1,950 tons full load) 264 (o.a.) X 37 }X 10 feet 3—4 inch, 2—40 mm. AA. (single), 2—20 mm. AA. (single) 2 D.C.T. Guanajuato, Potosi: Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 5,000= 20 kts. (diesels in Queretaro, see Notes) Yarrow (in Guanajuato and Potosi, see Notes) 140 tons About 140 (plus troops, see Notes) Name Guanajuato Potosi Builders Launched 29 May 1934 Sociedad Espanol de Construccion Naval, Ferrol S.E. de C.N., Matagorda, 24 Aug. 1934 Cadiz Queretaro S.E. de C.N., Ferrol 29 June 1934 m ' N • » t » ■ s QUERETARO Official Notes the steam turbines in Queretaro, Pennant No. 62, were Classed as canoheros. They can carry 230 troops and 20 replaced with 2 Enterprise DMR-38 model diesel engines, horses in addition to the normal ship’s complement. In 1958 each of 2,500 B.H.P., equal to a cruising speed of 14 kts. AZUETA Displacement: 80 tons standard Dimensions: 85x16x8 feet Guns: 2—13-2 mm. AA. (twin) Machinery: Superior motors. B.H.P.: 600= 10 kts. Notes Small patrol craft of all steel construction built at Astilleros de Tampico, Tamps. Azueta was launched in Aug. 1959 and entered service in Nov. and the second boat is reported to be nearing completion. (The patrol boat Halcon is no longer in the Navy List, having been transferred to fishery protection service in 1959.) PEDRO SA'lNZ DE BARANDA 1950, C Displacement: 600 tons standard (903 tons full load ) Dimensions: 180 (w./.), I84£ (o.o.) x 33 X9£ feet Guns: I—3 inch, 50 cal., &—40 mm. AA. (3 twin), 4—20 mm. AA, (single) A/S weapons: 2 D.C.T. Machinery: G.M. diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,800=20 kts. designed. (15 kts. sea speed) Complement: 80 Notes Former American escort patrol vessels of the PCE type. All completed in 1943-44. Purchased from the United States Navy in 1947. 1953, Official 9 Ex-U.S. PC Type Rated as Guardocostas MEXICO—Escorts, Patrol Vessels, etc., MOROCCO PATROL BOATS 2 New Construction TRAINING SHIP (Buque Escue/a ) 1950, Official 5 Ex-U.S. PCE Type Rated as Corbetas TOMAS MARIN (ex-PCE 875) VIRGILIO URIBE (ex-PCE 868) BLAS GODINEZ (ex-PCE 871) DAVID PORTER (ex-PCE 847) PEDRO SAINZ DE BARANDA (ex-PCE 844) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Complement: - -- - | , „ ,^g] -- • ZARAGOZA 1953, Official ZARAGOZA (ex-Orizaba, e x-Southern Cross, ex-Rover) Displacement: 1,851 tons Thames measurement: 2,113 tons Dimensions: 266^ (w./.), 320i (o.o.) X 40£ X I4£ feet Guns: 2—13 mm. AA. Machinery: Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 2,600=11 kts. Boilers: 3 cylindrical Oil fuel: 380 tons Complement: 150 Notes Built in Glasgow, Scotland. Launched in 1930. Acquired from Germany in 1939. Ex Presidential yacht. TUGS NEREIDA Displacement: 85 tons standard Dimensions: 80 (pp.)x 16x7 feet Machinery: Double expansion. I.H.P.: 190=10 kts. Boilers: I Scotch Notes Former patrol boat adapted as a fleet tug (remolcador de la Armada) and fire-fighting vessel (buque contraincendios). FRANCISCO NICOLAU Displacement: 85 tons Dimensiors: 68x16x7 feet Machinery: Diesel. B.H.P.: 165=7-5 kts. Notes Built in Mexico in 1946. Employed as a lighthouse tender. The tug Rio Blanco was lost in the Gulf of Mexico in Feb. 1955. There are also reported to be three other small steel-hulled tugs varying from 60 to 90 feet in length, and a I 19-ft. tank landing craft of the U.S. type. MOROCCO PATROL VESSEL (Escorteur Cotier) AGADIR ( ex-Goumier , ex-U.S.S. PC 55) Displacement: 325 tons standard (400 tons full load) Dimensions: 170 (w./.), I73f (o.o.)x23x6| feet Guns: I—3 inch d.p., I—40 mm. AA., 5—20 mm. AA. A/S weapons: 2 D.C.T. (24 D.C.) Machinery: 2 General Motors diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 3,600=20 kts. Fuel: 60 tons Radius: 6,000 miles at 10 kts., 2,300 miles at 18 kts. Complement: 63 Notes Former American steel submarine chaser of the PC type. Transferred from the United States to France in 1944. Transferred from the French Navy to the Moroccan Navy on 15 June I960 and renamed Agadir. SOTAVENTO Displacement: 300 tons standard (400 tons full load) Dimensions: 165^ X27f x9f feet Machinery: Diesel engines. B.H.P.: 1,800= 17 kts. Notes Built by Higgins, New Orleans. Launched in 1947. Handsome, symmetrical and low- lying, streamlined, truncated funnel, air conditioned, equipped with radar. Notes Built in 1934-35. Though of British design, this vessel was built in Spain, by Compania Euskalduna de Construccion, Bilbao, with German engines and bullet-proof hull plating and was originally armed with French guns. It was officially stated in I960 that the former MAN diesels of 3,000 B.H.P.=24 kts. had been replaced by 2 G.M. 268 model diesels each of 500 B.H.P. G 20, G 21, G 23, G 26 and G 27 were withdrawn from service in 1954, G 22 and G 25 were withdrawn from service in 1956. Displacement: 280 tons standard (450 tons full load) Dimensions: 170 (w./.), I73f (o.o.)x23x7| (I I max.) feet Guns: I—3 inch, I—40 mm. AA., 5—20 mm. AA. A/S weapons: 4 D.C.T. Machinery: 2 diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 2,880= 19 kts. (max.) Oil fuel: 60 tons Radius: 5,000 miles at 10 kts. Complement: 65 Notes Former American submarine chasers of the “ 173 ft.” steel PC type. Launched in 1942-44. Completed in U.S. in 1942-45. Purchased as surplus in the United States in 1952. Cruising speed 10 kts. Armament varies. Some not mounted. 1954, Official Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Complement: 130 tons standard (184 tons full load) 147^ (pp.), 153 (w./.), 156 (o.o.)X 16^X5^ (mean) feet 2—20 mm. AA. 2 D.C.T. i 2 General Motors diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,000=12 kts. (see Notes) 26 GC 30 (ex-PC 820) GC 31 (ex-PC 608) GC 32 (ex-PC 614) GC 33 (ex-PC 813) GC 34 (ex-PC 794) GC 35 (ex-PC 824) GC 36 (ex-PC 1224) GC 37 (ex-PC 819) GC 38 (ex-PC 1210) G 28 G 28 Administration, Silhouettes—NETHERLANDS 225 ROYAL NETHERLANDS NAVY Administration Minister of the Navy: Ir. S. H. Visser. Secretary of State for the Navy: Captain P. J. S. de Jong. Chief of Naval Staff and Commander-in-Chief: Vice-Admiral L. Brouwer. Naval Attache in London: Captain R. M. Crommelin, R.Neth. Navy. New Construction Programme 4 frigates of 3,500-3,800 tons standard displace¬ ment, powered with steam and gas turbines are projected. Ships Colour of warships is greyish blue, except sub¬ marines, which are dark green in home waters. Ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy are referred to with the prefix “ Hr. Ms.” Personnel I960: 23,000 officers and ratings (including 4,325 officers and men of the Marine Corps). Navy Estimates 1952: FI. 347,200,000 1956: FI. 342,312,000 1953: FI. 323,000,000 1957: FI. 352,770,000 1954: FI. 325,000,000 1958: FI. 363,793,000 1955: FI. 321,110,000 1959: FI. 360,609,000 I960: FI. 380,779,000 Mercantile Marine Lloyd’s Register of Shipping 1,950 vessels of 4,743,123 tons gross Silhouettes Scale: 150ft. = I inch. FRIESLAND Class PIET HEIN Class WILLEM VAN DER ZAAN P 226 NETHERLANDS—Aircraft Carrier AIRCRAFT CARRIER ( Vliegkampschip ) t a itiift y iikini iiifiiiiiikiflit/ifhill'if **4 KAREL DOORMAN 1958, Wright & Logan I Ex-British T/pe (“ Colossus ” Class) KAREL DOORMAN (ex-H.M.S. Venerable) Deck Recognition Letter: D Pennant No.: Builders: Laid down : Launched: Completed: R 81 Cammell Laird Birkenhead 3 Dec. 1942 30 Dec. 1943 17 Jan. 1945 & Co. Ltd., General Notes Purchased from Great Britain on I Apr. 1948. Com¬ missioned in the Royal Netherlands Navy on 28 May 1948. Insulated for tropical service and partly air-conditioned. Underwent modernisation in 1955-58, including a heavier modified angled flight deck and steam catapult, mirror sight landing system and new anti-aircraft battery of ten 40 mm. guns, at the Wilton-Fijenoord Shipyard, at a cost of 25 mil¬ lion guilders instead of the I I million guilders originally appropriated. Conversion completed in July 1958. Hangar Notes Dimensions of hangar are: Length, 445 feet: width, 52 feet; clear depth, I7j feet. Engineering Notes Engines and boilers are arranged en echelon, the two propelling-machinery spaces having two boilers and one set of turbines in each space, on the unit system. Appearance Notes With a new island and bridge and a lattice tripod radar mast, and a tall raked funnel, she differs considerably from her former appearance and from her original sister ships in the British, French, Argentine and Brazilian navies. Notes to Drawing Port elevation and plan. Drawn in 1958. Scale: 128 feet s= I inch. KAREL DOORMAN □□□n Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Aircraft: Machinery Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 15,892 tons standard (19,896 tons full load) officially revised figures Length : 630 (pp.), 693£ (o.o.) feet Beam : 80 feet. Width overall : 1211 feet, (as reconstructed) Draught: 21^ (mean), 24± (max.) feet 12—40 mm. AA. Bofors (latest model), 4—3 pdr. saluting (Capacity 35) Official complement: War: 20 Avengers, 12 Sea Hawks, 2 helicopters Peace: 12 Avengers, 8 Sea Hawks, 2 helicopters Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 42,000=25 kts. (designed), 24-25 kts. sea speed 4, of 3-drum type, 400 lb. working pressure, 700 degrees maximum superheat 3,200 tons 12,000 miles at 14 kts. 1,509 KAREL DOORMAN 1958, Royal Netherlands Navy , Official 1958, Royal Netherlands Navy, Official Cruisers, Destroyers — NETHERLANDS 227 CRUISERS ( Kruisers ) 1957 Royal Netherlands Navy, Official DE ZEVEN PROVINCIEN 2 “ De Ruyter ” Class DE RUYTER (ex-De Zeven Provincien) DE ZEVEN PROVINCIEN (ex-De Ruyter, ex-Eendracht ex-Kijkduin) Name: De Ruyter De Zeven Provincien Pennant No.: C 801 Builders: Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam Laid down: 5 Sep. 1939 Launched: 24 Dec. 1944 Completed: 18 Nov. 1953 C 802 Rotterdam Drydock Co. 19 May 1939 22 Aug. 1950 17 Dec. 1953 Displacement: 9,529 tons standard (1 1,850 tons full load) officially revised figures Length: 590* (pp.), 614* and 609 (o.a.) feet respectively. Beam: 56f feet. Draught: 18* (mean), 22 (max.) feet Dimensions: Guns: 8—6 inch (Bofors 1942 model), 8—57 mm. AA. (in pairs), 8—40 mm. AA. Armour: 3"-2"side; 4", 2f"-2' / turrets. Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 85,000 = 32 kts. Boilers: 4, of 3-drum type Complement: 957-973 DE RUYTER 1957, R.N.N., Official General Notes Machinery by K. M. de Schelde. Construction resumed in 1946. De Ruyter was launched by the Germans as the De Zeven Provincien, but as the latter name was given to the former De Ruyter when she was launched on 22 Aug. 1950, the war-launched ship took her sister’s name in exchange. Tripod mast, originally abaft after funnel, is now before after funnel. Gunnery Notes Main armament has 60 degrees elevation. All guns are fully automatic and radar controlled. The 6 inch guns are anti-aircraft with a rate of fire of 15 rounds per minute. Guided Missile Notes The after turrets of these two cruisers will be replaced by “Terrier” guided missiles, which will be delivered by the United States Navy. Appearance Notes The shape of the bows differs in the two ships, which, accounts for the variation in overall lengths. Photograph Notes Port bow view of De Zeven Provincien and aerial stern view Note to Drawing of De Ruyter in the 1957-58 edition. Represents De Ruyter. Port elevation and plan. De Zeven Provincien has straight bow. Scale: 128 feet= I inch. ANTI-SUBMARINE DESTROYERS (DDE) 8 “Friesland” Class AMSTERDAM DRENTHE FRIESLAND GRONINGEN LIMBURG OVERIJSSEL ROTTERDAM UTRECHT Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: 2,497 tons standard (3,070 tons full load ) 370 (pp.), 380* (o.a.) X 38* X 13 feet 4—4-7 inch, 6—40 mm. AA. 8—21 inch (single mounts) see Torpedo Notes) 2 four-barrelled rocket throwers (depth charge mortars) Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 60,000 = 36 kts. 4 Babcock & Wilcox 280 General Notes These large fleet escorts have some side armour as well as deck protection, like light cruisers. Unlike most orthodox destroyers they were built without torpedo tubes. They have limbo-ty I901X I 85 X III fee: l—41 inch (105 mm.), I—37 mm. AA. 6 —21 inch (4 bow, 2 stern), 12 torpedoes carried Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,840= 16 kts. (surface). Electric motors = 9 kts. (submerged) Notes It is reported that this vessel may be disposed of in the near future. Both Marsuinal and Requinul are Roumanian built to German plans. MARSUINAL Added 1953, courtesy M. ). Meister REQUINUL (S I) Builders: Galatz Shipbuilding Yard Laid down: 1938 Launched: 22 May 1941 Completed: 1942 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Mines: Machinery: 650 tons ( surface ) 223 X 19* X I If feet I—20 mm. A A. 4—21 inch (bow) 40 Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,840=17 kts. (surface). Electric motors=9 kts. ( submerged) Notes The submarine Delfinul, which received considerable damage during the war, and was of doubtful efficiency, was discarded in 1957. Coastal Submarines 4 Ex-Russian Type Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 350 tons (surface), 420 tons (full load) 167£ X 16 X 12 feet 1— 45 mm. AA. 2 — 21 inch Diesels. B.H.P.: 800=13 kts. sur¬ face). Electric motors. H P.: 400=8 kts. ( submerged) 18 tons 3,400 miles at 8 kts. (surface). 90 miles at 3 kts. (submerged) 20 Notes Former Russian coastal submarines built in 1940 and taken over by Roumania in 1957, 258 ROUMANIA—Minelayer, Patrol Vessels, Minesweepers, etc MINELAYER (Puitoare de Mine ) AMIRAL MURGESCU Erich Groner AMIRAL MURGESCU Displacement: 812 tons standard Dimensions: 252^ (o.a.) X 29^ x 8 | (mean) feet Guns: 2—4 inch D.P., 2—37 mm. AA. A/S weapons: 2 D.C.T. Mines: 135 Machinery: 2 Krupp diesels. B.H. P.: 2,100= 16 kLv Radius: 3,400 miles at 12 kts. Complement: 78 Notes Built by Galatz Shipbuilding Yard. Laid down on I Aug. 1938. Launched on 14 June 1939. Completed in 1941. LOCOTENENT-COMANDOR STIHI EUG EN Official 2 Rated as Gunboats ( Canoniere ) LOCOTENENT-COMANDOR STIHI EUGEN (ex- French Friponne) SUBLOCOTENENT GHICULESCU (ex-French Mignonne) Displacement: 443 and 344 tons respectively Dimensions: I99£x 22±x9$ and 7f feet respectively Guns: 2—3-9 inch, 2 M.G. Machinery: 2 sets of Sulzer diesel motors. B.H.P.: 900=15 kts Oil fuel: 30 tons Radius: 3,000 miles at 10 kts., 1,600 miles at 15 kts. Complement: 50 Notes Purchased from the French Navy on 9 Jan. 1920. Entered service on 15 Jan. 1920. They are differentiated by coloured rings around crow’s-nest. Names are those of naval officers killed in action, 1916-18. Name: Locotenent-Comandor Stihi Eugen Sublocotenent Ghiculescu Pennant No.: D 61 D 62 Builders: Lorient Dockyarc Brest Dockyard Launched • 1916 1917 I960, courtesy Mr..P.*H. Silverstone 4 Ex-German “M 40” Type D 813 D 814 D 815 D 816 Displacement: 543 tons standard (775 tons full load) Dimensions: 203£ X28 X9£ feet Guns: 6—37 mm. AA. (twin) A/S weapons: 2 D.C.T. Machinery: Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 2,400= 17 kts. Boilers: 2 three-drum water tube Fuel: 152 tons coal Radius: 4,000 miles at 10 kts. Complement: 80 Notes Former German “ M 40 ” type coal-burning minesweepers. Built in 1943. Taken over by Russia at the end of the Second World War. Transferred to Roumania in 1956-1957. The number of these vessels reported to have been acquired varies from four to fourteen, but photographs of only D 814, D 815 and D 816 (see above) have reached this annual. CONSTANTA CONSTANTA Displacement: 1,329 tons standard (2,300 tons full load) Dimensions: 255£X37x 13£ feet Guns: 2—4 inch, 2—40 mm. Machinery: 2 sets Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,000= 13 kts. Radius: 12,000 miles Notes Built by Quarnaro Yard, Fiume. Laid down on 15 Aug. 1927. Launched on 8 Nov. 1928. Completed in 1931. Fitted with engineering and torpedo shops; bakery; torpedo loading room; salvage, diving and submarine signalling apparatus. SAIL TRAINING SHIP (Nava §coald) MJFtCEA Displacement: 1,604 tons Dimensions: 239£ ( o.a .) 267 j ( with bowsprit) X 39^ x 16* feet Sail area: 18,830 sq ft. Machinery: Auxiliary M.A N. 6-cylinder Diesel. B.H.P.: 503=9-5 kts Complement: 83+ 140 midshipmen for training Notes Built by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg. Laid down on 30 Apr. 1938. Launched on 22 Sep 1938. Completed on 29 Mar. 1939 (delivered). YACHTS ( Jachturi ) LUCEAFARUL (ex-Nahlin) Displacement: 2,050 tons Dimensions: 250 (w./.), 296 (o.a.) X 36 X — feet Machinery: 4 Brown-Curtis geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 4,00C = 17-5 kts. Boilers: 2 Yarrow. Oil fuel Notes Former Royal Yacht. Designed by G. L. Watson & Co. Built by John Brown & Co. Ltd., Clydebank, Scotland. Launched in 1930. Purchased in 1937. Subsequently used as a training ship. TAIFUN Measurement: 34 tons ( Thames measurement) Dimensions: 54x12^x3 feet Machinery: 2 petrol motors, 2 shafts Notes Built by J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd., Cowes, Isle of Wight, England. Launched in 1938. Of wooden construction. CHURRUCA Group LEGASP1 BIDASOA Class 260 SPAIN—Cruisers HEAVY CRUISER Jt ^ Added 1957, courtesy Sefior A. Aguilera CANARIAS (Rated as Crucero de Primera Close) CANARIAS Builders: Sociedad Espanola de Construc- cion Naval, Ferrol Laid down: 15 Aug. 1928 Launched: 28 May 1931 Completed: Sep 1936 Displacement: 10,670 tons standard (12,230 tons full load) Dimensions: Length: 636 feet. Beam: 64 feet. Draught: 17^ feet (mean) Guns: 8—8 inch, 50 cal., 8—4-7 inch AA., 45 cal., 12—37 mm. AA., 3—20 mm. AA. Tubes: Removed (see Torpedo Notes) Armour: 1 i" —2" side, l" turrets, 4" maga¬ zines Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. Designed S.H.P.: 90,000=33 kts. Boilers: 8 Yarrow Oil fuel: 2,794 tons Radius: 8,000 miles at 15 kts Complement: General Notes 1,042 This ship was designed by the late Sir Philip Watts on the basic pattern of the contemporary British heavy cruisers of the later “ County ” classes. She was named after the Canary Islands. From completion until 1952 this ship had trunked funnels, but on completion of her refit early in 1953 she emerged with two separate funnels, this being a reversion to the original design which had never been carried out. Torpedo Notes She is no longer equipped with the 12—21 inch torpedo tubes in triple mountings which she formerly carried, it was officially stated in I960. Gunnery Notes The maximum elevation of the 8-inch guns is 70 degrees. Class Notes Sister ship Baleares was torpedoed and sunk on 6 Mar. 1938 during the Spanish Civil War. Notes to Drawing Port elevation and plan. Scale: I28feet=l inch. CRUISERS 3 “ Galicia ” Class GALICIA (ex-Libertad, ex-Princ pe Alfonso) MIGUEL DE CERVANTES Displacement: 8,250 tons standard (9,900 tons full load) Dimensions: Length: 575 (pp.), 579^ (o.a.) feet. Beam: 54 feet. Draught: I6£ (mean 20 j (deep load) feet Guns: 8—6 inch, 50 cal., 8—37 mm. AA., 20—20 mm. AA. Tubes: Removed (see Torpedo Notes) Armour: 3" side (amidships), 2" side (for¬ ward), \j" side (aft), 1" deck Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 4 shafts. Designed S.H.P.: 80,000=31-6 kts. Boilers: 8 Yarrow (large tube) Oil fuel: 1,650 tons, 1,700 tons max. Radius: 5,000 miles at 15 kts., 1,200 miles at full power Complement: 564 (peace), 725 (war) almirante cervera Displacement: 7,976 tons standard (9,662 tons ' ull load). Dimensions: Length: 575 (pp.), 579^ (o.a.) feet Beam: 54 feet. Draught: I6£ (mean), 20j (max.) feet Guns: 8—6 inch, 50 cal. (3 twin, 2 single);. 16—37 mm. AA.; 4—20 mm. AA. Tubes: Removed (see Torpedo Notes) Armour: 3" side (amidships), 2" side (for¬ ward), Inside (afr), 1" deck Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 4 shafts. S.H.P.: 80,000=34 kts. Boilers: 8 Yarrow. Oil fuel: 1,686 tons (1,709 tons max.) Radius: 5,000 miles at 15 kts. Complement: 603 (peace), 720 (war). Notes to Drawing Port elevation (composite representation of all three ships). Plan of Galicia and Miguel Cervantes (upper plan) Plan of Almirante Cervera (lower plan) Scale: I28feet=l inch. Cruisers ( continued )—SPAIN 261 Cruisers —continued ALMIRANTE CERVERA 1959, courtesy Senor A. Aguilera “Galicia” Class —continued General Notes All three ships were constructed by the Sociedad Espanola de Construccion Naval at Ferrol Dockyard under the Navy Law of 17 Feb. 1915. Their cost was estimated at about 8.122 pesetas per ton. Designed under direction of the late Sir Philip Watts, K.C. B., for the Spanish Government. All reconstructed and modernised during 1940-46. Their arma¬ ment was modified in 1957. Gjnnery Notes Almirante Cervera has single 6 inch guns in “A" and "Y" positions, and twin 6 inch guns in “B”, “Q” and “X” positions. The four 4 1 inch AA. guns have been removed, and eight 37 mm AA. guns mounted in their place. “Galicia” and Miguel de Cervante■ have twin 6-inch guns in “A”, “B”, “X” and “Y” positions. The eight 3-5 inch guns have been removed. Torpedo Notes These ships are no lerger equipped with torpedo tubes, which were in revolving triple mounts on the upper deck, 12—21 inch in Alrrironie Cervera and t —21 inch in GdUcia and Miguel de Cervantes, it was officially stated in I960. Engineering Notes On trials Galicia developed 83,000 S.H.P. and attained a speed of 34 7 kts. No. Name Builders Engineers 10 Almirante Cervera 'I 20 Galicia > Ferrol D. Y. S. E.C.N Miguel de Cervantes J MIGUEL DE CERVANTES Added 1955, Spanish Navy. Official Name Laid down Launched Completed Almirante Cervera 25 Nov. 22 16 Oct. 25 Gal cia 24 Nov. 22 23 I an. 25 Miguel de Cervantes 27 Aug 26 19 May 29 May 27 Sep. 27 Feb. 30 Appearance Notes Galicia now mounts a radar scanner just abaft the main director on the bridge on a small lattice tower. The ships now have recognition numbers painted on the hull forward, see photos of Almirante Cervera and Galicia. Nomenclature Notes Respective names are those of the Commander-in-Chief of the Spanish fleet in the West Indies during the war with the U.S.A. in 1898. Admiral Pascal Cervera y Topete; the north¬ western province of Spain: and the author of Don Quixote. ANTI-AIRCRAFT CRUISER MENDEZ NUNEZ Builders: Ferrol Dockyard Engineers: Sociedad Espanola de Construc¬ cion Naval Laid down: 1 Feb. 1917 Launched: 27 July 1922 Completed: 30 Aug. 1925 Displacement: 4,680 tons standard (6,312 tons full load) Dimensions: Length: 440 (pp.), 462 (o.a.) feet. Beam: 46 feet. Draught: 14$ (mean), 19 (max.) feet Guns: 7— 4 7 inch AA.. 10—37 mm. AA., 8 — 20 mm. A A Tubes 6—21 inch (tripled) Armour. r-r side (amidships), 1"-$" side (ends), \" deck Machinery. Parsons geared turbines. 4 shafts Designed H.P.: 45,000 = 29 kts. Boilers: 12 Yarrow (6 oil-burning, 6 mixed- firing) Fuel: 806 tons coal; 727 tons oil Radius: 5,000 miles at 13 kts. Complement: 370 General Notes Rebuilt and rearmed during 1944-47, her funnels being re¬ duced in number from 3 to 2 and her appearance entirely altered. MENDEZ NUNEZ Spanish Navy, Official Historical Notes Named after Don Casto Mendez Nunez, Commander-in- Chief of the Spanish Fleet in the Pacific in 1866. He bom¬ barded Valparaiso on 31 Mar. of that year, but was repulsed with a wound at Callao on 2 May. Engineering Notes On trials this ship attained a speed of 29-28 kts. with 43,776 S.H.P Recent Disposal The light cruiser Navarra has been removed from the effective list. 262 SPAIN—Destroyers DESTROYERS ( Destructores) 4 New Construction Notes It is proposed to build four new destroyers under the new naval construction programme. 2 « “ Alava ” Class ALAVA LINIERS Displacement: 1,650 tons standard (2,170 tons full load) 333 X 3If X 15 (mean) feet Dimensions: Guns: 6 —3 inch AA. (three twin, Mk. 34); 3—40 mm. 70 cal. AA. Tubes: Removed (see Torpedo Notes) A/S weapons: 2 Hedgehogs, 8 D.C. Mortars, 2 D.C. racks, 2 side launching torpedo racks Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 44,000=36 kts. Boilers: 4 Yarrow, of 3-drum type Oil fuel: 480 tons Radius: 4,200 miles at 15 kts Complement: 200 General Notes These two destroyers, a development of the Churruca design were originally ordered in 1936, but construction was held up bytheCivil War. After being resumed, it was again suspended in 1940, but restarted once more at Cartagena in 1944. 1955, Spanish Navy, Official A LAVA Gunnery Notes Before modernisation these ships mounted 4 —4-7 inch, 6 —37 mm. AA. and 3—20 mm. AA. guns. Torpedo Notes This class have no torpedo tubes since they were modernised, it was officially stated in I960. They formerly carried 6—21 inch (tripled), but now have torpedo racks instead of tubes. Name: Pennant Nos.: Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Alava 23 Cartagena 21 Dec. 1944 19 June 1947 21 Dec. 1950 Liniers 21 Cartagena I Jan. 1945 I May 1946 27 Jan 1951 3 Ex-U.S. “Fletcher” Class ALMIRANTE FERRANDIZ (ex-U.S.S. David W. Taylor, DD 551) ALMIRANTE VALDES (ex-U.S.S. Converse, DD 509) LEPANTO ( ex-US.S. Capps, DD 550) Displacement: 2,080 tons standard (2,050 tons full load) Dimensions: 376£ (o.o.) X 39| X I2£ (mean), 18 (max.) feet Guns: Almirante Ferrandiz, Lepanto, 5 —5 inch, 38 cal.; 6—40 mm. Bofors AA.; 12—20 mm. Oerlikon AA. (6—20 mm. in A.F.) Almirante Valdes: 4—5 inch, 38 cal. (single mountings); 6—3 inch, 50 cal. (three twin mountings), as rearmed Tubes: 5—21 inch (quintupled) A/S weapons: 2 Hedgehogs, 6 D.C.T., 2 D.C. racks, 2 side launching torpedo racks Machinery: General Electric geared turbines. shafts. S.H.P.: 60,000=35 kts. Boilers: 4 Babcock & Wilcox Oil fuel: 650 tons Radius: 6,000 miles at 15 kts. Complement: 350 (war) General Notes Former United States fleet destroyers. Capps and David W. Taylor were the first units of the “ Fletcher ” class to be transferred to a foreign government. Loaned to Spain under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program for a period of five years. Reconditioned at San Francisco and turned over to the Spanish Navy at San Francisco, California, on 15 May 1957. Sailed for Spain on I July 1957. Converse was transferred to the Spanish Navy at Philadelphia on I July 1959. Photograph Notes Port bow oblique aerial view of Almirante Ferrandiz in the 1958-59 and 1959-60 editions. No. Name Builders 41 Almirante Ferrandiz Gulf S.B. Corpn., Chickasaw, Ala. 43 Almirante Valdes Bath Iron Works Corpn., Maine. 42 Lepanto Gulf S.B. Corpn., Chickasaw, Ala. Name Almirante Ferrandiz Almirante Valdes Lepanto Laid down Launched Completed 12 June ’41 4 July ’42 18 Sep. ’43 23 Feb. ’42 30 Aug. ’42 8 June ’43 12 June ’41 31 May ’42 23 June ’43 LEPANTO 1958, courtesy Sehor A. Aguilera ALMIRANTE MIRANDA 1956. courtesy Sehor A. Aguilera 5 ” Almirante Antequera ” Class (“ Churruca ” Group 2) ALMIRANTE ANTEQUERA GRAVINA ALMIRANTE MIRANDA ULLOA ESCANO Displacement: 1,676 tons standard (2,175 tons full load) Dimensions: 320 (pp.), 333 (o.o.) X 31 feet f X 17 (max.) Guns: 4—4-7 inch, 1—3 inch and 4—37 mm., 2—20 mm. AA. A/S weapons: 4 D.C.T. Tubes: 6—21 inch (tripled) Machinery: 2 sets Parsons geared turbines shafts. S.H.P.: 42,000= = 36 kts. Boilers: 4, of 3-drum type Oil fuel: 540 tons Radius: 4,500 miles at 14 kts. Complement: 195 No. Name Launched Completed 13 Almirante Antequera 29 Dec. 1930 1934 31 Almirante Miranda 20 June 1931 1934 24 Escaho 28 June 1932 1935 22 Gravinq Ulloa T 24 Dec. 193 i 1934 43 24 July 1932 1936 General Notes All built at Cartagena by Sociedad Espanola de Construc- cion Naval. This class is a later version of the “ Sanchez Barcaiztegui ” design. Now have numbers instead of initials painted on bows, see photos and table at foot of column one. Recent Disposals The Ciscar which was sunk in the Spanish Civil War in Oct. 1937 but was salved and refitted in 1938-39, ran aground in heavy fog and broke her back off El Ferrol on 17 Oct. 1957. She was removed from the Navy List in 1958. The Jorge Juart yvas removed from the Navy List in 1959. Destroyers ( continued ), Fast Frigates—SPAIN 263 Destroyers —continued JOSE LUIS DIEZ 1955, Spanish Navy, Official 3 “Sanchez Barcaiztegui ” Class (“Churruca” Group I) CHURRUCA JOSE LUIS DIEZ SANCHEZ BARCAIZTEGUI Displacement: 1,650 tons standard (2,087 tons full load) 320 (pp.), 333 (o.a.)x 31 fx 17 (max.) feet Dimensions: Gu ns: 4—4-7 inch, 2—20 mm. AA. A/S weapons: 4 D.C.T. Tubes: 6—21 inch (tripled) Machinery: 2 sets Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 42,000=36 kts. Boilers: 4, of 3-drum type Oil fuel: 500 tons Radius: 4,500 miles at 14 kts. Complement: 175 No. Name Launched Completed 33 Churruca June 1929 1931 1 1 lose Luis Diez 25 Aug. 1926 1929 12 Sanchez Barcaiztegui 24 July 1926 1928 General Notes Based on the design of the contemporary British flotilla leaders of the “ Scott ” class. All built at Cartagena by Sociedad Espanola de Construction Naval. The two earliest ships of this class, originally named Alcala Galiano and Churruca, were sold to Argentina in 1927, new units bearing the same names being built to replace them. Another ship of this class, Almirante Juan Ferrandiz was sunk in the Spanish Civil War in Sep. 1936. Churruca was torpedoed by sub¬ marine, but repaired. Now have numbers instead of initials painted on bows, see photos and table below. Modernisation Notes Plans have been completed for modernising four“Churruca” group destroyers with new anti-aircraft guns, new anti¬ submarine warfare weapons and new electronic apparatus under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program. Recent Disposal' The old destroyer Lepanto of the “ Churruca ” Group I was removed from the effective list in Aug. 1957 when the new Lepanto (e.v-U.S.S. Capps ) joined the Spanish fleet (see pre¬ vious page). The Alcala Galiano of the “ Churruca ” Group I was also removed from the effective list at the end of 1957. The Almirante Valdes of this class was removed from the effective list in 1958. I “ Alsedo ” Class LAZAGA Builders: S. E.C.N., Cartagena Laid down: June 1920 Launched: Mar. 1924 Completed: Aug. 1925 Displacement: 1,160 tons normal (1,485 tons full load) Dimensions: 275 (pp.), 283 (o.a.)x 27 X 15 (max.) feet Guns: 3—4 inch, 45 cal., 4—37 mm. AA., 2 D.C.T. Tubes: 4—21 inch in 2 twin deck mountings Machinery: Parsons geared turbines 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 33,000=34 kts. Boilers: 4 Yarrow Oil fuel: 272 tons Radius: 2,500 miles at 15 kts. Complement: 86 LAZAGA General Notes Provided under the Law of 1915. Lazaga was originally known as luan Lazaga. 1960, courtesy Seaor A. Aguilera Recent Disposals The Alsedo of this class has been removed from the effective list. The Velasco was also stricken off in 1957. FAST FRIGATES (Fragotas Rapidas) Ex-Destroyers 3 “ Oquendo ’’ Class MARQUES DE LA ENSENADA OQUENDO ROGER DE LAURIA Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius of action: Complement: 2,050 tons standard (2,765 tons full load) 382x36x 12 (mean) feet 6 —4-7 inch AA. (twin mounts), 6—40 mm. AA., 4—20 mm. AA. Hedgehogs, Proj.ctors, Tracks Geared turbines of Rateau-Bretagne type. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 60,000 = 39 kts. 3, of 3-drum ype 659 tons 5,000 miles at 20 kts 267 General Notes All ordered at Ferrol in 1947-48. Oquendo was the first ship of the class to be launched. To be completed in 1962, 1961 and 1962, respectively. The “ Oquendo ” class have been reduced to three ships only, Bias de Lezo, Blasco ds Garay< Bonifaz, Gelmirez, Langara and Rec aide having been cancelled in 1953 Classification Notes This class of ships were re-classified as anti-submarine frigates in 1955 and again re-rated as fas frigates in 1956. Construction Notes These vessels were originally designed as destroyers, but during their construction their design was modified and they will be completed as frigates. The seven 21-inch torpedo tubes and two depth-charge throwers have been suppressed, and they will be equipped with anti-submarine rocket projectors. Nome Laid down Marques de la Ensenada 4 Sep 1951 Oquendo 15 June 1951 Roger de Lauria 4 Sep. 1951 Launched 5 Sep. 1956 12 Nov. 1958 I960, Spanish Navy , Official OQUENDO METEORO (see next page 1956, Spanish Navy, Official 264 SPAIN—Frigates ( continued ) ANTI-SUBMARINE FRIGATES (Caza Submarinas) RAYO RELAMPAGO TEMERARIO ARIETE AUDAZ FUROR INTREPIDO METEORO ( ex-Atrevido) OSADO Displacement: 1,106 tons standard (1,484 tons full load ) Dimensions: 305 X 30£ X 10 (mean) feet Guns: 4—3 inch AA. (two twin, Nk. 34); 2—40 mm., 70 cal. AA. Tubes: 6—21 inch (tripled) A/S weapons: 2 Hedgehogs, 8 mortars, 2 D.C. racks, 2 side launching torpedo racks Mines: 40 (capacity) can be carried Machinery: Rateau-Bretagne geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 30,800 = 33 kts. Boilers: 3, of 3-drum type Oil fuel: 290 tons Radius: 3,800 miles at 14 kts., 1,400 miles at 25 kts., 900 miles at 33 kts. Complement: 145 to 171 General Notes All built at Ferrol. Fitted for minelaying and minesweeping. Meanings of names: Ariete, battering ram; Audaz, audacious; Furor, fury; Intrepido, fearless; Osado, daring; Rayo, thunder¬ bolt; Relampago, lightning flash; Temerario, venturesome. Pennant Nos.: Audaz 41, Osado 42, Meteoro 43. RAYO 1956, Spanish Navy, Official Engineering Notes The boilers are in two compartments separated by the engine rooms. Steam is superheated to 375 degrees Fahren¬ heit. Working pressure is 500 lb. per sq. in. Engines have developed 32,500 S.H.P. Name Completed Laid down Ariete Audaz Furor Intrepido Meteoro Osado Rayo Relampago Temerario Construction Notes Designed on mass production lines to permit the rapid building of such ships in numbers in emergency. Gunnery Notes Before modernisation these ships mounted 3—41 inch guns, 4—37 mm. AA. guns and 8—20 mm. AA. guns. C/ss/ficalt/on Notes This c ass of ships were originally projected as destroyers but their classification was changed to fast frigates in 1955, and they were again re-rated, as anti-submarine frigates, in 1956. FRIGATES (rated as Fragatas) 8 “ Pizarro ” Class HERNAN CORTES MARTIN ALONSO PINZON LEGAZPI SARMIENTO DE GAMBOA MAGALLANES VASCO NUNEZ DE BALBOA PIZARRO VICENTE YANEZ PINZON Displacement: 1,710 tons standard (2,246 tons fu.l load ) Dimensions: 279 (pp.), 3I2| (o.a.)X39£x 11 feet Guns: Legazpi and Vicente Yahez Pinzon as modernised: 2—5 inch, 38 cal.; 4—40 mm., 70 cal. AA. Remainder: 6—4-7 inch AA. (twin mounts), 8—37 mm. AA., 6—20 mm. AA. A/S weapons Legazpi and Vicente Yahez Pinzon as modernised: 2 Hedgehogs, 8 mor¬ tars, 2 D.C. racks, 2 side launching tor edo racks Remainder: 4 D.C.T. Mines: 30 (capacity) can be carried Machinery: 2 sets Parsons geared turbines. shafts. S.H.P.: 5,000= 18-5 kts. Boilers: 2 Yarrow Oil fuel: 386 tons normal, 402 tons max. Radius: 3,000 miles at 14 kts. Complement: 250 General Notes All built at Ferrol. Designed to carry 30 mines. Now have numbers painted on sides. Rated as Canoneros (Gunboats) until 1958 when they were officially re-rated as Fragatas. Her nan Cortes Legazpi Magal lanes Martin Alonso Pinzon Pizarro Sarmiento de Gamboa Vasco Nunez de Balboa Vicente Yahez Pinzon Eolo ” Class TRITON 1,500 tons standard (1,900 tons full load) 278x38ix 10 feet 4—41 inch, 4—37 mm. AA., 4 M.G. 2 D.C.T. Stowage for 170 ( Triton, 180 to 200) Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 5,000=19-5 kts. 2 Yarrow 300 tons Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Mines: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Name Launched Completed 29 Triton 24 Feb. 1940 Oct. 1943 ' P r Notes _ EOLO 1952, Spanish Navy Offr. Both built by the Sociedad Espanola deConstruccion Naval, Ferrol. The design resembles that of the Mexican“Queretaro” type. Dual purpose frigates or gunboats and minelayers. JUPITER MARTE NEPTUNO VULCANO Displacement: 2,100 tons standard (2,600 tons full load ) Dimensions: 302f (pp.), 315 (o.a.) X 4 4 X I 4 feet Guns: Jupiter and Vulcano as modernised: 4—3 inch AA. (single, Mk. 26); 4—40 mm., 70 cal. AA. A4arte: 4—4-7 inch, 2—3 inch AA., 3—37 mm. AA., 2—20 mm. AA. (see Notes) A/S weapons: Jupiter and Vulcano are being modernised with 2 Hedgehogs, 8 Mortars, 2 D.C. racks Mines: Stowage for 264 max., normally less Machinery: 2 sets Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 5,000=18-5 kts. Boilers: Yarrow Oil fuel: 280 tons Complement: 123 Notes All built by the Sociedad Espanola deConstruccion Naval, Ferrol. Multi-purpose frigates or gunboats and cruising type minelayers. Neptuno is midshipmen’s training ship and carries 4—4-7 inch guns, 4—3'7 mm. AA, and 3—20 mm. AA. NEPTUNO 1956, courtesy P. Gildea-Evans, Esq. Recent Disposals The frigate Canovas del Castillo was officially stricken from the list in I960. The larger frigate Calvo Sotelo ( ex-Zacatecas) of the “ Durango ” type was removed from the effective list at the end of 1957. Pennant Nos Name Launched Completed Jupiter Marte Neptuno Vulcano Submarines, Corvettes—SPAIN 265 SUBMARINES (: Submarinos) 3 “D” Class D I 02 D 3 Displacement- Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: Radius' Complement: 1,065 tons (surface), 1,480 tons (sub¬ merged) 275^ X 211X 134 feet (mean) D 3: 1—4-7 inch, 2 M.G. D I, D 2: none as modernised 6 —21 inch (4 bow, 2 stern) 2 Suizer diesels, B.H.P.: 5,000 = 20-5 kts. ( urface). Electric motors, H P.* 1,300=9 -5 kts (submerged) 9 000 miles (surface) 60 Notes Admiralty type. Ordered under the 1926 Programme. All built at the Sociedad Espanola de Construccion Naval, Cartagena. Construction was held up by the Civil War Diving limit, 50 fathoms. D 3 on trials early 1953. Name Laid down Launched Completed D 1 Sep. 1933 1 1 May 1944 18 Mar. 1947 D 2 Sep. 1934 21 Dec 1944 2 Apr. 1951 D 3 1945 20 Feb 1957 1554 2 Ex-U.S. “ Balao ” Class ALMIRANTE GARCIA DE LOS REYES (ex-U.S.S. Kraken, SS 370) Manitowoc S.B. Co. 30 Apr. 1944 8 Sep. 1944 (commissioned) 1,526 tons standard, 1,816 tons surface (2,040 tons submerged) 312x27 x 17 feet 10—21 inch 4 diesels. B.H.P.: 6,400=20 kts. (surface). Electric motors. H.P.: 4,600=10 kts. (submerged) Transferred to the Spanish Navy from the United States Navy under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program in Oct. 1959 after completing modernisation and overhaul at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii in 1959. Another U. S. submarine of the “ Balao ” class is to be transferred shortly. Builders: Laid down: Completed: Displacement: Dimensions: Tubes: Machinery: ALMIRANTE GARCIA DE LOS REYES I960, courtesy Senor A. Aguilera I Ex-German Type G 7 (ex-U 573) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: Radius: Complement: 757 tons (surface), 857 tons sub¬ merged) 2284 x 204 X I4| feet 1—3-5 inch 5—21 inch (4 bow, I stern) Diesels, B.H.P: 3,000=17-9 kts. (surface). Electric motors, H.P : 750=8-5 kts. (submerged) 9,000 miles (surface) 45 1952, spamsn Navy, Official Vuilt in Germany by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg. Interned in Spain in 1942 and purchased the following year. Cancellation Notes It is officially stated that the construction of four new submarines G I, G 2, G 3, G 4 (G 5 and G 6 were also projected originally) ordered in 1945 at Cartagena, which were to have been generally similar to the ex-German G 7, has been abandoned. U.S. submarines will probably be acquired under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program in their place. Recent Disposals It is officially stated that the two former Italian submarines General Mola (ex-Evangelista Torricelli) and General Sanjurjo (ex-Archimede) were removed from the Navy List in 1959. 4 Midget Type. TIBURON I TIBURON II Notes Two midget submarines of the “ Foca ” class were launched in 1957-58. Two more are to be built. The “Tiburon” class will have a complement of 5 officers and men. “Foca” Class FOCA I FOCA II Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Radius: Complement: 394x64x54 feet Speed: 9-2 kts. surface, 12 kts. sub¬ merged 700 miles 2 CORVETTES (C orbetas) 6 “ Atrevida ” Class ATREVIDA DIANA PRINCESA DESCUBIERTA NAUTILUS VILLA DE BILBAO Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Mines: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 912 tons standard (1,022 tons full load) 2471 (o.a.) X 334 X 94 feet Descubierta: I—41 inch AA., 2—37 mm. (twin mount), 12—20 mm. quadruple mounts) Remainder, as modernised: I—3 inch, Mk. 26; 3—40 mm., 70 cal. AA. Descubierta: 4 D.C.T. Remainder, as modernised: 2 Hedge¬ hogs, 8 mortars, 2 D.C. racks 20 (capacity) can be carried 2 Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 3,000= 18 5 kts. 100 tons 7,000 miles 113 Name Laid down Launched Completed DIANA (re-armed, lattice mast) I960, courtesy Senor A. Aguilera Atrevida Descubierta Diana Nautilus Princesa Villa de Bilbao 26 June 1950 26 June 1950 27 July 1953 27 July 1953 18 Mar. 1953 18 Mar. 1953 9 June 1952 2 Dec. 1952 29 Apr. 1955 23 Aug. 1956 31 Mar. 1955 1956 19 Aug. 1954 Feb. 1955 1956 1958 1957 1958 Notes Atrevida, Descubierta, Diana and Princesa were built at Cartagena. Nautilus and Villa de Bilbao weire built at Cadiz. Atrevida commissioned on 19 Aug. 1954. Descubierta com¬ missioned in 1955. 7 “Almanzora” Class ALMANZORA GUADALHORCE N AVIA EO GUADIARO TINTO EUME Displacement: 615 tons standard (770 tons full load ) Dimensions: 203 X 28 X 8 feet Guns: As modernised: 2—20 mm. AA. Machinery: Triple expansion and exhaust turbines. 2 shafts. H.P.: 2,400 = 16 kts. Boilers: 2 three-drum water-tube Fuel: 192 tons coal Radius: 3,000 miles at 10 kts. Complement: 80 General Notes Guardiaro and Tinto were commissioned in 1953. Eume was commissioned in Dec. 1953. Pennant Nos. DM II, 13, 10, 14, 8, 12, 9, respectively. Gunnery Notes Until modernisation the armament also Name Almanzora Eo Eume Guadalhorce Guardiaro Navia Tinto Builders Cartagena Cadiz Cartagena Cartagena Cartagena Cadiz Cartagena Launched 27 July 1953 Sep. 1953 27 July 1953 18 Feb. 1953 26 June 1950 Sep. 1953 26 June 1950 Completed 1954 Mar. 1955 Dec. 1953 1953 Apr. 1953 Mar. 1955 May 1953 CANDIDO PEREZ 1958, Spanish Navy, Official CANDIDO PEREZ (ex-SC 679) Displacement: 116 tons (trials), 148 tons full load Dimensions: I07£ (w./.), 11 Of (o.a.)x I7x6£ feet Guns: I—40 mm. AA. A/S weapons: D.C. Machinery: G.M. diesels. 2 shafts B.H P.: 800= 15 6 kts. Notes Former United States submarine chaser of the “ 110 ft.” wooden type. Built by Walter E. Abrams Shipyard, Inc. Laid down on 4 Mar. 1942. Launched on 29 Aug. 1942. Completed on 19 Dec. I°42. Transferred to Spain in 1957. Added 1958, Spanish Navy, Official Bidasoa ” Class NERVION SEGURA 615 tons standard (709 tons full load) 189 (pp.), 210 (o.o.) x28x7£ feet I—41 inch, I—37 mm. AA., 2—20 mm. AA. Triple expansion with exhaust turbines. 2,400=16-5 kts. TAMBRE TER Boilers: Fuel: Radius: Complement: General Notes German M-Boote 40 type. Named after rivers, 2, 6, 4, 7, respectively. Class Notes Guadalete, of this class, which was employed as : east of Gibraltar on 25 Mar. 1954. JUCAR I960, courtesy Sehor A .Aguilera 12 Ex-U.S. AMS Type DUERO (ex-Stoonbill, MSC 202) LLOBREGAT (ex-MIS 143) SIL (ex-Redwing, MSC 200) EBRO (ex-MSC 269) MINO (ex-MIS 265) T A JO (ex-MSC 287) GENIL (ex-/VlSC 279) NALON (ex-MIS 139) TURIA (ex-AMS 130) JUCAR (ex-MIS 220) ODIEL (ex-MSC 288) ULLA (ex-AMS 265) Displacement: 375 tons standard (405 tons full load) Dimensions: I38(pj>.). 144 (o.o.) X 26£ X 8 feet Guns: I—20 mm. AA. Machinery: G.M. diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,200=14 kts. Oil fuel: 30 tons Radius: 2,500 miles at 10 kts. Complement: 34 Notes Three anti-magnetic minesweepers were transferred from the U.S.A. to the Spanish Navy, ac San Diego, California, on l6Feb. 1954 (Nalon), two 5 Nov. 1954 (Llobregat) and I June, 1955 at New York ( Turia) under MDAP Three more were transferred:— Jucar (launched at Bellingham, Wash, on 24 June, 1955), at Seattle, Washington, on 22 June, 1956; Ulla at Boston, Mass, on 24 July, 1956; and M/no at Boston on 25 Oct. 1956, all under the terms of the Mutual Defense Assistance Program. Redwing and Spoonbill of the United States ” Bluebird ” class were transferred to Spain at Norfolk on 16 June, 1959. Ebro was trans¬ ferred on 19 Dec. 1958 at Seattle, Washington, where Genii was transferred on 11 Sep. 1959. Tajo was transferred at Charleston, S.C., under MDAP, on 9 July 1959 and Odiel was trans¬ ferred at Charleston on 9 Oct., 1959. Name B idasoa Lerez Nervion Segura Tambre Ter Builders Cartagena Cartagena Cartagena Cartagena Ferrol Cartagena Launched 15 Sep. 1943 21 Dec. 1944 15 Apr. 1944 15 Apr. 1945 18 Oct. 1944 15 Apr. 1945 Completed 1946 1947 1946 1949 1946 1948 12 New Construction Notes It is proposed to build twelve petrol type vessels under the new programme. construction > • v;*V» >r *' ■■■flSiriM Mil llSljSfgf! I B Miiiiftsi^« iifipisiii; i, I960, Spanish Navy, Official PROCYON Notes SURVEYING TENDERS ( Launches ) Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: 256 tons 100x20x9 feet H.P.: 300 Both launches employed as surveying tenders. Sister ship H I was stricken off in 1952. Displacement: 42 tons Dimensions: Length: 82 feet Guns: 2—20 mm. AA. Machinery: Diesel. Speed: 19 2 kts. Notes V 20 and V 21 are ex-German motor launches. Incorporated into the Spanish Navy in 1945. Photograph of V 2J in the 1957-58 edition. ESTURION (V 12) LANZbN (V 18) Displacement: 110 tons Dimensions: 72 X 174x6 feet Machinery: B.H.P.: 60= 10-5 kts. Notes Esturion and Lanzon were launched in 1944. The designed speed was 12 knots. VI V 3 V 5 V 8 VI0 V 13 VI9 V 2 V 4 V 7 V 9 VII V 17 Notes V l to V 19 are small launches employed on fishery protection duties. Displacements vary (5 to 45 tons). MOTOR LAUNCHES (Lanchas Rapidas) Motor Torpedo Boats, Landing Ships, Survey Ships, Patrol Vessels—SPAIN MOTOR TORPEDO BOATS ( Lanchas Torpederas) PATROL VESSELS (Guard a costas) 267 2 New Construction i ■ ;i |j^ 1951, courtesy Senor A. Aguilera 2 “Pegaso” Class PROCYON Displacement: 437 tons standard (503 tons full load ) Dimensions: 137f-x27x94 feet Guns: I—3 inch AA., 2—20 mm. AA. Machinery: Diesels. I shaft. B.H.P.: 530= 12 kts. Oil fuel: 66 tons Radius: 3,500 miles at 9 kts. Complement: 37 Notes Both commissioned for service at Cartagena in Jan. 1951. Alhucemas and Finisterre have been removed from the effective list. 2 “Cies” Class CIES SALVORA Displacement: 180 tons Dimensions: I05x20fx8? feet Guns: I—37 mm. Machinery: B.H.P.: 300= 12 kts. Notes Purchased in December 1952. ARCILA ( ex-William Dock) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Coal: Complement: 2 “ Mersey ” Type XAUEN ( ex-Henry Cramwell ) 750 tons 1384 (pp.), 148 (o.a.)x 23} X I5£ feet (Xauen, 17 feet) 2—3 inch (Xauen, I—3 inch, I—47 mm. AA.) I.H.P.: 500=10 kts. 200 tons 39 “ Mersey " type trawlers. Launched in 1918 by Goole S.B. & Rep. Co., and Lobnitz. Displacement: Machinery: 110 tons Speed = 12 kts. I Trawler Type UAD KERT (ex-Rother, ex-Anthony Aslett) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Coal: Complement: 640 tons 130 (pp.)x 23* X 15* feet 2—3 inch I.H.P.: 500=9-5 kts. 200 tons 39 Built by Cochrane & Sons Ltd., Selby. Launched in 1917. “ Special ” type trawler. SURVEYING VESSELS (Buques Hydrografos) Displacement: 934 tons Dimensions: I83f X 32$ X 12 feet Guns: 2—37 mm. AA., 2—20 mm. AA. Mines: 24 Machinery: Speed = 14-5 kts. Notes These vessels, and the vessels below, are rated as coastguard patrol vessels. Centinela” Class CENTINELA Displacement: 270 tons Dimensions: I I9x224x9| feet Guns: I—37 mm. Machinery: B.H.P.: 450= 12 kts. Notes Completed at A.S.T.A B.N.O., Ferrol, in 1953. SERVIOLA Displacement: 120 tons standard (140 tons full load) Dimensions: I 14 X 16f X 5 feet Guns: 2—20 mm. AA., 4 M.G. Tubes: 2—21 inch Machinery: 3 diesels. 3 shafts. B H. P.: 7,500=41 kts. Oil fuel: 20 tons Radius: 700 miles at 30 kts. Complement: 22 Notes Built at La Carraca, Cadiz, to the design of Lurssens of Bremen LT 27, LT 28, LT 29 were handed over to the Spanish Navy on 10 July 1953. LT 31 was commissioned on 21 July 1956 L 32 was launched in 1956. Four more were delivered in 1958-59. L 33 and L 34 have steel hulls. Later boats will be propelled by gas.turbines. New Construction It is reported that a new boat LT 37 will be propelled by gas turbines Recent Disposals Of the six ex-German motor torpedo boats of the S 100 class, LT 24 and LT 25 were removed from the effective list in 1955, LT 21, LT 22 and LT 23 in 1957, and LT 26 in 1958. LANDING SHIPS 3 Ex-U.S. LSM Type LSM I (ex-U.S.S. LSM 329) LSM 2 (ex-U.S.S. LSM 331) LSM 3 (ex-U.S.S. LSM 343) Displacement: 743 tons beaching (1,095 tons full load ) Dimensions: 1964 (w./.), 2034 (o.o.) X 344 X 84 feet Guns: 2—40 mm. AA. Machinery: Diesel direct drive. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 2,800=12-5 kts. Complement: 59 Notes Medium landing ships transferred to Spain at Bremerton, Washington, on 25 Mar. I960. LT 27 LT 28 LT 29 LT 30 LT 31 LT 32 LT 33 LT 34 2 “ Tofino ” Class MALASPINA ( ex-Bausa ) TOFINO Displacement: 990 tons standard (1,200 tons full load ) Dimensions: 224 X 35 X 11 feet Guns: I—47 mm., 2 M.G. AA. Machinery: Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 850= 12-5 kts. Boilers: 2 Yarrow Fuel: 190 tons Complement: 130 Notes Built by Matagorda, Cadiz and Ferrol, respectively. Launched on 13 Sep. 1935 and 21 Aug. 1933, respectively. I “ Cosa ” Type JUAN DE LA COSA ( ex-Artabro) Displacement: 770 tons standard (1,026 tons full load ) Dimensions: 1774 X 354 X 8$ feet Machinery: Burmeister& Wain diesels, electric drive. B.H. P.: 700 = 9 kts. Notes Built by U.N.L., Valence. Launched in 1935. Carries one aircraft. Photograph in the 1950-51 to 1957-58 editions. I 1957 Spanish Navy Official MALASPINA 268 SPAIN—Auxiliaries 1958, Spanish Navy, Official Displacement: 7,205 cons Dimensions: 385£ x 48-* X 20^ feet Guns: I—4-1 inch Machinery: 2 diesels. B. H. P.: 2,800= 12 kts Notes Ordered from Factoria de Bazan, Cartagena, 'n December 1952. 1954. Launched on 20 June 1955. In service October 1956. 1958, Spanish Navy, Official Displacement: 470 tons Dimensions: 138 (pp.), I47£ (o.o.)x25x9£ feet Machinery: Deutz diesel. B.H.P.: 220= 10 kts. Complement: 12 Notes Both built at Santander and launched in 1939. Small service tankers. CR I (ex-G 6) Displacement: 560 tons standard (770 tons full load ) Dimensions: 149^ X 33* X 10? feet Guns: I—40 mm. AA., I—20 mm. AA. Machinery: 2 diesels with electric drive. B.H P.: 1,600=12 kts. Notes Built by Penhoet, France, as a United States “ off-shore ” order. Launched on 28 Sep. 1954. Transferred from the U S. Navy in 1955 under the Mutual Defense Assistance Pro- JUAN SEBASTIAN DE ELCANO Displacement: 3,420 tons (at three-quarters load) Dimensions: 269 i (pp.) 308^ (o. a.) x 43 X 23 feet (full load) Guns: 4—6 pdr. Machinery: I Sulzer diesel motor. I screw B.H.P.: 800 = 9 5 kts. Oil fuel: 230 tons PLUTON 1954, courtesy Sehor A. Aguilera OILERS Endurance: 10,000 miles at 9-5 kts. Complement: 224+80 Cadets PLUTON (ex-Campilo) Notes Four-masted schooner. Named after the first circumnavigator of the world (1519-26) who succeeded to the command of the expedition led by Magallanes after the latter’s death. Built by Echevarrieta Yard, Cadiz. Launched on 5 Mar. 1927. Completed in 1928. Phcto- Displacement: 4,550 tons (in light condition Dimensions: 342±X53f X 19^ feet Machinery: 2 sets B. & W. diesels B.H P.- 2,530= 13-5 kts. Notes graph in the 1952-53 to 1957-58 editions. Built at Valencia. Diesels built at Barcelona. Launched in 1931. Purchased in Dec. 1934. GALATEA (ex-Clarastella) Displacement: 2,713 cons Dimensions: 243 X 38f X I7£ feet Guns: 4—6 pdr. Machinery: 2 Polar Atlas 4-cyl. dieseb. B.H.P.: 680=8-5 kts. Oil fuel: 46 tons Complement: 140 Notes Barque. Launched in 1896. Purchased in Italy in 1922. Training ship for Boys. Photo¬ graph in the 1957-58. edition. TRANSPORTS ALMIRANTE LOBO 1956, courtesy Sehor A. Aguilera ALMIRANTE LOBO (ex-Torrelaguna Displacement: 7,750 tons Dimensions: 342 X 48 X 22 feet Guns: I—4 I inch Machinery: I triple expansion. I.H. P.: 2,260= 12 kts. Nc*es Ex-cargo vessel. Built at Astilleros Echevarrieta, Cadiz. Commissioned on 4Oct. 1954. TARIFA (ex-Castillo Arevalo ) Displacement: 1,325 tons Dimensions: 270 35 v 12 feet Machinery: I.H.P.: 840=10 kts. Notes Mercantile measurement is reported to be 1,374 tons gross. Photograph in the 1954-55 to 1957-58 editions. RIVER PATROL BOAT CABO FRADERA Displacement: 44 tons Dimensions: 74f x I4£ X 4£ feet Guns: 1—42 mm. Machinery: H.P.: 120=10 kts. Complement: 11 Notes Rated as a guarda-pesca. Engaged in the patrol of the River Mino (Minho) on the Portuguese frontier. Photograph in the 1957-58 edition. AUXILIARY PATROL VESSELS 5 Tug Type RR 10 RR 19 RR 20 RR 28 RR 29 Displacement: 454 tons Dimensions: 124 X 27£ X 10 feet Guns: I—47 mm., I—20 mm. AA. Machinery: I shaft. I.H.P.: 800=11-5 kts. Coal: 200 tons Radius: 1,000 miles at 10 kts. Notes Former tugs. All launched in 1941-42. Now classed as patrol vessels. Photograph in the 1957-58 edition. TUGS ( Remolcadores ) RA I RA 2 Displacement: 934 tons Dimensions: 184 x32fx 12 (max.) feet Guns: I—37 mm. Machinery: 2 diesels. B.H.P.: 3,200= 15 kts. Notes Ordered in 1949. Built at Factoria de Bazan, Cartagena. Launched on 2 Sep. 1954 and 5 Oct 1954, commissioned on 9 July 1955 and 12 Sep. 1955, respectively. RA 3 (ex-RA 2, ex-Argos) Displacement: 217 tons Dimensions: 123 X 23 Jr X — feet Machinery: I.H P.: 750= 10 kts RR 25 Displacement: 300 tons Notes Built by La Carraca Dockyard, Cadiz. Launched on 26 Mar. 1944 RR 15 RR 16 RR 17 Displacement: 434 tons Dimensions - 124 X 27? X 10 feet Machinery: I.H. P.: 800= 11 -5 kts. RR II Displacement: 279 tons Dimensions: III £ X 20 X — feet Machinery: I.H.P.: 600= 11 kts. RR 12 (ex-Cartagenero, ex-H.S. 78) RR 14 (ex-Gaditano, ex-H.S. 82) Displacement: 235 tons Dimensions: 83^ X 21 £ X 10^ feet Guns: I—6 pdr. Machinery: H.P.: 420= 10 kts. Notes Built by Crichton & Co., South Saltney, Chester, England. Launched in 1918. Administration, Silhouettes—SWEDEN 269 ROYAL SWEDISH NAVY Administration Commander-in-Chief of the Navy (including Coast Artillery): Vice-Admiral Stig H: son-Ericson, G.C.V.O. President of the Navy Technical and Administra¬ tive Board : Rear-Admiral A. G. Jedeur-Palmgren. Commander-in-Chief of Active Fleet: Rear-Admiral B. Berthelsson. Naval Attache in London: Captain B. Hedlund Navy Estimates 1959- 60: 396,500,000 kr. 1960- 61: 389.500.000 kr. Personnel I960: Active List of Navy and Coast Artillery, 10,490 officers and men, including the conscript class of the year. Mercantile Marine Lloyd’s Register of Shipping: 1,210 vessels of 3,623,423 tons gross TRE KRONOR (see nexc page) Royal Swedish Navy, Official 270 SWEDEN—Cruisers CRUISERS gOta lejon 1959, Royal Swedish Navy, Official 2 "Tre Kronor ” Class GOTA LEJON TRE KRONOR Name: Goto Lejon Tre Kronor Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Eriksberg Mekaniska Verkstad, Goteborg 27 Sep. 1943 17 Nov. 1945 15 Dec. 1947 Gotaverken, Goteborg 27 Sep. 1943 16 Dec. 1944 18 Oct. 1947 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: A/S weapons: Armour: Mines: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: 8,000 tons standard designed (10,000 tons full load) Length: 571 (pp.), 590* (w.L), 597 (o.a.) feet. Beam: 54 feet. Draught: 19* (mean), 21 * (max.) feet Goto Lejon: 7—6 inch, 53 cal. Bofors AA., 4—57 mm. Bofors AA., 1 I—40 mm. Bofors AA. Tre Kroner: 7 —6 inch, 53 cal. Bofors AA., 27—40 mm. Bofors AA. 6—21 inch D.C.T. Exceptionally well protected, 3"-5" side 120 2 sets De Laval geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 100,000 = 33 lets. 4 Swedish 4-drum type 26 officers, 429 ratings (peace); 30 officers, 618 ratings (war) General Notes The final contracts for these ships were not signed until Feb. 1943, the original design having been considerably modified in 1942. Cost was estimated at 74,000,000 kroner each. Radar control arrangements were installed for 6-inch guns. Fitted for minelaying. Both ships were reconstructed in 1951-52. Goto Lejon was modernised in 1958, with new radar, 57 mm. guns, etc., see photograph. Gunnery Notes The 6-inch guns are high angle anti-aircraft weapons with an elevation of 70 degrees and are automatic. The 9—25 mm. AA. pieces formerly mounted were suppressed in 1951 and 7—40 mm. AA. were weapons added. Notes to Drawing Port elevation and Plan. Scale: 128 feet=l inch Appearance Notes Light tripod masts have been stepped as shown in photos. Both ships now have an enclosed tower bridge structure. Recent Disposals The two surviving very old armoured ships Drottning Victoria and Gustaf V, rated as battleships ( Pansarkepp) and coast defence ships ( Kustforsvarfartyg ), were discarded in 1958, it was officially stated. Gustaf V was still used as an accommodation ship in I960. ANTI-AIRCRAFT CRUISER GOTLAND Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Gotaverken, Goteborg 1930 14 Sep. 1933 Dec. 1934 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns (Bofors): Tubes: Armour: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Complement: 4,750 tons standard (5,550 tons full load) Length: 426* (w.L), 437* (o.a.) feet. Beam: 50* feet. Draught: 16* (mean), 18 feet (max.) 4—6 inch, 55 cal., 13—40 mm. AA., 2—25 mm. AA. 6—21 inch (in triple deck mountings) 2"-1*" deck, I*"-f " vertical bulk¬ heads, 2"-1*" turrets, I*" uptakes, 2*"-1*" hoists and supports, 2" C.T. 2 sets De Laval geared turbines. 2 shafts. Designed S.H.P.: 33,000 = 27-5 las. (Trials, 34,000=28 kts.) 4 Penhoet 600 tons normal, 800 tons max. 453 (400 to 460 as training ship) General Notes This ship was originally built as an aircraft-carrying cruiser (classed as Flygplankryssare) with a capacity of 11 seaplanes. Cost exceeded £900,000 by date of completion. Equipped for minelaying. Refitted and rearmed for duty as an anti¬ aircraft cruiser in 1944. Again refitted and re-armed in 1955. It was officially stated in 1959 that she is no longer employed as a Cadet’s Seagoing Training Ship. In I960 she was in reserve. Gunnery Notes During the 1955 reconstruction the two single 6-inch guns abreast the bridge, the 4—3 inch guns and the 2—20 mm. AA. guns were suppressed, the 25 mm. AA. guns were GOTLAND Royal Swedish Navy, Official reduced from 12 to 2, and the 40 mm. AA. guns were in- Notes to Drawing creased from 8 to 13. Port elevation and plan. Scale: 128 feet=l inch. hAlsingland 1959, Royal Swedish Navy, Official 4 “ Ostergotland ” Class gAstrikland hAlsingland OSTERGOTLAND SODERMANLAND Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: A/S weapons: Mines: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 2,050 tons standard (2,600 tons full load) 367* (pp.), 380 (o.a.) X 36f X 12 feet 4—4-7 inch, 7—40 mm. AA. 6—21 inch Triple barrelled depth charge mortar 60 (capacity) can be carried De Laval turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 40.000=35 lets. 2 Babcock &W ilcox 330 tons 2,200 miles at 20 kts. 244 fennant No.: Name Builders: 22 Gdstrikland Gotavecken, Goteborg 23 Halsingland Kockums Mek, Verkstads A/B., Malmo 20 Ostergotland Gotaverker, Goteborg 21 Sodermanland Eriksberg Mekaniska Verkstad, Goteborg Name Laid down Launched Completed Gdstrikland Oct. 1955 i 6 June 1956 Aug. 1958 Halsingland Oct. 1955 14 Jan. 1957 Dec. 1958 Ostergotland Sep. 1955 8 May 1956 Oct. 1957 Sodermanland 1 June 1955 28 May 1956 21 Mar. 1958 -§ *mA 1959, Ro/a (Swedish Navy, Official anti-submarine weapons of the Bofors type. gAstrikland General Notes These ships have basically the same characteristics as the “ Oland ” class destroyers with appearance very similar to the “ Halland ” class destroyers, but have somewhat thinner funnels. They have improved anti-aircraft defence and Photograph Notes Photographs of Ostergotland and Sodermanland appear in the 1958-59 edition. . ■ , HALLAND Added 1957, Official Halland ” Class HALLAND SMALAND Name: Halland Smaland Pennant No.: 18 19 Builders: Gotaverken, Eriksberg Mekaniska Goteborg Verkstad, Goteborg Ordered: 1948 1948 Laid down: 1951 1951 Launched: 16 July 1952 23 Oct. 1952 Completed: I Feb. 1955 12 Jan. 1956 Displacement: 2,650 tons standard (3,100 tons full load) Dimensions: 380* (w./.), 397* (o.a.) x 41 X 14* feet Guns: 4—47 inch AA., 2—57 mm. AA., 6—40 mm. AA. Tubes: 8—21 inch Guided weapons: I rocket launcher A/S weapons: 2 four-barrelled depth charge mortars Mines: Can be fitted for minelaying Machinery: De Laval double reduction geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 58,000= SMALAND 1958, Royal Swedish Navy, Official Notes The first Swedish destroyers of post-war design and con¬ struction. These large destroyers have fully automatic gun turrets and ahead throwing anti-submarine weapons of the Bofors type, forward. It is officially stated that they will be equipped with guided missiles. Cancellation Notes Two sister ships, to have been named Lappland and Vdrrn • land, were cancelled in 1958, it was officially stated. Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 500 tons 3,000 miles at 20 kts. 290 272 SWEDEN—Destroyers ( continued) Destroyers —continued 2 “ Oland ** Class OLAND UPPLAND Name Oland Uppland Pennant No.: 16 17 Builders: Kockums Mek. Karlskrona Dock¬ Verkstads A/B., Malmo yard Laid down: 1943 1943 Launched: 15 Dec. 1945 5 Nov. 1946 Completed: 1948 1947 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Mines: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 1,880 tons standard (2,400 tons full load ) 351 (pp.), 364* ( o.a .) X 36| X 11 * feet 4—4-7 inch (d.p.), 7—40 mm. AA., 8—20 mm. AA. 6—21 inch (tripled) 60 De Laval geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 44,000=35 kts. 2 Penhoet 300 tons 2,500 miles at 20 kts 210 General Notes The superstructure and machinery spaces are lightly armoured. Fitted for minelaying. Gunnery Notes The 4-7 inch guns are semi-automatic, with an elevation of 80 degrees. Reconstruction Notes Oland was modernised in 1959 with a new bridge, see new photograph above showing her silhouette after the re¬ construction. 4 “Visby” Class HALSINGBORG SUNDSVALL KALMAR VISBY Displacement: 1,150 tons standard (1,320 tons full load) Dimensions: 310 (w.L), 320 (o.a.) X 30 x 12* feet Guns: 3—4-7 inch, 4—40 mm. AA., 4—20 mm. AA. Tube: Sundsvall and Visby, 5 —21 inch (quintupled), other two 6—21 inch (tripled) A/S weapons: 2 D.C.T. Machinery: De Laval geared turbine. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 36,000=39 kts. Boilers: 3, of 3-drum type Oil fuel: 150 tons Radius: 1,600 miles at 20 kts. Complement: General Notes 140 Kalmar was laid down on 16 Nov. 1942: Visby was laid down on 29 Apr. 1942. All fitted for minelaying. 5 “Goteborg” Class GAVLE MALMO KARLSKRONA NORRKOPING STOCKHOLM Displacement: 1,140 tons standard (1,300 tons full load) Dimensions: 304 (w.L), 310* (o.a.) X 31* (Malmo) 29* X 12* feet Guns: 3—4-7 inch, 4—40 mm. A/S weapons: 2 D.C.T. Gavle as refitted has 18 rocket launchers Tubes: 6—21 inch (tripled) Mines: 20 to 60 Machinery: De Laval geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 32,000=39 kts. Boilers: 3 Penhoet Oil fuel: 150 tons Radius: 1,200 miles at 20 kts. Complement: 130 General Notes Stockholm was laid down in 1933. She is now in reserve. Gavle has been refitted for anti-submarine warfare, and Norrkoping has also been reconstructed (see photo). Reconstruction Notes As converted into fast anti-submarine escorts these des¬ troyers have their close range anti-aircraft guns mounted on a bandstand enveloping the after funnel. Conversion Notes It is officially stated that the “ Goteberg ” class will not now be rebuilt as frigates, as it was originally intended, although they have already undergone some modification, bringing them near the frigate type. No. Name Builders Launched Completed 9 Gavle 8 Karlskrona 7 Mai mo 10 Norrkoping 6 Stockholm Gotaverken Karlskrona Eriksberg Eriksberg Karlskrona 25 Sep. 1940 16 June 1939 71 Sep. 1938 5 Seo. 1940 24 Mar. 1936 1941 1940 1939 1941 1937 Recent Disposals It was officially stated in 1958 that Goteborg of this class would be scrapped (on 17 Sep. 1941 she was sunk through an accidental explosion, but was subsequently salved and rebuilt, and on trials following her reconstruction, she was reported to have exceeded her original speed). The older destroyer Klas Horn would be scrapped, it was officially stated in 1958. OLAND (after reconstruction) I960, Royal Swedish Navy, Official UPPLAND 1955, Official SUNDSVALL 1953, Royal Swedish Navy, Official Conversion Notes It is officially stated that the “ Visby ” class will be con¬ verted into frigates, Sundsvall and Visby in 1960-63, and the other two in 1964-70. No. Name Builders Launched Completed 13 Halsingborg Gotaverken 23 Mar. 1943 1943 14 Kalmar Eriksberg 20 July 1943 1944 12 Sundsvall Eriksberg 20 Oct. 1942 1943 11 Visby Gotaverken 16 Oct. 1942 1943 GAVLE (as converted to fast anti-submarine frigate) 1959, Royal Swedish Navy, Official NORRKOPING (after reconstruction) 1957, Royal Swedish Navy , Official MALMO 1956, Official Frigates, Minelayer, Submarine Depot Ship—SWEDEN 273 FAST ANTI-SUBMARINE FRIGATES (ex-Coastal Destroyers ). Rated as Fregatter 4 “Mjolner” Class MAGNE MJOLNER MODE MUNIN Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Mines: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 700 tons standard (900 tons full load) 243| (w./.), 256 (o.o.)X261x7* feet 2—4-1 inch AA., 2—40 mm. AA. 2 D.C.T. Fitted for minelaying 2 De Laval geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 16,000=30 kts. 2, of 3-drum type 190 tons 1,260 miles at 20 kts. 100 Name Pennant Nos. Builders Laid down Magne 74 Gotaverken Sep. 1941 Mode 73 Gotaverken Sep. 1941 Mjolner 76 Eriksberg Sep. 1941 Munin 75 Oresundsvarvet Sep. 1941 Name Launched Completed Converted Magne 25 Apr. 1942 1942 1955 Mode 11 Apr. 1942 1942 1955 Mjolner 9 Apr. 1942 1942 1956 Munin 27 May 1942 1942 1955 MJOLNER I960, Royal Swedish Navy, Official General Notes All these ships were formerly rated as seagoing torpedo boats or coastal destroyers ( kustjagare ). They were equipped for minelaying, but were all converted into fast anti-sub¬ marine frigates. Their original 3—21 inch torpedo tubes were removed. Recent Disposals The two coastal destroyers Remus (ex-Astore) and Romulus ( ex-Spica ), former Italian oceangoing torpedo boats, which were to have been converted into fast anti-submarine frigates, were towed away for breaking up in Aug. 1959. FAST ANTI-SUBMARINE FRIGATES (ex-Destroyers). Rated as Fregatter 2 “ Ehrenskold ” Class EHRENSKOLD NORDENSKJOLD Name: Pennant No. Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Ehrenskold 21 Kockums Mek Verkstads A/B , Malmo 1924 25 Sep. 1926 Dec. 1927 Nordenskjold 22 Gotaverken, Goteborg 1924 19 June 1926 Sep. 1927 Displacement: 1,080 tons standard (1,250 tons full load ) Dimensions: 293 (w.l.) X29*X 12* (max.) feet Guns: 1—4-7 inch, 4—40 mm. AA. 1—20 mm. AA. A/S weapons: D.C.T. Mines: Fitted for minelaying Machinery: Geared turbines, 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 24,000=30 kts. Boilers: 2 Penhoet Oil fuel: 170 tons Radius: 1,600 miles at 20 kts. Complement: 125 v Notes defence gear, and now officially rated as frigates. Pennant Former destroyers converted into anti-submarine vessels Nos. changed from 71 and 72 to 21 and 22, respectively, in in 1951 with new armament and submarine hunting and 1959. NORDENSKJOLD 1959, Royal Swedish Navy, Official MINELAYER (Minfartyg) Cadets' Seagoing Training Ship I Auxiliary Type ALVSNABBEN Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Eriksberg Oct. 1942 19 Jan. 1943 Apr. 1943 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: 4,000 tons standard 317* (w./.), 334f (o.a.)x44*x 16 feet 4—6 inch, 8—40 mm. AA., 6—20 mm. AA. Diesels. I shaft. Speed 14 kts. 255 General Notes This ship was completed on a mercantile hull in April 1943. She can be used as a Submarine Parent Ship or a Minesweeper Depot Ship. She was employed as a training ship during 1953-58, and she relieved the anti-aircraft cruiser Gotland as Cadets’ Seagoing Training Ship in 1959. ALVSNABBEN Recent Disposals The old minelayer Clas Fleming was discarded in 1959, it is officially stated. The radar training ship Prins Carl (ex-Mun/n) paid off and was discarded in I960. 1960, Royal Swedish Navy, Official Cancellation Notes It was officially stated in 1958 that the construction of a new minelayer, to have been named Alvsborg (Displacement: 2,000 cons; Guns: 5—57 mm. AA.; Mines: 250; Speed: 20 kts.) to replace the old Clas Fleming, has been cancelled. SUBMARINE DEPOT SHIP (Ubdts depafartyg) I Mercantile Type PATRICIA ( ex-Patris II) Builders: Swan, Hunter& Wigham Richardson Ltd., Wallsend-on-Tyne Launched: 1926 Completed: 1926 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: 4,950 tons standard 335 X 47* x 20 feec 8—40 mm. AA., 2—20 mm. AA. Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P. 2,900=15 kts. 2 oil fired 500 (accommodation for) Notes Acquired in 1940. Was reconstructed to increase the accommodation for about 500 men and to maintain and administer nine submarines. PATRICIA 1953, Royal Swedish Navy, Official T 274 SWEDEN—Submarines SUBMARINES (Ubatar) New Construction 3 “All” Class Displacement: 700 tons Machinery: New type Notes A new type of submarine is planned, at present called the "All ” class, it was officially stated in 1958. 6 “ Draken 99 Class DELFINEN GRIPEN SPRINGAREN DRAKEN NORDKAPAREN VARGEN Displacement: 835 tons Dimensions: 227 X 1 6? X 16 feet Machinery: Speed=l6 kts. surface. 25 kts. submerged Notes These six submarines under construction, ordered or projected, will have fast-diving capabilities. Delfmen was launched in I960, Draken on I Apr. I960, Gripen on 31 May I960, and Vargen on 20 May I960. Only three new submarines were authorised in the 1957 budget, instead of the requested six. Draken means Dragon, Gripen means Griffon and Vargen means Wolf. Distinctive letters painted on the conning tower are: De, Delfmen , Nd , Nordkaparen; Sp, Springaren. 6 “ Hajen ” Class bAvern illern uttern HAJEN SALEN VALEN Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: Complement: 785 tons 2l6x I6*X 18 feet I—20 mm. AA. 4—21 inch (8 torpedoes) SEMT Pielstick diesels. Electric motors AA General Notes All built by Kockums Mekaniska Verkstads Aktiebolag, Malmo, except Valen built by the Royal Swedish Naval Dock¬ yard, Karlskrona. Operational Notes Equipped with Schnorkel, and have fast-diving capabilities. Nomenclature Notes Bavern means Beaver, Hajen means Shark, Illern means Pole¬ cat, Salen means Seal, Uttern means Otter, and Valen means Whale. BAVERN I960, Royal Swedish Navy, Official Appearance Notes Distinctive letters painted on the conning tower are:Bv, Bavern ; Hj, Hajen ; In, Illern; Sa, Salen; Ut, Uttern; Va, Valen. Photograph Notes A photograph of Hajen appears in the 1957-58 to 1959-60 editions. Name: Launched Completed Hajen II Dec. 1954 1956 Valen 21 Apr. 1955 1957 Salen 3 Oct. 1955 1957 Illern 14 Nov. 1957 1959 Bavern 3 Feb. 1958 1959 Uttern June 1958 I960 SALEN 1959, Royal Swedish Navy , Official 4 “ Sjolejonet ” Class SJOBJORNEN (15 Jan. 1938) SJOHASTEN (19 Oct. 1940) S J OORMEN (5 Apr. 1941) TUMLAREN (7 Sep. 1940) Seabear Seahorse Seaserpent Porpoise Displacement: Dimensions: Tubes: Machinery: Complement: 580 tons standard, 650 tons surface, 760 tons submerged 204x20^x11 feet 6—21 inch 2 diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 3,000= 16 kts. surface; 2 electric motors. H.P.: 2,000= 10 kts. submerged 32 SJOHASTEN I960, Royal Swedish Navy, Official General Notes All built by Kockums Mek. Verkstads A/B., Malmo. Launch dates and meanings of names given above. Have all been streamlined and modernised. Appearance Notes Distinctive letters painted on the conning tower are: Sbj, Sjobjornen; Sha, Sjohasten; Sor, Sjoormen; Tu, Tumlaren. Recent Disposals Of this class, Dykaren (Diver), Sjoborren (Seaurchin), Sjohunden (Seadog), Sjolejonet (Sealion) and Svardfisken (Swordfish) were stricken in I960 and are being scrapped. nAcken 3 “ Najad ” Class NAJAD NEPTUN Displacement: Dimensions: Tubes: Mines: Machinery: 550 tons standard, 600 tons surface, 720 tons submerged 200x20f X 10 feet 4—21 inch 20. Fitted for minelaying 2 Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 3,000 = 16 kts. surface; 2 electric motors, H.P.: 2,000=10 kts. submerged Complement: 32 Notes All provided under the 1938 programme. These three mine¬ laying submarines were all built by Kockums Mekaniska Verkstads Aktiebolag, Malmo. Ndcken means Neck, Najad means Najad, and Neptun means Neptune. Appearance Notes Distinctive letters painted on conning tower are: NS, Ndcken; Nj, Najad; Np, Neptun. Photograph Notes A photograph of Neptun appears in the 1952-53 to 1959-60 editions. Name Ndcken Najad Neptun Laid down Nov. 1941 Feb. 1942 Mar. 1942 Launched 26 Sep. 1942 26 Sep. 1942 17 Nov. 1942 Completed Mar. 1943 May 1943 June 1943 NACKEN I960, Royal Swedish Navy, Official Submarines ( continued ), Motor Torpedo Boats—SWEDEN 275 Submarines —continued 7 U 2 (16 May 1942) U 3 (1 I June 1942) U 4 (5 June 1943) U 5 (8 July 1943) Displacement: Dimensions: T u bes: Machinery: Complement: " U ” Class U 6 (18 Aug. 1943) U 8 (25 Apr. 1944) U 9 (23 May 1944) 367 tons standard, 400 tons surface, 430 tons submerged 155* (w.l.)x I7*x 14 feet 4—21 inch (3 bow, 1 stern) 2 MAN diesels. B.H.P.: 1,500= 14 kts. surface. Electric motor. H.P.: 750 = 9 kts. submerged 23 Notes All built by Kockums Mek. Verkstads, Malmo (1/ 4, U 5, U 6), and by Karlskrona Naval Dockyard (U 2, U 3, U 8, U 9). Launch dates above. All have been streamlined (see photograph above). Rated as kustubatar. (coastal sub¬ marines) Recent Disposals Of this class U I and U 7 were stricken from the list in I960 and are being scrapped. I Ex-British “ Midget ” Type SPIGGEN ( ex-Stickleback, X 51) Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Complement: 30 tons surface, 35 tons submerged 50f (pp.) 53* (o.a.) 6*x7* feet Perkins 6-cyl. diesels. 7 kts. surface, Electri c motors 6 kts. submerged. 5 Notes Former British X-craft. Built by Vickers-Armstrongs. Ltd., Barrow. Launched on l Oct. 1954. Refitted in 1957-58, Purchased by the Swedish Government. Transferred from Great Britain to Sweden on 15 July 1958. “ Spiggen ” is actually the Swedish equivalent of “ Stickleback ”. MOTOR TORPEDO BOATS (Motortorpedbatar) New Construction Notes Sweden is planning a new motor torpedo boat of an improved “ Aldebaran ” type. A marine Proteus gas turbine engine of 4,250 S.H.P. has been ordered from British Siddeley Engines. 15 “T 42” Type T 42 T 45 T 48 T 51 T 54 T 43 T 46 T 49 T 52 T 55 T 44 T 47 T 50 T 53 T 56 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: 40 tons standard 75* X 17x5 feet I —-40 mm. Bofors AA. 2—21 inch Speed = 40 kts. Notes Built by Kockums M.V., Malmo. All launched between 1956 and 1959 and completed by I960. 12 M.T.B.—M.G.B. Convertibles ALDEBARAN (T 107) ALTAIR (T 108) ANTARES (T 109) ARCTURUS (T I 10) ARGO (Till) ASTREA (T I 12) PERSEUS (T 101) PLEJAD (T 102) POLARIS (T 103) POLLUX (T 104) REGULUS (T 105) RIG EL (T 106) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: Range: Complement: 155 tons (Perseus 140 tons) standard (170 tons full load ) 157* X 18* feet (Perseus 147* x 19 feet) 2—40 mm. Bofors AA. 6—21 inch (2 forward, 4 aft), Perseus 4—21 inch 3 Daimler-Benz diesels. 3 shafts. B.H.P.: 7,800 = 37-5 kts. (Perseus 40 kts.) 600 miles at 30 kts. 33 Notes Perseus, built at Karlskrona, was launched in 1950, and completed in 1951, the first of a new convertible type of motor torpedo boat and motor gunboat of experimental design, re-engined with Gotaverken machinery to give much greater power. She differs slightly in appearance from the other boats of this group, but her funnel has been removed. The remaining eleven, built at Lurssen, Vegesack, were launched between 1954 and 1959 and all completed by I960. \ 41 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tu bes: Machinery: I Special Type 45 tons standard 75* X I8fx6 feet 1— 40 mm. Bofors AA. 2— 21 inch Speed =40 kts. Notes Provided under the 1952 Programme. Built by Kockums M.V., Malmo. Launched and completed in 1952. \ T 38 1953, Royal Swedish Navy, Official T 32 T 34 T 33 T 35 9 Medium Type T 36 T 37 T 38 T 40 T 39 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: 40 tons standard 75* X 17x4* feet 1— 40 mm. Bofors AA. 2— 21 inch Speed = 40 kts. Notes Launched in 1951-52. Of improved T 31 design. Built by Kockums Mekaniska Verkstads Aktiebolag, Malmo. Of all welded steel construction. Recent Disposals Of the small type of motor torpedo boats, T 21, T 22, T 23, T 24, T 25, T26 and T 27 were scrapped in 1959, and T 28, T 29, T 30 and T 31 were scrapped in I960. The older motor torpedo boats, T 15, T 16, T 17 and T 18 were discarded in 1957. 276 SWEDEN—Minesweepers, Mining Tenders, Patrol Vessels COASTAL MINESWEEPERS Minesweepers —continued ARKO 1959, Royal Swedish Navy, Official 12 “Arkd” Class ARKO (M 57) ASP6 (M 63) BLIDd (M 68) HASSLO (M 64) IGGC> (M 60) KARLSO (M 59) NAM DO (M 67) SKAFTO (M 62) SPARO ( M 62) STYRSO (M 61) VALL6 (M 66) VINO (M 65) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Notes 300 tons standard 131 (pp.), I37J (o.a.) X 23 X 8 feet 2—40 mm. AA. Diesels. Speed = 14-5 kts. Basically similar to “ Hand ” class below. Ark 6 was launched on 21 Jan. 1957. Ark 6 , Karlso and Spar6 were completed in 1957, Iggo in I960. HANO 1954, Royal Swedish Navy, Official 6 “ Hand” Class HANO (M 51) ORNd (M 55) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery Notes Of wooden construction. STURKO (M 54) TARNO (M 52) 270 tons standard 131 £ X 23 X 8 feet 2—40 mm. A A. Speed: 14-5 kts. TJURKO (M 53) UTO (M 56) All the minesweepers of this class were launched in 1953-54. Ml NES WEEPERS bremOn Added 1957, Official 3 Eriksberg BREDSKAR 59 (12 Dec. 40) BREMON 55 (18 June 40) HOLM6N 56 (5 Sep. 40) I I 11 Bredskar ” Class 2 Lindholmen 2 Oskarshamn ORSKAR 62 (31 Mar. 41) RAMSKAR 61 (28 Oct. 40) SAN DON 57 (15 Aug. 40) ULVON 58 (29 Apr. 41) I Finnboda GRONSKAR60 (30 Oct. 40) I Gotaverken VINGA 65 (7 Oct. 40) 2 Oresundsvarvet KOSTER 63 (10 Oct. 40) KULLEN 64 (29 Oct. 40) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Complement: 430 tons standard (530 tons full load ) 180 (pp), 187 {o.a.) x 25 x7 feet 2—4*1 inch, 2—25 mm. AA. De Laval geared turbines. S.H.P.: 3,200=17 kts. 2 Vanson 70 tons 37 N otes Otherwise of similar design to Landsort (see above). All completed in 1940-41. Builders and launch dates above. Pennant numbers are shown after names. Fitted for minelaying. LANDSORT 1949, Official LANDSORT Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Mines: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Complement: 1 44 Arholma ” Class 430 tons standard (500 tons full load) I78£ ( w.l .), 186 (o.o.)X 24|x7 {max.) feet 2—41 inch, 2—25 mm. AA., 2 M.G. 2 D.C.T. Fitted for minelaying De Laval geared turbines. S.H.P.: 3,200=17 kts. 2 PenhoSt 60 tons 37 Notes Built at Karlskrona Dockyard. Launched on 26 Nov. 1937. Pennant No. 54. Recent Disposals Of the “ Bredskar ” class, the V'en was scrapped in I960 it is officially stated. Of the “ Arholma ” class, the Arholma was scrapped in 1959. Of the four old minesweepers of the “ Jagaren ” class, the Snapphanen was transferred to the new Guatemalan Navy in 1959, and the Jagaren, Kaparen and Vaktaren were scrapped, it was officially stated, in 1958. MINING TENDERS (Minutlaggare) MUL 16 MUL 17 MUL 18 MUL 19 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: 230 tons standard 101 f X25X6 feet I —40 m m. I Diesel-electric B.H.P.: 360=10-5 kts. Notes Launched in 1956. Completed in 1957. Of similar appearance to MUL 12. MUL 14, MUL 15 (1953) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: M UL II (1946) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: MUL 10 (1939) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Notes MUL 12. MUL 13 (1952) 200 tons standard 95 x24^x 6 feet I—40 mm. I Diesel-electric. B.H.P.: 360= 10 5 kts. 175 tons standard 88^x231x5 feet 2—20 mm. 2 diesels. Speed: 10 kts. 158 tons standard 82 x 18^x5 feet 4 M.G. Diesel. Speed: 9-5 kts. Launch dates above. Manned by Coast Artillery personnel. MUL 7 was discarded in 1954- MUL 8 was discarded in 1955. MUL 3 and MUL 9 were discarded in 1956. PATROL VESSELS (Trawler Type) 2 “ Granat ” Class GRANAT HARPUN Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: 400 tons standard 11 4x23x14 feet I—57 mm. Triple expansion. I shaft. I.H. P.: 750= 10 kts. Notes Coast artillery patrol vessels. Launched in 1925. Both vessels are converted Norwegian trawlers. Recent Disposals The coast artillery patrol vessels Krut and Kanon, converted Norwegian trawlers, were sold out of the service in 1959. Inshore Minesweepers, Staff Ship, Patrol Boats, Salvage Vessels—SWEDEN 277 INSHORE MINESWEEPERS TJORN 1957, Royal Swedish Navy Official 6 “ Orust ” Class BLACKAN GALTEN ORUST DAMMAN HISINGEN TJORN Displacement: 100 tons standard Dimensions: 62^X 19x4^ feet Guns: 2—25 mm. A A. Machinery: 2 diesels. B.H.P.: 600=7 kts. Notes Orust and Tjorn were launched in 1948. Of the fishing cutter type. Blackan, Damman, Galten and Hisingen will be completed in 1961. M 25 1953, Royal Swedish Navy , Official 12 Large Motor Launch Type M 15 M 16 Notes All launched in 1941. Inshore minesweepers of the large motor launch type. Recent Disposals Of the inshore minesweepers of the medium motor launch type, M I and M 2 were scrapped in 1953, M 3, M 4, M 5 and M 6 were converted into inshore surveying vessels (see later page), and M 7, M 8, M 9, M 10, M 11, M 12, M 13 and M 14 were stricken in I960 (M 9 and M 10 not before I Oct.), although some may also be taken over as surveying vessels. M 17 M 18 Displacement: Dimensions. Guns: Machinery: M 19 M 20 70 tons standard 85 j x I6£x4£ feet I—20 mm. Diesel. B.H.P.: 600= M 21 M 22 M 23 M 24 M 25 M 26 STAFF SHIP (Stabsfartyg) MARIEHOLM (after conversion with helicopter platform) 1959, Official MARIEHOLM Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Converted Type 1,445 tons standard 210 x 32^ X 14 feet 2—40 mm. A A. Speed: 12 kts. Notes Former passenger ship Completed in 1*334. Converted during the Second World War to serve as a Base Communication Centre for the Commander-in-Chief of the Active Fleet. Recently used as a Staff Ship for the Commander-in-Chief in winter time, flying his flag. The ship had her mainmast removed and a helicopter platform installed aft in 1959 for employment as flagship of the Active Fleet (the “ Coast Fleet ”). The 40 mm. Bofors on the forecastle has been landed for the time being. PATROL BOATS ( Vedettbatar ) 1958, Royal Swedish Navy, Official I Diesel -‘V” Class V 57 Displacement: 125 tons standard Dimensions: 98 (pp.), 105 (o.o.) X 17^x5* feet Guns: 2—20 mm. A A. Machinery: Diesel. B.H.P.: 500=12 kts. Complement: 12 Notes Built at Stockholm. Launched in 1953. Fitted for minelaying. Artillery. Manned by the Coast V 53 1956, Royal Swedish Navy, Official 6 Steam “ V ” Class V 51 (1944) V 52 (4 Oct. 1945) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boiler: V 53 (4 Dec. 1944) V 55 (19 Sep. 1944) V 54 (4 Oct. 1945) V 56 (2 Aug. 1945) 125 tons standard 98 X 17^X6 feet 1—20 mm. I M.G. Triple expansion. I shaft. I.H.P.: 400= 12 kts I Watertube (coal-burning) Notes Launch dates above. All the above boats are manned by the Coast Artillery, ex-torpedo boats V 5, V 8 and V 14 were discarded in 1957. 5 SVK Type Launches SVK 1 SVK 2 SVK 3 SVK 4 SVK 5 Displacement: 19 tons Dimensions: 55 J X 12x4 feet Guns: 1—20 mm. AA. Speed: II kts. Notes Patrol launches of the Sjovarnskarens type. All launched in 1944. R.N.V.R. Tumlaren, a small fishing cutter, also belongs to the SVK. Sjovarnskaren SALVAGE VESSELS (Bargningsfartyg) BELOS New Construction Displacement: Dimensions: Aircraft: Machinery: 1,000 tons standard 204 X 27 X 12 feet I helicopter Speed=l3 kts. Notes A new salvage vessel under construction will succeed the old Belos (see below) next year and will take her name. BELOS Added 1957, Official BELOS Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: 755 tons I67ix26x I3± feet I—20 mm. AA. Compound. I.H.P.: 890= 11 kts. Notes Launched in 1885. Acquired in 1941. For Diving and Submarine Rescue, includes diving chamber and apparatus for raising sunken submarines, Equipment 4 Medium Motor Launch Type GRISSLAN (ex-M 6) MASEN (ex-M 3) SVARTAN (ex-M 5) TARNAN (ex-M 4) Displacement: 50 tons standard Dimensions: 78fX 16^x4^ feet Machinery: Diesel. B.H.P.: 400=13 kts. Former inshore minesweepers of the motor launch type, launched in 1940 and subse quently converted into surveying vessels. KOMPASS (1938) Displacement: 50 tons standard Dimensions: 55fxl7£x —feet Machinery: Speed: 7-5 kts. JOHAN NORDENANCKAR (1924) Displacement: 260 tons standard Dimensions: 98£X22^ X8? feet Machinery: Speed: 8 kts. PETTER GEDDA (1924) Displacement: 135 tons standard Dimensions: 82x18x7 feet Machinery: Speed: 6 kts. EJDERN (1916) Displacement: 95 tons standard Dimensions: 78fX I5£ x7£ feet Machinery: Speed: 8 kts. NILS STROMORONA (1894) Displacement: 140 tons standard Dimensions: 90x17x8^ feet Machinery: Speed: 9 kts. SVENSKUND (1891) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Coal: 415 tons standard I24f X26X 12 feet 2—57 mm., I—20 mm. H.P.: 400=12 kts. 50 tons Notes This vessel was formerly a gunboat launched in 1891. She was reconstructed in 1942. SVALAN (1881) Displacement: 140 tons standard Dimensions: 101§X I7£X9 feet Machinery: Speed: 8 kts. General Notes Launch date in parentheses above. Svalan is to be replaced by a new surveying vessel in the near future. 1953, Royal Swedish Navy, Official 1958, Royal Swedish Navy, Official ATLE Displacement: 1,750 tons standard (2,740 tons full load ) Dimensions: I94| (w./.), 207 (o.o.) X55f X20? feet Guns: 4—57 mm. AA., 4 M.G. Machinery: H.P.: 4,000=15 kts. Complement: 44 Notes Launched in 1926. This icebreaker will eventually be replaced by the new icebreaker Oden. ODEN Displacement: 5,260 tons standard Dimensions: 256 (pp.), 273£ (o.o.) X63f X23 feet Machinery: Diesel-electric. 4 shafts. B.H.P.: 10,500= 17 kts. Oil fuel: 740 tons Complement: 75 Notes Similar to Finnish Voima and three Russian. Four screws, two forward, two aft. Built at Sandviken, Helsingfors, to replace At/e. Launched on 16 Oct. 1956. Completed in 1958. Another is planned to replace Wrier. Lt-r.vr.2r.. THULE THULE Displacement: 2,200 tons standard Dimensions: 187 (w./.), 204£ (o.o.)x50x I7f {max. Machinery: Diesel-electric. 3 shafts (I forward). B.H.P.: 4,800= 16 kts. Complement: 43 Notes Built at the Royal Swedish Naval Dockyard, Karlskrona. Launched in 1951. Completed in 1953. 1955, Royal Swedish Navy, Official ODEN YMER 1953, Royal Swedish Navy, Official YMER Displacement: 4,330 tons standard Dimensions: 240 (w./.), 258 (o.o.)X63£X2I feet Guns: 4—3 inch AA., I—40 mm. AA., 4—25 mm. AA. Machinery: 6 Atlas diesels driving electric generators. H.P.: 9,000= 16 kts. Complement: 44 Notes Built by Kockums M.V. A/B., Malmo. Launched in 1933. Ymer was the first large ice¬ breaker to be given Diesel-electric propulsion. She was designed to carry a seaplane for ice spotting and survey purposes. 1957, M, Henri Le Masson FRYKEN Displacement: 307 tons standard Dimensions: 105x19x9 feet Machinery: Speed = 10 kts. Notes A new construction water carrier. Launched in 1959 and completed in I960. UNDEN Displacement: 500 tons Dimensions: I2 I£x23jX 14 feet Speed: 10 kts. Notes Launched in 1946. Pennant No. 268 painted on the bows. TENDERS torpedbArgaren Displacement: 50 tons standard Dimensions: 92x16^x6 feet Notes Launched in 1951. Recent Disposals The tenders Starkodder ( ex-Graham ) and Styrbjdrn (ex-K/o), former whale catchers, built in Norway, were scrapped in I960, it is officially stated. The tender Orion was also stricken in I960. SVEPAREN SPRANGAREN Displacement: 185 tons standard Dimensions: 85£x23x 10 feet Guns: I—25 mm., I M.G. Machinery: Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 400= 10 kts. Complement: 18 Notes Launched in 1917-18. Pennant Nos. 253 and 255 respectively, painted on bows. Tug type originally used as minesweepers. Now supply tenders. FREJA Displacement: 300 tons standard (450 tons full load) Dimensions: I60£x27^x 10 feet Machinery: Speed: II kts. Notes Built by Kroger, Rendsburg, and launched in 1953. Employed as a provision ship. Pennant No. 270. L 54 1959, Royal Swedish Navy, Official L 51 L 52 L 55 Displacement: 30 tons standard Dimensions: 46 X I5|x3 feet Machinery: Speed=8 kts. Notes Landing craft of general utility type. Launched in 1948. Sister craft L 53 and L 54 were stricken in I960. ANE BALDER LOKE RING Displacement: 135 tons Dimensions: 91f x 26£ X 4 feet Machinery: Speed =7 kts. Notes Artillery transport craft. Launched in 1943-45. SYRIA OLJAREN 1959, Ossi Janson OLJAREN (ex-Martha, 1939) Displacement: 1,100 tons standard (695 tons cargo capacity) Dimensions: 179x28x11 feet Guns: 2—25 mm. A A. ■ Machinery: Speed: 9 kts. ELD AREN (ex-Muron, , 1938) Displacement: 875 tons standard (535 tons cargo capacity) Dimensions: I69x25f x 10 feet Guns: 2—25 mm. AA. Machinery: Speed: 9-5 kts. Notes Launch dates in paren BRANNAREN itheses above. Pennant Nos. 269, 267 and 266, respectively. Displacement: 1,100 tons standard (610 tons cargo capacity) Dimensions: 165 (pp.), 173 (o.o.) X 29 X 12 feet Guns: 2—25 mm. A A. Machinery: Atlas diesels. H.P.: 500=10 kts. 1 Motes Built by Kockums Mekaniska Verstads Aktiebolag, Malmo. Launched in 1933. Pen. No. 265. SWEDEN (continued), SYRIA 279 LANDING CRAFT I New Construction Displacement: 380 tons Dimensions: 116^x28x8^ feet Notes One landing craft under construction will be an improved “ Ane ” class design. TRAINING SHIPS ( Skonerter) FALKEN (12 June 1947) GLADAN (14 Nov. 1946) Displacement: 220 tons standard Dimensions: 93 (w.l.), I29£ (o.o.)x23£x I3£ feet Machinery: Auxiliary diesel of 50 B.H.P. Notes Sail training ships. Schooners. Launch dates above. Sail area 5,511 square feet. Notes These former French submarine chasers form the nucleus of the newly created Syrian Navy. New Construction Syria is planning the construction of patrol vessels of 150 tons displacement with a speed of 27 kts.; motor torpedo boats; and seaward defence boats of 60 tons with a speed of 23 kts. Acquisition Programme Syria expects to receive from Russia two small submarines of the “ M ” type and six motor torpedo boats under a new agreement. Several small craft have been received from France. 12 Ex-Russian Type 2 New Construction PATROL VESSELS OILERS (Tankfartyg) SKAGUL 3 Ex-French “Ch” Type Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 107 tons standard (131 tons full load) 116* (pp.), 1211 (o.o.) X 17± X 6* feet I—3 inch; 2—20 mm. AA. Depth charges MAN diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,130= 16 kts. 5 tons 1,200 miles at 8 kts.; 680 miles at 13 kts. 28 Name Akaba Ben Naseh Al Harissi Tarek Ben Said Builders A.C. de France A.C, Seine Maut A.C. Seine Maut Laid down 1938 1938 1938 Launched Jan. 1940 1939 1939 Completed Apr. 1940 1940 1940 Notes Five motor torpedo boats were transferred from Russia at Latakia on 7 Feb. 1957. Notes Sleipner was launched in 1959 and completed in I960. Skagul was launched in I960. AKABA BEN NASEH ( ex-Ch 10) AL HARISSI ( ex-Ch 19) TAREK BEN SAID (ex-Ch 13) TAN KAREN ( ex-Lister , 1941) 50 tons 2—21 inch Speed=40 kts. SLEIPNER Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: 355 tons standard 118 x 28 X 8£ feet Speed = 12 kts. Displacement: Measurement: Dimensions: Machinery: 500 tons standard 300 tons deadweight 118 X 22 X 10 feet Speed: 10 kts. Displacement: Tubes: Machinery: 280 TAIWAN CHINA—Administration, etc., Destroyers TAIWAN CHINA (FOROMSA) Administration Commander-in-Chief Chinese Nationalist Navy: Admiral Yue-si Ni Fleet Commander: Rear-Admiral Wang En-hua Ships Chinese (Taiwan) ships’ names are prefaced by “ R.C.N.” (Republic of China Navy). Chinese (Taiwan) naval vessels are assigned a “ block ” number which is painted on the bow and serves as a means of identification and classification. 6 Destroyers 51 Coastal Craft 24 Frigates 10 Transports 3 Escort Vessels 6 Oilers 12 Fleet Minesweepers 23 L.S.T.s. 2 Minelayers 14 L.S.M.s. 2 Gunboats 9 L.C.I.L.s. 23 Submarine Chasers 7 L.C.U.s. Ordnance Main armament of ex-Japanese frigates being replaced by U.S. 3-inch, 50 cal. d.p. guns; 25 mm. and M.G. being replaced by 20 mm guns. Personnel I960: Naval, 34,126 officers and ratings; Marine, 26,256 officers and men The Chinese (Taiwan) Navy is undergoing training with the aid of officers and men of the United States Military Assistance Advisory Group on Formosa. A small detachment of United States Marine Corps advisers trains Chinese (Taiwan) marines in amphibious operations. DESTROYERS 2 Ex-U.S. “Gleaves” Class 16 HSUEN YANG (ex-U.S.S. Rodman, DD 456, ex-DMS 21) 17 NAN YING (ex-U.S.S. Plunkett, DD 431) Name: Hsuen Yang Builders: Federal S. B. & D.D. Co. Laid down: 2 Dec. 1940 Launched: 26 Sep. 1941 Completed: 27 Jan. 1942 Nan Ying Federal S. B. & D.D. Co. I Mar. 1939 9 Mar. 1940 16 July 1940 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: Hsuen Yang 1,630 tons, Nan Ying 1,700 tons standard (2,575 tons full load ) 341 (w./.), 348! (o.a.) X36ra X I7f (max.) feet 3—5 inch (4—5 inch in Nan Ying), 38 cal.; 4—40 mm. AA.; 4—20 mm. AA. 5—5 inch (in Nan Ying) General Electric geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 50,000=37-4 kts. 4 Babcock & Wilcox 600 tons 5,000 miles at 15 kts. 250 HSUEN YANG Official Notes Transferred on loan from the United States Navy to the Chinese (Taiwan) Navy at Charleston, South Carolina, Rodman on 28 July, 1955, and Plunkett on 16 Feb. 1959 (sailed for Taiwan in May 1959). The loan of Hsuen Yang (ex-Rodman) was extended for five more years by the U.S.A. in I960. 2 Ex-U.S. “Mayo” Class 15 HAN YANG (ex-U.S.S. Hilary P. Jones, DD 427) 14 LO YANG (ex-U.S.S. Benson, DD 421) Name: Han Yang Lo Yang Builders: Philadelphia Bethlehem Navy Yard (Quincy) Laid down: 16 Nov. 1938 16 May 1938 Launched: 14 Dec. 1939 15 Nov. 1939 Completed: 7 Sep. 1940 25 July 1940 Displacement: 1,620 tons standard (2,450 tons full load) Dimensions: 340 (w./.), 348! (o.a.) X 35! X 18 (max.) feet Guns: 4—5 inch 38 cal.; 4—40 mm. A.A, 6—20 mm. AA. A/S weapons: D.C. mortar and D .C. throwers Machinery: Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 50,000 = 36-5 kts. Boilers: 4 high pressure Oil fuel: 600 tons Radius: 5,000 miles at 15 kts. Complement: 250 HAN YANG Notes Both presented by U.S.A. and transferred to China (Taiwan) at Charleston, South Carolina, on 26 Feb. 1954. Added 1957, Official Photograph Notes A photograph of Lo Yang (ex-Benson) appears in the 1954-55 to 1957-58 editions. I Ex-Japanese Leader Type FEN YANG (ex-Yoitsuki) Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: 2,701 tons standard (3,485 tons full load) 4I3| (PP-). 433 (w./.), 440! (o.a.) X38X I3| feet 2 turbines. S.H.P.: 52,000= 33 kts. 3 Kampon 290 Notes Former Japanese “ Akizuki ” Class. Built by Uraga Dock Co. Ltd. Laid down on 25 Aug. 1943. Launched on 25 Sep. 944. Completed on 31 Jan. 1945. Storage for 72 depth FEN Y/NG Added 1953, Hajime Fukaya charges. Taken over by the Chinese Navy in 1947 with six rendered enemy tonnage. Unarmed and in very bad state other ex-Japanese destroyers in the distribution of sur- able neither to steam nor steer. Laid up and non-operational. I Ex-Japanese Fleet Type 12 TAN YANG (ex-Yukikaze) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons; Machinery; Boilers: 2,050 tons standard (2,490 tons full load) 388 (o.a.) X 35! X 12! feet 3—5 inch, 38 cal. d.p. in open mounts, in “ A,” “ X ” and “ Y ” positions; 2—3 inch d.p. in open mounts, one on deck in 41 P ” position, one on a deckhouse in 44 Q ” position (as re-armed with U.S. guns); also 40 mm. and 20 mm. AA. D.C. racks Geared turbines. S.H.P.: 52,000= 35 kts. (designed). See notes £ Kampon TAN YANG 1954. Lieut. Charles S. Bird, U.S.N. Not es Navy. Ship underwent an extensive overhaul in 1951-52. Built at Sasebo, Japan. Launched in 1939, completed in During trials in Feb. 1953, 27-5 kts. was reached, and 26 kts . 1940. She is now the largest combatant unit in the Taiwan maintained for an hour. She was rearmed in 1959. Frigates—TAIWAN CHINA 281 FRIGATES 4 Ex-Japanese Escort Types HEN YANG (ex-Koede) HU! YANG (ex-Sugi) Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: 1,000 tons standard (1,530 tons full load) 302* (pp.), 321* (w./.), 328 (o.a.) X 30* X I I feet 2 geared turbines. S.H.P.: 19,000=28-8 kts. 2 Kampon 210 Notes Former Japanese Matsu class. Both launched in 1944. Hui Yang aground and reported beyond repair. Hen Yang almost in hulk condition. 82 HSIN YANG ( ex-Hatsume) HUA YANG (ex-Tsuta) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: 1,050 tons standard (1,580 tons full load) 302* (pp.), 321* w.lX 328 ( 0 . 3 .) X 30* X 11 feet Hsin Yang: 2—5 inch, 38 cal. d.p. in open mounts in “ A ” and “ Y ” positions; 2—40 mm. AA.; 4—20 mm. AA. Turbines. S.H.P.: 19,000=27 8 kts. 2 Kampon 210 HUA YANG Added 1953, Hajime Fukaya Notes Former Japanese. Modified Matsu class. Hua Yang was built at Yokosuka, having been laid down on 31 July 1944, launched on 2 Nov. 1944 and completed on 8 Feb. 1945. Reported to be beyond economical repair. Almost in hulk condition. Hsin Yang was launched in 1945. Formerly numbered 15, she was re-numbered 82 in 1955. I Modified Ex-Japanese “ Kaiten ” Type SHEN YANG ( ex-Namikaze) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 1,350 tons standard (1,700 tons full load) 320 (pp.), 327* (w./.), 336* (o.a.) X29*X 11* feet I—4-7 inch, 20—25 mm. AA., 8—13 mm. Geared turbines. S.H.P.: 22,000 = 34 kts. (original) now 28 kts. 3 Kampon 315 tons 4,000 miles at 15 kts. 150 SHEN YANG Added 1953, Hajime Fukaya Notes Former Japanese. Modified “ Minekaze ” class. Built at lino Maizuru. Laid down on 7 Nov. 1921, launched on 24 June 1922 and completed on II Nov. 1922. Thin fore¬ funnel since first boiler was removed. Four-strutted main¬ mast. Raked down stern. Damaged in Northern waters in 1944 and repaired and reconstructed as “ Kaiten ” (Human Torpedo) Carrier. Laid up and non-operational. Almost in hulk condition. 5 Ex-U.S. Destroyer Escort Types 21 TAI KANG (ex-U.S.S. W yffels, DE 6) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Radius: Complement: 1,150 tons standard (1,430 tons full load) 283* (w.L), 289* (o.a.) X 35 X10* feet 3— 3 inch, 50 cal. dual purpose, 4— 40 mm. AA., II—20 mm. AA. 9 D.C.T. Diesel with electric drive. 2 shafts H.P.: 6,000 = 21-5 kts. (19 kts. sea speed) 5,500 miles at 14 kts. 120 Notes Former United States destroyer escort. Built at Boston Navy Yard. Presented to China in 1946. Sister ship Tai Ping (ex-U.S.S. Decker, DE 47), was torpedoed and sunk by Chinese Republican motor torpedo boats off Tachen Islands on 14 Nov. 1954. 26 TAI CHAO (ex-U.S.S. Carter, DE 1 12) 23 TAI HO (ex-U.S.S. Thomas, DE 102) 25 TAI HU (ex-U.S.S. Breeman, DE 104) 24 TAI TSANG (ex-U.S.S. Bostwick, DE 103) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Tubes: Machinery: Oil fuel: 1,240 tons standard (1,900 tons full load) 306 (o.a.) X 36J X 12 (max.) feet 4—3 inch, 50 cal. d.p., 3 or 4—40 mm. AA., 9 or 10—20 mm. AA. 8 D.C.T. 3—21 inch in triple mounting Diesel electric. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 6,000=21 kts. (19 kts. in service) 300 tons TAI KANG Added 1949 Radius: 11,503 miles at 11 kts. Pennant No. Name Launched Complement: 220 26 Tai Chou 29 Feb. 1944 Notes 23 Tai Ho 31 July 1943 Former United States destroyer escorts. Transferred on 25 Tai Hu 1943 31 Dec. 1948. Two underwent overhaul in Japanese yards, 21 Tai Kang 1943 late in 1952. 24 Tai Tseng 30 Aug. 1943 Completed 2 May 1944 21 Nov. 1943 12 Dec. 1943 21 Apr. 1943 21 Dec. 1943 I Ex-Sloop Type 78 Yl HSIEN (ex-Yat Sen, ex-Atada) Builders: Kiangnan Dock Co., Shanghai Launched: 1930 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Coal: Complement: 1,650 tons normal 270 (o.a.), 252 (pp.)x 34x11 feet (mean), 12* feet (max.) I—4-7 inch, I—3 inch, 4—40 mm. AA., 5—25 mm., 6—7-7 mm. Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 4,000=16 kts. Yarrow 280 tons 182 Notes Ex-sloop: Ex-No. 63. Poop deck has been removed. Now employed as a training ship. Yl HSIEN Official 282 TAIWAN CHINA—Frigates (continued) Frigates (continued) 2 Ex-Japanese Escort Destroyer Types 6 CHENG AN ( ex-Hsueh Feng, ex-Wei Tai, ex-Yashiro) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Radius: Complement: 940 tons standard (1,020 tons full load ) 258* (o.o.)x30x I Of eet 2—4-7 inch, 2—40 mm. AA.; 8—25 mm. A A. 2 Diesels. B.H.P.: 4,200=19-5 kts. 5,000 miles at 16 kts. 150 Notes Ex-Japanese Type A or “ Mikura ” class. Built by Hitachi (Sakuraima Works). Laid down on 8 Nov. 1943. Launched on 16 Feb. 1944. Completed on 10 May 1945. For sister ship Hui An see China (People’s Republic). CHENG AN Added 1953, Hajime Fukayo 77 LIN AN ( ex-Tsushima) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Radius: Complement: 960 tons standard (1,020 tons full load ) 255 (o.o.) X 30 X 10 feet I—4-7 inch d.p.; I—3 inch, 50 cal.; 8—25 mm. 26 D.C. Diesel. shafts. B.H.P.: 4,200= 19*7 kts. 8,000 miles it 16 kts. 147 Notes Ex-Japanese Type A or “ Etorofu ” cmss. Built at Tsurumi. Laid down on 20 June 1942. Launched on 20 Mar. 1943. Completed on 30 July 1943. Fitted for minelaying. Pennant No. 77. For sister ship Chang Pei, see China (People’s Republic). LIN AN Added 1953, Hajime Fukaya 8 Ex-Japanese Escort (Corvette) Types No. I (Diesel) Class CHANG AN (ex-Hsein An, ex-Jap. No. 205) 74 CHAO AN (ex-Jap. No. 107) 73 JUI AN (ex-Swe An, ex-Ying Kan, ex-Jap. No. 67) TSING PAI (ex-Liao Hai, ex-Jap. No. 215) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Radius: Complement: 745 tons standard (810 tons full load ) 221± (o.o.) x 28 X 9? feet Chao An, 2—3 inch, 2—40 mm. AA.; jui An, I—4-7 inch, I—3 inch, 8 M.G.; Tsing Pai, 2—3 inch, 6—25 mm. Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,900= 16-5 kts. 6,500 miles at 14 kts. 130 Notes Ex-Japanese, Type C or “ Kaibokan ” Class No. I Type. Handed over disarmed. Chang An was built by Nagata Iron Works. She was laid down on 10 May 1944, launched on 15 Aug. 1944, and completed on 30 Oct. 1944. She was never rearmed and was laid up and non-operational. She grounded on 26 Sep. 1954, on Pescadores Islands with extensive damage and flooding. Now a hulk. Tsing Pai is also a hulk. TSING PAI Added 1957, Hajime Fukaya No. 2 (Turbine) Class 72 CHEN AN (ex-Jap. No. 40) 71 TAI AN (ex-Jap. No. 104) TSI NAN TUNG AN (ex-Jap. No. 192) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Radius: Complement: 740 tons standard (900 tons full load) 228 (o.o.) X 28± X 10 feet Tai An, 2 —4-7 inch, 4—40 mm., 6—25 mm.; Cheng An, 2 —4-7 inch, 1 1—20 mm.,2 M.G. Turbine. S.H.P.: 2,500= 17-5 kts. 2 mixed firing 4,500 miles at 14 kts. 145 TUNG AN Added 1953, Hajime Fukaya Notes Ex-Japanese. Type D or “ Kaibokan ” Class No. 2 Type. All handed over disarmed. Tung An was built by Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Laid down on 5 Dec. 1944, launched on 30 Jan. 1945, and completed on 28 Feb. 1945. Rated as gunboats Tsi Nan and Tung An are not operational. 2 Ex-Canadian Corvette Type 80 KAO-AN ( ex-Chiu Chin, ex-Tillsonburg, ex-Pembroke Castle) 81 TE-AN ( ex-Hsi Lin, ex-Orangeville, ex-Hedingham Castle) Name: Kao-An Te-An Builders: Ferguson Henry Robb Bros. Ltd., Ltd., Glasgow Leith Laid down: 3 June 1943 23 July 1943 Launched : 12 Feb. 1944 26 Jan. 1944 Completed: 17 July 1944 10 May 1944 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel* Radius Comtiefi.eti.. 1,100 tons standard (1,580 tons full load) 25T (o.o.) X 36f X I5f (max.) feet I—4-7 inch d.p., I—3 inch, 4—40 mm., 4—20 mm. Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 2,800= 16-5 kts. Two 3-drum type 480 tons ✓,400 miles at 10 kts. 100 Notes Reconverted from merchant ships. Taken over by the Chinese (Taiwan) Navy in June 1951 and rearmed. Ex-Nos. 62 and 61, respectively. I Ex-Japanese Minelaying Type 70 YUNG CHING ( ex-Saishu ) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Mines: Machinery: Complement: 750 tons standard 231 (pp.), 240^ ( vv ./.) > 246 (o.o.) X26 X8j feet I—41 inch, I—40 mm., 7—25 mm., I—20 mm. 120 capacity 2 Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 3,600= 20 kts. (designed speed) 100 Notes Built by Sasebo Dockyard in 1941. Japanese prize, ac¬ quired in 1947. Formerly rated as a light minelayer. Now rated as DE escort. Ex-No. 75. B CHUNG KIANG United States Navy, Official 12 Ex-U.S. PC Type 104 TO KIANG ( ex-Chialing, ex-U.S. PC 1247), 7 Aug. 1943 105 FU KIANG (ex-Hvangpu, ex-U.S. PC 492), 29 Dec. 1941 109 CHIH KIANG (ex-U.S. PC 1078), 8 Aug. 1942 I 10 YUAN KIANG (ex-U.S. PC I 182) 14 June 1943 111 LI KIANG (ex-U.S. PC 1208) 15 Sep. 1943 1 12 CHANG KIANG (ex-U.S. PC 1232) 12 Dec. 1942 113 KUNG KIANG (ex-U.S. PC 1233) I I Jan. 1943 114 PO KIANG (ex-U.S. PC 1254) 31 Oct. 1942 115 CHUNG KIANG (ex-U.S. PC 1262) 27 Mar. 1943 116 CHING KIANG (ex-U.S. PC I 168) 3 July 1943 118 HSIANG KIANG (ex-U.S. PC 786) 6 Feb. 1943 119 TUNG CHANG (ex-U.S.S. Placerville, ex-PC 1087) 120 HSI CHANG (ex-U.S.S. Susanville, ex-PC 1149) 122 PEI CHANG (ex-U.S.S. Hanford, ex-PC 1142) 123 LIU CHANG (ex-U.S.S. Escondido, ex-PC 1169) 124 HAN CHANG (ex-U.S.S. Vandalia, ex-PC 1175) 125 CHU KIANG (ex-U.S.S. Milledgeville, ex-PC 1263) Displacement: 280 tons standard (450 tons full load) Dimensions: I73f (o.o.)x23x lOf (max.) feet Guns: I—3 inch, 50 cal., I—40 mm. AA., 5—20 mm. AA. Machinery: Diesel. B.H.P.: 2,880=20 kts. Oil fuel: 60 tons Radius: 5,000 miles at 10 kts. Complement: 65 Notes Launch dates above. Chien Fang and Wu Sung were discarded in 1951-52. Hanford, Placer¬ ville, Escondido and Vandalia were transferred from the United States Navy to the Chinese (Taiwan) Navy on 15 July 1957. Milledgeville was transferred at Key West, Florida, in July 1959. 07 MIN CHIANG (ex-Fu Ling, ex-No. 9, ex-Hai Ta, ex-No. 402) Displacement: 290 tons standard (309 tons full load) Dimensions: 184* (o.a.)X I8*x7 feet Guns: 2—40 mm., 3—25 mm., D.C. 36 Machinery: Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 2,600= 19 kts. 10 Ex-U.S. SC Type SC 501 (ex-101 Chu Chien, ex-SC 704) SC 503 (ex- 1 03 Chu Chien, ex-SC 698) SC 502 (ex- 1 02 Chu Chien, ex-SC 708) Ex-SC 518 Ex-SC 648 Ex-SC 722 Ex-SC 735 Ex-SC 637 Ex-SC 703 Ex-SC 723 Displacement: 95 tons standard (148 tons full load) Dimensions: 107* (w./.), 1 1 Of- (o.a.)x 17x6* feet Guns: I—40 mm. AA. Machinery: Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 800= 15* kts. Complement: 28 SC 501 is not on the active list, and has been laid ud. YUNG SHUN 13 Ex-U.S. MSF (ex-AM) Type (7 rated as Minesweepers) 47 YUNG CHIA (ex-U.S.S. Implicit, AM 246, 6 Sep. 1943) 48 YUNG HSIU (ex-U.S.S. Pinnacle, AM T1 A, 1 1 Sep. 1943) 46 YUNG NING (ex-U.S.S. Magnet, AM 260, 5 June 1943) 43 YUNG SHENG (ex-U.S.S. Lance, AM 257, 10 Apr. 1943) 49 YUNG SHOU (ex-U.S.S. Pivot, AM 276, 11 Nov. 1943) 44 YUNG SHUN (ex-U.S.S. Logic, AM 258, 10 Apr. 1943) 45 YUNG TING (ex-U.S.S. Lucid, AM 259, 5 June 1943) (4 rated as Gunboats) 51 YUNG CHANG (ex-U.S.S. Refresh, AM 287, 12 Apr. 1944) 52 YUNG CHUN (ex-U.S.S. Gavia, AM 363, 18 Sep. 1943) 53 YUNG HO (ex-U.S.S. Delegate, AM 217, 28 Mar. 1943) 54 YUNG KANG (ex-U.S.S. Elusive, AM 225, 10 June 1943) (I rated as Minelayer) SO YUNG FENG (ex-U.S.S. Prime, AM 279, 22 Jan. 1944) (I rated as Coastguard) A4 YUNG HSING (ex-U.S.S. Embattle, AM 226, 17 Sep. 1944) Displacement: 650 tons standard (945 tons full load) Dimensions: 180 (w./.), 184* (o.a.)x 33x9* feet (max.) Guns: I—3 inch d.p., 3—40 mm. AA., 6—20 mm. AA. Machinery: Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,710= 14-8 kts. Complement: 104 Notes All MSF (ex-AM) type fleet minesweepers acquired from the U.S. Navy. Launch dates above. Yung Feng is fitted for minelaying with tracks on her stern and is rated as a coastal minelayer. Yung Chang, Yung Chun, Yung Ho and Yung Kang are rated as gunboats. The 20 mm. guns in Yung Ho and Yung Kang were replaced by 40 mm. guns. Yung Hsing serves as a maritime customs vessel. Escort Patrol Vessels, Fleet Minesweepers, Submarine Chasers—TAIWAN CHINA 283 General Notes Former destroyer escort converted by the U.S.A. and officially rated as a High-Speed Transport. Can carry four LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle-Personnel). Transferred from the United States Navy to Nationalist China at Tsoying, Taiwan, on 16 May I960. The name Tien Shan means Heavenly Mountain. FAST TRANSPORT (Modified Destroyer Escort) Rated as High Speed Transport (APD) Converted Destroyer Escort TIEN SHAN (ex-U.S.S. Kleinsmith, APD 134, ex-DE 718) I Ex-Italian Minelaying Type 79 HSIEN NING (ex-Japanese Okitsu, ex-Italian Lepanto) ESCORT PATROL VESSELS SUBMARINES 2 Ex-U.S. PCE Type 42 WEI YUAN (ex-Yung Hsiang, ex-PCE 869, 6 Feb. 1943) 41 YUNG TAI (ex-U.S.S. PCE 867, 3 Dec. 1942) Notes Launch dates above. Built by Albina Engine and Machinery Works, Portland, Ore. One 3 inch, 50 cal. gun was added in 1955. Rated as gunboats. 1,400 tons standard, 1,650 tons trials (2,130 tons full load) 300 (w./.), 306 (o.a.)x 37 x 12* (max.) feet I—5 inch, 38 cal. d.p., 6—40 mm. AA. General Electric turbines with electric drive . 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 12,000 = 23-6 kts. (trials) 2 Express 350 tons 5,500 miles at 15 kts. 204 -f 162 troops SUBMARINE CHASERS Notes Launched on 22 May, 1927. Former Italian minelayer with a capacity of 80 mines. Also fitted for minesweeping. Now rated as a gunboat or escort patrol vessel. Ex-U.S. Type YUNG TAI Added I960 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: 640 tons standard (903 tons full load) 180 (w.L), I84i (o.a.)x 33X9* feet (max.) 2—3 inch d.p., 3—40 mm. AA., 6—20 mm. AA., 4 D.C.T. Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,800= 17 kts. NO Notes Early in I960 Nationalist China asked the United States to equip the Nationalists with submarines, and on 14 Mar. I960, Taiwan China confirmed reports that it will receive submarines from the U.S. Navy under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program. Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Coal: Radius: Complement: 615 tons standard (848 tons full load) 204 X 28* X 8* feet 3—3 inch, 2—40 mm. AA., 4—20 mm. Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 1,500=13 kts. 2 watertube 145 tons 3,500 miles 184 Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 284 TAIWAN CHINA—Gunboats, Coastal Minesweepers, Landing Ships MINELAYER I Ex-Japanese Type CHIEH 29 ( ex-Kuroshima) Displacement: -405 tons normal (420 tons full load) Dimensions: 150 (o.o.) X25 Xl{ feet Guns: I—31 inch, 2—13 mm. M.G. Mines: 120 Machinery: 2 reciprocating engines: I.H.P.: 600=12-8 kts. Boilers: I Fuel: Coal Notes Built by Sasebo Dockyard in 1911. Japanese prize, acquired in 1947. Rated as Auxiliary Minelayer. Available, but not on active list. GUNBOATS YUNG HSIANG Displacement: 830 tons standard Dimensions: 205 (pp.), 215 (o.a.)X 29^x8 feet Guns: 2—3 inch, 5—25 mm. AA., 6 M.G. Machinery: Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 1,350= If kts. Coal: 190 tons Complement: 144 Notes Built by Kawasaki Co., Kobe, Japan. Launched in 1912. Not on the active list. 75 CHU KUAN Displacement: 740 tons standard Dimensions: 200x30x8 feet Guns: 3—25 mm. AA. Machinery: Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 1,350=11 kts. Boilers: Yarrow Fuel: 150 tons coal Complement: 117 Notes Built by Kawasaki Co., Kobe, Japan. Launched in 1907. MOTOR GUNBOATS 2 Ex-U.S. PGM Type 102 OU CHANG ( ex-Hung Tse, 117 CHU KIANG (ex-U.S.S. PGM 31, ex-U.S.S. PGM 26) ex-PC 1567) Displacement: 295 tons standard (470 tons full load) Dimensions: 174 (o.a.)X23x6£ feet Guns: I—3 inch Machinery: 2 Diesel. B.H.P.: 3,600=20 kts. Complement: 80 Notes Three boats were built by Consolidated Shipbuilding Corpn., Morris Heights, N.Y., of which Pao Ying was launched on 7 May 1944 and Hung Tse on 29 Sep. 1944. Chu Kiang was transferred from the U.S. Navy in 1954. 103 Ling Chiang ( ex-Tung Ting, ex-U.S.S. PGM 13) was torpedoed and sunk by Chinese Republican motor torpedo boats on 10 Jan. 1955. 101 Ying Chiang (ex-Poo Ying, ex-U.S.S. PGM 20) was torpedoed by Republican motor tor¬ pedo* boats on 20 Jan. 1955, and was subsequently scrapped as beyond economical repair. ci. ..•m.w.MawM CHU CHIANG 1950, Lieut. A. W. Sugden, R.N. I Ex-JaDanese Type 106 CHU CHIANG (ex-Yo Ling, ex-No. 49, ex-Hai Hung, SC 401) Displacement: 420 tons standard (460 tons full load) Dimensions: 167£ (o.o.) X 22 X 9 feet Guns: I—3 1 inch (8 cm.), 3—25 mm. AA., 2—13 mm. AA. M. A/S weapons: 36 depth charges. Machinery: Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,700=16 kts. COASTAL MINESWEEPERS Repair Ships —continued Ex-VULCAIN (ex-U.S.S. Agenor, ARL 3, ex-LST 490) Displacement: 1,625 tons (light) 4,080 tons (full load) Dimensions: 328 (o.a.)x 50 X 14^ (max.) feet Guns: 8—40 mm. AA.; 8—20 mm. AA. Machinery: 2 diesels. B.H.P.: 1,700= 10 8 kts. Oil fuel: 1,060 tons Radius: 6,000 miles at 9 kts. Notes Former United States ocean tank carrier with bow doors. Built by Kaiser Co., Inc., Vancouver, Wash. Laid down on 24 Jan. 1943. Launched on 3 Apr. 1943. Completed on 20 Aug. 1943. Transferred from the U.S. Navy to France in 1951 for service in Indo-China. This ship was returned to the U.S.A. by France, and then transferred to (Taiwan) China by the U.S.A. on 15 Sep. 1957. SURVEYING SHIPS 361 CHING TIEN Displacement: 535 tons standard Dimensions: 150x31 X9± feet Guns: 2—25 mm., 7 M.G. Machinery: Reciprocating engines (coal)=IO kts. Complement: 90 Notes Built in China in 1939. Employed on coastal and inshore surveying duties. 861 CHIAO SHAN Displacement: 170 tons standard Guns: 3 M.G. Notes Small surveying craft also employed as a tender and general purpose vessel. CHUNG HAI Added 1957 LST Type LST 218 (ex-LST 279, Berkeley County) Ex-LST 400 BRADLEY COUNTY Ex-LST 735 DUKES COUNTY Notes Former United States tank landing ships transferred to Nationalist China at San Diego, in July 1955 and I960 (Dukes County) LST 216 (ex-LST 503) LST 226 CHUNG CHIH (ex-U.S.S. Sagadahoc County, LST 1091) LST 227 CHUNG MING (ex-U.S.S. Sweetwater County, LST I 152) Notes LST 216 was transferred from United States Navy at San Diego 29 April 1955, and LST 226 and LST 227 were transferred at Seattle on 21 Oct. 1958. An LST was torpedoed and sunk by Chinese Republican torpedo boats off Quemoy on 25 Aug. 1958. 200 CHUNG YEH (ex-Chung 108, ex-LST 1056) 202 CHUNG CH’UAN (ex-Wan Yiu, ex-Lu Yi, ex-LST 640) 224 CHUNG CHENG (ex-U.S.S. Lafayette County, LST 859) 206 CHUNG CHI (ex-LST 1017) 205 CHUNG CHIEN (ex-LST 716) 225 CHUNG CHIANG (ex-U.S.S. Son Bernadino County, LST I I 10) CHUNG CHIN 223 CHUNG FU (ex-U.S.S. Iron County, LST 840) 201 CHUNG HAI (ex-LST 755) 219 CHUNG HSI 204 CHUNGNG HSI (ex-LST 557) 208 (ex-Wan Kuo, ex-LST 732) 209 CHUNG LIEN (ex-LST 1050) CHUNG MING 203 CHUNG TING (ex-LST 537) 211 CHUNG SHENG (ex-LST 1033) 315 CHUNG YU (ex-Wan Li, ex-LST 330) 210 CHUNG YUNG (ex-LST 574) 4 Ex-U.S. MSC Type MSC 55 (ex-U.S.S. MSC 123) YUNG CHU AN, MSC 58 (ex-U.S.S. MSC 278) MSC 56 (ex-U.S.S. MSC 140) YUNG NIEN, MSC 57 (ex-U.S.S. MSC 277) Displacement: 335 tons light (378 tons full load) Dimensions: 138 (pp.), 145 (o.o.)x27x8i feet Guns: 2—20 mm. AA. Machinery: 2 General Motor diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 880=14 kts. Complement: 40 Notes Former “ Bluebird ” class American non-magnetic coastal minesweepers of wooden hull construction. Built in U.S.A. MSC 123 and MSC 140 were transferred to China (Taiwan) under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program on 4 June 1955. MSC 277, launched on 30 June 1958, and MSC 278, launched on I Aug. 1958, both built by the Tacoma Boatbuilding Co., were transferred at Seattle on 10 June and 10 July, respectively, in 1959. 2 Ex-Japanese AMS Type 541 CHIANG (ex-No. 22) 542 CHIANG YUNG (ex-No. 19) Displacement: 222 tons normal Dimensions: 98 X 19? X 7f feet Guns: 2—40 mm., 2 —25 mm., 2 M.G. Machinery: Diesel Speed: 9 kts. Notes Former Japanese auxiliary minesweepers. Built in Japan in 1942-43. REPAIR SHIPS 335 CHUNG CH'UAN (ex-LST 202 ex-U.S.S. LST 1030) Displacement 1,653 tons stonaard (4,080 tons full load) Dimensions: 316 (w.l.). 328 '.c.o.JxSOx 14 (max.) feet Machinery: Diesel. 2 shafts. B H.P.: 1,700=11 kts. Cargo capacity: 2,100 tons Complement: 211 Notes Former American tank landing ship converted into a repair ship. Built at Boston Navy Yard. Laid down on 27 May 1944, launched on 25 June 1944 and completed on 19 July 1944 . Displacement: 1,653 tons standard (4,080 tons full load) Dimensions: 316 (w.l.), 328 (o.o.)x50xl4 (max.) feet Guns: 6—40 mm. AA., 12—20 mm. AA. Machinery: Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,700=11 kts. Complement: 119 Notes LST 208 Chung Hsun (ex-LST 993) is believed to have been lost, since a newly acquired LST has been numbered 208. Five of above (200, 202, 308, 313, 315) were acquired from the mer¬ chant service in 1955. LST 313 Chung Kung (ex-Chung, ex-LST 945) was scrapped in 1956. LST 207 Chung Cheng reported to be scrapped in 1958. LST 213, 224 and 225 were trans¬ ferred from the United States Navy in 1958. LSM Type 241 MEI CHEN (ex-LSM 155) 249 MEI CHIEN (ex-LSM-) 245 MEI HENG (ex-LSM 456) 253 (ex-U.S.S. LSM-) 248 MEI HO (ex-LSM 13) 254 MEI WEN (ex-LSM 472) 244 MEI PENG (ex-LSM 431) 255 MEI HAN (ex-LSM 474) 246 MEI HUNG (ex-LSM 442) Ex-LSM 422 247 MEI SUNG (ex-LSM 457) Ex-LSM 471 243 MEI I (ex-LSM 285) Ex-LSM 478 Displacement: 743 tons standard (1,095 tons full load) Dimensions: 196^ (w.l.), 203^ (o.o.) X34*X7| feet Guns: 2—40 mm. AA., 4—20 mm. AA. Machinery: Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 2,800= 12 kts. Complement: 59 Notes Meo Lo, 242 (ex-LSM 157) was destroyed by Chinese Republican artillery and beached on Quemoy Island on 8 Sep. 1958. Me/ Wen, 254, and Me/ Han, 255, were transferred from the United States Navy at Seattle, Wn., on 6 Feb. 1959. LSM 422, LSM 471 and LSM 478 were also loaned to Nationalist China by the U.S.A. in 1959. LU SHAN (ex-Japanese No. 172) Displacement: 887 tons normal Dimensions: 264 X29f X I0£ feet Notes Former Japanese No. 101 class LST. Could carry 14 light tanks and 120 troops. Went aground and was reported to be beyond repair. Removed from the effective list. Landing Craft, Patrol Craft, Transports, Oilers, Tugs—TAIWAN CHINA 285 LANDING CRAFT TRANSPORTS LIEN HUA LSIL 264 LIEN CHENG ( ex-LCl (M) 630) 265 LIEN HUA ( ex-LCl (G) 631) 261 LIEN CHU ( ex-LCl (G) 233) Added 1957 Type 262 LIEN LI (ex-LCl ( G ) 417) 263 LIEN SHENG ( ex-LCl (G) 418) 266 LIEN CHIEH Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: 227 tons standard (387 tons full load) 159 x23§ X 5* feet 2—20 mm. AA. Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,320=14 kts. 28 Notes Former United States Landing Craft, Infantry (Gunboat) and Landing Craft, Infantry (Mortar). Armament varies. China (Taiwan) received ex-U.S. LSIL 818, 1017, 1092 from the United States under MDAP (they were formerly on loan to France from the U.S.A. for service In Indo-China) to be used only for cannibalization. LSSL Type 271 LIEN CHIH (ex-U.S.S. LSSL 56) 273 LIEN YUNG (ex-U.S.S. LSSL 95) 272 LIEN JEN (ex-U.S.S. LSSL 8!) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: 227 tons standard (387 tons full load ) 153 (w.l.), 158 (o.a.) x 23* X 5$ feet 6—40 mm. AA. (twin), 10 rocket launchers G.M. diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,320= 14-4 kts. 78 Notes These ex-U.S. Navy LSSLs, formerly LCS(L)3, Landing Craft Support (Large) were transferred to China (Taiwan) at Yokosuka, Japan, on 19 Feb. 1954. China (Taiwan) received ex-U.S. LSSL 2 and 28 from the United States under MDAP (they were formerly on loan to France from the U.S.A. for service in Indo-China) tc be used only for cannibalization. 311 WULING (ex-Shirasaki) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: 950 tons standard 203x3l*x I0i feet I—3 inch, I—40 mm., 8—25 mm. AA., 4 M.G. 2 Diesels. B.H.P.: 600= 15 kcs. Notes Ex-Japanese. Refrigerated cargo ship. Reported to be laid up and non-operational. WU I (ex-No. 16) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: 1,800 tons standard 315 (o.a.) X 33* X 12 feet 2—5 inch AA., 25—25 mm. AA., 5—13 mm. AA., 42 D.C. Turbine. S.H.P.: 9,500=22 kts. 2 Notes Ex-Japanese. Non-operational. Reported to be available, but not on the active list. Ex-No. 172 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: 1,129 tons standard 264 (o.a.) X 30 X 10* feet 1—31 inch (8 cm.), 21—25 mm. AA., 12 D.C. Turbine. S.H.P.: 2,500= 16 kts. 2 Notes Ex-Japanese. Vehicle carrying ship discharging through bow doors. 312 KUN LUN (ex-Hai Chi, ex-Japanese Kaiki) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: 1,612 tons standard 261 (o.a.) X 43* X 12 feet I—40 mm., 4—25 mm., 2—20 mm., 6 M.G Reciprocating. H.P.: 1,650=9 kts. 130 Notes Built in 1919. Small coastal transport. 314 NAN HU (ex-S.S. Tai Hu/, ex-S.S. Steelmotor) Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Complement: Notes Built in U.S.A. in 1923. (Taiwan) Navy. 1,695 tons standard 250 X 42* X 16* feet Diesel. Speed 8-5 kts. 85 Cargo ship/transport. Captured and taken over by Chinese 315 CHIU HUA 317 CHUNG SHAN Notes Displacements and other particulars vary in individual ships. 313 HUEI FENG 316 TIEN TAI OILERS LCU (ex-LCT) Type 405 HO CHANG (ex-LCT 512) 406 HO CHEN (ex-LCT 1145) 403 HO CHENG (ex-LCT 1143) 407 HO CHIH (ex-LCT) 401 H O C H U N (ex-LCU 892) 404 HO CHUNG (ex-LCT 849) 402 HO CH'UNG (ex-LCT 1213) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: Notes 134 tons standard (285 tons full load) I I4*x32f x3* feet 2—20 mm. AA. Diesel. 3 shafts. B.H.P.: 675= 10 kts. Additional landing craft are to be transferred, including 5 LCU under MDA P (craft formerly on loan to France from the U.S.A. for use in Indo-China). Two named so far are ex-LCU 700 and 1225. DOCK LANDING SHIP (LSD) I Ex-U.S. “Ashland" Class Ex-WHITE MARSH. LSD 8 Displacement Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: General Notes Built by Moore Dry Dock Co. Launched on 19 July 1943. Designed to serve as parent ship for landing craft and coastal craft. Transferred from the United States Navy to the Chinese (Taiwan) Navy on 15 Nov. I960 at Long Beach, California. 4,790 tons standard (8,700 tons full load) 454 (w.l.), 457* (o.a.) x72x 18 feet 12—40 mm. AA. Skinner Unaflow engines. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 7,400=15-6 kts. 2 , of 2-drum type 326 (total accommodation) PATROL CRAFT 521 HAI LI 541 CHIANG 1 581 P’AO 101 631 P’AO 1 522 HAI NING 542 CHIANG YUNG 584 P’AO 104 632 P’AO 2 523 HAI YAO 543 CHIANG HSIU 587 P’AO 107 633 P’AO 3 524 HAI WEI 544 CHIANG TING 588 P’AO 108 634 P’AO 4 525 HAI AN 545 CHIANG MING 591 P’AO III 635 P’AO 5 526 HAI CHING 546 CHIANG LIEN 592 P’AO 112 636 P’AO 6 547 CHIANG P’ING 593 P’AO 113 637 P’AO 7 548 CHIANG FENG 594 P’AO 114 638 P’AO 8 549 CHIANG KUNG 595 P’AO 115 639 P’AO 9 550 CHIANG LUN 596 P’AO 116 640 P’AO 10 551 CHIANG CH’ENG 641 P’AO II 642 P’AO 12 643 P’AO 13 YP 625 646 P’AO 16 6 Ex-HDML Type 681 FANG I (ex-HDML) 682 FANG SAN (ex-HDML) 684 FANG SEU (ex-HDML) 686 FANG LIU ( ex-HDML ) 685 FANG CHI (ex-HDML) 687 FANG^PA (ex-HDML) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: Notes Former harbour defence Fang 8 were sunk in 1950 46 tons standard (54 tons full load ) 72 X 15* X 4* feet I—40 mm., I—20 mm.. 4 M.G. 2 Diesels. B.H.P.: 320=11 kts. 14 motor launches. Built in Great Britain in 1942-43. Fang 3 and 301 OMEI (ex-U.S.S. Maumee) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: Notes Built at Mare Island Yard, 4,990 tons standard (14,500 tons full load) 475* (o.a.)X56X 10 (mean), 26* (max ) feet 5—3 inch, 2—40 mm. AA., 8—20 mm. AA. Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 5,000= 14 kts. 820 tons U.S.A. Cargo capacity 7,850 tons. Launched on 17 Apr. 1915. KUEI CHI (ex-Soviet Tuapse) Notes Petrol tanker Captured in 1954 and commissioned in Chinese Nationalist Navy in Feb. 1956. 304 SZU MING (ex-U.S.S. YO 198) Displacement: Dimensions Guns: Machinery: Notes Built in U.S.A. in 1945 by 1,400 tons full load \74(o.a.) X 32x 15 I—25 mm., 2—20 mm., 2 M.G. Diesel. B.H.P.: 560=11 kts. Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Wis. Oil capacity 6,570 barrels. 302 HSIN KAO (ex-Tai Hwa, ex-U.S.S, Towaliga, AOG 42) 303 YU CHU AN (ex-Wautauga, AOG 22, ex-Conrol, ex-YOG 52, U.S.S. Sakatonchee) Displacement: Measurement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: 700 tons standard (2,700 tons full load) 1,453 tons deadweight 212* (w.l.), 220* (o.a.) X 37 X 12* feet I—3 inch, 2—40 mm. AA., 3—20 mm., AA. Diesel. I shaft. B.H.P.: 800= 10 kts. Notes Ex-U.S. TI-M-A2 type small oilers. Both above ships are ex-U.S. “ Mettawee ” Hsin Kao was launched by East Coast Shipyards on 29 Oct. 1944, and Yu Chuan by Galveston S.B. Co. on 10 Jan. 1944. class. Todd 305 HO LAN (ex-Polish oiler Praca) Measurement: 8,410 tons gross Notes Seized by Nationalist China in Oct. 1953. FLEET TUGS 341 PU TO (ex-ATR 26) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boiler: Complement: 850 tons standard (1,312 tons full load) 155 (w.l.) 165* (o.a.) X 33* X 15* feet 1—25 mm., 4 M.G. Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 1,600=12 kts. Babcock & Wilcox 52 Notes Launched on 23 Apr. 1944. Built of wood. It was hoped to acquire 4 more tugs of above type, 4 of ATA type, and 30 smaller ones. 342 WU KUNG (ex-Pei Chi No. I, ex-LT) 334 TA H UNG (ex-LT 530) 343 TA MING (ex-LT 300) 336 TA CH’ING (ex-LT 355) Displacement: 570 tons light (967 tons full load) Dimensions: 149 (o.a.)x33x 15 feet Guns: I—40 mm., 2—20 mm. Machinery: Reciprocating. Oil fuel. H.P.: 1,200= 12 kts. Complement: 20 Notes Built in U.S.A. in 1943. Ta Ch’ing reported decommissioned on I June 1951. 345 TA YU (ex-LT 310) Displacement: 534 tons standard (835 tons full load) Dimensions: 143 (o.a.)X33 X 14 feet Guns: 2—25 mm., 2 M.G. Machinery: Diesel-electric. H.P.: 1,500= 12-5 kts. Notes Former U.S. Army tug of the ATA/ATR 143 ft. class. Built in the U.S.A. in 1944-45. 286 THAILAND—Administration, Destroyer Escort, Frigates Administration Minister of Defenee: Genera! Thanom Kittikachorn Commander-in-Chief of Navy and Chief of Naval Staff: Admiral Luang Chamnarn Adhayudha ROYAL THAI NAVY Personnel Naval Attache in London: I960: Navy, 2,000 officers and 16,000 ratings Commodore Abhai Sitakalin Marine Corps, I 30 officers and 3,200 men DESTROYER ESCORT Ex-U.S. DE Type I 41 Bostwick ” Class PIN KLAO (ex-U.S.S. Hemminger, DE 746) Builders: Western Pipe & Steel Co. Launched: 12 Sep. 1943 Completed: 30 May 1944 Displacement: 1,240 tons standard (1,900 tons full load) 306 (o.o.) X 36f X 14 (max.) feet Dimensions: Guns: 3—3 inch, 50 cal. dual purpose; 2—40 mm. AA.; 4—20 mm. AA. Tubes: Removed A/S weapons: Depth charge throwers Machinery: General Motors diesels with electric drive. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 6,000= 21 kts. (designed), 20 kts. sea speed Oil fuel: 300 tons Radius: 11,500 miles at II kts. Complement: 220 Notes Former United States patrol vessel (destroyer escorts) of the DE type, "Bostwick” class. Transferred from the United States Navy to Thailand at New York Naval Ship¬ yard in July 1959 under the Mutual Defense Assistance Pro¬ gram and given the new Thai name Pin Klao. PIN KLAO I960, Royal Thai Navy, Official FRIGATES Ex-U.S. PF Type 2 “ Prasae ” Class PRASAE (ex-U.S.S. Gallup, PF 47) TACHIN (ex-U.S.S. Glendale, PF 36) Name: Prasae Tachin Pennant No.: Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Consolidated Steel Corporation, Los Angeles 18 Aug. 1943 17 Sep. 1943 29 Feb. 1944 2 Consolidated Steel Corporation, Los Angeles 6 Apr. 1943 28 May 1943 I Oct. 1943 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 1,430 tons standard (2,100 tons full load) 304 (o.o.)x37£x I3| (max.) feet 3—3 inch, 50 cal. d.p 10—40 mm. and 20 mm. AA. 6 D.C.T. Triple expansion, 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 5,500=20 kts. 2 small water tube, three-drum type 685 tons 9,500 miles at 12 kts. 180 TACHIN 1953, Royal Thai Navy, Official Notes Former United States patrol frigates of the "Tacoma” Oct. 1951. They are of similar design to the British frigates class, or PF type. Delivered to the Royal Thai Navy cn 29 of the ” River ” class. I Ex-British 44 Flower ” Class 0 ANGPAKONG ( ex-Gondwana , ex-Burnet) Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Ferguson Bros. Ltd., Port Glasgow 2 Nov. 1942 31 May 1943 23 Sep. 1943 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 1,060 tons standard (1,350 tons full load) 193 (pp.), 203 i (o.a.)x 33x13* (mean) feet I—4 inch, 7—20 mm. AA. 4 D.C.T. Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 2,880=16 kts. 2, of 3-drum type 282 tons 4,800 miles at 12 kts. 101 (129 war) BANGPAKONG 1955, Royal Thai Navy, Official Notes Former British corvette (later reclassified as a frigate) of the “ Flower ” class which served in the Indian Navy before she was transferred to the Royal Thai Navy. Sister ship Prasae ( ex-Sind, ex-Betong) was lost during the Korean War on 13th January, 1951. Frigates ( continued), Escort Minesweeper, Armoured Gunboats, Coastal Minelayers—THAILAND 287 Frigates —continued I Sloop Type MAEKLONG Builders: Ordered: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: Uraga Dock Co. 1934 1936 27 Nov. 1936 June 1937 1,400 tons standard (2,000 tons full load) 269x34ix I0i (mean) feet 4—4-7 inch, 2—40 mm. AA., 2—20 mm. AA. 4—18 inch Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 2,500=14 kts. 2 water-tube 487 tons 8,000 miles at 12 kts. 155 (as training ship) MAEKLONG 1952, Official Notes Designed as a dual-purpose sloop and torpedo boat. Fitted for minesweep'ng. Employed as a training ship. May be disposed of in the near future. Sister ship Tachin was heavily damaged during the Second World War on I June 1945 and eventually scrapped. ESCORT MINESWEEPER I Ex-British “ Algerine ” Class PHOSAMTON (ex-H M.S. Minstrel) Builders: Redfern Construction Co. Laid down: 1943 Launched: 5 Oct. 1944 Completed: 1945 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 1,040 tons standard (1,335 tons full load) 225 (o.o.) X 35^ X 10^ feet I—4 inch, 3—20 mm. AA. 2 D.C.T. Triple expansion 2 shafts I.H.P.: 2,000=16 kts. 2, of 3-drum type 270 tons 5,000 miles at 10 kts., 3,000 miles ai 15 kts. 103 Notes Former British “ Algerine ” class minesweeper of ocean¬ going type capable of fleet sweeping and escort duties. PHOSAMTON 1957, Official ARMOURED GUNBOATS 2 Coast Defence Type RATANAKOSINDRA SUKOTHAI Name: Ratanakosindra Sukotha Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Armstrong, Newcastle 29 Sept. 1924 21 Apr. 1925 Aug. 1925 Vickers Armstrong Dec. 1928 19 Nov. 1929 Dec. 1930 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Armour: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 886 tons standard (1,000 tons full load) 160 (pp.), 173 (o.o.) X 37 X 1 0| feet 2—6 inch, 4—3 inch AA., 2—40 mm. AA., 2—20 mm. AA. Side 2£" (amidships), \\" ends, nickel steel; barbette rings, nickel steel; C.T., 4$" cast steel armour; Upper deck, l±"-£" high tensile steel Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 850=12 kts. 2 oil-burning water-tube, working pressure 225 lbs. 96 tons 2,000 miles at 10 kts. 103 RATANAKOSINDRA 1950, Royal Thai Navy, Official COASTAL MINELAYERS 2 Italian Type BANGRACHAN (No. I) NHONG SARHAI (No. 2) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Mines: Machinery: Oi’ fuel: Radius: Complement: 368 tons standard (408 tons full load) 160| X 26 X 7y feet 2—3 inch AA. 2—20 mm. AA. 142 capacity Burmeister & Wain diesel engines. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 540= 12 kts. 18 tons 2,700 miles 55 Notes Built by Cant. Riuniti dell’ Adriatico, Monfalcone. Launched 1936 and 22 July, 1936, respectively. BANGRACHAN 1956, Royal Thai Navy, Official 1956, Royal Thai Navy, Official 3 Japanese Type KLONGYAI (No. 5) KANTANG (No. 7) KLONGYAI (No. 5) TAKBAI (No. 6) Displacement: 110 tons standard (135 tons full load) Dimensions: 131 j X 15£ X 4 feet Guns: I—3 inch, I—20 mm. Tubes: 2—18 inch Machinery: Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 1,000= 19 kts. Boilers: 2 water-tube Oil fuel: 18 tons Radius: 480 miles Complement: 31 Notes Built by IshikawajimaCo. All launched on 26 Mar. 1937. All completed on 21 June 1937. 110 tons standard (135 tons full load ) 13lix I5*x4 feet 1— 3 inch, I—20 mm. 2 — 18 inch Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 1,000=19 kts. 2 water-tube 18 tons 480 miles 31 3 Ex-U.S. SC Type SC 31 (ex-SC 1632) SC 32 (ex-SC 1633) SC 33 (ex-SC 1634) Displacement: 110 tons light (125 tons full load ) Dimensions: II 1x17x6 feet Guns: I—40 mm., 3—20 mm. A/S weapons: Depth Charges, Mousetrap Machinery: High-speed diesel = 18 kts. Notes Former United States submarine chasers of the SC type. Of wooden hull construction. Built by the South Coast Co., Newport Reach, California, in 1954-55. Transferred to Thai¬ land from the United States under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program. PHALI 1956, Royal Thai Navy, Official 7 Ex-U.S. PC Type LIULOM (ex-PC 1253) PHALI (ex-PC 1185) SUKRIP (ex-PC 1218) LONGLOM (ex-PC 570) SARASIN (ex-PC 495) THAYANCHON (ex-PC 575) TONGPLIU (ex-PC 616) MOTOR PATROL BOATS MPB No. 5 1950, Royal Thai Navy, Official 4 Coastal Type MPB2 MPB 4 MPB5 MPB6 Displacement: 280 tons standard (400 tons full load) Dimensions: 174 (o.o.)x23£x6 feet Guns: I—3 inch AA., I—40 mm. AA., 5—20 mm. AA. Machinery: Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 3,600= 19 kts. Oil fuel: 60 tons Radius: 6,000 miles at 10 kts. Complement: 62 to 71 Notes Former United States submarine chasers of the PC type. Launched in 1941-43. Used to prevent smuggling and as anti-submarine boats. Khamronsin ( ex-PC 609) was removed from the effective list in 1956. Displacement: 16 tons Guns: I—20 mm. AA Machinery: Gray Mari:.e engines. Speed: 12-5 kts. Notes Built and equipped at Royal Thai Navy Dockyard, Bangkok, and engined by Gray. Recent Disposals MPB I and MPB 3 were removed from the effective list in 1956. Of the motor torpedo boats (coastal motor boats) of the British Thornycroft type, CMB 8, CMB 10 and CMB 12 were removed from the effective list in 1956, and CMB 9 and CMB II were stricken off in I960. Coastguard Vessels, Training Ship, Landing Ships, Landing Craft—THAILAND 289 COASTGUARD VESSELS LA NDING SHIPS 4 Ex-U.S. CGC Type CGC 13 CGC 14 CGC 15 CGC 16 Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Radius: Complement: 95 tons 95 X 20^ X 5 feet 4 diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 2,200=21 kts. 1,500 miles cruising range 15 Notes New coast guard cutters transferred from the United States to Thailand in 1954. Similar to the l2newC.G.C. built for U.S.C.G, Built by U.S. Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland, in 1953. Cost $475,000 each. CGC 12 1959, Royal Thai Navy, Official ANGTON 1956, Royal-Thai Novy, Official ANGTON (ex-U.S. 1ST) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: Notes Ex-U.S. LST Type 1,625 tons standard (3,590 tons full load) 322j X 50£ X 14 feet 6—40 mm., 4—20 mm. High speed diesel = I I kts. 80 Former United States tank landing ship of the LCT type. Employed as a transport. KUT 1956, Royal Thai Navy Official 2 Ex-U.S. LSM Type KUT ( ex-LSM) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: PHAI (ex-LSM) 743 tons standard (1,095 tons full load) 203±x23x8 feet 2—40 mm. AA. Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H. P.: 1,800= 10 kts. 55 Notes Former United States landing craft of the LCM, later LSM (Medium Landing Ship), type. LANDING CRAFT 2 Ex-U.S. YP Type CGC II CGC 12 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: 44-5 tons 83^X16X4* feet I—20 mm. AA. 2 Viking petrol engines. B.H.P.: 1,300=20*5 kts. Notes Former U.S. Coast Guard cutters of the YP class. Of wooden hulled construction. TRAINING SHIP (Ex-Fleet Minesweeper) CHOW PKAYA 1956, Royal Thai Navy, Officia I Ex-British “Racecourse” Class CHOW PRAYA (ex-H.M.S. Havant) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 680 tons standard (840 tons full load) 220 x 28±x7± feet 2—57 mm. AA., I—40 mm. AA. Vertical triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 2,200=16 kts. Yarrow, converted to burn oil 160 tons 1,750 miles at 15 kts. 65 Notes Former British fleet minesweeper of the “Racecourse” class. Built by Eltringhams, South Shields. Launched in Nov. 1918. Purchased in 1923 and reconstructed by Messrs. John I. Thornycroft & Co. Ltd., Southampton. Guns are interchangeable for training. SATAKUT 1957, Royal Thai Navy Olfiaal PRAP (ex-LC/) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: 2 Ex-U.S. LCI Type SATAKUT(ex-LC/) 230 tons standard (387 tons full load) 157x23x6 feet 2—20 mm. AA. Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,320= 14 kts. 54 Notes Former United States landing craft of the LCI (Infantry Landing Craft) type. Photograph of Prop in the 1957-58 and earlier editions. MAIAPHUN 1950, Royal Thai Navy, Official ADANG KOLAM Ex- U.S. LCT (6) Type MATAPHON PETRA RAVI TALIBONG Notes Displacement: 134 tons standard (279 tons full load) Dimensions: 112x32x4 feet Guns: 2—20 mm. AA. Machinery: Diesel. 3 shafts. B.H.P.: 675= 10 kts Complement: 37 Former United States tank landing craft of the LCT(6) type. Employed as transport ferries. u 290 THAILAND ( continued ) TUNISIA KLED KEO CHULA Displacement: 2,395 tons standard Dimensions: 328 X 43$ X 25 feet Machinery: Steam turbine Notes This tanker and Matra (see below) were acquired for naval oiling duties. Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Complement: Notes Launched in 1953. 180 tons standard 115 X 16X6 feet Diesel. 2 shafts. 23 MATRA Recent Disposals Three transports, Chart Narwee, KiatNarwee and Winae Narwee were officially deleted from the list in 1958. 4,744 tons 328 X 45$ X 20 feet Steam turbine Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: 1956, Royal Thai Navy, Official SAMUI 1956, Royal Thai Navy, Officio/ SURIYA SAMUI Displacement: 422 tons standard Dimensions: 174$ X 32 X 15 feet Machinery: Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 600=8 kts. Complement: 49 Notes Small tanker of the ex-YOG type. Photograph in the 1957-58 and earlier editions. SURIYA ( ex-Thalang ) Displacement: 920 tons standard Dimensions: I75x34$x 16$ feet Speed: 10 kts. (approx.) Complement: 76 Notes Mercantile type converted. Used for various purposes including occasional surveying duties. PRONG Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Complement: 150 tons standard 95x18x7$ feet Diesel. B.H.P.: 150=10 kts 14 SICHANG PANGAN Notes Displacement: 815 tons standard Dimensions: 160 X 28 X 16 feet Machinery: Diesel. 2shafts. B.H.P.: 550= 16 kts. Complement: 30 Notes Built by Harima Co., Japan. Sichang was launched on 10 Nov. 1937. Completed in 1938. A photograph of this ship appears in the 1953-54 to 1959-60 editions. JARN Displacement: 355 tons standard Dimensions: 139$ X 24 X — feet Machinery: Diesel. Speed =6 kts. Notes A photograph of this ship appears in the 1956-57 to 1959-60 editions. CHANG ( ex-Vides Kichkar, ex-Buk, ex-Lycidas) Displacement: 850 tons standard Dimensions: 176x27$ x 10 feet Machinery: H.P.: 780=9 to 10 kts. Notes Built by Ritson & Co., Maryport; launched in 1902. Displacement: 190 tons standard Dimensions: 110x18x8 (mean) feet Machinery: H.P.: 225= 10 kts. Complement: 30 Notes Small transport employed on general utility and tender duties. SAMAESAN ( ex-Empire Vincent) Displacement: 503 tons (full load) Dimensions: 105x26$ X 13 feet Machinery: Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 850= 10-5 kts. Complement: 27 Notes Built by Cochrane & Sons Ltd., Selby, Yorks., England. Photograph in the 1957-58 and earlier editions. Measurement: Dimensions: Machinery: 440 tons gross 160 X 27 x — feet I.H.P.: 330=8 kts. RANG KWIEN Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: 586 tons standard I62$x3l$x 13 feet Triple expansion steam engine. Speed Notes Built by the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co. purposes, including occasional surveying duties. KLUENG BADAN Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: MARN VICHAI 63 tons standard 64$ X I6$X6 feet Diesel. Speed =8 kts. Displacement: 129 tons standard Dimensions: 100 x 20 x 8$ (mean) feet Machinery: Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 210=9 kts. Complement: 26 Notes Launched in 1906. Acquired in 1918. Formerly rated as a despatch vessel. Rated as a transport in 1958._ Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: 52 tons standard 60$ X 17$ X 5 feet Diesel. Speed=6 kts. TUNISIA CORVETTE (Rated as Aviso ) I Ex-French Early “Chevreuil” Class CHEVREUIL Displacement: 647 tons standard (920 tons full load) Dimensions: 257 x 28$x 10$ feet Guns: I—41 inch, I—40 mm., 6—20 mm. A/S weapons: 4 D.C.T., 2 D.C. racks Machinery: Sulzer diesels. S shafts. B.H.P.: 4,000 =20 kts. Radius: 10,000 miles at 9 kts. 5,200 miles at 15 kts. Oil fuel: 100 tons Complement: 100 (8 officers, 92 men) Notes Chevreuil was built under the 1935 programme at Lorient Dockyard. She was laid down in Apr. 1937, launched on 17 June 1939 and completed in Oct. 1939. Transferred from the French Navy to the Tunisian Navy on 13 Oct. 1959. Pennant No. F 735. SEAWARD PATROL CRAFT (Vedette de Port) I Ex-French VC Type P 751 vc i Displacement: 75 tons standard (82 tons full load) Dimensions: I04$xl5$x5$ Guns: 2—20 mm. AA. Machinery: 2 Mercedes-Benz diesels. 2 shafts B.H.: 2,700 =28 kts Radius: 1,500 miles at 15 kts. Complement: 15 Seaward defence motor launch of a new type. Completed in 1958. Built by Lurssens in Germany. Transferred from the French Navy to the Tunisian Navy on 22 Sep. 1959. Em¬ ployed off the North African coast. Administration, Silhouettes, Destroyers—TURKEY 291 TURKEY Administration Commander-in-Chief, Turkish Naval Forces: Koramiral Fahri Korutiirk Chief of Staff, Turkish Naval Forces: Tumamiral Seref Karapinar Commander of the Fleet: Ttimamiral Aziz Ulusan Commander of the Straits and the Marmara: Koramiral Zeki Ozak Commander of Surface Action Forces: Tiigamiral Tevfik §argut Commander of Submarine Forces: Tiigamiral Afif Turgul Naval Attache, London: Captain Mithat Uler Personnel I960: 1,500 officers and 25,000 ratings Mercantile Marine Lloyd’s Register of Shipping: 275 vessels of 588,176 tons gross. Silhouettes Scale: 150 ft. = I inch. DESTROYERS 5 ”... .. . . PIYALE PASA 1959, Wright & Logan ALP ARSLAN 1959, P. J. Gildea-Evans No. D 349 D 350 D 351 D 348 Name Builders Fevzi Qakmak Vickers Armstrongs, Ltd. (Tyne) Kili f Ali Pasa Alex. Stephen & Sons Ltd., Govan Piyale Pasa Alex. Stephen & Sons Ltd., Govan Alp Arslan Scotts S. B. & Eng. Co. Ltd., Greenock Laid down 23 Oct. 1939 14 Sep. 14 Sep. 24 Jan. 1940 1940 1940 Launched 30 Oct. 1940 4 Sep. 1941 3 Nov. 1941 30 Dec. 1941 Completed 2 Dec. 1941 26 Feb. 1942 12 Aug. 1942 6 Aug. 1942 Ex-British “ Milne ” Type 4 “Alp Arslan” Class ALP ARSLAN (ex-H.M.S. Milne) KILig ALI PASA (ex-H.M.S. Matchless) MARESAL FEVZI QAKMAK (ex-H.M.S. Marne) PIYALE PASA (ex-H.M.S. Meteor) Displacement: 2,000 to 2,015 tons standard (2,840 tons full load) Dimensions: 354 (pp.), 362* (o.a.) x36fx 10 (mean), \6± (max.) feet Guns: 6 —4-7 inch, 6—40 mm. Bofors AA. (one twin, four singles), 2—3 pdr. (saluting) Tubes: 4—21 inch A/S weapons: 1 triple barrelled depth charge mortar (Squid) Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 48,000=36 kts. (designed) Boilers: General Notes 2 Admiralty 3-drum type Former British '* Milne ” class destroyers, one of the most successful and handsome types which ever served in the Royal Navy. The first British destroyers to have three power worked turrets. Transferred to Turkey under an agreement signed in Ankara on 16 Aug. 1957. Nominally handed over to the Turkish Navy at Portsmouth on 29 June 1959 after refit in British shipyards, where the after tubes and secondary armament were removed and replaced by deckhouse, Squid and Bofors. Renamed after famous generals and 16-18th century admirals. Recent Disposals of Destroyers It was officially stated in I960 that the elderly British built destroyers Demirhisar, Muavenet and Sultanhisar have been disqualified as obsolete. The two old Italian built destroyers Tinaztepe and Zafer were discarded in 1957. Battle Cruiser Notes The very old Turkish (former German) battle cruiser Yavuz (ex-Goeben) was decommissioned in I960. See full particulars, photograph, plan and elevation drawings, and silhouette in the 1959-60 and earlier editions. 292 TURKEY — Destroyers ( continued ), Submarines Destroyers —continued Ex-U.S. “Gleaves” Type 4 “ Gelibolu ” Class GAZIANTEP ( ex-Lansdowne ) GEMLIK ( ex-Lardner) GELIBOLU ( ex-Buchanan) GIRESUN ( ex-McCalla) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: A/S weapons: Machinery 1,630 to 1,700 tons standard (2,800 tons full load) 341 ( w.l .), 348* (o.a.) x 36 X !0 (light), 18 (max.) feet 3—5 inch, 38 cal., 4—3 inch AA. 5—21 inch 2 hedgehogs, 4 D.C.T. General Electric geared turbines 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 50,000=37 kts. 4 Babcock & Wilcox 600 tons 5,000 miles at 15 kts. 250 Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: Notes Former American “ Gleaves ” class destroyers. Gelibolu and Giresun were transferred to Turkey from the U.S. Navy on 29 Apr. 1949. Gaziantep and Gemlik were transferred in 1950. All four were modified to meet up-to-date require¬ ments in the United States during 1957-58, when they were fitted with tripod foremast and raised bridge and their No. 3 5-inch gun, Bofors and Oerlikon were removed and replaced by four 3 inch AA. guns. GIRESUN (as refitted with tripod foremast, raised bridge and modified armament) 1959, Turkish Navy, Official No. Name Builders Name Laid down Launched Completed D 344 Gaziantep Federal S.B. & D.D. Co., Port Newark Gaziantep July 1941 20 Feb. 1942 29 Apr. 1942 D 346 Gel ibol u Federal S.B. & D.D. Co., Port Newark Gelibolu II Feb. 1941 22 Nov. 1941 21 Mar. 1942 D 347 Geml ik Federal S.B. & D.D. Co., Port Newark Geml ik July 1941 20 Mar. 1942 13 May 1942 D 345 Giresun Federal S.B. & D.D. Co., Port Newark Giresun July 1941 20 Mar. 1942 27 May 1942 Ex-British “O” Class GAYRET( ex-H.M.S. Oribi, ex-Observer) Pennant No. Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: D 341 Fairfield S.B. & Eng. Co. Ltd. 15 Jan. 1940 14 Jan. 1941 5 July 1941 1,540 tons standard (2,290 tons full load) 338* (pp.), 345 (o.a.) x 35 X 9 feet 4—4-7 inch, I—4 inch, 4—2 pdr. pompoms, 4—20 mm. AA. 8—21 inch 4 D.C.T. on “ X ” deck Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 40,000=34 kts. 2, of 3-drum type 430 tons 1,700 miles at 20 kts. 220 General Notes Former British “ O ” class destroyer transferred from Great Britain to Turkey in 1946 in replacement of the former 1951, A. & ). Pavia GAYRET Conversion Notes Gayret requisitioned for the British Navy during the Second It is reported that this destroyer is to be converted into World War and lost in the hostilities. a command ship. SUBMARINES Ex-U.S. “ Balao” Type I 0 “ Gur ” Class Displacement: 1,526 tons (standard), 1,829 tons (surface), 2,424 tons (submerged) Dimensions: 31 If X27*X I3f feet Guns: 2—5 inch, 25 cal., 2—40 mm., 4 M.G. Tubes: 10—21 inch (6 bow, 4 stern), 24 torpedoes carried Machinery: General Motors 2-stroke diesels. B.H.P.: 6,500=19-5 kts. (surface), and electric motors, 9 kts. (sub¬ merged) Oil fuel: 300 tons Radius: 12,000 miles at 10 kts. Complement: 78 to 85 BIRINCI INON0 (ex-U.S.S. Brill, SS 330) CANAKKALE (ex-U.S.S. Bumper, SS 333) CERBE (ex-U.S.S. Hammerhead, SS 364) GUR (ex-U.S.S. Chub, ex-Bonat, SS 329) HIZIRREIS (ex-U.S.S. Mero, SS 378) IKINCI INONO (ex-U.S.S. Blueback, SS 326) PIRIREIS (ex-U.S.S. Mapiro, SS 376) PREVEZE (ex-U.S.S. Guitarro, SS 363) SAKARYA (ex-U.S.S. Boarfish, SS 327) TURGUT REIS (ex-U.S.S. Bergall, SS 320) Nato Pen. No. Turk Pen. No. Name Launched Completed S 330 Birinii Inonii 25 June 1944 26 Oct. 1944 S 333 21 Canakkale 6 Aug. 1944 9 Dec. 1944 S 341 03 Cerbe 27 Oct. 1943 1 Mar. 1944 S 334 20 Gur 7 May 1944 28 Aug. 1944 S 344 Hizir Reis 17 Jan. 1945 17 Aug. 1945 S 331 17 Ikinci Inonii 21 May 1944 23 Sept. 1944 S 343 Piri Reis 9 Nov. 1944 30 Apr. 1945 S 340 22 Preveze 26 Sept. 1943 16 Jan. 1944 S 332 Sakarya 18 June 1944 21 Oct. 1944 S 342 Turgut Reis 16 Feb. 1944 12 June 1944 Notes Former American submarines of the ‘ * Balao type acquired by Turkey in 1948-60. All built by the Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut, except Cerbe, Hizirreis, Pirireis and Preveze, by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co. Of all-welded construction. They have a high standard of accommodation including separate messing and sleeping compartments. Canakkale, officially transferred in 1950, was semi-streamlined before delivery. Dumlupinar (ex-Blower) was lost in the Dardanelles on 4 Apr. 1953. Preveze semi- streamlined and Cerbe, fully streamlined, were transferred on 7 Aug. 1954 and Oct. 1954, respectively. Cerbe and Preveze are “ guppy snorkel ” conversions. Their loan was extended for five years in 1959. Sakarya was overhauled by the Electric Boat Division of the General Dynamics Corporation (formerly known as the Electric Boat Company), TURGUT REIS 1959, Turkish Navy, Official PREVEZE (semi-streamlined), showing Nato No. 1959, A. & J. Pavia Groton, Connecticut, in 1957. Turgut Reis was transferred in Oct. 1958 and Hizir Reis and Piri Reis were transferred on 20 Apr. I960 and 18 Mar. I960 at San Francisco Naval Ship¬ yard. Recent Disposals The three British built submarines, Burak Reis, Murat Reis and Orug Reis, and the two German designed submarines, Saldiray and Yildiray, were discarded in 1957. BIRINCI INONU 1953, A. & ]. Pavia Escort Minesweepers, Coastal Escorts, Minelayers—TURKEY 293 ESCORT MINESWEEPERS Ex-U.S. “Auk” Type 8 “ Candarli ” Class CANDARLI (ex-Fro!ic,22 July 1943) CARDAK ( ex-Tourmaline, ex-Usage, 4 Oct. 1942) CARSANBA ( ex-Tattoo , 27 Jan. 1943) CESME (ex-Elfreda, 25 Jan. 1943) E DIN CIK (ex-Grecian, 1943) EDREMIT (ex-Chance, 28 Nov. 1942) ERDEMLI (ex-Catharine, 7 Sep. 1943) EREGLI (ex-Pique, ex-fe/en'ty, 26 Oct. 1942 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Complement: 1,010 tons standard (1,250 tons full load) 215 (w./.), 221 (o.a.) X 32 X I Of (max.) feet I—3 inch, 6—40 mm. 4 D.C.T. Diesel, with electric drive. 2 shafts B.H.P.: 3,500=18 lets. 105 Notes Former American steel hulled fleet minesweepers of the “ Auk ” type. Transferred to Great Britain while still under construction. Served in the Royal Navy. Retransferred to Turkey in Apr. 1947. Built by Associated Shipbuilders, EREGLI 1959, Turkish Navy, Official Cleveland (£arsanba, £esme an d Edincik); General Engineering & D D. Co., Alameda (Candarli and Erdeml') and Gulf Ship¬ building Corporation, Houston (£ardak, Edremit and Ereg/i). Launch dates above. Named after Turkish ports. Ex-Australian “ Bathurst” Type 5 “ Alanya ” Class ALAN YA (ex-Broome) AYANCIK (ex-Launceston AMASRA (ex-Pirie) AYVALIK (ex-Gawler) ANTALYA ( ex-Geraldton) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 790 tons standard {1.025 tons full load) 162 (pp.), 186 (o.a.) X 31 x8± feet I—4 inch, I—40 mm., 4—20 mm- AA. 2 D.C.T. Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 1,800=15-5 kts. 170 tons 4,500 miles at 10 kts. 85 Name Builders Launched Alanya Evans Deakin, Brisbane 6 Oct. 1941 Amasra Broken Hill, Whyalla Dec. 1941 Antalya Poole & Steel, Sydney 16 Aug. 1941 Ayancik Evans Deakin, Brisbane 30 June 1941 Ayvalik Broken Hill, VVhyalla Oct. 1941 ALANYA 1951, A. & J. Pavia Notes All Australian built, 1940-42. Served in the Royal Navy. Acquired from Great Britain in Aug. 1946. Named after Turkish ports. Taller mainmast in Ayancik and Ayvalik. COASTAL ESCORTS (ex -Fleet-Minesweepers) Ex-Canadian “ Bangor ” Type 10 “ Bafra ” Class BA FRA (ex-H.M.C.S. Nipigon, FSE 188) BANDIRMA (ex-H.M.C.S. Kenora, FSE 191) BARTIN (ex-H.M.C.S. Kentville, FSE 182) BEYKOZ (ex-H.M.C.S. Blairmore, FSE 193) BEYLERBEYI (ex-H.M.C.S. Mahone, FSE 192) BIGA (ex-H.M.C.S. Medicine Hat, FSE 197) BO DRUM (ex-H.M.C.S. Fort William, FSE 195) BORN OVA (ex-H.M.C.S. Westmount, FSE 187) BOZCAADA (ex-H.M.C.S. Swift Current, FSE 185) BUYUKDERE (ex-H.M.C.S. Sarnia, FSE 190) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: 672 tons standard (900 tons full load) 171 £ (pp.), 180 (o.a.) X 28^ X I2£ (max.) feet I—40 mm. AA., 2—20 mm. AA., 4 M.G. 1 Hedgehog, 4 D.C T. Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P. 2,400=16-5 kts. 2 Admiralty 3-drum type 70 Notes Former Canadian fleet minesweepers, redesignated coastal escorts in 1953, and transferred to the Turkish Navy at the end of 1957. Bafra, Bandirma, Bartin, Biga and Bodrum were actually transferred on 29 Nov. 1957 at Point Edward Naval Base, Sydney, Nova Scotia. Beykoz, Beylerbeyi, Bornova, Bozcaada and Buyukdere were turned over from Canada to Turkey early in 1958. All sailed from Sydney, N.S. to Turkey on 19 May 1958. BIGA (showing Nato No.) No. Name Launched P 121 Bafra 30 Sep. 1940 P 129 Bandirma 20 Dec. 1941 P 130 Bartin 18 Apr. 1942 No. Name Launched P 122 Beykoz 14 May 1942 P 123 Beylerbeyi 15 Nov. 1940 P 124 Biga 24 June 1941 1959, A. & J. Pavia No. Name Launched P 125 Bodrum 30 Dec. 1941 P 126 Bornova 14 Mar. 1942 P 127 Bozcaada 29 May 1941 P 128 Buyukdere 21 Jan. 1942 MINELAYERS 3 Ex-U.S. LSM Type MORDOGAN (ex-LSM 484) MARMARIS (ex-LSM 481) MERIC (ex-LSM 490) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: Notes 743 tons standard (1,100 tons full load) 196* (w.l.), 203 i (o.a.)x 34* X 8* feet 2—40 mm. AA., 2—20 mm. AA. Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H. P.: 2,880= 12 kts. 60 tons 2,500 miles at 10 kts. 70 Ex-U.S. LSMs., Landing Ships Medium. All three vessels were launched in 1945, converted into minelayers by the U.S. Navy in 1952 and taken over by the Turkish Navy in Oct. 1952 under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program. Nato Pennant No$. N 101,N lOOandN 102, respectively. MARMARIS 1955, Turkish Navy, Official SAVARONA 1959, Turkish Navy, Official Ex-U.S. ASR Type KURTARAN (ex-Bluebird, cx-Yurok) Displacement: 1,294 tons standard (1,675 tons full load) Dimensions: 205 (o.o.) X 38* X 12 feet Guns: I—3 inch, 2—40 mm. AA. Machinery: Diesel-electric. B.H.P.: 3,000= 16 kts. Complement: 85 Notes Built by Charleston S. B. & D. D. Co. Launched in 1946. Former salvage tug, adapted as a submarine rescue vessel in 1947. Transferred from the United States Navy on 15 Aug. 1950, under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program. Pennant No. A 67. Photograph in the 1957-58 edition. AB I (ex-ML 386) AB 2 (ex-ML 584) AB 3 (ex-ML 836) AB 4 (ex-ML 837) AB 5 (ex-ML 838) AB 6 (ex-ML 842) AB 7 (ex-ML 862) AB 8 (ex-ML 863) Displacement: 85 tons standard (115 tons full load ) Dimensions: 112 X I7y x4 feet Guns: I—3 pdr., 2—20 mm. AA , 4 M.G. Machinery: 2 Hall-Scott engines. B.H.P.: 1,120=21 kts. Oil fuel: 12 tons Complement: 18 Former British motor launches of the Fairmile B type. Launched in 1940-42. Transferred to Turkey in 1947. 4 Ex-U.S. Type LS 9 LS 10 LS II LS 12 Displacement: 63 tons Dimensions: 83x14x5 feet Guns: I—20 mm. AA. Machinery: 2 Cummins. B.H.P.: 1,100 Notes Motor launches of American construction, transferred on 25 June 1953. Recent Disposals It is officially stated that the eight ex-British motor launches of the HDML type, LS I, LS 2, LS 3, LS 4, LS 5, LS 6, LS 7 and LS 8, were scrapped in 1959. 8 Utility Type MTB 2 MTB 4 MTB 6 MTB 8 MTB3 MTB5 MTB7 MTB9 Displacement: 70 tons Dimensions: 71* x 13 } X 87 (max.) feet Machinery: Diesel. B.H.P.: 2,000= 10 kts. Complement: 8 Notes All launched in 1942, General purpose craft. Photograph of MTB 9 in the 1957-58 edition. 294 TURKEY—Coastal Minesweepers, Training Ship, Motor Launches COASTAL MINESWEEPERS ■■ 8 Ex-British ML Type 4 Ex-Canadian MCB Type. “ Gaspe ” Class TIREBOLU M 524 (ex-H.M.C.S. Comox) TERME M 523 (ex-H.M.C.S. Trinity) TEKIRDAG M 525 (ex-H.M.C.S. Ungava) TRABZON M 522 (ex-H.M.C.S. Gaspe) Displacement: 390 tons standard (412 tons full load) Dimensions: 140 (pp.), 152 (o.a.)x28X7f feet Guns: I—40 mm. Machinery: Diesels. 2shafts. B.H.P.: 2,400= 16 kts. Oil fuel: 52 tons Radius: 4,500 miles at 11 kts. Complement: 40 Notes Former Canadian coastal minesweepers transferred to the Turkish Navy under Mutual Aid arrangements in 1958. Sailed from Sydney, N.S. to Turkey on 19 May, 1958. 1948, Official 8 Ex-U.S. YMS Type. "K ” Class KARAMURSEL(ex-Ku//uk, ex- VMS 348) Feb. *43 KILIMLI (ex- YMS 289) 26 Jan. 1943 KAS (ex-YMS 79) 27 Dec. 1941 KIRTE (ex-YMS 307) 31 Dec. 1943 KEMER (ex-YMS 228) 2 Oct. 1942 KOZLU (ex-YMS 375) 27 Feb. 1943 KEREMPE (ex-YMS 239) 27 Oct. 1942 KUSADASI (ex-YMS 468) 23 Mar. 1944 Displacement: 270 tons standard (350 tons full load) Dimensions: 136 X 24 X 6 feet Guns: I—3 inch, 2—20 mm. AA. Machinery: 2 G.M. diesels. B.H.P.: 1,000= 15 kts.( max.), II kts. (normal) Oil fuel: 16 tons Radius: 1,500 miles at 9 kts. Complement: 20 Notes Former American YMS type coastal minesweepers of wooden construction. Launch dates above. Acquired from the U.S.Navy in 1947. All have one funnel except Kilimli, which has two. Nos. M 516, 517, 520, 519, 518, 521,513, 514, respectively. TERNE 1959, Turkish Navy, Official 1959, Turkish Navy, Official 4 Ex-U.S. MSC Type. - Bluebird ” Class SAM SUN M 257 (ex-U.S.S. MSC 268) SI NOP M 258 (ex-U.S.S. MSC 270) SEDDUL BAHIR M 260 (ex-U.S.S. MSC 272) SURMENE M 259 (exU.S.S. MSC 271) Displacement: 320 tons standard (370 tons full load) Dimensions: 138 (pp.), 144 (o.a.)x28x9 feet Guns: 2—20 mm. AA. Machinery: 2 diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,200= 14 kts. Oil fuel: 25 tons Radius: 2,500 miles at 10 kts. Complement: 38 (4 officers, 34 men) Notes Former United States coastal minesweepers of the MSC type or “ Bluebird ” class con¬ structed of wood and non-magnetic materials. Transferred to Turkey under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program at Seattle, Washington, on 30 Sep. 1958,9 July 1959, 30 Jan. 1959 and 27 Mar. 1959, respectively. KILIMLI (only one like this) 1948, U.S. Navy, Official SAVARONA SAMSUN Notes Built by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg. Launched on 28 Feb. 1931. Formerly probably the most sumptuously fitted yacht afloat. Equipment includes Sperry gyro-stabilisers. Re¬ constructed and converted into a training ship for midshipmen in 1952, the saloons and dining rooms being adapted as classrooms, workshops and libraries for 120 midshipmen. 1959, Turkish Navy, Official 5,710 tons 349* (w./.), 408* (0.0.) X 53X20* (mean) feet 4—3 inch, 2—40 mm. AA., 2—20 mm. AA. 6 geared turbines 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 10,750=21 kts. (about 18 kts. now) 4 watertube, 400 lb. working pressure 2,100 tons 9,000 miles at 15 kts. 132 + 81 midshipmen Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: Coastal Minelayer, Repair Ships, Boom Defence Vessels, Oilers—TURKEY 295 COASTAL MINELAYERS I Ex-U.S. YMP Type MEHMEDCIK (ex-U.S.S. YMP 3) Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Complement: 540 tons full load 130 X 35 x 6 feet Diesels. 2 shafts. Speed=IO kts 22 Notes Former United States motor mine planter. Built by Higgins Inc., New Orleans, La. Com¬ pleted in 1958. Steel hulled. Transfered to Turkey under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program in 1958. For harbour defence use. Recent Disposals It is officially stated that the German built minelayer Nusret and the British built mine¬ layer Uyanik were discarded in 1957; and the Turkish built minelayer Atak was removed from the effective list in 1958. The British built minelayers Siyrihisar and Yuzbasi Hakki were officially disqualified as obsolete in I960. The ex-British motor minesweepers Bartin (ex-MMS 88) and £anak (ex-MMS I) were scrap¬ ped in 1958, it is officially stated. It is officially stated that the submarine depot ship Erkin (former German liner Trier ) was discarded in 1957. REPAIR SHIPS ONARAN Mr. A. Cemaleddin Saracoglu 2 Ex-U.S. LST Type BASARAN (ex-Potroc/us, ARL 19, ex-LST 955) ONARAN (ex-A/ecto, AGP 14, ex-LST 558) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: 1,625 tons standard (3,960 tons full load) 316 ( w.l .), 328 (o.a.)X 50 X I I feet 2—40 mm. AA., 8—20 mm. AA. Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,700= 11 kts. 1,000 tons 6,000 miles at 9 kts. Notes Former American repair ship and MTB tender, respectively, of the LST type. Basaran was launched on 22 Oct. 1944 by Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard. Onaran was launched on 14 Apr. 1944 by Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co. Acquired from United States Navy in 1952 and 1947, respectively. BOOM DEFENCE VESSELS AG 4 1955, Turkish Navy, Official I Ex-U.S AN Type AG 4 (ex-Larch, ex-AN 21) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: 560 tons standard (805 tons full load) 146 (w.l.), 163 (oo.) X30*X 10* feet I—3 inch AA Diesel-Electric. B.H.P.: 800=12 kts. 48 Notes Former American netlayer of the “ Aloe ” class. Built by American S. B. Co., Cleveland. Laid down in 1940. Launched on 2 July, 1941. Completed in 1941. Acquired from United States Navy in 1947. Pennant No. A 45. 3 Ex-British “ Bar ** Class AG 3 (ex-Barfair, 21 May 1938) AG I (ex-Barbarian, 21 Oct. 1937) AG 2 (ex-Barbette, 15 Dec. 1937) Displacement: 750 tons standard (1,000 tons full load) Dimensions: 150 (pp.), I73f (o a.) X 32* X 9* feet Guns: I—3 inch AA. Machinery: Triple expansion. I.H. P.: 850= 11 -5 kts Boilers: 2 S. E. Complement: 32 Notes Former British boom defence vessels of the “ Bar” type. First two built by Blyth S.B. Co., third by J. Lewis# Sons. Launch dates above. Photograph in the 1957-58edition. SUBMARINE TENDERS IS IN (ex-lmia Layteri) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: 390 tons full load 1 10x24x7 feet I M.G. Crossley diesel. B.H 32 tons Notes Built by James Pollock, Sons & Co., Faversham. employed in charging the batteries of submarines, editions. I.P.: 330 Launched in 1941. A coaster type vessel Photograph in the 1957-58 and earlier DALGIC (1939) Notes Small motor vessel formerly attached to the Submarine Depot Ship Erkin as a tender. DEEP SEA DIVING TENDER AKIN (ex-Rasit, ex-Cow-Whale) Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Coal: Complement: 336 tons 139* x25x6*f eet Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 1,000=12 kts. 60 tons 26 Notes Built by Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd., South Bank-on-Tees. Launched in 1915. Ex-British Admiralty whaler, purchased in 1926. Fitted with deep-sea diving apparatus with which a depth of I 15 fathoms has been reached. PRESIDENTIAL YACHT UMUR Notes Completed and commissioned for service in 1956. OILERS TULUNAY YUSBASI TULONAY 1959, Turkish Navy, Official Displacement: 2,500 tons standard (3,500 tons full load) Dimensions: 260x41 X 19* feet Machinery: Atlas Polar-diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,920=14 kts. Notes Built at Taskizak by Hasoy Naval D. Y' Istanbul. Launched on 22 Aug. 1950. Pennant No. A 586. AKAR 1959, A. & J. Pavia AKAR (ex-/stanvu/, ex-Adour) Displacement: 4,289 tons light (13,200 tons full load) Dimensions: 433 X 52* X 27 feet Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. S.H.P.: 5,200= 15 kts. Notes Pennant No. A 48. NATO Pennant No. A 580. Starboard bow oblique photograph in the 1958-59 and earlier editions. AKPINAR (ex-Chiwaukum) Displacement: Measurement: Dimensions: Machinery: 700 tons standard (2,700 tons full load) 1,453 tons deadweight 212* ( w.l. ), 220* (o.a.) X 37 X 12* feet Diesel. B.H.P.: 800= 10 kts. Notes Formerly the United States oiler AOG 26. Built by East Coast S. Y. Inc., Bayonne. Laid down on 2 Apr. 1944. Launched on 5 May 1944. Completed on 22 July 1944. Transferred to Turkey in 1949. Photograph in the 1957-58 edition. golcOk Displacement: Measurement: Dimensions: Machinery: 1,255 tons 750 tons deadweight 185 X 31 * X 10 feet B.&W. diesel. B.H.P.: 700= 12-5«t Notes Built by Golciik Dockyard, Ismit. Launched on 4 Nov. 1935. Photograph in the 1957-58 and earlier editions. Recent Disposal It was officially stated in I960 that the collier Ulkii (ex-Shandon) has been disqualified as obsolete. 296 URUGUAY—Administration, Frigates, Patrol Vessels Administration Inspector General of the Navy: Rear-Admiral Eduardo Beraldo. URUGUAY Personnel I960: 170 officers and 1,300 ratings. Mercantile Marine Lloyd’s Register of Shipping: 40 vessels of 75,726 tons gross. FRIGATES 2 Ex-U.S. Destroyer Escort Type (Escort Vessels, DE) ARTIGAS (ex-U.S.S. Bronstein, DE 189) URUGUAY (ex-U.S.S. Baron, DE 166) Name: Artigas Uruguay Pennant No.: DE 2 DE I Builders: Launched: Completed: Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: A/S weapons: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: Notes Former United States destroyer escorts of the “ Bostwick ” class, transferred to Uruguay in 1951. Artigas has a main¬ mast (photograph in the 1953-54 to 1957-58 editions). Federal S.B. & D.D. Co., Port Newark 14 Nov. 1943 13 Dec. 1943 Federal S.B. & D.D. Co., Port Newark 9 May 1943 5 July 1943 I, 240 tons standard (1,900 tons full load) 306 (o.a.) X36f X 14 (max.) feet 3—3 inch, 2—40 mm. AA., 10— 20 mm. AA. 3—21 inch (triple) Hedgehog. 8 D.C.T. Diesel-electric. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 6 ,000=21 kts. 300 tons II, 500 miles at II kts. 187 Ex-British Corvette Type Training Ship (Buque Escuela) MONTEVIDEO (ex-H.M.C.S. Arnprior, ex-H.M.S. Rising Castle ) Pennant No.: PF I Builders: Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast Laid down: 21 June 1943 Launched: 8 Feb. 1944 Completed: 26 June 1944 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 1,010 tons standard (1,600 tons full load) 25If X36f X I7f (max.) feet I—3 inch, 2—40 mm. AA., 4— 20 mm. AA. Hedgehog. 2 D.C.T. Triple expansion. 190 r.p.m. I.H.P.: 2,750=17 kts. 2 water tube, oil fired 320 tons (normal), 480 tons (max.) 9,500 miles at 10 kts. 90 Notes Former British and Canadian “ Castle ” class corvette (frigate). Employed as a training ship. MONTEVIDEO 1956, Uruguayan Navy, Official PATROL VESSELS MALDONADO 1957, Uruguayan Navy, Official I Ex-U.S. PC Type MALDONADO (ex-PC 1234) Displacement: 280 tons standard (450 tons full load) Dimensions: 165 (pp-), 170 (w.l.), 173f (o.a.) X 23 X I Of (max.) feet Guns: I—3 inch d.p., 1—40 mm., 3—20 mm. A/S weapons: I M.T., 4 D.C.T. Machinery: 2 sets G.M. 2-stroke Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 3,750=22 kts. Complement: 65 Notes Former submarine chaser. Built in New York. Launched on 3 Apr. 1943. Transferred from U.S. Navy in 1944. Pennant No. PC I (ex-B I). RESCUE MOTOR LAUNCH RIO NEGRO 1957, Uruguayan Navy, Official 3 “Paysandu” Class PAYSANDU (21 July 1935) RIO NEGRO (22 Aug 1935) SALTO (II Aug. 1935) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 150 tons standard (180 tons full load) I37f X I9x5f feet Paysandu: 2 —20 mm., I—37 mm. A A. Rio Negro: I—47 mm. I M.G. Salto: 2 —20 mm., I M.G. 2 sets Germania Diesels. B.H.P.: 1,000= 17 kts. 18 tons 4,000 miles at 10 kts. 26 Notes Employed as training ships. Pennant numbers PR I, PR3, PR2, respectively, substituted for A pennant Nos. in 1956. Built by Cantieri Navali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy. Launch dates above. AR 1 (Lancha de Rescate) Displacement: 25 tons Dimensions: 63 X 15 X3f feet Guns: 4 M.G. ' Machinery: 2 sets Hall Scott “ Defender ” engines. 33-5 kts. Radius: (00 miles at 15 kts. Complement: Notes 8 British type rescue motor launch. Launched on 4 July 1944. Photograph in the 1953-54 to 1957-58 editions. SURVEYING VESSEL CAPITAN MIRANDA Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Oil fuel: Complement: 516 tons 148 (pf>.), 167 (o.a.) X 28 X 10 feet I M.A.N. Diesel. B.H.P.: 500=10-5 kts. 45 tons 52 Notes Built by Sociedad Espanola de Construccion Naval, Matagorda, Cadiz. Launched in 1930. Photograph in the 1932 to 1957-58 editions. Administration, Strength, Programmes, etc.—U.S.A. 297 UNITED STATES NAVY Administration and Command Commander-in-Chief: President of the United States Secretary of the Navy: Mr. William B. Franke. Under Secretary of the Navy: Mr. Fred A. Bantz. (There are now 3 Assistant Secretaries of the Navy.) Chief of Naval Operations : Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, U.S.N. Vice-Chief of Naval Operations: Admiral James S. Russell, U.S.N. (There are now 3 Assistant C.N.O.s and 6 Deputy C.N.O.s) Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet: Admiral Robert L. Dennison, U.S.N. Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet: Admiral John H. Sides, U.S.N. Naval Attache and Naval Attache for Air, London: Rear-Admiral Noel A.M. Gayler, U.S.N. Strength of United States Fleet 9 heavy aircraft carriers. 274 destroyer escorts. 24 large aircraft carriers. 66 destroyer escort transports. 5 light aircraft carriers. 17 nuclear submarines. 20 escort aircraft carriers. 157 submarines. 8 battleships. 20 escorts. 20 heavy cruisers. 257 mine craft. 27 light cruisers. 42 patrol vessels. 13 frigates (destroyer leaders). 402 amphibious craft. 362 destroyers. 728 fleet auxiliaries. 10 destroyer minelayers. 1,539 service craft. Total : 4,000. Active: 817 on 30 June I960 (warships, support ships and training ships). Ships All modern aircraft carriers, battleships, cruisers, etc., have bows of bulbous form. This has been found advantageous when ships are being pressed to their utmost speeds. In large cruisers the effect is only felt at about 29 knots and over. All warships from destroyers up to aircraft carriers will have twin 3 inch, 50 cal. automatic mountings replacing quadruple 40 mm. AA. guns. This change will take some time to effect in all ships. 20 mm. AA. mountings have been removed from all active aircraft carriers, cruisers and destroyers. All ships are painted light grey overall, except submarines, most of which are painted black, with large serial numbers on the bows, except aircraft carriers. Aircraft carriers are differentiated by their serial numbers painted on the funnels and identified from the air by the same figures painted promi¬ nently on the flight deck forward and aft. Submarines carry numbers on their conning towers and also on their bows. Personnel Navy: 641,000 (actual) officers and enlisted men on 30 June 1958; 630,000 (planned) on 30 June 1959; 630,000 (proposed) on 30 June I960; 619,000 in Fiscal Year 1961. Marine Corps: 189,000 (actual) officers and enlisted men on 30 June 1958; 175,000 (planned) on 30 June 1959; 175,000 (proposed) on 30 June I960. Future Naval Programme It is intended that in 1960-70 there will be: 150 ships with nuclear powered machinery plants; 200 ships armed with surface to air guided missiles; All combatant ships armed with anti-submarine missiles or equipped with anti-submarine aircraft. By 1967 it is planned that there will be: A fleet of 75 nuclear powered submarines. The U.S. Navy proposes to raise its Polaris ballistic missile submarine fleet to about 45 SSBNs (revised upwards from 40 in I960). 1960-61 New Construction Programme 1 Attack Aircraft Carrier, CVA. 3 Guided Missile Frigates, DLG. 2 Guided Missile Destroyers, DDG. 5 Nuclear Powered Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarines, SSBN. 4 Nuclear Powered Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare Submarines, SSN. 2 Escort Vessels, DE. 1 Amphibious Transport, Dock, LPD. 2 Fast Combat Support Ships, AOE. I Combat Store Ship, AFS. I Oceanographic Research Ship, AGOR. I Auxiliary Deep Diving Submarine, AGSS. I Escort Research Ship, AG. 1960-61 Conversion Programme 14 Destroyers, DD (Mark I Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernisation). I Auxiliary (Fast Experimental) Submarine, AGSS. 1959-60 New Construction Programme 3 Guided Missile Destroyers, DDG. 4 Nuclear Powered Attack Submarines, SSN. I Amphibious Transport, Dock, LPD 1 Amphibious Assault Ship, LPH. 2 Escort Vessels, DE (“ Dealey ” Class). I Submarine Chaser PC(H) Hydrofoil. I Oceanographic Research Ship, AGOR. I Submarine Tender, AS. 1959-60 Conversion Programme 8 Destroyers, DD—the eight Mark I destroyers of the FRAM (Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernisation) Programme. I Minesweeper, Special, MSS. I Technical Research Ship, AG. I Missile Range Instrumentation Ship, AG. I Advanced Aviation Base Ship, AVB. 1958-59 New Construction Programme I Nuclear Powered Guided Missile Frigate, DLGN. 6 Guided Missile Frigates, DLG. 5 Guided Missile Destroyers, DDG. 6 Nuclear Powered Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarines, SSBN. 5 Nuclear Powered Attack Submarines, SSN. I Amphibious Assault Ship, LPH. I Amphibious Transport Dock, LPD. Nomenclature Aircraft carriers are named mostly after historical naval vessels or battles; battleships after States; heavy cruisers and light cruisers after large cities; destroyer leaders (frigates) after Admirals; destroyers after officers and enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps, Secretaries of the Navy, Members of Congress and inventors. Destroyer escorts and destroyer escort transports are named after Navy men, Marines, or Coast Guard personnel killed in action during the Second World War. Submarines are named after fish and marine creatures (ballistic missile submarines after men famous in American history); ocean minesweepers and fleet minesweepers after abstract qualities, etc., and birds; escorts and submarine chasers after small cities and towns. Submarine tenders are named after pioneers in submarine development and mythological characters; destroyer tenders after geographical features and natural areas of the United States, e.g., mountain ranges, valleys, etc.; repair ships after mythological characters. Large seaplane tenders and escort carriers are named after sounds and bays; ammunition ships after volcanoes and ingredients of explosives; transports after flag and general officers, Commandants of the Marine Corps and Marine Corps officers; attack transports and attack cargo ships after counties; coastal minesweepers after birds; inshore minesweepers after seaboard features. Tank landing ships are named after counties; and medium landing ships, rocket, after rivers. Small seaplane tenders are named after bays, straits and inlets; sub¬ marine rescue vessels after birds; oilers after rivers with Indian names; ocean-going tugs after Indian tribes; and harbour tugs after Indian Chiefs and words of the Indian dialect. Occasional exceptions to this system will be found. Ships’ names are prefaced by “ U.S.S.” (United States Ship) or “ U.S.N.S.” (U.S. Naval Ship—non-commissioned ships of the Military Sea Transportation Service). 1958-59 Conversion Programme 2 Guided Missile Cruisers, CG. I Nuclear Powered Submarine, SSN. I Auxiliary Submarine, AGSS. I Attack Transport, APA. 1957-58 Supplemental New Construction Programme 5 Nuclear Powered Guided Missile Submarines for carrying the POLARIS Missile. (3 in 1st Supplemental Appropriation, Feb. 1958; 2 in 2nd Supplemental Appropriation, Apr. 1958.) 1957-58 New Construction Programme I Nuclear Powered Attack Aircraft Carrier. I Helicopter Escort Aircraft Carrier (Amphibious Assault Ship). 7 Guided Missile Frigates. 5 Guided Missile Destroyers. 3 Nuclear Powered Guided Missile Submarines. I Nuclear Powered Attack Submarine. Naval Appropriations 1950: $ 4,105,000,000 1951: $12,503,000,000 1952: $16,118,000,000 1953: $12,555,000,000 1954: $ 9,348,000,000 1955: $ 9,766,000,000 1956: $ 9,648,000,000 1957: $10,478,000,000 1958: $10,696,000,000 1959: $11,958,000,000 I960: $11,326,000,000 1961: $12,276,411,000 Mercantile Marine Lloyd’s Register of Shipping: Sea, 3,765 vessels of 22,763,462 tons, gross. Great Lakes, 431 vessels of 2,524,510 tons gross. Total: 4,196 vessels of 25,287,972 tons gross. 298 U.S.A—Serial Numbers CVA(N)—Nuclear Powered Attack Aircraft Carrier 65 Enterprise CVA—Attack Aircraft Carriers 11 Intrepid 14 Ticonderoga 16 Lexington 19 Hancock 31 Bon Homme Richard 34 Oriskany 38 Shangri-La 41 Midway 42 Franklin D. Roosevelt 43 Coral Sea 59 Forrestal 60 Saratoga 61 Ranger 62 Independence 63 Kitty Hawk 64 Constellation CVS—Support Aircraft Carriers 9 Essex 10 Yorktown 12 Hornet 15 Randolph 18 Wasp 20 Bennington 33 Kearsarge 36 Antietam 39 Lake Champlain 40 Tarawa 45 Valley Forge CVU Utility Aircraft Carriers 64 Tripoli 88 Cape Esperance 92 Windham Bay LPH—Amphibious Assault Ships 2 Iwo Jima 3 Okinawa 4 Boxer (ex-CVS 21) 5 Princeton (ex-CVS 37) 6 Thetis Bay (ex-CVHA I, ex-CVE 90) AVT—Auxiliary Aircraft Transports 2 Monterey (ex-CVL 26) 3 Cabot (ex-CVL 28) 5 San Jacinto (ex-CVL 30) 6 Saipan (ex-CVL 48) 7 Wright (ex-CVL 49) 8 Franklin (ex-CVS 13) 9 Bunker Hill (ex-CVS 17) 10 Leyte (ex-CVS 32) 11 Philippine Sea (ex-CVS 47 AKV—Aircraft Ferry and Cargo Ships 8 Kula Gulf (ex-CVE 108) 9 Cape Gloucester (ex- CVHE 109) 10 Salerno Bay (ex-CVE 110) 12 Siboney (ex-CVE 112) 14 Rendova (ex-CVE 114) 16 Badoeing Strait (ex- CVE 116) 17 Saidor (ex-CVHE 117) 18 Sicily (ex-CVE 118) 19 Point Cruz (ex-CVE 119) 21 Raboul (ex-CVHE 121) 23 Tinian (ex-CVHE 123) 37 Commencement Bay (ex- CVHE 105) 39 Gilbert Islands (ex- CVE 107) 40 Card (ex-CVU II, ex-CVHE II) 41 Core (ex-CVU 13, ex-CVHE 13) 42 Breton (ex-CVU 23, ex-CVHE 23) 43 Croatan (ex-CVU 25, ex-CVHE 25) UNITED STATES NAVY SERIAL NUMBERS BB—Battleships 57 South Dakota 58 Indiana 59 Massachusetts 60 Alabama 61 Iowa 62 New Jersey 63 Missouri 64 Wisconsin CG(N)—Nuclear Powered Guided Missile Cruiser 9 Long Beach CG—Guided Missile Cruisers 10 Albany 11 Chicago 12 Columbus CA—Heavy Cruisers 68 Baltimore 71 Quincy 72 Pittsburgh 73 St. Paul 75 Helena 122 Oregon City 124 Rochester 130 Bremerton 131 Fall River 132 Macon 133 Toledo 134 Des Moines 135 Los Angeles 139 Salem 148 Newport News CAG—Guided Missile Heavy Cruisers Boston 2 Canberra CL—Light Cruisers 64 Vincennes 65 Pasadena 80 Biloxi 86 Vicksburg 89 Miami 90 Astoria 101 Amsterdam 102 Portsmouth 103 Wilkes Barre 104 Atlanta 105 Dayton 106 Fargo 107 Huntington 144 Worcester 145 Roanoke CLC—Tactical Command Ship I Northampton (ex-CA 125) CLG—Guided Missile Light Cruisers 3 Galveston 4 Oklahoma City 5 Little Rock 6 Providence 7 Springfield 8 Topeka CLAA—Anti-Aircraft Light Cruisers 97 Flint 98 Tucson 120 Spokane 121 Fresno DLGN—Nuclear Powered Guided Missile Destroyer Leader (Frigate) 25 Bainbridge DLG—Guided Missile Destroyer Leaders (Frigates) 6 Farragut 7 Luce 8 Macdonough 9 Coontz 10 King 11 Mahan 12 Dahlgren 13 William V. Pratt 14 Dewey 15 Preble 16 Leahy 17 Harry E. Yarnell 18 19 20 21 Gridley 22 23 Halsey 24 Reeves DL—Destroyer Leaders (Frigates) 1 Norfolk (ex-CLK I) 2 Mitscher (ex-DD 927) 3 John S. McCain (ex- DD 928) 4 Willis A. Lee (ex-DD 929) 5 Wilkinson (ex-DD 930) DDG—Guided M issile Destroyers 1 Gyatt (ex-DDG 712) 2 Charles F. Adams (ex- DDG 952) 3 John King (ex-DDG 953) 4 Lawrence (ex-DDG 954) 5 Biddle (ex-DDG 955) 6 Barney (ex-DDG 956) 7 Henry B. Wilson (ex- DDG 957) 8 Lynde McCormick (ex- DDG 958) 9 Towers 10 Sampson I I Sellers 12 Robinson 13 Hoel 14 Buchanan 18 Semmes DD—Destroyers 422 Mayo 423 Gleaves 424 Ni black 425 Madison 432 Kearny 435 Grayson 437 Woolsey 439 Edison 440 Ericsson 441 Wilkes 443 Swanson 445 Fletcher/DD E 446 Radford/DDE 447 Jenkins/DDE 448 La Vallette 449 Nicholas/DDE 450 O’Bannon/DDE 455 Hambledon 462 Fitch 465 Saufley/DD E 466 Waller/DDE 468 Taylor/DDE 470 Bache/DD E 471 Beale/DDE 472 Guest 474 Fullam 475 Hudson 478 Stanley 479 Stevens 480 Halford 489 Mervine 490 Quick 491 Farenholt 492 Bailey 493 Carmick 494 Doyle 495 Endicott 496 McCook 497 Frankford 498 Philip/DDE 499 Renshaw/DD E 501 Schroeder 502 Sigsbee 507 Conway/DD E 508 Cony/DDE 510 Eaton/DDE 511 Foote 513 Terry 517 Walker/DDE 519 Daly 520 Isherwood 521 Kimberly 527 Ammen 528 Mullany 530 Trathen 531 Hazelwood 532 Heermann 534 McCord 535 Miller 536 Owen 537 Sullivans 538 Stephen Potter 539 Tingey 540 Twining 541 Yarnall 544 Boyd 545 Bradford 546 Brown 547 Cowell 553 John D. Henley 556 Hailey 558 Laws 561 Pritchett 562 Robinson 563 Ross 564 Rowe 565 Smalley 566 Stoddard 567 Watts 568 Wren 573 Harrison 574 John Rodgers 575 McKee 576 Murray/DDE 577 Sproston/DD E 578 Wickes 580 Young 585 Haraden 587 Bell 588 Burns 589 Izard 590 Paul Hamilton 592 Howorth 593 Killen 594 Hart 595 Metcalfe 596 Shields 597 Wiley 598 Bancroft 600 Boyle 601 Champlin 602 Meade 603 Murphy 604 Parker 605 Caldwell 606 Coghlan 607 Frazier 608 Gansevoort 609 Gillespie 610 Hobby 61 1 Kalk 612 Kendrik 613 Laub 614 Mackenzie 615 McLanahan 616 Nields 617 Ordronaux 618 Davison 619 Edwards 621 Jeffers 623 Nelson 624 Baldwin 626 Satterlee 627 Thompson 628 Welles 629 Abbott 630 Braine 631 Erben 632 Cowie 633 Knight 634 Doran 635 Earle 637 Gherardi 638 Herndon 641 Tillman 642 Hale 643 Sigourney 644 Stembel 645 Stevenson 646 Stockton 647 Thorn 649 Albert W Grant 650 Caperton 651 Cogswell 652 Ingersoll 654 Bears 655 John Hood 656 Van Valkenburgh 657 Charles J. Badger 658 Colahan 659 Dashiell 660 Bullard 661 Kidd 662 Bennion 665 Bryant 666 Black 667 Chauncey 668 Clarence K. Bronson 669 Cotton 670 Dortch 671 Gatling 672 Healy 673 Hickox 674 Hunt 675 Lewis Hancock 676 Marshall 677 McDermutt 678 McGowan 679 McNair 680 Melvin 681 Hopewell 682 Porterfield 683 Stockham 684 Wedderburn 685 Picking 686 Halsey Powell 687 Uhlmann 688 Remey 689 Wadleigh 690 Norman Scott 691 Mertz 692 Allen M. Sumner 693 Moale 694 Ingraham 696 English 697 Charles S. Sperry 698 Ault 699 Waldron 700 Haynsworth 701 John W. Weeks 702 Hank 703 Wallace L. Lind 704 Borie 705 Compton Serial Numbers ( continued )—U.S.A. 299 U.S.N. Serial Numbers —continued DD—Destroyers —continued 706 Gainard 707 Soley 708 Harlan R. Dickson 709 Hugh Purvis 710 Gearing 711 Eugene A. Greene/DD R 713 Kenneth D. Bailey/DDR 714 William R. Rush/DDR 715 William W. Wood/DDR 716 Wiltsie 717 Theo E. Chandler 718 Hammer 719 Epperson/DDE 722 Barton 723 Walke 724 Laffey 725 O’Brien 727 De Haven 728 Mansfield 729 Lyman K. Swenson 730 Collett 731 Maddox 732 Hyman 734 Purdy 742 Frank Knox/DDR 743 Southerland/DDR 744 Blue 745 Brush 746 Taussig 747 Samuel L. Moore 748 Harry E. Hubbard 752 Alfred A. Cunningham 753 John R. Pierce 754 Frank E. Evans 755 John A. Bole 756 Beatty 757 Putnam 758 Strong 759 Lofberg 760 John W. Thomason 761 Buck 762 Henley 763 William C. Lawe 764 Lloyd Thomas /DDE 765 Keppler/DDE 770 Lowry 775 Willard Keith 776 James C. Owens 777 Zellars 778 Massey 779 Douglas H. Fox 780 Stormes 781 Robert K. Huntington 782 Rowan 783 Gurke 784 McKean/DDR 785 Henderson 786 Richard B. Anderson 787 James K. Kyes 788 Hollister 789 Eversole 790 Shelton 793 Cassin Young 794 Irwin 795 Preston 796 Benham 797 Cushing 798 Monssen 799 Jarvis 800 Porter 802 Gregory 804 Rooks 805 Chevalier/DDR 806 Higbee/DDR 807 Benner/DDR 808 Dennis J Buckley/DDR 817 Corry/DDR 818 New/DDE 819 Holder/DDE 820 Rich/DDE 821 Johnston 822 Robert H. McCard 823 Samuel B. Roberts 824 Basilone/DDE 825 Carpenter/DDE 826 Agerholm 827 Robert A. Owens/DDE 829 Myles C. Fox/DDR 830 Everett F. Larson/DDR 831 Goodrich/DDR 832 Hanson/DDR 833 Herbert J. Thomas/DDR 834 Turner/DDR B35 Charles P. Cecil/DDR 836 Georges K Mackenzie 837 Sarsfield/DDE 838 Ernest G. Small/DDR 839 Power 840 Glennon 841 Noa 842 Fiske/DDR 843 Warrington 844 Perry 845 Bausell 846 Ozbourn 847 Robert L. Wilson/DDE 848 Witek/DDE 849 Richard E. Kraus 850 Joseph P. Kennedy jr. 851 Rupertus 852 Leonard F. Mason 853 Charles A. Roan 857 Bristol 858 Fred T. Berry/DDE 859 Morris/DDE 860 McCaffery/DDE 861 Harwood/DDE 862 Vogelgesang 863 Steinaker/DDR 864 Harold J. Ellison 865 Charles R.Ware 866 Cone 867 Stribling 868 Brownson 869 Arnold J. Isbell 870 Fechteler/DDR 871 Damato/DDE 872 Forrest Royal 873 Hawkins/DDR 874 Duncan/DDR 875 Henry W. Tucker/DDR 876 Rogers/DDR 877 Perkins/DDR 878 Vesole/DDR 879 Leary/DDR 880 Dyess/DDR 881 Bordelon/DDR 882 Furse/DDR 883 Newman K. Perry/DDR 884 Floyd B. Parks 885 John R. Craig 886 Orleck 887 Brinkley Bass 888 Stickell/DDR 889 O’Hare/DDR 890 Meredith 931 Forrest Sherman 932 John Paul Jones 933 Barry 936 Decatur 937 George F. Davis 938 Jonas Ingram 940 Manley 941 Du Pont 942 Bigelow 943 Blandy 944 Mullinnix 945 Hull 946 Edson 947 Somers 948 Morton 949 Parsons 950 Richard S. Edwards 951 Turner Joy DE—Destroyer Escorts 51 Buckley 57 Fogg 59 Foss 129 Edsall 130 Jacob Jones 131 Hammann 132 Robert E. Peary 133 Pillsbury/DER 134 Pope 135 Flaherty 137 Herbert C. Jones 138 Douglas L. Howard 139 Farquhar 140 J.R.Y. Blakeley 141 Hill 142 Fessenden/DER 144 Frost 145 Huse 146 Inch 147 Blair/DER 148 Brough 149 Chatelain 150 Neunzer 151 Poole 152 Peterson/DE(A/S) 153 Reuben James 162 Levy 163 McConnell 164 Osterhaus 165 Parks 167 Acree 170 Booth 171 Carroll 172 Cooner 176 Micka 180 Trumpeter 181 Straub 191 Coffman 1*58 Lovelace 199 Manning 200 Neuendorf 201 James E. Craig 202 Eichenberger 203 Thomason 210 Otter 213 William T. Powell 214 Scott 217 Coolbaugh 218 Darby 219 J. Douglas Blackwood 220 Francis M. Robinson 222 Fowler 223 Spangenberg 224 Rud derow 225 Day 231 Hodges 238 Stewart 239 Sturtevant/DER 240 Moore 241 Keith 242 Tomich 243 J. Richard Ward 244 Otterstetter/DER 245 Sloat 246 Snowden 247 Stanton 248 Swasey 249 Marchand 250 Hurst 251 Camp/DER 252 Howard D. Crow 253 Pettit 254 Ricketts 255 Sellstrom/DER 316 Harveson/DER 317 Joyce/DER 318 Kirkpatrick/DER 320 Menges 321 Mosley 322 Newell/DER 323 Pride 324 Falgout/DER 325 Lowe/DER 326 Thomas J. Gary/DER 327 Brister/DER 328 Finch/DER 329 Kretchmer/DER 330 O’Reilly/DEAS 331 Koiner/DER 332 Price/DER 333 Strickland/DER 334 Forster/DER 335 Daniel 336 Roy O. Hale/DER 337 Dale W. Peterson 338 Martin H. Ray 339 John C. Butler 340 O’Flaherty 341 Raymond 342 Richard A. Suesens 343 Abercrombie 345 Robert Brazier 346 Edwin A. Howard 347 Jesse Rutherford 348 Key 349 Gentry 350 Traw 351 Maurice J. Manuel 352 Naifeh 353 Doyle C. Barnes 354 Kenneth M.Willett 355 Jacard 356 Lloyd E. Acree 357 George E. Davis 358 Mack 359 Woodson 360 Johnnie Hutchins 361 Walton 362 Rolf 363 Pratt 364 Rombach 365 McGinty 366 Alvin C. Cockrell 367 French 368 Cecil J. Doyle 369 Thaddeus Parker 370 John L. Williamson 371 Presley 372 Williams 382 Ramsden/DER 383 Mills/DER 384 Rhodes/DER 385 Richey 386 Savage/DER 387 Vance/DER 388 Lansing/DER 389 Durant/DER 390 Calcaterra/DER 391 Chambers/DER 392 Merrill 393 Haverfield/DER 394 Swenning 395 Willis 396 Janssen 397 Wilhoite/DER 398 Cockrill 399 Stockdale 400 Hissem/DER 402 Richard S. Bull 403 Richard M. Rowell 405 Dennis 406 Edmonds 408 Straus 409 La Prade 410 Jack Miller 411 Stafford 412 Walter C. Wann 414 Le Ray Wilson 415 Lawrence C. Taylor 416 Melvin R. Nawman 417 Oliver Mitchell 418 Tabberer 419 Robert F. Keller 420 Leland E. Thomas 421 Chester T. O’Brien 422 Douglas A. Munro 423 Dufilho 424 Haas 438 Corbesier 439 Conklin 441 William Seiverling 442 Ulvert M. Moore 443 Kendale C. Campbell 444 Goss 445 Grady 446 Charles E. Brannon 447 Albert T. Harris 448 Cross 449 Hanna 450 Joseph E. Connolly 508 Gilligan 510 Heyliger 531 Edward H. Allen 532 Tweedy/DEAS 533 Howard F. Clark 534 Silverstein 535 Lewis/DEAS 536 Bivin 537 Rizzi 538 Osberg 539 Wagner/DER 540 Vandivier/DER 575 Ahrens 577 Alexander J. Luke 578 Robert I. Paine 579 Riley 580 Leslie L. B. Knox 581 McNulty 582 Metivier 583 George A. Johnson 584 Charles J. Kimmel 585 Daniel A. Joy 586 Lough 587 Thomas J. Nickel 588 Pfeiffer 589 Tinsman 633 Foreman 634 Whitehurst 638 Willmarth 639 Gendreau 640 Fieberling 641 William C. Cole 642 Paul G. Baker 643 Damon M. Cummings 644 Vammen/DEAS 665 Jenks 666 Durik 667 Wiseman 678 Harmon 679 Greenwood 680 Loeser 681 Gillette 683 Henry R. Kenyon 684 De Long 685 Coates 686 Eugene L. Elmore 696 Spangler 697 George 698 Raby 699 Marsh 700 Currier 701 Osmus 702 Earl V. Johnson 703 Holton 704 Cronin 705 Fryberger 706 Holt 707 Jobb 708 Parle 742 Hilbert 743 Lamons 744 Kyne 745 Snyder 748 Tills 749 Roberts 750 McClelland 765 Earl K. Olsen 767 Oswald 769 Neal A. Scott 790 Borum 791 Maloy 795 Gunason 796 Major 797 Weeden 798 Varian 799 Scroggins 800 Jack W. Wilke 1006 Dealey 1014 Cromwell 1015 Hammerberg 1021 Courtney 1022 Lester 1023 Evans 1024 Bridget 1025 Bauer 1026 Hooper 1027 John Willis 1028 van Voorhis 1029 Hartley 1030 Joseph K. Taussig 1033 Claud Jones 1034 J©hn P. Perry 1035 Charles Berry 1036 McMorris DM—Destroyer Minelayers 23 Robert E. Smith 24 Thomas E. Fraser 25 Shannon 26 Harry F. Bauer 27 Adams 28 Tolman 29 Henry A. Wiley 30 Shea 32 Lindsey 33 Gwin MMF—Fleet Minelayer 5 Terror MMA ,—Auxiliary Minelayers II Camanche 12 Canonicus 13 Miantonomah 14 Monadnock 15 Nausett SS—Submarines 214 Grouper/AG(SS), ex-SSK 224 Cod 225 Cero 228 Drum 236 Silversides 240 Angler (ex-SSK) 241 Bashaw (ex-SSK) 242 Bluegill (ex-SSK) 243 Bream (ex-SSK) 244 Cavalla (ex-SSK) 245 Cobia 246 Croaker (ex-SSK) 256 Hake 265 Peto 300 U.S.A.—Serial Numbers ( continued ) U.S.N. Serial Numbers —continued SS—Submarines —continued 269 Rasher/SSR 270 Raton/SSR 272 Redfin (ex-SSR) 274 Rock AGSS (ex-SSR) 282 Tunny/SSG 285 Balao 286 Billfish 287 Bowfin 288 Cabrilla 291 Crevalle AGSS 292 Devilfish 293 Dragonet 295 Hackleback 297 Ling 298 Lionfish 299 Manta/AG (SS) 300 Moray 301 Roncador 302 Sabalo 303 Sablefish 304 Seahorse 309 Aspro 310 Batfish 311 Archerfish AGSS 312 Burrfish/SRR 313 Perch/ASSP 315 Sealion/ASSP 317 Barbero/SSG 318 Baya/AG(SS) 319 Becuna 321 Besugo 322 Blackfin 323 Caiman 324 Blenny 328 Charr 331 Bugara 334 Cabezon 335 Dentuda 336 Capitaine 337 Carbonero 338 Carp 339 Catfish 340 Entemedor 341 Chivo 342 Chopper 343 Clagamore 344 Cobbler 346 Corporal 347 Cubera 348 Cusk 349 Diodon 350 Dogfish 351 Greenfish 352 Halfback 362 Guavina/AGSS 365 Hardhead 368 Jallao 374 Loggerhead 377 Menhaden 381 Sandlance 382 Picuda 383 Pampanito 385 Bang AGSS 387 Pintado 388 Pipefish 389 Piranha 390 Plaice 391 Pomfret 392 Sterlet 393 Queenfish 394 Razorback 395 Redfish 396 Ronquil 397 Scabbardfish 398 Segundo 399 Seacat 400 Seadevil 401 Seadog 402 Seafox 403 Atule 404 Spikefish 405 Sea Owl 406 Sea Poacher 407 Sea Robin 408 Sennet 409 Piper 410 Threadfin 411 Spadefish 412 Trepang 413 Spot 414 Springer 416 Tiru 417 Tench 418 Thornback 419 Tigrone (ex-SSR) 420 Tirante 421 Trutta 422 Toro 423 Torsk 424 Quillback 425 Trumpetfish 426 Tusk 435 Corsair AGSS 475 Argonaut 476 Runner 477 Conger 478 Cutlass 479 Diablo 480 Med regal 481 Requin (ex-SSR) 482 I rex 483 Sea Leopard 484 Odax 485 Sirago 486 Pomodon 487 Remora 488 Sarda 489 Spinax (ex-SSR) 490 Volador 522 Amberjack 523 Grampus 524 Pickerel 525 Grenadier 551 Bass (ex-SSK 2) 552 Bonita (ex-SSK 3) 283 Ransom 563 Tang 284 Rebel 564 Trigger 285 Recruit 565 Wahoo 289 Report 566 Trout 296 Scout 567 Gudgeon 298 Scuffle 568 Harder 299 Sentry 569 Albacore/AGSS 300 Serene 571 Nautilus/SS(N) 301 Shelter 572 Sailfish/SSR 302 Signet 573 Salmon/SSR 303 Skirmish 574 Grayback/SSG 304 Scurry 575 Seawolf/SS(N) 306 Spectre 576 Darter/SS 307 Staunch 577 Growler/SSG 308 Strategy 578 Skate/SSN 309 Strength 579 Swordfish/SS(N) 310 Success 580 Barbel 31 1 Superior 581 Blueback 314 Champion 582 Bonefish 315 Chief 583 Sargo/SS(N) 316 Competent 584 Seadragon/SS(N) 317 Defense 585 Skipjack/SS(N) 318 Devastator 586 Triton/SS R(N) 319 Gladiator 587 Halibut/SSG(N) 320 Impeccable 588 Scamp SS(N) 322 Spear 589 Scorpion SS(N) 324 Vigilance 590 Sculpin SS(N) 340 Ardent 591 Shark SS (N) 341 Dextrous 592 Snook SS(N) 356 Creddock 593 Thresher SS(N) 362 Gadwal 594 Permit SSN 364 Gray lag 595 Plunger SSN 365 Harlequin 596 Barb SSN 372 Murrelet 597 Tullibee SSN 373 Peregrine 598 George Washington 374 Pidgeon SSBN 375 Pochard 599 Patrick Henry SSBN 376 Ptarmigan 600 Theodore Roosevelt 377 Quail SSBN 378 Redstart 601 Robert E. Lee SSBN 379 Roselle 602 Abraham Lincoln SSBN 381 Scoter 603 Pollack SSN 383 Surfbird/ADG 604 Haddo SSN 384 Sprig 605 Jack SSN 385 Tanager 606 Tinosa SSN 386 Tercel 607 Dace SSN 387 Toucan 608 Ethan Allen SSBN 388 Towhee 609 Sam Houston SSBN 389 Waxwing 610 Thomas A. Edison SSBN 390 Wheatear 611 John Marshall SSBN 612 Guardfish SSN 613 Flasher SSN 614 Greenling SSN 615 Gato SSN 616 Lafayaette SSN SST—Target Submarines 1 Mackerel 2 Marlin 3 Barracuda (ex-SSK I 421 Agile 422 Aggressor 423 Avenge 424 Bold 425 Bulwark 426 Conflict 427 Constant 428 Dash MSF- —Minesweepers 429 430 Detector Direct 431 Dominant 55 Raven 432 Dynamic 58 Broadbill 433 Elusive 59 Chickadee 434 Embattle 60 Nuthatch 435 Endurance 61 Pheasant 436 Energy 62 Sheldrake/AGS 19 437 Enhance 64 Starling 438 Esteem 100 Heed 439 Excel 101 Herald 440 Exploit 102 Motive 441 Exultant 103 Oracle 442 Fearless 104 Pilot 443 Fidelity 105 Pioneer 444 Firm 107 Prevail/AGS 20 445 Force 108 Pursuit/AGS 17 446 Fortify 109 Requisite/AGS 1 447 Guide 1 10 Revenge 448 Illusive 111 Sage 449 Impervious 114 Staff 455 Implicit 1 16 Speed 456 Inflict 1 18 Steady 457 Loyalty 120 Sway 458 Lucid 122 Swift 459 Nimble 123 Symbol 460 Notable 124 Threat 461 Observer 126 Token 462 Pinnacle 127 Tumult 463 Pivot 128 Velocity 464 Pluck 131 Zeal 466 Prime 165 Counsel 467 Reaper 214 Crag 468 Rival 215 Cruise 469 Sagacity 220 Device 470 Salute 221 Diploma 471 Skill 223 Dour 472 Valour 224 Eager 473 Vigor 232 Execute 474 Vital 233 Facility 488 Conquest 239 Gayety 489 Gallant 240 Hazard 490 Leader 241 Hilarity 491 Persistent 242 Inaugural 492 Pledge 252 Instill 493 Stalwart 253 Intrigue 494 Sturdy 254 Invade 495 Sweave 255 Jubilant 496 Venture 256 Knave 508 Acme 280 Prowess 509 Adroit MSO—Wooden Minesweepers 510 Advance 511 Affray 519 Ability 520 Alacrity 521 Assurance MHC—Coastal Minehunters 43 Bittern MSC—Coastal Minesweepers 121 Bluebird 122 Cormorant 190 Falcon 191 Frigate Bird 192 Humming Bird 193 Jacana 194 Kingbird 195 Limpkin 196 Meadow Lark 197 Parrot 198 Peacock 199 Phoebe 201 Shrike 203 Thrasher 204 Thrush 205 Vireo 206 Warbler 207 Whippoorwill 208 Widgeon 209 Woodpecker 289 Albatross 290 Gan .et MSC(O)—Old Coastal Minesweepers 13 Grackle 15 Grouse 24 Linnet 33 Plover 47 Fulmar 49 Lorikeet 51 Reed bird 53 Robin 54 Ruff 56 Turkey 58 Siskin AGC—Amphibious Force Flagships 7 Mount McKinley 8 Mount Olympus 10 Auburn 11 Eldorado 12 Estes 14 Teton 15 Adirondack 16 Pocono 17 Taconic 369 Williamsburg WPG Coast Guard Gunboats 31 Bibb 32 Campbell 33 Duane 35 Ingham 36 Spencer 37 Taney 39 Owasco 40 Winnebago 41 Chautauqua 42 Sebago 43 Iroquois 44 Wachusett 64 Escanaba 65 Winona 66 Klamath 67 Minnetonka 68 Androscoggin 69 Mendota 70 Pontchartrain WAVP—Coast Guard Gunboats 370 Casco 371 Mackinac 372 Humboldt 373 Matagorda 374 Absecon 375 Chincoteague 376 Coos Bay 377 Rockaway 378 Half Moon 379 Unimac 380 Yakutat 381 Barataria 382 Bering Strait 383 Castle Rock 384 Cook Inlet 385 Dexter 386 McCulloch 387 Gresham Classification List of Warships—U.S.A. 301 * List of classifications of naval vessels and service craft Every vessel in the Navy List has a distinctive serial number, prefaced by letters denoting the category to which she belongs. A list of these symbols, with their significance, as officially promulgated, follows : In the following lists the arrangement within the major naval vessel or service vessel is preceded by the letter “ E ” is assigned to MSTS (Military Sea Transportation Service), categories and sub-categories is alphabetically by symbols. it indicates that the particular vessel or craft is “ Experi- The addition of the suffix ”N” to the identifying classifica- Where the identifying classification and hull number of a mental.” Similarly the prefix “ T” indicates that the vessel tion indicates thatthat particularvessel has nuclear propulsion. List of Naval Vessel Classifications a. Combatant (I) Warships Aircraft Carriers: Attack Aircraft Carrier Nuclear Power Aircraft Carrier Small Aircraft Carrier ASW Support Aircraft Carrier Battleships: Battleship Cruisers: Heavy Cruiser Guided Missile Heavy Cruiser Guided Missile Cruiser Nuclear Power Guided Missile Cruiser Light Cruiser Anti-Aircra.t Light Cruiser Guided Missile Light Cruiser Command Ships . Tactical Command Ship Destroyers: Destroyer Nuclear Power Destroyer Anti-Submarine Destroyer Guided Missile Destroyer Radar Picket Destroyer Frigate Guided Missile Frigate Nuclear Power Guided Missile Frigate CVA CVAN CVL CVS CA CAG CG CGN CL CLAA CLG CLC DD DDN DDE DDG DDR DL D LG DLGN Submarines: Submarine SS Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine SSB Nuclear Power Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine SSBN SSG SSGN SSN SSR SSRN Guided Missile Submarine Nuclear Power Guided Missile Submarine Nuclear Power Submarine Radar Picket Submarine Nuclear Power Radar Picket Submarine (2) Amphibious Warfare Ships Amphibious Force Flagship AGC Attack Cargo Ship AKA Attack Transport A PA High Speed Transport A PD Transport Submarine APSS Inshore Fire Support Ship IFS Amphibious Transport, Dock LPD Amphibious Assault Ship LPH Dock Landing Ship LSD Medium Landing Ship LSM Medium Landing Ship (Rocket) LSMR Support Landing Ship (Large) Mk. Ill LSSL Tank Landing Ship LST (3) Mine Warfare Ships Minelayer, Destroyer DM Mine Countermeasures Support Ship MCS Minehunter, Auxiliary MHA Minehunter, Coastal MHC Minelayer, Fleet MMF Minelayer, Auxiliary MMA Minelayer, Coastal MMC Minesweeper, Auxiliary MSA Minesweeper,Coastal MSC Minesweeper, Coastal (old) MSC(o) Minesweeper, Fleet (steel hulled) MSF Minesweeper, Ocean (Non-magnetic) MSO Minesweeper, Special MSS (4) Patrol Ships Escort Ship DE Radar Picket Escort Ship DER Submarine Chaser (173’) PC Escort (180’) PC E Rescue Escort (180’) PCER Submarine Chaser (Hydrofoil) PCH Submarine Chaser (136’) PCS Patrol Escort P F Motor Gunboat PGM Fast Patrol Boat PTF Yacht PY Submarine Chaser (110’) SC b. Auxiliary Ships Destroyer Tender AD Degaussing ships ADG Ammunition Ship AE Store Ship A F Combat Store Ship AFS Miscellaneous AG Icebreaker AG B Escort Research Ship AGDE Hydrofoil Research Ship AGEH Missile Range Instrumention Ship AGML Major Commumcative Relay Ship AGMR Oceanographic Research Ship AGOR Radar Picket Ship AGR Surveying Ship AGS Coastal Surveying Ship AGSC Satellite Launching Ship AGSL Auxiliary Submarine AGSS Hospital Ship AH Cargo Ship AK Cargo Ship, Dock AKD Light Cargo Ship AKL Net Cargo Ship AKN Stores Issue Ship AKS Cargo Ship and Aircraft Ferry AKV Net Laying Ship AN Oiler AO Fast Combat Support Ship AOE Gasoline Tanker AOG Replenishment Fleet Tanker AOR Submarine Oiler AOSS Transport AP Self-propelled Barracks Ship APB Small Coastal Transport APC Repair Ship AR Battle Damage Repair Ship ARB Cable Repairing or Laying Ship ARC Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ship ARG Landing Craft Repair Ship ARL Salvage Ship ARS Salvage Lifting Ship ARSD Salvage Craft Tender ARST Aircraft Repair Ship ARV Aircraft Repair Ship (Aircraft) ARVA Aircraft Repair Ship (Engine) ARVE Submarine Tender AS Submarine Rescue Ship ASR Auxiliary Ocean Tug ATA Fleet Ocean Tug ATF Seaplane Tender AV Advance Aviation Base Ship AVB Guided Missile Ship AVM Small Seaplane Tender AVP Aviation Supply Ship AVS Auxiliary Aircraft Transport AVT Distilling Ship AW Unclassified Miscellaneous IX c. Service Craft Large Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock A FDB Small Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock A FDL Medium Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock A FDM Barracks Ship (non-self-propelled) APL Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock ARD Utility Landing Craft LCU Minesweeper, Auxiliary MSA Mine Sweeping Boat MSB Minesweeper, Inshore MSI Target and Training Submarine SST Submersible Craft X Miscellaneous Auxiliary YAG Open Lighter YC Car Float YCF Open Cargo Lighter YCK Aircraft Transportation Lighter YCV Floating Derrick YD Diving Tender YDT Covered Lighter (self-propelled) YF Ferryboat or Launch YFB Yard Floating Dry Dock YFD Covered Lighter (non-self-propelled) YFN Large Covered Lighter YFNB Dry Dock Companion Craft YFND Lighter (special purpose) YFNX Floating Power Barge YFP Refrigerated Covered Lighter (self-propelled) YFR Refrigerated Covered Lighter (non-self-propelled) Y FRN Covered Lighter (Range Tender) YFRT Torpedo Transportation Lighter Y FT Harbour Utility Craft YFU Garbage Lighter (self-propelled) YG Garbage Lighter (non-self-propelled) YGN House Boat YHB Dredge YM Motor Mine Planter YMP Auxiliary Motor Mine Sweeper YMS Gate Craft YNG Fuel Oil Barge (self-propelled) YO Gasoline Barge (self-propelled) YOG Gasoline Barge (non-self-propelled) YOGN Fuel Oil Barge (non-self-propelled) YON Oil Storage Barge YOS Patrol Craft YP Floating Pile Driver YPD Floating Workshop YR Submarine Repair and Berthing Barge YRB Submarine Repair, Berthing and Messing Barge YRBM Floating Dry Dock Workshop (Hull) YRDH Floating Dry Dock Workshop (Mach.) YRDM Covered Lighter (Repair) YRL Seaplane Wreckage Derrick YSD Sludge Removal Barge YSR Large Harbour Tug YTB Small Harbour Tug YTL Medium Harbour Tug YTM Torpedo Testing Barge YTT Drone Aircraft Catapult Control Craft YV Water Barge (self-propelled) 1 YW Water Barge (non-self-propelled YWN 302 U.S.A.—Carrier Borne Aircraft UNITED STATES NAVY CARRIER BORNE AIRCRAFT Name Maker Type Dimensions Power Plant Armament Performance Notes FURY Fj-4 North American Single-Seat Fighter Wing Span 39' 1" Folded 27' 6" Length 37' 6" One Wright J65 turbo¬ jet Four 20 mm. cannon and missiles Max. speed over 690 m.p.h. FJ-4B is low level attack version. SKYRAY F4D-1 Douglas Single-Seat Fighter Wing Span 33'6" Length 45' 8£" One Pratt & Whitney J57 turbojet with after¬ burner Four 20 mm. cannon and missiles Supersonic. Range 950 miles (ext. tanks) DEMON F3H-2N McDonnell Single-Seat All weather Fighter Wing Span 35' 4" Length 58' II" One Allison J7I turbo¬ jet with afterburner Four 20 mm. cannon and missiles Max. speed 730 m.p.h. Range 1,500 miles F3H-2P is photo, recon. version. F3H-2M is missile armed day-fighter TIGER FII-FI Grumman Single-Seat Fighter Wing Span 31'8" Length 44' 6" One Wright J65 turbo¬ jet with afterburner Four 20 mm. cannon and missiles Supersonic. Range 600 miles FI IF-IT is two-seat trainer version. CRUSADER II F8U-2 Chance Vought Single-Seat Fighter Wing Span 35' 8" Folded 22' 6" Length 54' 3" One Pratt & Whitney J57 turbojet with after¬ burner Four 20 mm. cannon, missiles and unguided rockets Max. speed approx. 1,200 m.p.h. Range 560 miles F8U-I similar but lower- powered. F8U-IP is photo, recon. version. F8U-2N is all-weather model with in¬ creased armament. PHANTOM II F4H-I McDonnell Two-Seat All weather Fighter Wing Span 38' 5" Length 56' Two General Electric J79 turbojets with afterburners Missiles Max. speed over 1,400 m.p.h. Will replace Demon and Crusader F8U-2N SKYWARRIOR A3D-2 Douglas Attack Bomber Wing Span 72' 6" Length 75' 8" Two Pratt & Whitney J57 turbojets Two 20 mm. cannon and nuclear weapons Max. speed 630 m.p.h. Range over 2,000 miles A3D-2Q is radar counter¬ measures version. A3D-2P is photo, recon. version. A3D-2T is bombardier trainer SKYHAWK A4D-2N Douglas Single-Seat Light Attack Bomber Wing Span 27' 6" Length 42' II" One Wright J65 turbo¬ jet Two 20 mm. cannon, torpedo, missiles or nuclear weapons Max. speed 680 m.p.h. Range 1,150 miles A4D-I and A4D-2 are earlier versions without complete all weather capabilities VIGILANTE A3 J-1 North American Two-Seat Attack Bomber Wing Span 50' Length 70' Two General Electric J79 turbojets with afterburners Includes Air-to-Surface Missiles and thermo¬ nuclear weapons Max. speed over 1,200 m.p.h. To operate from Forrestal class carriers. Weapons ejected from tunnel in tail A2F-I Grumman Two-Seat Attack Bomber Two Pratt & Whitney J52 turbojets Missiles and bombs Max. speed 700 m.p.h. For high-subsonic attack at low levels. TRACKER S2F-2 Grumman Four-Seat Submarine Search and Attack Wing Span 69' 8" Length 42' 3" Two Wright R-1820-82 engines Homing torpedo, ato¬ mic depth charge, rock¬ ets, etc. Speed at sea level, 235 m.p.h. S2F-3 is improved version with biggerspan and length. TRACER WF-2 is radar early warning version H04S-I, 2, 3 Sikorsky Multi-Seat or Anti- Submarine Helicopters Rotar Dia. 53' Fuselage 42' 3" One Pratt & Whitney R-1340 engine (H04S-I and 2). R-1300 engine (H04S-3) Max. speed (R-1340) 101 m.p.h. (R-1300)112 m.p.h. HUK-J Kaman Four or Five-Seat Helicopter Rotor Dia. 47' Fuselage 25' One Pratt & Whitney R-1340-48 radial en¬ gine None Max. speed 109 m.p.h. Range 220 miles HOK-I similar SEASPRITE HU2K-I Kaman Multi-Seat Helicopter Rotor Dia. 44' Fuselage 52' 2" One General Electric T58 engine None For transport (12 passen¬ gers), rescue and ambu¬ lance duties RETRIEVER HU P-2, 3 Vertol (Boeing) Helicopter Rotor Dia. 35' Fuselage 32' One Continental R-975- 46 engine None Max. speed 105 m.p.h. Range 340 miles HSS-I Sikorsky Anti- Submarine Helicopter Rotor Dia. 56' Fuselage 47' 2" One Wright R-1820-84 radial air-cooled en¬ gine Max. speed 120 m.p.h. Range 190 miles HSS-2 Sikorsky Anti- Submarine Helicopter Rotor Dia. 62' Fuselage 54'9" Two General Electric T85 shaft turbine en¬ gines Homing torpedoes and rockets Max. speed 117 m.p.h. Amphibious Guided Missiles—U.S.A. 303 UNITED STATES NAVY GUIDED MISSILES Category Name Maker Overall Length Ft. Speed Propulsion Mach. Range Miles Guidance System Notes AIR TO AIR SPARROW III AAM-N-6 Raytheon 12 Aerojet-General solid propellent 2-5 5 Semi-active Arms F3H-2M and F4H-I fighters SIDEWINDER AAM-N-7 Philco and General Electric 9-4 Hercules solid propellent 2-5 21 Infra-red homing Also advanced Sidewinder. 1C with improved guidance EAGLE AAM-N-10 Bendix Aerojet General solid propellent 3 + 30-100 Active Nuclear warhead AIR TO SURFACE BULLPUP ASM-N-7 Martin 10-5 Naval Propellent Plant solid propellent 1 8 3 slant Command Built around standard 2501b. bomb AIR TO UNDERWATER PETREL AUM-N-2 Fairchild 24 Fairchild J44-R-26 turbojet and Mk. 13 torpedo motor 0 7 5 Command and active homing Being superseded SURFACE TO AIR TALOS SAM-fel-6 Bendix 31 Bendix ramjet. Solid propellent booster 2-5 65 slant Beam riding cruise phase. Semi-active homing Carried by cruisers. High explosive or nuclear warhead. Also used in surface-to-surface role. Advanced versions under development. TERRIER SAM-N-7 Convair 27 Allegany Ballistics solid propellent. Solid propellent booster 2-5 10 slant Beam rider Carried by cruisers and des¬ troyers. Later ships of Forrestal class will carry this system TERRIER II TERRIER III Convair 29-5 As Terrier 3 0 20 slant Carried by frigates and smaller warships, as well as large ships TARTAR Convair 15 Aerojet-General propellent 2-5 10 slant Carried by destroyers TYPHON Weapons system to employ Super-Talos and Tartar missiles SURFACE TO SURFACE REGULUS 1 SSM-N-8 Chance Vought 33 Allison J33 turbo¬ jet. Solid propel¬ lent boosters 0-87 575 Command Carried by cruisers and sub¬ marines. Nuclear warhead POLARIS Al-P Lockheed 28 Aerojet-General solid propellent 10 1,200 Inertial Bombardment missile of Fleet Ballistic Missile System, to be carried by submarines and capable of submerged launch. The nuclear powered submarines of the Geoge Washington class will carry 16 POLARIS missiles. May be carried by nuclear powered cruiser Long Beach and other surface vessels ANTI-SUBMARINE WEAPONS RAT An anti-submarine torpedo weighing 480 lbs., and 13 -5 feet in length, projected by an Allegany rocket charge from its launching vesse I (Project to the estimated vicinity of a submarine target. Before entering the water, the rocket propellent mechanism is jettisoned and a para- cancelled) chute steadies the torpedo as it descends. Once in the water the parachute and a shock-resistant nose cap are released and the torpedo commences its search and attack phase, guidance to the submarine target being effected by a homing device. This weapon can be fired from existing 5 in. gun mounting. Programme reported cancelled. WEAPON ABLE A 1275 in. anti-submarine rocket weighing 500 lbs., fired at a detected submarine from a mounting with an almost circular field of fire. ASROC Developed by Minneapolis-Honeywell, a rocket propelled missile to supersede RAT on surface ships. After an aerial trajectory to the (Anti-Submarine vicinity of a target, enters the water and homes acoustically. Nuclear warhead optional. 15 ft. anti-submarine rocket declared combat Rocket) ready in mid-June I960. SUBROC (Submarine Rocket) Under development by Goodyear Corporation, a rocket propelled missile about 14 ft. in length, to be launched from above surface or from submerged submarines, emerges from the water and after an aerial trajectory to the vicinity of the target is guided by sonar equipment from the launching vessel to dive down on enemy submarines. Has considerable range—as far as 30 miles. Nuclear warhead optional. To be combat ready in Feb. 1961. ASTOR An anti-submarine torpedo with nuclear warhead, under development by Westinghouse. Range reported as over 11 miles. DASH Drone anti-submarine helicopter for use by destroyers. Helicopter carries ASW torpedo released remotely by destroyer after destroyer gains sonar contact. 304 U.S.A.—Silhouettes Aircraft Carriers FORRESTAL Class M ID WAY after conversion with angled deck and enclosed bow FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT after conversion with angled deck and enclosed bow RANDOLPH and other converted ESSEX Class with angled deck and enclosed bow ORISKANY and improved ESSEX Class FARGO, HUNTINGTON Light Cruisers FLETCHER Classes (Later type. Earlier vessels have higher fire control) GYATT Guided Missile Destroyer (Converted) LLOYD (Lattice Mainmast) Fast Transport (ex-Destroyer Escort) 308 U.S.A.—Aircraft Carriers NUCLEAR POWERED ATTACK AIRCRAFT CARRIER (CYAN) 1957, U.S. Navy, Official ENT ERPRIS E (compare I a/out with Ranger, see below, taken at same angle. Note different shape of lifts, to take larger aircraft) ENTERPRISE No.: Builders: Engineers. Ordered: Laid down: Launched: Displacement: Dimensions: Aircraft: Catapults: Guided Missiles: Machinery: Complement: CVA(N) 65 The Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 16 Aug. 1957 4 Feb. 1958 24 Sep. I960 75,700 tons standard, (85,350 tons full load ) Length 1,101 (o.a.) feet. Beam: 133 feet (hull). Width, 252 feet (flight deck) extreme. Draught: 37 (max.) feet. Hangar height: 25 feet. Area of flight deck: 5 acres 100 (more or fewer, according to size and type) 4 of C 14 type (internal combustion design claimed to have 50 per cent more power than steam catapults) Reported will have no ship launched missiles 8 pressurised water cooled A I W nuclear reactors. Geared steam turbines. 4 shafts. S.H.P.: 280,000 = 33 kts. (35 kts. max.) 440 officers and 4,160 men General Notes The world’s largest aircraft carrier ever to be constructed. Being built under the Fiscal 1958 new construction pro¬ gram. The advance design and procurement of this first nuclear powered attack aircraft carrier was provided for under the Fiscal 1957 Appropriations. She will have an un¬ usually broad flight deck, a block island superstructure and no funnels; fully angled deck; four deck-edge lifts, three on the starboard side, one on the port. She will have almost un¬ limited steaming endurance at high speed without regard to the conserving of fuel, thus improving her offensive and defensive capabilities and reducing her replenishment require¬ ments. She will be capable of steaming for five years without refuelling. She will be able to carry twice as much aviation fuel as the “ Forrestal ” class. An additional 4,000 sq. ft. of flight deck space will permit the operation of more and larger aircraft. With nuclear propulsion the new carrier will not require funnels or uptakes and this will reduce the super¬ structure to improve the radar capabilities and simplify the damage control. The absence of smoke stacks and boiler air intakes will reduce the vulnerability of the power plant to battle damage and it eliminates the possibility of radioactive or biological agents entering the ship. A “ stackless ” ship also allows an island configuration which makes feasible the installation of new high performance radar. The new radar of four fixed antennae built into the sides of the island super¬ structure will double present radar ranges. New catapults will double the launching energy of steam catapults. Cost now estimated to be $435,000,000 (about £155,400,000) as revised in 1959, compared with $380,000,000 (£135,700,000) as revised in 1958 and $314,000,000 (about £112,141,000) the original estimate. Engineering Notes The nuclear propulsion plant for the new aircraft carrier was designed and developed by the Atomic Energy Commis¬ sion at their Bettis plant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in co-operation with the Department of the Navy. Westing- house Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, obtained the contract to design and furnish the reactor com¬ partment components and build the steam propulsion machinery on 17 Dec. 1957 (announced officially). There are two reactors for each of the four shafts. The eight reactors feed 32 heat exchangers (8x35,000=280,000). Expected to run five years with their first charge. Nomenclature Notes Names considered for this class included Congress, Con¬ stitution and Enterprise. Class Notes It was the intention to build six nuclear powered attack aircraft carriers of this new class to bring the number of attack aircraft carriers up to the U.S. Navy’s operational requirements of a minimum of 15 large and modern vessels with the six vessels of the “ Forrestal ” class and the three modernised ships of the “ Midway ” class. Future Construction Notes The U.S. Navy is studying 15 designs for a second nuclear powered aircraft carrier which will be smaller and less ex¬ pensive than the new Enterprise ; but the Navy’s request for construction funds was not granted and $35,000,000 for long- lead items for the second nuclear powered aircraft carrier was taken out of the Fiscal Year 1959 budget. The ship was estimated to cost between $200,000,000 and $300,000,000, and to be smaller than Enterprise owing to newly designed smaller reactors. ATTACK AIRCRAFT CARRIERS (CVA) I New Construction Displacement: 64,000 tons standard (77,000 tons full load) Dimensions: Flight deck: Length 1,046 feet. Beam: 252 feet. Aircraft: 3 Attack (VA) and 2 Fighter (VF) squadrons Guided Missiles Machinery: Boilers: 2 twin “ Terrier ” launchers. 4 geared turbines. 4 shafts. S.H.P.: 280,000=35 kts. 8 Notes A conventionally powered attack aircraft carrier authorised by Congress under the 1961 new construction programme at a cost of $293,000,000. Slightly larger and heavier than the “ Forrestal ” class but smaller than the nuclear powered Enterprise. Major differences between the new carrier and her near sisters of the “ Forrestal ” class are the different elevator arrangement with two lifts in front of the bridge and port side, one on the after quarter; a more streamlined island structure; improved long range search radar and an automatic aircraft landing system. mmm ■ RANG ER. Port bow aerial view (see “ Forrestal ” Class, next page) 1957, U.S, Navy, Official Aircraft Carriers ( continued )—U.S.A. 309 FO R R ESTAL (starboard bow aerial view 1958, United States Navy , Official Attack Aircraft Carriers —continued 6 “ Forrestal ” Class CONSTELLATION KITTY HAWK FORRESTAL INDEPENDENCE Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Guided Missiles: Aircraft: Catapults: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: General Notes Able to handle any carrier borne aircraft now i n the fleet or on the drawing boards. Capable of launching and retrieving aircraft simultanously. Forrestal was originally to have been flush-decked with retractable bridge. Re-designed with angled deck and the usual fixed island superstructure on the starboard side. Four deck edge elevators and three separate launching areas for aircraft. Forrestal (contract awarded 12 July 1951) was named after the Secretary of Defense who was in office when the subsequently cancelled Heavy Carrier United States (CVA 58) was named in 1949. Ranger authorised 1954 Fiscal year; contract awarded 2 Feb. 1954. Independence authorised in 1955 Fiscal appropriations. Kitty Hawk, named for the site wh*re the Wright Brothers made their historic flights, was first tentatively to have been named Congress. Cost $218,000,000 ( Forrestal ), $209,700,000 (S: ratoga), $182,000,000 (Ranger), $189,311,000 (Independence) and $150,000,000 (Constellation). A seventh ship of this class, requested in the Fiscal Year I960 Program, was not approved. Construction Notes Flight deck about 80 feet longer than that in the “ Midway ” class to operate larger, heavier carrier-based naval aircraft of the newest designs. Increased catapult and arresting capacity, larger elevators, higher hangar decks, mirror sight to aid in landing on aircraft, added armour and improved underwater protection. The flight deck is a strength deck by reducing the openings in the hangar sides, bow enclosed up to the flight deck for seaworthiness in all types of weather, island acoustic¬ ally constructed to block out external noise, air-conditioned berthing quarters, three rudders. Independence has sponsons streamlined from below, which is a refinement over other " Forrestal” class carriers. The installation of additional electronic equipment in Kitty Hawk has delayed her comple¬ tion. The launching and completion dates for the last two ships in the table are official estimates. Independence com¬ missioned on 10 Jan. 1959. Kitty Hawk is estimated to com¬ mission in Nov. 1960 and Constellation on 25 Feb. 1961. Disposition Notes Ranger, Kitty Hawk and Constellation are scheduled for service in the Pacific Fleet, other three in Atlantic Fleet. RANGER SARATOGA 60,000 tons standard (76,000 tons full load) except Forrestal, 59,650 tons (75,900 tons full load). Length: 990 (pp.), 1,039 ( o.a .) Forrestal, 1,045! (o.a.) Saratoga, 1,046 (o.a.) Ranger, Independence, Kitty Hawk, 1,047 (o.a.), Constellation, 1,047 i (o.a.) feet. Beam: 252 (ex¬ treme width of flight deck), 129! (waterline beam) feet. Draught: 37 (max.) feet. 8 —5 inch, 54 cal. dual purpose “ Regulus ” in Forrestal and Saratoga. 2 twin “ Terrier ” launchers in Kitty Hawk and Constellation 90 to over 100, according to size and type. Co.gars, Cutlasses, Demons, Furys and Skywarriors in Ranger 4 steam 4 General Electric turbines and gears (Ranger, Saratoga), Westinghouse (Forrestal). 4 shafts. S.H.P.: 260,000 = 33 kts. (Saratoga 35 kts.). 2 propellers are four-bladed and 2 five- bladed 8 Babcock & Wilcox ( Forrestal, Independence, Ranger), 8 by N.Y. Naval Shipyard (Saratoga) War: 4,142 (443 officers, 3,699 men) Peace: 3,412 officers and men with an air group on board. 2,662 without an air group on board INDEPENDENCE (port bow aerial view) 1959, United States Navy, Official 1958, courtesy Ian S. Pearsall, Esq. SARATOGA (port quarter view) Photograph Notes Very large starboard broadside view of Forrestal, large port aerial near broadside view of Forrestal, port broadside view of Saratoga, port bow aerial view of Saratoga with all elevators down and her mainmast lowered, and bow aerial view of Ranger showing catapults and angled deck, in the 1957-58 edition. Port bow earial view of Ranger on previous page. Bow view of Ranger showing island superstructure sponson on page 476 (Addenda) of the 1959-60 edition. Engineering Notes Kitty Hawk has four 5-bladed propellers. Saratoga has machinery arrangements to produce somewhat higher speeds. It is officially stated that Independence, Kitty Hawk and Con¬ stellation have substantially the same characteristics, but with somewhat more powerful propelling machinery. Appearance Notes Mast configurations differ. Two masts in Forrestal, one in others. No. Name Builders Laid down Launched Completed CVA 59 CVA 60 CVA 61 CVA 62 CVA 63 CVA 64 Forrestal Saratoga Ranger Independence Kitty Hawk Constellation Newport News S.B. Co. New York Naval Shipyard Newport News S.B. Co. New York Naval Shipyard New York S.B. Corp., N.J. New Y k Naval Shipyard 14 July 1952 16 Dec. 1952 2 Aug. 1954 1 July 1955 27 Dec. 1956 14 Sep. 1957 II Dec. 8 Oct. 29 Sep. 6 June 21 May 8 Oct. 1954 1955 1956 1958 I960 I960 lOct. 1955 14 Apr. 1956 10 Aug. 1957 3 Apr. 1959 14 Nov. I960 1961 INDEPENDENCE (starboard broadside aerial view) 1959, United States Navy, Official 4 . Notes to Drawing Starboard elevation and plan of U.S.S. Forrestal. Scale l 128 feet= 1 inch. 3 “ Midway ” Class CORAL SEA FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT (ex-Coro/Se^) MIDWAY Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Guided Missiles: Aircraft: Catapults: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: General Notes The originally designed displacement of these ships was 45,000 tons. They are the most extensively welded ships in the U.S. Navy, and cost $90,000,000 each. On 6 Sep. 1947 the first carrier-borne guided missile was launched from the flight deck of the Midway. On 7 Mar. 1949 a Lock¬ heed P2V (Neptune) long-range bomber able to handle atomic bombs took off with rocket assistance from the Coral Sea with a load of 37 tons on a 2,000 mile flight. 51,000 tons standard (Midway 62,000 tons full load, Franklin D. Roosevelt 62,674 tons full load, Coral Sea 63,400 tons after conversion) Length: 974 (o.a.) feet. Beam (hull): 113 feet (Coral Sea 121 (w.l.) feet). Width: 210 (max.) feet (Coral Sea 220 (o.a.) with angled deck). Draught: 32^ feet. 10—5 inch, 54 cal.; 22—3 inch, 50 cal. (3 inch removed from Coral Sea). “ Regulus ” in Franklin D. Roosevelt 137 (including large bombers of latest type) 3 steam Geared turbines. 4 shafts. S.H.P.: 212,000 = 33 kts. 12 Babcock & Wilcox 3,354 officers and men with an air group on board 2,604 without an air group on board Wartime complements are about 20 per cent larger FRANKLIN D. ROOS EV E LT (port bow aerial view) 1958, U.S. Navy, Official •x \j: £ ^ ^ y. Aircraft Carriers ( continued )—U.S.A. 311 Attack Aircraft Carriers —continued Class —continued MIDWAY (operational) after con version with enclosed bow and angled deck 1959, United States Navy, Official Gunnery Notes Midway and Franklin D. Roosevelt originally had eighteen 5 inch. They subsequently mounted fourteen 5 inch, 54 cal. d.p. and now have only ten, four on the port side and six on the starboard side. They now have twin-3-inch moun¬ tings in place of the former quadruple 40 mm. mountings. Armour Notes Officially stated that these ships are protected by heavy armour, intricate water-tight compartments and an improved system of damage control. Armoured flight deck is 932X 113 feet, covered with non-skid surface material; it was strengthened in all 3 ships during 1947-48, to enable heavier aircraft to be handled. Flight Deck Notes The angled deck arrangement installed in the “ Midway ” class aircraft carriers requires only half the arresting gear for normal operations and eliminates crash barriers, releasing considerable topside weight and gallery deck space. Elevator Notes The triangular section on the forward end of the forward elevators of these ships (and some modernised “ Essex ” class) increases the length of the elevators 12 feet along the centreline. The additional length permits easier handling of larger aircraft. Following modernisation the Midway and Roosevelt each have two deckedge and one centreline elevator. The Coral Sea has three aluminium deck-edge elevators. Disposition Notes Coral Sea and Midway, Pacific Fleet; Franklin D. Roosevelt, Atlantic Fleet. Appearance Notes Franklin D. Roosevelt has truncated conical stanchion and pole mast. Midway has lattice mast. Coral Sea differs in her gun layout from other two. See Gunnery Notes on previous page. Modernisation and Conversion Notes Franklin D. Roosevelt was modernised at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard under the 1954 conversion programme. Now has angled deck, enclosed bow, 3 higher capacity catapults (steam), increased aviation fuel capacity, and broader hull. Remodelling enables her to handle faster and heavier jet aircraft. Conversion completed 6 Apr. 1956 and cost $48,000,000, 53 per cent of ship’s original cost. Modernisation and conversion of Midway, including installa¬ tion of the angled deck, as authorised in the 1954 Fiscal appro¬ priations commenced in Autumn 1955 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and was completed on 30 Sep. 1957 when she was recommissioned for duty with the Pacific Fleet. Modernisation and conversion of Coral Sea was authorised in the Fiscal 1957 appropriations. Conversion at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard commenced in Apr. 1957. The for¬ ward centreline elevator has been replaced by a deck-edge elevator on the starboard side forward, while the port side elevator originally installed has been moved aft. Arresting gear and barricades have been relocated, and extensive changes made in the hangar bay area. The beam at the waterline has been increased by approximately 8 feet. This ship was designed during the Second Wolrd War on the basis of experience with the “ Essex ” class, but was com¬ pleted too late to see service. This is the first major con¬ version she has had, and consists of a completed modernisa¬ tion, including angled deck, hurricane bow and replacement of two hydraulic catapults by three steam catapults. She was recommissioned on 25 Jan. I960. Notes to Drawing Port elevation and plan. Drawn in 1957. Scale: 128 feet= I inch. This represents Franklin D. Roosevelt See Modernisation and Conversion Notes, and Appearance Notes. CORAL SEA (after conversion) I960, U.S.N. Official 312 U.S.A.—Aircraft Carriers (continued) Attack Aircraft Carriers —continued 3 “Midway” Class —continued Photograph Notes Starboard bow aerial view and port quarter aerial view of Franklin D. Roosevelt after conversion with angle deck and enclosed bow, port bow view of Midway before conversion, and port near broadside view of Coral Sea before conversion, in the 1957-58 edition. Starboard quarter aerial view of Midway in the 1958-59 and 1959-60 editions, starboard quarter surface view of Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1959-60 edition, and counter view of Franklin D. Roosevelt, showing flight deck transom and sponsons, on page 476 (Addenda) of the 1959-60 edition. Classification Notes All originally designated as CVB's but were reclassified as Attack Aircraft Carriers, CVA, in Oct 1952 Class Notes Three more ships of this class projected (CVB 44, S6, 57) were cancelled in 1945. No. Name Builders CVA 43 CVA 42 CVA 41 Coral Sea Franklin D. Roosevelt Midway Machinery Newport News Co. New York Navy Yard Newport News Co. Laid down Westinghouse General Electric Westinghouse 10 July I Dec. 27 Oct. 1944 1943 1943 2 Apr. 29 Apr. 20 Mar. Com pi ed 1946 1945 1945 I Oct. 1947 27 Oct. 1945 II Sep. 1945 BON HOMME RICHARD (port bow view at hangar deck level). Refuelling two destroyers. 1958, U.S. Navy, Official L EX INGTON (showing hurricane bow, forward aircraft park, and angled deck) 1959, U.S. Navy, Official 7 “Oriskany” Type (Improved “Essex” Class) BON HOMME RICHARD ORISKANY HANCOCK ( ex-Ticonderoga) SHANGRI-LA INTREPID TICONDERGOA LEXINGTON ( ex-Cabot ) ( ex-Hancock) Displacement: 33,100 tons standard (40,800 to 42,600 tons full load). (Displacement of 27c conversions: 41,434 tons full load). Dimensions Length: 786 (pp.), 840 (w./.), 898f (o.a.) feet. Oriskany 904 feet (o.a.). Bon Homme Richard, Lexington, Shangri-La 889 (o.a.) feet. Flight deck: 876 feet. Hangar: 720 feet. Beam: 101 to 103 feet (hull), 129 feet (over sponsons). Width: Hangar 93 feet (max.); Ship 192 feet (extreme). Draught: 31 (max.) feet. Dimensions of 27c conversions: Length: 880 feet. Width: 192 feet (extreme) Guns: 8—5 inch, 38 cal.; 28—3 inch, 50 cal. in twin mounts Guided Missiles: “ Regulus ” in Bon Homme Richard, Hancock, Lexington and Shangri-La Aircraft: 85 to 100 Catapults: 2 steam (Bon Homme Richard, Hancock, Intrepid, Lexington, Shangri- La, Ticonderoga) Armour: 3" sides, 3" decks Machinery: Geared curbines. 