HMS Inman

HMS Inman off Greenock, Scotland, on 22 May 1944.
History
United States
Name	unnamed (DE-526)
Builder	Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts
Laid down	25 September 1943[1]
Launched	2 November 1943
Completed	13 January 1944
Commissioned	never
Fate	Transferred to United Kingdom 13 January 1944
Acquired	Returned by United Kingdom 1 March 1946
Fate	Sold November 1946 for scrapping
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Inman (K571)
Namesake	Captain Henry Inman (1762–1809), British naval officer
Acquired	13 January 1944
Commissioned	13 January 1944[2]
Decommissioned	1945[3]
Fate	Returned to United States 1 March 1946
General characteristics
Displacement	1,140 long tons (1,158 t)
Length	289.5 ft (88.2 m)
Beam	35 ft (11 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion	Four General Motors 278A 16-cylinder engines GE 7,040 bhp (5,250 kW) generators (4,800 kW) GE electric motors for 6,000 shp (4,500 kW) Two shafts
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h)
Range	5,000 nautical miles (9,260 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement	156
Sensors and processing systems	SA & SL type radars Type 144 series Asdic MF Direction Finding antenna HF Direction Finding Type FH 4 antenna
Armament	3 × 3 in (76 mm) /50 Mk.22 guns 1 × twin Bofors 40 mm mount Mk.I 7–16 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns Mark 10 Hedgehog antisubmarine mortar Depth charges QF 2-pounder naval gun
Notes	Pennant number K571

HMS Inman (K471) was a Captain-class frigate of the Royal Navy in commission in World War II. Originally built as the United States Navy Evarts-class destroyer escort DE-526, she served in the Royal Navy from 1944 to 1945.

The ship was laid down as the unnamed US Navy destroyer escort DE-526 by the Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts, on 25 September 1943 and launched on 2 November 1943.^[1] The United States transferred her to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease on 13 January 1944; she was the last of the 78 destroyer escorts the United States transferred to the United Kingdom.

The ship was commissioned into service in the Royal Navy as HMS Inman (K571) on 13 January 1944^[2] simultaneously with her transfer. She served on patrol and escort duty for the remainder of World War II and was decommissioned in 1945 after the conclusion of the war.^[3]

The Royal Navy returned Inman to the US Navy on 1 March 1946.

The United States sold Inman in November 1946 to George H. Nutman, Inc., of Brooklyn, New York, for scrapping.^[1]

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

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