HMS Halsted (K556)

HMS Halsted was a frigate of the Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number K556. Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts laid her keel on 28 July 1943. Launched on 14 October 1943, she entered service on 3 November 1943.

Her class ran to 98 ships. The class followed the Evarts-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Cannon-class destroyer escort.

Displacement was 1,400 long tons. She measured 93.3 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 11.2 m (37 ft). Her designed speed was 24 knots, and she carried a complement of 186.

Her main battery was three 76 mm (3 in) guns.

She served with the United States Navy as unnamed (DE-91) until 1 November 1946. She then passed to the Royal Navy, serving as HMS Halsted (K556) from 3 November 1943. She was in commission for 221 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 13 November 1944.

She was sunk on 11 June 1944. The wreck survives.

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