Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
United States Navy — Frigate

French frigate Sénégalais

Cannon-class destroyer escort

French frigate Sénégalais
US Navy — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate Starboard view of Free French Destroyer Escort Senegalais (T-22).

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Corbesier? — 14 May 19522,193 days of the war
  2. Marine Nationale as Sénégalais (T-22)2 January 1944 — in service609 days of the war
  3. Marine Nationale as Sénégalais (F-02)14 October 1946 — May 1965
Cannon-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Sénégalais
Namesake
Antoine Joseph Corbesier
Builder
Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware
Laid down
24 April 1943
Launched
11 November 1943
Struck
14 May 1952
Fate
1965 sold for scrap to Walter Ritscher, Hamburg (1965)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,240 long tons (1,260 t)
Length
93.27 m (306 ft) OA
Beam
10.97 m (36 ft)
Draught
2.44 m (8 ft)
Speed
21 knots (38.9 km/h, 24.2 mph)
Range
10,800 nmi (20,002 km)
Complement
216
Main gun
76 mm (3 in)

USS Sénégalais was a frigate of the Cannon-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy. She was named for Antoine Joseph Corbesier. Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware laid her keel on 24 April 1943. She was launched on 11 November 1943.

79 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Buckley-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Edsall-class destroyer escort.

Displacement was 1,240 long tons. She measured 93.3 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 11.0 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 21 knots, and she carried a complement of 216. Her main battery was of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.

She served with the United States Navy as USS Corbesier until 14 May 1952. She then passed to the Marine Nationale, serving as Sénégalais (T-22) from 2 January 1944. She then passed to the Marine Nationale, serving as Sénégalais (F-02) from 14 October 1946. She was in commission for 2,802 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 14 May 1952.

She was broken up for scrap in 1965.

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Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 4 × GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Armament
  • 3 × single Mk.22 3"/50 caliber guns
  • 1 × twin 40 mm Mk.1 AA gun
  • 8 × 20 mm Mk.4 AA guns
  • 3 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 1 × Hedgehog Mk.10 anti-submarine mortar
  • 8 × Mk.6 depth charge projectors
  • 2 × Mk.9 depth charge tracks

Sister ships

54 more in the class

Sources