USS Machias (PF-72)
Service
- as USS Hallowell (PG-180)31 May 1946 — 13 June 1947
- as HMS Anguilla (K500)15 October 1943 — 1946688 days of the war
- Name
- USS Machias
- Pennant / hull number
- PF-72
- Namesake
- Hallowell, Maine
- Builder
- Walsh-Kaiser Company, Providence, Rhode Island
- Laid down
- 1 April 1943
- Launched
- 14 July 1943
- Commissioned
- 15 October 1943
- Decommissioned
- 1946
- Fate
- Returned to United States, 31 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)
USS Machias was a destroyer escort of the Colony-class frigate/Tacoma-class frigate built for the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number PF-72. She was named for Hallowell. Walsh-Kaiser Company, Providence, Rhode Island laid her keel on 1 April 1943. Launched on 14 July 1943, she entered service on 15 October 1943.
She was one of 45 ships of her class.
Displacement was 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 of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.
She served with the United States Navy as USS Hallowell (PG-180) until 13 June 1947. She then passed to the Royal Navy, serving as HMS Anguilla (K500) from 15 October 1943. She was in commission for 688 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned in 1946.
She was transferred on 31 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 inch/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 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 Machias (PF-72) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 669 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons