HMS Ascension
Service
- as USS Hargood31 May 1946 — 16 October 1947
- as HMS Ascension24 November 1943 — 31 May 1946648 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Ascension
- Pennant / hull number
- PG-182
- Namesake
- William Hargood (1762-1839), British naval officer (British name assigned in anticipation of ships transfer to United Kingdom)
- Builder
- Walsh-Kaiser Company, Providence, Rhode Island
- Laid down
- 30 April 1943
- Launched
- 6 August 1943
- Commissioned
- 24 November 1943
- Fate
- Returned to United States 31 May 1946 (1946)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,264 long tons (1,284 t)
- Length
- 92.35 m (303 ft)
- Beam
- 11.28 m (37 ft)
- Draught
- 3.96 m (13 ft)
- Speed
- 20 knots (37 km/h, 23 mph)
- Complement
- 190
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
HMS Ascension was a Colony-class frigate/Tacoma-class frigate in service with the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number PG-182. The ship was named after William Hargood. Walsh-Kaiser Company, Providence, Rhode Island laid her keel on 30 April 1943. She entered service on 24 November 1943, having been launched on 6 August 1943.
She was one of 45 ships of her class.
She displaced 1,264 long tons. She measured 92.3 m (303 ft) long with a beam of 11.3 m (37 ft). Her designed speed was 20 knots, and she carried a complement of 190. Her main battery was of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.
She served with the United States Navy as USS Hargood until 16 October 1947. She then passed to the Royal Navy, serving as HMS Ascension from 24 November 1943. She was in commission for 648 days of the Second World War.
She was transferred on 31 May 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
- 3 × boilers
- 2 × turbines, 5500 shp each
- 2 shafts
- Armament
- 3 × single 3 inch/50 AA guns
- 2 × twin 40 mm guns
- 9 × single 20 mm
- 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar
- 8 × Y-gun depth charge projectors
- 2 × depth charge racks
Sister ships
- HMS Anguilla
- HMS Antigua (K501)
- HMS Bahamas
- HMS Barbados (K504)
- HMS Caicos
- HMS Cayman
- HMS Dominica (K507)
- HMS Gold Coast (K584)
- HMS Hong Kong (K585)
- HMS Labuan
- HMS Montserrat
- HMS Nyasaland
- HMS Papua
- HMS Perim
- HMS Pitcairn
- HMS Sarawak
- HMS Seychelles
- HMS Sierra Leone (K593)
- HMS Somaliland
- HMS St. Helena
- HMS Tobago (K585)
- HMS Tortola
- HMS Zanzibar
- USS Hallowell (PF-72)
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Ascension on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Arthur Conry (digitised and edited by Wiki-Ed ) — From collection of Wiki-Ed's great uncle — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons