HMS Domett
- Displacement
- 1,190 long tons (1,209 t)
- Length
- 88.09 m (289 ft)
- Beam
- 10.67 m (35 ft)
- Speed
- 20 knots (37 km/h, 23 mph)
- Complement
- 198
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
Service
- as USS Eisner (DE-269)5 March 1946 — 3 June 1947
- as HMS Domett (K473)3 September 1943 — 5 March 1946730 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Domett
- Pennant / hull number
- K473
- Builder
- Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts
- Ordered
- 25 January 1942
- Laid down
- 7 April 1943
- Launched
- 19 May 1943
- Commissioned
- 3 September 1943
- Fate
- Returned to United States, 5 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 Domett was a Captain-class frigate in service with the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number K473. Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts laid her keel on 7 April 1943. She entered service on 3 September 1943, having been launched on 19 May 1943.
She was one of 46 ships of her class.
Displacement was 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. Her machinery developed 6,000 shp through two shafts.
She served with the United States Navy as USS Eisner (DE-269) until 3 June 1947. She then passed to the Royal Navy, serving as HMS Domett (K473) from 3 September 1943. She was in commission for 730 days of the Second World War.
She was transferred on 5 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
- HMS Affleck
- HMS Aylmer
- HMS Balfour
- HMS Bayntun
- HMS Bentley
- HMS Berry
- HMS Blackwood (K313)
- HMS Braithwaite
- HMS Bullen
- HMS Burges (K347)
- HMS Byard
- HMS Capel (K470)
- HMS Cooke
- HMS Cotton
- HMS Cranstoun
- HMS Cubitt
- HMS Curzon (K513)
- HMS Dacres
- HMS Deane
- HMS Drury
- HMS Essington (K353)
- HMS Foley (K474)
- HMS Gardiner
- HMS Garlies
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Domett on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.