USS Holmes (PF-81)
- 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
- 40 mm (1.6 in)
Service
- as Holmes13 May 1946 — 12 August 1944
- as HMS Tobago12 August 1944 — 1945386 days of the war
- Name
- USS Holmes
- Pennant / hull number
- PF-81
- Namesake
- A British name assigned in anticipation of delivery of the ship to the United Kingdom
- Laid down
- 17 August 1943
- Launched
- 27 September 1943
- Commissioned
- 12 August 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
- 40 mm (1.6 in)
Holmes (PF-81), originally designated PG-189, was built under Maritime Commission contract by Walsh-Kaiser Co., Inc., Providence, R.I. Intended for use by the United Kingdom, she was reclassified PF-81,15 April 1943, renamed Hong Kong, then Tobago and launched 27 September 1943, sponsored by Mrs. D. W. Ambridge, Ottawa, Canada. Tobago was then completed and transferred under Lend-Lease to the United Kingdom 12 August 1944 as part of the 21-ship "Colony" class. She served as a patrol and escort vessel until being returned to the United States 13 May 1946. The frigate was subsequently sold to Boston Metals Co., of Baltimore, Md., for scrapping, but was resold to Egypt in 1950 for use as a passenger vessel by Khedivial Mail Lines, Alexandria.
From the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, compiled by the Naval History and Heritage Command (Holmes I (PF-81)). A work of the United States Government, in the public domain.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 3 × boilers
- 2 × turbines, 5500 shp each
- 2 shafts
- Armament
- 3 × single 3-inch/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
- 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 Papua
- HMS Perim
- HMS Pitcairn
- HMS Sarawak
- HMS Seychelles
- HMS Sierra Leone (K593)
- HMS Somaliland
- HMS St. Helena
- HMS Tobago (K585)
- HMS Tortola
- HMS Zanzibar
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Holmes (PF-81) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Service history reproduced verbatim from Holmes I (PF-81) , Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships — public domain, a work of the United States Government.