4 shafts S.H.P.: 150,000=33 kts. Boilers: 8 Babcock & Wilcox Complement: 2,260 officers and men with an air group on board 1,510 without an air group on board. Wartime complements are about 20 per cent larger General Notes Oriskany was the first of a new type to which modified *' Essex” class carriers subsequently conformed; her con¬ struction was delayed with a view to recasting of plans and she was completed to l modified design with a smaller island, heavier decks and handling gear to operate bigger aircraft, larger lifts, more powerful catapults, a stronger runway and increased stowage for petrol as compared with “ Essex ” class. Bulges offset the extra weight thus added. For builders and construction dates of above modernised ships of the * 4 Essex ” class see next page. Hancock completed catapult conversion Jan. 1954; first to have new steam catapults and starboard deck-edge elevator; first of 27c conversions, has one-foot wider blister than 27a conversions. Recent catapult conversions completed as follows:— Intrepid Apr. 1954, Ticonderoga Apr. 1954. Angled deck and enclosed bow con¬ version completed in Bennington I Apr 1955, Essex 9 Mar. 1956, Hornet 15 Aug. 1956, Kearsarge3l Jan. 1957, Oriskany 3 1 Mar. 1959, Randolph 12 Feb. 1956, Wasp I Dec. 1955, and Yorktown 14 Oct. 1955. Angled deck, steam catapult and enclosed bow conversion completed in Shangri-La I Feb. 1955, Lexington I Sep. 1955, Bon Homme Richard I Nov. 1955, Han¬ cock 15 Nov. 1956, Ticonderoga I Apr. 1957, Intrepid 2 May 1957. Several, including Hancock and Randolph, fitted to launch 14 Regulus ” guided missiles. Shangri-La has mirror sight landing aid system. Kearsarge is equipped with all aluminium surface to flight deck and aluminium elevators; she is the first aircraft carrier so fitted. New Conversion Notes Oriskany has undergone very extensive conversion and modernisation amounting to reconstruction at San Francisco including the following improvements: Angled deck; Hurri¬ cane (enclosed) bow; Arresting gear able to handle larger and heavier aircraft; Two high capacity steam catapults; Increased aircraft elevator capacity and size; Modern special weapon spaces; Air-to-air missile stowage and facilities; Increased aviation fuel stowage for jet fuel. Flight deck of increased strength to permit landing A3D type aircraft. One third of the deck is of aluminium planking. She is the last of the Second World War built aircraft carriers to receive the angled deck, hurricane bow, and steam catapults. She recommissioned on 7 Mar. 1959. Aircraft Carriers (continued) —U.S.A. 313 Aircraft Carriers —continued YORKTOWN (port quarter oblique aerial view) 1959, United States Navy, Officicl Support Aircraft Carriers (CVS) Amphibious Assault Ships (LPH) Auxiliary Aircraft Transports (AVT) 17 “ Essex” Class ANTIETAM BENNINGTON BOXER BUNKER HILL ESSEX FRANKLIN LEYTE ( ex-Crown Point) PHILIPPINE SEA (ex-Wright) PRINCETON RANDOLPH TARAWA VALLEY FORGE HORNET (ex-Kearsarge) WASP (ex-Oriskany) KEARSARGE YORKTOWN ( ex-Bon Homme LAKE CHAMPLAIN Richard) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns Guided Missiles: Aircraft: Armour: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: 27,100 tons designed, 30,800 standard (38,500 tons full load) Length: 786 (pp.), 840 (w./.). 888 ; ( o.a.) feet. Franklin is 878 (o.a.) feet: Bunker Hill, 879 (o.a.) feet, Benning¬ ton, Tarawa and Valley Forge, 889 (o.a.) feet, Hornet, Lake Champlain and Wasp, 899 (o.a.) feet. Flight deck: 876 feet. Hangar: 720 feet Beam: 93 feet, Hornet, Lake Cham¬ plain, Wasp 101 feet (hull). 113 feet (over sponsons). Width: Hangar 93 feet (max.), Ship 136 feet (extreme). Wasp 154 feet, Antietam 154 feet (including angled deck). Draught: 30§ (max.) feet 12—5 inch, 38 cal , 44 to 72—40 mm. AA., 52—20 mm. (quadruple mounts). Some active ships have 3-inch guns in place of 40 mm. mounts., 36 to 52—20 mm. (twin mounts (see Gunnery Notes) “ Regulus ” in Bennington, Lake Champlain and Randolph 95 to 100 (107 have been carried by close stowage), 50 in CVS 32 36, 45, 47 (see notes). Boxer and Princeton carry 30 to 40 HR2S helicopters 3"—2" side amidships, 3" hangar deck, \±" flight deck, l£" upper deck Westinghouse geared turbines. 4 shafts. S.H.P.: 150,000 = 33 kts. 8 Babcock & Wilcox 1,300 (reduced from 2,100 (ship’s company plus air group personnel) peocetime; 2.800 wartime) BENNINGTON (port bow aerial view showing canted deck and hurricane bow) 1959, U.S. Navy, Official General Notes First of class ordered 1940. Essex was built in 20 months, Yorktown in I7£ months. Later ships of this class of improved design, with stronger flight decks, and were more thoroughly sub-divided. Princeton launched the new guided missile " Regulus ” at sea. The weapon can be installed on a variety of naval ships at low cost and used multi-operationally. 14 units of this class have been or are being modernised on similar lines to Oriskany, completed in modernised state (see preced¬ ing page). CVSs are undergoing conversion for anti-submarine warfare. Conversion of Leyte was completed with aircraft complement reduced to 50 and operating crew to 1,300 (half previous recent complement). Antietam replaced Saipan as training ship. As Amphibious Assault Ships Boxer (Atlantic Fleet) and Princeton (Pacific Fleet) carry 30 HR2S helicopters and a Marine detachment of 10 officers and 323 men, and have accommodation for 1,650 troops, but no structural alterations were made. Engineering Notes In Nov., 1945, Lake Champlain made Atlantic crossing from Gibraltar to Newport News in 4 days, 8 hours, 51 minutes, an average speed of 32 048 kts. Philippine Sea made Pacific cros¬ sing from Yokohama to San Francisco in 7 days, 13 hours, an average speed of 25 -2 kts. No.' Name Builders Laid down Launched Completed CVS 9 Essex | f 28 Apr. 1941 31 July 1942 31 Dec. 1942 CVS 10 Yorktown 1 Dec. 1941 21 Jan. 1943 15 May 1944 CVA 1 1 Intrepid | 1 Dec. 1941 26 Apr. 1943 16 Aug. 1943 CVS 12 Hornet ► Newport News S.B. & 3 Aug. 1942 29 Aug. 1943 29 Nov- 1943 AVT 8 (ex-CVS 13) Franklin D.D. Co. 1 7 Dec. 1942 14 Oct. 1943 31 Jan. 1944 CVA 15 Ticonderoga | 1 Feb. 1943 7 Feb. 1944 10 Oct. 1944 CVS 15 Randolph 1 [ 10 May 1943 28 June 1944 9 Oct. 1944 CVA 16 Lexington 1 f15 July 1941 26 Sep. 1942 17 Mar. 1943 AVT 9 (ex-CVS 17) Bunker Hill Bethlehem Steel Co., J 1 15 Sep. 1941 7 Dec. 1942 24 May 1943 CVS 18 Wasp | Quincy ] I 18 Mar. 1942 17 Aug. 1943 24 Nov. 1943 CVA 19 Hancock 1 1 26 Jan. 1943 24 Jan. 1944 15 Apr. 1944 CVS 20 Bennington New York Navy Yard 15 Dec. 1942 26 Feb. 1944 6 Aug. 1944 LPH 4 (ex-CVS 21 ) Boxer Newport News Co. 13 Sep. 1943 14 Dec. 1944 16 Apr. 1945 CVA 31 B. H. Richard New York Navy Yard 1 Feb. 1943 29 Apr. 1944 26 Nov. 1944 AVT 10 (ex-CVS 32) Leyte Newport News Co. 21 Feb. 1944 23 Aug. 1945 1 1 Apr. 1946 CVS 33 Kearsarge New York Navy Yard 1 Mar. 1944 5 May 1945 2 Mar. 1946 CVA 34 Oriskany do. 1 May 1944 13 Oct. 1945 25 Sep. 1950 CVS 36 Antietam Philadelphia Navy Yard 15 Mar. 1943 20 Aug. 1944 28 Jan. 1945 LPH 5 (ex-CVS 37) Princeton do. 14 Sep. 1943 8 July 1945 18 Nov. 1945 CVA 38 Shangri-La Norfolk Navy Yard 15 Jan. 1943 24 Feb. 1944 15 Sep. 1944 CVS 39 Lake Champlain do. 15 Mar. 1943 2 Nov. 1944 3 June 1945 CVS 40 Tarawa do. 1 Mar. 1944 12 May 1945 8 Dec. 1945 CVS 45 Valley Forge Philadelphia Navy Yard 7 Sep. 1944 18 Nov. 1945 3 Nov. 1946 AVT II (ex-CVS 47) Philippine Sea Bethlehem Co., Quincy 19 Aug. 1944 5 Sep. 1945 11 May 1946 ' djifosilkM8 |jf| ©sllli ■HI PHILIPPINE SEA modified with united mast and funnel and twin clinker screen. Six helicopters flying in formation above the carrier. 1957, L/.S. No/y Official 17 41 Essex ” Class —continued Gunnery Notes The number of 5-inch varies considerably. Randolph has only 7—5 inch. Yorktown appears to have no 5 inch guns on the starboard side aft. Antietam has a much reduced armament. The 3 inch stern sponsons and guns and some broadside 3 inch mountings and sponsons have been removed from Bennington and other ships. It is reported that such 3-inch guns will be removed from all the carriers before long to furthe r reduce topside weight. Recent Conversion Notes Boxer and Princeton are due for “ FRAM ” conversion in the Fiscal Years 1962 and 1961, respectively. Wasp has been converted to angled deck (first modernised carrier to get CVS status— Antietam has an earlier version of the angled deck, the first experimental angled deck installa¬ tion) and Hornet and Yorktown have been converted to angled deck. The island superstructure of the Philippine Sea has been modified, funnel and mast having been united, with twin clinker screen on the funnel. Princeton and Leyte have been similarly modified and other CVS will also be so fitted. Tarawa has not yet been altered. Boxer, Leyte (decommissioned May 1959), Philippine Sea (decommissioned 1959), Princeton, Tarawa and Valley Forge (decommissioned in I960)—also Antietam (decommissioned in I960 and replaced as training carrier by Shangri-La ), apart from her angled deck—have undergone no major conversions. Reclassification Notes AM above ships originally designated CV, were redesignated CVA (Attack Aircraft Carriers) in Oct. 1952, but Antietam, Bunker Hill, Franklin and Leyte were again redesignated from CVA to CVS (ASW Support Aircraft Carriers) in July 1953; Princeton and Valley Forge Jan. 1954; Tarawa 10 Jan. 1955; PhilippineSea 15 Nov. 1955 ; Boxer I Feb. 1956. Lake Champlain was reclassified as CVS on I Aug. 1957. Wasp was reclassified as CVS on I Nov. 1956. Yorktown was reclassified as CVS on I Sep. 1557. Horne was reclassified as CVS on 27 June 1958. Kearsarge and Randolph were reclassified as CVS on I Oct. 1958 and 31 Mar. 1959, respec¬ tively. Boxer and Princeton were reclassified as LPH on 30 Jan. 1959 and 2 Mar. 1959, respectively. Bunker Hill, Franklin, Leyte and Philippine Sea were reclassified as AVT on 15 May 1959. Bennington was reclassified as CVS on 30 June 1959. Essex was reclassified as CVS on 8 Mar. I960. Marine Complement Notes In addition to her crew of 1,000, Princeton carries a Marine Battalion Landing Team of 1,200 to 1,500 officers and men, plus crews for 40 helicopters. ESSEX (port bow oblique aerial view, showing aircraft park and angled deck) Appearance Notes Photograph Notes Later ships of this class have bow and stern of modified form. Port broadside aerial view of Randolph after conversion FI ight deck of Antietam angles 8 degrees, 9 minutes to pert with and port bow aerial view of Bon Homme Richard showing arresting gear oriented to the centre line of her angled deck. enclosed bow and angle deck, in the 1957-58 edition. Port If this modification is permanently adopted and applied to quarter overhead aerial near-plan view of Randolph showing other ships a future change may be the transfer of the elevator angled deck and aircraft, and port bow oblique aerial view to the starboard side. The angled deck will be incorporated of Kearsarge in the 1958-59 and 1959-60 editions. Large into the design of all new aircraft carriers. starboard broadside view of Randolph firing a Regulus guided missile, port bow oblique aerial view of Valley Forge Sponson Notes and starboard bow surface view of Tarawa in the 1957-58 The stern of the Bennington and other carriers is smoothed to 1959-60 editions. Port bow overhead aerial view of off and streamlined after removal of the 3-inch gun housings Ant/etom and starboard broadside surface view of Wasp in and overhanging sponsons. the 1953-54 to 1959-60 editions. Of) -X- Notes to Drawing Starboard elevation and plan. Represents improved “ Essex ” class before conversion to hurricane bow and l^r canted deck. Scale; I28feet=l inch. **-STARgOAR£> SIDE SHOWN- Aircraft Carriers (continued )— U.S.A. 315 Aircraft Carriers —continued WRIGHT 1957, United States Navy, Official Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed: CVL 48) New York Shipbuilding Corporation, New Jersey 10 July 1944 8 July 1945 14 July 1946 CVL 49) New York Shipbuilding Corporation, New Jersey 21 Aug. 1944 I Sep. 1945 9 Feb. 1947 fflplr o~~Q-- yWtVa/$terHii Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Aircraft: Machinery: Boilers: Fuel: Complement: 14,500 tons standard (20,060 tons full load) Length: 683? (o.o.) feet. Beam: 76f feet (hull). Width: 115 (extreme) feet. Draught: 28 (max.) feet 40—40 mm. AA., 32—20 mm. AA. Over 50 General Electric geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 120,000 = 33 kts. 8 Babcock & Wilcox 2,400 tons 1,821 (243 officers and 1,578 men) in wartime. Only 775 of 1,007 enlisted men retained in Saipan as training carrier General Notes Modifications of the “Baltimore” class heavy cruiser design laid down and built as aircraft carriers (CVLs). The hull below the main (hangar) deck duplicates that of the Camden-built heavy cruisers Bremerton, Fall River, Macon and Toledo. Saipan was employed as an experimental ship for testing jet pro¬ pelled aircraft, as well as improvements in radar equipment. She then operated successfully a squadron of McDonnell Phantom fighters. She was the training ship for student pilots at Pensacola until replaced by the Antietam. Both are now decommissioned. Both ships had four funnels but have had fore funnel removed (see two photos of Saipan and another photo of Wright in the 1957-58 edition.) Notes to Drawing Both Saipan and Wright now have only three funnels as shown in port elevation and plan drawn in 1957. Scale: 128 feet= I inch. Reclassification Notes Both ships were reclassified from aircraft carriers (CVL) to aircraft transports (AVT) on 15 May 1959. CABOT Added 1957, United States Navy, Official Rated as Auxiliary Aircraft Transports (AVT) Former Aircraft Carriers (CVL) 3 “Cabot” Class CABOT (ex-Wilmington) SAN JACINTO (ex- MONTEREY (ex-Dayton) Reprisal, ex-Newark) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Aircraft: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: 11,000 tons standard (15,800 tons full load) Length: 600 (w./.), 623 (o.o.) feet. Beam: 71 * feet (hull). Width: 109 (extreme) feet. Draught: 20 (mean) 26 (max.) feet 16—40 mm. AA., 40—20 mm. A A. 40 (Cobot 26, see notes) General Electric geared turbines 4 shafts. S.H.P.: 100,000=32 kts. 8 Babcock & Wilcox 1,109 (159 officers and 950 men) to 1,183 (peace), 1,400 (war) General Notes These vessels were all laid down as light cruisers of the “Cleveland “ class, described on a later page, but were ordered to be completed as aircraft carriers. Princeton (C V L 23 ex-Tallahasses), lost in action. Cabot was converted to ASW, i.e. modified to enable her to specialise in anti-submarine warfare, and classed as a “ Hunter-Killer Carrier ” with strengthened flight and hangar decks, large port side cata¬ pult, revised magazine arrangements, new electronic gear, corrected stability to counter added top weight, and a maximum of 26 aircraft. She was practically modernised to a new type. All three ships are now decommissioned. Transfer Notes Langley was transferred to the French Navy in 1951 under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program. The Belleau Wood of this class was transferred to France in Sep. 1953 having been loaned for five years, subsequently extended for five more, but she was returned by France in Sep. I960. Gunnery Notes Were originally designed to include 4—5 inch in armament. Funnel Notes Since conversion Cabot has had only two of her original four funnels. Monterey also now has only two funnels. Reclassification Notes All these ships were reclassified from small aircraft carriers (CVL) to aircraft transports (AVT) on 15 May 1959. Drawing Notes A port elevation and plan drawn at a scale of 128 feet = I inch appears in the 1959-60 and earlier editions. Photograph Notes Port bow aerial photo of Monterey in the 1957-58 edition. Recent Disposals Bataan, AVT 4, was stricken on I Sep. 1959 and Cowpens, AVT I, on I Nov. 1959. Independence CVL 22, was expended in atom bomb and radiological experiments from 1946 to 30 Jan. 1951. No. Name Builders Laid down Launched Completed AVT 2 (ex-CVL 26) AVT 3 (ex-CVL 28) AVT 5 (ex-CVL 30 Monterey Cabot San Jacinto } f 29 Dec. 1941 New York S.B. Corpn. < 16 Aug. 1942 [26 Oct. 1942 28 Feb. 1943 4 Apr. 1943 26 Sep. 1943 17 June 1943 24 July 1943 15 Dec. 1943 316 U.S.A.—Aircraft Carriers (continued) Aircraft Carriers —continued BADOENG STRAIT Added 1957, United States Navy, Official Rated as Aircraft Ferrys (AKV) Former Escort Carriers (CVE, CVHE) 13 “ Commencement Bay ” Class BADOENG STRAIT {ex-San Alberto Bay) CAPE GLOUCESTER ( ex-Willapa Bay) COMMENCEMENT BAY {ex-St.Joseph's Bay GILBERT ISLANDS (ex-St. Andrew's Bay) KULA GULF {ex-Vermilion Bay) POINT CRUZ {ex-Trocadero Bay) RABAUL RENDOVA (ex-Mosser Bay) SAIDOR {ex-Saltery Bay) SALERNO BAY {ex-Winjah Bay) SIBONEY {ex-Frosty Bay) SICILY (ex-Sandy Bay) TINIAN Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Aircraft: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: General Notes All built by Todd Pacific Shipyards, Tacoma. Design model¬ led on that of “ Suwanee ” class mercantile hull conversions, see 1958-59 and earlier editions. With the decommissioning of Siboney and Badoeng Strait in 1956-57 all of this class are out of commission, in reserve. Class Notes Sixteen more ships of this class, Bastogne, Eniwetok, Lingayen, Okinawa, and CV E 128-139, were cancelled in Aug. 1945. Gunnery Notes After starboard 5 inch gun was removed from former active units. No. I Bofors 40 mm. mounting removed. 12 Oerlikon 20 mm. twin mounts now instead of former total of 30. Four rocket launchers now located amidships, two on each side. Reclassification Notes Seven Escort Aircraft Carriers (CVE) of this class were reclassified as Escort Helicopter Aircraft Carriers (CVH E) on 12 June 1955. Block Island was reclassified as LPH on 22 Dec. 1957. Her conversion to Helicopter Amphibious Assault Ship under the Fiscal Year 1957 Shipbuilding and Conversion Pro¬ gram was being undertaken at Philadelphia Navy Shipyard and her officially estimated completion date was 30 July I960, but in 1958 her conversion was cancelled as a measure of economy and she was reclassified as an AKV on 7 May 1959 when all the remaining 18 ships of the class were also re¬ classified as AKVs. 11,373 tons standard (24,275 tons full load) Length: 557 (o.a.) feet Beam: 75 feet {hull). Width: 105 feet (extreme). Draught: 30$ (max.) feet I—5 inch, 38 cal., 24—40 mm. AA., 24—20 mm. AA., 4 rocket launchers 34 Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S H.P.: 16,000 = 19 kts. 2 924 (peace). Over 1,000(war) SIBONEY MINDORO Added 1956, Skyfotos Recent Disposals Block Island, AKV 38 (ex-LPH I, ex-CVE 106) was stricken No on I July 1959, Mindoro, AKV 20 (ex-CVE 120) on I Dec. 1959, and Bairoko, AKV 15 (ex-CVE 115), Palau, AKV 22 AKV 37 (ex-CVHE 105) (ex-CVE 122), Puget Sound, AKV 13 (ex-CVHE 113) and AKV 39 (ex-CVE 107) Vella Gulf, AKV I I (ex-CVHE I 11) in I960. AKV 8 (ex-CVE 108) AKV 9 (ex-CVHE 109) The old Enterprise, CVS 6, was scrapped in 1958 (see very AKV 10 (ex-CVE I 10) full Disposal Notes and complete particulars, with photo- AKV 12 (ex-CVE 112) graphs and plan elevation drawing, in the 1957-58 and earlier AKV 14 (ex-CVE I 14) editions). The Enterprise Association, which had until 30 AKV 16 (ex-CVE 116) Mar. 1958, gave up the campaign to save the Enterprise from AKV 17 (ex-CVHE 117) scrap and preserve her as a memorial, owing to lack of funds. AKV 18 (ex-CVE 118) She was sold for breaking up to Lipsett, Inc., Kearny, N.J. AKV 19 (ex-CVE 119) on 2 July 1958 for $561,133, and towed to the scrap ya»-d on AKV 21 (ex-CVHE 121) 21 Aug. 1958. AKV 23 (ex-CVHE 123 Name Laid down Launched Completed Commencement Bay 23 Sep. 1943 9 May 1944 27 Nov. 1944 Gilbert Islands 29 Nov. 1943 20 July 1944 5 Feb. 1945 Kula Gulf 16 Dec. 1943 15 Aug. 1944 12 May 1945 Cape Gloucester 10 Jan. 1944 12 Sep. 1944 5 Mar. 1945 Salerno Bay 7 Feb. 1944 26 Sep. 1944 19 May 1945 Siboney 1 Apr. 1944 9 Nov. 1944 14 May 1945 Rendova 15 June 1944 28 Dec. 1944 22 Oct. 1945 Badoeng Strait 18 Aug. 1944 15 Feb. 1945 14 Nov. 1945 Saidor 29 Sep. 1944 17 Mar. 1945 4 Sep. 1945 Sicily 23 Oct. 1944 14 Apr. 1945 27 Feb. 1946 Point Cruz 4 Dec. 1944 18 May 1945 16 Oct. 1946 Rabaul 29 Jan. 1945 14 July 1945 30 Aug. 1946 Tinian 20 Mar. 1945 5 Sep. 1945 30 July 1946 Aircraft Carriers ( continued )—U.S.A. 317 Aircraft Carriers —continued THETIS BAY (showing new LPH number) 1959 . Hajime Fukaya Rated as Utility Carriers (CVU) and Amphibious Assault Ship (LPH) Former Escort Aircraft Carriers (CVE, CVHA) 4 “ Anzio ” Class CAPE ESPERANCE (ex-Tananek Bay) THETIS BAY TRIPOLI ( ex-Didrickson Bay) WINDHAM BAY Displacement: 7,800 tons standard (10,400 tons full load) Dimensions: Length: 487 (pp.), 498 (w./.). 512 (o.a.) feet. Beam: 65 feet (hull). Width: 108 feet (extreme). Draught: I9f (max.) feet Guns: 1—5 inch, 38 cal., 24 —20 mm. AA. (Later ships have 8—40 mm. AA., 24—20 mm. AA.) Aircraft: 30 (20 to 40 helicopters in Thetis Bay) Machinery: Skinner Unaflow (reciprocating) engines. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 11,200 = 19-5 kts. Boilers: 2 Complement: 643 (peace). Over 800 (war). Thetis Bay (complement of 40 officers and 500 men plus accommodation for 1,600 troops) carries 390 troops (capacity over 1,000 marines) General Notes Designed from the start as aircraft carriers, all these ships were built by the Henry J. Kaiser Co., Inc., at Vancouver, Wash., or by the Oregon S. B. Corpn. at Portland, Oregon. They are of an mproved design, differing from the converted ships of the “i Bogue ” class, which were found difficult to land upon in light airs. Conversion Notes The Fiscal 1955 program authorised the conversion of one CVE to an Assault Helicopter Transport for use by the Marine Corps in amphibious landings. Accordingly CVE 90 Thetis Bay, entered San Francisco Naval Shipyard in June 1955 for conversion and was commissioned on 20 July 1956. Redesignated CVHA I on 25 Feb. 1955. She will not only provide coverage for helicopters but will also take care of the assault troops. She carries at least 15 helicopters. Conver¬ sion included elimination of catapults and arrester gear, enlarging and resiting of elevators and accommodation for marine troops. The conversion of anocher CVE to CVHA, requested in the Fiscal 1957 appropriations, was subseuqently cancelled. Seaplane Notes One escort carrier was to have been converted into a sea¬ plane carrier (tender) in the Fiscal Year 1958 appropriations, but although requested by the Navy, Congress did not pro¬ vide funds for such a conversion. Reclassification Notes Of the 34 former Escort Aircraft Carriers (CV E) of the “Anzio” Class, 10 were reclassified as Escort Helicopter Aircraft Carriers (CVHE) and 23 were reclassified as Utility Aircraft Carriers (CVU) on 12 June 1955. The remaining vessel had been reclassified as an Assault Helicopter Aircraft Carrier previously (see Conversion Notes). Thirteen surviving ships of the class were reclassified as AKV on 7 May 1959. The Thetis Bay was reclassified as LPH 6 on 28 May 1959. The remaining 17 ships were stricken from the list, see Recent Disposals. Photograph Notes Large starboard broadside view of Thetis Bay after conver¬ sion, starboard bow aeriel view, and port bow overhead serial view, in the 1957-58 edition. Large starboard broadside surface view of Corrgidor in the 1957-58 to 1959-60 editions, and starboard quarter oblique a erial view of Corrgidor in the 1956-57 to 1959-60 editions. Second World War losses: >Bismarck Sea (CV E95), Gambier Bay <73), Liscombe Bay (56), Ommaney Bay (79), St. Lo (63). Sold or scrapped since : Admiralty Islands, Attu, Casablanca, Kalinin Bay, Kitkun Bay, Makin Island, Roi, Salamaua, Solomons, Tulagi, Wake Island . THETIS BAY (starboard quarter showing open lift aft) 1957, U.S. Navy, Official 1953, Skyfotos TRIPOLI (port quarter aerial view) Disposition Notes * Cape Esperance, Tripoli and Windham Bay were assigned to Military Sea Transportation Service, and served as Aircraft Ferry Ships. All are now out of commission, in reserve, except Thetis Bay, LPH 6. Sitkoh Bay decommissioned and laid up in the Reserve Fleet in Sep. 1954. Tripoli and Windham Bay may be stricken from the " List of Naval Vessels ” in the near future. Recent Disposals Seventeen sister ships of this class were scrapped or stricken from the Navy List in 1959, namely: Anzio, Corregidor, Fanshaw Bay, Guadacanal, Kasaan Bay, Makassar Strait, Manila Bay, Mission Bay, Munda, Natoma Bay, Petrof Bay, Saginaw Bay, Sargent Bay, Shamrock Bay, Shipley Bay, Steamer Bay and White Plains. (Makassar Strait was to have been sunk as a target off Pt. Mugu in Feb. 1959, but this is postponed until 1961.). Thirteen more were stricken:— Hoggatt Bay, AKV 25 (ex-CVHE 75) on I Sep. 1959, Kadashan Bay, AKV 26 (ex- CVU 76) on I Aug. 1959, Lunga Point AKV 32 (ex-CVU 94) in I960, Marcus Island, AKV 27 (ex-CVHE 77) on I Sep. 1959 Savo Island, AKV 28 (ex-CVHE 78) on I Sep. 1959, Nehenta Bay, AKV 24 (ex-CVU 74) on I Aug. 1959, Rudyerd Bay, AKV 29 (ex-CVU 81) on I Aug. 1959, and Takanis Bay, AKV 31 (ex-CVU 89) on I Aug. 1959. Sitkoh Bay, AKV 30 (ex-CVU 86). Hollandia, AKV 33 (ex-CVU 97), Kwajalein, AKV 34 (ex-CVU 98), Bougainville, AKV 35 (ex-CVU 100), and Matanikau, AKV 36 (ex-CVHE 101) were stricken at the end of I960. No. Name Laid down Launched Completed T-CVU 64* T-CVU 88* LPH 6 (ex-CVHA I, ex-CVE 90) T-CVU 92* Tripoli Cape Esperance Thetis Bay Windham Bay I Feb. 1943 II Dec. 1943 22 Dec. 1943 5 Jan. 1944 2 Sep. 1943 3 Mar. 1944 16 Mar. 1944 29 Mar. 1944 31 Oct. 1943 9 Apr. 1944 21 Apr. 1944 3 May 1944 318 U.S.A.—Aircraft Carriers ( continued) Aircraft Carriers —continued Added I960, United States Navy, Official CROATAN Rated as Aircraft Ferrys (AKV) Former Escort Aircraft Carriers (CVE) 4 44 Bogue ” Class BRETON CARD CORE CROATAN Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Aircraft: 9,800 tons standard (15,700 tons full load) Length: 465 (pp.), 496 (o.a.) feet. Beam: 69± feet (hull). Width: 112 feet (extreme). Draught: 26 (max.) feet I or 2—5 inch, 51 cal., 16—40 mm. Bofors, 20—20 mm. Oerlikon (see Notes) 30 Machinery: Westinghouse geared turbines. S.H.P.: 8,500=18 kts. Boilers: 2 Foster-Wheeler type Complement: 800 (as CVHE), 7: (as T-CVU) General Notes All converted from mercantile hulls built by Seattle- Tacoma S.B. Corpn., and vary slightly in appearance. Flight deck is 450 feet long. All are named after sounds. These vessels are equipped with derricks for retrieving seaplanes. Reclassified from Escort Aircraft Carriers (CVE) to Escort Helicopter Aircraft Carriers (CVHE) on 12 June 1955. Altamaha, Barnes, Bogue, Copahee and Nassau were scrapped in 1959 (stricken from the list on I Mar. 1959). The remaining four ships were reclassified as CVU on No. Name allocation as MSTS aircraft ferrys on I July 1958 to replace four “ Anzio ” class carriers, but were again reclassified as AKV on 7 May 1959. They are unarmed while designated USNS with civil service crews. Photograph Notes Photographs of Altamaha and Bogue appear in the 1959-60 and earlier editions. Recent Disposals The escort helicopter aircraft carrier Prince William, CVHE 31, similar to the “ Bogue ” class, and the escort heli¬ copter aircraft carriers Chenango, CVHE 28, Santee, CVHE 29 and Suwanee, CVHE 27, of the “ Suwanee ” class, were scrapped in 1959 (stricken from the list on I Mar. 1959). Laid down Launched Completed AKV 40 (ex-CVU 11, ex-CVHE 11) Card 27 Oct. 1941 21 Feb. 1942 8 Nov. 1942 AKV 41 (ex-CVU 13, ex-CVHE 13) Core 2 Jan. 1942 15 May 1942 10 Dec. 1942 AKV 42 (ex-CVU 23, ex-CVHE 23) Breton 25 Feb. 1942 27 June 1942 12 Apr. 1943 AKV 43 (ex-CVU 25, ex-CVHE 25) Croatan 15 Apr. 1942 3 Aug. 1942 28 Apr. 1943 AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT SHIPS (LPH) 3 New Construction IWO JIMA OKINAWA LPH 7 Name: I wo Jima Okinawa No.: Builders: Laid down : Launch: Completion: LPH 2 LPH 3 LPH 7 Puget Sound Philadelphia Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Naval Shipyard Naval Shipyard 2 Apr. 1959 I Apr. I960* May 1961* 30 Sep. I960* I June 1961* June 1962* I Aug. 1961* 15 Apr. 1962* * officially estimated dates Displacement: Dimensions: Aircraft: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: General Notes To support and fully exploit the Marine Corps vertical envelopment concept for the conduct of modern amphibious operations the U.S. Navy’s 1959 shipbuilding programme includes one new construction helicopter amphibious assault ship. This carrier will transport a helicopter assault force consisting of approximately 2,000 personnel, essential combat supplies and equipment and twenty assault transport heli¬ copters. The ship will have a sustained speed of 20 knots, the most modern command facilities, the latest type of cargo and material handling equipment, and adequate space for embarked troops, vehicles and equipment, and essential combat supplies. The flight and hangar decks will provide efficient helicopter operations and maintenance. The ship will be the first of its type in the long range construction pro¬ gramme and will be ready for the fleet in 1962. She will have two deck-edge elevators. This first amphibious assault ship to be built from the keel up for helicopter us is officially estimated to cost $40,000,000. There is at present one con¬ verted helicopter assault ship operating with the fleet. An additional conversion from an escort carrier was authorised in the 1957 Program, but was not undertaken. (Block Island, LPH I, conversion plans of which were cancelled in June 1958). Iwo Jima, LPH 2, is being built under the Fiscal year 1958 program, Okinawa, LPH 3, under the Fiscal year 1959 program, and LPH 7 under the Fiscal year I960 program. 10,700 tons light, 15,000 tons standard (18,000 tons full load) Length: 592 feet, 600 feet (o.a.) Beam: 105 feet (max.), 84 feet (hull) 20 to 45 helicopters (20 HR 25, 30 HUS) Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 28,000 = 20 kts. 4 2,500 (including a 1,500-man marine battalion) Ilustration Notes An artist's conception of a navy helicopter amphibious assault carrier (LPH) that was proposed as part of the Navy’s 1957 conversion programme appears in the 1958-59 and 1957-58 editions. This carrier, Block Island, CVE 106, re¬ classified as LPH I on 22 Dec. 1957, was planned to operate with amphibious task forces and was designed for landing assault troops by helicopter, but her conversion was can¬ celled, and she was stricken on I July 1959. IWO JIMA (engineer’s sketch) 1959, U.S. Navy, Official, courtesy “ Our Navy ” OKINAWA (artist’s conception) 1959, United States Navy, Official Battleships—U.S. A. 319 BATTLESHIPS (BB) IOWA Added 1959, United States Navy, Official Appearance Notes New Jersey was the first to be fitted with a tripod mainmast stepped against her after-funnel to accommodate flag-hoists and radar. Iowa and Missouri were similarly equipped, but Wisconsin remained the only ship of the class with a pole main¬ mast. In 1956 Iowa was refitted with a duapod mainmast under-support for radar apparatus, similar to twin kingposts. Iowa, New Jersey and Wisconsin now all have the new duapod kingposts abaft the second funnel; their purpose is to support the boat cranes, since the aircraft crane on the fantail has not the capacity to handle heavy boats. Class Notes Sister ship Kentucky, BB 66, built by Norfolk Navy Yard laid down 6 Dec. 1942, then suspended for a time, was resumed in Dec. 1944, only to be arrested again in Aug. 1946, and resumed once more on 17 Aug. 1948 until she was 73 per cent complete with propelling machinery manufactured by the Westinghouse Corporation already installed. She was floated out from her building dock on 20 Jan. 1950, to be laid up in Norfolk, and retained in her then condition for eventual completion if a future emergency arose. She was towed away for scrapping in Aug. 1958. The battleship Illinois, BB 65, of this class, authorised in 1940 and ordered from Philadelphia Navy Yard in Dec. 1942, was cancelled when 22 per cent complete on 11 Aug. 1945. Notes to Drawing MISSOURI No. Name Added 1957, U.S. Navy, Official BB 61 BB 62 BB 63 BB 64 Iowa New Jersey Missouri Wisconsin Builders New York Navy Yard Philadelphia Navy Yard New York Navy Yard Philadelphia Navy Yard Machinery Laid down Launched Completed General Electric Co. 27 June 1940 27 Aug. 1942 22 Feb. 1943 Westinghouse Co. 16 Sep. 1940 7 Dec. 1942 23 May 1943 General Electric Co. 6 Jan. 1941 29 Jan. 1944 11 June 1944 Westinghouse Co. 25 Jan. 1941 7 Dec. 1943 16 Apr. 1944 Conversion Notes In Nov. 1958 it was proposed to convert a battleship into a high speed missile monitor—to be stripped of guns and re¬ designed to carry launching platforms for ballistic missiles, but there are no immediate plans for such a conversion. Photograph Notes Port broadside view of New Jersey in the 1957-58 edition. Starboard broadside view of Wisconsin and port bow aerial oblique view of Iowa in the 1958-59 edition. Lj % | L iA^ L > — ] r , , 3 h-IlI |LQ- * *—■ ■ ■ i =r i 4 “Iowa” Class IOWA MISSOURI NEW JERSEY WISCONSIN Displacement: 45,000 tons standard (57,950 tons full load Dimensions: Length: 86ly (pp.), 888 (o.o.) feet. Beam: 108 feet. Draught: 38 feet (max.). Guns: 9—16 inch, 50 cal., 20—5 inch, 38 cal., 52 to 80—40 mm. AA. or 30—3 inch, 50 cal., on rearming Aircraft: 2 Helicopters. 19"-16" side, 18" turrets, 1 l£" decks. Armour: Machinery: Geared turbines. 4 shafts S.H P.: 212,000=33 kts. Boilers: 8 Babcock & Wilcox Oil fuel: 8,800 tons Complement: 2,000 (peace). 2,700 (war) Gunnery Notes 16 inch guns have a range of 23 miles. 3 inch, 50 cal. guns replace some of the former 40 mm. AA. batteries. Aircraft Notes Helicopters have replaced the catapult observation aircraft which were formerly standard. The two catapults on the quarterdeck were removed. Engineering Notes High pressure large boilers. Speeds of 35 kts. have been reached in service. General Notes All ordered under 1940 Program. Inclusive cost officially stated to exceed $100,000,000 each. Iowa and New Jersey were each built in 2 J years, same period as occupied by the Alabama, a smaller ship. Missouri decommissioned to Pacific Reserve Fleet 26 Feb. 1955. Wisconsin, damaged by collision with destroyer Eaton in Atlantic 7 May 1956, was repaired with Kentucky’s bow. New Jersey was decommissioned to the Reserve Fleet in 1957. Iowa was decommissioned to reserve in Feb. 1958. Wisconsin was the last to be decommissioned to reserve on 8 Mar. 1958. WISCONSIN Added 1959, Dr. Ian S. Pearsall 320 U.S.A. — Battleships ( continued ) Batt I es h i ps —conti nued MASSACHUSETTS United States Navy , Official 4 Short-Hulled Group 3 “ Indiana ” Class ALABAMA MASSACHUSETTS INDIANA Displacement: 35,000 tons standard (44,374 tons full load except Massachusetts, 45,216 tons full load) Dimensions: Length: 680 feet (o.o.). Beam: 108? feet. Draught: 36 feet (max.) Guns: 9—16 inch, 45 cal., 20—5 inch. 38 cal. d.p., 56—40 mm. AA., 40—20 mm. AA. Catapults: 2 Armour: 18"-16" side, 18" turrets, 6" upper deck, 4" main deck Machinery: Geared turbines 4 shafts. S.H.P.: 130,000=28 kts. Boilers: Babcock & Wilcox in Massachusetts; Foster Wheeler in Indiana and Alabama (working pressure reported as 600 lb. per sq. inch with 400 decrees of suDerheat). Complement: 1,808 (peace). 2,500 (war) I “South Dakota” Type SOUTH DAKOTA Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Armour: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: 36,000 tons standard (45,500 tons full load). Length: 680 (o.o.) feet. Beam: I08£ feet Draught: 37 {max.) feet 9—16 inch, 45 cal.; 16—5 inch, 38 cal. d.p.; 68—40 mm. AA.; 40—20 mm. AA. 18"—16" feet, 18" turrets, 10" decks. General Electric geared turbines. 4 shafts. S.H.P.: 130,000=30 kts. 8 Babcock & Wilcox 2,340 General Notes Ordered under 1938 Program. Cost over $77,000,000 each. These ships are a modification of “ North Carolina ” class design with increased freeboard and reduced length, em¬ bodying several improvements. Alabama was built in 2f years from date of laying keel. South Dakota played a prominent part in naval victory over lapanese squadron in Battle of Guadalcanal, 13-15 Nov. 1^42. All cut of commission, in reserve. Gunnery Notes The outstanding feature of these ships was the large number of 40 mm. Bofors and 20 mm. Oerlikon guns included in the AA. armament. The 5 inch guns are mounted at a higher level than in North Carolina and Washington. Armour Notes Understood that these ships have enhanced protection as compared with “ North Carolina ” class. Notes to Drawing Port elevation and plans. Drawn in 1957. Lower plan represents South Dakota only. Scale 128 feet= I inch. Photograph Notes Starboard broadside view os Alabama and port quarter view of Indiana in the 1957-58 edition. Recent Disposals The battleships North Carolina, BB 55, and Washington, BB, 56, of the “ North Carolina ” class, were stricken from the List of Naval Vessels at the end of I960. The battle cruisers Alaska, CB I, and Guam, CB 2, of the SOUTH DAKOTA U.S. Navy, Official No. Name Builders Machinery Laid down Launched Completed BB 57 South Dakota BB58 Indiana BB59 Massachusetts BB 60 Alabama New York S.B. Corpn Gen. Electric Co Newport News Co. Westinghouse Co. Bethlehem Steel Co. (Quincy) Gen. Electric Co. Norfolk Navy Yard Westinghouse Co 5 July 1939 20 Nov 1939 20 July 1939 I Feb. 1940 7 June 1941 21 Nov 1941 23 Sep. 1941 16 Feb. 1942 16 Aug. 1942 Oct. 1942 Sep. 1942 Nov. 1942 “ Alaska ” Class, officially rated as “ Large Cruisers,” were also stricken in I960. (Their uncompleted sister ship Hawaii, CB 3, was stricken on 9 June 1958.) The battleships, California, BB 44, and Tennesee, BB 43, of the “ Tennesee ” class; the Colorado, BB 45, and Maryland, BB 46, of the “ Colorado ” class; and the West Virginia, BB 48, were scrapped in 1959 (stricken from the Navy List on I Mar. 1959). Nudear Powered Guided Missile Cruiser—U.S.A. 321 NUCLEAR POWERED GUIDED MISSILE CRUISER (CGN) LONG BEACH (artist’s impression) 1959, United States Navy, Official LONG BEACH (artist’s impression) 1957, United States Navy, Ofpciol “Long Beach” Class I New Construction LONG BEACH No: CG (N) 9 (ex-CG(N) 160) Builders: Fore River Shipyard of Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Mass. Engineers: Westinghouse Electric Corporation & General Electric Company, West Lynn, Mass. Laid down: 2 Dec. 1957 Launched: 14 July 1959 Completion: Late I960 (official schedule) LONG BEACH (after launching) 1959, courtesy '* Our Navy ” Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Guided Missiles: A/S weapons: Machinery: 14,000 tons standard (18,000 cons full load ) Length: 721 feet. Beam: 73 feet. Draught: 26 feet. Armament will consist almost entirely of guided weapons “ Regulus ’’ (may eventually be fitted with “ Polaris ” fleet ballistic mis¬ siles instead) “ Talos ” battery aft (both long range and short range) Advanced “ Terrier ” battery for¬ ward (see Guided Missile Notes) Surface to surface missiles 2 pressurised water cooled AI W nuclear reactors by Westinghouse Electric Corporation. Steam tur¬ bines. 2 shafts. Main turbines and gears by General Electric Company. Speed: 45 kts. Design Notes This is the first ship to be designed and constructed from the keel up as a cruiser for the United States since the end of the Second World War, the first surface ship to be armed with a main battery of guided missiles and powered by a nuclear engineering plant, and the first nuclear powered sur¬ face fighting ship in the world. She is designed to operate offensively and independently of other forces under conditions of nuclear warfare and is capable of operating against aircraft, guided missiles, surface or sub¬ surface opposition singly or in support of other forces in both nuclear and non-nuclear warfare. In addition to equipment and weapons for detecting and destroying enemy submarines she will carry most of the United States Navy’s modern guided missiles. These will include the “ Regulus ”, the “Talos” and the “Terrier”, offensive to enemy attack launched from air, sea, land or water, whether by missile or conventional assault. General Notes Originally classified as a guided missile light cruiser(C LGN). Provided under the Fiscal 1957 Naval Appropriations. Designed by the U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships. No armour. To cost $250,000,000, including $18,335,305 for the nuclear reactor. Name Brooklyn was considered for this ship. She is officially scheduled for completion in late I960 and to join the Fleet in late 1961 or early 1962. Electronic Notes The most modern improvements in electronic detection devices will be installed aboard the new ship. Engineering Notes Westinghouse Electric Corporation constructed the reactor compartment components. General Electric Com¬ pany constructed the main propulsion engines and gears. Building Notes Dates and full details of the contracts for construction development, and design studies awarded to the builders and engineers, missile manufacturers and ordnance firms, are given in the 1957-58 edition. Electrical Notes Westinghouse Electric Corporation built the six turbine generator sets for the ship, each of which will have a rating of 2,500 kilowatts. Guided Missile Notes The complex handling and launching system for “Talos ’’ weighs more than 350 tons. The system is intended to store load, train, elevate, and launch the guided missiles, which weigh 3,000 pounds and are 31 feet long, including booster, and 30 inches in diameter. The launching equipment automatically selects whichever type of missile the fire control officer chooses and delivers it to the launching station. The control system is so complex that the equipment must not only remember which missile is in which rack but must also remember any changes made in the racks themselves. The ready-service missile magazine, which operates in con- juntion with this equipment to make a complete handling and launching system, was designed and manufactured by the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington. The ramjet-propelled “ Talos ” is capable of engaging both supersonic and subsonic targets and will be effective against enemy planes employing air-to-surface missiles and the missiles themselves. It can deliver a high-explosive or atomic warhead, as circumstances dictate, and can be used against enemy ships and shore bombardment targets, as well as for air defence. The design of the Long Beach includes provision for an 8 missile “ Polaris ” launching system which may be installed at a later date. Converted Guided Missile Cruisers The heavy cruiser Albany is being converted into a guided missile cruiser. The heavy cruisers Boston and Canberra were converted into guided missile cruisers in 1955-56. The light cruisers Galveston, Little Rock, Oklahoma City, Providence, Springfield and Topeka were converted into guided missile cruisers in 1958-60 (see later pages). X 322 U.S.A.—Heavy Cruisers HEAVY CRUISERS (CA) NEWPORT NEWS Added 1957, United States Navy, Official 3 “Salem” Class DES MOINES NEWPORT NEWS SALEM Displacement: 17,000 tons standard (21,500 tons full load) Dimensions: Length: 7I6£ (o.a.) feet. Beam 75j feet. Draught: 26 (max.) feet Guns: 9—8 inch, 55 cal., triple turrets, 12—5 inch, 38 cal., d.p., tv'in mounts, 24—3 inch AA., 50 cal. Aircraft: 1 helicopter Armour: 8"-6" side, 3"+2" decks Machinery: Geared turbines. 4 shafts. S.H.P 120,000=33 kts. Boilers: 8 Babcock & Wilcox Oil Fuel: 2,600 tons Radius: 8,000 miles at 15 kts. Complement: 1,860 (war) General Notes SALEM (midship details) Added 1959, A. & J. Pavia The heaviest cruisers in the world, and the first vessels to mount completely automatic rapid-fire 8-inch guns, these ships represent an expansion of Oregon City design. Much of extra tonnage is absorbed by rapid loading gear and extra magazine space, though part of this is made up by saving in complement. Newport News and Salem are the first completely air-conditioned cruisers. The DesMoines is not air-contiiti ?n- ed. All assigned to Atlantic Fleet. The Salem, which decom¬ missioned between Oct. 1958 and Feb. 1959, was the per¬ manent flagship of the U.S. Sixth Fleet, her Mediterranean home port being at Villefranche, France, until she was relieved there as such in Feb. 1958 by the Des /Vlo/nes, which was in turn relieved as flagship in Oct. I960 by the Little Rock, a guided missile cruiser (see later page). Gunnery Notes All guns are of fully automatic type. Cartridge cases have replaced wrapped charges and shells have automatic fuse setting. 8-inch guns are said to be capable of firing four times more rapidly than any previous model. The 24—3 inch AA. guns are in 12 twin mountings: 2 twin mountings abreast funnel are not installed in peacetime. Appearance Notes As completed have single funnels, thus resembling “Oregon City ” class in appearance. Photograph Notes Starboard bow view of Salem in the 1957-58 edition. DES MOINES 1957, U.S. Navy, Official Notes to Drawing Port elevation and plan. Scale: 128 feet= I inch. The 20 CA 134 mm. AA guns shown in the drawing have since been re- CA 139 moved. CA 148 Name Des Moines Salem Newport News Builders and Machinery Laid down Launched Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy 28 May 1945 Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy 4 June 1945 Newport News Co. I Oct. 1945 27 Sep. 1946 25 Mar. 1947 6 Mar. 1947 Completed 17 Nov. 1948 9 May 1949 29 Jan. 1949 Heavy Cruisers —continued Heavy^Cruisers ( continued) —U.S.A. 323 OREGON CITY Added 1954, U.S. Navy, Official Guided Missile Cruiser (CG) and Heavy Cruisers (CA) 3 “Oregon City ” Class ALBANY OREGON CITY ROCHESTER Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Guided Missiles: Aircraft: Armour: Machinery: Boilers: Oil Fuel: Radius: Complement: General Notes These ships are modified Baltimores with a single funnel and simplified superstructure. Bridge is farther aft than in Baltimore class. Oregon City, out of commission, in reserve, etains original armament. Active units rearmed with 3 inch guns in place of 40 mm. and 20 mm. Albany decommissioned in 1958 for conversion to a guided missile cruiser. See Conversion Notes below. Her classifica¬ tion and hull number was officially changed from CA 123 to CG 10 on I Nov. 1958. Engineering Notes Cruising turbines are not included in engine design. In event of port or starboard fuel tanks being ruptured, change-over of suction to other side could be accomplished in a minute, oil burner lines being divided at boiler face. Albany and Oregon City: 13,700 tons standard, Rochester: 13,000 tons stan¬ dard (17,500 tons full load) Length: 673£ (o.a.) feet. Beam: 71 feet. Draught: 26 (max.) feet Rochester: 9—8 inch, 12—5 inch, 38 cal., 20—3 inch, 50 cal. AA. Oregon City: 9—8 inch, 55 cal., 12—5 inch, 38 cal., 52—40 mm. AA., 24—20 mm. AA., Albany: Twin “Talos” launchers forward and aft; “ Tartar ” launchers amidships. I helicopter 6" side, 3" + 2decks General Electric geared turbines. 4 shafts. S.H.P.: 120,000=33 kts. 8 Babcock & Wilcox 2,500 tons 9,000 miles at 15 kts. 1,700 (war) Conversion Notes The Albany is being converted to a guided missile cruiser at Boston Naval Shipyard. The reconstruction will consist of installing guided missile capabilities both forward and aft. In previous conversions, such as those of the Boston and Can¬ berra, see later page, conventional armament was retained forward while missile launchers were installed aft. Other work, such as the improvement of habitability, will be done in the heavy cruiser in conjunction with the installation of missile capabilities. She will receive both “ Talos ” and “ Tartar ” surface-to-air missile armament. Twin “ Talos ” launchers will be mounted fore and aft, and “Tartar” launchers will be installed amidships, “ Regulus ” launchers can also be installed as required. She is being stripped of her original armament, and “ macks ” will replace her former stacks and masts. The design includes provision for an 8 missile “ Polaris ” launching system. Conversion work started on 2 Jan. 1959 and it is officially estimated that the reconstructed ship will be completed and commissioned in July 1961. ALBANY (design drawing for conversion) 1959, United States Navy Official ROCHESTER Added 1957, U.S. Navy, Official Port elevation and plan of Oregon City and Rochester. Scale: 128 feet = I inch. 324 U.S.A. — Heavy Cruisers ( continued) Heavy Cruisers —continued CANBERRA 1958, courtesy Ian 5. Pearsall, Esq. Guided Missile Cruisers (CAG) 2 Converted “ Baltimore ” Class CANBERRA ( ex-Pittsburgh) Name: Boston Canberra No.: CAG 1 (ex-CA 69) CAG 2 (ex-CA 70) Builders: Bethlehem-Steel Bethlehem-Steel Co., Quincy Co., Quincy Laid down: 30 June 1941 3 Sep. 1941 Launched: 26 May 1942 19 Apr. 1943 Completed: 30 June 1943 14 Oct. 1943 Converted: 1 Nov. 1955 15 June 1956 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: G.M. Launchers: Armour: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Complement: 13,600 tons standard (17,200 tons full load) Length: 673£ (o.a.) feet. Beam: 71 feet. Draught: 26 (m.TX.) feet 6—8 inch 55 cal.; 10—5 inch 38 cal.; 12—3 inch, 50 cal. AA. 2 twin mountings for “ Terriers ” (aft only) 6 inch side belts, 3 inch decks General Electric geared turbines. 4 shafts. S.H.P.: 120,000=34 kts. 8 Babcock & Wilcox 2,500 tons 1,635 (Boston I 10 officers, 1,620 men) capacity, 1,300 at present General Notes The world’s first guided missile cruisers and first opera¬ tional combat ships capable of firing supersonic anti-aircraft guided weapons. These ships with their associated radars and guidance systems for the “ Terrier ” and other anti¬ aircraft missiles represent a completely new naval weapons system specifically designed to further the U.S. Navy’s policy of countering aircraft. Formerly classified as Heavy Cruisers (CA). Boston was originally built in exactly two years. Canberra, just before completion, was renamed in commem¬ oration of H.M.A.S. Canberra which was sunk in the 1st Battle of Savo Island, 9 Aug., 1942. Conversion Notes Both ships were converted to Guided Missile Heavy Cruisers (CAG) by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, at a cost of $30,000,000 for both. The after 143-ton 8 inch triple gun turret and the after 5 inch twin gun mounting were removed and two twin guided missile launchers mounted in “ X ” and “ Y ” positions in their place. Both ships have undergone other drastic changes to prepare them for their new role of defence against aircraft. The ships’ superstructure was entirely remodelled to accommodate the new weapons. One of the two funnels was entirely removed which vastly alters the appearance of the vessels. Guided Missile Notes A slim needle-nosed supersonic anti-aircraft weapon, with a length of 27 feet and a speed of 1,500 m.p.h., the “ Terrier,” developed by the U.S. Navy’s Bureau of Ordnance is designed to intercept aircraft under any weather conditions at a longer range and higher altitudes than conventional anti-aircraft guns. Stowage of the '* Terrier ” is below decks in two maga¬ zines, dubbed the “ coke machines,” which are completely automatic loading devices. Radar and electronic equipment for detecting targets and for guiding the missiles represent the most drastic change. This equipment is the most modern available and is designed for a maximum degree of automatic operation. Each of the two twin launchers is capable of firing two “ Terriers ” simultaneously. Can launch four missiles in BOSTON 1956, U.S. Navy, Official eight-tenths of a second. Two missiles per launcher every 30 seconds. Automatic loading. 144 ” Terrier ” missiles carried in each ship. The “ Terrier ” was fired experimentally in fleet operations in Nov. 1954, from the U.S.S. Mississippi, the Navy’s oldest battleship, which had been converted into a test ship for this purpose; she was scrapped in 1957. Photograph Notes A port quarter oblique aerial view of Boston appears in the 1956-57 to 1958-59 editions, and a starboard quarter surface view in the 1959-60 edition. Notes to Drawing Port elevation and plan. Scale: I28feet=l inch. TsPT Heavy Cruisers —continued Heavy Cruisers ( continued )—U.S.A. 325 LOS ANGELES (catapults now removed, fitted for “ Regulus ” guided missiles) 1958, U.S. Navy, Official Guided Missile Cruisers (CG) and Heavy Cruisers (CA) 12 “ Baltimore ” Class BALTIMORE LOS ANGELES BREMERTON MACON CHICAGO PITTSBURGH (ex-Albany) COLUMBUS QUINCY (ex-St. Paul) FALL RIVER ST. PAUL ( ex-Rochester ) HELENA (ex-Des Mo/nes) TOLEDO Displacement: 13,600 tons standard (17,200 tons full load) Dimensions: Length: 673? (o.a.) feet. Beam: 71 feet. Draught: 26 (max.) feet Guns: 9—8 inch, 55 cal., 12—5 inch, 38 cal., 52—40 mm. AA. (20—3 inch 50 cal. guns replace 40 mm. in active units except Baltimore ) Aircraft: All ships carry a helicopter Armour: 6" side, 3" + 2" decks. Machinery: General Electric geared turkinas. 4 shafts. S.H.P.: 120,000 = 34 kts. Boilers: 8 Babcock & Wilcox Oil Fuel: 2,500 tons Radies: 9,000 miles at 15 kts. Complement: 1,700 (war) General Notes Pittsburgh was built in 20 months. All others except Toledo were built in two years. Are much enlarged and improved editions of Wichita. Last 6 ships belong to War Programme. Baltimore and Pittsburg were decommissioned in 1956 and Bremerton and Toledo in I960. Only one crane now at stern except Baltimore and Quincy which have two cranes on stern as shown in photograph of Baltimore in 1958-59 edition. Catapults discarded. Active units have twin 3 inch, 50 cal. guns on starboard quarter only, except those fitted as guided missile cruisers which have none on quarter. The classification and hull numbers of Chicago (CA 136 to CG II) and Fall River (CA 131 to CG 12) were officially changed to become effective on I Nov. 1958, but the classification of Fall River as CG 12 was cancelled on 9 Oct. 1958. St. Paul was designated as the permanent flagship of the 7th Fleet in 1959, her home port being at Yokosuka, Japan. She now has a tower foremast, and improved radar, see photograph. Gunnery Notes 8-inch guns are a new model, firing a heavier shell than those mounted in earlier cruisers. Bremerton, Columbus, Helena, Los Angeles, Macon, St. Paul and Toledo have undergone armament conversion (improved rapid-firing 3 inch 50 cal. AA. guns replacing 40 mm. AA. guns). Guided Missile Notes Boston and Canberra have been converted to guided missile ships (CAG), see earlier page. (Fitted with surface-to-air ** Terrier ” missile installations.) Los Angeles was converted to carry “ Regulus ” guided missiles at Mare Island Naval Shipyard during 3 months of 1954 with little change in pre¬ vious armament. Helena, Macon and Toledo also fitted for “ Regulus ” guided missiles. These four ships are not classi¬ fied as guided missile cruisers, however. Conversion Notes The Chicago and Fall River of this class were to have been converted into guided weapon cruisers under the Fiscal 1958 cruiser conversion program, but the conversion of Fall River was subsequently cancelled. Fall River was to have been con¬ verted at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, and Chicago at San Francisco Naval Shipyard. Two ships of this class are being converted to guided missile cruisers under the Fiscal 1959 program. The conversions of Chicago and Columbus are now being proceeded with, Chicago at San Francisco Naval Ship¬ yard and Columbus at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Chicago HELENA 1957, U.S. Navy, Official No. Name Builders Laid down Launched Completed CA 68 Baltimore 1 f 26 May 1941 28 July 1942 15 Apr. 1943 CA 71 Quincy ] 9 Oct. 1941 23 June 1943 15 Dec. 1943 CA 72 Pittsburgh >■ Bethlehem Steel Co. Quincy 1 3 Feb. 1943 22 Feb. 1944 10 Oct. 1944 CA 73 St. Paul 3 Feb. 1943 16 Sep. 1944 17 Feb. 1945 CG 12 (ex-CA74) Columbus 28 June 1943 30 Nov. 1944 8 June 1945 CA 75 Helena - L 9 Sep. 1943 28 Apr. 1945 4 Sep. 1945 CA 130 Bremerton f 1 Feb. 1943 2 July 1944 29 April 1945 CA 131 Fall River V New York S.B. Corpn. J 12 Apr. 1943 13 Aug. 1944 1 July 1945 CA 132 Macon r 1 14 June 1943 15 Oct. 1944 26 Aug. 1945 CA 133 Toledo J (_ 13 Sep. 1943 6 May 1945 27 Oct. 1946 CA 135 Los Angeles \ Philadelphia Navy Yard f28 July 1943 20 Aug. 1944 22 July 1945 CG 11 (ex-CA 136) Chicago / \28 July 1943 20 Aug. 1944 10 Jan. 1945 conversion began on I July 1959, Columbus on I June 1959, The design includes provision for an 8 missile “ Polaris’’ and it is officially estimated that they will be commissioned launching system which may be installed at a later date, in Oct. 1961 and Dec. 1961, respectively. They are to have a combination of “ Talos ” and “ Tartar ” surface-to-air missile systems with “ Talos ” mounted on twin launchers fore and aft, and “ Tartar ” launchers installed Photograph Notes amidships. “ Regulus ” launchers can be installed as re- Photograph of “ Regulus ” gu : ded missile being launched quired. All superstructure and gun mountings are being from Helena, and port broadside view of Macon in the 1957-58 removed, and they are to be rebuilt to provide for ASW edition. Port quarter view of Baltimoe in 1954-55 to 1958-59 weapons in addition to missiles. editions. Recent Disposals The heavy cruisers Augusta, CA 31, Chester, CA 27 and Louisville, CA 28, of the ** Chester ” class; the Portland, CA 33; the New Orleans, CA 32, Minneapolis, CA 36, Tuscaloosa, CA 37 and San Francisco, CA 38, of the “ New Orleans ” class; and the Wichita, CA 45, were scrapped in 1959 (stricken from the Navy List on l Mar. 1959). Notes to Drawing Port elevation and plan of “ Baltimore ” class not con¬ verted. Scale: 128 feet=IJnch. 326 U.S.A.— Heavy Cruisers ( continued ) TACTICAL COMMAND SHIP (CLC) NORTHAMPTON 1957, U.S. Navy, Official NORTHAMPTON (port quarter view showing radar arrays) 1959, Ted Stone Displacement: 14,700 tons standard (17,200 tons full load) Dimensions: Length: 676 (o.o.) feet. Beam: 71 feet. Draught: 29 (max.) feet Guns: 4—5 inch, 54 cal. as main armament, 8—3 inch, 70 cal. AA. (see Gunnery Notes) 2 helicopters Aircraft: Armour: 6" side, 3" + 2" decks Machinery: General Electric geared turbines. 4 shafts. S.H.P.: 120,000 = 33 kts. Boilers: 8 Babcock & Wilcox Oil fuel: 2,500 tons Complement: General Notes 1,675 (war), 1,251 (peace)—56 officers, 1,195 men This vessel was originally designed as a heavy cruiser of the modified “ Oregon City ” class numbered CA 125. She was 57 per cent constructed as such when she was cancelled on I I August 1945. She was re-ordered I July 1948, and re-designed as a Task Force (now Tactical) Command Ship with the new rating of CLC I, for the exclusive use of Task Force commanders in conducting either operations of fast moving carrier task forces or an amphibious assault. Accommodation and equipment were modified accordingly. She is fully air-conditioned with an installation at least as extensive as that of the largest heavy cruiser Salem to which she now approximates in displacement. She was commis¬ sioned on 7 Mar 1953, to fulfil the same functions as an AGC., i.e. as Operations-Communications-Headquarters Ship, but has more speed, manoeuvrability, armament, and anti-aircraft fire than an AGC. Reported to have been designed to resist atomic attack. Has large installation of newly developed electronic equipment, a vast communica¬ tions network, an imposing array of electronic antennae, and features one of the largest seaborne radar aerials in the world. She is one deck higher than a normal cruiser to pro- videforadditional officespace.and has the tallest unsupported mast afloat (125 feet). Seven months trials to Nov. 1954. First operational assignment was to Atlantic Fleet Am¬ phibious Force as temporary flagship in Nov. 1954. Now serves as Second Fleet flagship. Gunnery Notes The main armament comprises four 5 inch dual purpose guns of a new model disposed in single turrets, two forward and two aft, “ B ” and “ X ” superfiring over “ A ” and “ Y ” respectively. They are reported to have a rate of fire of 54 rounds per minute. The anti-aircraft battery includes eight 3 inch weapons, also of a new pattern, disposed in twin turrets, two on each side amidships abreast the funnel. Photograph Notes A starboard bow oblique aerial view of Northampton appears in the 1957-58 edition, and a starboard broadside silhouette view in the 1958-59 and 1959-60 editions. Notes to Drawing Port elevation and plan of Northampton drawn 1954 to a scale of 128 feet= I inch. The forward 5 inch gun is actually off the centre line to starboard. WORCESTER (starboard broadside) see next page B. L. Devenish-Meares ROANOKE 1958, U.S. Navy, Official 2 “ Worcester ROANOKE Worcester Name, Roanoke CL 144 New York Shipbuilding Corporation 29 Jan. 1945 4 Feb. 1947 25 June 1948 No.: CL 145 Builders: New York Shipbuilding Corporation Laid down: 15 May 1945 Launched: 16 June 1947 Completed: 4 Apr. 1948 Displacement: 14,700 tons standard (18,500 | tons full load ) Length: 668 ( w.l .), 679* (o.o.) feet. Beam : 70| feet. Draught: 25 (max.) feet 12—6 inch. 47 cal., d.p. (semi- _ automatic), 24—3 inch, 50 cal., c.p. (rapid fire), Worcester 18 ^ I helicopter 6"—3" side, 4" turrets, 3"-)-2" decks General Electric geared turbines. 4 shafts. S.H.P.: 120,000=32 kts. 8 Babcock & Wilcox 3,300 tons 12,000 miles at 15 kts. 1,170 (70 officers, 1,100 men) (peace), 1,700 (war). Worcester carried 1,033 men recently Dimensions Aircraft: Armour General Notes Both ordered on 15 June 1943. Transferred from the Atlantic Fleet to the Pacific Fleet, 1955-56. These ships, which are larger than most heavy cruisers, are nevertheless rated as light cruisers by Treaty definitions. Both decom¬ missioned in 1958-59 at San Francisco. Gunnery Notes Both ships have 6 inch dual purpose guns of a new auto¬ matic model in six twin turrets, and 3 inch in eleven twin mounts of a new type, and two single mounts. Class Notes Two incomplete sister ships, Vallejo (146) and Gary (147) were cancelled on II Aug. 1945. Six additional ships, CL 154-159, were cancelled in 1945. Photograph Notes Starboard broadside and quarter views of Worcester and starboard bow view of Roanoke in the 1957-58 edition. Port bow oblique aerial view of Worcester in the 1959-60 edition. Notes to Drawing Port elevation and plan. Scale: 128 feet=l inch. Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel Complement FARGO Marius Bar 2 “ Fargo ” Class FARGO HUNTINGTON Name: Fargo Huntington No.: CL 106 CL 107 Builders: New York Ship¬ New York Ship¬ building Corpn. building Corpn. Laid down: 23 Aug. 1943 4 Oct. 1943 Launched: 25 Feb. 1945 8 Apr. 1945 Completed: 9 Dec. 1945 23 Feb. 1946 Displacement: 10,500 tons standard (14,055 tons full load) Length: 600 (w.l.), 610 (o.a.) feet. Beam: 66 feet. Draught (at normal displacement): 20 (mean), 25 (max.) feet Dimensions: Guns: 12—6 inch, 47 cal. 12—5 inch, 38 cal., d.p., 24—40 mm. AA., 19—20 mm. AA. Aircraft: 3 seaplanes (originally carried) Catapults: 2 Armour: Similar to Cleveland class Machinery: General Electric geared turbines 4 shafts. S.H.P.: 100,000=32-5 kts. Boilers: 8 Babcock & Wilcox Oil fuel: 2,500 tons Radius: 9,500 miles at 15 kts. Complement: 916 (peace), 1,200 (war) Notes to Drawing Port elevation and plan. Scale: I28feet=l inch. General Notes In design these two ships are modified versions of the Photograph Notes “Cleveland” class with single funnels and simplified A large starboard bow oblique aerial view of Fargo appears superstructures, intended to enlarge the area of fire of the in the 1958-59 and earlier editions, and starboard aerial anti-aircraft armament. Both ships are out of commission, broadside and starboard bow aerial views of Huntington in in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. the 1959-60 edition. I960, United States Navy, Official LITTLE ROCK GALVESTON (aerial view off starboard quarter) 1959, United States Navy, Official 6 Converted “Cleveland” Class GALVESTON PROVIDENCE LITTLE ROCK SPRINGFIELD OKLAHOMA CITY TOPEKA Displacement: Guided Missiles: A/S weapons: Armour: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 10,670 tons standard (14,600 tons full load ) Length: 600 ( w.l .), 610 (o.o.) feet Beam: 66 feet. Draught: 25 (max.) feet Galveston: 6—6 inch, 47 cal.; 6—5 inch, 38 cal. d.p. Little Rock, Oklahoma City and Providence ; 3—6 inch, 47 cal.; 2—5 inch, 38 cal. d.p. Topeka: 6—5 inch, 38 cal. in twin mounts. Galveston, Little Rock, Oklahoma City: One “Talos” twin launcher aft, with 46 missiles. Providence, Springfield, Topeka: One “Terrier” twin launcher aft with 120 missiles. Launchers for ASW torpedoes 5" belt, 5" decks, 5"—3" gunhouses General Electric geared turbines. 4 shafts. S.H.P.: 100,000=33 kts. 8 Babcock & Wilcox 2,100 tons 7,500 miles at 15 kts. 1,070 (70 officers and 1,000 enlisted men) PROVIDENCE Guided Missile Light Cruisers (CLG) I960, United States Navy, Official Light Cruisers —continued 328 U.S.A.—Light Cruisers (continued) General Notes These six former light cruisers of the “Cleveland ” class (CL) were converted into guided missile light cruisers (CLG), Galveston under the 1956 Fiscal program and the other five under the 1957 Fiscal program. They have a conventional armament forward, and amidships, and guided missile laun¬ chers aft, three being armed with “Terrier” missiles and three with “ Talos ” missiles. Flagship Notes Little Rock, Oklahoma City, Providence and Springfield have been refitted as flagships, the navigating bridge and forward super¬ structure being reconstructed to provide for flag spaces and to include high frequency radio systems with side band capa¬ bility. Other work, such as improvement of habitability, has also been done in conjunction with the installation of missile capabilities. Springfield become^ pfls flagship of the Sixth Fleet in late I960, Construction Notes For builders and dates of laying down, launch, and original completion, see table on next page under “ Vincennes ” class. Guided Missile Notes The Bendix “ Talos ” ramjet-powered surface-to-air missile, the principal armament in the Galveston, has a range of more than 65 miles and is able to carry a nuclear warhead. See full notes under “ Long Beach ”, the nuclear powered guided missile cruiser under construction, on a previous page. Torpedo Notes The guided missile conversions are to be fitted with torpedo launchers for anti-submarine warfare torpedoes. Conversion Notes Galveston, formerly C L 93, was converted to a guided missile light cruiser at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. She was re¬ classified C LG 93 on 4 Feb. 1956, and CLG 3 on 23 May 1957. Conversion began on 15 Aug. 1956 and was completed on 5 Sep. 1958 (commissioned 28 May 1958). Topeka was con¬ verted at New York Naval Shipyard; Oklahoma City at Bethle¬ hem Pacific Coast Steel Corp., San Francisco, Calif.; Little Rock at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.; and Providence at Boston Naval Shipyard. Providence, Springfield and Topeka carry “ Terrier ” guided missiles and Little Rock and Oklahoma City carry “ Talos ” guided missiles. Provi¬ dence conversion began I June 1957, and was completed on 30 Sep. 1959 (commissioning date 17'Sep. 1959). Topeka conversion began on 19 Aug. 1957 and was completed on 13 Mar. I960 (commissioning date 26 Mar. I960). Little Rock conversion began on 30 Jan. 1957 and she was commissioned on 3 June I960. Oklahoma City began conversion on 21 May 1957 and was delivered to the Navy on 31 Aug. I960. Springfield conversion began on I Aug. 1957 at Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Mass., but she was moved to Boston Naval Shipyard on 22 Mar. I960 for completion and com¬ missioned on 2 July I960. Photograph Notes Port broadside and starboard bow views of Galveston and starboard bow view of Providence (Addenda) appear in the 1959-60 edition. Light Cruisers —continued Light Cruisers (continued)— U.S.A. 329 Light Cruisers (CL) I I “ Vincennes ” Class AMSTERDAM ASTORIA ( ex-Wilkes-Barre) ATLANTA BILOXI DAYTON MIAMI PASADENA PORTSMOUTH VICKSBURG ( ex-Cheyenne) VINCENNES (ex-Flint) WILKES-BARRE PORTSMOUTH Added 1957, U.S. Navy, Official No. Name Builders Laid down Launched Completed CL 103 Wilkes-Barre 1 1 ' 14 Dec. 1942 24 Dec. 1943 1 July 1944 CL 104 Atlanta y New York S.B. Corpn. ^ 25 Jan. 1943 6 Feb. 1944 3 Dec. 1944 CL 105 Dayton J 8 Mar. 1943 19 Mar. 1944 7 Jan. 1945 CL 64 Vincennes ] > 7 Mar. 1942 17 July q943 21 Jan. 1944 CL 65 Pasadena : 6 Feb. 1943 28 Dec. 1943 8 June 1944 CLG 7 (ex-CL 66) Springfield ] y Bethlehem Co., Quincy ■{ 13 Feb. 1943 9 Mar. 1944 8 Sep. 1944 CLG 8 (ex-CL 67) Topeka 21 Apr. 1943 19 Aug. 1944 23 Dec. 1944 CLG 6 (ex-CL 82) Providence J 1 ^27 July 1943 28 Dec. 1944 15 May 1945 CL 89 Miami I I f 2 Aug. 1941 8 Dec. 1942 28 Dec. 1943 CL 90 Astoria 6 Sep. 1941 6 Mar. 1943 17 May 1944 CLG 5 (ex-CL 91) Oklahoma City ^ Cramp S.B. Co. 8 Mar. 1942 20 Feb. 1944 22 Dec. 1944 CLG 4 (ex-CL 92) Little Rock | 6 Mar. 1943 27 Aug. 1944 17 June 1945 CLG 3 (ex-CL 93) Galveston J 1 1 20 Feb. 1944 22 Apr. 1945 25 May 1946 CL 80 Bolixi | f 9 July 1941 23 Fe.b 1943 21 Aug. 1943 CL CL 86 101 Vicksburg | Amsterdam | > Newport News Co. « J 26 Oct. J 3 Mar. 1942 1943 14 Dec. 25 Apr. 1943 1944 12 8 June Jan. 1944 1945 CL 102 Portsmouth 1 1 28 June 1943 20 Sep. 1944 25 June 1945 Displacement: 10,500 tons light (13,755 tons full load ) Dimensions: Length: 600 (w./.), 610 ( o.a .) feet. Beam: 66 feet. Draught: 20 (mean), 25 (max.) feet Guns: 12—6 inch, 47 cal., 12—5 inch, 38 cal. (d.p.), paired, 24 to 28—40 mm. AA., 19—20 mm. A A. A i craft: 3 Catapults: 1 or 2 Armour: side, 3"x2" decks, 5"-3" gun- houses Machinery: General Electric geared turbines 4 shafts. S.H.P.: 100,000=33 kts. Boilers: 8 Babcock & Wilcox Oil fuel: 2,100 tons Range: 7,500 miles at 15 kts. Complement: 916 (peace), 1,200 (war) General Notes This was the largest group of cruisers of a single design ever put in hand. Nine originally ordered from New York Shipbuilding Corporation were converted into aircraft carriers of the “ Independence ” class. The Birmingham was torpedoed on 8 Nov. 1943; was again severely damaged when the Princeton blew up alongside her in Oct. 1944; and was nearly sunk by a Japanese suicide aircraft whose bomb penetrated three of her decks off Okinawa on 4 May 1945. The Houston was heavily damaged by a torpedo from a Japanese aircraft off Formosa in Oct. 1944. All the survivors of this class except those converted to guided missile cruisers are out of commission. (See names of stricken ships of this class under Recent Disposals below.) Appearance Notes First seven ships (CL 55-58, 60, 62, 63) had round bridge fronts. Remaining I I ships of this class have a rectangular piot house with a walk around the front. Class Notes Galveston, Little Rock, Oaklahoma City, Providence, Springfield and Topeka of this class have been converted to guided missile light cruisers (see previous page). Photograph Notes Starboard aerial view., of Birmingham, port bow view of Oklahoma City and four photographs of “ Terrier ” guided missiles in the 1957-58 edition. Port bow view of Alanchester in the 1958-59 and earlier editions. Photograph of “ Talos ” missile on launcher in the Addenda of the 1958-59 edition. Reclassification Note CLG 93 and CLs 92, 91, 82, 66 and 67 were reclassified as CLGs 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, respectively on 23 May 1957. Notes to Drawing Port elevation and plan. Scale: 128 feet= I inch. The cranes abreast the after funnel have been removed. Conversion Notes In addition to those marked CLG it is reported that Vincennes (CL 64), Miami (CL 89), Astoria (CL 90), Amsterdam (CL 101) and Altanta (CL 104) will eventually be converted to guided missile cruisers (CLGs). Action has been postponed on the conversion of a guided missile cruiser under the I960 conversion programme. Recent Disposals Birmingham, CL 62, Cleveland, CL 55, Columbia, CL 56, Denver, CL 58, Houston, CL 81, Mobile, CL 63, Montpelier, CL 57 and Santa Fe, CL 60, of the “ Cleveland ” class, were scrapped in 1959 (stricken from the Navy Liston I Mar. 1959). Duluth, CL87, was stricken on I Jan. I960 and Manchester, CL 83, at the end of I960. Recent Disposals of “ Brooklyn ” Class Honolulu, CL 48, and Savannah, CL 42, of the “ Brook¬ lyn ” class, were also stricken on 1 Mar. 1959, to be scrapped. 330 U.S.A.—Light Cruisers ( continued) ANTI-AIRCRAFT CRUISERS (CLAA) JUNEAU 1952, Photo, U.S. Navy, Official 4 “ Juneau ” Class FLINT ( ex-Spokane) SPOKANE FRESNO TUCSON Displacement: 6,000 tons standard (8,200 tons full load) Length: 541 feet. Beam: 52f feet. Draught: 20 (mean), 25 (max.) feet Dimensions: Guns: 12—5 inch, 38 cal. (d.p.), 24 to 32— 40 mm. AA. 12 to 16—20 mm. AA. (Juneau 14—3inch in place of 40mm. and 20 mm.) Aircraft: Juneau carried a helicopter Armour: 3±" side, 2" deck Machinery: Westinghouse geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 75,000=35 kts. (designed). Rated speed in service is not above 32 kts. Boilers: 4 Babcock & Wilcox Oil fuel: 1,450 tons Radius: 7,500 miles at 15 kts. Complement: 579 (peace), 700 (war) FRESNO Added 1957, US. Navy, Official General Notes Originally rated as light cruisers (CL). All recategorised as anti-aircraft cruisers (CLAA). Arrangement of main armament forward and aft is reminiscent of British “ Dido ” class. Bridges are reported to be armoured. The 6 earlier ships had 8—21 inch torpedo tubes in quadruple deck mountings which were removed in 1945. With Juneau decommissioned in 1955, in Atlantic Reserve Fleet, all this class are ouc of commission. Class Notes Seconu World War losses: Atlanta, Juneau. (Two new ships of these names were built, of which the former belongs to the 10,000-ton “ Cleveland ” class.) Gunnery Notes In Spokane and Fresno (see lower elevation), “ B ” and “ X ” turrets were placed a deck lower than in earlier ships (top elevation), and the torpedo tubes were omitted from the original design to improve stability. Torpedo Notes Torpedo tubes have been removed from Flint and Tucson Notes to Drawings Port elevation of Flint and Tucson. Port elevation and plan of Fresno and Spokane. Scale: 128 feet= I inch. Recent Disposals Four sister ships of this class, namely the San Diego, CLAA 53, Son Juan, CLAA 54, Oakland, CLAA 95 and Reno, CLAA 96, were scrapped in 1959 (stricken from the Navy List on I Mar. 1959). Juneau was stricken on I Nov. 1959. No. Name CLAA 97 Flint CLAA 98 Tucson CLAA 120 Spokane CLAA 121 Fresno Builders Bethlehem Steel Co., S. Francisco Bethlehem Steel Co.. S. Francisco Federal S.B. & D.D. Co., Kearny Federal S.B. & D.D. Co., Kearny Name Laid down Launched Completed Flint Tucson Spokane Fresno 23 Oct. 1942 23 Dec. 1942 15 Nov. 1944 12 Feb. 1945 25 Jan. 1944 3 Sep. 1944 22 Sep. 1945 5 Mar. 1946 31 Aug. 1944 3 Feb. 1945 17 May 1946 27 Nov. 1946 Destroyer Leaders (Frigates)—U.S.A. 331 DESTROYER LEADER (DL) Former Light Cruiser V-1 NORFOLK 1957, courtesy “ Our Navy Officially rated as Frigate (DL) (Formerly rated as Cruiser , Hunter Killer Ship, CLK) I “ Norfolk ” Type NORFOLK No.: DL 1 (ex-CLK 1) Builders: New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey Ordered: 17 Nov. 1948 Laid down: 1 Sep. 1949 Launched: 29 Dec. 1951 Completed: 4 Mar. 1953 Displacement: 5,600 tons standard (7,300 tons full load) Dimensions: Length: 520 (w./.), 540i (o.o.) feet. Beam: 54£ feet. Draught: 26 (max.) feet Guns: 8—3 inch, 70 cal. (twin mounts); Tubes: 4 Mark 24 A/S weapons: ASROC. 4 Mark 108 A.S.W. rocket launchers. 8—21 inch fixed torpedo tubes Machinery: 2 sets General Electric geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 80,000= 32 kts. (34 kts. max.) Boilers: 4 Babcock & Wilcox 2 drum, 1,200 lb. per sq. in. pressure, 950 deg. F. Oil fuel: 1,400 tons Radius: 7,000 miles at 15 kts. Complement: 480 General Notes Designed as a special category of anti-submarine vessel of cruiser size and entirely novei type to engage in hunter killer operations even in the worst weather, and incor¬ porates lessons learned at Bikini in her construction. Built on a true cruiser hull. Cost, exclusive of armament, reported to be $44,000,000. Re-rated in 1951 as a Destroyer Leader (DL), a category new to the U.S. Navy, but reclassified as a Frigate (DL) on I Jan. 1955. Fitted with newly developed communications equipment including radar, sonar, and electronics gear. Will serve as flagship for destroyer screens attached to fast carrier forces. Anti-Submarine Notes Used primarily as a test ship for new anti-submarine warfare equipment. The largest and heaviest sonar dome (39,500 lbs., or nearly 18 tons) was installed at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in 1958. Fitted with ASROC (anti-submarine rocket) and has successfully completed evaluation of this new weapon. The ASROC system consists of an integrated sonar device, an electrical digital fire-control computer, an eight missile launching device, and the ASROC missiles themselves. Either a rocket propelled torpedo or depth charge can be fired from the launcher. Gunnery Notes The 8—20 mm. AA. guns (twin mounts) have been removed. Engineering Notes The trial speed is reported to have exceeded 34 knots. (35 knots reached.) Shafts fitted with six-bladed propellers. Appearance Notes Has hull form resembling that of the cruisers of the " Juneau ” class, with tall bridge structure and curved stem. Note her bow view similarity to “ Mitscher ” class, though she is a much larger ship. Photograph Notes Stern cleared for anti-submarine helicopter operations. A starboard bow oblique aerial view appears in the 1959-60 edition, and a starboard quarter view in the 1957-58 to 1959-60 editions. Class Notes Two Hunter Killer Ships were authorised in 1947. Norfolk (originally CLK I), subsequently DL-I (Destroyer Leader), was commissioned for service on 4 March 1956. The con¬ struction of her sister ship, CLK 2, was deferred in 1949. GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER LEADER DLG (N) BAINBRIDGE (engineer’s sketch) 1959, United States Navy, Official Officially Rated as Nuclear Powered Guided Missile Frigate (DLGN) I New Construction BAINBRIDGE No.: DLGN 25 Builders: Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts Laid down: 15 May 1959 Launch: I960 (estimated) Completion. 1962 (estimated) Displacement: 6,500 tons standard (7,600 tons full load) Length: 550 feet Beam: 56 feet (see General Notes) Draught: 20 feet Dimensions: Guided missiles: 2 Advanced “Terrier” surface-to- air twin launchers, mounted fore and aft Guns: 2—3 inch, 50 cal. AA. (twin) amid¬ ships Tubes: 6 A/S weapons: Rocket launchers Machinery: 2 pressurised water cooled DIG nuclear reactors. Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: Over 60,000 = over 30 kts. Range: 100,000 to 150,000 miles Complement: 450 General Notes Requested in the Fiscal Year 1959 new construction pro¬ gram. First nuclear powered warship of the destroyer type ever to be built in the world. $35,000,000 appropriated for the nuclear power plant, $ 10,000,000 for early work on design and hull. Total cost $108,000,000. America’s first nuclear powered guided missile frigate is named after Commodore William Bainbridge, hero of the Tripoli War and the War of 1812. She is scheduled to be delivered to the Navy in 1962. In addition to her guided missiles she will carry anti-submarine weapons and conventional armament. This vessel will mount all the weapons and equipment of the conventionally powered guided missile frigates in a slightly bigger hull, which has been reported to be 540 feet in length with a beam of 66 feet. She is bigger than the light cruisers of the “ Juneau ” class. Photograph Notes An artist’s impression appears in the 1959-60 edition. Engineering Notes The nuclear power plant is being built by the Genera I Electric Co., West Mliton, N.Y. The ship will have a much greater cruising range at sustained high speeds than con¬ ventionally powered frigates. The use of nuclear propulsion will give her many ad¬ vantages. Some of these are the tactical flexibility of steaming at high speeds for long periods of time without the necessity for refuelling and the elimination of smoke stacks and air intakes for blowers (fans), providing greater protection for personnel against the danger of atomic fall-out. Also the elimination of smoke stacks will permit the use of better radar and communication antennae located for optimum performance and free from the deteriorating effects of stack fumes. 332 U.S.A.—Destroyer Leaders (Frigates) ( continued ) GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER LEADERS (DLG) DEWEY I960, Bath Iron Works Corporation, Bath, Maine ( Builders) Officially Rated as No. Name Builders Engineers Laid down Launched Completed Guided Missile Frigates (DLG) DLG DLG 6 7 Farragut Luce Bethlehem, Quincy Bethlehem, Quincy De Laval De Laval 3 June 1 Oct. 1957 1957 18 July 1 1 Dec. 1958 1958 I960* I960* 10 4 ‘ Coontz ” Class DLG 8 Macdonough Bethlehem, Quincy De Laval 15 Apr. 1958 9 July 1959 I960* DLG 9 Coontz Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Allis Chalmers 2 Jan. 1957 6 Dec. 1958 15 July I960 DLG 10 King Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Allis Chalmers 2 Jan. 1957 6 Dec. 1958 17 Nov. I960* COONTZ LUCE (ex-Dewey) DLG 11 Mahan San Francisco Naval Shipyard Allis Chalmers 29 July 1957 7 Oct. 1959 28 Nov. I960* DAHLGREN MACDONOUGH DLG 12 Dahlgren Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Allis Chalmers 1 Mar. 1958 16 Mar. I960 6 Feb. 1961* DEWEY MAHAN DLG 13 William V. Pratt Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Allis Chalmers 1 Mar. 1958 16 Mar. I960 5 June 1961* FARRAGUT PREBLE DLG 14 Dewey Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine De Laval 10 Aug. 1957 30 Nov. 1958 7 Dec. 1959 KING WILLIAM V. PRATT DLG 15 Preble Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine De Laval 16 Dec. 1957 23 May 1959 9 May I960 Displacement: 3,900 tons standard (5,600 tons full * Dates are official estimates Dimensions: Guns: Guided missiles: Tubes: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: load) Length: 5I2£ (w./.), 520 (o.a.) feet. Beam: 54? feet. Draught: 20 feet Coontz : 2—5 inch rapid fire single mounts forward; 4—3 inch rapid fire (two twin mounts port and starboard); others I—5 inch, 54 cal. d.p. forward; 4—3 inch, 50 cal. One twin launcher aft. 40 advanced “ Terrier ” missiles (“ Terrier III ”). 6—21 inch fixed torpedo launchers (two triple nests) 2 Mark 108 ASW rocket launchers (ASROC), Weapon “ Able ” Hedge¬ hog, ASW torpedoes Geared turbines, 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 80,000 or 85,000=34 kts. (see Engineering Notes) 4 (1,200 lbs. pressure) 320 (20 officers, 300 men) General Notes Guided missile ships of the destroyer leader or large frigate category. Improved versions of the original destroyer leaders (afterwards re-rated as frigates) of the “ Mitscher ” type. Designed to destroy air targets. These ships will also have anti-sjbmarine and airborne early warning raTa.ili- ties. They will be used primarily as anti-aircraft and anti¬ submarine warfare ships. They will also screen high speed task forces, support amphibious operations and be capable of operating independently. The light displacement is officially stated to be 3,900 tons. Dewey will be the first ship equipped with the advanced “ Terrier ” missile, which supersedes the present "Terrier” which has been in service in the Fleet since Jan. 1956. Coontz, Farragut, King, Luce, Macdonough and Mahan were provided for under the Fiscal 1956 program appropriations; Dahlgren, William V. Pratt, Dewey and Preble are provided for under the 1957 program appropriations. DLG 7, the ship which it was originally announced would be named Dewey was renamed Luce in 1957. Cost $51,000,000 each. Engineering Notes Coontz, King, Mahan, Dahlgren and William V. Pratt have two sets of Allis-Chalmers-Fork geared turbines of high speed and light weight working at a pressure of 12,000 lbs per sq. inch and a temperature of 940 degrees Fahrenheit with superheated steam and developing 85,000 shaft horse power. Farragut, Luce, Macdonough, Dewey and Preble have De Laval turbines of 80,000 S.H.P. Officially Rated as Guided Missile Frigates (DLG) 9 Modified “Coontz” Class LEAHY HARRY E. YARNELL WORDEN DALE DLG 20 GRIDLEY DLG 22 HALSEY REEVES Displacement: 5,670 tons standard, 6,350 tons trial (7,000 tons full load) Dimensions: Length: 535 (o.a.) feet Beam: 53£ feet Draught: I7£ feet Guided missiles: 2 “Terrier” surface-to-air twin launchers, mounted fore and aft Guns: 2—3 inch, 50 cal. AA. (twin) amid¬ ships A/S weapons: Anti-submarine warfare equipment Machinery: Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 85,000=34 kts. Boilers: 4 Complement: 400 (31 officers, 369 men) General Notes Very large guided missile destroyer leaders or frigates approaching the light cruiser category. The design is an improvement on that of the "Coontz” class. DLG 16, DLG 17 and DLG 18 were provided for under the Fiscal Year 1958 Program, and DLG 19, DLG 20, DLG 21, DLG 22, DLG 23 and DLG 24 under the Fiscal Year 1959 Program. The Fiscal Year.1958 ships are 900 tons heavier than the original " Coontz ” class with " Terriers ” fore and aft. DLG 23 and DLG 24 will be of a different class. Three DLGs each of 5,500 tons light displacement were requested in the Fiscal Year I960 Program, but action was postponed and they are now included in the 1961 Program. DLG (artist’s conception of guided missile frigates) 1956, U.S. Navy, Official No. Name Builders Laid down Launch Completion DLG 16 Leahy Bath Iron Works Corp., Maine 3 Dec. 1959 1 Apr. 1961* Aug. 1962* DLG 17 Harry E. Yarnell Bath Iron Works Corp., Maine 31 May I960 Sep. 1961* Jan. 1963* DLG 18 Worden Bath Iron Works, Corp., Maine Sep. I960* Sep. 1961* Sep. 1962* DLG 19 Dale New York S.B. Corp., Camden Sep. I960* Sep. 1961* Sep. 1962* DLG 20 New York S.B. Corp., Camden Jan. 1961 Jan. 1962* Jan. 1963* DLG 21 Gridley Puget Sound B. & D. Co., Seattle 15 July I960* July 1961* Jan. 1963* DLG 22 Todd Shipyards Corp., San Pedro 3 Oct. I960 Dec. 1961* Feb. 1963* DLG 23 Halsey San Francisco Naval Shipyard Aug. I960* Dec. 1961* Oct. 1962* DLG 24 Reeves Puget Sound Naval Shipyard July I960* Jan. 1962* Feb. 1963* * Dates are official estimates New Construction Notes These nine new guided missile frigates are to be of a new class^with Leahy as the prototype. They will be larger than the " Coontz ” class and will mount " Terrier ” launchers fore and aft, also conventional weapons, and will carry long rangesonar and long and short range anti-submarine weapons. The total includes three ships from the Fiscal Year 1958 program. Engineering Notes The three ships from the Fiscal Year 1958 Program may eventually be nuclear powered. Destroyer Leaders ( continued) —U.S.A. 333 Destroyer Leaders —continued WILLIS A. LEE 1959, “Our Navy” Photo Officially rated as Frigates (DL) 4 “ Mitscher ” Class MITSCHER (ex-DD 927) JOHN S. McCAIN (ex-DD 928) WILLIS A. LEE (ex-DD 929) WILKINSON (ex-DD 930) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: General Notes DL 2—5 were begun as Destroyers (DD), but were re-rated as Destroyer Leaders (DL) while building in 1951 and again re-rated as Frigates (DL) on l Jan. 1955. The largest destroyers ever built in the United Scates and in the world. Larger than some ships rated as light cruisers in other countries. Ccst $29,500,000 each exclusive of armament. Of a new design specifically constructed as a long-range fleet type for both administrative and anti¬ submarine duties. Authorised February 1948. All ordered 3 August 1948. Named afcer United States admirals of the second World War. Carry the latest surface, underwater and anti-aircraft weapons. Equipped with newly developed electronic devices for hunter killer missions. Propelling machinery, of light weight, includes many advanced engineer¬ ing features not previously installed in fighting ships, to give sea speeds of 32 to 35 knots. Used as flagships or leaders of destroyer flotillas. 3,675 tons standard (4,730 tons full load ) 450 (pp.), 493 (o.o.)x 49x21 feet 2—5 inch 54 cal. d.p. (single), 4—3 inch, 70 cal. AA. (twin) see Helicopter Notes. 2 Mark 108 ASW rocket launchers, Weapon “ Able,” 4—21 inch fixed T.T., I D.C.T. Geared steam turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 80,000=35 kts. DL 2, DL 3: 4 Combustion Engineer¬ ing. controlled circulation type, 1,225 lb. per sq. in. pressure ^50 deg. F. superheat. DL 4, DL 5; 4 Foster Wh :ler, 2 drum type, 1,200 lb. per ,t,. in. pressure, 965 deg. F. supeiheat 322 (peace), 440 (war) MITSCHER (helicopter aft) I960, United States Navy, Official No DL 2 DL 3 DL 4 DL 5 Name Mitscher John S. McCain Willis A. Lee Wilkinson Builders Bath Iron Works Corpn. Bath Iron Works Corpn. Bethlehem, Quincy Bethlehem, Quincy Engineers General Electric General Electric Westinghouse Westinghouse Laid down 3 Oct. 1949 24 Oct. 1949 I Nov. 1949 I Feb. 1950 Launched 26 Jan. 1952 12 July 1952 26 Jan. 1952 23 Apr. 1952 Completed 16 May 1953 12 Oct. 1953 28 Sep. 1954 29 July 1954 Gunnery Notes Two 5 inch guns are fully automatic loading, rapid fire, radar controlled. Newer longer range 3 inch, 70 cal. mount¬ ings were installed in 1957-58 in place of the former 3 inch, 50 cal. guns. The four 20 mm. AA. (twin) guns have been removed (see Helicopter Notes). Engineering Notes DL 2, DL 3: 2 General Electric, turbine reduction type. Main reduction gears: General Electric double reduction. DL 4, DL 5: 2 Westinghouse, turbine reduction type. Main reduction gears: De Laval double reduction. Helicopter Notes Stern cleared for anti-submarine helicopter operations. John S. McCain and Mitscher completed DASH installation in Apr. I960, including removal of after guns to make way for 50x30 ft. landing platform and hangar for 2 drone anti¬ submarine helicopters Photograph Notes Starboard broadside view of Willis A. Lee and port bow view of Wilkinson in the 1957-58 edition. Port broadside view of John S. McCain and starboard quarter view of Mitscher in the 1957-58 to 1959-60 editions. Port bow oblique aerial view of Wilkinson in the 1959-60 edition. NUCLEAR POWERED DESTROYER DD (N) I Projected DD(N) Builders: Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy. Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: 3,500 tons standard Length: 490 feet Beam: 50 feet Draught: 21 feet 2 pressurised water cooled nuclear reactors. Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: “over 60,000” = “over 30” kts. Notes The Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts, was awarded a contract for the design of a nuclear powered destroyer in Dec. 1957. If this vessel materialises she will be the smallest surface fighting ship in the world in which a nuclear powered engineering plant has been installed, but construction is not planned in the near future due to econo¬ my reasons. DD 999 (destroyer of the future) 1959, United States Navy, Official 334 U.S.A.—Destroyers GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYERS (DDG) 1957, courtesy “ Our Navy' GY ATT I Converted “Gearing” Class Ex-Destroyer (DD) DDG I GY ATT (ex-DDG 712, ex-DD 712) Builders: Launched: Completed: Converted: Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. 15 Apr. 1945 2 July 1945 30 Dec. 1956 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Guided weapons: 2,400 tons standard (3,480 tons full load) 390±x40f X 19 (max.) feet. 4—5 inch, 38 cal. (two twin turrets forward) 4—3 inch, 50 cal. (two twin mount¬ ings, one abaft each funnel) 2 launchers (twin mounting aft) for “ Terrier ” missiles A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: General Notes Originally a normal fleet destroyer (DD) of the ‘ Gearing ” class. Her conversion to a guided missile destroyer (DDG) was provided for under the Fiscal 1956 Appropriations. Reclassi¬ fied as DDG I on I Dec. 1955. Converted at the Boston Naval Shipyard, Massachusetts; and fitted with the complete “ Terrier ” missile installation, to test the feasibility of con¬ verting existing destroyers to guided missile destroyers. Commissioned 3 Dec. 1956. Again reclassified as DDG 712 on completion. Reclassified as DDG I on 23 May 1957. Guided Missile Notes The 14 “Terrier” missiles are carried in twin magazines level with the main deck. The twin missile launcher rotates to all points. 2 Hedgehogs and 2 torpedo racks Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 60,000=35 kts. 4 680 tons 6,000 miles at 15 kts. 296 (16 officers and 280 men) Gyatt is the world’s first guided missile destroyer, and also the U.S. Navy’s first warship to have a stabilisation system (British Denny-Brown retractable fin stabilisers) added to her hull structure: the system is designed to eliminate much of the rolling that is characteristic of small ships: It consists of two 45 sq.ft, retractable fins extending out from midships well below the waterline. Gyatt is the Navy’s economical approach to a guided missile destroyer by conversion rather than by new construction The Gyatt, in addition to twin “ Terrier ” guided missile launchers, has the most modern anti-submarine ordnance, and is capable of destroying an enemy attack whether by supersonic aircraft or modern submarine. The ship was the third U.S. Navy warship to carry the guided missile designation (the first two were the Boston and Canberra, both heavy cruisers). Photograph Notes Starboard quarter and port bow views of Gyatt in the 1957- 58 edition. Starboard quarter view in the 1959-60 edition. 18 + 3 New Construction 2 Avondale Marine Ways, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana DDG 18 SEMMES DDG 19 4 Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine DDG 2 (ex-DDG 952) CHARLES F. ADAMS DDG 3 (ex-DDG 953 JOHN KING DDG 10 SAMPSON DDG II SELLERS 4 Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, Michigan DDG 7 (ex-DDG 957) HENRY B. WILSON DDG 8 (ex-DDG 958) LYNDE McCORMICK DDG 12 ROBINSON DDG 13 HOEL 6 New York Shipbuilding Corpn., Camden, New Jersey DDG 4 (ex-DDG 954 LAWRENCE DDG 5 (ex-DDG 955) BIDDLE DDG 6 (ex-DDG 956) BARNEY DDG 15 DDG 16 DDG 17 3 Puget Sound Bridge and Dry Dock Co., Seattle, Wash. DDG 20 DDG 21 DDG 22 2 Todd Shipyards, Inc., Seattle, Washington DDG 9 (ex-DDG 959) TOWERS DDG 14 BUCHANAN Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Guided weapons: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: 3,370 tons standard (4,500 tons full load) 431 (w./.), 437 (o.o.)X 47x20 feet 2—5 inch, 54 cal. single-mount, rapid fire Twin “ Tartar "surface-to-air missile launcher Rocket launchers, (ASROC), 2 to 6 torpedo launchers Geared steam turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 70,000=35 kts. 4 354 (24 officers, 330 men) General Notes Eight guided missile destroyers, DDG 2—9, were provided under the Fiscal 1957 Appropriations, five (DDG 10-14) in 1958, five (DDG 15-19) in 1959, three (DDG 20-22) in I960, and two are to be built under the 1961 program. The eight ships in the 1957 procurement and the five in the 1958 procurement will be equipped to launch the “ Tartar” surface-to-air missile with a range of 15 to 20 miles. They also will be armed with two main single-mount rapid-fire guns and the latest anti-submarine weapons. In addition to the “ Tartar ” missiles, these ships will be equipped with the very latest in long range anti-submarine warfare weapons. These versatile ships will be used to escort amphibious forces and to support them after their landings, to work with hunter killer groups in attacking submarines and to protect vital ocean convoys. As compared with previous destroyers, the ships will have greater length overall, more beam and heavier displacement. CHARLES F. ADAMS (after launching) Added I960, United States Navy, Official * X ” position 1959, United States Navy, Official No. Name Laid down Launched Completed DDG 2 Charles F. Adams 16 June 1958 8 Sep. 1959 10 Sep. I960 DDG 3 John King 25 Aug. 1958 30 Jan. I960 30 Dec. I960 DDG 4 Lawrence 27 Oct. 1958 27 Feb. I960 Mar. 1961* DDG 5 Biddle 18 May 1959 4 June I960 June 1961* DDG 6 Barney 10 Aug. 1959 Oct. I960* Aug. 1961* DDG 7 Henry B. Wilson 28 Feb. 1958 22 Apr. 1959 Dec. I960* DDG 8 Lynde McCormick 4 Apr. 1958 28 July 1959 19 Apr. 1961 DDG 9 Towers 1 Apr. 1958 23 Apr. 1959 Apr. 1961* DDG 10 Sampson 2 Mar. 1959 21 June I960 5 May 1961 DDG 11 Sellers 3 Aug. 1959 Sep. I960* 8 Sep. 1961 DDG 12 Robinson 28 Apr. 1959 27 Apr. I960 3 Aug. 1961 DDG 13 Hoel 3 Aug. 1959 Aug. I960* 5 Dec. 1961 DDG 14 Buchanan 23 Apr. 1959 II May I960 Nov. 1961* DDG 18 Semmes * Dates are official estimates. They have a new hull design which is an evolution of the “Forrest Sherman ” (DD 931) type and, like the “Forrest Sherman ” class, will have aluminium superstructures. The most recent habitability improvements have been incor¬ porated into their construction, including air conditioning of all living spaces. DDG 20, 21 and 22 are to have bow mounted long range sonar. Cost: about $17,000,000 to $18,000,000 each (with missiles and electronics $34,000,000 each). Gunnery Notes The original design provided for two 5 inch guns, one forward in “ A ” position and one aft in '* Y ” position (anti¬ submarine weapons in “ B ” positions and guided weapons in “ X ” position) but it is reported that the after (“ Y ”) 5 inch gur. may be suppressed in favour of a guided missile launcher. Guided Missile Notes “Tartar” weapons are smaller than “Terrier” missiles with greater range. In these ships they are mounted in a battery aft. 42 missiles are carried. Missiles are 15 feet long and I foot in diameter. Engineering Notes DDG 2, 3, 7 and 8 are to be equipped with General Electric main propulsion units (steam turbines) and electric power¬ generating equipment. Destroyers (continued) —U.S.A. 335 DESTROYERS (DD) DECATUR Added 1959, courtesy Dr. Ian S. Pearsall 18 “Forrest Sherman” Class 9 Bath Iron Works Corpn. 5 Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, DD DD 931 FORREST SHERMAN 936 DECATUR 932 JOHN PAUL JONES 937 DAVIS 933 BARRY 940 MANLEY 941 DU PONT 942 BIGELOW 943 BLANDY 2 Ingalls S.B. Corpn. 948 MORTON 949 PARSONS Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Completion: General Notes The construction of first three was provided for under the 1952-53 programme. Not radical in design but embody certain improvements in armament. Increased freeboard forward. Entire ship’s structure above main deck including gun founda¬ tions is cf aluminium to obtain maximum stability while maintaining minimum ship displacement. Air conditioned throughout. DD 938 ordered 3 Feb. 1954, DD 941 and DD 942 30 July 1954, DD 943 and DD 944 awarded 23 Oct. 1954. (DD 939 was ex-German Z 39). Gunnery Notes These ships are the first United States warships with gun batteries arranged to provide more fire power aft than forward. Torpedo Notes Tubes are replaced by torpedo racks between the funnels. Sonar Notes Barry has been fitted with a new clipper bow housing a new type of sonar dome, at Boston Naval Shipyard in 1959, and has stem anchor only. 938 JONAS INGRAM 944 MULLINNIX 945 HULL 946 EDSON 947 SOMERS 2 Puget Sound B. & D. Co., 950 RICHARD S. EDWARDS 951 TURNER JOY 2,650 tons light, 2,850 tons standard (4,200 tons full load), see Notes 4l8*x45x 19^ feet 3— 5 inch 54 cal. d.p. (I forward, 2 aft), 4—3 inch, 50 cal. AA. (new pat¬ tern twin enclosed gunhouses), see Notes) 4— 21 inch A/S fixed (torpedo racks), see Notes 2 Hedgehogs, depth charge tracks (Somers: 2 barrelled ASW) 2 geared steam turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 70,000 = over 33 kts. 4 255 (15 officers, 240 men) BARRY (clipper bow, stem anchor) I960, Erich Groner BIGELOW 1959, R. M. Scott Anti-Radiation Notes Richard. S. Edwards was built from the keel up with atomic decontamination gear (other ships have had such gear added afterwards). Displacement Notes The displacement varies between 2,780 tons and 2,850 tons because of machinery differences. Building Notes Most of the completed dates in the table are actually com¬ missioning dates which are a month or two before the official completion dates. Name Laid down Launched Completed Forrest Sherman John Paul Jones Barry Decatur Davis Manley Jonas Ingram Du Pont Blandy Bigelow Mullinnix Hull 27 Oct. 1953 18 Jan. 1954 15 Mar. 1954 13 Sep. 1954 I Feb. 1955 10 Feb. 1955 T5 June 1955 11 May 1955 29 Dec. 1955 6 July 1955 5 Apr. 1956 12 Sep. 1956 5 Feb. 1955 7 May 1955 1 Oct. 1955 15 Dec. 1955 28 Mar. 1956 12 Apr. 1956 8 July 1956 8 Sep. 1956 19 Dec. 1956 2 Feb. 1957 18 Mar. 1957 10 Aug. 1957 1 Jan. 1958 24 Sep. 1957 23 May 1958 30 May 1958 19 Aug. 1958 5 May 1958 Edson 3 Dec. 1956 Richard S. Edwards 20 Dec. 1956 Morton 4 Mar. 1957 Somers 4 Mar. 1957 Parsons 17 June 1957 Turner Joy 30 Sep. 1957 9 Nov. 1955 5 Apr. 1956 31 Aug. 1957 30 Nov. 1956 6 Mar. 1957 I Feb. 1957 19 July 1957 1 July 1957 26 Nov. 1957 8 Nov. 1957 7 Mar. 1958 2 June 1958 7 Nov. 1958 5 Feb. 1959 16 Mar. 1959 3 Apr. 1959 29 Oct. 1959 3 Aug. 1959 MULLINNIX Nomenclature Note Photograph Notes The name of DD 951 was changed from Joy to Turner Joy on Photographs of Forrest Sherman and John Paul Jones appear 26 July 1957. in the 1957-58 to 1959-60 editions. FRED T. BERRY 1957, Skyfoto'i mmm ' 'V■' -/ ■ . Anti-Submarine Destroyers (DDE) 8 “ Carpenter ” Class 1 Bath Iron Works Corpn. 4 Bethlehem, S. Pedro DDE 858 FRED T. BERRY 827 ROBERT A. OWENS (28 Jan. 1945) (15 July 1946) 861 HARWOOD 2 Bethijhem, S. Francisco (24 May 1945) 765 KEPPLER (24 June 1946) 860 McCAFFERY 764 LLOYD THOMAS (12 Apr. 1945) (5 Oct. 1945) 859 IVGRFIS (25 Feb. 1945) I Consolidated Steel Corpn. (Completed by Newport News) 825 CARPENTER (30 Dec. 1945) Displacement: Carpenter and Robert A. Owens: 2.500 tons standard (3,550 tons full load) Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Remaining six: 2,425 tons standard (3,500 tons full load) 390^ (o.a.) X 40f x 19 (max.) feet 4—3 inch, 70 cal. (twin-automatic), 2 large ahead throwing A/S weapons: in Carpenter and Robert A. Owens, 4—5 inch, 8—3 inch, 1 large A/S weapon in others. Tubes: 5—21 inch (none in Carpenter and Robert A. Owens) Machinery: Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 60,000=35 kts. Boilers: 4 Oil fuel: 650 tons Radius: 5,800 miles at 15 kts. Complement: 350 General Notes Originally designed as units of the “ Gearing ” class. Robert A. Owens and Carpenter, towed to Newport News in 1947, were completed as Hunter-killer Destroyers on Nov. 5, 1949, and Dec. 15, 1949, respectively. The remaining six were converted under the 1949 Program. Launch dates above. They were rated as DD Ks until March 4, 1950, when the DD E and DDK types merged. Robert A. Owens had six 3-inch guns. In Carpenter the forward 5-inch twin turret was removed, a pair of twin 3-inch automatic weapons substituted, and a KEPPLER bandstand containing a large weapon of the hedgehog type in place of the superimposed 5-inch turret. Anti-Submarine Notes It is understood that additional multiple A/S mortars have been installed amidships and aft, and a number of Sono-buoys are included in the equipment. These are dropped in a dia¬ mond shaped pattern (one in the middle) outlining an area in which a submarine is suspected to be in operation. They con¬ tain microphones, and by keeping track of which picks up the louckrr. sound the destroyer can determine in which direction and at what speed and depth the submarine is moving. Once this is detected the destroyer moves in rapidly for the kill, laying down a pattern of depth bombs. Added 1959 Skyfotos Gunnery Notes Carpenter was the First ship in the Pacific Fleet to have the new 3 inch, 70 cal. automatic gun mountings. Her hedgehog forward is now removed. Photograph Notes Photographs of Lloyd Thomas in the 1953-54 to 1957-58 editions, and of Carpenter in the 1957-58 to 1959-60 editions. General Note on DDEs (former DDKs) Vessels have been completed as such and converted from existing DDs in order to form groups for the purpose of long- and short-range interception of submarines before they can attack convoys. 7 Converted “Gearing” Class 1 Bath Iron Works Corpn. 4 Consolidated Steel Corpn. DDE DDE 847 ROBERT L. 824 BASILONE WILSON 819 HOLDER 818 NEW 820 RICH 1 Bethlehem, Staten Island 1 Federal S.B. & D.D. Co. 871 DAMATO 719 EPPERSON Displacement: 2,425 tons standard (3,500 tons full load) Dimensions: 390^ (o.o.)x40f X 19 (max.) feet Guns: 4—5 inch, 38 cal., 4 to 10—3 inch, 50 cal. (Basilone 4 —3 inch, others 6—3 inch) A/S weapons- Ahead throwing A/S weapon in place of forward superimposed 5-inch twin turret Tubes: Removed in Basilone and Epperson. Others 5—21 inch Machinery: Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P: 60,000=35 kts. Boilers: 4 Oil fuel: 650 tons Radius: 5,800 miles at 15 kts. Complement: 350 (war) BASILONE Added 1959, Skyfotos General Notes Former destroyers (DD). Builders above. Basilone and Epperson, both completed at Bath, were two long suspended units of the “ Gearing ” class. They were converted to AS W (for anti-submarine warfare) and completed as escort des¬ troyers. They are armed with new weapons and equipped with improved sonar and other electronic gear. Five other units were 4-gun “Gearings redesignated DD Es on 4 March 1950. The remaining 4-gun “ Gearing” ( Sarsfield ) is an EDD (experi¬ mental destroyer), see page 338. Name Basilone Damato Epperson Holder New Rich Robert L. Wilson Launched 21 Dec. 1945 21 Nov. 1945 22 Dec. 1945 25 Aug. 1945 18 Aug. 1945 5 Oct. 1945 5 Jan. 1946 Completed 21 July 1949 26 Apr. 1946 18 Mar. 1949 17 May 1946 4 Apr. 1946 2 July 1946 28 Mar. 1946 Photograph Notes Photographs of Holder in the 1953-54 to 1957-58 editions, of Epperson in the 1954-55 to 1959-60 editions, and of Damato in the 1957-58 to 1959-60 editions. Recent Disposal The experimental destroyer Timmerman, AG 152 (ex-EDD 828) of the modified “ Gearing ” type, see page 376, 1958-59 edition, was stricken from the Navy List in 1958 and scrapped in 1959. Destroyers ( continued )—U.S.A. 337 Destroyers —continued BORDELON (broadside silhouette) note mainmast 1957, Captain Aldo Fraccaroli Radar Picket Destroyers (DDR) 36 Converted “Gearing” Class 15 Bath Iron Works Corpn. DDR 807 BENNER 835 CHARLES P. CECIL 805 CHEVALIER 808 DENNIS J. BUCKLEY 838 ERNEST G. SMALL 830 EVERETT F. LARSON 842 FISKE 742 FRANK KNOX 831 GOODRICH 832 HANSON 833 HERBERT J. THOMAS 806 HIGBEE 829 MYLES C. FOX 743 SOUTHERLAND 834 TURNER 2 Bethlehem, Staten Island 14 Consolidated Steel Corpn. 881 BORDELON 817 CORRY 874 DUNCAN 880 DYESS 882 FURSE 873 HAWKINS 875 HENRY W. TUCKER 879 LEARY 883 NEWMAN K. PERRY 889 O’HARE 877 PERKINS 876 ROGERS 888 STICKELL 878 VESOLE 4 Federal S. B. & D D. Co. 711 EUGENE A. GREENE 713 KENNETH D. BAILEY 715 WILLIAM M. WOOD 714 WILLIAM R. RUSH 870 FECHTELER 1 Todd Pacific Shipyards 863 STEINAKER 784 McKEAN Displacement: 2,425 tons standard (3,550 tons full Dimensions: load ) 390? (o.o.) X 40| X 19 (max.) feet. Guns: 6—5 inch, 38 cal.; 6—3 inch, 50 cal. A/S weapons: AA. in place of 12—40 mm. AA. (see Gunnery Notes) 2 Hedgehogs, 1 Depth Charge Rack, Machinery: 2 side-launching torpedo racks Geared turbines, 2 shafts. S.H.P.: Boilers: 60,000=35 kts. 4 Oil fuel: 650 tons Radius: 5,800 miles at 15 kts. Complement: 305 (peace), 350 (war) General Notes Builders see above. Similar to “Gearing” class. Main differences are that the torpedo tubes are removed. Tripod radar mainmast tower removed and radar located aft of No.2 stack on the after superstructure in all ships (see photos of Borderlon and William R. Rush. Conversion Notes All converted from DDs to DDRs and fitted with early warning radar to serve as long-range-warning picket vessels against aircraft. Goodrich, Kenneth D. Bailey and Turner have undergone FRAM conversions and are equipped wich DASH. Gunnery Notes Twin mounted 3-inch guns have replaced 40 mm. and 20 mm. guns in Bordelon,Chevalier,Corry, Dyess, Herbert J. Thomas, Southerland, and most of the other ships. Some are being modified with an enlarged combat information centre and have had the two twin 3 inch mounts amidships removed. Name Launched Completed Benner 20 Nov. 1944 13 Feb. 1945 Bordelon 3 Mar. 1945 5 June 1945 Charles P. Cecil 22 Apr. 1945 29 June 1945 Chevalier 29 Oct. 1944 9 Jan. 1945 Corry 28 July 1945 26 Feb. 1946 Dennis J. Buckley 20 Dec. 1944 2 Mar. 1945 Duncan 27 Oct. 1944 25 Feb. 1945 Dyess 26 Jan. 1945 21 May 1945 Ernest G. Small 9 June 1945 21 Aug. 1945 Eugene A. Greene 18 Mar. 1945 8 June 1945 Everett F. Larson 28 Jan. 1945 6 Apr. 1945 Fechteler 19 Sep. 1945 2 Mar. 1946 Fiske 8 Sep. 1945 28 Nov. 1945 Frank Knox 17 Sep. 1944 1 1 Dec. 1944 Furse 9 Mar 1945 10 July 1945 Goodrich 25 Feb. 1945 24 Apr. 1945 Hanson 1 1 Mar. 1945 1 1 May 1945 Hawkins 7 Cct 1944 10 Feb. 1945 Henry W. Tucker 8 Nov. 1944 12 Mar. 1945 Herbert J. Thomas 25 Mar. 1945 29 May 1945 Higbee 12 Nov. 1944 27 Jan. 1945 Kenneth D. Bailey 17 June 1945 31 July 1945 Leary 20 Jan. 1945 7 May 1945 McKean 31 Mar. 1945 9 June 1945 Myles C. Fox 13 Jan. 1945 20 Mar. 1945 Newman K. Perry 17 Mar. 1945 26 July 1945 O’Hare 22 June 1945 29 Nov. 1945 Perkins 7 Dec. 1944 5 Apr. 1945 Rogers 20 Nov. 1944 26 Mar. 1945 Southerland 5 Oct. 1944 22 Dec. 1944 Steinaker 13 Feb. 1945 26 May 1945 Stickell 16 June 1945 26 Sep. 1945 Turner 8 Apr. 1945 12 June 1945 Vesole 29 Dec 1944 23 Apr. 1945 William M. Wood 29 July 1945 23 Nov. 1945 William R. Rush 8 July 1945 21 Sep. 1945 Y NEWMAN K. PERRY 1959, Ted Stone WILLIAM R. RUSH 1957, Official A/S Weapon Notes All K-guns have been removed and replaced by two side¬ launching torpedo racks. Appearance Notes All tripod radar mainmasts have been re moved from Newman K. Perry, Turner and other ships; but Bordelon and others have a new type of mainmast for “ TACAN ” and ECM attennae on the fore side of the after funnel. Direction Notes Height finding radar and director for 3 inch anti-aircraft guns silhouetted broadside in Bordelon and close up in Newman K. Perry (see 1957-58 edition). Observe gunnery aerial as in French Surcouf. Photograph Notes Photographs of Vesole and Newman K. Perry (close up of “ X ” position showing radar and 3-inch gun details) in the 1957-58 edition. mmmnm . S— FLOYD B. PARKS 1957, U.S. Navy, Official Destroyers (DD) 45 “ Gearing ” Class 12 Bath Iron Works Corpn. DD 826 AGERHOLM 845 BAUSSELL 836 GEORGE K. MACKENZIE 840 GLENNON 841 NOA 846 OZBOURN 844 PERRY 839 POWER E 849 RICHARD E. KRAUS (ex-AG 51) E 837 SARSFIELD 843 WARRINGTON E 848 WITEK 4 Bethlehem, Quincy 853 CHARLES H. ROAN 850 JOSEPH P. KENNEDY, JR. 852 LEONARD F. MASON 851 RUPERTUS 8 Bethlehem, Staten Island 869 ARNOLD J. ISBELL 868 BROWNSON 865 CHARLES R. WARE 866 CONE 872 FORREST ROYAL 864 HAROLD J. ELLISON 867 STRIBLING 862 VOGELGESANG I Bethlehem, S. Francisco 763 WILLIAM C. LAWE 8 Consolidated Steel Corpn. 877 BRINKLEY BASS 884 FLOYD B. PARKS 885 JOHN R. CRAIG 821 JOHNSTON 890 MEREDITH 886 ORLECK 822 ROBERT H. McCARD 823 SAMUEL B. ROBERTS 4 Federal S.B. & D.D. Co. 710 GEARING 718 HAMNER 717 THEODORE E. CHANDLER 716 WILTSIE 8 Todd Pacific Shipyards 789 EVERSOLE 783 GURKE ( ex-John A. Bole) 785 HENDERSON 788 HOLLISTER 787 JAMES E. KYES 786 RICHARD B. ANDERSON 782 ROWAN 790 SHELTON Displacement: 2,425 tons standard, Witek 2,465 tons (3,479 to 3,520 tons full load) Dimensions: 390y (o.a.) X 40| X 19 (max.) feet Guns: 6—5 inch, 38 cal., 6—3 inch (Sors- field and Witek 4—5 inch) (see Gunnery Notes) A/S weapons: 2 hedgehogs, 1 depth charge rack, 2 torpedo launching racks Tubes: 5—21 inch (quintupled) Machinery: Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 60,000=35 kts. Boilers: 4 Oil fuel: 650 tons Radius: 5,800 miles at 15 kts. Complement: 257 (peace), 350 (war) General Notes Enlarged versions of “ Allen M. Summer ” type, with extra 14 feet length, necessitated by additional installations. All having tripod mast fitted to accommodate new large radar aerials. A 165 tons, 120-feet long bow section of the un¬ completed destroyer Seymour D. Owens was transferred to the Ernest G. Small to replace the latter’s bow section which was lost when that ship struck a mine off Songjin, Korea, 7 Oct. 1951. Similarly, the bow of the uncompleted sister ship Lansdale, a section weighing 50 tons was removed and welded on to Floyd B. Parks which was damaged in spring 1956 in collision with the heavy cruiser Columbus. 36 units converted to Radar Picket Destroyers (DDR), 8 to Hunter Killer Destroyers (DDE formerly DDK), 8 to Escort Destroyers (DDE), Timmerman completed to a new design (EDD) but re-designated (AG) was scrapped in 1959. Richard E. Kraus, formerly AG, restored to DD, jan. 1954. Cancellations: DD 809-816, 854-856, 891-926. Abner Read (769), Noel (768), uncompleted and scrapped. Reconstruction Notes Perry, DD 844, was converted and modernised for anti¬ submarine warfare at a cost of $7,700,000 in Boston Naval Shipyard. She is the first of 163 destroyers to be modernised in the next five years (see notes on FRAM Program on page 390 of the 1959-60 edition. She lost some of her con¬ ventional armament but gained new weapons and electronic equipment, including ASROC. Conversion commenced on l May 1959 and was completed on I Apr. I960. Agerholm, Baus- sell, Meredith, Noa, Richard B. Anderson, Shelton, and Stribling have also undergone FRAM conversion and are equipped with DASH. Added 1960, United States Navy, Official WITEK (jet propulsion, 4—5 inch guns) 1958, courtesy Dr. Ian S. Pearsal PERRY (before FRAM conversion) Launched Completed Launched Name Name Leonard F. Mason Meredith Noa Orleck Ozbourn Perry Power Richard B. Anderson Richard E. Kraus Robert H. McCard Rowan Rupert us Samuel B. Roberts Sarsfield Shelton Stribling Theodore E. Chandler Vogelgesang Warrington William C. Lawe Wiltsie Witek Agerholm Arnold J. Isbell Baussell Brinkley Bass Brownson Charles H. Roan Charles R. Ware Cone Eversole Floyd B. Parks Forrest Royal Gearing George H. McKenzie Glennon Gurke Hamner Harold I. Ellison Henderson Hollister James E. Kyes John R. Craig Johnston Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Gunnery Notes “ B ” twin 5-inch mounting has been removed from the experimental destroyers Sarsfield and Witek. Most of this class have or will have their former 16—40 mm. AA. guns replaced by six 3-inch guns: I pair in “ Q” position, one pair in “ X ” position and 2 single guns on either bridge wing. (See photo of Floyd B. Parks). All K-guns have been removed and replaced by two torpedo launching racks. Torpedo Notes The torpedo tubes have been removed from Johnston, DD 821. Class Notes Richard E. Kraus, Sarsfield and Witek are EDD (experi¬ mental destroyers). Gyatt was converted into a Guided Missile destroyer (DDG) in 1956, see earlier page. Photograph Notes Photographs of Meredith in the 1952-53 to 1957-58 editions, of Charles R. Ware in the 1956-57 and 1957-58 editions, of Theodore E. Chandler in the 1957-58 to 1959-60 editions, and of Forrest Royal in the 1959-60 edition. A large port bow aerial view of Witek and detail views of her pump jet unit and jet propulsion arrangement appear on page 478 (Addenda) of the 1959-60 edition. Jet Propulsion Notes A new type propulsion system known as “ pumpjet ” was installed in Witek, EDD 848, in 1959 at Boston Naval Ship¬ yard. This device consists of two units which replace con¬ ventional propellers and make the ship quieter (see illustra¬ tions in the Addenda, page 478, 1959-60 edition). Recent Disposals The uncompleted hulls of Lansdale, Seaman and Seymour D. Owens were scrapped (stricken from the list on 9 June 1958), and the uncompleted hulls of Castle and Woodrow R. Thompson were scrapped on 29 Aug. 1955. Destroyers ( continued )—U.S.A 339 Destroyers —continued JOHN W. THOMASON (prototype FRAM conversion I960, United States Navy, Official Destroyers (DD) 53 “ Allen M. Summer ” Class I I Bath Iron Works Corpn. DO 722 BARTON 730 COLLETT 732 HYMAN 727 DE HAVEN 724 LAFFEY 729 LYMAN K. SWENSON 731 MADDOX 728 MANSFIELD 725 O’BRIEN 734 PURDY 723 WALKE 6 Bethlehem Steel Co. (S. Francisco ) 761 BUCK 762 HENLEY 760 JOHN W. THOMASON 759 LOFBERG 757 PUTNAM 758 STRONG 10 Bethlehem Steel Co. (Staten Island) 752 ALFRED A. CUNNINGHAM 756 BEATTY 744 BLUE 745 BRUSH 754 FRANK E. EVANS 748 HARRY E. HUBBARD 755 JOHN A. BOLE 753 JOHN R. PIERCE 747 SAMUEL L. MOORE 746 TAUSSIG 4 Bethlehem Steel Co. (S. Pedro) 857 BRISTOL 776 JAMES C. OWENS 770 LOWRY 775 WILLARD KEITH 17 Federal S.B. & D.D. Co. 692 ALLEN M. SUMNER 698 AULT 704 BORIE 697 CHARLES S. SPERRY 705 COMPTON 696 ENGLISH 706 GAINARD 702 HANK 708 HARLAN R. DICKSON 700 HAYNSWORTH 709 HUGH PURVIS 694 INGRAHAM 701 JOHN W. WEEKS 693 MOALE 707 SO LEY 699 WALDRON 703 WALLACE L. LIND 5 Todd Pacific Shipyards 779 DOUGLAS H. FOX 778 MASSEY 781 ROBERT K. HUNTINGTON 780 STORMES 777 ZELLARS Displacement: 2,200 tons standard (3,300 tons full load) Dimensions: 376|x40f X 19 (max.) feet Guns: 6—5 inch, 38 cal., 6—3 inch, 50 cal. AA. (3 inch removed from FRAM conversions) Tubes: 5—21 inch (quintupled)—removed from FRAM conversions A/S weapons: 2 hedgehogs mounted on deckhouse abeam bridge front, 1 D.C. rack, 2 side-launching torpedo racks. Machinery: Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 60,000=34 kts. (designed), 33 kts. actual Boilers: 4 Babcock & Wilcox, working pressure 600 lb. per sq.inch. Oil fuel: 650 tons Radius: 6,000 miles at 15 kts. Complement: General Notes 350 (war) Have a larger radius of action than any destroyers previously constructed. Type is an enlargement and modification of the “ Fletcher” design. After set of tubes was removed. Some now have 3-inch AA. guns in place of former 40 mm. and 20 mm. Twelve of this class (two scrapped) were fitted for minelaying and re-rated as DM 23-24 (see page 344). Hugh W. Hadley was sold. War losses: Cooper, Drexler, Mannert L. Abele, Meredith. Reconstruction Notes John W. Thomason, DD 760, wai the prototype conversion for this class under the “ FRAM ” Program (see page 338). Fitted with “ DASH ” (drone anti-submarine helicopter) carried on after deck landing area, with hangar facilities, valuable depth sonar (I ton sonar dome dropped over stern) and ASW torpedo tubes. The 3 inch guns and con¬ ventional torpedo tubes were removed, Blue, Charles H. Sperry, Collett, De Haven, Lowry, Mansfield, Massey, Robert K. Huntington, Stormes and Zellars have also undergone “ FRAM ” conversion. Collett f damaged in collision with Ammen, received replacement bow from hull of suspended Seaman, at Long Beach, California, in Aug. I960. Gunnery Notes 40 mm. and 20 mm. mounts were replaced by 3-inch, 50 cal. mounts in Borie, Frank E. Evans, Gainard, Harry £. Hubbard, Zellars and many others (two twin, two single). A/S Weapons Notes All but one D.C. rack and all K-guns have been removed and replaced by two side-launching torpedo racks. Appearance Notes The big spreaders on second funnel are ECM antennae supports which are now fitted on all of this type. Photograph Notes Photographs of Moale and Zellars in the 1957-58 edition, Hyman in the 1954-55 to 1958-59 editions, and Waldron in the 1958-59 and 1959-60 editions. CHARLES S. SPERRY 1959, A. & J. Pavia SOLEY 1957, Giorgio Arra Name Launched Completed Name Launched Completed James C. Owens 1 Oct. 1944 17 Feb. 1945 Alfred A. Cunningham 3 Aug. 1944 23 Nov. 1944 John A. Boyle 1 Nov. 1944 3 Mar. 1945 Allen M. Sumner 15 Dec. 1943 26 Jan. 1944 John R. Pierce 1 Sep. 1944 30 Dec. 1944 Ault 26 Mar. 1944 31 May 1944 John W. Thomason 30 Sep. 1944 11 Oct. 1945 Barton 10 Oct. 1943 30 Dec. 1943 John W. Weeks 21 May 1944 21 July 1944 Beatty 30 Nov. 1944 31 Mar. 1945 Laffey 21 Nov. 1943 8 Feb. 1944 Blue 28 Nov. 1943 20 Mar 1944 Lofberg 12 Aug. 1944 26 Apr. 1945 Borie 4 July 1944 21 Sep. 1944 Lowry 6 Feb. 1944 23 July 1944 Bristol 29 Oct. 1944 17 Mar. 1945 Lyman K. Swenson 12 Feb. 1944 2 May 1944 Brush 28 Dec. 1943 17 Apr. 1944 Maddox 19 Mar. 1944 2 June 1944 Buck II Mar. 1945 28 June 1946 Mansfield 29 Jan. 1944 14 Apr. 1944 Charles H. Sperry 13 Mar. 1944 17 May 1944 Massey 19 Aug. 1944 24 Nov. 1944 Collett 5 Mar. 1944 16 May 1944 Moale 16 Jan. 1944 28 Feb. 1944 Compton 17 Sep. 1944 4 Nov. 1944 O’Brien 8 Dec. 1943 25 Feb. 1944 De Haven 9 Jan. 1944 31 Mar. 1944 Purdy 7 May 1944 18 July 1944 Douglas H. Fox 30 Sep. 1944 26 Dec. 1944 Putnam 26 Mar. 1944 12 Oct. 1944 English 27 Feb. 1944 4 May 1944 Robert K. Huntington 10 Dec. 1944 3 Mar. 1945 Frank E. Evans 3 Oct. 1944 3 Feb. 1944 Soley 8 Sep. 1944 7 Dec. 1944 Gainard 17 Sep. 1944 23 Nov. 1944 Stormes 4 Nov. 1944 27 Jan. 1945 Hank 21 May 1944 28 Aug. 1944 Strong 22 Apr. 1944 8 Mar. 1945 Harlan R. Dickson 17 Dec. 1944 17 Feb. 1945 Samuel L. Moore 23 Feb. 1944 24 June 1944 Harry E. Hubbard 24 Mar. 1944 22 July 1944 Taussig 25 Jan. 1944 20 May 1944 Haynsworth 15 Apr. 1944 22 June 1944 Waldron 26 Mar. 1944 8 June 1944 Henley 8 Apr. 1945 8 Oct. 1946 Walke 27 Oct. 1943 21 Jan. 1944 Hugh Purvis 17 Dec. 1944 1 Mar. 1945 Wallace L. Lind 14 June 1944 8 Sep. 1944 Hyman 8 Apr. 1944 16 June 1944 Willard Keith 29 Aug. 1944 27 Dec. 1944 Ingraham 16 Jan. 1944 10 Mar. 1944 Zellars 19 July 1944 25 Oct. 1944 340 U.S.A.—Destroyers ( continued ) Destroyers —continued CAPERTON 1956, Official Destroyers (DD) 50 Later “ Fletcher ” Class 7 Bath Iron Works Corpn. DD 650 CAPERTON 651 COGSWELL 652 INGERSOLL 691 MERTZ 690 NORMAN SCOTT 688 REMEY 689 WADLEIGH 2 Bethlehem Steel Co. (S. Francisco) 683 STOCKHAM 684 WEDDERBURN 8 Bethlehem Steel Co. (Staten Island) 796 BENHAM 657 CHARLES J. BADGER 658 COLAHAN 797 CUSHING 686 HALSEY POWELL 798 MONSSEN 685 PICKING 687 UHLMANN 5 Bethlehem Steel Co. (S. Pedro) 793 CASSIN YOUNG 681 HOPEWELL 794 IRWIN 682 PORTERFIELD 795 PRESTON I Boston Navy Yard 662 BENNION 2 Charleston Navy Yard 649 ALBERT W. GRANT 665 BRYANT 18 Federal S.B. & D.D. Co. 666 BLACK 660 BULLARD 667 CHAUNCEY 668 CLARENCE K. BRONSON 669 COTTEN 659 DASHIELL 670 DORTCH 671 GATLING 672 HEALY 673 HICKOX 674 HUNT 661 KIDD 675 LEWIS HANCOCK 677 McDERMUT 678 McGOWAN 679 McNAIR 676 MARSHALL 680 MELVIN 3 Gulf S.B. Corpn. 654 BEARSS 655 JOHN HOOD 656 VAN VALKEN- BURGH 4 Todd Pacific Shipyards 802 GREGORY 799 JARVIS 800 PORTER 804 ROOKS Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 2,050 tons standard (3,050 tons full load) 376* (o.a.) X 39* X 18 {max.) feet 5— 5 inch, 38 cal., 10—40 mm., 8—20 mm. AA. (20 mm. removed from all active units) Converted ships: A —5 inch. 38 cal., 6— 3 inch, 50 cal. AA. (see Conversion Notes) 5—21 inch (quintupled). Some (in reserve) have two sets of 5 torpedo tubes 2 Hedgehogs, I D.C. track, 2 side¬ launching torpedo racks General Electric geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 60,000= 35 lets. 4 Babcock & Wilcox 650 tons 6,000 miles at 15 kts. 300 (war) General Notes Laid down under the 1942 Program. Builders above. Except that they have lower fire controls and flat-faced bridges these ships are in most respects like “ Fletcher ” class, described on the following page. Some of the later units of Fletcher class are, in fact, almost indistinguishable from modi¬ fied type—e.g. Ammen, Sigourney. Dortch was built in I58days. War losses : Callahan, Colhoun, Little. A/S Weapon Notes All K-guns have been removed and replaced by two side¬ launching torpedo racks. Appearance Notes The majority of the active units of this class have tripod mast as in Caperton and McNair (see photo above). Conversion Notes Black, Caperton, Cogswell, Dortch, Hopewell, John Hood, McGowan, McNair, Picking, Preston, Uhlmann and many others have 4—5 inch (two forward, two aft), 6—3 inch, 50 cal. AA. (one pair superfiring aft, two pairs between the funrels), 5 torpedo tubes abaft after funnel. A 3-inch director on a tall pedestal replaces 3rd 5-inch in “ Q ” position. The forward torpedo bank between the funnels was suppressed. These ships have a tripod mast (see photo of Gotten). All vessels of the class have been or are being similarly rearmed except Albert W. Grant, Bennion, Bullard, Bryant, Melvin, Mertz, Norman Scott, which are in reserve and mount their origina battery. Transfer Notes Heywood L. Edwards, DD 663, and Richard P. Leary, DD 664, were transferred to Japan at Long Beach, California, on 10 Mar. 1959, and Knapp, DD 653, was transferred to Brazil in I960. COTTEN Added 1957, US. Navy, Official CLARENCE K. BRONSON Name Launched Completed Name Launched Completed Albert W. Grant 29 May 1943 24 Nov. 1943 Ingersoll 28 June 1943 31 Aug. 1943 Bearss 25 July 1943 12 Apr. 1944 Irwin 31 Oct. 1943 14 Feb. 1944 Benham 29 Aug. 1943 20 Dec. 1943 Jarvis 14 Feb. 1944 3 June 1944 Bennion 4 July 1943 14 Dec. 1943 John Hood 23 Oct. 1943 7 June 1944 Black 28 Mar. 1943 21 May 1943 Kidd 28 Feb. 1943 23 Apr. 1944 Bullard 28 Feb. 1943 9 Apr. 1943 Lewis Hancock 1 Aug 1943 29 Sep. 1943 Bryant 29 May 1943 4 Dec. 1943 McDerm ut 17 Oct. 1943 19 Nov. 1943 Caperton 24 July 1943 30 July 1943 McGowan 14 Nov 1943 20 Dec. 1943 Cassin Young 12 Sep. 1943 31 Dec. 1943 McNa ir 14 Nov 1943 30 Dec. 1943 Charles J. Badger 3 Apr. 1943 23 July 1943 Marshall 29 Aug. 1943 16 Oct. 1943 Chauncey 28 Mar. 1943 31 May 1943 Melvin 17 Oct. 1943 24 Nov. 1943 Clarence K. Bronson 18 Apr. 1943 11 June 1943 Mertz 11 Sep. 1943 19 Nov. 1943 Cogswell 5 June 1943 17 Aug. 1943 Monssen 29 Oct. 1943 12 Feb. 1944 Colahan 2 May 1943 23 Aug. 1943 Norman Scott 28 Aug. 1943 5 Nov. 1943 Cotten 12 June 1943 24 July 1943 Picking 31 May 1943 21 Sep. 1943 Cushing 30 Sep. 1943 17 Jan. 1944 Porter 13 Mar. 1944 24 June 1944 Dashiell 6 Feb. 1943 20 Mar. 1943 Porterfield 13 June 1943 30 Oct. 1943 Dortch 20 June 1943 7 Aug. 1943 Preston 12 Dec. 1943 20 Mar. 1944 Gatling 20 June 1943 19 Aug. 1943 Remey 24 July 1943 30 Sep. 1943 Gregory 8 May 1944 29 July 1944 Rooks 6 June 1944 2 Sep. 1944 Halsey Powell 30 June 1943 25 Oct. 1943 Stockham 25 July 1943 II Feb. 1944 Healy 4 July 1943 3 Sep. 1943 Uhlmann 30 July 1943 22 Nov. 1943 Hickox 4 July 1943 10 Sep. 1943 Van Valkenburgh 19 Dec. 1943 2 Aug. 1944 Hopewell 2 May 1943 30 Sep. 1943 Wadleigh 7 Aug. 1943 19 Oct. 1943 Hunt 1 Aug. 1943 22 Sep. 1943 Wedderburn 1 Aug. 1943 9 Mar. 1944 Destroyers ( continued )—U.S.A. 341 Destroyers —continued MURRAY 195/, Official Anti-Submarine Destroyers (DDE) 18 Converted “Fletcher Class 7 Bath Iron Works Corpn. DDE 507 CONWAY 508 CONY 510 EATON 449 NICHOLAS 450 O’BAN NON 468 TAYLOR 517 WALKER 2 Bethlehem (Staten Island) 470 BACHE 471 BEALE Name Laid down 2 Consolidated Steel Corpn., Orange, Texas 576 MURRAY 577 SPROSTON 7 Federal S.B. & D.D. Co. 445 FLETCHER 447 JENKINS 498 PHILIP 446 RADFORD 499 RENSHAW E 465 SAUFLEY 466 WALLER Launched Completed CONY Added 1958, Arcadian Photos Bache 19 Nov. 1941 27 June 1942 14 Nov. 1942 Beale 19 Dec. 1941 25 Aug. 1942 23 Dec. 1942 Displacement: Conway 5 Nov. 1941 16 Aug. 1942 9 Oct. 1942 Cony 24 Dec. 1941 16 Aug. 1942 30 Oct. 1942 Dimensions: Eaton 17 Mar. 1942 20 Sep 1942 4 Dec. 1942 Guns : Fletcher 2 Oct. 1941 3 May 1942 30 June 1942 Jenkins 22 Nov. 1941 21 June 1942 31 July 1942 Tubes: Murray 16 Mar. 1942 16 Aug. 1942 20 Apr. 1943 A/S weapons: Nicholas 3 Mar. 1942 19 Feb. 1942 4 June 1942 O’Bannon 3 Mar. 1941 14 Mar. 1942 26 June 1942 Philip 7 May 1942 13 Oct. 1942 20 Nov. 1942 Radford 2 Oct. 1941 3 May 1942 21 July 1943 Renshaw 7 May 1942 13 Oct. 1942 4 Dec. 1942 Machinery: Saufley 27 Jan. 1942 19 July 1942 28 Aug. 1942 Sproston 1 Apr. 1942 31 Aug. 1942 18 May 1942 Boilers: Taylor 28 Aug. 1941 7 June 1942 28 Aug. 1942 Oil fuel: Walker 31 Aug. 1942 31 Jan. 1943 2 Apr. 1943 Radius: Waller 12 Feb. 1942 15 Aug 1942 30 Sep. 1942 Complement: 2,080 tons standard (2,940 tons full load) 376i (o.o.) X 39? X 18 (max.) feet 2—5 inch, 38 cal., 4—3 inch, 50 cal. in twin mountings (see notes) 4—21 inch fixed in after deckhouse I ahead throwing rocket launcher in place of “ B ” turret, or trainable Hedgehog, I D.C. rack, 2 side-launch¬ ing torpedo racks, 2 Hedgehogs (fixed) G. E. geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 60,000 = 35 las. 4 Babcock & Wilcox 650 tons 6,000 miles at 15 kts. 300 (war) General Notes Former destroyers (DD). Converted to serve as close- support convoy escorts, 9 under the 1948 Program, 3 under the 1949 Program, and 6 under the 1950 Program. Saufley is equipped as EDDE; carries I—5 inch, 2—3 inch, no tubes. Conversion Notes Murray, Nicholas and Radford have undergone FRAM conversion (Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernisation) in I960. A/S Weapon Notes Fixed hedgehogs have been installed on the port and star¬ board side of the forward shelter deck below the bridge wings. Photograph Notes Photographs of Fletcher, Jenkins and Nicholas in the 1957-58 edition. Destroyers (DD) 63 “Fletcher” Class DD 8 Bath Iron Works Corpn. 629 ABBOT 630 BRAINE 631 ERBEN 511 FOOTE 642 HALE 643 SIGOURNEY 644 STEMBEL 513 TERRY 13 Bethlehem (S. Francisco) 527 AMMEN 531 HAZELWOOD 532 HEERMAN 534 McCORD 535 MILLER 521 MULL ANY (ex-Beatty) 536 OWEN 538 STEPHEN POTTER 537 THE SULLIVANS (ex-Putnam) 539 TINGEY 530 TRATHEN 540 TWINING 541 YARNALL 4 Bethlehem (S. Pedro) 544 BOYD 545 BRADFORD 546 BROWN 547 COWELL 3 Bethlehem (Staten Island) 519 DALY 520 ISHERWOOD 521 KIMBERLY 3 Boston Navy Yard 474 FULLAM 585 HARADEN 475 HUDSON 6 Charleston Navy Yard 587 BELL 588 BURNS 589 IZARD 590 PAUL HAMILTON 478 STANLEY 479 STEVENS 5 Consolidated Steel Corpn., Orange, Texas 575 HARRISON 574 JOHN RODGERS 575 McKEE 578 WICKES 580 YOUNG 3 Federal S.B. & D.D. Co. 448 LA VALLETTE 501 SCHROEDER 502 SIGSBEE I Gulf S.B. Corpn., Chickasaw Ala. 553 JOHN D. HENLEY 7 Puget Sound Navy Yard 480 HALFORD 594 HART (ex-Mansfield) 592 HOWORTH 593 KILLEN 595 METCALF 596 SHIELDS 598 WILEY 10 Seattle-Tacoma S.B., Corpn., Seattle 556 HAILEY 558 LAWS 561 PRITCHETT 562 ROBINSON 563 ROSS 564 ROWE 565 SMALLEY 566 STODDARD 567 WATTS 568 WREN DALY 1956, A. & J. Pavia Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 2,100 tons standard (3,050 tons full load) 376 ft (o.o.)x39ixl2£ (mean), 18 (max.) feet 5— 5 inch, 38 cal d.p., 6—40 mm. Bofors, 10—20 mm. Oerlikon (see Conversion Notes) Rearmed ships: 4—5 inch, 38 cal., 6— 3 inch, 50 cal. AA. 5—21 inch (quintupled). Some ships in reserve have two sets of 5 torpedo tubes 2 fixed Hedgehogs, I D.C. rack, 2 side-launching torpedo racks. 2 sets General Electric geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H. P.: 60,000= 35 kts. 4 Babcock & Wilcox 650 tons 6,000 miles at 15 kts. 300 (peace) 350 (war) General Notes Laid down under the 1940-41 Program. Builders above. During the war six units (including Halford in 1943) were experimentally fitted with a seaplane and catapult, in place of deckhouse between “Q” and “X” turrets (armament being temporarily reduced by I—5 inch and 5 T.T.); and some, including Young, had only one set of tubes. All those with two sets now reduced to one. Eighteen of these ships were modified for duty as escort destroyers (DDE), viz.: Bache, Beale, Conway, Cony, Eaton, Fletcher, Jenkins, Murray, Nicholas, O’Bannon, Philip, Radford, Renshaw, Saufley, Sproston, Taylor, Walker and Waller —see above. War losses: Abner Read, Brownson, Bush, Chevalier, De Haven, Halligan, Hoel, Johnston, Longshaw, Luce, Morrison, Pringle, Spence, Strong, Twiggs, William D. Porter. Heavily damaged and subsequently scrapped: Evans, Haggard, Leutze, Newcomb, Thatcher. Sold: Hutchins. Cancelled: Percival, Watson. A/S Weapon Notes __ Fixed hedgehogs have been insta| e d on the pore and star¬ board sides of the forward shelter deck below the bridge wings. Helicopter Notes Hazlewood, DD 531, has a helicopter flight deck in place of her torpedo tubes, after twin 40 mm. gun mounting, and “X” 5 inch gun, with a small hangar on the port side abaft the funnels. She will be operating radio controlled ASW drone helicopters with release ASW weapons by remote control (see photograph on next page). 342 U.S.A.—Destroyers (continued) Destroyers —continued ROWE Added 1957, Skyfcios WATTS Added 1957, Official Destroyers (DD) — continued 63 “ Fletcher ” Class —continued Name Laid down Launched Completed Abbot 21 Sep. 1942 17 Feb. 1943 23 Apr. 1943 Ammen 29 Nov. 1941 17 Sep. 1942 12 Mar. 1943 Bell 24 Feb. 1942 24 June 1942 4 Mar. 1943 Boyd 2 Apr. 1942 29 Oct. 1942 8 May 1943 Bradford 28 Apr. 1942 12 Dec. 1942 12 June 1943 Braine 12 Oct. 1942 7 Mar. 1943 II May 1943 Brown 27 June 1942 22 Feb. 1943 10 July 1943 Burns 9 May 1942 8 Aug. 1942 3 Apr. 1943 Cowell 7 Sep. 1942 18 Apr. 1943 23 Aug. 1943 Daly 29 Apr. 1942 24 Oct. 1942 9 Mar. 1943 Erben 28 Oct. 1942 21 Mar. 1943 28 May 1943 Foote 14 Apr. 1942 1 1 Oct. 1942 22 Dec. 1942 Fullam 10 Dec. 1941 16 Apr. 1942 2 Mar. 1943 Hale 23 Nov. 1942 4 Apr. 1943 15 June 1943 Halford 3 June 1941 29 Oct. 1942 1 May 1943 Hailey 1 1 Apr. 1942 9 Mar. 1943 30 Sep. 1943 Haraden 3 June 1942 19 Mar. 1943 16 Sep. 1943 Harrison 25 July 1941 7 May 1942 25 Jan. 1943 Hart 10 Aug. 1943 25 Sep. 1944 1 Dec. 1944 Hazlewood 1 Apr. 1942 20 Nov. 1942 18 June 1943 Heerman 8 May 1942 5 Dec. 1942 6 July 1943 Howorth 26 Nov. 1941 10 Jan. 1943 1 May 1944 Hudson 23 Feb. 1942 3 June 1942 13 Apr. 1943 Isherwood 12 May 1942 24 Nov. 1942 10 Apr. 1943 Izard 9 May 1942 8 Aug. 1942 15 May 1943 John D. Henley 21 July 1941 15 Nov. 1942 2 Feb. 1944 John Rodgers 25 July 1941 7 May 1942 9 Feb. 1943 Killen 26 Nov. 1941 10 Jan. 1943 1 June 1944 Kimbeily 27 July 1942 4 Feb. 1943 22 May 1943 La Vallette 27 Nov. 1941 21 June 1942 1 1 Aug. 1942 Laws 19 May 1942 22 Apr. 1943 18 Nov. 1943 Metcalf 10 Aug. 1943 25 Sep. 1944 15 Dec. 1944 Miller 18 Aug. 1942 7 Mar. 1943 31 Aug. 1943 Mullany 15 Jan. 1942 10 Oct. 1942 23 Apr. 1943 McCord 17 Mar 1942 10 Jan. 1943 19 Aug. 1943 McKee 2 Mar. 1942 2 Aug. 1942 31 Mar. 1943 Owen 17 Sep. 1942 21 Mar. 1943 20 Sep. 1943 Paul Hamilton 20 Jan. 1943 7 Apr. 1943 15 Nov. 1943 Prichett 20 July 1942 31 July 1943 15 Jan. 1944 Robinson 12 Aug. 1942 28 Aug. 1943 31 Jan. 1944 Ross 7 Sep. 1942 10 Sep. 1943 21 Feb. 1944 Rowe 7 Dec. 1942 30 Sep. 1943 13 Mar. 1944 Schroeder 25 June 1942 11 Nov. 1942 31 Dec. 1942 Shields 10 Aug. 1943 25 Sep. 1944 22 Feb. 1945 Sigourney 7 Dec. 1942 24 Apr. 1943 29 June 1943 Sigsbee 22 July 1942 7 Dec. 1942 22 Jan. 1943 Smalley 9 Feb. 1943 27 Oct. 1943 31 Mar. 1944 Stanley 30 Dec. 1941 2 May 1942 15 Oct. 1942 Stembel 21 Dec. 1942 8 May 1943 16 July 1943 Stephen Potter 27 Oct. 1942 28 Apr. 1943 21 Oct. 1943 Stevens 30 Dec. 1941 24 June 1942 1 Feb. 1943 Stoddard 10 Mar. 1943 19 Nov. 1943 15 Apr. 1944 Terry 8 June 1942 22 Nov. 1942 26 Jan. 1943 The Sullivans 10 Oct. 1942 4 Apr. 1943 30 Sep. 1943 Tingey 22 Oct. 1942 28 May 1943 25 Ncv. 1943 Trathen 18 July 1942 22 Oct. 1942 28 May 1943 Twining 20 Nov. 1942 II July 1943 1 Dec. 1943 Watts 26 Mar. 1943 31 Dec. 1943 29 Apr. 1944 Wickes 15 Apr. 1942 13 Sep. 1942 16 June 1943 Wiley 10 Aug. 1943 25 Sep. 1944 14 Mar. 1945 Wren 24 Apr. 1943 29 Jan. 1944 20 May 1944 Yarnall 5 Dec. 1942 25 July 1943 30 Dec. 1943 Young 7 May 1942 11 Oct. 1942 31 July 1943 Experimental Notes Fullam, DD 474, Howorth, DD 592, and Killen, DD 593, were trials ships in the 1958 atomic weapons tests. Now in reserve. Fullam is being used as a test hull to determine the effects of underwater explosions, by Norfolk Naval Shipyard, I960. Appearance Notes All Bethlehem-built ships of this class have flat-sided funnels. Photograph Notes A large starboard quarter aerial view of Boyd appears in the 1957-58 (Diamond Jubilee) edition, a port quarter oblique aerial view of Twining in the 1957-58 to 1959-60 editions, and a port bow aerial view of Ross in the 1954-55 to 1957-58 editions. Conversion Notes Boyd, Cowell, Daly, Isherwood, Hailey, Mullany, Ross, Rowe, Smalley and others have 4-5 inch (in “A," “ B,” “ X ” and “ Y ” positions), 6-3 inch (twin mount in “'3” pcsition. and two twins amidships between funnels), 5-21 inch (quintuple bank abaft after funnel) and tripod mast. The forward bank of tubes were suppressed (3 inch now mounted in their place). See photo of Rowe. All active units rearmed, but over half the class are in reserve and mount their original armament. Hazlewood has been converted with a flight deck and hangar to operate helicopters (see Helicopter Notes on previous page). Transfer Notes Of this class the Anthony, DD 515, was transferred to the West German Federal Republic in 1957. Capps, DD 550, and David W. Taylor, DD 551, were transferred to Spain in 1957. Aulick, DD 569, Charette, DD 581, and Conner, DD 582, were transferred to Greece in 1959. Converse, DD 509, was trans¬ ferred to Spain in 1959 Bennett, DD 473, Franks, DD 554, and Guest, DD 472, were transferred to Brazil in 1959. Charles Ausburn, DD 570, Claxton, DD 571, Dyson, DD 572, Ringgold, DD 500, and Wadsworth, DD 516, were transferred to the West German Federal Republic in 1958-60. Hall, DD 583. was transferred to Greece on 9 Feb. I960. Added 1957, Ted Stone THOMPSON GHERARDI Added 1956, A. & J. Pavia Destroyers (DD) 36 “ Gleaves ” Class (including former Destroyer Minesweepers) 3 Bath Iron Works Corpn. I1 Federal S.B. & D.D. Co. DD DD 423 GLEAVES 618 DAVISON 424 NlBLACK 439 EDISON 437 WOOLSEY 619 EDWARDS 6 Boston Navy Yard 440 ERICSSON 455 HAMBLETON 632 COWIE 621 JEFFERS 432 KEARNEY 634 DORAN 623 NELSON 635 EARLE 645 STEVENSON 462 FITCH 646 STOCKTON 633 KNIGHT 647 THORN 441 WILKES 3 Charleston Navy Yard 11 Seattle-Tacoma S.B., Corpn., Seatt'e 435 GRAYSON 624 BALDWIN 443 SWANSON 493 CARMICK 641 TILLMAN 494 DOYLE 1 Norfolk Navy Yard 495 ENDICOTT 497 FRANKFORD 638 HERNDON 496 McCOOK 489 MERVINE 490 QUICK 1 Philadelphia Navy Yard 626 SATTERLEE 637 GHERARDI 627 THOMPSON 628 WELLES Displacement: 1,700 tons standard (2,580 tons full Dimensions: load ) 341 (w./.), 348j (o.o.) X 36 X 10 (light), Guns: 18 (max,) feet 4—5 inch, 38 cal., 4—40 mm. Bofors Tubes: AA., 4 to 7—20 mm. Oerlikon AA. (see notes) 5—21 inch Machinery: General Electric geared turbines. 2 Boilers: shafts. S.H.P.: 50,000 = 37-4 kts. 4 Babcock & Wilcox Oil fuel: 600 tons Radius: 5,000 miles at 15 kts. Complement: 250 (war) Name Laid down Launched Completed Baldwin 16 July 1941 1 June 1942 30 Apr. 1942 Carmick 29 May 1941 8 Mar. 1942 28 Dec. 1942 Cowie 18 Mar. 1941 27 Sep. 1941 1 June 1943 Davison 26 Feb. 1942 19 July 1942 11 Sep. 1942 Doran 14 June 1941 10 Dec. 1941 4 Aug. 1942 Doyle 29 May 1941 17 Mar. 1942 27 Jan. 1943 Earle 14 June 1941 10 Dec. 1941 1 Sep. 1942 Edison 18 Mar. 1940 23 Nov. 1940 30 Jan. 1941 Edwards 26 Feb. 1942 19 July 1942 17 Sep. 1942 Endicott 1 May 1941 5 Apr. 1942 25 Feb. 1943 Ericsson 18 Mar. 1940 23 Nov. 1940 1 1 Mar. 1941 Fitch 6 Jan. 1941 14 June 1941 3 Feb. 1943 Frank ford 5 June 1941 17 May 1942 31 Mar 1942 Gherardi 16 Sep. 1941 12 Feb. 1942 15 Sep. 1942 Gleaves 16 May 1938 9 Dec. 1939 May 1940 Grayson 17 July 1939 7 Aug. 1940 15 Apr. 1941 Hambleton 16 Dec. 1940 26 Sep. 1941 22 Dec. 1941 Herndon 26 Aug. 1941 5 Feb. 1942 20 Dec. 1942 Jeffers 25 Mar. 1942 26 Aug. 1942 4 Nov. 1942 Kearney 1 Mar. 1939 9 Mar. 1940 13 Sep. 1940 Knight 18 Mar. 1941 27 Sep. 1941 23 June 1942 McCook 1 May 1941 3 May 1942 15 Mar. 1943 Mervine 3 Nov. 1941 3 May 1942 16 June 1942 Nelson 7 May 1942 15 Sep. 1942 25 Nov. 1942 Niblack 8 Aug. 1938 18 May 1940 1 Aug. 1940 Quick 3 Nov 1941 3 May 1942 2 July 1942 Satterlee 10 Sep. 1941 17 July 1942 1 July 1943 Stevenson 23 July 1942 II Nov. 1942 14 Dec. 1942 Stockton 24 July 1942 11 Nov. 1942 9 Jan. 1943 Swanson 15 Nov 1939 2 Nov. 1940 15 July 1941 Thompson 22 Sep. 1941 10 Aug. 1942 10 July 1943 Thorn 15 Nov. 1942 28 Feb. 1943 31 Mar. 1943 Tillman 8 Sep. 1941 20 Dec. 1941 4 June 1942 Welles 27 Sep. 1941 7 Sep. 1942 16 Aug. 1943 Wilkes 1 Nov. 1939 31 May 1940 12 June 1941 Woolsey 9 Oct. 1939 12 Feb. 1940 7 May 1941 General Notes Butler, DMS 29, Forrest, DMS 24, and Harding, DMS 28, were scrapped. Hobson, DMS 26, sank in mid-Atlantic, 27 Apr. 1952, after collision with the aircraft carrier Wasp during a night exercise. All the remaining ships of this class are out of commission in reserve. Gunnery Notes Armament of former Destroyer Minesweepers (DMS) com¬ prises 3—5 inch, 38 cal.; 4—40 mm. AA.; 4 to 5—20 mm. AA. Reclassification Notes Doyle, Jeffers, Hambleton and Rodman, formerly rated as high speed minesweepers DMS 34, DMS 27, DMS 20 and DMS 21, respectively, were reclassified as destroyers on 15 Jan. 1955. Carmick, Cowie, Davison, Doran, Earle, Endi- cott, Fitch, Gherardi, Knight, McCook, Mervine, Quick and Thompson, formerly rated as Destroyer Minesweepers DMS 33, DMS 39, DMS 37, DMS 41, DMS 42, DMS 35, DMS 25, DMS 30, DMS, 40, DMS 36, DMS 31, DMS 32 and DMS 38, respectively, reverted to Destroyer (DD) status on 15 July 1955. Appearance Notes Seattle-built ships of this class have square-faced bridges with director on bridge instead of mounted on a pedestal. Photograph Notes Broadside silhouette photograph of Fitch (as DMS) and port bow aerial view of Woolsey (as DD) in the 1957-58 edition. Second World War losses: Aaron Ward, Beatty, Bristol, Corry, Emmons, Duncan, Glennon, Gwin, Ingraham, Maddox, Meredith, Monssen, Turner. In addition, Shubrick was so badly damaged that she was scrapped. Transfer Notes Buchanan and McCalla were transferred to Turkey in 1949 and Lansdowne and Lardner in 1950. Eberle and Ludlow were transferred to Greece in 1951. Nicholson was transferred to Italy in 1951. Ellyson and Macomb, formerly rated as high speed minesweepers, DMS 19 and DMS 23, respectively, were re¬ classified as destroyers, DD 454 and DD 458, respectively, in May 1954, and lent to the Japanese Navy in Oct. 1954. Rodman was transferred to Nationalist China at Charleston, South Carolina, on 28 July, 1955. Plunkett, DD 431, was transferred to Nationalist China on 16 Feb. 1959. Recent Disposals Livermore of this class (DD 429) was stricken from the Navy List on 19 July 1956, and expended in tests during 1957-58- The experimental destroyer Timmerman, AG 152, ex- EDD 828, of the Modified “ Gearing ” Type, see page 376, 1958-59 edition, was stricken from the Navy List in 1958, and scrapped in 1959. 344 U.S.A.—Destroyers ( continued) Destroyers —continued Destroyers (DD) 24 ‘‘Mayo” Class 6 Bethlehem ( Quincy ) 7 Bethlehem (S. Francisco) DD DD 598 BANCROFT 605 CALDWELL* 600 BOYLE 606 COGHLAN 601 CHAMPLIN 607 FRAZIER 422 MAYO 608 GANSEVOORT 616 NIELDS 609 GILLESPIE 617 ORDRONAUX 4 Bethlehem (S. Pedro ) 612 KENDRICK 610 HOBBY 611 KALK 1 Boston Navy Yard 613 LAUB 614 MACKENZIE 425 MADISON 615 McLANAHAN 1 Puget Sound Navy Yard 5 Bethlehem (Staten Island) 428 CHARLES F. HUGHES 492 BAILEY 491 FARENHOLT 602 MEADE 603 MURPHY 604 PARKER Displacement: 1,620 tons standard (2,575 tons full load ) Dimensions: 348 i ( o.o .) X 35i X 10 (light), 18 (. n ax.) feet. Guns: 4—5 inch, 38 cal., 4—40 mm AA.; 7—20 mm. A A. Tubes: 5—21 inch (quintupled) see notes. Machinery: Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 50,000 = 36-5 lets. Boilers: 4 high pressure Complement: 250 General Notes Built to the design of the Bethlehem Steel Co. War losses : 1951, U.S. Navy, Official CALDWELL Barton, Laffey. Landsdale. All out of commission, in reserve. * Caldwell, DD 605, is awaiting disposal. Appearance Notes All ships of this class have flat-sided funnels. Reported some still have 10 torpedo tubes. Others have none. Conversion Notes Two destroyers of this class were to have been converted to Corvettes (DDC) as prototypes for conversion of “ Gleaves ” and “ Mayo ” classes. Conversion plans pro¬ vided for the removal of two boilers and the addition of new sonar installation. Transfer Notes Woodworth, DD 460, was transferred to Italy in 1951. Benson, DD 421, and Hilary P. Jones, DD 427 were transferred to Nationalist China in 1954 (announced Nov. 1953). Recent Disposals The old destroyer Winslow, AG 127 (ex-DD 359), of the “ Selfridge ” class, modified for radar picket duty and ex¬ perimental ordnance testing, was stricken from the list of Naval vessels in Jan. 1958. Name Laid down Launched Completed Bailey 29 Jan. 1941 19 Dec. 1941 1 1 May 1942 Bancroft 20 May 1941 31 Dec. 1941 30 Apr. 1942 Boyle 31 Dec. 1941 15 June 1942 15 Aug. 1942 Caldwell 24 Mar. 1941 15 Jan. 1942 10 June 1942 Champlin 31 Jan. 1942 25 July 1942 12 Sep. 1942 Charles F Hughes 3 Jan. 1939 16 May 1940 18 Oct 1940 Coghlan 28 Mar. 1941 16 Feb. 1942 10 July 1942 Farenholt 1 1 Dec. 1940 19 Nov. 1941 2 Apr. 1942 Frazier 5 July 1941 17 Mar. 1942 30 July 1942 Gansevoort 16 June 1941 11 Apr 1942 25 Aug. 1942 Gillespie 16 June 1941 8 May 1942 16 Sep. 1942 Hobby 30 June 1941 4 June 1942 18 Nov. 1942 Kalk 30 June 1941 18 July 1942 17 Oct. 1942 Kendrick 1 May 1941 2 Apr. 1942 12 Sep 1942 Laub 1 May 1941 1 June 1942 24 Oct. 1942 McLanahan 29 May 1941 7 Sep. 1942 19 Dec. 1942 Mackenzie 1 May 1941 27 June 1942 21 Nov. 1942 Madison 19 Dec. 1938 20 Oct. 1939 6 Dec. 1940 Mayo 16 May 1938 26 Mar. 1940 18 Sep. 1940 Meade 25 Mar. 1941 15 Feb. 1942 22June 1942 Murphy 19 May 1941 29 Apr. 1942 25 July 1942 Nields 15 June 1942 1 Oct. 1942 15 Jan. 1943 Ordronaux 25 July 1942 9 Nov. 1942 13 Feb. 1943 Parker 9 June 1941 12 May 1942 29 Aug. 1942 DESTROYER MINELAYERS (DM) Ex-Destroyers HARRY F. BAUER Added 1957, U.S Navy, Official 10 “ Smith ” Class (Modified “Allen M. Sumner” Class) DM 27 ADAMS (ex-DD 739) 33 GWIN (ex-DD 772) 26 HARRY F. BAUER (ex-DD 738) 29 HENRY A. WILEY (ex-DD 749) 32 LINDSEY (ex-DD 771) DM 23 ROBERT H. SMITH (ex-DD 735) 25 SHANNON (ex-DD 737) 30 SHEA (ex-DD 750) 24 THOMAS E. FRASER (ex-DD 736) 28 TOLMAN (ex-DD 740) Displacement: 2,250 tons standard (3,375 tons full load) Dimensions: 376^x41 X 12^ (mean) 19 (max.) feet Guns: 6—5 inch, 38 cal., 12—40 mm. AA., II—20 mm. AA. (All active units rearmed with 6—3 inch, 50 cal. in place of 40 mm.) Mines: 80 Machinery: Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 60,000 = 34 las. Boilers: 4 Babcock & Wilcox Oil fuel: 650 tons Radius: 6,000 miles at 15 kts. Complement: 350 General Notes Modified Destroyers of “ Allen M. Sumner ” class. Later fitted with tripod masts. All out of commission, in reserve. GWIN 1956, courtesy Godfrey H. Walker, Esq. Building Notes DM 23-28 built by Bath Iron Works, DM 29, 30 by Bethle¬ hem Steel Co., Staten Island, N.Y., and DM 32-33 by Bethle¬ hem Steel Co., San Pedro, California. Reclassification Notes Formerly known as Light Minelayers (DM). Reclassified as Destroyer Minelayers (DM) in Feb. 1955. Disposal Notes ]. Wm. Ditter, DM 31, and Aaron Ward, DM 24, were scrapped Name Launched Completed Adams 23 July 1944 10 Oct. 1944 Gw in 9 Apr. 1944 30 Sep. 1944 Harry F. Bauer 9 July 1944 22 Sep. 1944 Henry A. Wiley 21 Apr. 1944 31 Aug. 1944 Lindsey 5 Mar. 1944 20 Aug. 1944 Robert H Smith 25 May 1944 4 Aug. 1944 Shannon 24 June 1944 8 Sep. 1944 Shea 20 May 1944 30 Sep. 1944 Thomas E. Fraser 10 June 1944 22 Aug. 1944 Tolman 13 Aug. 1944 27 Oct. 1944 Destroyer Escorts—U.S.A. 345 DESTROYER ESCORTS (DE) Rated as Escort Ships (DE) 4 Ocean Convoy (Anti-Submarine) Type New Construction 2 Avondale Marine Ways, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana. DE 1038 DE 1037 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Aircraft: Boiler: 1,640 tons light (2,600 tons full load) 371 (o.a.) x 40 X 18 (max.) feet 3—3 inch, 50 cal., in gunhouses (twin forward, single aft) Rocket launcher (ASROC), tor¬ pedo launchers Drone anti-submarine helicopter (DASH) carrying ASW torpedoes Newly developed pressure fired General Notes An entirely new class. Two being built under the Fiscal Year I960 Program, and two under the 1961 Program. Especially designed for optimum performance in locating and destroying submarines. They will carry the integral bow mounted long range sonar, and gyro stabilisers. CLAUD JONES 1959, U.S. Navy, Official 4 “ Claud Jones ” Class 4 Avondale Marine Ways, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana DE 1035 CHARLES BERRY 1036 McMORRIS DE 1033 CLAUD JONES 1034 JOHN R. PERRY Displacement: 1,315 tons light, 1,450 tons standard (1,750 tons full load ) Dimensions: 312 (o.a.) X 38-fi X 9j£ (mean), I4£ (max.) feet. Guns: 2—3 inch, 50 cal. d.p. AA. with forward 3 inch in gunhouse A/S weapons: 2 hedgehog launchers forward, I D.C.T. Machinery: 4 Fairbanks-Morse diesels with reduction drive. I shaft. Complement: 175 General Notes Claud Jones and John R. Perry were provided under the 1956 fiscal appropriations and Charles Berry and McMorris under the 1957 program. The latter two, originally ordered from American S.B. Co., Lorain, Ohio, were completed by Avondale Marine Ways. They embody new features in¬ cluding a unique upper deck arrangement, aluminium masts and deck house. Cruising range of 7,000 miles. Engineering Notes Claud Jones DE 1033 and John R. Perry DE 1034, Charles Berry DE 1035 and McMorris DE 1036, have diesel main pro¬ pelling machinery plants, which cost less and have increased endurance, end two funnels instead of one as in the “ Dealey ” type. Nome Claud Jones John R. Perry Charles Berry McMorris Laid down I June 1957 I Oct. 1957 29 Oct. 1958 5 Nov. 1958 Launched 27 May 1958 29 July 1958 17 Mar. 1959 26 May 1959 Completed 10 Feb. 1959 5 May 1959 25 Nov. 1959 4 Mar. I960 13 “Dealey” and "Evans” Classes 4 New York S.B. Corpn. 3 Bath Iron Works Corpn. 1006 DEALEY 1014 CROMWELL 1015 HAMMERBERG 2 Bethlehem-Pacific Coast Sled 1025 BAUER 1026 HOOPER (ex-Gatch) 2 Defoe S.B. Co., Bay City, 1021 COURTNEY 1022 LESTER 1027 JOHN WILLIS 1028 VAN VOORHIS 1029 HARTLEY 1030 JOSEPH K. TAUSSIG 2 PugetSound B. & D. Co. 1023 EVANS 1024 BRIDGET Displacement: 1,270 to 1,280 tons light, 1,450 tons standard (1,914 tons full load) Dimensions: 3I4£ (o.a.) x36Jx9-r 1 yto 9£ (mean) I3f (max.) feet Guns: 4—3 inch, 50 cal., d.p. AA. (2 twin) A/S weapons: 1 Mark 108 Launcher, Weapons Able (except Dealey which has 2 British Squids), 1 D.C.T., 8 D.C. Projectore, 2 fixed T.T. Machinery: De Laval geared turbine. 1 shaft. S.H.P.: 20,000=25 kts. Boilars: 2 Foster Wheeler Oil fuel: 400 tons Radius: 4,500 miles at 15 kts. Complement: Dealey class 149 (9 officers, 140 men), Evans class 170 (II officers, 159 men) JOHN WILLIS (variable depth sonar gear on stern) I960, United States Navy, Official General Notes Dealey was the prototype for new and modern anti¬ submarine vessels. Lavishly equipped with electronic gear. Designed specifically for fast convoy work and constructed in such a manner that in the event of war similar DEs could be built rapidly. Single engineroom. Twin rudders. Single screw, all aluminium superstructure saving 40 per cent in weight. Class Notes The first five ships are known as the “ Dealey ” class and the later eight as the “ Evans ” class. Name Laid down Launched Completed Cromwell 3 Aug. 1953 4 June 1954 24 Nov. 1954 Dealey 15 Oct. 1952 8 Nov. 1953 3 June 1954 Hammerberg 12 Nov 1953 20 Aug. 1954 28 Feb. 1955 Courtney 2 Sep. 1954 2 Nov. 1955 31 Aug. 1956 Lester 2 Sep. 1954 5 Jan. 1956 14 June 1957 Evans 8 Apr. 1955 14 Sep. 1955 14 June 1957 John Willis 5 July 1955 4 Feb. 1956 21 Feb. 1957 Van Voorhis 29 Aug. 1955 28 July 1956 15 Apr. 1957 Bridget 19 Sep. 1955 25 Apr. 1956 24 Oct. 1957 Hartley 31 Oct. 1955 24 Nov. 1956 30 July 1957 Hooper 4 Jan. 1956 1 Aug. 1957 16 Apr. 1958 J. K. Taussig 3 Jan. 1956 3 Jan. 1957 10 Sep. 1957 Bauer 1 Dec. 1956 4 June 1957 22 Nov. 1957 BAU E R Gunnery Notes Dealey originally had an open twin 3 inch, 50 cal. mounting forward. All ships now have forward 3 inch mount in a gunhouse. Photograph Notes Large port bow aerial view of Hooper and broadside view of Dealey in the 1958-59 edition. Port bow view of Hammer- berg in the 1957-58 to 1959-60 editions. 346 U.S.A.—Destroyer Escorts ( continued) Destroyer Escorts —continued Rated as Escort Ships, Radar Picket (DER) 2 Converted “ John C. Butler ” Class DER DER 540 VANDIVIER 539 WAGNER Name: Builders: Laid down: Launched: Completed' Vandivier Boston Naval Shipyard 8 Nov. 1943 27 Dec. 1943 I Dec. 1955 Wagner Boston Naval Shipyard 8 Nov. 1943 27 Dec. 1943 31 Dec. 1955 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 1,260 tons light, 1,745 tons standard (2,100 tons full load) 306 (o.a.) X 36f X8| (mean), 11 (max.) feet 2—5 inch 38 cal. d.p. Hedgehogs and 2 torpedo launchers Westinghouse geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 12,000=24 kts. 2 Babcock & Wilcox water tube 340 tons 5,000 miles at 15 kts. 187 General Notes The completion of these two destroyer escorts (DEs) launched in 1943, was suspended in August 1946. Under the 1954 fiscal year new construction and modernisation pro¬ gram they were completed and converted to Radar Picket Escort Vessels (DERs) at Boston Naval Shipyard. Com¬ missioned I I Oct. 1955, and 22 Nov. 1955, respectively. Gunnery Notes The six 20 mm. guns formerly mounted have been removed. WAGNER 1957, U.S. Navy, Official Engineering Notes These two ships are the only steam driven DERs among all the Radar Picket Destroyer Escorts. General Notes for DEs Former Destroyer Escorts are now officially grouped under the generic heading of Patrol Ships with the specific classi¬ fication of Escort Ships, but they approximate to the Frigate category in British and other navies. Rated as Escort Ships (DE) 20 44 Rudderow ” Class I I Bethlehem-Hingham DE 584 CHARLES J. KIMMEL 585 DANIEL A. JOY 583 GEORGE A. JOHNSON 580 LESLIE L. B. KNOX 586 LOUGH 581 McNULTY 582 METIVIER 588 PEIFFER 579 RILEY 587 THOMAS F. NICKEL 589 TINSMAN I Charleston Navy Yard 231 HODGES 3 Bethlehem, Quincy DE 685 COATES 684 DE LONG 686 EUGENE E. ELMORE 3 Defoe Co., Bay City 706 HOLT 707 JOBB 708 PARLE 2 Philadelphia Navy Yard 225 DAY 224 RUDDEROW Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 1,450 tons standard (2,230 tons full load) 306 (o.a.) x 36f X 14 (max.) feet 2—5 inch, 38 cal., 2—40 mm, 6—20 mm. (De Long 10—40 mm.) D.C.T. General Electric geared turbines. Turbo-electric propulsion. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 12,000 = 24 kts. 2 water tube. Foster-Wheeler in DE 579-589, Babcock & Wilcox in DE 224, 225, Combustion Engineer¬ ing in remainder 378 tons 5,000 miles at 15 kts. 220 (war) Name Launched Completed Charles H. Kimmel 15 Jan. 1944 20 Apr. 1944 Coates 9 Dec. 1943 24 Jan. 1944 Daniel A. Joy 15 Jan. 1944 28 Apr. 1943 De Long 23 Nov. 1943 31 Dec. 1944 Day 14 Oct. 1943 10 June 1944 Eugene E. Elmore 23 Dec. 1943 4 Feb. 1944 George A. Johnson 21 Jan. 1944 15 Apr. 1944 Hodges 9 Dec. 1943 27 May 1944 Holt 15 Dec. 1943 9 June 1944 Jobb 4 Mar. 1944 4 July 1944 Leslie L. B. Knox 8 Jan. 1944 22 Mar. 1944 Lough 22 Jan. 1944 2 May 1944 McNulty 8 Jan. 1944 31 Mar. 1944 Metivier 12 Jan. 1944 7 Apr. 1944 Parle 25 Mar. 1944 29 July 1944 Peiffer 26 Jan. 1944 15 June 1944 Riley 29 Dec. 1943 13 Mar. 1944 Rudderow 14 Oct. 1943 15 May 1944 Thomas F. Nickel 22 Jan. 1944 9 June 1944 Tinsman 29 Jan. 1944 26 June 1944 Added 1957, U.S. Navy, Official DE LONG Broadside silhouette 1955, courtesy B. L. Devenish-Meares, Esq otes 62 ships of this type were built. Originally rated as Destroyer Escorts (DE) but now grouped under Patrol Ships (Escort Ships). The original 3—21 inch torpedo tubes were removed. Chaffee (D E 230) scrapped. D E 226-229, 232-237, 590-606, 687-692. 710-722 were converted into Fast Trans¬ ports (A PD). Destroyer Escorts ( continued )—U.S.A. 347 Destroyer Escorts —continued Rated as Escort Ships (DE) 75 “ John C. Butler ” Class 8 Boston Naval Shipyard DE 536 BIVIN 531 EDWARD H. ALLEN 533 HOWARD F. CLARK 535 LEWIS A/S 538 OSBERG 527 RIZZI 534 SILVERSTEIN 532 TWEEDY A/S 20 Brown S.B. Co., Houston 421 CHESTER T. O BRIEN 405 DENNIS 422 DOUGLAS A. MUNRO 423 DUFILHO 406 EDMONDS 424 HAAS 410 JACK MILLER 409 LA PRADE 415 LAWRENCE C. TAYLOR 420 LELAND E.THOMAS 414 LE RAY WILSON 416 MELVIN R. NAWMAN 417 OLIVER MITCHELL 403 RICHARD M. ROWELL 402 RICHARD S. BULL 419 ROBERT F. KELLER 411 STAFFORD 408 STRAUS 418 TABBERER 412 WALTER C. WANN 33 Consolidated Steel Corpn., Orange 343 ABERCROMBIE 366 ALVIN C. COCKRELL ASW 368 CECIL j. DOYLE 353 DOYLE C. BARNES 346 EDWIN A. HOWARD 367 FRENCH 349 GENTRY 357 GEORGE E. DAVIS 355 JACCARD DE 347 JESSE RUTHERFORD 339 JOHN C. BUTLER 370 JOHN L. WILLIAMSON 360 JOHNNIE HUTCHINS 354 KENNETH M. WILLETT 348 KEY 356 LLOYD E. ACREE 365 McGINTY 358 MACK 351 MAURICE J. MANUEL 352 NAIFEH 340 O FLAHERTY 363 PRATT 371 PRESLEY 341 RAYMOND 342 RICHARD W. SUESENS 345 ROBERT BRAZIER 362 ROLF 364 ROMBACH 369 THADDEUS PARKER 350 TRAW 361 WALTON 372 WILLIAMS 359 WOODSON 14 Federal S.B. & D.D. Co., Port Newark 447 ALBERT T. HARRIS 446 CHARLES E. BRANNON 439 CONKLIN 438 CORBESIER 448 CROSS 508 GILLIGAN 444 GOSS 445 GRADY 449 HANNA 510 HEYLIGER 443 KENDALL C. CAMPBELL 450 JOSEPH E. CONNOLLY 442 ULVERT M. MOORE 441 WILLIAM SEIVERLING Displacement: 1,350 tons standard (2,100 tons ful load ) Dimensions: 306 (o.o.) X 36f X 9j (mean), 1 1 (max.) feet Guns: 2—5 inch, 38 cal., 2—40 mm. AA- 6—20 mm. A A. A/S weapons: D.C.T. Machinery: Westinghouse or General Electric geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 12,000 = 24 kts. Boilers: 2 water tube (Combustion Engineer¬ ing or Babcock & Wilcox) Oil fuel: 340 tons Radius: 5,000 miles at 15 kts. Complement: 220 (war) General Notes Originally rated as Destroyer Escorts (DE). The original 3—21 inch torpedo tubes were removed. ALVIN C. COCKRELL (ASW) 2 hedgehogs 1959, U.S. Navy, Official LEWIS (A/S) 1959, Mariners Museum, Newport News Class Notes Completion of Vandivier and Wagner of this class was suspended in Aug. 1946; but under the 1954 fiscal year conversion program these two ships were completed as radar picket escort vessels (DER) at Boston Naval Shipyard (see previous page). Anti-Submarine Notes Alvin C. Cockrell has two hedgehogs and is classified as DE/ASW. Two ships marked A/S, Lewis and Tweedy, were converted to anti-submarine escorts and classified as DE (A/S). Photograph Notes Photographs of Maurice }. Manuel (with mainmast) and Rizzi in the 1957-58 edition. Photograph of Raymond in the 1958-59 edition. Transfer Notes Formoe, D E 509, and McCoy Reynolds, D E 440, were officially transferred to Portugal on 7 Feb. 1957. Building Notes For launching and completion dates of all the ships of this class see table on following page. Disposals Oswald A. Powers, DE 542, and Sheehan, DE 541, have been scrapped. Second World War losses: Eversole, Oberrender, Samuel B. Roberts, and Shelton. TWEEDY (A/S) 1957, U.S. Navy, Official 348 U.S.A.—Destroyer Escorts ( continued ) Destroyer Escorts —continued 75 “ John C. Butler ” Class —continued Name Launched Completed Name Launched Completed Name Launched Completed Abercrombie 14 Jan. 1944 1 May 1944 Howard F. Clark 8 Nov. 1943 25 May 1944 Osberg 7 Dec. 1943 17 Dec. 1945 Albert T. Harris 16 Apr. 1944 29 Nov. 1944 Hey tiger 6 Aug. 1944 24 Mar. 1945 Pratt 1 June 1944 18 Sep. 1944 Alvin C. Cockrell 8 Aug. 1944 7 Oct. 1944 Jaccord 18 Mar. 1944 26 July 1944 Presley 19 Aug. 1944 7 Nov. 1944 Bivin 7 Dec 1943 31 Oct. 1944 Jack Miller 10 Jan. 1944 13 Apr. 1944 Raymond 8 Jan. 1944 15 Apr. 1944 Cecil J. Doyle 1 July 1944 16 Oct. 1944 Jesse Rutherford 29 Jan. 1944 31 May 1944 Richard M. Rowell 17 Nov. 1943 9 Mar. 1944 Charles E. Brannon 23 Apr. 1944 1 Nov. 1944 John C. Butler II Dec. 1943 31 Mar. 1944 Richard S. Bull 16 Nov. 1943 26 Feb. 1945 Chester T. O’Brien 29 Feb. 1944 3 July 1944 John L. Williamson 29 Aug. 1944 31 Oct. 1944 Richard W. Suesens 11 Jan. 1944 26 Apr. 1944 Conklin 13 Feb. 1944 21 Apr. 1944 Johnnie Hutchins 2 May 1944 28 Aug. 1944 Rizzi 7 Dec. 1943 30 June 1944 Corbesier 13 Feb. 1944 31 Mar. 1944 Joseph E. Connolly 6 Aug. 1944 28 Feb. 1945 Robert Brazier 22 Jan. 1944 18 May 1944 Cross 4 July 1944 8 Jan. 1945 Kendall C. Campbell 19 Mar. 1944 31 July 1944 Robert F. Keller II Feb. 1944 17 June 1944 Dennis 4 Dec. 1943 20 Mar. 1944 Kenneth M. Willett 7 May 1944 19 July 1944 Rolf 23 May 1944 7 Sep. 1944 Douglas A. Munro 8 Mar. 1944 II July 1945 Key 12 Feb. 1944 5 June 1944 Rombach 6 June 1944 20 Sep. 1944 Doyle C. Barnes 4 Mar. 1944 13 July 1944 La Prade 31 Dec. 1943 20 Apr. 1944 Silverstein 8 Nov. 1943 14 July 1944 Dufilho 9 Mar. 1944 21 July 1944 Lawrence C. Taylor 29 Jan. 1944 13 May 1944 Stafford II Jan. 1944 19 Apr. 1944 Edmonds 17 Dec. 1943 3 Apr. 1944 Le Ray Wilson 28 Jan. 1944 10 May 1944 Straus 30 Dec. 1943 6 Apr. 1944 Edward H. Allen 17 Oct. 1943 16 Dec. 1943 Leland E. Thomas 28 Feb. 1944 19 June 1944 Tabberer 18 Feb. 1944 23 May 1944 Edwin A. Howard 25 Jan. 1944 25 May 1944 Lewis 7 Dec. 1943 5 Sep. 1944 Thaddeus Parker 26 Aug. 1944 25 Oct. 1944 French 17 June 1944 9 Oct. 1944 Lloyd E. Acree 21 Mar. 1944 1 Aug. 1944 Traw 14 Feb. 1944 20 June 1944 Gentry 15 Feb. 1944 14 June 1944 Mack 11 Apr. 1944 16 Aug. 1944 Tweedy 7 Oct. 1943 12 Feb. 1944 George E. Davis 8 Apr. 1944 11 Aug. 1944 Maurice J. Manuel 19 Feb. 1944 30 June 1944 Ulvert M. Moore 7 Mar. 1944 18 July 1944 Gilligan 22 Feb. 1944 12 May 1944 Melvin R. Nawman 7 Feb. 1944 16 May 1944 Walter C. Wann 19 Jan. 1944 2 May 1944 Goss 19 Mar. 1944 26 Aug. 1944 McGinty 5 Aug. 1944 25 Sep. 1944 Walton 20 May 1944 4 Sep. 1944 Grady 2 Apr. 1944 II Sep. 1944 Naifeh 29 Feb. 1944 4 July 1944 William Seiverling 7 Mar. 1944 1 June 1944 Haas 20 Mar. 1944 2 Aug. 1944 O’Flaherty 14 Dec. 1943 8 Apr. 1944 Williams 22 Aug. 1944 11 Nov. 1944 Hanna 4 July 1944 27 Jan. 1945 Oliver Mitchell 8 Feb. 1944 14 June 1944 Woodson 29 Apr. 1944 24 Aug. 1944 Rated as Escort Ships (DE, ex-DER) 7 Converted “ Buckley ” Class DE 77 ALEXANDER J. LUKE 151 BUCKLEY 157 FOGG 153 REUBEN JAMES 578 ROBERT I. PAYNE 223 SPANGENBURG 213 WILLIAM T. POWELL WILLIAM T. POWELL Displacement: 1,400 tons standard (2,170 tons full load ) Dimensions: 306 (o.o.) X 36f X 9^ (mean), 14 (max.) feet Name Builders Launched Completed Guns: 2—5 inch, 38 cal. d.p., 8—40 mm. Alexander J. Luke Bethlehem-Hingham 28 Dec. 1943 19 Feb 1944 AA. Buckley Bethlehem-Hi ngh am 9 Jan. 1943 30 Apr. 1944 A/S weapons: D.C.T. Fogg Bethlehem-Hingham 20 Mar. 1943 7 July 1943 Machinery: General Electric turbines with elec¬ Reuben James Norfolk Naval Shipyard 6 Feb. 1943 1 Apr. 1943 tric drive. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 12,000 Robert 1. Payne Bethlehem-Hingham 30 Dec. 1943 28 Feb. 1944 =24 kts. S pangenburg Philadelphia Naval Shipyard 3 July 1943 15 Apr. 1944 Boilers: 2 water tube. Babcock & Wilcox William T. Powell Charleston Naval Shipyard 27 Nov 1943 28 Mar 1944 in DE 153 and 223, Combustion Engineering in DE 213, Foster Wheeler in remainder Notes reclassified as “ Escort Vessels, Radar Picket ”(DER)in 1949- Oil fuel. 340 tons Built as Destroyer Escorts (D E) with 3—3 inch guns. Sub¬ 50, but in Oct. 1954 they were again reclassified as Escort Radius: 5,000 miles at 15 kts. sequently grouped under generic heading of Patrol Vessels Vessels (DE) and placed in reserve, out of commisison, and on Complement: 220 with the sub-classification: Escort Vessels. Converted and 25 Aug. I960 they were reclassified as Escort ships (DE). Rated as Escort Ships (DE) 50 “Buckl Launched Name Ahrens Borum Coolbaugh Cronin Currier Damon M. Cummings Darby Durik Earl V. Johnson Eichenberger Fieberl ing Foreman Foss Fowler Francis M. Robinson F rybarger Gendreau George Gillette Greenwood Gunason Harmon Henry R. Kenyon Holton Jack W. Wilke James E. Craig J. Douglas Blackwood Jenks Loeser Lovelace Major Maloy Manning Marsh Neundorf Osmus Otter Paul G. Baker Raby Scott Scroggins Spangler Thomason Vammen Varian Weeden Whitehurst William C. Cole Willmarth Wiseman VAMMEN (A/S) converted, with mainmast Added 1957, Ted Stone >1 Feb. 1944 >5 May 1944 7 Dec. 1943 DARBY (note differences in bridge and superstructure) 1955, courtesy B. L. Devenish-Meares, Esq Destroyer Escorts ( continued )—U.S.A. 349 Destroyer Escorts —continued Rated as Escort Ships (DE) 50 “ Buckley ” Class —continued 2 Bethlehem-Hingham DE 575 AHRENS 59 FOSS 5 Bethlehem, Quincy 681 GILLETTE 679 GREENWOOD 678 HARMON 683 HENRY R. KENYON 680 LOESER 9 Bethlehem, S. Francisco 643 DAMON M. CUMMINGS 640 FIEBERLING 633 FOREMAN 639 GENDREAU 642 PAUL G. BAKER 644 VAMMEN A/S 634 WHITEHURST 641 WILLIAM C. COLE 638 WILLMARTH 6 Charleston Navy Yard 202 EICHENBERGER 201 JAMES E. CRAIG 199 MANNING 200 NEUNDORF 210 OTTER 203 THOMASON 8 Consolidated Steel Corpn., Orange 790 BORUM 795 GUNASON DE 800 JACK W WILKE E 796 MAJOR 791 MALOY E 799 SCROGGINS 798 VARIAN 797 WEEDEN 10 Defoe Co., Bay City, Mich. 704 CRONIN 700 CURRIER 702 EARL V. JOHNSON 705 FRYBARGER 697 GEORGE 703 HOLTON 699 MARSH 701 OSMUS 698 RABY 696 SPANGLER 3 Dravo Corpn., Pittsburgh 666 DURIK 665 JENKS 667 WISEMAN I Norfolk Navy Yard 198 LOVELACE 6 Philadelphia Navy Yard 217 COOLBAUGH 218 DARBY 222 FOWLER 220 FRANCIS M. ROBINSON E 219 J. DOUGLAS BLACKWOOD 214 SCOTT Displacement: 1,400 tons standard (2,170 tons full load) Dimensions: 306 (o.o.) X 36| X I Of (mean) 14 (max.) feet Guns: 3—3inch, 50 cal., 8—40 mm. AA., 4—20 mm. AA. (Coolbaugh, Darby, J. Douglas Blackwood, Loeser, Raby, 2—5 inch, 38 cal. d.p., 6 or 10—40 mm. A A.)—see Gunnery Notes A/S weapons: D.C.T. Machinery: General Electric Turbines with elec¬ tric drive. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 12,000 =24 kts. Boilers: 2 water tube (Foster-Wheeler, Babcock & Wilcox, or Combustion Engineering) Oil fuel: 340 tons Radius: 5,000 miles at 15 kts. Complement: 220 (war) General Notes 46 ships of this class, originally rated as Destroyer Escorts (DE), were transferred under Lend-Lease scheme to Royal Navy in which they served as frigates. Six of these were lost, and the remainder were returned to U.S.A. for scrapping. Fifty more of “ Buckley” class were adapted for duty as Fast Transports or for subsidiary purposes. Foss, Marsh, Wiseman and Whitehurst rigged as power supply ships have two large reels for power cables amidships. Fechteler and Underhill were lost in the Second World War. So/or was destroyed by internal explosion on 30 Apr. 1946. Gunnery Notes Ten DEs of this class have 5-inch guns (see photo). Engineering Notes All DEs have alternate engine and boiler rooms. What looks like a central uptake is really only a cylindrical support for the dual stack trunk. Class Notes Cronin, Frybarger and Raby were redesignated DEC (escort vessels, control) on reassignment to amphibious forces, but Cronin and Raby were decommissioned to Reserve Fleet in June 1953, and Frybarger was placed in the Reserve Fleet in commission in June 1954; and all three of these DECs were reclassified as DEs on 27 Dec. 1957. Experimental Notes A/S Vammen converted to DE (A/S), i.e., for anti-submarine warfare. E Francis M. Robinson, Jack W. Wilke and Maloy are now EDEs (experimental destroyer escorts). Conversion Notes Seven more units of the “ Buckley” class were converted to Radar Pickets (see previous page) but subsequently reverted to DE status. Building Notes For launching and completion dates of all the ships of this class see table on preceding page. Photograph Notes Transom view of Maloy, showing experimental gear on stern, in the 1957 58 edition. Starboard bow view of Loeser in the 1958-59 edition. FRANCIS M. ROBINSON (3-inch gunned type) I960, courtesy Mr. James Flynn 1959, United States Navy, Official FRYBARGER (3-3 inch) Added 1957, Ted Stone COOLBAUGH (note mainmast) 5-inch gunned type 1955, courtesy B. L. Devenish-Mears, Esq. 350 (J.S.A.—Destroyer Escorts ( continued ) Destroyer Escorts —continued Rated as Escort Ships (DE) 47 “ Edsall ” Class 21 Brown S. B. Co., Houston DE 398 COCKRILL 252 HOWARD D. CROW 250 HURST 396 JANSSEN 243 J. RICHARD WARD 241 KEITH 249 MARCHAND 392 MERRILL 240 MOORE 253 PETTIT 385 RICHEY 254 RICKETTS 245 SLOAT 246 SNOWDEN 247 STANTON 238 STEWART 399 STOCKDALE 248 SWASEY 394 SWENNING 242 TOMICH 395 WILLIS 26 Consolidated Steel Corpn. 148 BROUGH DE 149 CHATELAIN 337 DALE W. PETERSON 335 DANIEL 138 DOUGLAS J. HOWARD 129 EDSALL 139 FARQUHAR 135 FLAHERTY 144 FROST 131 HAM MAN ( ex-Langley) 137 HERE ERT C. JONES 141 HILL 145 HUSE 146 INCH 130 JACOB JONES 140 J. R. Y. BLAKELEY 338 MARTIN H. RAY 320 MENGES 321 MOSLEY 150 NEUNZER 330 O’REILLY 152 PETERSON A/S 151 POOLE 134 POPE 323 PRIDE 132 ROBERT E. PEARY Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: I, 200 tons standard (1,850 tons full load) 306 (o.a.) x 36f X 87 V (mean), 11 (max.) feet 3— 3 inch, 50 cal,, 8—40 mm. AA. 4— 20 mm. AA. D.C.T. 4 Fairbanks-Morse diesels. 2 shafts, B.H.P.: 6,000=21 kts. 279 tons II, 500 miles at I I kts. 220 (war) Name Launched Completed Brough 10 Apr. 1943 18 Sep. 1943 Chatelain 21 Aug. 1943 22 Sep. 1943 Cockrill 29 Oct. 1943 24 Dec. 1943 Dale W. Petersen 22 Dec. 1943 17 Feb. 1943 Daniel 16 Nov. 1943 24 Jan. 1944 Douglas L. Howard 25 Jan. 1943 29 July 1943 Edsall 1 Nov 1942 10 Apr. 1943 Farquhar 13 Feb. 1943 5 Aug. 1943 Flaherty 17 Jan. 1943 26 June 1943 Frost 21 Mar. 1943 30 Aug. 1943 Hamman 13 Dec. 1942 17 May 1943 Herbert C. Jones 19 Jan. 1943 21 July 1943 Hill 28 Feb. 1943 16 Aug. 1943 Howard D. Crow 26 Apr. 1943 27 Sep. 1943 Hurst 14 Apr. 1943 30 Aug. 1943 Huse 23 Mar. 1943 30 Aug. 1943 Inch 4 Apr. 1943 8 Sep. 1943 Jacob Jones 29 Nov. 1942 29 Apr. 1943 Janssen 10 Oct. 1943 18 Dec. 1943 J. Richard Ward 6 Jan. 1943 5 July 1943 J. R. Y. Blakeley 7 Mar. 1943 16 Aug. 1943 Keith 21 Dec. 1942 19 July 1943 Marchand 20 Mar. 1943 8 Sep. 1943 Martin H. Ray 29 Dec. 1943 28 Feb. 1944 Menges 15 June 1943 26 Oct 1943 Merrill 29 Aug. 1943 27 Nov. 1943 Moore 21 Dec. 1942 1 July 1943 Mosley 26 June 1943 30 Oct. 1943 Neunzer 27 Apr. 1943 27 Sep 1943 O'Reilly 2 Sep. 1943 28 Dec. 1943 Peterson 15 May 1943 29 Sep. 1943 Pettit 28 Apr. 1943 23 Sep. 1943 Poole 8 May 1943 29 Sep 1943 Pope 12 Jan. 1943 25 June 1943 Pride 3 July 1943 13 Nov. 1943 Richey 20 June 1943 30 Oct. 1943 Ricketts 10 May 1943 5 Oct. 1943 Robert £. Peary 3 Jan. 1943 31 May 1943 Sloat 21 Jan. 1943 16 Aug. 1943 Snowden 19 Feb. 1943 23 Aug. 1943 S tanton 28 Feb. 1943 7 Aug. 1943 Stewart 22 Nov. 1942 31 May 1943 Stockdale 30 Oct. 1943 31 Dec. 1943 Swasey 18 Mar. 1943 31 Aug. 1943 S wenning 13 Sep. 1943 1 Dec. 1943 Tomich 28 Dec. 1942 26 July 1943 W ill is 14 Sep. 1943 10 Dec. 1943 ,*’*■ v SNOWDEN 1956, Skyfotos 1954, Skyfotos PETERSON (A/S) General Notes The original 3—21 inch torpedo tubes were removed. Fessenden, Harveson, Joyce, Kirkpatrick, Otterstetter and Strick¬ land of this class were converted to DER (Radar Picket Escort Vessels) in 1951, Haverfield, Pillsbury, Savage, and Wilhoite were converted to DER in 1954-55, Calcaterra, Chambers, Falgout, Koiner, Lowe and Rhodes were converted to DER in 1955-56, Brister, Camp, Durant, Finch, Forster, Hissem, Kretch- mer, Lansing, Price, Roy O’Hale, Sillstrom and Vance converted to DER under 1957 conversion program. Six others converted to DER under Fiscal 1957 conversion program (see next page). Falgout, Finch, Forster, Koiner, Lowe and Newall, transferred to United States Coast Guard 1951, Chambers, Durant, Lansing, Ramsden, Richey, Vance, 1952, were returned to U.S. Navy 1954. War losses: Fiske, Frederick C. Davis, Holder, Leopold. Anti-Submarine Notes A/S Peterson has been converted to DE(A/S), i.e. for specialised anti-submarine warfare, i.e. limited conversion with additional sonar and depth charge equipment added (recommissioned I May 1952). Conversion Notes The following vessels were redesignated from DE to DER and converted under the Fiscal Year 1957 Shipbuilding and Conversion Program : Blair DE 147 to DER 147, Mills DE 383 to DER 383, Newell DE 322 to DER 322, Ramsden DE 382 to DER, 382, Sturtevont DE 239 to DER 239, Thomas J. Gary DE 326 to DER 326. Conversion carried out during 1956-58. Experimental Notes The conversion program for 1955 provided for replacing the diesel engines in the escort vessel Mills (D E 383) with two British RM 60 gas turbines designed to reduce plant weight by approximately 15 per cent, while delivering 67 per cent, more power; but this project was abandoned and Mills was converted to DER (Radar Picket). Rated as Escort Ships (DE) 22 “ Bostwick ” Class Name Launched Completed Acree 9 May 1943 19 July 1943 Booth 21 June 1943 19 Sep. 1943 Carroll 21 June 1943 24 Oct. 1943 Coffman 28 Nov. 1943 27 Dec. 1943 Cooner 25 July 1943 21 Aug. 1943 Earl K. Olsen 13 Feb. 1944 10 Apr. 1944 Hilbert 18 July 1943 4 Feb. 1944 Kyne 15 Aug. 1943 4 Apr. 1944 Lamons 1 Aug. 1943 29 Feb. 1944 Levy 28 Mar. 1943 13 May 1943 McClelland 28 Nov. 1944 19 Sep. 1944 McConnell 28 Mar. 1943 28 May 1943 M icka 22 Aug. 1943 23 Sep. 1943 Neal A. Scott 4 June 1944 31 July 1944 Osterha us 18 Apr. 1943 12 June 1943 Oswald 25 Apr. 1944 12 June 1944 Parks 18 Apr. 1943 22 June 1944 Roberts 14 Nov. 1943 2 Sep. 1943 Snyder 29 Aug, 1943 5 May 1944 Straub 18 Sep. 1943 25 Oct. 1943 Tills 3 Oct. 1943 8 Aug. 1944 Trumpeter 18 Sep. 1943 25 Oct. 1943 EARL K. OLSEN 1953, U.S. Navy, Official Destroyer Escorts ( continued )—U.S.A. 351 Destroyer Escorts —continued “ Bostwick ” Class —continued 12 Federal S. B. & D.D. Co., 3 Tampa S.B. Co. Port Newark nP DE 167 ACREE 170 BOOTH 171 CARROLL 191 COFFMAN 172 COONER 162 LEVY 163 McConnell 176 MICKA 164 OSTERHAUS 165 PARKS 181 STRAUB 180 TRUMPETER Building Notes For launching and completion dates of all the ships of this class see table at the bottom of preceding page. Displacement: 1,240 tons standard (1,900 tons full load) 306 (o.o.)x36f X lOf (mean), 14 (max.) feet Dimensions: Guns: 3—3 inch, 50 cal. d.p., 2—40 mm AA., 4—20 mm. AA. Tubes: 3—21 inch, in triple mount (some have had torpedo tubes removed) A/S weapons: D.C.T. Machinery: General Motors diesels with electric drive. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 6,000= 21 kts. (20 kts. sea speed) Oil Fuel: 300 tons Radius: 1 1,500 miles at 11 kts. Complement: General Notes 220 The following vessels (D E) were formerly on the list of ships to be disposed of. They were removed from that list in 1952 and put back in the reserve Fleet: Acree (167), Amick (168), Atherton (169), Booth (170), Carroll (171), Coffman (1911) Cooner (172), Hilbert (742), Lamons (743), Levy (162), McConnel, (163), Micka (176), Neal A. Scott (769), Osterhaus (164), Oswald (767), Parks (165), Straub (181), and Trumpeter (180). Transfer Notes Eight ships of this class, originally rated as Destroyer Escorts (DE,) were transferred to Brazilian Navy, four to Chinese Navy, and 14 to French Navy. Ebert (768), Eldridge (173), Garfield Thomas (193), and Slater (766) transferred to Greece 1951. Burrows (195), Eisner (192), Gustafson (182), O’Neill (188), Rinehart (196) and Stern (187) were transferred to the Netherlands in 1950-51. Gandy (764), Thornhill (195). and Wesson (184) transferred to Italy 1951. Bangust (739), Waterman (740), and Weaver (741) transferred to Peru in 1952, and Baron (166) and Bronste/n (189) transferred to Uruguay 1951, Amick and Atherton transferred to Japan 1955. Muir (770) and Sutton (771) transferred to South Korean Republic 1956. Hemminger, DE 746, was transferred to Thailand in July 1959. 765 EARL K. OLSEN 769 NEAL A. SCOTT 767 OSWALD 7 Western Pipe & Steel Co. 742 HILBERT 743 LAMONS 744 KYNE 750 McClelland 749 ROBERTS 745 SNYDER 748 TILLS Rated as Escort Ships, Radar Picket (DER) 34 Converted “ Edsall ” Class 16 Brown S.B. Co., 18 Consolidated Steel Houston Corporation DER DER 390 CALCATERRA 147 BLAIR 251 CAMP 327 BRISTER 391 CHAMBERS 324 FALGOUT 389 DURANT 142 FESSENDEN 393 HAVERFIELD 328 FINCH 400 HISSEM 334 FORSTER 388 LANSING 316 HARVESON 383 MILLS 317 JOYCE 244 OTTERSTETTER 318 KIRKPATRICK 382 RAMSDEN 331 KOINER 384 RHODES 329 KRETCHMER 386 SAVAGE 325 LOWE 255 SELLSTROM 322 NEWELL 239 STURTEVANT 133 PILLSBURY 387 VANCE 332 PRICE 397 WILHOITE 336 ROY O’HALE 333 STRICKLAND 326 THOMAS J. GARY Displacement: 1,590 tons standard (1,850 tons full load) Dimensions: 306 (o.a.) X 36f X 11 (max.) feet Guns: 2—3 inch, 50 cal.; 6—20 mm. AA. (3 twin mounts) A/S weapons: 1 trainable Hedgehog mounting, 2 torpedo rack side launchers, 1 D.C rack Machinery: 4 Fairbanks-Morse Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 6,000=21 kts. Oil fuel: 300 tons Radius: 1 1,500 miles at 11 kts. Complement: 150 General Notes Originally rated as Destroyer Escorts (DE) but now grouped under the generic heading of Patrol Ships with the specific designation of Radar Picket Escort Ships. Building dates below. Conversion Notes Fessenden, Harveston, Joyce, Kirkpatrick, Otterstetter and Strickland were converted to DER 1951, Haverfield, Pilsbury, Savage and Wilhoite in 1954-55, Calcaterra, Chambers, Falgout, Koiner, Lowe, Rhodes, in 1955-56, Bristler, Camp, Durant, Finch, Forster, Hissem, Kretchmer, Lansing, Price, Roy O'Hale, Sellstrom, V ince in 1956-57, Blair, Mills, Newell, Ramsden, Sturtevant and Thomas J. Gary in 1956-58. New equipment includes air search, height finder and surface search radar, and they are rigged to detect enemy action at sea or in the air in any form. Conversion includes improvement in habitability by installing the mess compartment on the main deck (see photos), and most of the new superstructure is of aluminium to reduce top weight. Harveson underwent further conversion in 1957. Blair, DER 147, was converted from DE 147 under the 1957 program. Conversion work commenced on 2 Jan. 1957 and was completed on 2 Jan. 1958. WILHOITE Added 1958, U.S. Navy, Official PILLSBURY 1957, U.S. Navy, Official Name Launched Completed Blair 6 Apr. 1943 13 Sep. 1943 Brister 24 Aug. 1943 30 Nov. 1943 Calcaterra 16 Aug. 1943 17 Nov. 1943 Camp 16 Apr. 1943 16 Sep. 1943 Chambers 17 Aug. 1943 22 Nov. 1943 Durant 3 Aug. 1943 16 Nov. 1943 Falgout 24 July 1943 15 Nov. 1943 Fessenden 9 Mar. 1943 25 Aug. 1943 Finch 28 Aug. 1943 13 Dec. 1943 Forster 13 Nov. 1943 25 Jan. 1944 Harveson 22 May 1943 12 Oct. 1943 Haverfield 30 Aug. 1943 29 Nov. 1943 Hissem 26 Dec. 1943 13 Jan. 1944 Joyce 26 May 1943 30 Sep. 1943 Kirkpatrick 5 June 1943 23 Oct. 1943 Koiner 5 Sep. 1943 27 Dec. 1943 Kretchmer 31 Aug. 1943 13 Dec. 1943 Lansing 3 Aug. 1943 10 Nov. 1943 Lowe 28 July 1943 22 Nov. 1943 Mi is 26 May 1943 12 Oct. 1943 Newell 29 June 1943 30 Oct. 1943 Otterstetter 19 Jan. 1943 6 Aug. 1943 Pillsbury 10 Jan. 1943 7 June 1943 Price 30 Oct. 1943 12 Jan. 1944 Ramsden 24 May 1943 19 Oct. 1943 Rhodes 29 June 1943 25 Oct. 1943 Roy O’Hale 20 Nov. 1943 3 Feb. 1944 Savage 15 July 1943 29 Oct. 1943 Sellstrom 12 May 1943 12 Oct. 1943 Strickland 2 Nov. 1943 10 Jan. 1944 Sturtevant 3 Dec. 1942 16 June 1943 Thomat J. Gary 21 Aug. 1943 27 Nov. 1943 Vance 16 July 1943 1 Nov. 1943 Wilhoite Oct. 1943 16 Dec. 1943 FORSTER Gunnery Notes The six 20 mm. anti-aircraft guns formerly mounted have been removed. A/S Weapon Notes The armament installed for anti-submarine warfare includes a hedgehog and side launching racks for torpedoes. 1957, U.S. Navy, Official Torpedo Notes The three 21 inch torpedo tubes originally carried were removed. Photograph Notes Port bow view of Harveson, before recent conversion, and starboard broadside view of Koiner, as converted to radar picket, in the 1957-58 (Diamond Jubilee) edition. ■ - . 352 U.S.A.—Modified Destroyer Escorts FAST TRANSPORTS (Modified Destroyer Escorts) LLOYD (lattice main) 1953, A. & J. Pavia Rated as High Speed Transports (APD) 66 Converted Destroyer Escorts APD (Ex-DE) 97 281 ARTHUR L. BRISTOL (19 Feb. 1940) 132 716 BALDUCK (27 Oct. 1944) 57 161 BARBER (20 May 1943) 73 672 BASSETT (15 Jan. 1944) 127 71 1 BEGOR (25 May 1944) 109 599 BELET (3 Mar. 1944) 119 722 BEVERLY W. REID (4 Mar. 1944) 48 69 BLESSMAN (19 June 1943) 40 637 BOWERS (31 Oct. 1943) 78 693 BULL (25 March 1943) 79 694 BUNCH (29 May 1943) 133 717 BURDO (25 Nov. 1944) 65 215 BURKE (3 April 1943) f 37 53 CHARLES LAWRENCE; 16 Feb. 1943) 62 208 COFER (6 Sep. 1943) 130 714 COOK (26 Aug. 1944) 38 54 DANIEL T. GRIFFIN (25 Feb. 1943) 123 690 DIACHENKO (15 Aug. 1944) 129 713 DONALD W. WOLF (22 July 1944) 118 721 DON O. WOODS (19 Feb. 1944) 113 603 EARHART (12 May 1945) 107 597 EARLE B. HALL (1 Mar. 1944) 66 216 ENRIGHT (29 May 1943) 16 606 FRANCOVICH (5 June 1945) 42 60 GANTNER (17 Apr. 1943) 143 62 GEORGE W. INGRAM (8 May, 1943) 26 710 GOSSELIN (4 May 1944) 108 598 HARRY L. CORL (1 Mar. 1944) 80 212 HAYTER (II Nov. 1943) 86 794 HOLLIS (11 Sep. 1943) 51 155 HOPPING (10 Mar. 1943) 24 691 HORACE A. BASS (12 Sep. 1944) 72 671 JACK C. ROBINSON (8 Jan. 1944) 74 673 JOHN P. GRAY (18 Mar. 1944) 53 211 JOSEPH C. HUBBARD (1 1 Nov. 1943) 49 70 JOSEPH E. CAMPBELL (26 June 1943) 117 674 JOSEPH M. AUMAN (5 Feb. 1944) NO 600 JULIUS A. RAVEN (3 Mar. 1944) 61 207 KEPHART (6 Sep. 1943) 91 232 KINZER (9 Dec. 1943) 90 229 KIRWIN (16 June 1944) 120 687 KLINE (27 June 1944) 101 591 KNUDSON (5 Feb. 1944) 55 159 LANING (4 July 1943) 45 65 LEE FOX (29 May 1943) 60 206 LIDDLE (9 Aug. 1943) 63 209 LLOYD (23 Oct. 1943) 56 160 LOY (4 July 1943) 59 205 NEWMAN (9 Aug. 1943) 71 670 ODUM (19 Jan. 1944) 70 669 PAVLIC (18 Dec. 1943) 121 688 RAYMOND W. HERNDON (15 July’44) 102 592 REDNOUR (12 Feb. 1944) 92 233 REGISTER (20 Jan. 1944) 100 590 RING NESS (5 Feb. 1944) 89 228 RUCHAMKIM (15 June 1944) 76 676 SCHMITT (29 May 1943) 122 689 SCRIBNER (1 Aug. 1944) 103 593 TOLLBERG (12 Feb. 1944) 98 282 TRUXTON (9 Mar. 1944) III 601 WALSH (28 Apr. 1945) 106 596 WALTER B. COBB (23 Feb. 1944) 131 715 WALTER X. YOUNG (30 Sep. 1944) 135 719 WEISS (17 Feb. 1945) 95 236 WILLIAM M. HOBBY (II Feb. 1944) 69 668 YOKES (27 Nov. 1943) Displacement: 1,400 tons standard, 1,650 tons trials (2,130 tons full load) Dimensions: 300 (w./.), 306 (o.o.) x 37 x I2§ (max.) feet Guns: 1—5 inch, 38 cal. d.p., 6—40 mm AA. Machinery: Ganeral Electric geared turbines with electric drive. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 12,000=23 6 lets, (trials) Boilers: 2 Express Oil fuel: 350 tons Radius: 5,500 miles at 15 lets. Complement: General Notes 204 -f- 162 troops Former destroyer escorts converted and officially rated as High-Speed Transports. Carry four LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle-Personnel). Seven proposed conversions abandoned. APD 82, Borum (D E 790) and APD 83, Malay (DE 791) not converted Durik, D E 666, fenks, D E 665. and Scott. D E 214, were also originally assigned as APD (68, 67 and 64 respec¬ tively). War loss: Bates (APD 47, ex-D E 68). Three, APD 54, Chase (D E 158), APD 41, England (DE 635), and APD 58, Witter (DE 636), scrapped. Appearance Notes Those converted from “ Buckley " type retained high bridge, but were given a 5-inch gunhouse forward and a lattice mainmast, for twin cargo booms. Flagship Conversion Notes Laning (55), Lloyd (63), Hollis (86), Knudson (101, Cavallaro (128), Cook (130) and Balduck (132) have undergone limited conversion into APD flagships with facilities for added officers and staff quarters. Transfer Notes Cavallaro, APD 128, was transferred to Korea in Oct. 1959. at Long Beach, California, and renamed Kyung Nam. Klein- smith, APD 134, was transferred to Taiwan China (Formosa) in May I960, and renamed Tien Shan. Recent Disposals Wantuck, APD 125, was stricken from the Navy List on 4 Mar. 1958 after collision with an attack transport (APA). Carpellotti, APD 136, was stricken from the Navy List on I Dec. I960. Amesbury, APD 46, Barr, APD 39, Bray, APD 39, Brock, APD 93, C read, APD 88, Crosley, APD 87, Frament, APD 77, Haines, APD 84, Hunter Marshall, APD 112, Ira Jeffrey, APD 44, John Q. Roberts, APD 94, Myers, APD 105, Ray K. Edwards, APD 96, Reeves, APD 52, Rogers Blood, APD 115, Runels, APD 85, Sims, APD 50, Tatum, APD 81 Upham, APD 99, Walter S. Gorka, APD I 14, Weber, APD 75 and William J. Pattison, APD, 104, were also stricken a the end of I960. ESCORT RESEARCH SHIP (AG) I New Construction Displacement: Guns: A/S weapons: Aircraft: Boiler: 1,850 tons 3—5 inch, 50 cal. (twin forward, single aft) Rocket launchers, torpedo laun¬ chers Drone anti-submarine helicopter Newly developed pressure fired Notes An experimental hull of advanced hydrodynamic and propulsion design. To be used to obtain data for deter¬ mining the optimum configuration for mounting sonar for best performance, and hydrodynamic and self-noise infor¬ mation unobtainable from model tests. Her radical pro¬ pulsion system will consist of counter-rotating propellers emerging from an electric motor nacelle at the stern to re¬ duce cavitation. It is expected that under normal search con¬ ditions it will be virtually free from proppller noises. A long range moulded plastic sonar dome will be built into thestem, and a variable depth sonar installation will be housed in the bottom of the ship. With this combination it is expected to be able to detect and track a submarine at great distances, regardless of its depth. This ship was originally authorised in the I960 program but action was postponed and she was re-introduced into the 1961 program. To cost $25,250,000. Fleet Minelayer, Mine Countermeasures Support Ships—U.S.A. 353 FLEET MINELAYER (MMF) I Large Type Formerly rated as Cruiser Minelayer (CM) MMF 5 TERROR Builders: Launched: Completed: Philadelphia Navy Yard 6 June 1941 1942 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Mines: Machinery: Complement: 5,875 tons standard (8,650 tons full lead ) 453f (o.a.) X 60i X 20 max.) feet 4—5 inch, 38 cal., 24—40 mm. (quadruple mounts) 800 Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: I 1,000=20 kts. 400 (war) Notes Built under the 1938 Program. Built by Philadelphia Navy Yard. Launched on 6 June 1941. Completed in 1942. Mine ports in stern. Cruiser type with high freeboard. Out of commission, in reserve. Formerly known as a Large (Cruiser) Minelayer (CM) but reclassified as a Fleet Minelayers (MM) in Feb. 1955 and designated MMF in 1956. T E R RO R 1950, U.S. Navy, Official MINE COUNTERMEASURES SUPPORT SHIPS (MCS) 2 Converted Large Minelayer Type MCS 1 CATSKILL (ex-LSVI, ex-CM 6, 19 May 1942) 2 OZARK (ex-LSV2. ex-CM 7, 15 June 1942) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: 5,875 tons standard (9,040 tons full load) 440 (w./.), 455^ (o.a.)x 60^x20 feet 2—5 inch, 38 cal., d.p. 8—40 mm. AA. Machinery: Boilers: Complement: Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 11,000=20 3 kts. 4 Combustion Engineering type Notes Both built by Willamette Iron & Steel Corpn., Portland, Oregon, under the 1940 Program. Launch dates above. Designed as Large Minelayers (see photo) but sub¬ sequently converted into Landing Ships (Vehicle), LSV. Out of commission, in reserve. Reclassified as Mine Warfare Command and Support Ships and redesignated MCS in 1955. Again reclassified as Mine Countermeasures and Support Ships in 1958, and as Mine Countermeasures Support Ships on 25 Aug. I960. OZARK (wartime photo) Added 1957, U.S. Navy, Official 3 Converted Netlayer Type MCS 5 MONITOR (ex-AN I, 29 Jan. 1943) 3 OSAGE (ex-AN 3, 30 June 1943) 4 SAUGUS ( ex-AN 4,4 Sep. 1943) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: 5,625 tons standard (9,040 tons full load) 440 ( w.l .), 45 4 (o.o.)x 60^x20 feet 2 or 3—5 inch, 38 cal. d.p., 8—40 mm. AA. Machinery: Boilers: Complement: Notes Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P. : 11,000=20-3 kts. 4 Combustion Engineering type 564 reserve. Reclassified as Mine Warfare Command and Support Ships, MCS, in 1955. Again reclassified as Mine Counter¬ measures and Support Ships in 1958, and as Mine Counter¬ measures Support Ships on 25 Aug. I960. I LST Type MCS 6 ORLEANS PARISH All built by Ingall’s S.B. Corpn., Pascagoula, Miss. Launch dates above. Designed as Netlayers and Net Carriers (see photo below), but converted into Landing Ships (Vehicle), LSV. Carry 40 LVTs and 800 troops. Cut of commission, in Notes The tank landing ship Orleans Parish, LST 1069, see later page, was reclassified MCS 6 on 19 Jan. 1959 NET CARRIER (Ocean-going) AKN GALILEA (ex-Montauk) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boiler: Complement: 5,625 tons standard (9,040 tons full load) 440 (w.l.), 45 4 (o.o.)X 60^x20 (max.) feet 3—5 inch, 38 cal. d.p., 8—4U mm. AA. General Electric geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 11,000 =20 kts. 4Combustion Engineering type 564 Notes Laid down on 14 Apr. 1942. Launched on 14 Apr. 1943. Completed on 25 May 1944. AKN 6 (ex-LSV 6, ex-AN 2, ex-AP 161). Specially converted by Ingall’s Shipbuilding Corporation, Pascagoula, as a net layer and net cargo ship. In reserve. Z GALI LEA 1950, courtesy Ingall’s Shipbuilding Corp. 354 U.S.A.— Seaplane Carriers GUIDED MISSILE SHIP (AVM) and SEAPLANE CARRIERS (AV) ALBEMARLE Added 1958, U.S. Navy, Official 4 “ Currituck ” Class AVM I NORTON SOUND (ex-AV 11,28 Nov. 1943) AV 7 CURRITUCK (II Sep. 1943) AV 12 PINE ISLAND (26 Feb. 1944) AV 13 SALISBURY SOUND (ex-PugetSound, 18 June 1944) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: General Notes Currituck was built by Philadelphia Navy Yard, others by Todd Shipyards, Los Anglees, Norton Sound was adapted as the Navy’s seagoing rocket laboratory ship and equipped for experiments with guided missiles. Two forward 5-inch guns were removed to make space for helicopter platform; and her stern crane was removed. The ship carried out experi¬ ments in the Pacific, making practice firings with “ Loon ” missiles, American versions of the wartime V-l “buzz” bombs, and with shipboard launching of the Navy’s “ Aero- bee,” a tue rocket which attained altitudes up to 78 miles and speeds estimated at about 2,000 miles an hour. In I960 Norton Sound was assigned to the Operational Test and Evaluation Force. 9,106 tons standard (15,092 tons full load) 520 (w.l.), 540? (o.o.)X 69±x26 feet 4—5 inch, 38 cal., 20—40 mm. AA. (Norton Sound : I—5 inch, 38 cal., 12—40 mm. AA.) Geared turbines (Parsons in Curri¬ tuck), Allis-Chalmers in others. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 12,000=19-2 kts. 1,247 war). 555 (30 officers, 525 men (peacetime) Guided Missile Notes Norton Sound, AVM I, is fitted with a launcher for “ Tartar ” guided missile testing. The “ Tartar ” surface-to-air missile is the primary arma¬ ment of guided missile destroyers and the secondary arma¬ ment of three guided missile cruisers under conversion. The missile is about 15 feet in length and I foot in diameter. Conversion Notes Currituck was modernised under the 1957 conversion program at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and on completion of the conversion was commissioned on 20 Aug. I960. (The P6M “ Seamaster ” jet aircraft programme was cancelled.) Photograph Notes A port bow aerial view of Pine Island appears in the 1954-55 to 1959-60 editions, and a photograph of Salisbury Sound on the next page. 2 “ Curtiss ” Class AV 4 CURTISS (20 Apr. 1940) AV 5 ALBEMARLE (13 July 1940) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Aircraft: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: 8,671 tons standard (13,475 tons full load) 508 (w.l.) 527 £ (o.a.)x69±x2l* (max.) feet 4—5 inch, 38 cal., 14—40 mm. AA. 25 Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 12,000=19-7 kts. 4 Babcock & Wilcox Express 1,195 (war) General Notes Built as large seaplane tenders by New York S. B. Corpn., under 1937 and 1938 programs, respectively, with space for Flag and Fleet Air Wing staffs. Curtiss was modified for use by the Atomic Energy Commission and Special Assignments. Modifications included the installation of shops and equip¬ ment for A.E.C. within former hangar area. She was in¬ activated and decommissioned to the Reserve Fleet in June 1957. Conversion Notes Under the 1956 Fiscal program Albemarle underwent modernisation and conversion to handle larger seaplanes at Philadelphia Navy Shipyard for completion in Dec. 1957. She commissioned on 21 Oct. 1957. She is provided with stern ramps, servicing booms, semi-sheltered area, and a service drydock for seaplanes. I “ Chandeleur ” Type AV I CHANDELEUR Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: 9,031 tons standard (14,200 tons full load) 492 (o.o.) X 69| X 23 £ (max.) feet I—5 inch, 38 cal., 4—3 inch, 5U cal. General Electric geared turbines 1 shaft. S.H.P.: 8,500=18-4 kts. 2 Foster-Wheeler Notes Launched on 29 Nov. 1941. Maritime Commission type C3-SI-BI with single screw. Out of commission, in reserve. NORTON SOUND I960, United States Navy, Official ALBEMARLE 1959, United States Navy, Official Seaplane Tenders ( continued ), Amphibious Force Flagships—U.S.A. 355 Seaplane Tenders— continued 2 “Tangier ” Class AV 9 POCOMOKE (ex-Exchequer, 8 June 1940) AV 8 TANGIER (ex-Sea Arrow, 15 Sep. 1939) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boil ’rs: Oil fuel: Complement: 8,560 tons standard (14,800 tons full load) 465 (pp.), 492 (o.o.) X 69f x 24£ {max.) feet I—5 inch, 38 cal., 4—3 inch, 50 cal., 8—40 mm. A A. Geared turbines (General Electric in Pocomoke ; De Laval in Tangier). 1 shaft. S.H.P.: 8,500=18-4 kts. 2 Foster-Wheeler 1,417 tons 857 Notes Modified C 3-Cargo (S) type mercantile conversions. Pocomoke was built by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, Pascagoula, Mississippi, and Tangier was built by Moore D.D. Corp. Both are out of commission, in reserve SALISBURY SOUND (see previous page) Added I960, United States Navy,^Official 4 “ Kenneth Whiting ” Class AV 17 CUMBERLAND SOUND (23 Feb. 1944) AV 15 HAMLIN (I I Jan 1944) AV 14 KENNETH WHITING (15 Dec. 1943) AV 16 ST. GEORGE (14 Feb. 1944) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: 8,510 tons standard (14,000 tons full load) 492 (o.o.) X 69^ X 26 {max.) feet 2—5 inch, 38 cal., 12—40 mm. AA., 16—20 mm. AA. Allis-Chalmers geared turbines. I shaft. S.H.P.: 8,500= 18-7 kts. 2 Foster-Wheeler 662 (peace) Notes All modified Maritime Commission C3-S-AI Todd-Pacific type conversions, single screw. All out of commission, in reserve. KENNETH WH ITING 1956, U.S. Navy, Official AMPHIBIOUS FORCE FLAGSHIPS (AGC) 8 “Mount McKinley” Class AGC 15 ADIRONDACK (13 Jan. 1945) 11 ELDORADO (ex-Alonsoon, 26 Oct. 1943) 12 ESTES {ex-Morning Star, I Nov. 1943) 7 MOUNT McKINLEY {ex-Cyclone, 27 Sep. 1943) 8 MOUNT OLYMPUS (ex-Ec//pse, 3 Oct. 1943) 16 POCONO (25 Jan. 1945) 17 TACONIC (10 Feb. 1945) 14 TETON {ex-Witch of the Wave, 5 Feb. 1944) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: 5,450 tons {Navy light), 15,295 tons full load 435 (w./.), 459* (o.o.) X 63x28* (max.) feet I—5 inch, 8—40 mm. AA. Geared turbines. S.H.P.: 6,000= 16 4 kts. 2Combustion Engineering type About 550 (Mount McKinley 36 Officers, 481 men) General Notes C2-S-AI type, but differ. Radar and radio equipment is exceptionally elaborate. Twin 40 mm. installed on extended stern of Eldorado instead of 5 inch, 38 cal., as formerly. Adirondack, Pocono and Taconic have single mast instead of after king-post. Zlass Notes Adirondack, Pocono and Taconic are of a slightly different class. Flagship Notes Originally rated as Combined Operations Communications Headquarters Ships, these vessels are fitted as flagships for Chiefs of Combined Forces, with accommodation for Marine and Army units attached. In 1951 the Mount Olympus tem¬ porarily relieved the heavy cruiser Columbus as flagship of the Commander-in-Chief, American Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. Helicopter Notes After guns removed in Eldorado and helicopter landing platform installed. Estes, Mount Olympus, Pocono and Mount McKinley also fitted with helicopter landing platform on stern. Photograph Notes A port quarter view of Moont Olympus appears in the 1952-53 to 1959-60 editions. Recent Disposals Wasatch {ex-Fleetwing), AGC 9, of the “ Mount McKinley ” class was stricken on I Jan. I960, and Auburn, AGC 10, and Panamint, AGC 13, at the end of I960. Of the four amphibious force flagships of the “Appalachian” class, Appalachian, AGC I, and Catoctin,AGC 5, were stricken from the Navy List on I Mar. 1959, and their sister ships B/ue Ridge, AGC 2, and Rocky Mount, AGC 3, were stricken on I Jan. I960. Yacht Type There is alsoa small AGC, the 1,730-ton yacht Williamsburg, AGC 369, launched in 1931 and acquired in 1941. She was refitted and reclassified as an amphibious force flagship in 1946 and used as the Presidential Yacht until the end of 1952. She is now decommissioned and in reserve. Full particulars appear in the 1959-60 and earlier editions and a photograph in the 1952-53 to 1957-58 editions. ELDORADO Added I960, Ted Stone ■ MOUNT McKINLEY 1957, U.S. Navy, Official r U r* r?. .» ^ 0 \ i * L=j 356 U.S.A.—Submarines SUBMARINES GEORGE WASHINGTON I960, Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, Conn. (Builders) Nuclear powered fleet ballistic missile submarine capable of firing the 1,500 mile “ Polaris ” missile from below the surface Nuclear Powered Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarines (SSBN) 4 “ Lafayette ” Class I Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation SSBN 616 LAFAYETTE 1 Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company SSBN 618 2 More Island Naval Shipyard, California SSBN 619 SSBN 620 Displacement: Dimensions: Guided missiles: Machinery: Complement: Notes These latest “ Polaris ” missile submarines will be the largest undersea craft ever built, it was officially stated by the U.S. Navy on 2 Aug. I960. Lafayette is named after the French aristocrat who served with Washington in the American Revolution, she will be built by the Electric Boac Division of the General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, Connecticut. SSBN 616 is to be the prototype and lead ship of the fourth class of “ Polaris ” missile submarines. Construction plans and design were awarded to the Electric Boat Division on 24 Mar. I960. 7 Projected SSBN SSBN SSBN SSBN SSBN SSBN SSBN 7,000 tons. Length: 425 feet 16 “ Polaris ” I pressurised water cooled nuclear reactor. Geared turbines 100 PATRICK HENRY I960, United States Navy, Officia 1 Displacement: 6,900 tons standard Guided missiles: 16 “ Polaris ” Machinery: I pressurised water cooled nuclear reactor. Geared turbines Notes In the Fiscal Year I960 long lead items were requested for three SSBN to be built under the Fiscal Year 1961 Program, which were duly authorised with two more (full funds) together with long lead items for seven more. The “ Polaris ” missiles are to be launched from 16 vertical launchers within the submarine’s hull. Nuclear Powered Attack Submarines (SSN) 4 New Construction I New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey SSN 612 GUARDFISH 3 Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation SSN 613 FLASHER SSN 614 GREENLING SSN 615 GATO Displacement: 3,250 tons standard Dimensions: Length: 274 feet. Beam : 32 feet Machinery: I Westinghouse pressurised water cooled nuclear reactor. Geared turbines Notes These four SSN were requested in the Fiscal Year I960 Program. Of the “ Thresher ” type. Cost, $49,000,000 each. Nuclear Powered Fleet Ballistic M issile Submarines (SSBN) 5 “ Ethan Allen ” Class 3 Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation SSBN 608 ETHAN ALLEN SSBN 610 THOMAS A. EDISON SSBN 617 NUCLEAR POWERED FLEET BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINE 1958, U.S. Navy, Official (artist's conception) 2 Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company SSBN 609 SAM HOUSTON SSBN 611 JOHN MARSHALL Displacement: Dimensions: Guided missiles: Machinery: Complement: 6,900 tons standard Length: 410 feet. Beam: 33 feet 16 “ Polaris ” missiles with a range of 1,500 miles I Westinghouse pressurised water cooled nuclear reactor. Geared turbines (General Electric in 608, 610; Westinghouse in 609, 61 I) 100 Notes Ethan Allen, laid down on 14 Sep. 1959 and scheduled to be commissioned in June 1961, is the lead ship in a new class of fleet ballistic missile submarines, larger than the “ George Washington ” class, with a new hull design. She will cost $105,000,000. She is of a different and much im¬ proved type over the first group of SSBNs and will exceed their 5,600 tons. One big difference is that the hull has been specially designed to accommodate the guided missiles, whereas the hulls of the first five SSBNs were adapted from existing hull designs. Contracts for Sam Houston, Thomas A. Edison and John Marshall, were awarded on I July 1959 (see builders above). Laid down on 28 Dec. 1959 (Sam Houston) and 15 Mar. I960 (Thomas A. Edison). To be com¬ pleted in 1962. “Thresher” design. All ballistic missile submarines are named after men famous in American history. Submarines ( continued )—U.S.A. 357 Submarines —continued Nuclear Powered Attack Submarines (SSN) 2 New Construction I Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, Pascagoula, Mississippi SSN 607 DACE SSN 621 Displacement: 3,350 tons standard (officially revised figures) Dimensions: 274x32 feet Machinery: I Westinghouse pressurised water cooled nuclear reactor. Westing- house geared turbines Notes Dace was authorised under the Fiscal Year 1959 new construc¬ tion program. Developed from the prototype Thresher. Due to the cancellation of the “ Regulus II ” missile this additional SSN is being constructed in lieu of the originally planned SSGN. Laid down on 6 June I960. To be launched about Mar. 1962 and commissioned about Dec. 1962. SSN 621 was awarded under the Fiscal 1961 program. Nuclear Powered Attack Submarines (SSN) 4 New Construction 2 New York S.B. Corpn. 2 Portsmough Naval Shipyard SS (N) 604 HADDO SS (N) 605 JACK SS (N) 603 POLLACK SS (N) 606 TINOSA (ex-Barb) Displacement: 3,350 tons standard Dimensions: 274x32 feet Machinery: I Westinghouse pressurised water cooled nuclear reactor. Geared turbines: General Electric in Haddo, Jack and Pollack; De Laval in Tinosa Notes Authorised under the Fiscal Year 1959 new construction program. To have “ Albacore ’’-type hulls. Pollack was laid down on 14 Mar. I960 and will be launched about Sep. 1961. Haddo was laid down in Aug. I960 and will be launched about Jan. 1962. Jack was laid down on 16 Sep. I960 and will be launched about Nov. 1961 and completed about Oct. 1962. These three are “Thresher” class. The name of SSN 603 was changed from Barb to Pollack on 23 July 1959 Tinosa, which was laid down on 24 Nov. 1959 and will be launched in July 1961 and commissioned about May 1962, will have diving and steering operations controlled auto¬ matically through push buttons. Nuclear Powered Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarines (SSBN) 5 “George Washington” Class 2 Electric Boat Division General Dynamic Corporation SSB (N) 598 SSB (N) 599 GEORGE WASHINGTON PATRICK HENRY I Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California SSB (N) 600 THEODORE ROOSEVELT I Newport News SSB (N) 601 ROBERT E. LEE Displacement: Dimensions: Guided missiles: Tubes: Machinery: Complement: General Notes The First 1957-58 Supplemental New Construction Pro¬ gram signed on II Feb. 1958 provided $296,000,000 for the construction of three nuclear powered guided missile submarines armed with “ Polaris ” fleet ballistic weapons. They will have “ Albacore ” type hull configuration, giving them high underwater speed, and will be equipped with “SINS”, the U.S. Navy’s revolutionary new navigational system, and with new stabilising and electronics apparatus incorporating the most recent engineering advances. These three submarines are designed specifically for carrying and launching the “ Polaris ” missile, to be fired with submarine submerged, vertically from within the submarine. “ Subroc” anti-ship missiles to be fired through torpedo tubes. They will differ from nuclear powered submarines now under con¬ struction chiefly in their missile features. Ordered on 14 Feb. 1958. This class have an auxiliary diesel engine and batteries, both of which can be used for emergency propulsion. I Portsmouth Naval Shipyard SSB (N) 602 ABRAHAM LINCOLN 5,400 tons light, 5,600 tons standard, 6,700 tons submerged Length: 382 feet. Beam: 32 feet 16 “ Polaris ” missiles (28 feet long, 50 ins. diarn., 15 tons weight, with nuclear warheads, and a range of 1,200 miles), capable of being launch¬ ed while surfaced or submerged. 4—21 inch forward I Water-cooled nuclear reactor by Westinghouse. General Electric geared turbines 100 (10 officers, 90 men). SSBNs will have two complete crews as¬ signed designated “ Blue ” and “ Gold ” which will relieve each other approximately every three months. PATRICK HENRY I960, Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation GEORGE WASHINGTON I960, Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation POLARIS MISSILE SUBMARINE (artist’s conception) 1959, United States Navy, Official In Apr. 1958 funds were requested for two more nuclear powered fleet ballistic missile submarines for carrying the “ Polaris” missile, under the Second 1957-58 Supplemental New Construction Program. They will have whale¬ shaped hulls. Six submarines of this class were authorised by Congress. Two were awarded in July 1958. SSBNs 598-602 are of modified “ Skipjack ” design with a 128-ft. missile launching section inserted. Guided Missile Notes George Washington successfully fired the solid-fuelled “ Polaris ” missile for the first time from a submarine from a submerged position on 20 July I960. The sixteen launching tubes are arranged in double vertical rows along the after deck abaft the “ sail ” (conning tower fin). The gyrostabiliser has an 8 ft. diameter wheel with a weight of 22 tons and a total weight of 50 tons. Name Laid down Launched Completed George Washington Patrick Henry Theodore Roosevelt Robert E. Lee Abraham Lincoln I Nov.'57 9 June ’59 30 Dec. ’59 27 May ’58 22 Sep. '59 9 Apr. '60 20 May ’58 3 Oct. ’59 Dec. ’60* 25 Aug. ’58 18 Dec. ’59 16 Sep. ’60 I Nov.'58 14 Apr. '60 Dec. ’60* * Officially estimated date Nuclear Powered Attack Submarines, SS(N) I Improved “Tear-drop” Design I Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, New Hampshire SS(N) 593 THRESHER Displacement: 3,250 tons light, 3,747 tons standard, 4,300 tons submerged Dimensions: 278x32 feet A/S weapons: SUBROC Tubes: Torpedo tubes amidships Machinery: Westinghouse water-cooled nuclear reactor. General Electric geared turbines. I shaft 60,000 miles without refueling 88 (8 officers, 80 men) Radius: Complement: Notes . Provided under the 1957 naval appropriations. This submarine is of the improved “ tear-drop ” hull design and configuration which was pioneered by Albacore. She is a logical successor of Skipjack, the prototype of the new con¬ ception. She will have diving planes attached to the conning tower instead of the bow as usual to improve manoeuvrability. Single screw propulsion. Torpedo tubes set in both sides of the hull amidships instead of in the bow. Capable of diving deeper and running more quietly at high speed than any other U.S. submarine. Laid down on 28 May 1958, launched bow first on 9 July I960 and scheduled to be commissioned about Apr. 1961. 358 U.SoA.—Submarines ( continued ) Submarines —continued Nuclear Powered Hunter-Killer Submarine (SSN) I Anti-Submarine Type I Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation SSN 597 TULLIBEE Displacement: Dimensions: Tubes: Machinery: General Notes “ Small ” submarine awarded under the fiscal 1958 con¬ struction program to the General Dynamics Corporation. To be an anti-submarine submarine. Speed will be secondary to manoeuvrability. To have “ Albacore ” type hull. Keel laid 26 May 1958, launched on 27 Apr. I960 and scheduled to be commissioned about Oct. I960. She is described as the “ closest thing to a true submersible.” Design Notes Her design is based on the shape of a whale, with a bow configuration of “ tear-drop ” form, and her diving planes project from the “ sail ” (fin-shaped conning tower). Sonar Note Equipped with the latest scientific sonar tracking apparatus, and unique sound-proofing. The placing of the torpedo tubes amidships allows for an unprecedented number of sonar tracking transducers and hydrophones in the bow area which provide “ ears ” for detecting enemy submarines. 2,000 tons light, 2,175 tons standard 2,600 tons submerged 273X29 feet Torpedo tubes amidships Combustion Engineering water- cooled SIC nuclear reactor. West- inghouse turbines. Turbo-electric drive. S.H.P.: 2,500 Nuclear Powered Guided Missile Submarine SSG (N) I New Construction I Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California SSG (N) 587 HALIBUT Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Guided missiles: 2,900 tons light, 3,555 tons standard, 5,000 tons submerged 350 X 29 feet Westinghouse water-cooled nuclear reactor. Westinghouse geared turbines “ Regulus ” fired from the surface. Torpedo battery. Notes Provided under the 1956 Naval Appropriations. This submarine was originally designed as a diesel powered ship but it was announced on 27 Feb. 1956 that she would be nuclear powered instead of having conventional propulsion. She will be fitted to handle 11 Regulus I ” guided missiles. The U.S. Navy’s first guided missile, nuclear powered sub¬ marine and the first ever designed from the keel up as a guided missile carrier. Her hull is designed primarily to provide a stable launching platform, rather than for speed or manoeuvrability. Laid down on I I Apr. 1957, launched on 9 Jan. 1959, and commissioned on 4 Jan. I960. She was to have carried “ Regulus II ” missiles, but the “ Regulus II ” project was cancelled. TULLIBEE (artist’s conception) 1959, United States Navy, Official Engineering Notes Prototype reactor built by Reactor Division of Combustion Engineering, Windsor, Connecticut. The machinery com¬ prises turbo-electric drive instead of reduction gears as in other nuclear powered submarines. It is officially stated that the Tullibee has been designed to take full advantage of nuclear power in a high speed, highly manoeuvrable submarine that can operate submerged to the limit of her crew’s endurance. I960 .United States Navy, Official HALIBUT (first guided missile nuclear-powered submarine Nuclear Powered Attack Submarines, SS(N) 6 “Skipjack” Class 2 Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation SS(N) 585 SKIPJACK SS(N) 589 SCORPION 2 Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, Pascagoula, Mississippi SS(N) 590 SCULPIN SS(N) 592 SNOOK I Mare Island Naval Shipyard SS(N) 588 SCAMP I Newport News Shipbuilding SS(N) 591 SHARK Displacement: Dimensions: Tubes: Machinery: Radius: Complement: 2,310 tons light, 2,830 tons surface, 3,500 tons submerged 252 x 32 feet 6 bow (24 torpedoes carried) Westinghouse pressurised water- cooled nuclear reactor. Westing¬ house geared turbines in Skipjack, General Electric in others. I shaft. Speed: “ in excess of 20 kts.” 60,000 miles 83 (8 officers, 75 men) Name Laid down Launched Completed Skipjack 29 May 1956 26 May 1958 15 Apr. 1959 Scamp 23 Jan. 1959 8 Oct. I960 Mar. I960* Scorpion 20 Aug. 1958 19 Dec. 1959 29 July I960 Sculpin 3 Feb. 1958 31 Mar. I960 Mar. 1961* Shark 24 Feb. 1958 16 Mar. I960 Dec. I960* Snook 7 Apr. 1958 Sep. I960* June 1961* * Officially estimated dates General Notes Skipjack, the prototype of the class, which was built under the Fiscal Year 1956 program, has the “ Albacore ” type streamline hull configuration based on the shape of a whale, and a “ tear-drop nose,” and single screw propulsion, which, with her advanced power plant, gives her superior range, speed, and underwater manoeuvrability. She in¬ corporates several novel features, including hydro-wings or diving planes fitted to the conning tower “ fin,” or the sail,” as the conning tower is now called on nuclear~sub¬ SKIPJACK marines, instead of being encumbered by bow hydroplanes. She has missile guidance capability. Cost $40,000,000. Scamp, Scorpion, Sculpin, Shark and Snook were provided under the 1957 program. They are all of improved “ tear-drop” design and configuration pioneered by Albacore. 1959 . United States Navy, Official Engineering Notes The five-bladed propelior provides maximum speed and manoeuvrability On trials she made the highest speed over attained by a submarine She has auxilliary diesels for emergency propulsion Submarines ( continued )—U.S.A. 359 Submarines —continued TRITON Largest United States submarine, nuclear powered radar picket type, engined by twin reactors I960, courtesy Electric Boat Division, General Dymanics Corporation, Groton, Connecticut ( Builders) Nuclear Powered Attack Submarines (SSN) 3 New Construction I More Island Naval Shipyard, California SSN 594 PERMIT I Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, New Hampshire SSN 595 PLUNGER ( ex-Pollack) I Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, Pascagoula, Mississippi SSN 596 BARB ( ex-Pollack, ex-Plunger) Displacement: Dimensions: Tubes: Machinery: 3,350 tons standard 278 X 32 feet Plunger: torpedo tubes amidships Westinghouse pressurised water cooled nuclear reactor. Westing- house geared turbines (one to have De Laval turbines) Notes All three being built under the Fiscal 1958 New Construc¬ tion Program. These are advanced design submarines with a single screw, increased power, and higher submerged speeds than the Halibut SSG (N) 587. They were to have handled “ Regulus II ” guided missiles, but owing to the cancellation of the “ Regulus II ” project they will be completed as non¬ missile fleet type submarines. Permit is a prototype, she was laid down on 16 July 1959 and her estimated launch date is Jan. 1961. Barb and Plunger are of the “Thresher” type. Barb was laid down on 9 Nov. 1959 and Plunger on 2 Mar. I960. The name of SSN 596 was changed from Plunger to Pollack on 28 Apr. 1959 and again changed to Barb on 23 July 1959. Nuclear Powered Radar Picket Submarine SSR(N) I Very Large Type I Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, Conn. SSR (N) 586 TRITON Displacement: Dimensions: Tubes: Machinery: Radius: Complement: 5,650 tons light, 5,900 tons standard, 7,750 tons submerged Length: 447 feet. Beam: 37 feet. Draught: 25 feet 6 —21 inch (4 forward, 2 aft) 2 General Electric water-cooled S3G nuclear reactors. 2 General Electric geared turbines. 2 shafts. Speed = 30 kts. surface and about 20 kts. submerged 110,000 miles cruising range without refuelling. 148 (13 officers and 135 men) Notes The world’s largest and most powerful submarine. Provided under the 1956 Naval Appropriations. Designed to serve as an early warning station for U.S. Navy task forces, and to keep up with the fastest aircraft carriers and destroyers. The United States Navy’s first nuclear powered radar picket submarine and the largest submarine ever built, and the first to be powered with two nuclear reactors. Engined by the General Electric Co. Her design emphasises fast surface speed so that she may better accomplish her radar picket duties, it is officially stated. She has three deck levels within her hull. Laid down on 21 May 1956, launched on 19 Aug. 1958, and commissioned on 10 Nov. 1959. Completed the first two days of builders’ trials on her initial trip to sea on 28 Sep. 1959. Cost $100,000,000. She circumnavigated the globe submerged in I960 for 83 days and 41,500 miles at an average speed of 18 kts. TRITON I960, United States Navy, Official TRITON I960, courtesy Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation S EA WO L F (foreground )and NAUTILUS. The world’s first two nuclear powered submarines together (see next page) 1957, United States Navy, Official 360 U.S.A.—Submarines (continued) Submarines —continued Nuclear Powered Attack Submarines SS(N) 4 “ Skate ” Class I Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, SS(N) 578 SKATE 1 Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California SS(N) 583 SARGO 2 Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, New Hampshire SS(N) 584 SEADRAGON SS(N) 579 SWORDFISH Displacement: Dimensions: Tubes: Machinery: Complement: 2,190 tons light 2,360 to 2,382 tons standard 2,861 tons submerged Skate, Seadragon: 268x25 feet. Sargo, Swordfish: 267 f (o.a.) X 25 X 20 * feet. 6—21 inch (2 stern) Westinghouse water-cooled nuclear reactor. Westinghouse geared turbines. Speed: 15 lets, (surface). 18 kts. ( submerged ). 2 shafts, Average underwater cruising speed of Skate = 19 kts. 97 (Sargo), 83 ( Seadragon and Swordfish), 9 officers, 86 men (Skate) Notes Skate was provided under the 1954 naval appropriations, Swordfish under 1955, Sorgo and Seadragon under 1956. Sargo, Seadragon and Swordfish are of the same class as the Skate which has stern diving planes and was commissioned on 23 Dec. 1957. All these ships have twin screws and a hull con¬ figuration similar to that of Nautilus and Seawolf. Swordfish, commissioned 15 Sep. 1958, was engined by Westinghouse. Seadragon is equipped with missile guidance gear. Skate com¬ pleted the second submerged crossing of the North Pole on 9 Aug. 1958, after having held the (then) record of 32 days submerged: and she completed a 12-day sub-Polar cruise, surfacing on 17 Mar. 1959 at the North Pole. Sargo commissioned 10 Oct. 1958. Seadragon transited Northwest Passage east to wesi 15—21 Aug. I960 (Atlantic to Arctic Ocean). Name Sargo Seadragon Skate Swordfish Laid down 21 Feb. 1956 20 June 1956 21 July 1955 25 Jan. 1956 Launched 10 Oct. 1957 16 Aug. 1958 16 May 1957 30 July 1957 Completed I Oct. 1958 5 Dec. 1959 31 Jan. 1958 I Oct. 1958 Prototype Nuclear Powered Submarines SS(N) 2 Experimental Types 2 Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation SS(N) 575 SEAWOLF Displacement: Dimensions: Tubes: Machinery: Range: Complement: General Notes Seawolf was ordered on 19 July 1952, with engine by the General Electric Company. First trials were carried out on 21 Jan. 1957. Building dates in table below. Engineering Notes The sodium cooled intermediate reactors originally manu¬ factured by the General Electric Company are being replaced by water cooled reactors manufactured by the Westinghouse ElectricCorporation, similar to those installed in the Nautilus, under the Fiscal Year 1959 conversion program. She is undergoing her reactor conversion at the Electric Boat Division of the General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, Connecticut, at a cost of $20,000,000. Conversion work started on 13 Dec. 1958, lasting 11-13 months, and she re¬ commissioned on 30 Sep. I960. 3,260 tons light, 3,495 tons standard (surface), 4,110 tons (submerged) 338* (o.a.)X30x21 i (mean) feet 6—21 inch Water-cooled nuclear reactor (see Engineering Notes). General Electric geared turbines. S.H.P.: 15,000= 18 8 kts. (surface), over 20 kts. (submerged) 70,000 miles cruising 112 (10 officers, 102 men) SS(N) 571 NAUTILUS Displacement: Dimensions: Tubes: Machinery: Range: Complement: 2,975 tons light, 3,200 tons standard (surface), 3,747 tons (submerged) 323| (o.a.)x 27fx22 (mean) feet 6—21 inch Westinghouse pressurised water cooled reactor. Westinghouse geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 13,400=23 kts. 40,000 miles 101 (12 officers. 89 men) General Notes Nautilus was engined by the Westinghouse Electric Cor¬ poration. She was commissioned on 21 Sep. 1954 and carried out her first trials on 17 Jan. 1955. Designed to travel faster under water than on the surface. Her prow is bulbous to obtain better underwater performance as compared with conventional submarines designed for top speed on surface and which have knife blade prows. Diving depth 700 feet. The world’s first nuclear powered ship. Engineering Notes Nautilus has three engine room deck levels, propulsion by either atomic power, diesel or electric motors. She refuelled for the first time in 1957 after travelling 62,559 miles on the original core of enriched uranium. The second reactor core was pulled and replaced in 1959 during routine overhaul after steaming 91,324 miles, of which 78,885 was under water. Endurance Notes Nautilus made the first submerged crossing of the North Pole on 3 Aug. 1958. Seawolf broke the record when she remained submerged for 60 days in the Atlantic from 6 Aug. to 6 Oct. 1958, cruising 15,700 miles. Name Laid down Launched Completed Nautilus 14 June 1952 21 Jan. 1954 22 Apr. 1955 Seawolf 15 Sep. 1953 21 July 1955 30 Mar 1957 SARGO 1959, United States Navy, Official SWORDFISH 1959 , United States Navy .Official SKATE 1958, Skyfotos SEAWOLF (at speed 1957 United States Navy, Official NAUTILUS Added 1958, Arcadian Photos Submarines ( continued )—U.S.A. 361 Submarines —continued High Speed Attack Submarines (SS) 3 Improved “Tang” Class I Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, New Hampshire SS 580 BARBEL I Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, Pascagoula, Mississippi SS 581 BLUEBACK I New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey SS 582 BONEFISH Displacement: 1 ,690 tons light, 1 ,750 tons standard t 2,637 tons submerged Dimensions: 2l9x29x 19 feet Machinery: 3 Fairbanks Morse diesels. Electric drive. I shaft. Speed: 15kts. surface, 25 kts. submerged Complement: 78 (8 officers, 70 men) Notes Three conventional submarines provided under the 1956 Naval Appropriations. They have the “ Albacore ” type hull configuration. Diesel propulsion. Engined by Fairbanks Morse. Equipped with missile guidance gear. These are the f BARBEL 1959, United States Navy, Official last conventionally powered submarines to join the United Name Laid down Launched Completed States Fleet (all subsequent submarines are to be nuclear powered). They have greater underwater attack capabilities. Barbel 18 May 1956 19 July 1958 I Apr. 1959 Barbel was commissioned on 17 Jan. 1959, Blueback was Blueback 15 Apr. 1957 16 May 1959 3 June I960 delivered to the Navy on 3 June I960. Bonefish 3 June 1957 22 Nov. 1958 I I July 1959 GROWLER 1959, United States Navy, Official Guided Missile Submarines (SSG) 2 "G ” Class I Mare Island Naval Shipyard I Portsmouth Naval Shipyard SSG SSG 574 GRAYBACK 577 GROWLER Displacement: Grayback 1,740 tons light, 2,287 tens surface, 3,638 tons submerged. Growler 1,620 tons light, 2,174 tons surface, (2,500 tons in diving trim), 3,387 tons submerged. Dimensions: Grayback: 322^ (o.a.) x 30 X 17^ (mean) feet. Growler: 317£ (o.a) X 27{ X 17 (mean) feet Guided Missiles: “ Regulus ” Machinery: 3 Fairbanks Morse diesels. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 3,100=20 kts. surface. Elliott electric motors=l8 kts. submerged Complement: Grayback: 85 officers and men Growler: 96 (9 officers and 87 men General Notes Grayback, a new design attack submarine with streamlined Guppy snorkel equipment and a conventional engine of im¬ proved design, was ordered on 19 June 1952 and commis¬ sioned on 7 Mar. 1958. Growler was commissioned on 30 Aug. 1958. They were originally scheduled to be attack submarines, but they were changed to missile launching submarines after the start of construction. They will handle “ Regulus I ” guided missiles from twin cylinder shaped hangars faired into the upper forward hull. Operational Notes Official statement: “ Grayback is the Navy’s first sub¬ marine built expressly with guided-missile capability. Other submarines have been converted with deck-top hangars to fire “ Regulus,” but Grayback is the first submarine built to carry and fire “ Regulus.” Grayback is one of the Navy’s largest submarines. The “ Regulus ” missiles which she will carry are capable of striking more than 1,000 miles inland with nuclear warheads. Her missile capability is built in. Twin cylinder-shaped hangars, faired into the upper hull forward, will contain the missiles. Immediately aft of the hangars is the launching platform from which ” Regulus ” will be fired. The missile firings will be tests simulating the attacks submarines can make on inland enemy targets. The missile hangars give Grayback a slightly different hull con¬ formation, an improvement over the present Tang class fast attack submarines and streamlined to assure high underwater speed. Grayback is conventionally-powered and equipped with high-capacity batteries. She has all the usual offensive capabilities of an attack submarine, including extensive anti¬ submarine warfare equipment. She will have performance characteristics equal to the most modern non-nuclear attack submarine. Grayback will roam the oceans of the world, ready to surface at any time and automatically slide the “ Regulus ” missile from a cell buried in her hull into firing position. Within moments after surfacing she will fire the missile, then dive immediately. Strong seas and winds and foul weather will not handicap the missile firings.” (Grayback and Growler were to have handled “ Regulus II ” missiles, but the “ Regulus II ” project was cancelled for economy reasons.) Grayback was built under the 1953 Fiscal Year program and Growler under the 1955 program. It was announced on 27 Feb. 1956 that they would be completed as guided missile submarines for launching “ Regulus ” surface-to- surface weapons. Name Laid down Launched Completed Grayback I July 1954 2 July 1957 31 July 1958 Growler 15 Feb. 1955 5 Apr. 1958 15 Dec. 1958 High Speed Attack Submarine (SS) I Improved “Tang” Class I Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation SS 576 DARTER (28 May 1956) Displacement: 1,622 tons light, 1,720 tons surface, 2,388 tons submerged Dimensions: 268 7 / l 2 (o.a.) x27± X 17 (mean) feet Tubes: 21 inch Machinery: Fairbanks Morse diesels. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 4,000=17 kts. (surface); Elliott electric motors=25 kts. (submerged) Complement: 83 Notes Darter, reported to be designed for significantly higher underwater speed chan SSNs, operated from a central console adjacent to the sound proof diesel engine room, equipped with snorkel, laid down on 10 Nov. 1954, launched on 28 May 1956, and commissioned on 20 Oct. 1956. Officially described as the “ quietest submarine of all time.” DARTER 1958, U.S. Navy, Official 362 U.S.A.—Submarines ( continued) Submarines —continued Radar Picket Submarines (SSR) 2 “ Sailfish ” Class 2 Portsmouth Navy Shipyard SSR 572 SAILFISH SSR 573 SALMON Displacement: Dimensions: Tubes: Machinery: Complement: 1,990 tons standard 2,425 tons (surface), 3,168 tons submerged 350^ (o.a.)X 29 X 16^ (mean) feet 6—21 inch (all forward). 12 tor¬ pedoes stowed Fairbanks Morse diesels. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 6,000 = 20-5 kts. (surface); Elliott electric motors=IO kts. (submerged) 95 General Notes Ordered on 27 Feb. 1952. Fitted with an air control centre. Commissioned 14 Apr. 1956 and 25 Aug. 1956, respectively. Conversion Notes In 1959 Salmon was modified, at the expense of some search radar, to serve as a missile guidance submarine as well as a radar picket Name Laid down Launched Completed Sailfish 8 Dec. 1953 7 Sep. 1955 Sep. 1956 Salmon 10 Mar. 1954 25 Feb. 1956 Dec. 1956 SALMON 1959, United States Navy, Official SAILFISH Added 1958, U.S. Navy, Official High Speed Target Submarine (AGSS) I Experimental Prototype AGSS 569 ALBACORE Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Complement: General Notes High speed underwater target and experimental vessel. Built by Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Laid down on 15 Mar. 1952, launched on I Aug. 1953, and completed on 5 Dec. 1953. Conventionally powered submarine of radical design with new hull form which makes her faster and more manoeuvrable than any other conventional submarine in the fleet. Officially described as a hydrodynamic test vehicle. Streamlined, whale-shaped without the naval flat-topped deck, conning tower modelled on a fish’s dorsal fin. 1,100 tons (nominal), 1,218 tons standard, 1,847 tons submerged 2031 (o.a.)x 27^ X 18-rr (mean) feet 2 General Motors diesels, radial, pancake type=25 kts. (surface); I Westinghouse propulsion motor. I Shaft. S.H.P.: l,700=over 30 kts. (submerged) see Conversion Notes 52 (4 officers and 48 men) ALBACORE 1955, U.S Navy, Official Conversion Notes Phase I (1953): cruciform stern. Phase II (1956): open stern, plastic sonar bow. Phase III (1959): improved sonar system (DIMUS). Phase IV (1961): Electric drive, contra-rotating motors and 2 propellers rotating about the same axis. A high capacity, long endurance silver zinc battery which will provide sufficient power to drive Albacore at- 33 kts. submerged (official precis). Ex-Submarine Hunter Killers 3 “Barracuda” Class I Electric Boat Co. 2 Mare Island Naval Shipyard SST SS 3 BARRACUDA (ex-KI) 551 BASS (ex-K2) 552 BONITA (ex-/<3) Displacement: Dimensions: Tubes: Machinery: Complement: 765 tons standard, 1,160 tons sub¬ merged 196-ra (o.o.) X 24-j^ X 14-j^ (mean) feet 4—21 inch 3 General Motors diesels. General Electric electric motors. