USS Marocain (DE-109) | |
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![]() Port side view of Free French Destroyer Escort Marocain (F-705). | |
Career (United States) | |
Name: | USS Marocain (DE-109) |
Builder: | Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware |
Laid down: | 7 September 1943 |
Launched: | 1 January 1944 |
Commissioned: | 29 February 1944 |
Fate: | Transferred to Free France, 29 February 1944 |
Struck: | 14 May 1952 |
Career (Free France) | ![]() |
Name: | Marocain (F-705) |
Namesake: | Moroccan |
Acquired: | 29 February 1944 |
Career (France) | ![]() |
Name: | Marocain (F-705) |
Acquired: | 14 October 1946 |
Struck: | 1960 |
Fate: | Returned to USN May 1964 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class & type: | Cannon-class destroyer escort |
Displacement: |
1,240 long tons (1,260 t) standard 1,620 long tons (1,646 t) full |
Length: |
306 ft (93 m) o/a 300 ft (91 m) w/l |
Beam: | 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m) |
Draft: | 8 ft 9 in (2.67 m) |
Propulsion: | 4 × GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6,000 shp (4,474 kW), 2 screws |
Speed: | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
Range: | 10,800 nmi (20,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement: | 15 officers and 201 enlisted |
Armament: |
3 × single Mk.22 3"/50 caliber guns 1 × twin 40 mm Mk.1 AA gun 8 × 20 mm Mk.4 AA guns 3 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 1 × Hedgehog Mk.10 anti-submarine mortar 8 × Mk.6 depth charge projectors 2 × Mk.9 depth charge tracks |
Marocain, was a frigate in the Free French Naval Forces during World War II and the French Navy post-war. The ship was originally built as USS Marocain (DE-109), an American Cannon-class destroyer escort.
History[edit | edit source]
World War II[edit | edit source]
During World War II, Marocain was transferred to the Free French Naval Forces under lend lease on 29 February 1944, and retained the name Marocain.
Marocain participated in Operation Anvil-Dragoon on 15 August 1944.[2]
Ownership of the vessel was transferred to France on 21 April 1952 under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "MAROCAIN - destroyer d'escorte - Classe "CANNON (États Unis d'Amérique)"". Alamer.fr. http://alamer.fr/index.php?NIUpage=35&Param1=24. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Photo gallery of 'Marocain/Marocain (DE-109) at NavSource Naval History
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