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HMS Sarawak (K591)
Career (United States) US flag 48 stars
Name: USS Patton (PG-195)
Namesake: British name assigned in anticipation of ship's transfer to United Kingdom
Reclassified: Patrol frigate, PF-87, 15 April 1943
Builder: Walsh-Kaiser Company, Providence, Rhode Island
Laid down: 28 September 1943[1] or 30 October 1943[2]
Renamed: Sarawak, 1943
Namesake: Sarawak
Launched: 25 October 1943[1] or 5 February 1944[2]
Commissioned: never
Fate: Transferred to United Kingdom 7 February 1944[1] or 25 July 1944[2]

HMS Sarawak (K591) was a Colony-class frigate of the United Kingdom that served during World War II. She originally was ordered by the United States Navy as the Tacoma-class patrol frigate USS Patton (PF-87) and was transferred to the Royal Navy prior to completion.

Construction and acquisition[]

The ship, originally designated a "patrol gunboat," PG-195, was ordered by the United States Maritime Commission under a United States Navy contract as USS Patton. She was reclassified as a "patrol frigate," PF-87, on 15 April 1943 and laid down by the Walsh-Kaiser Company at Providence, Rhode Island, on 28 September 1943.[1] Intended for transfer to the United Kingdom, the ship was renamed Sarawak by the British prior to launching and was launched, according to different sources, on either 25 October 1943[1] or 5 February 1944.[2]

Service history[]

Transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease on, according to different sources, either 7 February 1944[1] or 25 July 1944,[2] the ship served in the Royal Navy as HMS Sarawak (K591) until decommissioned in 1945.[3]

Disposal[]

The United Kingdom returned Sarawak to the U.S. Navy on 22 May 1946. She was scrapped in 1947.

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Notes
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 uboat.net HMS Seychelles (K 592)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Navsource Online: Frigate Photo Archive HMS Seychelles (K 592) ex-Pearl ex-PF-88 ex-PG-196
  3. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named decommissioning
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