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HMS Holmes (K581)
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Name: unnamed (DE-572)
Builder: Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts
Laid down: 27 October 1943[1]
Renamed: USS Holmes (DE-572) 1943
Namesake: British name assigned in anticipation of transfer to United Kingdom
Launched: 18 December 1943
Completed: 31 January 1944
Commissioned: never
Fate: Transferred to United Kingdom 31 January 1944
Acquired: Returned by United Kingdom 3 December 1945[2]
Struck: 7 February 1946
Fate: Sold October 1947 for scrapping

HMS Holmes (K581) was a Captain-class frigate of the Buckley class of destroyer escort, originally intended for the United States Navy. Before she was finished in 1944, she was transferred to the Royal Navy under the terms of Lend-Lease, and was in commission from 1944 to 1945, seeing service during World War II.

Construction and transfer[]

The still-unnamed ship was laid down as the U.S. Navy destroyer escort DE-572 by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., in Hingham, Massachusetts, on 27 October 1943.[1] Allocated to the United Kingdom, she received the British name Holmes and was launched on 18 December 1943. She was transferred to the United Kingdom upon completion on 31 January 1944.

Service history[]

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A24208

Sub Lieutenant Anthony Large, BEM, South African Naval Force (Volunteers) taking a compass bearing aboard HMS HOLMES whilst she was guarding Allied supply lines to the Normandy beachhead.

Commissioned into service in the Royal Navy as the frigate HMS Holmes (K581) on 31 January 1944 simultaneously with her transfer, the ship served on escort duty for the remainder of World War II. The Royal Navy returned her to the U.S. Navy on 3 December 1945.[2]

Disposal[]

The U.S. Navy struck Holmes from its Naval Vessel Register on 7 February 1946. She was sold to Walter H. Wilms and Company of Detroit, Michigan, in October 1947 for scrapping.

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