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 1,050=13 kts. surface and submerged 47 (5 officers and 42 men) General Notes Medium size, “extremely quiet,” and very handy design specifically built for A/S operations. Had letters and numbers instead of names until 15 Dec. 1955 when “ B ” names were substituted for “ K ” numbers. Have ungainly prow full of listening gear, newest electronic and sonar detection equipment, short hull, which makes them highly manoeuvrable and suitable for ambushing other submarines. Carry “ target seeking ” torpedoes. In 1959 these submarines were considered unsuccessful as hunter killer craft. They lack speed, range and endurance. Bass and Bonita are out of commission, in reserve. Name Laid down Launched Completed Barracuda I July Bass 23 Feb. Bonita 17 Mar. 1949 2 Mar. 1951 1950 2 May 1951 1950 21 June 1951 10 Nov. 1951 11 Jan. 1952 II Feb. 1952 BA R RACUDA U.S. Navy, Official BONITA 1954. U.S. Navy, Official Experimental Notes Bonita was used as a test ship in the 1958 Atomic Weapons Tests from which only superficial damage was sustained. Reclassification Notes In 1959 the Nos. were changed: Barracuda from SSK I to SST 3; and Bass and Bonita from SSK 2, SSK 3 to SS 551, SS 552, respectively. Submarines ( continued )—U.S.A. 363 Submarines —continued High Speed Attack Submarines (SS) 6 “Tang " Class 3 Electric Boat Co., Groton SS 564 TRIGGER 566 TROUT 568 HARDER 3 Portsmouth Naval Shipyard SS 563 TANG 565 WAHOO 567 GUDGEON Displacement: Dimensions: Tubes: Machinery: Oil fuel: Complement: 1,615 tons standard, 1,800 tons surface, 2,400 tons submerged 278 (o.a.) X 27 ±X 17 feet 8—21 inch (6 forward, 2 aft) 3 Fairbanks-Morse diesels. B.H.P.: 4,200=15 to 20 kts. (surface). Electric motors. H.P.: 3,200= 18 kts. (submerged) 350 tons 78 (Tang, Wahoo 82, Gudgeon, Trigger 83) General Notes Embody various improvements based on war experience to give higher submerged speed, with a development of the Schnorkel breathing tubes. They are streamlined deep-diving vessels but have comparatively short hulls. Trigger was the first submarine of the post-war program to be laid down. Tang was the first of the new class to be completed (first large submarines to be constructed by the U.S. Navy since the Second World War). Reported to be most advanced in the world. Faster, more manoeuvrable and capable of more diversified employment than their predecessors of the wartime fleet type and the more recent Guppy-Schnorkel conversions. The hull is shorter than current fleet types, and this reduction in length is said to contribute to the underwater speed. Gudgeon was the first United States submarine to circum¬ navigate the world during Sep. 1957-Feb. 1958. Engineering Notes Tang, Trigger, Trout and Wahoo were originally powered by a compact radial type engine produced after five years of development work, comprising a 16-cylinder 2-cycle plant, mounted vertically with four rows of cylinders radially arranged. These new engines were only half the weight and approximately two-thirds the size of the engines previously available for use in submarines. They proved to be un¬ satisfactory and have been replaced by machinery similar to that in Gudgeon and Harder which have 3 Fairbanks- Morse high speed lightweight engines mounted horizontally. The electric motors are Elliott in Tang and Trigger, General Electric in Wahoo and Trout, Westinghouse in Gudgeon and Harder. WAHOO I960, United States Navy, Official TROUT 1955, courtesy “ Our Navy ” Reconstruction Note In 1957 Tang, Trigger, I rout and Wahoo were provided with an extra centre section, 9 feet long, to accommodate three new Fairbanks-Morse 1,400 B.H.P. “in-line” diesels to re¬ place “ pancake ” type. The vessels were cut in halves, the sections inserted, and welded together again. Photograph Notes A photograph of Tngerg appears in the 1955-56 to 1959-60 editions. Name Laid down Launched Completed Gudgeon 20 May 1950 11 June 1952 21 Nov. 1952 Harder 30 June 1950 3 Dec. 1951 19 Aug. 1952 Tang 18 Apr. 1949 19 June 1951 25 Oct. 1951 Trigger 24 Feb. 1949 14 June 1951 31 Mar. 1952 Trout 1 Dec. 1949 21 Aug. 1951 27 June 1952 Wahoo 24 Oct. 1949 16 Oct. 1951 30 May 1952 Submarines (SS) 28 “ Tench M Class 4 Boston Naval Shipyard SS G 522 AMBERJACK (15 Dec. 1944) G 523 GRAMPUS (15 Dec. 1944) G 525 GRENADIER (15 Dec. 1944) G 524 PICKEREL (15 Dec. 1944) 2 Cramp S.B. Co. G 425 TRUMPETFISH (19 Feb. 1944) G 426 TUSK (8 July 1945) I Electric Boat Co. 435 CORSAIR (19 Apr. 1946) AG 21 Portsmouth Naval Shipyard SS 475 ARGONAUT (I Oct. 1944) 477 CONGER (17 Cct. 1944) G 478 CUTLASS (5 Nov. 1944) 479 DIABLO (30 Nov. 1944) 482 I REX (26 Jan. 1945) 480 MEDREGAL (15 Dec. 1944) G 484 ODAX (10 Apr. 1945) G 486 POMODON (6 Dec. 1945) G 424 QUIL.LBACK (ex-Trembler, I Oct. 1944) G 487 REMORA (7 Dec. 1945) 476 RUNNER (17 Oct. 1944) 488 SARD A (24 Aug. 1945) G 483 SEA LEOPARD (2 Mar. 1945) G 485 SIRAGO (II May, 1945) G 417 TENCH (7 July 1944) G 418 THORNBACK (7 July 1944) G 420 TIRANTE (9 Aug. 1944) 422 TORO (19 Aug. 1944) 423 TORSK (6 Sep. 1944) G 421 TRUTTA (18 Aug. 1944) G 490 VOLADOR (17 Jan. 1946) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tu bes: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 1,570 tons standard, 1,800 tons surface (2,500 tons submerged) 31 If ( o.a.), Guppies 306 (length varies) x27f X 17 ( surface ) feet I—5 inch, 25 cal., 2—40 mm. AA. (Guppies, none) 10—21 inch B.H.P.: 6,500=20 kts. (surface). S.H.P.: 4,610=10 kts. (submerged). Guppies 15 kts. 300 tons 14,000 miles at 10 kts. 78 to 85 General Notes Enlarged and improved version of Balao design, able to dive to 100 fathoms. Nearly all fitted with a development of the German Schnorkel breathing apparatus. Pickerel, com¬ missioned 4 Apr. 1949, made a 5,200 miles run from Hong Kong to Pearl Harbour in 21 days without surfacing in 1950. In 1952 she surfaced in tests at a 48 degree angle from a depth of 150 feet, one of the steepest ever attempted. Both tests made to evaluate the capabilities and design characteristics of “Guppy” type submarines. Requin, Spinax and Tigrone renverted to Radar Picket Submarines (see later page). Grenadier commissioned 10 Feb. 1951 93 more of this class were cancelled during 1944-45, including Chicolar, Comber, Dorado, Grayling, Needlefish (493), Pompano, Sculpin, Tiburin, Wahoo. ODAX Experimental Notes Partly completed Turbot (SS 427) is being used for sound, vibration and interna! combustion tests by Navy Engineering Experimental Station, Annapolis; and partly constructed Ulua (SS 428) was used for tests in connection with the new atomic powered submarines. A new 52 foot engine room was installed in Ulua in 1957 for testing purposes. She was used in underwater explosion research, and sold for scrap in 1958. 1957, courtesy A. F. Nicholas G Eighteen units marked G are of the new “Guppy” (Greater Underwater Propulsive Power) design equipped with the latest devices. Argonaut, /rex, Medregal, Runner, Torsk carry snorkels but are not Guppy conversions. AG Corsair was reclassified as AGSS on I Apr. I960. The construction of Unicorn and Walrus was suspended after the Second World War. They were stricken from the Navy List on 9 June 1958 and scrapped. 364 U.S.A.—Submarines ( continued) Submarines —continued Submarines (SS) 80 “ Balao ” Class 9 Cramp S.B. Co. SS 292 DEVILFISH (30 May 1943) 293 DRAGONET (18 Apr. 1943) 295 HACKLEBACK (30 May 1943) T 297 LING (18 Aug. 1943) T 298 LIONFISH (7 Nov. 1943) 300 MORAY (14 May 1944) T 301 RONCADOR (14 May 1944) 302 SABALO (4 June 1944) 303 SABLEFISH (4 june 1944) 28 Electric Boat Co. 311 ARCHERFISH (29 May 1943) AG 309 ASPRO (ex-Acedia, 7 Apr. 1943) AG 310 BATFISH ( ex-Acoupa , 3 May 1943) 319 BECUNA (30 Jan. 1944) G 321 BESUGO (27 Feb. 1944) G 322 BLACKFIN (12 Mar. 1944) G 324 BLENNY (9 Apr. 1944) 331 BUGARA (2 July 1944) G 334 CABEZON (27 Aug. 1944) T G 323 CAIMAN ( ex-Blanquillo , 30 Mar. 1944) 336 CAPITANE (I Oct. 1944) AG 337 CARBONERO (15 Oct. 1944) 338 CARP (12 Nov. 1944) G 339 CATFISH (19 Nov. 1944) 328 CHARR (ex-8 ocaccio, 28 May 1944) G 341 CHIVO (14 Jan. 1945) G 342 CHOPPER (14 Feb. 1945) G 343 CLAMAGORE (23 Feb. 1945) G 344 COBBLER (I Apr. 1945) G 346 CORPORAL (10 June 1945) G 347 CUBERA (17 June 1945) 348 CUSK (28 July 1945) T 335 DENTUDA (10 Sep. 1944) G 349 DIODON (10 Sep. 1945) G 350 DOGFISH (27 Oct. 1945) G 340 ENTEMEDOR ( ex-Chiswick , 17 Dec. 1944) G 351 GREENFISH ( ex-Doncella , 21 Dec. 1945) G 352 HALFBEAK (ex-Dory, 19 Feb. 1946) 4 Manitowoc S.B. Co. G 365 HARDHEAD (12 Dec. 1943) G 368 JALLAO (12 Mar. 1944) T 374 LOGGERHEAD (13 Aug. 1944) G 377 MENHADEN (20 Dec. 1944) 6 Mare Island Navy Yard 304 SEAHORSE (9 Jan. 1943) 411 SPADEFISH (8 Jan. 1943) 413 SPOT (20 May 1944) 414 SPRINGER (3 Aue 1944) G 416 TIRU (16 Sep. 1947) T 412 TREPANG (23 Mar. 1944) 33 Portsmouth Navy Yard 403 ATULE (6 Mar. 1944) 285 BALAO (Nov. 1942) AG G 385 BANG (30 Aug. 1943) T 286 BILLFISH (13 Nov. 1942) T 287 BOWEN (7 Dec. 1943) T 288 CABRILLA (24 Dec. 1942) AG 291 CREVALE (22 Feb. 1943) 383 PAMPANITO (12 July 1943) 382 PICUDA (ex-Obisfo, 12 July 1943) 387 PINTADO (15 Sep. 1943) 388 PIPEFISH (12 Oct 1943) 409 PIPER ( ex-Awa , 26 June 1944) 389 PIRANHA (27 Oct. 1943) 390 PLAICE (15 Nov. 1943) G 391 POM FRET (27 Oct. 1943) 393 QUEENFISH (30 Nov. 1943) AG 394 RAZORBACK (27 Jan. 1944) 395 REDFISH (27 Jan. 1944) AG G 396 RONQUIL (27 Jan. 1944) 381 SAND LANCE (ex-Orca, ex-Orjanco, 25 June 1943) 397 SCABBARDFISH (27 Jan 1944) 399 SEA CAT (21 Feb. 1944) 400 SEA DEVIL (28 Feb. 1944) AG T 401 SEA DOG (28 Mar. 1944) G 402 SEA FOX (28 Mar. 1944) 405 SEA OWL (7 May 1944) SSK G 406 SEA POACHER (20 Mav 1944) 407 SEA ROBIN (25 May 1944) 398 SEGUNDO (5 Feb. 1944) 408 SENNET (6 June 1944) 404 SPIKEFISH (ex-Shiner. 26 Apr. 1944) 392 STERLET (27 Oct. 1943) G 410 THREADFIN (ex-So/e, 26 June 1944) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: General Notes In order to facilitate rapid building, all were of the same general type as Gato class, and of all-welded construction. Average time of construction during war was reduced to about nine months. High standard of accommodation, including separate messing and sleeping compartments. War losses: Barbel, Bullhead, Capelin, Cisco, Escolar, Golet, Kete, Lagarto, Shark, Tang. 16 cancelled: Dugong, Eel, Espada, Garloppa, Gauppa, Go'dring, Jawfish, Needlefish (379), Nerka, Ono, Turbot, Ulua, Vandance (431), Whitefish, Whiting, Wolffish. In addition Apogan, Pilotfish and Skate were scrapped after being employed as atom bomb targets at Bikini 1946. Dentuda and Parche of this class are non-operational submarines assigned to Naval Reserve Training duties. Sealion and Perch fitted to carry troops ; and Burr fish modified for radar picket duties with reduced armament; Guavina converted to oiler Tiru altered during construction for higher submerged speed. 1,526 tons standard, 1,816 tons surface (2,425 tons submerged) 311^x27x17 feet (Guppy conver¬ sions 309 (o.o.) feet, but length varies) see FRAM Notes Mostly I or 2—5 inch, 25 cal., 2—40 mm. AA, Armament varies (Guppies, no guns) 10—21 inch (6 bow, 4 stern), 24 torpedoes G.M. or Fairbanks-Morse 2-stroke diesels. B.H.P.: 6,500=20 kts. (surface). S.H.P.: 4,610=10 kts. (submerged). Dogfish, submerged speed, 17-25 kts. 300 tons 12,000 miles at 10 kts. 85 (78 to 82 in peace) CUSK (equipped for guided missile operation) Added 1959, United States Navy, Official 1958, A. & ]. Pavia SEA POACH ER Added 1957, U.S. Navy, Official Baya equipped for electronic experiments (see later pages). Cochino sank off the northern coast of Norway, 26 Aug. 1949, Spikefish has made a record of 10,000 dives (Mar. I960). The construction of Lcncetfish was suspended at the end of the Second World War; she was stricken from the Navy List on 9 June 1958 and scrapped. G 29 unites converted into “ Guppies.” T 10 training units. AG 8 units reclassified AG(SS) in I960. Carbonero and Cusk converted to SSG, have since been reclassified as SS (see photographs above). Barbero was equipped to carry cargo and reclassified ASSA, but was subsequently converted to a guided missile submarine, SSG see later page). Bergall, Bugara, Carbonero, Carp, Charr, Cusk, Piper, Sabalo, Sea Cat, Sea Owl, Segunda, Sennet, Sterlet, carry snorkels but are not true “ Guppies.” Sea Poacher has a bow similar to that of SSK but is not fitted as SSK. FRAM Notes During her FRAM overhaul Tiru had an additional 12-ft. section added and the conning tower was extended by 5 ft. to provide for an attack centre. Fitted with non- corrodible laminated glass plastic “ sail ” (conning tower) and superstructure. The overhaul included increased fuel capacity, extra berthing accommodation, advanced electric systems, greater communication capabilities, and the ability to fire new advanced weapons. Tiru was the first submarine to receive a FRAM overhaul (at Pearl Harbour Naval Shipyard). Eventually 35 submarines will receive the FRAM overhaul of 8 months. Transfer Notes Blower (325), Blueback (326), Boarfish (327), Chub (329), Brill (330), Bumper (333) were transferred to Turkish Navy, and Hawksbill and Icefish (Guppies) were transferred to Royal Netherlands Navy in 1953 (on loan for five years). Bergall, SS 320, was transferred to Turkey in Sep. 1958, and Mapiro, SS 376, and Mero, SS 378, were transferred to Turkey in I960. Lizardfish, SS 373, was loaned to Italy in Jan. I960. Kraken, SS 370, was loaned to Spain in Oct. 1959. Tilefish, SS 307, was sold to Venezuela in I960. Lamprey, SS 372, was transferred to Argentina at San Francisco on 21 July I960, and Macabi, SS 375, was aiso transferred to Argentina. The loan of a submarine to Canada in I960 for five years, has been authorised. Recent Loss Stickleback sank off Pearl Harbour, after being rammed by the detroyer escort Silverstein during manoeuvres, on 29 May 1958. Recent Disposals Parche, SS 384, is being disposed of. Submarines —continued Submarines ( continued )—U.S.A. 365 Submarines (SS) 7 “Gato” Class 4 Electric Boat Co. CERO COBIA COD HAKE I Manitowoc S.B. Co. PETO I Mare Island Navy Yard SILVERSIDES I Portsmouth Navy Yard DRUM Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 1,525 tons standard, 1,816 tons surface (2,425 tons submerged) 31 If x27x 15 feet Vary I—3 or 5 inch, 50—25 cal., d.p., 2—20 mm. AA.; but some, including Finback, had 2—5 inch, 25 cal., 2—40 mm. AA. 10—21 inch (6 bow, 4 stern) G. M. 2-strol3+1 “ Apache ” Class MOCTOBI (25 Mar. 1944) > MO LA LA (23 Dec. 1942) MORENO (9 July 1942) MOSOSPELEA (7 Mar. 1945) June 1942 MUNSEE(2I Jan. 1943) NARRAGANSETT (8 Aug. 1942) NIPMUC (12 Apr. 1945) PAIUTE (4 June 1945) PAKANA (3 Mar. 1943) PAPAGO (21 June 1945) | PAWNEE (31 Mar. 1942) l) PINTO (5 Jan. 1943) POTAWATOMI (3 Apr 1943) QUAPAW (15 May 1943) SALINAN (20 July 1945) 3) SENECA (2 Feb. 1943) SERRANO (24 July 1943) AGS 24 SHAKORI (9 Aug. 1945) SIOUX (27 May 1942) TAKELMA (18 Sep. 1943) TAWAKONI (28 Oct. 1943) TAWASA (22 Feb. 1943) TENINO (10 Jan. 1944) TOLOWA (17 May 1944) UTE (24 June 1942) UTINA (31 Aug. 1945) WENATCHEE (7 Sep. 1944) 1,235 tons standard (1,675 tons full load) 195 (w.L), 205 (o.a.) x38£x 12 (mean), 15* (max. )feet I—3 inch, 4—40 mm. AA. 2—20 mm. AA.; but sr me have had armament reduced 4 sets diesels with electric drive. B.H.P.: 3,000= 16 *5 kts. 85 Launch dates above. Fitted with powerful pumps and other salvage equipment. (Some are fitted as wireless controlled target ships, including Chicksaw). ATF 67-72, 74-76, 81-88, 90-92, 96-98, 100-110, I 13-116, 118, 148-163. Wateree (ATF 117) lost. Sarsi (ATF III) sank after striking a mine off Korea, 27 Aug. 1952. A photograph of Sioux appears in the 1950-51 to 1957-58 editions. Menominee, ATF 73, was stricken on I Nov. 1959. Avoyel and Chilula were transferred on loan to the U.S. Coast Guard in 1956. Luiseno and Papago are fitted out as submarine rescue vessels like Penguin and Skylark (see earlier page). Serrano, ATF 112, was reclassfied as a surveyor ship, AGS 24, on 15 June I960. Yuma, ATF 94, was transferred to the Pakistan Navy on 25 Mar. 1959, and Tekests, ATF 93, was loaned to Chile in I960 for five yeras. MO LA LA (later no funnel type) Added 1950, US. Navy. Official TATA 242 (ex-U.S. Army LT 132) 213 (ex-U S. Army LT 646 T-ATA 240 (ex-U.S. Army LT 455) USNS 241 (ex-U.S. Army LT 60) 4 LT Type AUXILIARY OCEAN TUGS (ATA) 36 ACCOKEEK (ATA 181) ALGORMA (ATA 212) ALLEGHENY (ATA 179) CAHOKIA (ATA 186) CATAWBA (ATA 210) CHALLENGE (ATA 201) GERONIMO (ATA 207) IUKA (ATA 123) KALMIA (ATA 184) KEOSANQUA (ATA 198) KEYWADIN (ATA 123) KOKA (ATA 185) MAHOPAC (ATA 196) NAVAJO (ATA 211) NAVIGATOR (ATA 203) NOTTOWAY (ATA 183) PENOBSCOT (ATA 188) PI NO LA (ATA 206) “ Maricopa Class REINDEER (ATA 189) SAGAMORE (ATA 208) SALISH (ATA 187) SAMOSET (ATA 190) SC I OTA (ATA 205) SONOMA (ATA 175) SOTOYOMA (ATA 121) STALLION (ATA 193) SUNNADIN (ATA 197) TATNUCK (ATA 195) TILLAMOOK (ATA 192) TONKAWA (ATA 176) TUNICA (ATA 178) TUSCARORA (ATA 245) ex-YTB 341 UMPQUA (ATA 209) UNADILLA (ATA 182) UNDAUNTED (ATA 199) WAN DANK (ATA 204) WATEREE (ATA 174) Displacement: 534 tons standard (835 tons full load) Dimensions: 134* (w./.), 143 (o.a.)x33f X 13 feet Guns: I—3 inch dual purpose Machinery: 2 diesel-electric. B.H.P.: 1,500= 13 kts. Notes Ex-ATRs (Ocean Rescue Tugs) which were reclassified. All launched in 1943-45. Many are in reserve. Bagaduce was transferred to the Maritime Administration in 1958 and then to the U.S. Coast Guard in 1959. Wampanoag was transferred to the Coast Guard in 1959. Tuscarora, ATA 245, was reclassified from YTB in 1959. Displacement: 534 tons standard (835 tons full load) Dimensions: 143 (o.a.) X 33* X 13f (max.) feet Machinery: Diesel-electric B.H.P.: 1,500=13 kts. Notes T-ATA 240 assigned to Military Sea Transportation Service. Remainder in Pacific Reserve Fleet. T-ATA 239 (ex-LT 532) was returned to U.S. Army. T-ATA 244 (ex-LT 156) was stricken on I Nov. 1959. T-ATA 242 and T-ATA 243 were transferred to the Maritime Administration Reserve Fleet at Olympia, Washington in I960. Large Harbour Tugs (YTB) YTB 752 EDENSHAW YTB 753 MARIN Displacement: 400 tons Dimensions: 108x28 feet Machinery: Diesel. S.H.P.: 1,800. Controllable pitch propellers Notes Built by Christy Corp., Sturgeon Bay, Wis. Steel hulled. YTB 752 is completed. YTB 753 was launched on 22 Apr. I960. The U.S. Navy has 187 Harbour Tugs, Big, listed under service craft, and designated YTB. 91 to 135 feet in length. All have Indian names. Four large harbour tugs being built by Southern Shipbuilding Corp., Slidell, Louisiana, under the 1959 new construction program, are of 356 tons and 103 feet (o.a.). Aothre YTB of 265 tons is requested in the Fiscal Year I960 program. Medium Harbour Tugs (YTM) Notes There are 2 Harbour Tugs, Medium, officially designated YTM, of NO feet in length. Small Harbour Tugs (YTL) Notes There are 96 Harbour Tugs, Little, designated YTL, ranging from 66 to 83 feet in length. Coast Guard Administration—U.S.A. 395 UNITED STATES COAST GUARD Administration Commandant, U.S.C.G.: Admiral Alfred C. Richmond. Assistant Commandant: Vice-Admiral James A. Hirshfield. Engineer-in-Chief: Rear-Admiral E. H. Thiele. Superintendent of U.S.C.G. Academy: Rear-Admiral Stephen H. Evans. Personnel 1957: Approximately 32,000 officers and men. 1958: Approximately 30,000 officers and men. 1959: Maximum strength: 30,578 officers and men. I960: Authorised strength : 31,105 officers and men. I.—ESTABLISHMENT The United States Coast Guard was established by the Act of Congress approved January 28, 1915, which consolidated the Revenue Cutter Service founded in 1790 and the Life Saving Service founded in 1878. The act of establishment as amended provides (Title 14, U.S. Code, Part I, Sect. I) “The Coast Guard as established January 28, 1915, shall be a military service and a branch of the armed forces of the United States at all times. The Coast Guard shall be a service in the Treasury Department, except when operating as a service in the Navy.” The Lighthouse Service, founded in 1789, was transferred to the Coast Guard on July I, 1939, as a result of the President’s Reorganization Plan No. II. On February 28, 1942, the President transferred temporarily from the Secretary of Commerce to the Commandant of the Coast Guard certain safety-at-sea functions of the former Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation. The President’s Reorganization Plan III, which became effec¬ tive July 16, 1946, made this temporary transfer of functions permanent. II.—DUTIES 1. The peacetime duties of the Coast Guard have as their principal objective safety and security at sea through enforcement of the navigation laws, saving life and assistance to vessels in distress, maintenance of aids to navigation, and marine inspection. 2. Law enforcement duties, performed for all departments of the government, include those relating to customs, movements and anchorage of vessels, immigration, quarantine, neutrality, navigation and other laws governing merchant vessels and motor boats, safety of life on navigable waters during regattas, oil pollution, sponge fisheries, protection of game, seal and fisheries in Alaska, protection of bird reservations established by Executive Order and suppression of mutinies. 3. Life saving and assistance duties include maintenance of coastal stations and communication lines on the continental coasts of the United States, conduct of the International Ice Patrol, icebreaking, weather patrol, derelict destruction, winter cruising on the Atlantic coast, extension of medical aid to fishing vessels, Bering Sea Patrol and flood relief work. In its humanitarian duties the Coast Guard renders aid and assistance to vessels and aircraft in distress irrespective of nationality and extends its protection, if needed, to all shipping within the scope of its operations. 4. The Coast Guard establishes and maintains navigation aids, consisting of lighthouses, lightships, radio beacons, buoys, radar beacons, loran, and unlighted beacons on the sea and lake coasts of the United States, on the rivers of the United States as authorized by law, and on the coasts of all other territory under United States Jurisdiction, with the exception of Panama. DUTIES —continued 5. In time of national emergency or when the President so directs the Coast Guard operates as a part of the Navy. A military organization was adopted at the time the service was estab¬ lished in 1790, before the establishment of the Navy Department. This organization has been continued since that date for the purpose of main¬ taining the general efficiency of the operation of the service in its law en¬ forcement duties in time of peace. The executive direction under which the Coast Guard operates as a part of the Navy in time of war is similar in effect to a measure of mobilization. In this respect the Coast Guard is a potential reserve force for the Navy. No personnel are normally assigned or equipped as land troops. Vessels are prepared in emergencies to equip landing forces with small arms and machine guns; stations are similarly prepared to undertake emergency police duties in a more limited sense, because of the smaller units involved, but in both cases these duties would be incidental to the primary purpose of the service, the enforcement of law on the high seas and navigable waters of the United States and the saving of life and property. III. —ORGANIZATION For the administration and operation of the Coast Guard, the United States, including its territories and insular possessions and the waters adjacent thereto are divided into 12 districts, each under the command of a district commander operating directly under the Commandant of the Coast Guard. IV. —PERSONNEL Uniforms of officers and men are similar to those of U.S. Navy, but commissioned officers wear a gold shield on the sleeve instead of a star, and cap device is a gold spread-eagle, the talons grasping a horizontal foul anchor. A silver shield is mounted on the eagle’s breast. Enlisted men and women of the Coast Guard wear a shield on the lower right sleeve. V. —VESSELS Coast Guard vessels are designated Coast Guard cutters. Those of 110 feet tug type and below are detailed to the larger maritime ports to enforce Customs and Navigation laws and the regulation of the anchorage and movement of vessels. VI. —AVIATION Air stations in commission number nine. Location: Salem, Mass.; Brooklyn, N.Y.; Miami, Fla.; St. Petersburg, Fla.; San Diego, California; Port Angeles, Washington; Elizabeth City, N.C.; San Francisco, California; Traverse City, Michigan. There are also 14 air detachments in the U.S., Newfoundland, Bermuda, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, Philippines and Italy. 396 U.S.A.—Coast Guard Cutters FRIGATE TYPE PATROL GUNBOATS 13 “Owasco” Class (WPG) 48 ANDROSCOGGIN 41 CHATAUQUA 64 ESCANABA (ex-Otsego) 43 IROQUOIS not active list (see Notes) 66 KLAMATH 69 MENDOTA 67 MINNETONKA (ex-Sunapee) 39 OWASCO 70 PONTCHARTRAIN ( ex-Okeechobee) 42 SEBAGO (ex-Wachusett) 44 WACHUSETT ( ex-Huron ) 40 WINNEBAGO 65 WINONA Displacement: 1,563 tons standard (1,913 tons full load) Dimensions: 254 (o.a.)X 43x15 (mean), 16* (max.) feet Guns: 1—5 inch, 38 cal., 4—40 mm. AA. A/S weapons: D.C.T. Machinery: Geared turbines with electric drive by Westinghouse Co. S.H.P.: 4,000=18 kts. Boilers: 2 Oil fuel: 350 tons Radius: 14,800 miles at 11 kts. Complement: Note 140 Rated as 255 ft. Cutters. All built by Western Pipe & Steel Co., except Mendota and Pontchartrain, by the Coast Guard Shipyard. All named after Indian tribes. Anti-submarine weapons were re-installed in 1950. Iroquois was decom¬ missioned to reserve in 1955 and is in storage at the Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Md. The four 20 mm. AA. guns, hedgehog, K-guns and depth charge racks were removed in 1957. SEBAGO 1955, U.S.C.G., Official Name Launched Completed Name Launched Completed Minnetonka 21 Nov. 1945 20 Sep. 1946 Androscoggin 16 Sep. 1945 20 Sep. 1946 Owasko 18 June 1944 18 May 1945 Chautauqua 14 May 1944 4 Aug. 1945 Pontchartrain 29 Apr. 1944 28 July 1945 Escanaba 25 Mar. 1945 20 Mar. 1946 Sebago 28 May 1944 20 Sep. 1945 Iroquois 22 Oct 1944 9 Feb. 1946 Wachusett 5 Nov. 1944 23 Mar. 1946 Klamath 2 Sep. 1945 5 Sep. 1946 Winnebago 2 July 1944 21 June 1945 Mendota 29 Feb. 1944 2 June 1946 Winona 22 Apr. 1945 15 Aug. 1946 6 “ Campbell ” Class (WPG) I Charleston Navy Yard WPG 31 BIBB (ex-George M. Bibb) I New York Navy Yard WPG 36 SPENCER (ex-John C. Spencer) 4 Philadelphia Navy Yard WPG 32 CAMPBELL (ex-George W. Campbell) 33 DUANE (ex-William J. Duane) 35 INGHAM (ex-Samuel D. Ingham) 37 TANEY ( ex-Roger B. Taney) Displacement: 2,216 tons standard (2,785 tons full load) Dimensions: 308 (w.l), 327 (o.a.) X 41 X I2| (mean), 14* (max.) feet Guns: 1—5 inch, 38 cal., 2—40 mm. AA. A/S weapons: D.C.T. Machinery: Westinghouse geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 6,200=20-5 kts. (20 kts. sea speed) Boilers: 2 Babcock & Wilcox Oil fuel: 572 tons Radius: 8,000 miles at 12-5 kts., 12,300 miles at 11 kts. Complement: 202 Notes Rated as 327 ft. Cutters. Named after former Secretaries of the Treasury. All this class originally mounted four 5- inch guns. The four 20 mm. AA. guns were removed in 1957. TANEY 1956, U.S.C.G., Official New Construction Design for ship to replace the large cutters requested in Fiscal Year 1961. Second World War Loss:—Alexander Hamilton. WPG 34. Recent Disposal The patrol gunboat Tampa, WPG 164 (ex-Sebec, ex-H.M.S. Bcnff, ex-Saranac) was sold for scrap in 1959. Name Bibb Campbell Duane Ingham Spencer T anev Launched 14 Jan. 1937 3 June 1936 3 June 1936 3 June 1936 6 Jan. 1937 3 June 1936 Completed 10 Mar. 1937 22 Oct. 1936 16 Oct. 1936 6 Nov. 1936 13 May 1937 19 Dec. 1936 Former Navy Seaplane Tenders 1 8 44 Casco ” Class (WAVP) WAVP 370 CASCO (ex-AVP 12) 371 MACKINAC (ex-AVP 13) 372 HUMBOLDT (ex-AVP 21) 373 MATAGORDA (ex-AVP 22) 374 ABSECON (ex-AVP 23) 375 CHINCOTEAGUE (ex-AVP 24) 376 COOS BAY (ex-AVP 25) 377 ROCKAWAY (ex-AVP 29) 378 HALF MOON (ex-AVP 26) 379 UNIMAK (ex-AVP 31) 380 YAKUTAT (ex-AVP 32) 381 BAR ATARI A (ex-AVP 33) 382 BERING STRAIT (ex-AVP 34) 383 CASTLE ROCK (ex-AVP 35) 384 COOK INLET (ex-AYP 36) 385 DEXTER (ex-Biscayne, ex-AGC 18, ex-AVP I I) 386 McCULLOCH (ex-Wachapreogue, ex-AGP 8, ex- AVP56) 387 GRESHAM (ex-Willoughby. ex-AGP 9, ex-AVP 57) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Complement: Notes Rated as 311 ft. 1,766 tons (2,800 tons full load) 31 Of (o.a.)X 41 x 13* (max.) feet I—5 inch, 38 cal., 4—40 mm. AA. Hedgehog, D.C.T., 8 Y guns Diesel. B.H.P.: 6,080=18-2 kts. (see Notes). 215 ROCKAWAY Added, 1958, Skyfotos Cutters. All except last three AVPs on four 20 mm. AA. guns were removed in 1957. Dexter was loan from U.S. Navy. Employed as weather ships. The refitted with four new Fairbanks-Morse diesels in 1957 and ing Ship. Unimak is EastCoast Training Ship. Name Builders Launched Completed Name Builders Launched Completed Absecon Lake Washington Shipyard 8 Mar. 1942 1942 Gresham Lake Washington Shipyard 21 Aug. 1942 1944 Barataria Lake Washington Shipyard 2 Oct. 1943 1944 Half Moon Lake Washington Shipyard 12 July 1942 1942 Bering Strait Lake Washington Shipyard 15 Jan. 1944 1944 Humboldt Boston Naval Shipyard 17 Mar. 1941 1941 Casco Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 15 Nov. 1941 1942 McCulloch Lake Washington Shipyard 10 July 1942 1944 Castle Rock Lake Washington Shipyard II Mar. 1944 1944 Makinac Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 15 Nov. 1941 1942 Chincoteague Lake Washington Shipyard 15 Apr. 1942 1942 Matagorda Boston Naval Shipyard 18 Mar. 1941 1941 Cook Inlet Lake Washington Shipyard 13 May 1944 1944 Rockaway Associated Shipbuilders 14 Feb. 1942 1942 Coos Bay Lake Washington Shipyard 15 May 1942 1942 Unimak Associated Shipbuilders 27 May 1942 1942 Dexter Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 15 Nov. 1941 1941 Yakutat Associated Shipbuilders 2 July 1942 1942 COURIER AURORA 1952, U.S.C.G., Official 1959, U.S.C.G., Official’ CG 95321 (“ C ” Class) CG 83529 1959, James Flynn 45 Wooden Type Displacement: 45 tons Dimensions: 83x16x4^ feet Guns: 20 mm. Oerlikons Machinery: 2 petrol engines. H.P.: 1,200=20 -5 kts. (Seven of these boats have been re-engined with diesels) Complement: 10 Notes Rated as 83 ft. Cutters. Launched 1938-42. Wood. Many transferred to Burmese, Cuban, Dominican, Equadorian, Mexican and Peruvian Navies. Cutters (WYT), lengths 64, 63 and 56 feet also in service. All have figure of length prefixed to official number on bows for ready recognition of type, e.g. CG 83529 as in photo. 18 “ Active ” Class (WSC) ACTIVE CAHOONE EWING MARION AGASSIZ CARTIGAN FREDERIC LEE McLANE ALERT CUYAHOGA(WIX) GENERAL GREENE MORRIS BOUTWELL DILIGENCE KIMBALL TRAVIS LEGARE YEATON Displacement: 220 tons Dimensions: 125 (o.o.)x23^x9 (mox.) feet Guns: I—40 mm. AA. Machinery: Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 800=* 13 kts. Notes Rated as 125 ft. Cutters. Built of steel. All launched 1926-27. All re-engined in 1939-42. WSC 125, 126, 127, 130, 131, 132, 157, 135, 137, 139, 140, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 153, 156, respectively. Cuyahoga, formerly assigned to Field Testing and Development Unit, located at the Coast Guard Yard, Baltimore, Maryland, was reassigned to the Coast Guard Academy as officer Candidate Training Vessel and her classification changed to WIX. Crawford was disposed of (transferred to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute) in 1955. Colfax and Vigilant were sold in 1956. Bonham, WSC 129, was disposed of in 1959 (decommissioned at Seattle on 20 Apr. 1959). Transfer Notes Two were built for Ethiopia, two for Haiti, four for Iran, one for Saudi Arabia and four for Thailand. 17 New Construction Displacement: 65 tons Dimensions: 78^ (w./.), 82f (o.o.) X I7*x5£ (mean), 6 (max.) feet Machinery: Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,200=18 kts. Complement: 10 Notes In the I960 Fiscal Year CG 82301—82317 will replace 17 83-ft. wooden boats. They will have steel hulls, unmanned engine room controlled from bridge, power steering and air conditioning. 14 82-ft. boats are to be built by the Coast Guard Yard in July I960 to July 1961. A total of 45 boats are to be built. CG 82318 will have 1,600 B.H.P. 1952, U.S.C.G., Official WAGR 410 COURIER ( ex-Coastal Messenger, ex-U.S.S. Doddridge ) Notes Courier, CI-M-AVI type, launched 1945, is manned by the Coast Guard for the United States Information Agency as a relay station for the Voice of America. She was built as a naval cargo ship (AK 176) but was not used by the Navy. Of similar characteristics to the supply ship Kukui, see next page. For duty in foreign waters. Virtually a seagoing radio broadcasting station. Transmitting equipment is most powerful of its kind ever installed in any vessel. Commissioned 15 Feb. 1952. Coast Guard Cutters ( continued )—U.S.A. 397 I960, U.S.C.G., Official “C” Class CG 95321—95335 (built 1958-59) “ B Class CG 95312—95314, 95316—95320 (built 1955-56) “A” Class CG 95300—95311 (built 1953) Displacement: 101-75 tons Dimensions: 95 (o.o.) X 19 X 5 feet Guns: “ B ” Class: I—40 mm., D.C.T. “ A ” Class: 2—20 mm., D.C.T. Machinery: 4 Diesels. 2 shafts (2 engines in tandem each shaft). B.H.P.: 2,200=21 kts. (max.) Radius: 1,500 miles cruising range Complement: 15 ("A” and 1 ‘ B ” classes)," 13 (“ C ” class) General Notes U.S. Coast Guard’s newest type of patrol boats, rated as 95-foot cutters. Designed by Coast Guard engineers, built at the Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland, for port security, search and rescue activities. Steel hulled, twin screws. The “A” class (photograph in the 1958-59 and earlier editions) were the first general duty craft built by the Coast Guard since the Second World War. They combine all the latest developments in ship construction and navigational aids. Equipment includes radio direction finder and radar fathometer, gyro compass and loran receiver. Space for depth charges. Mechanical ventila¬ tion with individual thermostat heat control in each compartment, heat and sound insulation, fluorescent lighting. Fire resistant throughout. Eight “ C ” class boats, for search and rescue duties, with less armament, electronics and displacement were built under the 1958 Fiscal Year Budget, and seven more under the 1959 Budget. PATROL CRAFT Displacement: Measurement: Dimensions: Machinery: Radius: 5,800 tons 5,926 tons deadweight 338^x50^x21 (max.) feet Diesel, direct drive. B.H.P.: 1,600=10 kts. Approximately 14,500 miles CG 95317 (“ B ” Class) 35 Steel Type 1959, U.S.C.G., Official PATROL BOATS (WPB) LEGARE Displacement: 334-337 tons Dimensions: 165x25^x9^ feet Guns: I—3 inch, 50 cal. Machinery: Winton Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,340=16 kts. Notes Rated as 165 ft. Cutters. Built of steel. All launched in 1931-34. WPC 101, 103, 107 III, 112, 116, respectively. Atlanta, Cyane and Daphne were stricken from the list in 1955. Argo and Calypso were sold in Nov. 1955. Hermes for sale in 1958. Pandora and Perseus were sold in 1959. 6 “ Argo ” Class (WPC) ARIADNE AURORA DIONE NEMESIS NIKE TRITON 398 U.S.A.—Coast Guard ( continued ) ICEBREAKERS (WAGB) MACKINAW 1958, U.S.C.G., Official I “ Mackinaw ” Type M A C KIN AW (ex-Manitov oc) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Aircraft: Machinery: Radius: 5,252 tons standard (8,775 tons full load) 290 (o.a.)x 75 X 19 (max.) feet M.G. I helicopter Diesel, with electric drive. 3 shafts. (I forward, 2 aft) B.H.P.: 10,000=16 kts. 6,000 miles at cruising speed Notes No. WAGB 83. Built by Toledo Shipbuilding Co., Ohio. Laid down on 20 Mar. 1943. Launched on 6 Mar. 1944. Commissioned on 20 Dec. 1944. Completed in Jan. 1945. Specially designed and constructed with If in. plating for service as an icebreaker on the Great Lakes. Equipped with two 12-ton cranes. Helicopter platform aft. Cost $10,000,000. EASTWIND NORTHWIND WESTWIND Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Radius: 3,500 tons standard (6,515 tons full load) 250 (pf>.), 269 (o.o.) X 63^ X 25} feet Eastwind: 2—3 inch, 50 cal.; 4—20 mm. Northwind: 2—5 inch, 38 cal.; 4—40 mm. Westwind: I—5 inch, 38 cal.; 4—40 mm. Diesel, with electric drive. 2 shafts. 2 stern propellers. B.H.P.: 13,300=16 kts. 11,000 miles Notes Armament now reduced. Forward shafts removed. All three ships have a helicopter platform aft. Construction entirely welded, with double hull and exceptionally heavy plating designed to crush 9 ft. ice. Northwind (first ship of that name), Southwind and Westwind were lent to Russian Navy in 1945. Southwind returned 1950 (see earlier page, U.S. Navy section), other two December 1951. Eastwind severely damaged in collision 19 Jan., 1949, recommissioned 17 May, 1950, after repairs at Newport News. No. WAGB 279 WAGB 282 WAGB 281 Name Eastwind Northwind Westwind } Builders Western Pipe & Steel Co. { Launched 6 Feb. 1943 25 Feb. 1945 31 Mar. 1943 LIGHT ICEBREAKER (WAG) Search and Rescue Type (Miscellaneous Auxiliary) STORIS ( ex-Eskimo) Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Guns: Aircraft: 1,715 tons 230 (o.o.)x43x 14 (mean), 15 (max.) feet Diesel, with electric drive. B.H.P.: 1,800= 13-5 kts. 2—3 inch 2 helicopters Notes No. WAG 38. Built by Toledo Shipbuilding Co., Ohio. Launched in 1942. Ice patrol tender. Helicopter platform aft. Strengthened for ice navigation and employed on Alaskan service. Search, rescue and law enforcement are primary duties. Makes supply runs to isolated Coast Guard installations within her patrol area. The President vetoed a Congress-passed bill authorising an atomic-powered ice-breaker for theCoast Guard, Aug. 1958. To have cost about $60,000,000. I cebreakers —continued STO R IS 1958, U.S. C. G. Off,dal TRAINING SHIPS (WIX) EAG L E Added 1958, Skyfotos I Ex-German Type (Auxiliary Barque) EAGLE (ex-Horst Wessel) Displacement: Dimensions: Sail area: Height of masts: Speed: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: Notes Former German training ship for naval cadets. Built by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg. Launched on 13 June 1936. Taken by the United States as a reparation after the war for employment in U.S. Coastguard Practice Squadron. Has made five cruises to European waters to train C.G. cadets. Sister ship, Albert Leo Schlageter, also fell into American hands, but was sold to Brazil. PETREL Notes Sailing yacht acquired on I July 1955. SUPPLY SHIPS (WAK) 1,634 tons (1,800 tons full load) 265| (pp.),295i (o.o.) X 39^ X 15$ (mean) 17 (max.) feet 21,350 sq. ft. 150 feet As high as 18 kts. under full sail alone 2 M.A.N. auxiliary Diesels. I sh^ft B.H.P.: 750=10 kts. 48 tons 3,500 miles at lOkts. 280 KUKUI 1957, U.S.C.G., Official KUKUI (ex-U.S.S. Colquitt, AK 174) Displacement: 4,900 tons (5,800 tons gross) Dimensions: 338* (o.o.) X 50x21 (max.) feet Machinery: Nordberg Diesel B.H.P.: 1,700=12 kts. Notes WAK 186. Built 1945 by Froemming Bros., Milwaukee, Wise. Launched. 1944. Mari¬ time Administration type CI-M-AVI. Appearance similar to that of Radioship Courier, see previous page. NETTLE (ex-FS 396), Displacement: 728 tons Dimensions: 176* (o.o.)x32x 10 (max.) feet Machinery: Diesel. B.H.P.: 1,000=13 kts. Ex-Army craft. WAK 169. Launched 1944. Trillium was transferred to U.S. Navy reserve fleet, 7 July 1955, for delivery to the Korean Navy in 1956. Transfer Note The cable layer Yamacraw, WARC 333, was transferred to the U.S. Navy on a loan basis in 1959, see earlier page. jwrwfcSfii ■flit mm W393 FIREBUSH (“ Iris” Class) 1959, U.S.C.G., Official 38 “ Cactus ” and “ Iris ” Classes I “Aster” Class ASTER Displacement: 500 tons (full load) Dimensions: 105 (o.o.)x30fx8 (max.) feet Machinery: Diesel-electric Notes Launched in 1943. Of wooden construction. Sister Ship Thistle decommissioned in 1957, and was sold in 1959. 8 “White” Class WHITE ALDER WHITE HOLLY WHITE SAGE WHITE BUSH WHITE LUPINE WHITE SUMAC WHITE HEATH WHITE PINE Displacement: 435 tons Dimensions: 133 (o.a.)X 30x 10 (max.) feet Machinery: Diesel-electric. B.H.P.: 300 = 10 kts. Notes All launched in 1943. I “ Juniper Type JUNIPER Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: 794 tons 177 X 32| X 9£ feet Diesel, with electric drive. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 900=13 kts Notes Launched on 18 May, 1940 9 “100 ft” Class AZALEA (18 Feb. 1958) BRIER RAMBLER BARBERRY (14 Nov. 1942) COSMOS (I I Nov. 1942) SMILAX BLUEBELL PRIMROSE VERBENA Displacement: 178 tons Dimensions: 100X24X4£ feet Machinery: Diesel, with electric drive. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 300=8-5 kts. Complement: 13 Notes Launch dates above. Azalea, WAGL 641, laid down on I Oct. 1957 and commissioned on 23 May 1958, was built at the Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland, to replace the old Palmetto. She is air-conditioned and has a pile driver in the bow. She has a complement of 13 officers and men and cost $500,000. 3 “ Maple ” Class MAPLE NARCISSUS ZINNIA Displacement: 342 tons (Maple, 350 tons) Dimensions: I22x27x6^feet Machinery: Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 400= 10 kts. Notes All launched in 1939. MISTLETOE Displacement: 1,040 tons Dimensions: 173x34x11 feet Machinery: Reciprocating. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 1,000= 12 kts. Notes Launched in 1939. 3 “Hollyhock” Class FIR (1939) HOLLYHOCK (1937) WALNUT (1939) Displacement: 989 tons Dimensions: 173X 32X 12 feet Machinery: Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,350= 13 kts. Notes Walnut was converted and re-engined by Willamette Iron & Steel Co., Portland, Oregon in 1958. HEMLOCK Displacement: 1,005 tons Dimensions: 175 X 32 X 12* feet Machinery: Reciprocating. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 1,000= 12 kts. Notes Hemlock, launched in 1934, was decommissioned in 1958 and is in storage at Olympia, Washington. 5 “Heather” Class Former Navy Minelayers Notes Ex-Army mineplanters, ex-U.S. Navy auxiliary minelayers, ACM 7, 5, 6, 3, 8, laun< 1942. WAGL 331, 329, 330, 328, 332, respectively. 20 Marine Iron & S.8. Co., Duluth 17 Zenith Dredge Co., Duluth Displacement: 935 tons Dimensions: 180 (o.a.)x37X 12 (mean), 14 (max.)c eet Machinery: Diesel, with electric drive. B.H.P.: 1,200=14 kts. (except Citrus, Clover, Conifer, Cowslip Evergreen, Tupelo, Woodbine, which are B.H.P.: 1,000=13 kts.) Some have Sundew diesels of 1,800 B. H. P. General Notes Builders and launch dates above. Redbud was lent to the Military Sea Transportation Service as an AKL (Cargo Ship Light) Photograph Notes A starboard broadside view of Blackhaw appears in the 1958-59 and earlier editions. AZALEA 1959, U.S.C.G., Official HEATHER Added 1954, U.S.C.G., Official HEATHER (ex-0£>structor) IVY (ex-Barbican) JONQUIL (ex-Bastian) WILLOW (ex-P/< MAGNOLIA (ex-Barricade) Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: 1,054 tons (1,250 tons full load) I88f (o.a.) X 37 X 12 (max.) feet Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 1,200= 12 kts. BASSWOOD BLACKHAW (June 18, 1943) BLACKTHORN (July 20, 1943) BUTTONWOOD (Nov. 28, 1942 CACTUS (Nov. 25, 1941) CITRUS (Aug. 15, 1942) CLOVER (1942) CONIFER (Oct. 3, 1942) COWSLIP (1942) EVERGREEN HORNBEAM (Aug. 15, 1943) MESQUITE (Nov. 14, 1942) PA PAW PLANETREE SASSAFRAS (1943) SEDGE (1943) SPAR (Nov. 2, 1943) SUNDEW (Feb. 8, 1944) SWEETBRIAR (Dec. 30 1943) SWEETGUM (1943) ACACIA (ex-Thistle, April 7, 1944) BALSAM (1942) BITTERSWEET (1943) BRAMBLE (1943) FIREBUSH (1943) GENTIAN (1942) IRIS (March 10, 1944) LAUREL (Aug. 4, 1942) MADRONA (Nov. II, 1942) MALLOW (1943) MARIPOSA (Jan. 7, 1944) SAGEBRUSH (Sep. 30, 1943) SALVIA (Sep. 15, 1943) SORREL (Sep. 28, 1942) TUPELO (Nov. 28, 1942) WOODBINE WOODBRUSH (1914) I Coast Guard Shipyard, Curtis Bay IRONWOOD (March, 1943) 400 U.S.A.—Coast Guard (continued) Buoy Tenders —continued TAMARACK Displacement: 400 tons Dimensions: 124X29xfeet Machinery: Diesel, with electric drive. B.H.P.: 600=10 kts. Notes Tamarack was launched in 1934. ARBUTUS Displacement: 960 tons Dimensions: 175 X 32X 12^ feet Machinery: Reciprocating. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 1,000=11 kts. Notes Launched in 1934 HICKORY Displacement: 400 tons Dimensions: 131^x24^x9^ feet Machinery: Reciprocating. I.H.P. 500= 12 kts. Notes Launched in 1933 LILAC Displacement: 770 tons Dimensions: I72X32x8£ feet Machinery: Reciprocating. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 1,000= 11-5 kts. Notes Launched in 1933. 3 44 Columbine ” Class COLUMBINE (1931) LINDEN (1931) WISTARIA (1933) OCEANGOING TUGS (WAT) ACUSHNET I960, US. Coast Guard, Official 2 WAT Type ACUSHNET ( ex-Shackle) YOCONA (ex-Seize) Displacement: 1,557 tons Dimensions: 207 (w./.), 213£ (o.a.)x39xl3 (mean), I5£ (max.) feet Machinery: Diesel-electric. 2 shafts. H.P.: 3,000=14 kts. Notes WAT 167 and WAT 168. Launched on I Apr. 1943 and 8 Apr. 1944, respectively. Displacement: 323 tons Dimensions: 121^x25x6^ feet Machinery: Diesel, with electric drive. B.H.P.: 240=9 kts. Notes Launch dates above. A new engine for Linden was approved in the Fiscal year 1959 program. VIOLET Displacement: 1,012 tons Dimensions: 173£X 32X I0£ feet Machinery: Reciprocating. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 1,000= 12 kts. Notes Launched in 1930. 2 “ Hawthorn ” Class HAWTHORN OAK Displacement: 875 tons Dimensions: 160X 30X9^ feet Machinery: Reciprocating. I.H.P.: 750=8 kts. Notes Both launched in 1931. (The larger but older Cedar was sold in June 1955.) 1959, US.C.G., Official 4 WATF Type Small Buoy Tenders Smaller buoy tenders include the following: CLEMATIS (1944) \ SHADBUSH (1944) / BIRCH (1939), 76 tons JASMINE (1939) BLUEBONNET (1935) ELM (1937), 69 tons 93 tons ^>184 tons DAHLIA (1933), 160 tons CHERRY (1932), 202 tons MYRTLE (1932), 186 tons ALTHEA (1930) \ nn POINCIANA (1930) /‘ 2Utons BEECH (1928), 255 tons Notes Blackrock was sold to the Government of Haiti in Nov. 1945. Palmetto was decommissioned in June 1958 and sold in 1958; she was replaced by the ndw Azalea (see “ 100-ft.” class on page 461) in 1958. Rhododendron was decommissioned for sale in 1958. River Buoy Tenders River service buoy tenders comprise the following: FOXGLOVE (1944) DOGWOOD (1942) SUMAC (1944) >350 tons FORSYTHIA (1940) FERN (6 Nov. 1942) J SYCAMORE (1940) LANTANA (1943) 273 tons GOLDENROD (1938) OLEANDER (1940) 80 tons POPLAR (1939) Notes Goldenrod was re-engined in I960. ! 230 tons 193 tons COMANCHE 1959, US.C.G., Official 2 WAT A Type COMANCHE (ex-Wampanoag) MODOC (ex-Bagaduce) Displacement: 534 tons standard (835 tons full toad) Dimensions: I34£ (w.l.), 143 (o.a.) x33f X 13 feet Guns: I—3 inch, 50 cal. Machinery: Diesel-electric. B.H.P.: 1,500= 13 kts. Complement: 4 officers, 40 men. Notes WATA 202 and WATA 194, respectively. Comanche was transferred direct from the U.S. Navy, replacing Pandora. Modoc was transferred from the Maritime Administration to the Coast Guard and commissioned at Seattle on 20 Apr. 1959, replacing Bonham. AVOYEL (9 Aug. 1944) CHILULA (I Dec. 1944) CHEROKEE (10 Nov. 1939) TAMAROA (13 July 1943) Displacement: 1,170 tons Dimensions: 195 (w./.), 205^ (o.a.) X 38^ X 12 (mean), 16 (max.) feet Guns: I—3 inch, 50 cal., 2—20 mm. AA. Machinery: Diesel-electric. H.P.: 3,000= 16 kts. Notes WATF 150, 165, 153 and 166, respectively. Avoyel and Chilula have been on loan from the United States Navy since 1956 (recommissioned from the Reserve Fleet). HARBOUR TUGS (WYT) 13 44 Arundel M Class ARUNDEL (June 24, 1939) MOHICAN (July, 1943) MAHONING (July 22, 1939) OJIBWA (Aug. 10, 1943) NAUGATUCK (March 23, 1939) SAUK (Aug. 10, 1943) RARITAN (March 23, 1939) SHONOMISH (Aug. 10, 1943) KAW (1942) APALACHEE (1943) MANITOU (Sep. 29, 1942) YANKTON (1943) CHINOOK (July 1943) Displacement: 328 tons Dimensions: 110 (o.a.) X26^ X 10^ (mean), I2£ (max.) feet Machinery: Diesel-electric. S.H.P.: 1,000= 12 kts. Notes First pair were built by Gulfport Works, Port Arthur, Texas; second pair by Defoe Works, Bay City, Mich.; third pair by Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Md.; remaining 7 by Ira S. Bushey & Son, Brooklyn, N.Y. Launch dates above. Strengthened for icebreaking. 4 “ Calumet ” Class 3 Charleston Navy Yard I Portsmouth Navy Yard CALUMET HUDSON NAVESINK TUCKAHOE Displacement Dimensions: Machinery: Notes All launched in 1934. Builders above. (Six new steel-hulled harbour tugs were requested in the Fiscal Year 1961 program.) Transfer Notes Yonaguska, WYT 195, has been returned to the U.S. Navy from which she was on loan. LIGHTSHIPS (WAL) Notes Total 31, of which 30 are active. 24 are on Station assignments and six are relief light¬ ships. One was decommissioned and placed in storage in 1959. Overall length: 97 to 149 feet. Eight decommissioned lightships were sold in 1955-56. WAL 511 was sold in 1959. WAL 505 sank after collision in I960. WAL 534 ( Nantucket) is to be re-engined in the I960 Fiscal Year. 290 tons I I0^x24x 10^ (mean), I \\ (max.) feet Diesel, with electric drive. B.H.P.: 800=12 kts. Administration, Silhouettes—U.S.S.R. 401 UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS Administration The control of all Soviet armed forces, unified under a single Defence Ministry on 26 Feb. 1946, was divided on 25 Feb. 1950 when a War Ministry and a new independent Navy Ministry were created. On 15 Mar. 1953 a single Ministry of Defence was reconstituted. Strength of Soviet Navy 28 cruisers, 150 destroyers, 450 submarines, 250 frigates, 800 minesweepers, 125 patrol vessels, 500 motor torpedo boats, 120 landing craft, 160 fleet auxiliaries. Soviet Warships Most ships are of recent construction. Most ships not being refitted are fully manned and operational. Cruisers, destroyers, submarines and many small craft are fitted for minelaying. Naming of Warships Cruisers after political leaders and famous admirals or heroes. Flotilla Leaders after cities and towns. Destroyers after adjectives. Frigates after birds and winds. A^/nesweepers after weapons and equipment. Minelayers and Netlayers after rivers and lakes. Gunboats after tribes, etc. Surveying vessels after astronomical terms. Depot ships after towns and rivers. Icebreakers after political leaders and Arctic explorers. The hull or side numerals, pennant numbers, of warships change periodically, although parently the pennant numbers of auxiliary type vessels do not change. Colour of Warships Naval vessels: Light grey all over. Auxiliaries: Painted somewhat darker grey. Surveying vessels: Black hulls with red water- lines, yellow funnels with black tops. Naval Personnel Total: 750,000 officers and men, including river flotillas, training establishments, coast- artillery and marines; and naval air force. In ships: 275,000 officers and ratings. In naval air force: 85,000 officers and men. Mercantile Marine Lloyd’s Register of Shipping: 1,455 vessels of 3,155,054 tons gross Silhouettes Cruisers, Leaders Scale: 150 ft. = I inch. Destroyers, Frigates 402 U.S.S.R.—Cruisers CRUISERS 1957. Skyfotos ZDHANOV 17 “ Sverdlov ” Class ADMIRAL LAZAREV FE ADMIRAL NAKHIMOV BS ADMIRAL SENJAVIN FE ADMIRAL USHAKOV B ALEKSANDR NEVSKII A ALEKSANDR SUVOROV FE DMITRI DONSKOI FE DMITRI POZHARSKIY FE DZERZHINSKI BS KOSMA MININ FE MIKHAIL KUTUSOV BS OKTYABRSKAYA REVOLUTSIYA ( ex-Mo/otovsk) A ORDZHONIKIDZE B PETROPAVLOVSK FE SVERDLOV B VARYAG FE ZHDANOV B A: 2 with names-f No. 12 and No. 24-}-1 building. ARCTIC B: 4 with names-f 2 building. BALTIC BS: 3 with names-f2 building. BLACK SEA FE: 8 with names-f I building. FAR EAST Displacement: 15,450 tons standard (19,200 tons full load) Dimensions: Length: 656 (pp.), 689 (o.o.) feet. Beam: 70 feet. Draught: 16 (mean), 24^ (max.) feet Guns: 12—6 inch in four triple turrets (calibre actually slightly less than 6 inch), 12—3-9 inch in six twin mountings, 32—37 mm. AA. Tubes: 10—21 inch (quintuple mountings) none in Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya. Mines: 140 to 240 (fitted for minelaying Mine stowage on second deck) Armour: Deep and thick side belts from fore to after turret, 4"+; forward and aft l£" to 2"; turret faces 5"; C.T. 6"; decks 1" to 2" and 2" to 3". Machinery: Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 130,000=34-5 kts. Boilers: 6 Oil fuel: 4,000 tons Range: 5,000 miles at 20 kts. Complement: 1,050 OKTYABRSKAYA REVOLUTSIYA General Notes Seventeen of the originally planned 24 ships of this class have been launched since 1951 and were operational by December I960. Seven are incomplete. There are two slightly different types of “ Sverdlov ” class cruisers. The Sverdlov and others have the 37 mm. AA. guns near the fore¬ funnel one deck higher than in later cruisers. Some other names reported ( Askold, Bayan, Oleg, Petr Veliky, Rurik and Voikov ) and the following new names are not confirmed: Bogatyr, Mikojan, Svietlana. The ship first named Molotovsk was renamed Oktyabrszkaya Revolutsiya in 1957. Appearance Notes. The Sverdlov, Ordzhonikidze and Zhdanov have their anti¬ aircraft bridge near the fore funnel one deck higher than in other ships. The fore funnel is more enclosed in Ordzhonikidze. Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya no longer has torpedo tubes. Constructional Notes These ships were originally designed for a displacement of 12,800 tons standard and 17,000 tons full load. It is reported that the “ Sverdlov ” class may be limited to 17 units. It is also reported that “ Sverdlov ” class cruiser construction is nowsuspended with 7 units remaining partially completed: these may be completed with an advanced armament or with guided missiles. It is further reported that two improved and bigger vessels of the “ Sverdlov ” type with a beam of 90 feet are on the stocks and that these have been redesigned for provision of guided weapon launchers. Two more cruisers are believed to be under construction at Black Sea ports. Photograph Notes Photographs of Admiral Ushakov, Aleksandr Suvorov, Ordzhonikidze and Sverdlov in the 1953-54 to 1957-58 editions, and of Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya (as Molotovsk) in the 1957-58 to 1959-60 editions (also large photograph showing midship details). Port bow 1959, Ossi Janson Guided Missile Notes Four modified “ Sverdlov ” class cruisers of 13,500 tons light displacement were reported to be under construction at Leningrad early in 1959. They are believed to have been designed for guided missiles. A starboard elevation and plan drawing of this modified "Sverdlov” class appears in the 1959-60 edition. Notes to Drawing Port elevation and plan of “ Sverdlov” class. Scale: I28feet=l inch. Cruisers ( continued )— U.S.S.R. 403 Cruisers —continued 1959, Antonov Rogov ZHELEZNYAKOV 5 “ Chapaev 99 Class CHAPAEV A FRUNSE BS CHKALOV B KUIBYSHEV BS ZHELEZNYAKOV A Displacement: 11,500 tons standard (15,000 ton full load) Length: 656 feet- Beam: 64§ feet. Draught: 21 feet Dimensions: Guns: 12—6 inch in four triple turrets, 8—4 inch AA., 28—37 mm. AA. (twin mounts) Mines: 100 to 200 Machinery: Geared turbines with diesels for cruising speeds. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 113,000=35 kts. Boilers: 6 Oil fuel: 3,500 tons Radius: 4,500 miles at 20 kts. Complement: General Notes 834 Laid down in 1939-40. Launched during 1941-47. All work on these ships was stopped during the war, but was resumed in 1946-47. Completed in 1948-50. Catapults were removed from all ships of this type. Frunse was built by Marti Yard, Nikolayev, laid down 1939, launched 1941 and completed 1950. Gunnery Notes Turret guns are in separate sleeves allowing independent elevation. Elevation at least 50 degrees. Appearance Notes These cruisers have heavy director on control tower, pole foremast and a tripod mainmast forward of the after funnel. Vertical funnels. All this class have higher freeboard and longer funnels than ships of the "Kirov” class. They resemble the " Sverdlov ” class in several respects, but the forecastle deck breaks abreast the forefunnel instead of at the quarter deck. Notes to Drawing Port elevation and plan of “ Chapaev ” class. Drawn in 1957. Scale: 128 feet=l inch. Photograph Notes A port quarter view of Zheleznyakov appears in the 1952-53 to 1957-58 editions, and a starboard quarter view of Chapaev in the 1953-54 to 1959-60 editions. KIROV 1959 2 “ Kirov ” and 4 “ Maksim Gorki M Types Kirov Type KIROV B MOLOTOV BS Maksim Gorki Type KAGANOVICH FE MAKSIM GORKI B KALININ FE VOROSHILOV BS Displacement: 8,800 tons standard (11,500 tons full load) Length: 613^ (pp.), 626§ \o.a.) feet Dimensions: Guns: Beam:j,59 feet. Draught: 17 {mean), 20 (max.) feet 9—7*1 inch, 8—4 inch AA., 16—37 Tubes: mm. AA., 6—13 mm. AA 6—21 inch (in triple deck mountings) Mines: 60 to 90 Armour; 3" side, 2" deck, 4" gunhouses, 4C.T. Machinery: Geared turbines with diesels for Boilers: cruising speeds. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 110,000=35 kts. (actually less) 6 Yarrow or Norm and Oil fuel: 2,500 tons Radius: 3,500 miles at 19 kts. Complement: 734 General Notes Design and technical direction of construction said to have been furnished by Ansaldo. One more ship named Ordzhon¬ ikidze under construction at Nikolayev, was wrecked by high explosives before the enemy occupied that port in August, I94L At least one cruiser of this type (Moks/m Gorki) was badly damaged in the Baltic in August 1941. Kaganovich and Kalinin are at Vladivostock. Kirov and Maksim Gorki are in the Baltic. Molotov and Voroshilov are in the Black Sea. Appearance Notes First Group: Kirov and Molotov had very long forecastle, heavy tripod mast stepped abaft forebridge, light tripod stepped abaft second funnel, three turrets, very large funnels. Second Group: Remaining vessels had high director tower on forebridge, light tripod foremast abaft bridges, heavy tripod, mainmast stepped abaft second funnel, three turrets, smaller funnels, and generally lighter appearance than those of "Kirov” group. Name Kaganovitch Kalinin Kirov Maksim Gorl Molotov Voroshilov Builder Machinery > Komsomolsk Shipyards \ Putilov D.Y. 1 ! Tosi, f y Marti Yard, Nikolaye j f Taranto | 1 L Laid down 1939 1939 1934 1935 1935 1936 Launched 1945 1945 I Dec. 1936 Dec. 1937 23 Feb. 1939 1940 Completed 1946 1947 26 Sep. 1938 1940 1944 1945 Gunnery Notes Triple guns are mounted in one sleeve and are thus in¬ capable of separate elevation Maximum observed elevation approximately 40 degrees. Transfer Notes Kaganovitch is reported to have been lent or leased by Russia to the Chinese Communist Navy. Photograph Notes A starboard bow view of Kirov appears in the 1957-53 edition. Her No. is now 961. Notes to Drawing Port elevation and plan of Kirov after conversion. Drawn in 1957. Scale: 128feet=l inch. Recent Disposals The very old Russian cruisers Krasnyi Kavkaz ( ex-Admiral Lazarev) and Krasnyi Krym ( ex-Profintern , ex-Svietlana) are hulks. (Details and photograph in 1957-58 and earlier editions.) Her No. is now 961. The old ex-German light cruiser Admiral Makarov (ex- Nurnberg), latterly used only as a training ship, is obsolete and of little remaining military value. She is worn out, and is to be scrapped in the near future. The old ex-Italian light cruiser Kertch ( ex-Stalingrad , ex- Z 15, ex-Emanuele Filiberto Duca D’Aosta) of similar vintage, is reported to have been lent or leased by Russia to the Roumanian Navy. See photographs, full particulars, plan and elevation drawings and silhouettes of both these cruisers in the 1959-60 and earlier editions. cc 404 U.S.S.R.—Destroyers GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYERS 6 “Kildin ” Class Modified “ Kotlin ” Type KILDIN I, II, III, IV, V, VI Displacement: 3,000 tons standard (see Notes) Dimensions: 423£ X 43£ X 15^ feet Guided missiles: Launcher aft Notes Guns: Machinery: Boilers: 2—3-9 inch d.p, in twin turret forward; 12—57 mm. AA. in three quadruple mountings Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 80,000=38 kts. 3 Large destroyers of the “ Kotlin ” type reported to have been redesigned as guided missile destroyers with launcher installed in place of the after gun mountings. Identified by NATO designation as the “ Kildin ” class. Displacement is also reported as 2,600 tons. At least one of the completed units are reported to be in the Baltic Fleet, with others building. DESTROYERS KOTLIN Class No. 86 40 " Kotlin 99 Class Flushdecked Fleet Type BESSLEDNYI VDOKHNOVENNYII BURLIVYI VOZMUSHCHENNY No. 32 No. 77 No. 78 No. 82 No .86 and others Displacement: 2,850 tons standard (3,885 tons full load) l Dimensions: 425 (o.o.) X44X16 (max.) feetl' Guns: 4—3 -9 inch d.p. in two twin turrets; 16—57 mm. AA., in four quad¬ ruple mountings Tubes: 10—21 inch A/S Weapons: 6 side thrown depth charge pro¬ jectors Mines: 80 Machinery Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P : 80,000 = 38 kts. Boilers: 4 Complement: 285 General Notes Improved versions of the “Tallinn” type with similar hulls but differing features. This new class of fast anti¬ aircraft and anti-submarine destroyers is apparently in mass 1957 production with 22 ships already built. No. 32 and No. 86 have been observed in the Baltic. No. 78 is reported to have been sighted in the Red Sea in 1957. Besslednyi and Burlivyi are believed to have been transferred from the Black Sea Fleet to the Pacific Fleet in 1957. Vdokhnovennyi and Vozmushchennyi are in the Pacific Fleet. Anti-Submarine Notes It is reported that the six depth charge throwers are mounted on rotating platforms at the stern. Class Notes The “ Kotlin ” class are also known as the “ DB ” type. No. 82 Added 1958 I “Novik” Class Guns: New Fleet Type Tubes: NOVIK A/S weapons: Mines: Displacement: 2,500 tons standard (3,500 tons full Machinery: load) see Notes Dimensions: 403£X39£X I3J feet Boilers: 4 —3-9 inch semi-automatic AA. (two twin mountings). 8—57 mm. AA. (four twin mountings) 10—21 inch (two quintuple mount¬ ings) Depth charge throwers 70 Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 100,000=40 kts. (see Notes) 4( see Notes) Oil fuel: 600 tons Radius: 3,000 miles at 20 kts. Complement: 340 Notes A new type of multi-purpose anti-aircraft, anti-submarine, and minelaying destroyer for fleet escort duties. Displace¬ ment also reported as 2,100 tons standard and 3,000 tons full load, with geared turbines of 80,000 shaft horse power and three boilers equal to a speed of 38 kts. The new destroyers are being built in Baltic and White Sea shipyards. HM TALLINN Type No. 76 4 “ Tallinn ” Class Flushdecked Leader Type No. 75 No. 76 No. 79 No. 95 Displacement: 3,500 tons standard (4,500 tons full load) Dimensions: 433 (o.o.) X 44 x 15± feet Guns: 4—3-9 inch in twin turrets, 12—37 mm. AA Tubes: A/S weapons: Mines: Machinery: Complement: General Notes Displacement also reported as 3,100 tons, with geared turbines of 80,000 shaft horse power. Gunnery Notes The 3*9 inch guns in twin turrets are similar to those mounted as secondary armament in the “ Sverdlov ” class cruisers including firing directors and control position, fully stabilised, forming a part of the bridge and mast. This was the first time such an arrangement had been contrived in a ship of destroyer size, an experiment in top weight. Class Noyes The “ Tallinn ” class is also known as the “ DA ” type. 10—21 inch (quintupled) 2 rocket launchers 100 Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 100,000=38 kts 300 SVOBODNI (No. is now 787 instead of 14) 1957, Skyfotos OTVETSVENNYI 1957, Photo 70 “Skoryi ” Class BDITYELNYI BESSMENNYI BESSPOKOINYI BESSTRASHNYI BEZUKORIZN ENNYI BEZSHUMNYI BODRI BOIKI BYSTRYI and 3 others with B names in the Black Sea. OBRAZOVANNY OGNENNY OKHOTLIVY OSMYSLENNYI OS N OVATE LNY OSTERVENELYI OSTOROZHNYI and 2 others with O names in the Arctic. OSTROGLAZY OTCHAIAN NY OTRETOVENNYI OTVETSVENNYI OZ HESTOCHONNYI OZHIVLENNYI OZLOBLION NY OTCHAIANNY OZJESTOTJONNYI 1957 Photo SERDITYI SOVERSHENNYI SEREZNYI SPOSOBNYI SMELY1 STATNYI SMOTRYASHCHY STEPENNYI SMYSHLYONYI STOIKI SOKRUSHYTELNYI STREMITELNYI SOLIDNYI SUROVYI SOOBRAZITELNYI SVOBODNI and 2 others with S names in the Baltic. VAZHNYI VIKHREVOI VDUMCHIVYI VNEZAPNYI VEDUSHCHII VNIMATELNYI VERNYI VOLEVOI VIDNYI VRAZUMITELNYI and 14 others with V names in the Far East. Displacement: 2.600 tons standard (3,500 tons full load ) Dimensions: 393* (pp.), 420 (o.o.)X 41 x I3£ feet Guns: 4—51 inch (twin), 2—3 inch AA., 7—37 mm. AA. (Some have 8—37 mm. AA. in twin mounts) Tubes- 10—21 inch A/S weapons: Mines: Machinery: 4 D.C.T. 80 Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 70,000=38 kts. Boilers: 3 Radius: 4,000 miles at 15 kts. Complement: 250 General Notes There were to have been 85 destroyers of this class, but their construction beyond 70 units is reported to have been discontinued in favour of later types of destroyers. There is now a tactical “700 ” series. Numbers observed include 787 and 789. Gunnery Notes They are equipped with modern target finding and gun sighting radar for the 51 inch guns in two twin turrets, and they also carry depth charge throwers. Appearance Notes There are three different types in this class, the anti¬ aircraft guns varying with twin and single mountings; and two types of foremast, one vertical with all scanners on top and the other with one scanner on top and one on a platform half way. Photograph Notes Photographs of Stepennyi, Sposobnyi and Surovyi appear in the 1954-55 to 1957-58 editions, and a large broadside view of Smotryashchy in the 1957-58 to 1959-60 editions. Nomenclature Notes The names of “Skoryi” class destoyers are apparently based on their fleet assignment. Those in the Black Sea have names beginning with B, those in the Northern Fleet have names beginning with O, those in the Baltic have names beginning with S and those in the Pacific Fleet have names beginning with V. This is the only class to which names appear to be applied to indicate fleet designation. Whether the name is altered with a change in fleet assignment is not clear, but it seems that this might be the case when the change is permanent. Transfer Notes Of this class Skoryi and Smetlivyi were transferred to the Polish Navy in 1957-58. Two sister ships were transferred to the Egyptian Navy in 1956. Four more units are reported to have been transferred to the Indonesian Navy in 1959. 406 U.S.S.R.—Destroyers ( continued ) Destroyers —continued 9 “Otlichnyi ” Class OBRAZTSOVYI B OCHETLIVI A ODARENNI B OGNEVOI BS OPASNYI BS OSMOTRITELNYI A OTLICHNYI B OTVAZHNYI B OZORNOI BS OZARNYI Displacement: 1,800 tons standard (2,650 tons full load) Dimensions: 387ix36*xl2* feet Guns: 4—51 inch, 55 cal. (twin mounts), 2—3 inch AA., 6—37 mm. AA. Tubes: 8—21 inch A/S weapons: 4 D.C.T. Mines: 60 to 80 Machinery: Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 60,000=38 kts. Boilers: 3 Oil fuel: 370 tons Complement: 212 OTLICHNYI 1959, Antonov Rogov Notes There are only nine destroyers of this class, although ten names have been reported. They are a development of the “ S ” and “ R" classes. The 51 inch guns are disposed in one twin mounting before the bridge and one aft. Five other names previously reported of this class, Ognenny, Osmyslennyi, Ostervenelyi, Otretovennyi and Ozhestochonnyi are now believed to be borne by “ Skoryi ” class destroyers in the Arctic. Osmotritelnyi means “ Cautious ” or “ Circumspect,” Osmyslennyi means “ Sensible,” and Ostervenelyi means “ Frenzied.” All names are adjectives. A in Arctic, B in Baltic, BS in Black Sea. 8 “ Ryanyi ” Class RASTOROPNYI RAZUMNYI RAZYARYON NYI RAZYASHCHYI REDKI REKORDNYI RESHITELNYI RESKI RESVI RETIVI REVOSTNYI RYANYI Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Mines: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: General Notes These “ R ” boats, launched in 1939-44, are of a later type than the “ Gromki ” and “ Silnyi ” classes. Nearly all are in the Far East. Razumnyi and Razvaryonnyi are in the Arctic. “ Redki ” means ” Rare." Appearance Notes Some of these vessels, including Rastoropnyi, Razumnyi and 1,700 tons standard (2,500 tons full load) 377 x 36§ X I4§ feet 4—5 1 inch, 55 cal., 2—3 inch, 3—37 mm. AA., 4—13 mm. AA. 6—21 inch (tripled) 80 Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 60,000 = 39 kts. 3 240 RYANYI Razyaryonnyi, are like the “ Gromki ” class with one funnel; Transfer Notes others, including Ryanyi, are like the “ Silnyi ” class with two Four of this class have been transferred to the Chinese funnels. Communist Navy, but the names have not been reported. 8 “Silnyi’’Class SILNYI SLAVNYI STOROZHEVOI STRASHNYI Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Mines: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Complement: STROGI STROINYI SVIREPYI VICE ADMIRAL DROZD ( ex-Stoiki) 1,686 tons standard (2,150 tons full load ) 367 (pp.), 371 (o.o.)x 33x14 feet 4—5-1 inch, 2—3 inch, 50 cal. AA., 4—37 mm. AA., 4—20 mm. AA. 6—21 inch Stowage for 80 mines reported Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 48,000 = 36 kts. 3 of 3-drum type 500 tons 240 Notes All launched in 1938-40. Improved “Gordyi” class. The SVIREPYI 1948 armament of Storozhevoi has been altered, with one twin turret forward, and she differs in appearance from other vessels of class. All in the Baltic. War losses: Serdityi, Skoryi, Srr.ishlyonyi, Smelyu Vnimatelnyi Class Notes Of the four “ Vnimatelnyi ” class destroyers previously listed, the continued existence of Vlastnyi, Vnushitelnyi and Vynoslivyi is doubtful, and the new name of ex-Vnimatelnyi has not been reported (photograph of Vnushitelnyi in the 1957-58 to 1959-60 editions). 5 “ Gromki 99 Class GREM YASHCHYI GROMKI GROZNYI Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Mines: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Complement: GROZ YASHCHYI STEREGUSHCHYI 1,657 tons standard (2,150 tons full load) 357§ (pp.), 377 (o.a.)x33*x 13 feet 4—5*1 inch, 2—3 inch, 50 cal. AA., 4—37 mm. AA., 8 D.C.T 6—21 inch (tripled) 100 Geared turbines of Tosi design, shafts. S.H.P.: 50,000=36 kts. 3 of 3-drum type 500 tons 240 Notes All launched in 1936-41. Fitted for minelaying. Better sea boats than Leningrad class, having less top weight. They are understood to be of Odero-Terni-Orlando design. Gromki now has a tripod foremast. Gremyashchyi, Gromki and Groznyi STEREGUSHCHYI are in the Arctic, Grozyashchyi and Steregushchyi are in the Baltic. It is reported that Bdityelnyi, Bodri and Boiki are being scrapped, and that most or all of the remainder of this class will be scrapped in the near future. War losses: Gnevnyi, Gordyi, Grozovoi, Gromyashchi, Bezposhchadny, Bezuprechnyi, Bystryi, Bezshumnyi, Bezstra- shnyi, Smetlivyi, Strcmitelnyi, Sokrushytelnyi. Two war losses, Bdityelnyi and Steregushchyi, were salved and put in service. 3 “ Leningrad 99 Class Rated as Flotilla Leaders BAKU A Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: LENINGRAD B MINSK B 2,225 tons standard (2,582 tons full load) 400 (pp.), 418^ (o.a.) x 38^ X 13 feet 4—5-1 inch, 55 cal., 2—3 inch, 50 cal. AA., 5—37 mm. AA. 4 D.C.T. 8—21 inch (quadrupled) Geared turbines. 3 shafts. S.H.P.: 70,000=38 kts. (Trials of Leningrad, light, 39-3 kts.) 3, of 3-drum type 600 tons General Notes Built during 1933-1941. Leningrad was launched in 1935. Fitted for minelaying. Formerly rated as ” Lidery ” (flotilla leaders). These ships resembled the contemporary French Contretorpilleurs, and the construction of earlier units was supervised by French technical experts. The 51 inch gun abaft the bridge has been removed. Baku is in the White Sea, Leningrad and Minsk are in the Baltic. A photograph of Minsk appears in the 1948-49 to 1959-60 editions. War losses: Moskva, Kharkov. It is reported that the survivors of this class will be scrapped in the near future. Recent Disposals The “ T ” boats of the “ Leningrad ” class, Tbilissi, Tomsk, Tula and Tver, in the Far East, are reported to be for disposal. The hulls of Batum, Ochakov and Perekop were lying at Batum at end of 1941 and they were reported to have been com¬ pleted in 1946-47, but there is no confirmation of this. The experimental destroyer Opytnyi (ex-Sergei Ordzhoni¬ kidze) has been scrapped. The large ex-Japanese destroyer Harutsuki, the large ex- German destroyer Provornyi (ex-Z 33), the smaller ex-German destroyer Primernyi (ex-T 33), the ex-Italian destroyers Artigliere (ex-Z 12), and Fucliere (ex-Z 20), the old ex-German destroyers Prochnyi (ex-Karl Galster, Z 20), Pylki (ex-Erich Steinbrinck, Z 15) and Zhork i (ex-Friedrich Inn, Z 14) and the old ex-Japanese destroyer Hibiki, all taken over by the Russian Navy after the Second World War, are now worn out and are of little or no military value; they are used merely as training ships or are hulks. The very old Russian destroyer Nezamoshnik, sole survivor of the " Petrovski ” class, and the very old destroyers Karl Liebknecht, Kr ibyshev, Stalin, Uritski and Voikov of the “ Uritski” class are now worn out; they are being scrapped or used for training hulks. Frigates—U.S.S.R. 407 FRIGATES 30 “Kola” Class Flushdecked Destroyer Escort Type DOBLESTNY DOSTOINI DRUSHNY DSKARKI DZERSKI DZGUTSHI DZIVUTSHI DZOSTKI No. 622 No. 632 No. 639 No. 652 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: A/S weapons: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: General Notes 1,500 tons standard, 2,000 tons full load 295 (pp.), 305 (o.a.) x 32£ x 10 (mean), 11 (max.) feet 4—3-9 inch AA."[(single mounts), 4 —37 mm. AA. 3—21 inch Depth charges and racks Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 30,000=31 kts. 2 190 In design this new class of flushdecked destroyer escort appears to be a combination of that of the German “ Elbing ” 652 type torpedo boat destroyers, with a similar hull form, and of the older Russian “ Birds ” class frigates, (see below). The four 3 -9 inch guns, which are similar to the main armament in the “ Birds ” class frigates are mounted as in the “ Gordyi ” class destroyers. It is reported that about 20 units of this class are in the Baltic and four in the Far East. Added 1957 Nomenclature Notes The names above are not confirmed. The last five names are also rendered fZharki ( Dskarki), Zherski ( Dzerski ), Zhgutsh (Dzgutshi), Zhivutshi (Dzivutshi) and Zhostki ( Dzostki ). The numbers of those in the Far East are reported as 622, 632, 639 and 652. Oceangoing Gunboat Type Cruising Ships No. 551 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Mines: Machinery: Complement: circa 2,000 tons standard 325 X 40 X 14 feet 4 —3-9 inch; 8—37 mm. AA. 50 Diesel. Speed about 20 kts. max. 200 Notes Very sturdy oceangoing cruising vessels of the frigate or large sloop or gunboat type equipped for minelaying and adapted for employment as gunnery firing ships and officers’ training ships. These hybrid vessels are fitted with directors similar to those in the “ Riga” class frigates. This type is also reported to have a displacement of 2,500 tons standard with an overall length of 407 feet and a main armament of our 4*1 inch guns. No. 551 1959 36 “ Riga” Class. No. 50 No. 324 No. 642 No. 651 No. 54 No. 645 No. 656 No. 55 and others Displacement: 1,200 tons standard (1,600 tons full load) Dimensions: 278£ (pp ), 795 (o.a.) X 31 £ X 9£ (mean), 11 (max.) feet Guns: 3—3-9 inch dual purpose single mounts, 3—37 mm. AA. Tubes: 3—21 inch A/S weapons: 4 depth charge projectors Mines: Fitted with mine rails Machinery: Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P. 25,000=28 kts Boilers: 2 General Notes A lighter and less heavily armed but improved version of the “ Kola ” class. Only numbers above reported. Appearance Notes The class is divided into two types with different schemes of masting construction, see photographs. 3 Improved “ Birds ” Class ALBATROS Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: CHAIKA KRECHET 920 tons standard 1,300 tons full load) 278§x27±x9f feet 3—4 inch, 4—37 mm. AA., 8 M.G. 3—17-7 inch Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 23,000=34 kts. 2 92 Notes Improved “ Birds ” class. Launched in 1940-49. All in the Black Sea. Names mean Albatross, Seagull and Buzzard. Later “ Riga ” Class 1956, Sergei Romanov “ Riga ” Class 1956, Sergei Romanov 7 “ Birds ” Class BERKUT GRIF KONDOR KORSHUN OREL VORON YASTREB Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: Boilers: Complement: 842 tons standard (1,250 tons full load) 275x27^x91 feet 3—3-9 inch, 4—37 mm. AA. 3—17-7 inch Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 23,000 = 35 kts. 2 98 Notes “Birds" class. All launched in 1939-41. In the Baltic. Names mean Berkut: Golden Eagle, Grif: Griffin, Kondorl Condor, Korshun: Kite, Orel: Eagle, Voron: Raven, Yastreb: Hawk. Only Orel and Yastreb were recently operational. YASTREB 1948 •408 U.S.S.R.—Submarines SUBMARINES (Podvodnye Lodki) No. 958, “ Z ” Class (port quarter view) I960 6 Nuclear Powered Type Displacement: 3,000 tons Dimensions: 328 X 33 X 20 feet Machinery: Nuclear reactors and steam turbines. S.H.P.: 15,000=25 kts. surface, 30 kts. submerged Notes Three nuclear powered submarines are reported to have been completed, with a fourth nearing completion, a fifth in an advanced stage of construction, and a sixth being assemdled. Another report gives one nuclear powered submarine launched, one under construction, and four more in the planning stage. General Notes There are now about 450 effective submarines. Over hal^ are of the large or intermediate oceangoing type. Another large type are reported to be armed with guided missiles. More of a medium type are being built. Most are known by numbers; some by names as well. It is reported that it is intended to build up a four-theatre submarine fleet for operations in the Pacific, in the Baltic, in the Arctic, and in the Black Sea. Some 50 submarines are under construction in Soviet dock yards. These are reported to include seven different types as follows: 1. Nuclear powered attack type with long range. 2. Nuclear powered radar picket type with high speed. 3. Large nuclear powered type with a very long range. 4. Large guided missile type with a high speed. 5. Ocean going patrol type with a long range. 6. Minelaying type with a high speed. 7. Anti-submarine patrol type with a long range. 6 “G” Class. Guided Missile Type Displacement: 1,850 tons standard, 2,250 tons surface, 2,700 tons submerged Dimensions: 3I0X28X 17 feet Machinery: Diesels. Electric motors Notes A new class of guided missile submarines having a very large conning tower with hatches for the vertical launching of guided missiles, and conventional diesel prppulsion. It is reported that there are six units of this class, with others building. 10 “ F” Class. Large Attack Type Displacement: Dimensions: Tubes: Machinery: 1,960 tons surface, 2,280 tons submerged 300 x 26 X 19 feet 8—21 inch (20 torpedoes carried) Diesels. Electric motors. 3 screws. Speed =20 kts. surface and submerged Notes An improved “ Z ” class with greater length. Equipped with snort. It is reported that ten units of this class had been launched by Nov. 1959. 4 “ Z ” Class. Guided Missile Type Displacement: Dimensions: Guided Missiles: Tubes: Machinery: 2,100 tons surface, 2,600 tons submerged 295±x28fx 17 feet 2 launchers 8—21 inch Diesels. B.H.P.: 10,000 = 22 kts. ( surface ) Electric motors. H.P.: 3,500= 16 kts. (submerged) Notes These four units are reported to be of “ Z ” class bas c design but converted to guided missile submarines with larger conning towers and two vertical tubes for missile launching. 54 “ Z ” Class. Large Oceangoing Type 63 No 66 No 71 No 72 No 958 Displacement: 1,900 tons surface, 2,200 tons submerged Dimensions: 290 (o.o.) x26 x 19 (max.) Guns: 2 —57 mm. in twin turret before conning tower; twin 25 mm. AA. on conning tower (in some units no guns are apparent) Tubes: 8—21 inch (6 forward, 2 aft). 24 torpedoes carried Mines: 40 (40 mines or 20 torpedoes) Machinery: Diesel-electric. Three screws. S.H.P.: 5,500. Diesels: B.H.P.: 10,000 =20 kts. ( surface) Electric motors: H.P.: 3,500=15 kts. ( submerged ) Radius: 20,000 to 26,000 miles Complement: 70 Notes Large oceangoing type. General appearance very stream¬ lined with complete row of rapid flooding holes along the casing. This class is stationed in the Baltic and Far East. The first of the class was laid down in 1951 and many were commissioned during 1952-1960. All equipped with snort. 18 “ Z ” class submarines were constructed by Sudomekh Shipyard in 1952-55. Some “ Z ” class submarines are re¬ ported to be equipped with guided missiles. Others may be oilers. Mine capacity is alternative to torpedo capacity. “ Z” Class (port bow view) I960 W.25 (“ W III/’ Class) 1959, Antonov Rogov Submarines ( continued )—U.S.S.R. 409 Submarines —continued 136 “W ” Class. Seagoing Patrol Type No 12 No 66 No 179 S 48 S 176 No 25 No 78 No 244 S 77 S 221 No 28 No 81 No 261 S 87 S 222 No 29 No. 34 No 125 No. 752 S 91 S 173 S 237 S 333 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Mines: Machinery: Radius: Complement: 1,030 tons surface, 1,180 tons submerged 240 (o.a.)x22x 15 (max.) feet Some have I—3 9 inch in turret before conning tower; I light AA. Others 2—57 mm., 2—25 mm. 6—21 inch (4 forward, 2 aft). 14 torpedoes carried 40 mines or 20 torpedoes Diesel-electric. Twin screws. Diesels: B.H.P.: 4,000=17 kts. (surface) Electric motors: H.P.: 2,500= 15 kts. (submerged) 13,000 to 16,500 miles 60 Notes Medium size class of long range submarines built or under construction in yards throughout the Soviet Union. All streamlined. This group is subdivided into three types, the “ W ” class, the “ WF ” class, and the “ W III ” class. Stationed in considerable numbers in the Baltic, the North, the Black Sea and the Far East. Equipped with snort. Fitted for minelaying. Some units are reported to be equipped with a special tank on deck for carrying guided missiles and with inclined missile launchers. Some carry one 3-9 inch deck gun. SEVERYANYA Notes Converted “ W ” class submarine fitted out for scientific research purposes. “ W " Class *‘W’ Class 50 “ Q ” Class. Medium Range Type Guns: No. 23 No. 45 No. 37 No. 47 Displacement: Dimensions: No. 51 No. 66 No. 72 No. 62 No. 68 No. 75 No 98 650 tons surface, 740 tons submerged 185 (o.a.)X 18X 13 (max.) feet Tubes: Machinery: 2—25 mm. in gunhouse forward of conning tower 4—21 inch Diesel. I shaft. B.H.P.: 3,000=18 kts (surface) Electric motors. H.P : 2,500=16 kts. (submerged) Radius: 7,000 miles cruising range Complement: 40 Notes New medium range, single screw submarines, improved versions of the “ Shch ” class, see later page. Thirteen were constructed in 1955 by Sudornekh Shipyard, Leningrad. 13 “K” Class K I K 20 K 21 K 51 K 52 K 53 K 55 K 56 K 57 K 58 K 60 K 77 K 78 Displacement: 1,457 tons (surface); 2,062 tons ( submerged ) Dimensions: 282 (pp.), 320 (o.a.) x 24 X 14 feet Guns: 2—4 inch, 2—45 mm. AA. Tubes: 12—21 inch, 6 bow, 4 stern, 2 underdeck(20torpedoes carried) Machinery: Diesels. B.H.P.: 8,400=18 to 22-5 kts. (surface); electric mot¬ ors, H.P.: 2,400=10 kts. (sub¬ merged) Oil fuel: 150 tons Radius: 10,000 miles at 9 kts. Complement: 62 “ K ” Class Added 1955 Notes Launched during 1939-43. Fitted for minelaying. Can carry 32 mines. This class can operate at great distances and for long periods. Ex-German Types 4 Type XXI N 27 (ex-U 2529) N 29 (ex-U 3041) N 28 (ex-U 3035) N 30 (ex-U 3515) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: I, 280 tons (designed), 1,620 tons (surface), 2,100 tons (submerged) 252f x 21 f x 20^ feet 4—37 mm. AA. 6—21 inch (23 torpedoes stowed) M.A.N. diesels. B.H.P.: 4,000 = 15-5 kts. (surface) Electric motors. H.P.: 5,000 = 17-5 kts. ( submerged) 250 tons II, 000 miles at 12 kts. 57 N 27 Notes All launched in 1944-45. N 27 was built by Blohm & Vosg, N 28 and N 29 by Deschimag, Bremen, N 30 by Schichau, Danzig. Equipped with snort. Long cruising range. High under-water speed. (Ex-U 3538, U 3539, U 3540, U 3541 and U 3542 were never completed.) S 81 (ex-U 1057) S 82 (ex-U 1058) 4 Type VII S 83 (ex-U 1064) S 84 (ex-U 1305) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 595 tons (designed), 770 tons (sur¬ face), 1,070 tons (submerged) 220 X 20 X l Si feet I—37 mm. AA., 4—20 mm. AA. 5—21 inch (14 torpedoes stowed) Diesels of varying types. B.H.P.: 2,800=17 kts. (surface) Electric motors. 2 shafts. H.P.: 750=7-6 kts. (submerged) 110 tons 6,500 miles at 12 kts. 45 Notes Launched in 1942-43. First three were built by Germaniq, Kiel; and ex-U 1305 by Flensburger Schiffbaugesellshaft. S 83 1948 410 U.S.S.R.—Submarines ( continued ) Submarines —continued 19 “Shch IV” Class Sh 400 Sh 404 Sh 411 Sh 425 Sh 429 Sh 401 Sh 407 Sh 412 Sh 426 Sh 430 Sh 402 Sh 408 Sh 419 Sh 427 Sh 431 Sh 403 Sh 410 Sh 422 Sh 428 Displacement: 620 tons (surface), 738 tons (sub- merged) Dimensions: I90£x I9£x 13 feet Guns: 2—45 mm. AA., 2 M.G. Tubes: 6—21 inch (10 torpedoes) Machinery: Diesels. B.H.P.: 1,600=15-5 lets. ( surface ) Electric motors. H.P.: 800=8-5 kts. Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: ( submerged) 60 tons 4,000 miles at 8 kts. 40 Notes Medium range type. Launched during 1939-49. There are variations in design between the earlier and later units. Shshuka, name of the first boat built, means the pike, and as SHCH Type 1942 it began with the letter “Shch” it became the identification letter of the whole class, which are named after fishes. The “ Shch ” class in the Baltic were of four different designs as follows: ‘ Shch ” I: Nos. 301-304; “ Shch ” II: Nos. 305-310; 4 Shch ” 111: No. 318; and “ Shch ” IV: Nos. 400 et seq. Recent Disposals It was reported in I960 that 50 boats of this class, Sh. 101 to 139, 141, 201, 203, 205, 207, 215, 305, 307, 309, 310 and 318, including most of the “ Shch ” I, II and III classes, having become obsolete and worn out, are scrapped. 30 « ‘ S (C) ” Class S 4 S 17 S 23 S 36 S 101 S 9 S 18 S 24 S 37 S 102 S 12 S 19 S 25 S 38 S 103 S 13 S 20 S 26 S 54 S 104 S 14 S 21 S 31 S 55 S 137 S 16 S 22 S 35 S 56 S 139 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 780 tons (surface), 1,050 tons (sub¬ merged) 256X21 X 13 feet I —3 inch, I—45 mm. AA. 6—21 inch Diesels. B.H.P.: 4,200=20 kts. ( surface ) Electric motors. H.P.: 2,200=8-5 kts. (submerged) 105 tons 9,800 miles at 9 kts. 50 Notes Launched in 1937-40. Boats of this class are in the Baltic, the Black Sea and the Far East. S Class 1955 Recent Disposals S 50 was discarded in 1958, and S 15, S 51, S 52 and S 53 in 1959. Recent Disposals of Other Classes The 23 remaining very old submarines of the “ L ” class, the equally old ex- Estonian submarine Lembit of the Vickers type, and the three surviving old submarines of the“ D ” class, are worn out and discarded; if they retain any military value they can only be used for instructional purposes. The old ex-German submarine N 25 (ex-U 1231) of the “ IXc” type, the two old ex-German submarines U 18 and U 24 of the “ I lb ” type, the remaining old ex-German sub¬ marines of the “ Seehund ” type; and the old ex-Italian sub¬ marines Nichelio, Z 14, and Marea, Z 13, of the “ Acciaio ” and “ Flutto ” classes, respectively, all taken over by the Russians as war prizes, are now of doubtful value and will be scrapped or otherwise disposed of now that Russia has built so many submarines of her own design in her own yards. 35 - “ M V” Type M 200 M 256 M 263 M 270 M 277 M 201 M 257 M 264 M 271 M 278 M 202 M 258 M 265 M 272 M 279 M 203 M 259 M 266 M 273 M 280 M 204 M 260 M 267 M 274 M 281 M 254 M 261 M 268 M 275 M 282 M 255 M 262 M 269 M 276 M 283 Displacement: 350 tons (surface) 420 tons (submerged) Dimensions: I67ix I6x 12 feet Guns 1—45 mm. AA., 1 M G. Tubes: 2—21 inch Machinery: Diesels. B.H.P.: 1,000=13 kts. (surface) Electric motors H.P.: 800=10 kts. (submerged) Oil fuel: 21 tons Radius: 4,000 miles at 10 kts. (surface) 100 miles at 5 kts.' submerged) Complement: 24 Notes Launched in 1944-50. For coastal operations. Enlarged and improved editions of original “M” type. Some were transported in sections on the Trans-Siberian Railway and assembled at Vladivostok for service in the Pacific. Recent Disposals It was reported in I960 that 28 boats of this class, M 205, 206, 209, 211, 212, 214, 215, 216, 219, 234, 235 and 237 to 253, having become obsolete and worn out, are scrapped. 18 ‘ ‘M IV* ’ Type M 102 M 106 M 120 M 123 M 172 M 103 M III M 121 M 124 M 174 M 104 M 112 M 122 M 171 M 175 M 105 M 119 M 176 Displacement: 205 tons (surface), 256 tons (sub- Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: Oil fuel: merged) I47§x 1 1 X9 feet 1— 45 mm. AA. 2— 21 inch Diesels. B.H.P.: 800=13 kts. (sur¬ face) Electric motors. H.P.: 400=8 kts. (submerged) 18 tons Radius: Complement: 3,400 miles at 8 kts. (surface) 90 miles at 3 kts. (submerged) 20 General Notes Launched in 1939-44. All built on a mass-production basis, notably at Gorki, and sent to their assembly ports in sections. Can be easily transported by rail but have a very limited radius of action. Majority in reserve. Some discarded. The “ M ” class in the Baltic were of five different designs as follows: “ M I ”: Nos. 71 etseq; “Mil ”: No. 77; “ M III”; Nos. 79-96; “M IV ”: Nos. 102etseq.; “ M V ”: Nos. 200 etseq. Recent Disposals The “ M I,” “ M II " and “ M III ” types, having become obsolete and worn out, are scrapped. I Type XXI I I N 31 (ex-U 2353) Displacement: Dimensions: Tubes: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 233 tons (surface), 274 tons (sub¬ merged) 114x11x12 feet 2—21 inch (only 2 torpedoes stowed) I diesel. B.H.P.: 575 = 9-75 kts. (surface) I electric motor. H.P.: 580=12-5 kts. (submerged) 18 tons 1,350 miles at 9 kts. 13 General Notes N 31 was built by Deutshe Werft, Hamburg, and launched in 1944. The hulls of German submarines which fell into Russian hands in 1945 were never completed as the Russians completed so many of their own designs. Corvettes, Fast Minesweepers, Fast Escorts — U.S.S.R. 411 CORVETTES 2 Ansaldo Type DZERZHINSKI (ex-P.S. 8) KIROV (ex-P.S. 26) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Mines: Machinery: Oil fuel: Complement: 810 tons standard (1,200 tons full load) 249i (pp.), 262* (o.o.) x27£x 16f feet 2—4 inch, 4—40 mm. AA., 2.M.G. Can carry 40 to 50 3 Fiat and Tosi diesels respectively. 3 shafts. B.H.P.: 4,800=20 kcs. (Trials: H.P.: 5,400 =22 kts.) 44 tons 120 Notes Built by Ansaldo, Italy. Launched on 19 Aug. 1934 and 18 Sep. 1934, respectively Fitted for minelaying. Coast¬ guard vessels. In the Far East. Recent Disposals The three very old frigates (oceangoing torpedo boats) of the “ Markin ” class, Altfater ( ex-Turkmenets — Stravropolski), Bakinski-Rabotchi ( ex-Voiskovoi ) and Markin ( ex-Ukraina ), and the very old frigate (oceangoing torpedo boat) Konstruktor ( ex-Sibirski , Stryelok) of the “ Kondratenko ” type are worn out and are being discarded. The 22 ex-Japanese frigates, the Hatsuzakura ( ex-Susuki), Kaya, Kiri and Shii of the turbine escort destroyer type, the Ikno and Kozu of the diesel destroyer escort type, Nos. 34, 48, 52, 76, 78, 102, 142 and 196 of the turbine corvette type, Nos. 71, 77, 79, 105, 221 and 227 of the diesel corvette type, the Shimushu of the diesel destroyer escort “ A ” type, and the Kiji of the oceangoing torpedo boat or light destroyer type; the three ex-Italian frigates Animoso (ex-Z 16), Ardimentoso (ex-Z 19) and Fortunate (ex-Z 17) of the oceangoing torpedo boat or light destroyer type; and the six ex-German very old frigates Podvizhnoi (ex-T 12), Poryvistyi (ex-T 17), Porazhayush- chyi (ex-T 107, ex-G 107), Prozorlivyi (ex-T 158, ex-V 158) and Pronzitelnyi (ex-T 196, ex-G 196) of the oceangoing torpedo boat or small destroyer type, and the F 7 of the escort vessel type, all taken over by the Russian Navy after the Second World War, are now worn out and are of very small or no military value; they are merely used as hulks or accommoda¬ tion ships, harbour vessels, etc. Full details and photographs of these ships appear in the 1957-58 and earlier editions of “ Fighting Ships.” FAST MINESWEEPERS 24 Modified “ Polukhin ” Class SEIMEN PALEIKOV No 452 and others Displacement: 700 tons standard (910 tons full load) Dimensions: 259x26^x9 feet Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: Complement: 2—3 inch AA., 4—37 mm. AA., 2—20 mm. A A. Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 8,000=24 kts. 200 tons 120 Notes Launched in 1950-55. An improved class of fast ocean mine¬ sweepers similar to Vladimir Polukhin but they have 3 inch guns. Reported 12 at Vladivostock and 5 at Leningrad. No. 452 and others have the after funnel almost entirely enveloped by a bridge screen. 6 “ Polukhin ” Class VAN SLADKOV VASILI GROMOV ERGEI SHUVALOV VLADIMIR POLUKHIN Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: Complement: 600 tons standard (800 tons full load) 250 (o.o.) X 26 X 8^ feet 2—4 inch, 3—37 mm. AA., 2—20 mm. AA., 4—13 mm. M.G. Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 8,000=24 kts. 190 tons 116 Notes Launched in 1940-50. Designed as fast minesweepers for fleet duties, but are more like destroyers in silhouette. VASILI GROMOV Added 1950 FAST ESCORTS 1 3 44 Shtorm ” Group 3 44 Improved Shtorm ” Class MOLNIYA SERP ZARNITSA Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Mines: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Complement: 500 tons standard (670 tons full load) 236-j X 24f X 9| feet 2—3 -9 inch, 4—37 mm. AA., 2 M.G. 3_|77 inch 50 Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 6,500=25 -5 kts. 2 120 tons 100 Notes All launched in 1937-39. The design is an improvement on that of the Shtorm class. All in the Far East. TUTCHA Added 1948 General Notes for the Group Reported fore and aft gun turrets removed, replaced with AA guns. Mainmast removed. Officially rated as escort vessels or storozhevye korabli (guardships). Shtorm and Shkval (Group I) stationed in Black Sea, Burun, Grom, Metel, Vyuga (Group IV) in Far East, Groza, Smerch, Uragan (Group III) in White Sea, Taifun, Tutcha, Vikhr (Group II) in Baltic. War losses: Burya, Purga, Tsiklon, Sneg. Recent Disposals It was reported in I960 that the two boats of the “ Shkval ” class, Shkval and Shtorm, are obsolete and worn out and are being discarded. It was also reported that the three boats o the “ Taifun ” class, Taifun, Tutcha and Vikhr, and the three boats of the “ Groza ” class, Groza, Smerch and Uragan, are of no further military value on account of their age. 4 44 Burun ” Class 3 44 Groza ” Class 3 44 Taifun ” Class BURUN GROM METEL VYUGA GROZA SMERCH URAGAN TAIFUN TUTCHA VIKHR Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Mines: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Complement: 490 tons standard (635 tons full load) 236£x24f X9i feet 2— 3-9 inch, 4—37 mm. AA., 2 M.G. 3— 17-7 inch 50 Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 6,500=25 kts. 2 120 tons 88 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Mines: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Complement: 530 tons 236ix24|x9i feet 2— 3 -9 inch, 4—37 mm. AA. 3— 17-7 inch 15 Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 6,200=25 kts. 2 120 tons 100 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: A/S weapons: Mines: Machinery: Boilers: Oil fuel: Complement: 487 tons standard (620 tons full load) 233 (pp.)x24x8± feet 2— 3-9 inch, 4—45 mm. AA., 4 M.G. 3— 17-7 inch (tripled) 2 D.C.T. 50 Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 6,440=25 kts. 2, of 3-drum type 115 tons 72 to 101 Notes All launched in 1934-1936. Stationed in the Far East. Notes All launched in 1934-1936. Stationed in the White Sea. Notes All launched in 1932-1934. Stationed in the Baltic. 412 U.S.S.R.—Fleet Minesweepers continued ADMIRABLE Type and others Ex-NUCLEUS AM 268 Ex-PENETRATE AM 271 Ex-RAMPART AM 282 Ex-DISDAIN AM 222 Ex-FANCY AM 234 Ex-MARVEL AM 262 Ex-MEASURE AM 263 Ex-METHOD AM 264 Ex-MIRTH AM 265 Displacement: 410 tons standard (530 tons full load ) Dimensions: 200 X 27* X 9 feet Guns: 4—37 mm. AA. Machinery: Diesels. 2 shafts= 18 kts. General Notes A new type of moderately fast fleet minesweepers built in 1953-59 in shipyards throughout the Soviet Union. Other numbers of minesweepers reported are 707, 711 and 912. Of this class of 100 units, ten were transferred to Poland and six to Egypt. Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: 650 tons standard (945 tons full load) 180 (w./.), 184* (o.a.) X 33 X 10 {max.) feet I—3 inch D.P., 2—40 mm. AA., 6—20 mr Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,900= 16 kts. 100 Notes All launched in 1942. Acquired during 1943. Of the original 34 steel hulled fleet mine¬ sweepers of the “ Admirable ” class transferred from the United States to Russia during the Second World War under the terms of the lend-lease programme, 21 have been destroyed, 4 lost and 9 retained by Russia to purchase outright. It is reported that four “ Admirable ” class fleet minesweepers have been converted to surveying vessels named Gidrofon, Gidromtr, Gidroscop and Gorizont, see later page under Survey Vessels. Appearance Notes Similar to the “ Bobr ” Class in the Polish Navy. See photograph of T 62 above. 4 Ex-German Type 3 605 tons standard (813 tons full load) 223 X 29* X 8* feet 6—37 mm. A A. 2 D.C.T. Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Mines: Machinery: Boilers: Coal: Radius: Complement: Triple expansion with exhaust turbines. 2 shafts. 2,400=16-5 kts. 2 water tube three-drum type 136 tons 3,600 miles at I I kts. Notes Former German minesweepers of the “ M 43 ” type. Built by Neptun, Rostocki. Launched in 1944-45. 29 Ex-German Type 2 PODSEKATEL STRELA FE TRAL BS TROSS FE UDARNIK VEKHA FE VERP VZRYV BS YAKORJ BS ZAPAL ZARYAD and others CHEKA FI GAFEL (T 205) B GAK (T 210) B GARPUN B! GRUZ B! ISKATEL B! KAPSUL FI KONTRADMIRAL KHOROSHKHIN (T2I9) B KARAMBOL MATROS MINA BS MINREP BS PARAVAN FE PATRON PLAMYA PODSEKATEL FE PROVODNIK FE RUBIN RYM (T 211) B SHKIV SHPILL (T 207) B SHCHIT BS 551 tons standard (748 tons full load ) 202 X 28 X 9 feet 6—37 mm. A A. Reciprocating, with exhaust turbine. 2,150=16-7 kts. 2 modified Schulz 142 tons 4,000 miles at 10 kts. 80 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Coal: Radius: Complement: Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Mines: Machinery: Oil fuel: Complement: Notes Fitted for minelaying and minesweeping, Cheka, Kapsul, Paravan, Podsekatel, Provodnik, Strela, Tross and Vekha are in the Far East. T 205, 207, 210, 21 1,215, 217, 218, 219 are in the Baltic, others in the Black Sea. Built in two series 1935-1936, 1941-1944. Reported to be good sea boats, very handy and effective in minesweeping. “Yakorj” means “Anchor”. Some of this class are employed as Coast Guard vessels. Fugas (201), 202, 203, 204, 206, 208, 209, 212, 213, 217 and Vzryvatel were Second World War losses. 441 tons standard (550 tons full load) 187 (pp.), 203 (o.a.)X 23* x7f feet I—4 inch, 2—37 mm. AA. 40 Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 2,800=18 kts. 96 tons 55 Notes Former German minesweepers of the “M 40” type. All launched in 1941-44. The majority are in the Baltic. One mast. No. 402 and others have been converted into sur¬ veying vessels, with G numbers. Photograph in the 1957-58 edition. 14 Ex-German Type I Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Fuel: Radius: Complement: 717 tons standard (900 tons full load ) 229* X 28* X 9 feet 2—41 inch, I—37 mm. AA., 8—20 mm. AA. Bersig reciprocating. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 3,500: 2 Wagner 143 tons 5,000 miles at 10 kts. Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Mines: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: Notes P.S.K. ( Pogranichnye ) Storozhevye Korabli —(frontier patrol vessel) were built as coast¬ guard vessels. Taken over by the Navy in 1940 and fitted for minesweeping. Differ slightly from “Tral” class boats. All in the White Sea. Round stern as opposed to square stern of the “Tral” type. 440 tons standard (540 tons full load ) 187 (pp.), 203* (oo.)x23fx8 feet I—3-9 inch, 2—37 mm. AA. 24 Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 2,800=18 kts. 95 tons 4,100 miles at 14 kts. 60 Notes Former German minesweepers of the “ M 35 ” type. All launched in 1937-42. Twelve are reported to be in the Black Sea. Photograph of T915 in the 1958-59 and earlier editions. Recent Disposals The two very old ex-German minesweepers Pirmunas (ex-Smetona, ex-M 59) and ex-Virsaitis (ex-M 68) previously owned by Lithuania and Latvia, respectively; the two very old ex- Finnish minesweepers Pioner (ex-Korshun) and Minyor {ex-Yastreb, ex-SS Bore); and the four old ex-Japanese minelayers Nos. 12, 17, 20 and 23, are worn out and are now of little or no military value. Added 1953, Hajime Fukaya 36 “ Artillerist ” Class ARTILLERIST ELEKTRIK KIROVETS LYOTCHIK MASHINIST MEKHANIK MOTORIST PILOT SHTURMAN TRYUMNYI TURBINIST and others Displacement: 240 tons standard (280 tons full load) Dimensions: 160£ x 19 X 8± feet Guns: I—3 inch, 2—37 mm. AA., 3 M.G. A/S weapons: 2 Depth charge throwers Machinery: Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 3,300=25 kts. Oil fuel: 18 tons Complement: 36 Rated as submarine chasers. The design of these handy coastal escort vessels is apparently a Russian version of that of the United States submarine chasers of the PC type. A total of 36 units of this class have been reported. 3 “ Rubin ” Class BRILLIANT RUBIN SAPFIR Displacement: 440 tons standard (550 tons full load ) Dimensions: 203x23x9 feet Guns: I—4 inch, 2—37 mm., 2—13 mm. M.G., D.C. Machinery: Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 2,300= 17 kts. Oil fuel: 85 tons Complement: 58 Notes Rated as gunboats. Similar to the “Tral ” type of fleet minesweepers, but for patrol duties. General Notes The following numbers of patrol boats have been reported: Destroyer Escorts/Guardships (SKR): 177, 233, 360, 445, 480, 615, 765, 770, 920. Large submarine chasers: MPK I I, 23, 39, 400, 435, 474, 477. Large submarine chasers: BO 103, 155, 195, 269, 316, 320, 345, 519, 618, 620, 787, 835. Coast Guard/Border Guard submarine chasers: 328, 438, 442, 443, 444, 445, 536, 537, 569, 814, 815, 817 and others. Coast Guard/Border Guard patrol craft: 505, 623, 635, 636, 750, 751, 752, 753. Recent Disposals The old patrol boat Luga (ex-Estonian Pikker), and the very old patrol boat Ametist (ex- Estonian Su/ev, ex-German A 32) are worn out and have little or no further military value. ELIZABETA (ex-t'Aarty , ex-Shtandart) Displacement: 5,980 tons standard (6,900 tons full load) Dimensions: 370f (w./.), 400 (o.a.) X 50£ X 20 (mean), 22 (max. feet Guns: 4—5-1 inch, 55 cal., 7—3 inch, 3—45 mm. AA., 3 M.G. Mines: 500 Armour: 2" deck M^hinery: Geared turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 11,500=20 kts. Boilers: 4 Yarrow Oil fuel: 930 tons Complement: 400 Notes This ship is the former Imperial yacht, laid down at Copenhagen in 1893, launched on 4 Aug, 1896, and re-engined and rebuilt as a minelayer at Leningrad in 1935-7. She was refitted at Rostock yard in the Russian occupation zone of Germany in the winter of 1948-49. Now used as a training ship. Reported to be at Kronstadt in Oct. 1959 and to have been renamed Elizabeta. VOROSHILOVSK Displacement: 2,300 tons Dimensions: 302 x 40 X 16^ feet Guns: 4—3 inch, 2 M.G. Mines: 400 Machinery: Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 750=9 kts. Coal: 630 tons Complement: 160 Recent Disposals The old auxiliary minelayer Argun is no longer on the Navy List, having been returned to the Merchant Navy. The very old ex-Japanese coastal minelayer Katashima is worn out and of little or no military value. 170 “ Kronstadt ” Class Notes Built in 1951-1957. Flush decked, large squat funnel, slightly raked, massive block bridge structure. An improved version of the “ Artillerist ” class. There appear to be two distinct types of this numerous class of modern coastal escort vessels (reported to run into nearly 200 units). The latest type has a particularly effective anti-submarine armament. The earlier type carries mines. ARTILLERIST KAMISHIMA ELIZABETA Added 1948 No. 497 1955 No 265 No 356 No 357 No 360 No 361 No 497 No 541 and others Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Mines: Machinery: Oil fuel: Complement: 300 tons standard (350 tons full load) I67ix 19^x9 feet I—3 -9 inch, 2—37 mm. AA., 3—20 mm. AA. Depth bomb projectors Fitted for laying Diesels. 2 shafts: =27 kts. 20 tons 40 .S.S.R. 413 General Notes The Russian Navy is capable of a considerable mine-laying effort. In addition to the specialised minelayers, most cruisers and destroyers, some submarines and other craft are fitted for minelaying which has always been a highly specialised branch of the Russian Navy. Ex-Japanese Type MURMAN Notes Launched in 1937. In the White Sea. Now used as a surveying ship. U RA L (ex-Fe/ ix Dzerzh insk i) Notes Launched in 1929. Now used as a training ship. The former minelayer Okhotsk is now employed as a surveying vessel, see particulars and photograph on page 310. Ex-KAMISHIMA Notes Former Japanese light minelayer. Built at Sasebo. Laid down on 20 Feb. 1945. Launched on 12 June 1945. Completed on 30 July 1945. To meet the urgent requirement to lay mines along the Japanese coast this type was built very hurriedly, being designed with a simple hull without camber or sheer, except at the bow, and a hexagonal section funnel. Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Mines: Machinery: 3,000 tons 266x42f X 151 feet 3—51 inch, 4—3 inch 150 Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 2,400=14 kts. Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: 2,800 tons 331^x48x251 feet 4—3-9 inch, 2—37 mm. AA., 4 M.G. Speed: 12 kts. Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Mines: Machinery: 766 tons standard (800 tons full load) 228 (pp), 240± (w./.), 244j (o.a.)x 25£x8* feet 2—40 mm. AA., 13—25 mm. AA., 36 D.C. (original) 120 2 diesels. B.H.P.: 1,900=16-5 kts. ■■■ ■ f. iHiiii 414 U.S.S.R.—Coastal Minesweepers, Mining Tenders, Patrol Boats Displacement: 61 tons Dimensions: 85|X I3£x5 feet Guns: 2—37 mm. AA. Machinery: Speed=24 kts. Notes Medium patrol boats of recent construction. Designed for coastal anti-submarine duties, Displacement 145 tons Dimensions: 130x21x5 feet Guns: 3—37 mm. AA. Machinery: Speed=2l kts. Notes Large patrol boats, reconstructed ex-German reported. leen 1958, Official Ex-R 302 R 303 R 305 R 307 R 308 R 310 R3!l Displacement: 177 tons Dimensions: 134£ X 19| X 6 feet Guns: I—37 mm. AA., 3—20 mm. AA. Machinery: Burmeister & Wain diesel. B.H.P.: 3,178=23 kts. Notes Most of these former German last coastal minesweepers are now used as patrol boats. Photograph in the 1957-58 edition. 145 tons (R 149 155 tons) I28f X 18^x5 feet 3—20 mm. AA M.A.N. diesel. B.H.P.: 2,500: Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Notes Many of these former German fast coastal minesweepers are now employed as patrol boats, T 371 Series Added, 1958 T 460 Series Displacement: 130 tons Dimensions: 100x I6x4* feet Guns: 2—20 mm. AA., 4 M.G. Machinery: Diesel. B.H.P.: 480=10 kts. Complement: 30 Notes Same type as Polish “Albatros” class. T 341,356, 376, 442, 459, 460 and others. Several units of this class are reported to have been converted to surveying vessels. There are two different types of the “ T 301 ” class, the “ T 371 ” group, and the “ T 460 ” group with raking funnel cap (see top photograph). 125 tons 124 X 19x5 feet 3—20 mm. A A. Diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P. Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: Notes Former German fast coastal minesweepers, tion. Now used as patrol boats. Launched in 1939-41. Of wooden construe- 12 Ex-British 126 ft. Type Ex-MMS 1005 Ex-MMS 1023 Ex-ALDER LAKE Ex-BEECH LAKE Ex-CEDAR LAKE Ex-ELM LAKE Ex-HICKORY LAKE Ex-LARCH LAKE Ex-PINE LAKE Ex-POPULAR LAKE Ex-SPRUCE LAKE Ex-WILLOW LAKE Displacement: 254 tons standard (360 tons full load) Dimensions: 126 (pp.), 140 (o.a.)x26x I0£ (mean), I2£ (max.) feet Guns: 2—40 mm. AA., 2—20 mm. AA. Machinery: Diesel. B.H.P.: 500= 10 kts. Oil fuel: 55 tons Complement: 21 Notes Launched in 1944-45. Built in Canadian shipyards on “Mutual Aid” account, and delivered in 1945-46. Ex-MMS 1005 and 1023 were acquired from Great Britain. Added 1948 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: Notes Former German fast coastal minesweepers. Launched in 1937. Of wooden construction. Now used as patrol boats. I 15 and 110 tons 116X I6ix5i feet I—20 mm. AA. M.A.N. diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P. 3 Ex-Japanese Type HAIFENG HAILUNG Displacement: 200 tons Dimensions: Length: 143 feet Guns: 2—37 mm. A A. A/S weapons: 2 D.C. racks Machinery: Diesels= 14 kts. Notes Maritime Border Guard (MVD) ships. Former Manchukuan Navy submarine chasers. Built in Japan in 1933. Acquired by Russia at the end of the Second World War. Pennant No. 702. Ex-MMS 90 Added 1948 3 Ex-British 105 ft. Type Ex-MMS 90 Ex-MMS 203 Ex-MMS 212 Displacement: 163 tons standard (255 tons full I oad) Dimensions: 105 (pp.), 119 (o.a.) x 23x9^ feet Guns: 2—20 mm. AA., 2 M.G. Machinery: Diesel. B.H.P.: 500=10 kts. Oil fuel: 22 tons Complement: 20 Notes Motor minesweepers of wooden construction, “ 105-ft.” Type, acquired from Great Britain. Recent Disposals The old ex-British minesweeping whaler Shika, the four old Dutch wooden minesweeping boats RA 102, RA 103, RA 104 and RA 105, and the five old coastal minesweepers of the “ N " type are worn out and of no further military value. 1954, Hajirne Fukaya Displacement; 460 tons Dimensions: 167£ (o.a.) X22X 9 feet Guns: I—3-1 inch AA., 3—25 mm. AA., I—13 mm. AA., 36 D.C. Machinery: Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,700=16 kts. Notes Former Japanese. Launched 1940. Employed in minesweeping after the war. Delivered to U.S.S.R. at Nakhodka, 3 Oct. 1947 Displacement: 150 tons standard (180 tons full load) Guns: I—45 mm. AA. Machinery: Diesel. Speed: 12 kts. Notes Launched in 1936-40. All are attached to the Mining School as Tenders. New Construction Added 1957 Note There are reported to be a total of about 500 motor torpedo boats in the Soviet Navy- Notes Added 1948 RIVER MONITORS Amur Flotilla LENIN (ex-Shtorm) SUN-YAT-SEN ( ex-Shkval ) KRASNYI VOSTOK (ex-Vyuga CHICHERIN ( ex-Vikhr ) SVERDLOV (ex-Ouragan) Displacement: 965 tons Dimensions: 242£ x 39* x 6* feet Guns: 2—5-9 inch, 4—4-7 inch, 4—37 mm. Armour: 4*" turrets, If" hull Machinery: 4 sets diesels. B.H.P.: 3,000=15 kts. Oil fuel: 100 tons Complement: 104 Launched in 1910. In the Amur Flotilla. Two single (5-9) and two twin (4-7 )turrets. Displacement: 62 tons standard (76 tons full load ) Dimensions: 113x14x4 feet Guns: 1—20 mm. AA., 2 M.G. Tubes: 2—21 inch Machinery: Benz diesels. 3 shafts. B.H.P.: 3,960=33 Oil fuel: 14 tons Notes Launched in 1934-39. Of wooden construction. Employed as patrol boats. Motor Torpedo Boats, Boom Defence Vessels, River Monitors—U.S.S.R. 415 30 Ex-German Types Ex-S 86 Ex-S 99 Ex-S 101 Ex-S 109 Ex-S NO Ex-S M3 Ex-S 118 Ex-S 123 Ex-S 132 Ex-S 135 Ex-S 175 Ex-S 204 Ex-S 209 Ex-S 211 Ex-S 214 Ex-S 219 Ex-S 222 Ex-S 227 Ex-S 704 Ex-S 707 Ex-S 708 Ex-S 709 Displacement 92 tons standard (113 tons full load) I 14* x 16x7 feet 1— 40 mm. AA., 2—20 mm. AA. 2— 21 inch (4 torpedoes) Mercedes diesels. 3 shafts. B.H.P.: 7,500=41 kts 20 tons Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: Oil fuel: Launched in 1939-44. Of wooden construction. Some are being used as fast patrol boats. and two others Displacement: 1,900 tons Dimensions: 238 x 39 x 10 feet Guns: 4—5-1 inch, 4—3 inch, 6—47 mm. Machinery: 4 sets diesels. B.H.P.: 3,200=15 kts. Notes In the Amur Flotilla. Udarnyi doubtful. S. M. KIROV I V. STALIN Dimensions: 170x34x6* feet Guns: 6—5-9 inch, I—3 inch, 4—37 mm Machinery: Diesel=25 kts. Complement: 45 to 50 Notes. IntheAmur Flotilla. Two triple 5-9 inch turrets, 2"—2*" armour above waterline. I"—I*" below. Recent Disposals The very old ex-Austro-Hungarian river monitors Ardeal (ex-Temes), Basarabia (ex-inn), and Bucovina (ex-Sava), and the river monitor ex-Ion C. Bratianu, of the ex-Roumanian Danube Flotilla, if they all still exist, can be only of doubtful military value. Full details of these ships are given in the 1957-58 edition. MOTOR TORPEDO BOATS Motor Torpedo Boats —continued Notes First of the three “ PA ” types of post-war construction. Gun and torpedo armament can be varied according to employment. 4 Ex-Italian MAS Type Displacement: 530 tons Dimensions: 185* X 30* X 4* feet Guns: 3—45 mm. AA., I M.G. Machinery: Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 330=8 kts. Coal: 10 tons Complement: 50 Notes The boom defence vessel Lena (ex-German Franz E. Scbutte) is reported to have been returned to the Merchant Navy. Notes Intermediate type of motor torpedo boats. Can be interchanged as gunboats. LADOGA VYATKA Notes Latest type of motor torpedo boats. A bigger type is reported to be under construction Notes Larger type of motor torpedo boats. All capable of being converted into gunboats. Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: Nites There are still some units of Italian design, as illustrated. Machinery also of Italian design. Distributed between Baltic, Black Sea, and Far East. Distinctive numbers are painted on C.T.s. Transfer Notes Under the Italian Peace Treaty, MS 52, 53, 61, 65, 75; MAS 516, 519-21; ME 40; and VAS 245, 246, 248 were all to be ceded to the Soviet Navy. VAS 245 was delivered on 30 June 1949. MS 52, 61, 65, 75, and MAS 516, 519, and ME 40 were also delivered. Recent Disposals The remaining old Russian motor torpedo boats of the “ Sha 4 ” type, “ G 5 ” type and “ D ” type, are obsolete and worn out and have been stricken off the list. General Notes Motor torpedo boats of the “ Marine Border Guard ” have pennant designations as follows: MO (Morskoi Okhotnik) MTB type vessels (Sea Hunter) SK (Storozhevoi Kater) MTB and SC type (Guard Cutter) PK (Pogranichnyi Kater) MTB type motor launches (Border Cutter) ONEGA “ PB ” Type Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: 513 Series Displacement' Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: 45 tons 82x I6*x5£ feet 2—25 mm. AA. or 4—13 mm. M.G. 2—21 inch Speed=40 kts. 4 Ex-Italian MS Type Notes Former Italian MS boats launched in 1940-43. Ex-MAS 516 Ex-MAS 519 Ex-MAS 520 Ex-MAS 521 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Torpedoes: Machinery: Complement: 24 tons 62 X 14* X 5 feet 2—13 mm. AA. 2—17-7 inch B.H.P.: 2,300=40 kts. 15 30 tons 65|X 16x4 feet 2—13 mm. AA. M.G. 2—21 inch Speed =40 kts. 40 tons 72X I5*X5 feet I—40 mm. AA. or 2—25 mm. AA. 2 Speed=36 kts. 50 tons 85* x 20x6 feet 4—25 mm. AA. M.G. 2—21 inch Speed =42 kts. MS Type Added 1952, Lieut. Aldo Fraccaroli Ex-MS 52 Ex-MS 61 Ex-MS 65 Ex-MS 75 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Tubes: Machinery: Complement: 69 tons 92 x I4| x 5 feet 2—20 mm. AA. 2—21 inch B.H.P.: 3,000=32 kts 18 100 “PA” Type 3 416 U.S.S.R.—Motor Gunboats, Motor Launches Motor Launches —continued Added 1954 61 tons 78fx I 3|X5* feet I—37 mm. AA., 3—13 mm. AA Depth charges 2 petrol engines. 2 shafts. B.H.P. 6 tons petrol Displacement Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Fuel: Complement: Added 1951 Improved BK Type Notes Displacement: 100 tons Dimensions: 128 X 19 X 4f feet Guns: 2—3-9 inch, 2—37 mm. AA., 2—13 mm. M.G Machinery: Speed =25 kts Notes A new type of heavily armed gunboat reported to be in mass production. An improved version of the BK type. Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Fuel: Complement: 51 tons 85ix I3|x4i- feet 2—13 mm AA. Depth charges 2 petrol engines. 2 shafts. B.H.P. 5 tons Displacement: 85 tons Dimensions: 115 X 18x4^ feet Guns: 2—3 inch, I—37 mm. AA , 2— Machinery: Speed=25 kts. Notes Displacement and dimensions given above are approximate. Notes Launched in 1939. Improved “ 1125 ” Type Displacement: 70 tons Dimensions: 100X I7£x4£ feet Guns: I—3-9 inch, 2 M.G. Machinery: Speed =25 kts. Notes A new type of armoured gunboat recently built and under construction. An improved version of the 1125 Type, see below, with a larger hull Displacement: 42 tons standard Dimensions: 82X I2£x3 feet Guns: 2—12 pdr. (3 inch), I AA. M.G. (6 in some) Machinery: Speed =25 lets. Notes The two twelve-pounders are in tank-type turret (see photo). Launched in 1944 The speed of these craft is also reported as 28 kts. Danube Motor Gunboats Among the vessels in the Danube the type of craft most seen is a 30/40 tons motor gunboat with I rocket launcher (16 rockets) forward, and 3 light AA. guns aft. Recent Disposals The shallow draught armoured motor gunboats of the “ 1124” type are obsolete and are being discarded. 1941, Official Nos. 201-212 Dimensions: 82X I3f X3£ feet Displacement: 30 tons Guns: 2—47 mm. Machinery: B.H.P.: 1,120=25 kt Complement: 10 Notes Motor vessels, similar to the Finnish VMV type. Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Complement: 20 tons 57f x I2|x4i feet 2—13 mm. AA. Depth charges: Petrol engines. 2 shafts. Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Complement: 23 tons 74 X I3£x4£ feet 1—13 mm. AA., 2 M.G. Depth changes Petrol engines. 2 shafts. B.H.P. Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Complement: 20 tons 78£ x I2f x3^ feet I —13 mm. AA., 2 M.G Depth charges Petrol engines. 2 shafts. MKM Type 18 tons 53 x 10j x 4 feet I —13 mm. AA., I M.G. Depth charges Petrol engines. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 900=18 kts. Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Complement: Added 1948 Displacement: 95 tons Dimensions: I07£ (w./.) f 111 (o.o.)X 17 X6£ feet Guns: I—40 mm. AA., etc. Machinery: 2 sets diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 800= 15 kts. Complement: 28 Notes BO (BolshoiOkhotnik) U.S. Navy SC type including BO 315 and BO 328. (Large Cutter). Of the original 78 American submarine chasers of the SC type transferred from the United States to Russia during the Second World War under the terms of the lend-lease programme 4 were lost, 59 were destroyed and 10 were returned to the United States for disposal, with Russia retaining only 5 of the BO I-46 series to purchase. Five of the above numbers are those retained. Two others (numbers not reported) were destroyed before U.S. observers in the Far East in 1956. Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: A/S weapons: Machinery: Fuel: Complement: 19 tons 64| x 11 X 4 feet 2 M.G. Depth charges Petrol Engines. 2 shafts. 12 tons Recent Disposals The three old motor launches of the “ MO 2 ” type and the three old motor launches of the “ MO 4 ” type are obsolete on account of their age and it is reported that they are being scrapped. Parent Ships—U.S.S.R. 417 DEPOT SHIPS Depot Ships —continued 1959, Serge/ Romanov 6 Advanced Submarine Parent Ships AMBURAN ARARAT ATREK AYAT Displacement: Measurement: Dimensions: Machinery: Notes... 3,500 tons standard 3,258 tons gross 336x49x20 feet Speed = 13 kts. Advanced submarine parent ships. Converted to naval use from “ Kolomna ” class freighters. There are a total of six of these vessels employed as submarine tenders and replenishment ships. Atrek, fitted with radar homing beacons, is reported to be compre¬ hensively equipped for servicing nuclear powered submarines and ballistic missile submarines. PAYS HERD (ex-Otto W unche) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: 4,730 tons 433x52ix I4i feet 4—4-1 inch, 2—37 mm,, 4 diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: Notes Ex-German. Paysherd was built by Howaldt, Kiel. 12—20 mm. 12,400=20 kts. Launched in 1941. KUBAN (ex-Waldemar Kophamel ) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: 4,726 tons 146 X 52? X 14£ feet 2—41 inch, 2—37 mm. AA. 4 MAN diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 12,400=20 kts. Notes Ex-German. Launched in 1939. Submarine tender. Salvaged in 1950-51 after being sunk in shallow water by bombing during the Second World War. Underwent repairs and reconditioning 1951-1957 and is in service. ADOLF LUDERITZ Ex-ADOLF LUDERITZ Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Notes Launched in 1939. M.T. B. parent ship. 3,615 tons 374x47£x 14 feet 4—41 inch, 2—37 mm., 12—20 mm. 4 diesels. B.H.P.: 12,400=20 kts. Was employed by Germans as depot ship for motor torpedo boats. In the Baltic. . wfHiifiil 4 ii'Aklf V-IMM ANGARA ANGARA (ex-Hela) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: 2,300 tons 323 X 42^ X 11 feet 2—41 inch, I—37 mm. AA., 2—20 mm. AA. 4 MAN diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 6,300= 18 kts. Notes Former yacht built by Stuicken, Hamburg. Launched in 1939. In the Black Sea. SMOLENSK Displacement Dimensions: Machinery: Coal: Complement: 6,000 tons 3l4i (pp.), 331 (o.a.) X 46 x I9i feet Triple expansion. I shaft. I.H.P.: 1,500=11 625 tons 130 Notes Launched in 193 I. Squadron supply ship. Measurement: 4,200 tons gross. kts. In the Far East. V(B) 415 1959 CHUKOTKH 4 Missile Range Ships SAKHALIN SIBIR SUCHAN Measurement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Chukotkh 3,800 tons gross, Sakhalin and Sibir 3,767 tons gross, Suchan 3,710 tons gross 493£x56x— feet (ships vary) 6—45 mm. AA., 2 M.G. Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 3,300=12 kts. Notes Converted Russian merchant vessels employed as missile range ships in the Pacific. Sakhalin and Sibir, reported to be of almost equal size, have three bubble-like domes forward and aft, and both carry helicopters. Suchan, somewhat smaller, is also equipped with a helicopter flight deck as in Sakhalin amd Sibir. Launched in 1930. Sibir was formerly a depot ship for M.T.B.’s and coastal craft. IRTYSH (ex-Kronstadt) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Coal: Complement: 5,800 tons 328 x 46 x I9i feet 4—3 inch, 3—45 mm. AA., 2 M.G. Triple expansion. I shaft. I.H.P.: 1,500=12 kts. 430 tons 240 Notes Parent ship and general supply vessel for submarines in the Baltic. Launched in 1931. SARATOV Notes Submarine tender and depot ship of the “ Anadyr ” class. USA Notes Refrigerator cargo ship and depot ship. TEREK 1946, London Studio TEREK (ex-Elbe) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: 1,600 tons l89x27i:X I0i feet I—3-5 inch, I—20 mm. AA. 2 sets Linke-Hofmann-Busch 6-cyl. 4-stroke diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P : 1,600=15 kts. 48 Notes Launched in 1931. Ex-German. Fishery protection depot ship. In the Black Sea. SMOLNY! Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: 4,800 tons standard 33l£x45£x 12^ feet 5—45 mm. A A. Reciprocating engines. I shaft. I.H.P.: 2,500= 12 kts. 148 Notes Submarine repair tender and supply ship. Launched in 1929. In the Baltic. EM BA (ex-//motor) Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: 2,350 tons 269x4lf X23f feet Speed: 14 kts. Notes Launched in 1929. Mercantile measurement of this ship is 4,000 tons gross. VOLGA (ex-Juan Sebastian De Elcano, ex —) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: Complement: 9,300 tons 459x56x24 feet 2—3 inch, 3—45 mm. AA., 5 M.G. Parsons turbines. 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 5,500=14 kts. 1,090 tons 260 Built by Echevarrieta and Larrinaga, Cadiz. In the Black Sea. The Russian name as a merchant ship is not known, but she was probably immediately incorporated in Russian Navy. 418 U.S.S.R.—Depot Ships ( continued ), Training Ships Depot Ships —continued Training Ships —continued NYEMAN (ex-fear, ex-Puma) Displacement: 3,850 tons Dimensions: 319 X 45£ X 13 feet Machinery: Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 2,000=12 kts. Notes Built by Bremen-Vulcan. Launched in 1930. Converted merchant vessel. Former Depot Ship for submarines. Now a Training ship in the Baltic. Nyeman is the name of a river in Western Russia. Displacement: Dimensions: Sail area: Machinery: 2,787 tons 218 (pp.) X 48^ X 20j feet 18,700 sq. ft. 2 Tosi diesels with electric drive to 2 Marelli motors. 2 shafts. H.P.: 1,600=10 kts. 103 tons 6,000 miles at 8 kts. WEICHSEL Notes Built at Castellammare. Launched on 4 Apr. 1928. Assigned to Soviet Navy by Italian Peace Treaty. Delivered to Russia, Feb. 1949. Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: Coal: Complement: Notes Depot ship for submarines. Built by Howaldt, Kiel. Launched in 1923. In the Baltic. 3,974 tons 309j-x 44x13* feet 4—20 mm. AA. Triple expansion. I.H.P. 2 watertube 425 tons 135 NEVA ( ex-Essequibo ) Displacement: 13,300 tons Dimensions: 450* (pp.), 466 (o.a.) X 57§ X24* feet Guns: 3—3 inch, 6—45 mm. AA., 8 M.G. Machinery: Quadruple expansion. I.H.P.: 5,800=15 kts. Oil fuel: 960 tons Complement: 340 Notes Launched in 1914. Fleet cargo ship and replenishment tender. In the Black Sea. KOMSOMOLETS Added 1948 KOMSOMOLETS (ex-Okean) Displacement: 11,900 tons standard Dimensions: 468f X 55£ X 25 feet Machinery: Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 11,000=18 kts. Boilers: 4, of different types Complement: 289 Notes Built by Howaldt Dockyard, Kiel. Launched in 1902. Training ship for engineers and stokers. In service in the Baltic and still steams. She has been refitted with only two funnels, instead of three (the second funnel having been removed). PRIMORYE ( ex-Hai Yen, ex-Bulga, ex-Signal) Displacement: 4,000 tons Dimensions: 262£ X 36 X 14^ feet Machinery: Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 940=9 kts. Coal: 400 tons Complement: 60 Notes Launched in 1903. General depot and repair ship and supply vessel. In the Black Sea. POLYARNAYA ZVEZDA Displacement: 5,000 tons Dimensions: 349x46x I7£ feet Guns: 3—3 inch, 3—45 mm. AA., 2 M.G. Machinery: M.A.N. diesel. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,200=10 kts. Oil fuel: 225 tons Notes Launched on 31 May 1890. Re-engined in 1936. Ex-Imperial Yacht, rebuilt in 1936-37. Parent ship to submarines in the Baltic. 1958, courtesy Col. D. de C. Smiley AURORA Dimensions: Guns: Notes Former cruiser. Launched i n 1900. Still in service as training ship for cadets at Leningrad. But she is more famous to the Russians as the ship from which the first round of the October Revolution was fired. As such she is shown to all who visit Leningrad under Intourist supervision. Recent Disposals The very old training ship Leningradski Soviet (ex-Vernyi) is worn out and of no use at sea. The same applies to the two very old coastguard vessels Dozornyi and Razvedchik, the ex- German battleship Tsel ( ex-Hessen ) formerly used as a wireless controlled target ship, the ex- German torpedo boat Vystrel (ex-Blitz, ex-7 185, ex- V 185) used for wireless target control of the ex-Hessen, and the four target towing tugs Khorek, Kunitsa, Laska and Vydra . Full details of these ships are given in the 1957-58 and earlier editions. TOVAR ISCH TOVARISCH ( ex-Gorch Foch ) Displacement: 1,350 tons Dimensions: 242£ X 39£ X 15 feet Guns: 2—20 mm. AA. Machinery: MAN diesels. B.H.P.: 520=8 kts. Oil fuel: 25 tons Radius: 3,500 miles at 8 kts. Complement: 260 Notes Barque. Ex-German training ship. Built by Blohm& Voss, Hamburg. Sail area: 2,150 sq. yds. KRASNOYE ZNAMYA ( ex-Khrabryi ) Displacement: 1,740 tons Guns: 5—5-1 nch, 55 cal., 3—45 mrr Armour: 5" belt.il" deck, I" C.T. Machinery: Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 2,100: Oil fuel: Boilers: 6 Other training ships reported: ENISEJ TOBOL PRAKTIKA ( ex-Passat ) U C H E BA ( ex-Mousson) Displacement: 300 tons Notes Three masts. In the Baltic. Sailing vessels for training cadets, boys and volunteers. There are about ten three-masted schooners of 300 tons with one square sail on the foremast of the same class as th ePraktika and Ucheba, built in Finland. They are described as very nice little ships. Notes Launched on 21 Nov. 1895. Hull of extremely strong construction. Excellent sea-boat. Represents an extraordinary concentration of power in small man of war. Three times rebuilt and rearmed. Sunk by Finnish MTB in the battle of Lavansaari, Gulf of Finland, autumn 1942, salved by Russians, repaired and entirely rebuilt, ram removed, large modern bridgework, light tripod mast, large streamlined funnel added Subsequently served as flagship of Rear-Admiral commanding MTB Flotillas in the Baltic. Now used as a gunnery training ship. Illustration in the 1957-58 edition. Tenders, Gunboats, Landing Craft, U.S.S.R.—419 AIRCRAFT TENDERS TE N D E R S AERONAVT (ex-Falke Displacement: 2,040 tons Dimensions: 322? x 46 x 6§ feet Machinery: 2 shafts. H.P.: 1,800=12 kts Notes Ex-German Built by Stiilkenwerff. Launched in 1942. Equipped with a catapult. In the Baltic. KODOR 1948 KODOR (ex-Gunter PJuschow) Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Oil fuel: Radius: Complement: 375 tons I76ix27ix8f feet Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 3.200=19 kts. 50 tons 4.500 miles at 15 kts. 30 Notes Ex-German aircraft tender acquired and renamed. Built by Norderwerft, Hamburg. Completed on 14 Apr. 1935. In the Black Sea. GUNBOATS ARDAGAN KARS Notes Built near Leningrad in 1950 for the Caspian Sea Squadron of the Russian Navy. KRASNAYA ABKHAZIYA KRASNAYA GRUZIYA KRASNAYA ARMENIYA (ex-Krasnyi Krym) KRASNYI ADZHARISTAN Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Mines: Machinery: Oil fuel: 1,100 tons Draught: 3 feet forward, 9 feet aft 2 or 3—51 inch, 2—3 inch AA., 2—45 mm., 2—13 mm., M.G. 248 to 300 Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 640 to 750=9 kts. 150 tons Notes Launched in 1916. In the Black Sea. Though they are fitted for minelaying they are not specially built minelayers, but auxiliary gunboats—converted landing vessels armed with guns during the Russian civil war of 1918-22. Photograph of Krasnaya Abkhaziya in the 1957-58 edition. KRASNYI AZERBAIDZHAN (ex-Trotsky, ex- Ardagan) LENIN (ex-Kars) Displacement: Dimensions Guns: Machinery: Complement: 700 tons 203 x 28* x 9* feet 3—4 inch, 2—45 mm. AA., 2—37 mm. AA., 4 M.G. Diesel. B.H.P.: 2,200= I I kts. 126 Notes Launched 1909. Both in Caspian Sea. The 3 auxiliary gunboats of the “ Moskva ” type have reverted to merchant vessels. RIVER GUNBOATS AKTIVNYI Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Notes In the Amur Flotilla 750 tons 236x27x5* feet 2—4 inch, 4—45 mm. AA. ( 6 M.G. 2 sets diesels. B.H.P.: 1,600 ZHELEZNYAKOV Displacement: Dimensions: Guns; Machinery: Notes In the Danube Flotilla. 240 tons 157* x 25x4* feet 2—4 inch, 3—45 mm. AA., 2—37 mm. AA. 2 sets diesels. B.H.P.: 300 Ex-BIEDNOTA ( ex-Vogul) KRASNYI MONGOL (ex-Mongol) KRASNYI MORYAK (ex-Kore!) KRASNYI BURYAT (ex-Buryat) Ex-RABOTCHI (ex-Kiryiz) TREVOGA (ex-Votyak) Displacement: Dimensions. Guns: * Machinery: Fuel: 190 tons 164x27x2 feet 2—3 or 4-7 inch, I—4-8 inch (122 mm.) howitzer, 2 M.G. H.P.: 500=11 kts. 145 ‘ons Notes Launched in 1907. In the Amur Flotilla. If still in service have been renamed. The majority of the river flotilla of the former Manchurian Navy is believed to be in Soviet hands. Photograph of Krashyi Mongol in the 1957-58 edition. NADYOZHNYI (ex-Drochanin) 2 Torpedo Recovery Ships TSL 24 Notes Ex-Japanese destroyer of the “Matsu” class employed as a torpedo recovery ship. Pennant No. TSL 24. TSL 64 Notes Ex-Japanese destroyer of the “Temzuki” class employed as a torpedo recovery ship. Pennant No. TSL 64. 4 Ex-German M Type Ex-508 (ex-Delphin, ex-M 108) Ex-535 (ex-Gazelle, ex-Hela, ex-M 135) Ex-530 (ex-Fuchs, ex-M 130) DONETS (ex-560, ex-Hecht, ex-Hille, ex-M 60) Displacement: 350 tons (525 tons full load) Dimensions: 183* X24*X7* feet Notes Launched in 1918-19. Deflin was built by Tecklenborg, Geestemuiide, Fuchs by Reiherstreg, Hamburg, Hille by Seebeck, Geestemuiide. Transferred to Russia in 1945. It is reported that ex-Hille is renamed Donets. Used as training ships. Donets is in the Black Sea No. 16 No. 107 No. 172 No. 243 Notes Auxiliary type vessels of the above numbers reported. ADLER BALAKLAVA VAJGACH Notes General utility naval vessels for fleet tender duties. LANDING SHIPS 10 Russian LST Type Displacement: 850 tons Guns: 8—37 mm. AA. Machinery: Diesels. B.H.P.: 4,000= 15 kts. Notes A new type of landing ship basically similar to the British and American LST type. 4 Russian LCG Type Displacement: 550 tons Guns: 4—37 mm. AA., 10 rockets Machinery: 2 shafts. S.H.P.: 1,200= 12 kts. Notes A new type of landing ship or landing craft corresponding to the American LSMR type. LANDING CRAFT Russian LCT Type Displacement: 300 tons Notes A new type of landing craft basically similar to the British LCT type. Russian LC Type 55 115 133 146 148 252 723 729 740 946 113 121 134 147 250 590 725 738 798 964 Displacement: 150 tons Dimensions: 1 15 X 36 X 5 feet Machinery: Speed = 10 kts. Notes Carry three tanks. A new Russian class of landing craft, corresponding to the American LCT type. MZ 778 Notes Ceded 3 Italian MZ Type MZ 780 MZ 781 Displacement: 140 tons Guns: I—20 mm. AA. Machinery: Speed: 9 kts. by the Italian Peace Treaty. 778 and 781 were delivered to Russia on 30 June 1949. 18 Ex-German AFP Type 5 10 II 14 20 26 27 33 42 46 65 74 77 79 80 81 100 102 Displacement: 150 tons Machinery: Speed: 10-5 kts. Notes All launched in 1941-44. 2 Ex-German MFP-D Type 1049 1103 Displacement: 230 tons Notes Machinery: Speed: I Both launched in 1944. 46 Ex-German MFB-A/C Type 108 169 214 223 265 286 390 457 606 875 109 187 220 239 267 287 391 490 821 876 112 188 221 240 268 319 400 571 840 921 114 204 225 246 269 384 425 600 867 976 166 208 226 258 271 385 Displacement: 165 tons Machinery: Speed: 10 5 kts. Notes All launched in 1941-44. There are many more captured and refloated ex-German landing craft. 420 U.S.S.R.—Surveying Vessels, Repair Ships, Fishery Protection Vessel SURVEYING VESSELS Surveying Vessels —continued G 482 Erich Groner G 402 Displacement: Dimeusions: Machinery: Boilers: G 482 550 tons standard (750 tons full load) 202x28x9 feet Triple expansion. Exhaust turbine. I H P.: 2,1 50= I 6 kts. 2 Schulz Notes G 402, G 482 and some other ex-German minesweepers are used as surveying vessels. ALIDADA GIDROSTAT EKHOLOT LT. SHMIDT Notes OLEG KOSHEVOI PRIBOI VARIOMETR Pennant Nos. G-165, G-199, G-15, G-I5I, G-169, G-084 and G-160, respectively. 4 “Gidro” Class (Ex-Fleet Minesweepers) GIDROFON GIDROMTR GIDROSKOP GORIZONT Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Complement: 650 tons standard (945 tons full load ) 180 (w./.), 184* (o.a.) X 33 X 10 (max.) feet Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,440= 15 kts. 100 Notes Former United States steel-hulled fleet minesweepers of the “ Admirable ” class (see earlier page under Fleet Minesweepers) converted into surveying ships. Pennant numbers G-140, G-145, G-142 and G-139, respectively. GIDROLOG SORAKORAM VAL Notes Former Japanese “ Kaibokan ” class converted into surveying ships. Pennant numbers G-III, G-127 and G-108, respectively. G-71 G-089 G-II0 G-II7 G-138 Notes The above are the pennant numbers of surveying vessels reported, names unknown. OST VEST ZUID Displacement: 640 tons Dimensions: 187 X 30* X 12 feet Guns: 2—3 inch, 4—45 mm. AA., 2—13 mm. M.G. Mines: 100 Machinery: 2 sets diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 600=9 kts. Fuel: 50 tons Notes Complement: 100 Small icebreakers on minelaying or surveying duties. All in the White Sea. Sister ship Nord was lost. CHUKCHA Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Fuel: Complement: Notes In the White Sea. LEBEDJ Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Notes In theWhite Sea. 2,700 tons 246 X 43j X 14 feet 2 M.G. Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 900=10 kts. 900 tons coal 55 1,100 tons 180* X 29f X 16 feet I—37 mm. AA., 2 M.G. Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 680=12 kts. OKHOTSK Added 1955 OKHOTSK Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: 3,200 tons full load 2651x42* x 18* feet 3—51 inch, 2—3 inch, 2 M.G. Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 2,400=14 kts. 160 Notes Launched in 1938. In the Far East. Former minelayer converted into a surveying ship. Pennant No. G. 104. EKVATOR (ex-Meteor) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: 1,200 tons 219* X 33* X 12* feet 1—3-5 inch, I M.G. 2sets 8-cyl 4-stroke Diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 2,200= 14-5 kts. Notes Built by Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig. Launched on 18 Jan. 1915. Name means “ Equator.” Refitted in East Germany in 1957. AZIMUT Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: 420 tons 144* X 28* X 11 feet Speed = 11 kts. Notes Swedish built. Launched in 1914. Fitted with a reinforced stern for icebreaking. GALS Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Fuel: 540 tons 121 * X 25 X 11 feet Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 240=8 kts. 45 tons coal BAROGRAF Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: Complement: 260 tons 92 X 19 X 12* feet Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 425=7-5 kts. 19 ZENIT Notes Name means “ Zenith.” The very old surveying vessel Trefolyer is worn out (see full particulars and photograph in the 1957-58 and earlier editions). REPAIR SHIPS KOMMUNA Added 1955 OKEAN Displacement: Guns: Mines: Machinery: 1,500 tons standard (3,000 tons full load ) 3—5-1 inch, 2—3 inch 150 Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 2,400=15 kts. Notes Former minelayer now employed as a surveying vessel. Pennant No. G 098. KAMCHADEL Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Fuel: Complement: PARTIZAN POLYARNYI 1,300 tons 2IOx32|XII feet 2—4 inch, 2 M.G. Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 700 = 9-5 kts. 400 tons coal 80 Notes Partizan and Polyarnyi were both launched in 1937. In the Far East. Pennant Nos. G-I2I, G-124 and G-075, respectively. KOMMUNA ( ex-Volkhov) Displacement: 2,400 tons Machinery: Diesels. 2 shafts Notes Old submarine salvage vessel. Launched in 1913. Double hull. After having been out of commission for many years she was towed to Vlissingen by Russian tugs on 26 May 1950, to be refitted and modernised at De Schelde Yard, Flushing, Netherlands. Towed back to Russia in July 1951 UMBA (ex-Keret) Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Complement: Notes Launched in 1910. 1,400 tons 195* (pp.), 200 (o.a.) x 30 x 12 feet 5—54 mm. AA., 2 M.G. Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 825=10 kts. 80 Ex-MEREPOEG Displacement: 90 tons Machinery: Speed: 10 kts. Notes Ex-Estonian. Small surveying craft. Launched in 1937. GIDROGRAF (ex-Hydrografs) Displacement: 600 tons Machinery: Speed: 10 kts. Notes Ex-Latvian surveying vessel and tender. Launched in 1918. KOMPAS Displacement: 415 tons Machinery: Speed: 7 kts. Notes Ex-Estonian. Surveying vessel and general utility ship. Launched in 1918. GPB-21 GPB-40 GPB-86 GPB-90 GPB-285 GPB-297 GPB-22 GPB-85 GPB-88 GPB-91 GPB-288 GPB-452 Notes Surveying boats of above pennant numbers, but no names reported. ELBRUS Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: Complement: Notes In the Black Sea. 2,600 tons 302 x 39 x 13* feet 2—3 inch, I—45 mm. AA. Diesel-electric. H.P.: 2,800=13 kts. 180 tons 150 FISHERY PROTECTION VESSEL VOROVSKI (ex-Yaroslavna, ex-yacht Lysistrata ) Displacement: 2,300 tons Dimensions: 285 (pp.), 315 (o.a.)X40XI8 feet Machinery: Triple expansion. 2 shafts. H.P.: 3,500=18 kts. Guns: 2—4-7 inch, 2—3 pdr., 2 M.G Complement: 100 Notes Built byWm. Denny & Bros. Ltd., Dumbarton. Launched in 1900. In the Far East. Salvage Vessels, Transports, Oilers—U.S.S.R. 421 SALVAGE VESSELS T ransports —continued AGATAN 4 44 Pamir ” Class ALDAN PAMIR Measurement: 1,443 tons gross Dimensions: 219* (pp.), 238* (o.a.)x38*X 12 feet Machinery: Two 10 cyl. 4 str. diesels. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 4,200=17 kts. Notes New and modern salvage tugs built at A.B. Gavle Varv, Sweden, in 1959-60. Equipped with strong derricks, powerful pumps, air compressors, diving gear, fire fighting apparatus and electric generators. No. 13 1959, Antonov Rogov MB 24 Photo. A. Kull MB 24 MB 25 MB 26 Displacement: Dimensions Guns: Machinery: Oil fuel: Complement: 835 tons 134* (w./.), 143 (o.a.) x 34x15 feet I—3 inch d.p., 2—20 mm. AA. 2 B.M. diesels. 2 electric motors. 2 shafts. B.H.P.: 1,875 = 14 kts. 187 tons 34 Notes Salvage and rescue tugs. Built by Levingstone Shipbuilding Co., Orange, Texas, U.S.A. Launched in 1944. Ex-United States ATAs (Ocean Rescue Tugs). In the Baltic. SIGNAL Displacement 680 tons Machinery: Speed: 14 kts. Notes Launched in 1936. Fitted with powerful pumps and other apparatus for salvage. In the Baltic. Other numbers reported are A 2, 480, 481,450, 455, 515, 525, 580, 610, 612, 621 and 663. Salvage vessels are designated MSB. WATER CARRIERS Ex-BASENTO Ex-ISTRIA Ex-LIRI Ex-POLCEVERA Notes Small water carriers ceded under Italian Peace Treaty. Volodei was in very bad condition in 1950 when she went for overhaul, and she is not worth further repairing. TRANSPORTS * HAYASAKI Added 1953, Hajime Fukaya Ex-HAYASAKI Displacement: Measurement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: 950 tons 2,166 tons gross 190* (p>.), 194* (w.J.), 204* (o.a.) X 30| X 10* feet I—3 » inch, 2—25 mm., 2—13 mm. AA. 2 diesels. B.H.P.: 1,600=15 kts. Note Built at Sakurajama. Launched in 1943. Formerly the first Japanese refrigeration ship. P-6 P-7 P-ll P-13 P-15 P-35 P-252 P-368 Notes Transports of the above pennant numbers are reported, but no names. KAMCHATKA MONGOL Notes “ Lake ” class. Pennant numbers P-380 and P-242, respectively ISHIM OLEKMA SHILKA OB OLGA USSURIJ (ex-Ok.'ot:k) VISHERA Notes Pennant Nos. P-247 (Ob), P-250 (GJekma), P-274 ( Shilka ), P-365 { Ussurij ). P-379 (Wshera). Olekma (also rendered as Olenkna) is ex-Japanese “ Kisak ” class. Olga and Ishim are Coast Guard transports. No. 13 1948 Ex-No. 13 Displacement. Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Boilers: 1,800 tons 315 (o.a.)x33*x 12 feet 2—51 inch, 26—25 mm. AA., 5 M.G., 42 D.C. Turbine. S.H.P.: 9,500=22 kts. 2 Notes Former Japanese. Cargo capacity 500 tons for landing 480 marines. No. 137 1948 Ex-No. 137 Displacement: Dimensions: Guns: Machinery: Notes 1,129 tons 264 (o.a.) x 30 X 10* feet 1—3 9 inch, 21—25 mm. AA., 12 D.C. Turbine. S.H.P.: 2,500=16 kts. Former Japanese. Cargo capacity, 218 tons, plus 674 tons of fuel. Accommodation for 120 ma ines. Ex-MO NTECUCCO (ex-KT 32) Measurement: 834-4 tons gross Dimensions: 221 f x 39* X9 feet Machinery: Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 2,200=12 kts. Coal: 160 tons Notes Former Italian. Built by Ansaldo. Launched on 19 Dec. 1942. Ceded under the Peace Treaty. Delivered to Russia on 23 May, 1949. General Notes Many warships are used as transports from time to time without being specifically desig¬ nated as such. And ships of the Merchant Navy are requisitioned for naval service as re¬ quired, used for special operations, and eventually returned to mercantile service. Recent Disposals The transports Leningrad Soviet and Sovietski Soyus have reverted to the Merchant Navy FLEET OILERS V(B)-I9 1959, Sergei Romanov ALATYR JAHROMA KRASNOFLOTETS ROSSOSH IRBIT KRASNOARMEETS POLYARNIK Note Pennant Nos.: P-393 (Alatyr), P-256 (Irbit), P-260 (Polyarnik), P-384 (Rossosh) and P-355 (Krasnoflotets). The latter is a Coast Guard tanker. P-264 P-268 P-352 P-380 P-384 Notes Fleet oilers of the above numbers are reported, but no names . KONDA VOLKHOV Notes Volkhov of Leningrad or Kazbek class taken over by the Navy as an oiler. Ex-STIGE Displacement: 1,343 tons Dimensions: 173* X 30* X 13 feet Guns: I—4-7 inch, I—3 inch AA. Machinery: Tosi diesel. B.H. P.: 650=7 kts. Notes Petrol Carrier. Built at La Spezia. Launched in 1924. EREVAN Displacement: 3,500 tons Note In the Far East. Ex-KARNTEN Measurement: 5,660 tons gross Guns: I—4‘l inch. 4—20 mm. AA Machinery: Speed: 12 kts. Note Ex-German tanker, now Fleet oiler. Illustration in the 1951-52 to 1959-60 editions. DD ★ |P" i Notes Largest icebreaker ever designed. Nuclear powered. In the early stages of construction Name Launched Notes Displacement: 12,840 tons standard, 15,340 tons full load Dimensions: 368£ (w./.), 400f (o.o.) X 80^ X 31 (normal), 34£ (max.) feet Machinery: Diesel-electric. 3 shafts. S.H.P.: 22,000= 18 3 kts. Oil fuel: 3,000 tons Range: 20,000 miles General Notes Largest diesel-electric icebreakers in the world. Designed to stay at sea for a year without returning to base. Built by Wartsila-Koncernen A/B, Sandvikens Skeppsdocka, Helsinki. The concave dent in the ship’s stern is a housing for the bow of a following vessel when additional power is required. There is a landing deck for helicopters and hangar space for two machines. Moskva was launched on 10 Jan. 1959 and completed in June I960. Leningrad was laid down a few days after, launched on 24 Oct. 1959, and will be completed at the end of I960. The third ship will be completed in 1962. Engineering Notes These three ships have eight generating units of 3,250 B.H.P. each comprising eight main diesel motors of the Wartsila-Sulzer 9 MH 51 type which together have an output of 26,000 electric H.P Four separate machinery compartments. Two engine rooms, four propulsion units in each. Three propellors aft. No forward propeller. Centre propeller driven by electric motor of I 1,000 H.P. and each of the side propellers by motors of 5.500 H.P. Two Wartsila-Babcock & Wilcox boilers. Operational Notes Moskva has four pumps which can move 480 metric tons of water from one side to the other in two minutes to rock the icebreaker and wrench her free of thick ice. POLLUKS (ex-Pollux) Displacement: 4,500 tons Dimensions: 262^ X 63 X 23 feet Machinery: Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 6,000= 13 kts. Boilers: 4 Notes Built in the Netherlands by Smit, Rotterdam, in 1943. It is not confirmed whether she has completely changed her German name. 4 “Stalin” Class ADMIRAL LAZAREV (ex-Yosif Stalin) LAZAR KAGANOVICH ADMIRAL MAKAROV (ex-Vyacheslav Molotov) MIKOYAN (ex-Otto Schmidt) Displacement: 11,000 tons Measurement: 4,866 tons gross Dimensions: 335* (pp.), 351 (o.o.)X75£X22 feet Machinery: Triple expansion, with Diesel-electric propulsion for cruising. 3 shafts. H.P.: 10,050=15-5 kts. Boilers: 9 Fuel: 4,000 tons coal, and diesel oil Complement: 142 Notes 3 aircraft and I catapult were included in the design of these large and very powerful icebreakers. All are in the White Sea. Lazar Kaganovich Mikoyan Admiral Makarov Admiral Lazarev Baltic Works, Leningrad Nikolayev Baltic Works, Leningrad Baltic Works, Leningrad 30 Apr. 1937 1938 8 Mar. 1939 14 Aug. 1937 422 U.S.S.IR. — Icebreakers LENINGRAD MOSKVA VYACHESLAV MOLOTOV I960, Wartsila-Koncernen A/B Sandvikens Skeppsdocka 3 Large Diesel Powered Type Displacement: 5,150 tons Dimensions: 295^x69x22 feet Machinery: Triple expansion. 3 shafts. I.H.P.: 9,600=15 kts. Boilers: 4 Wagner Notes Former German icebreaker. Built by Schichau, Danzig. Launched in 1939. HPT:: • ' i ^ , V PERESVET (ex-Costor) Icebreakers —continued KAPITAN BELOUSOV KAPITAN BELOUSOV 3 “ Kapitan ” Class KAPITAN MELECHOV KAPITAN VORONIN Displacement: 4,375 to 4,415 tons Dimensions: 265 (w./.), 263 (o.a.)X 63 f (max.) X 23 feet Machinery: Diesel-electric. 6 Polar 8 cyl. diesels. B.H.P.: 10,500=16-5 kts. Oil fuel: 740 tons Notes Kapitan Belousov was laid down at the end of 1952 and completed in Sep. 1954. All built by Wartsila-Koncernen A/B, Sandvikens Skeppsdocka, Helsinki. The ships have four screws, two forward under the forefoot and two aft. Measurement Kapitan Belousov 5,360 tons gross 1954 1955 Kapitan Melechov 4,000 tons gross 19 Oct. 1956 1957 Kapitan Voronin 3,416 tons gross 1955 1956 ALIOSHA POPOVICH (ex-German Eisvogel) Displacement: 2,090 tons Dimensions: 200 X 49£ X 21 f feet Machinery: 2 Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 3,200= 13-5 kts. Boilers: I Notes Former German icebreaker. Built by Aalborgs. Launched in 1941. In the White Sea. (Purga, ex-icebreaker, is reported to have been rearmed as an escort vessel.) ILIYA MUROMETS (ex-German Eisbar) Displacement: 1,918 tons Dimensions: I80*x49*x21§ feet Machinery: Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 1,600= 15 kts. Boilers: I Completed 1954 19 Oct. 1956 1955 Former German icebreaker. Built by Eriksberg, Gothenborg, and launched in 1941. MOSKVA Displacement: 16,000 tons Dimensions: 440 X 90* X 25 feet Aircraft: 2 helicopters Machinery: 3 pressurised water cooled atomic reactors and 4 steam turbines. 3 shafts (no shaft in bow). S.H.P.: 44,000=18 kts. (max.) (see Engineering Notes) General Notes The world’s first nuclear powered surface ship to put to sea. Built at the Kirov Elektrosila Works, Leningrad. Launched on 2 Dec. 1957. Completed and commissioned on 15 Sep. 1959 when she sailed on her maiden voyage into the Baltic. Dimensions also reported as 425 (o.a.) X85 feet and 435x89 feet. Reported to have accommodation for 1,000 personnel. Engineering Notes The atomic reactors will enable her to steam for eighteen months without refuelling. The fuel consumption is reported to be only five ounces daily. The turbines were manufactured by the Kirov plant in Leningrad. There are three propellers aft, but no forward screw. The shaft horse power is also reported as 18,000 (normal cruising) and 56,000 (maximum). Operational Notes With her reinforced prow she is able to force a 100 ft. wide ice-free swathe and move continually through solid pack ice 8 feet thick at 3 to 4 knots. ICEBREAKERS I New Construction. Nuclear Powered LENIN I960 LENIN I Large Nuclear Powered Type Displacement: Dimensions: Machinery: 25,000 tons 525x82x29 feet Nuclear reactors and steam turbines = 25 kts. Icebreakers ( continued ), Tugs—U.S.S.R. 423 Icebreakers —continued Icebreakers —continued VOLYNETS (ex-Suur Toll, ex-Vainamoinen, ex-Volynets, ex-Tsar Mikhail Fyodorovich) Displacement: 4,000 tons Dimensions: 236£ x 57 x 18£ feet Machinery: 3 sets triple expansion. 3 shafts. I.H.P.: 5,800= 13-5 kts. Fuel: 800 tons coal Notes Former Estonian icebreaker. Launched in 1914. In the Baltic. Photograph in the 1957-58 and earlier editions. SADKO (ex-Lintrose) Displacement: 2,000 tons Measurement: 1,613 tons gross Dimensions: 255x37^x21 feet Machinery: Triple expansion I.H. P.: 3,500= 14 kts. Boilers: 4 Notes Built by Swan, Hunter andWigham Richardson, Ltd., Wallsend-on-Tyne, and launched in 1913. Transferred from the Canadian Government Service in 1915. This ship was sunk during the First World War off the Arctic coast of Russia where she lay for many years until she was raised and refitted. In the White Sea. Photograph in the 1957-58 and earlier editions. FYODOR LITKE ( ex-Kanada , ex-Earl Grey) Displacement: 3,400 tons Measurement: 2,216 tons gross Dimensions: 250 (pp.), 265 (o.a.) X48X I7£ (mean), 22i (max.) feet Machinery: Triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 6,000=17 kts. Notes Built by Vickers and launched in 1909. Transferred from the Canadian Government Service in 1915. Refitted on the Mersey in 1947-48. In the White Sea. Photograph in the 1951-52 and earlier editions. TAIMYR Displacement: 1,290 tons standard Machinery: Speed: 10*5 kts. Notes Small and low powered icebreaker. Launched in 1909. In the White Sea. Photograph in the 1951-52 and earlier editions. GEORGII SEDOV (ex-Beothic) VLADIMIR RUSANOV (ex-Bonaventure) Displacement: 3,217 tons Measurement: 1,383-1,588 tons gross Dimensions: 240£ X 36 X 1 6± feet Machinery: Triple expansion. I.H.P.: 3,000=13-5 kts. Fuel: 500 tons coal Notes Built in 1909, by D. &W. Henderson & Co. and by Napier & Miller, respectively. Both purchased in 1915. In the White Sea. In 1939 Georgii Sedov achieved a record latitude in her ice-bound drift northward, MONTCALM Measurement: 3,270 tons Measurement: 1,432 tons gross Dimensions: 245 X40? X I5f feet Machinery: 2 sets triple expansion. 2 shafts. I.H.P.: 3,225= I4j