Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Destroyer escort PF-91

USS Peyton (PF-91)

Colony-class frigate/Tacoma-class patrol frigate

USS Peyton (PF-91)
Coote, R G G (Lt), Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph A 25716 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-01) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — PF-91 Photograph of British Colony class frigate HMS Tortola at Greenock.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Peyton22 May 1946 — 3 July 1946
  2. Royal Navy as HMS Tortola16 May 1944 — August 1945469 days of the war
Colony-class frigate/Tacoma-class patrol frigate Particulars
Name
USS Peyton
Pennant / hull number
PF-91
Namesake
British name assigned in anticipation of ships transfer to United Kingdom
Laid down
16 October 1943
Launched
16 November 1943
Commissioned
16 May 1944
Decommissioned
August 1945
Struck
3 July 1946
Fate
Returned to U.S. Navy 22 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 Peyton was a destroyer escort of the Colony-class frigate/Tacoma-class patrol frigate in service with the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number PF-91. Her keel was laid on 16 October 1943. Launched on 16 November 1943, she entered service on 16 May 1944.

45 ships of the class were built.

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 three 76 mm (3 in) guns.

She served with the United States Navy as USS Peyton until 3 July 1946. She then passed to the Royal Navy, serving as HMS Tortola from 16 May 1944. She was in commission for 469 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned in August 1945. She was struck from the register on 3 July 1946.

She was transferred on 22 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 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 USS Peyton (PF-91) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Coote, R G G (Lt), Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph A 25716 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-01) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons