Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Frigate K571

HMS Inman

Captain-class frigate

HMS Inman
Beadell, S J (Lt), Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph A 23707 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-01) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — K571 Photograph of Captain class frigate HMS Inman, off Greenock.

Service

  1. United States Navy as unnamed (DE-526)1 March 1946 — November 1946
  2. Royal Navy as Inman13 January 1944 — October 1945598 days of the war
Captain-class frigate Particulars
Name
HMS Inman
Pennant / hull number
K571
Builder
Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts
Laid down
25 September 1943
Launched
2 November 1943
Commissioned
13 January 1944
Decommissioned
October 1945
Fate
Returned to United States, 1 March 1946 (1946)
Status
Unknown

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,190 long tons (1,209 t)
Length
88.09 m (289 ft)
Beam
10.67 m (35 ft)
Draught
3.05 m (10 ft)
Speed
20 knots (37 km/h, 23 mph)
Range
6,000 nmi (11,112 km)
Complement
198
Main gun
76 mm (3 in)

HMS Inman was a Captain-class frigate of the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number K571. Her keel was laid at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts on 25 September 1943. Launched on 2 November 1943, she entered service on 13 January 1944.

She was one of 46 ships of her class.

She displaced 1,190 long tons. She measured 88.1 m (289 ft) long with a beam of 10.7 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 20 knots, and she carried a complement of 198.

Her main battery was three 76 mm (3 in) guns. 6,000 shp drove two shafts.

She served with the United States Navy as unnamed (DE-526) until November 1946. She then passed to the Royal Navy, serving as Inman from 13 January 1944. She was in commission for 598 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned in October 1945.

She was transferred on 1 March 1946.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 2 shafts; 4 diesel engines
Power
  • 6000 shp electric motors
Armament
  • 3 × single 3 in/50 Mk 22 guns
  • 1 × twin Bofors 40 mm
  • 9 × single 20 mm Oerlikon guns
  • 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar
  • 2 × Depth charge rails and four throwers

Sister ships

21 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMS Inman on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Beadell, S J (Lt), Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph A 23707 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-01) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons