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Conn (DE 80) / HMS Conn (K.509)
Specifications:
Class: Buckley (lend-lease)
Type: TE (turbine-electric, long hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,400 tons (light), 1740 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 9" (extreme)
Draft: 13' 6" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 2 "D" Express boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 kts
Range: 4,940 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 3-3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1-1.1"/75 Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 8-20mm Mk4 AA (varied by ship), 1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 , 4-Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2-Mk9 depth charge tracks
Complement: 186
HMS Conn (K.509) Building and Operational Data:
02 June 1943: Keel laid at Bethlehem Steel Hingham, Hingham, Mass.
21 August 1943: Launched
15 July 1943: Transferred to RN and commissioned as HMS Conn (K.509)
26 November 1945: Returned to USN
03 January 1946: Struck from the NVR
21 January 1948: Sold for scrapping
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11 April 1945: Belfast, Northern Ireland - HMS Conn (K.509) Senior Officer's Ship of the 21st Escort Group, coming into berth at Belfast flying the Group's Jolly Roger flag indicating success after sinking three German U-Boats and a possible fourth. (Photo A.28197 by Lt. C. H. Parnall, Royal Navy photographer. Photo from the collections of the Imperial War Museums) |
Nick Tiberio |
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HMS Conn (K.509), the frigate in which Gordon's Dad served |
Gordon Simmonds |
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undated wartime image: The crewmen from all the frigates of the 21st Escort Group with their Jolly Roger on board HMS Conn after returning from a patrol in which they sank three U-boats and a possible fourth. The crossed scalpels at the bottom indicate two surgical operations performed at sea during patrols. (Imperial War Museum photo #A.28198, from the book "U-boats vs Destroyer Escorts", by Gordon Williamson.) |
Robert Hurst |
History of HMS Conn (K.509), ex-DE 80
(No U.S. Navy service, History Not Available)
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