USS Pilford (PF-85)
- 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 Piflord11 June 1946 — 3 July 1946
- as HMS Pitcairn7 July 1944 — 11 June 1946422 days of the war
- Name
- USS Pilford
- Pennant / hull number
- PF-85
- Namesake
- British name assigned in anticipation of ships transfer to United Kingdom
- Laid down
- 14 September 1943
- Launched
- 15 October 1943
- Commissioned
- 7 July 1944
- Struck
- 3 July 1946
- Fate
- Returned to United States 11 June 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 Pilford was a destroyer escort of the Colony-class frigate/Tacoma-class patrol frigate, operated by the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number PF-85. Her keel was laid on 14 September 1943. Launched on 15 October 1943, she entered service on 7 July 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 Piflord until 3 July 1946. She then passed to the Royal Navy, serving as HMS Pitcairn from 7 July 1944. She was in commission for 422 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 3 July 1946.
She was transferred on 11 June 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
- 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 Pilford (PF-85) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.