Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Frigate PG-194

HMS St. Helena

Colony-class frigate/Tacoma-class patrol frigate

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

  1. United States Navy as USS Pasley8 April 1946 — 19 June 1946
  2. Royal Navy as HMS St. Helena19 February 1944 — 1945561 days of the war
Colony-class frigate/Tacoma-class patrol frigate Particulars
Name
HMS St. Helena
Pennant / hull number
PG-194
Namesake
Admiral Sir Thomas Pasley (1734-1808), British naval officer who commanded from his flagship HMS Bellerophon (1786) at the Glorious First of June in 1794. British name assigned in anticipation of ships transfer to United Kingdom
Laid down
22 September 1943
Launched
20 October 1943
Commissioned
19 February 1944
Decommissioned
1945
Struck
19 June 1946
Fate
Returned to United States 8 April 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 St. Helena was a Colony-class frigate/Tacoma-class patrol frigate, operated by the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number PG-194. She was named for Admiral Sir Thomas Pasley. Her keel was laid on 22 September 1943. Launched on 20 October 1943, she entered service on 19 February 1944.

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 Pasley until 19 June 1946. She then passed to the Royal Navy, serving as HMS St. Helena from 19 February 1944. She was in commission for 561 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned in 1945. She was struck from the register on 19 June 1946.

She was transferred on 8 April 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 cal. 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

20 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMS St. Helena on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.