Name USS Tisdale (DE-278) Laid down 5 June 1943 Length 88 m | Ordered 25 January 1942 Launched 17 July 1943 Draft 2.7 m | |
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Namesake U.S. Navy Commander Ryland Dillard Tisdale (1894-1942), killed in action during combat with the Moros on Mindanao on 23 May 1942 Builder Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts | ||
HMS Keats (K482) was a British Captain-class frigate of the Royal Navy in commission during World War II. Originally constructed as the United States Navy Evarts-class destroyer escort USS Tisdale (DE-278), she served in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1946.
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Construction and transfer
The ship was ordered on 25 January 1942 and laid down by the Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts, on 5 June 1943 as the U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Tisdale (DE-278), the first ship of the name. She was launched on 17 July 1943. The United States transferred the ship to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease on 19 October 1943.
Service history
The ship was commissioned into service in the Royal Navy as HMS Keats (K482) under the command of Temporary/Acting Lieutenant Commander Neil Frederick Israel, RNR, on 19 October 1943 simultaneously with her transfer. She served on patrol and escort duty.
On 27 January 1945, Keats shared credit with the British frigates HMS Bligh and HMS Tyler for a depth-charge attack that sank the German submarine U-1172 in the St George's Channel at position 52°24′00″N 005°42′00″W. On 15 April 1945, she joined the British frigate HMS Grindall in a depth-charge attack that sank the German submarine U-285 in the North Atlantic Ocean southwest of Ireland at position 50°13′00″N 012°48′00″W.
The Royal Navy returned Keats to the U.S. Navy on 27 February 1946.
Disposal
The U.S. Navy struck Keats from its Naval Vessel Register on 20 March 1946 and sold her on 19 November 1946 to George H. Nutman, Inc., of Brooklyn, New York, for scrapping.