French frigate Sénégalais
Service
- as USS Corbesier? — 14 May 19522,193 days of the war
- as Sénégalais (T-22)2 January 1944 — in service609 days of the war
- as Sénégalais (F-02)14 October 1946 — May 1965
- 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.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
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
- Brazilian destroyer Babitonga
- Brazilian destroyer Baependi
- Brazilian destroyer Bauru
- Brazilian destroyer Beberibe
- Brazilian destroyer Benevente
- Brazilian destroyer Bertioga
- Brazilian destroyer Bocaina
- Brazilian destroyer Bracui
- French frigate Algérien
- French frigate Hova
- French frigate Marocain
- French frigate Somali
- French frigate Tunisien
- USS Acree
- USS Alger
- USS Amick
- USS Atherton
- USS Baker (DE-190)
- USS Bangust
- USS Baron
- USS Booth
- USS Bostwick
- USS Breeman
- USS Bright
Sources
- Facts harvested from French frigate Sénégalais on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: US Navy — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons