HMS Ascension (K502)
HMS Ascension
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 United States
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| Name: | USS Hargood |
| Namesake: | William Hargood (1762-1839), British naval officer (British name assigned in anticipation of ship's transfer to United Kingdom) |
| Builder: | Walsh-Kaiser Company, Providence, Rhode Island |
| Reclassified: | Patrol frigate 15 April 1943 |
| Laid down: | 30 April 1943 |
| Renamed: | USS Ascension, 1943 |
| Namesake: | Ascension Island (British name assigned in anticipation of ship's transfer to United Kingdom) |
| Launched: | 6 August 1943 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. A. A. Kirby |
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| Fate: | Transferred to United Kingdom 24 November 1943 |
| Acquired: | Returned by United Kingdom 31 May 1946 |
| Fate: | Sold 16 October 1947 for scrapping |
 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Ascension |
| Namesake: | Ascension Island |
| Acquired: | 24 November 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 24 November 1943 |
| Identification: | K502 |
| Fate: | Returned to United States 31 May 1946 |
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| Class and type: | Colony/Tacoma-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 1,264 long tons (1,284 t) |
| Length: | 303 ft 11 in (92.63 m) |
| Beam: | 37 ft 6 in (11.43 m) |
| Draft: | 13 ft 8 in (4.17 m) |
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| Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement: | 190 |
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HMS Ascension (K502) was a Colony-class frigate of the United Kingdom that served in the Royal Navy during World War II. She originally was ordered by the United States Navy as the Tacoma-class frigate USS Hargood (PF-74) and was transferred to the Royal Navy prior to completion.
The ship, originally designated a "patrol gunboat," PG-182, was ordered by the United States Maritime Commission under a United States Navy contract as the first USS Hargood, a British name she carried because of her intended transfer to the United Kingdom. Reclassified as a "patrol frigate," PF-74, on 15 April 1943, she was laid down by the Walsh-Kaiser Company at Providence, Rhode Island, on 30 April 1943. The British renamed her Ascension prior to launching. She was launched on 6 August 1943, sponsored by Mrs. A. A. Kirby.
Transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease on 24 November 1943, the ship served in the Royal Navy as HMS Ascension (K502) on patrol and escort duty. On 25 November 1944 she sank the German submarine U-482 with depth charges in the North Atlantic Ocean west of the Shetland Islands at 60°18′00″N 004°52′00″W / 60.30000°N 4.86667°W.
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