HMS Papua
- Displacement
- 1,264 long tons (1,284 t)
- Length
- 92.35 m (303 ft)
- Beam
- 11.28 m (37 ft)
- Speed
- 20 knots (37 km/h, 23 mph)
- Complement
- 190
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
Service
- as USS Howett13 May 1946 — 25 July 1944
- as HMS Papua25 July 1944 — 1945404 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Papua
- Pennant / hull number
- PG-192
- Namesake
- British name assigned in anticipation of ships transfer to United Kingdom
- Laid down
- 7 September 1943
- Launched
- 10 October 1943
- Commissioned
- 25 July 1944
- Decommissioned
- 1945
- Fate
- Returned to United States 13 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 Papua was a Colony-class frigate/Tacoma-class patrol frigate built for the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number PG-192. Her keel was laid on 7 September 1943. She entered service on 25 July 1944, having been launched on 10 October 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 three 76 mm (3 in) guns.
She served with the United States Navy as USS Howett until 25 July 1944. She then passed to the Royal Navy, serving as HMS Papua from 25 July 1944. She was in commission for 404 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned in 1945.
She was transferred on 13 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 in/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 Ascension
- 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 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 Papua on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.