HMS Inman
Service
- as unnamed (DE-526)1 March 1946 — November 1946
- as Inman13 January 1944 — October 1945598 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Inman
- Pennant / hull number
- K571
- Builder
- Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts
- Laid down
- 25 September 1943
- Launched
- 2 November 1943
- Commissioned
- 13 January 1944
- Decommissioned
- October 1945
- Fate
- Returned to United States, 1 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 Inman was a Captain-class frigate of the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number K571. Her keel was laid at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts on 25 September 1943. Launched on 2 November 1943, she entered service on 13 January 1944.
She was one of 46 ships of her class.
She displaced 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. 6,000 shp drove two shafts.
She served with the United States Navy as unnamed (DE-526) until November 1946. She then passed to the Royal Navy, serving as Inman from 13 January 1944. She was in commission for 598 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned in October 1945.
She was transferred on 1 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 Domett
- HMS Drury
- HMS Essington (K353)
- HMS Foley (K474)
- HMS Gardiner
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Inman on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Beadell, S J (Lt), Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph A 23707 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-01) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons