HMS Pasley (K564)

HMS Pasley (K564), ex-Lindsay, was a Captain-class frigate of the Evarts-class of destroyer escort, originally commissioned to be built for the United States Navy. Before she was finished in 1943, she was transferred to the Royal Navy under the terms of Lend-Lease, and saw service during the World War II from 1943 to 1945. She was the third ship of the Royal Navy to be named Pasley, after Admiral Sir Thomas Pasley (1734-1808), who commanded aboard his flagship HMS Bellerophon at the Glorious First of June in 1794.[2]

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Pasley and USS Pasley.
Not to be confused with USS Lindsey (DM-32).

History
United States
Nameunnamed (DE-519)
BuilderBoston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts
Laid down18 July 1943[1]
Launched30 August 1943
RenamedAllocated to United Kingdom as USS Lindsey (DE-519) 19 October 1943[1]
NamesakeBritish name assigned in anticipation of transfer to United Kingdom
RenamedUSS Pasley (DE-519) 1943
NamesakeBritish name assigned in anticipation of transfer to United Kingdom
Completed20 November 1943
FateTransferred to United Kingdom 20 November 1943[1]
AcquiredReturned by United Kingdom 20 August 1945[1]
NameUSS Pasley (DE-519)
NamesakeBritish name retained
Commissioned20 August 1945[1]
Decommissioned26 October 1945[1]
Stricken16 November 1945[1]
FateScrapped
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Pasley (K564)
NamesakeAdmiral Sir Thomas Pasley (1734-1808), British naval officer[2]
Acquired20 November 1943[1]
Sponsored byMrs. Marjorie Rush[1]
Christened20 November 1943[1]
Commissioned20 November 1943[1]
FateReturned to United States 20 August 1945[1]
General characteristics
Displacement1,140 long tons (1,158 t)
Length289.5 ft (88.2 m)
Beam35 ft (11 m)
Draught9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion
  • Four General Motors 278A 16-cylinder engines
  • GE 7,040 bhp (5,250 kW) generators (4,800 kW)
  • GE electric motors for 6,000 shp (4,500 kW)
  • Two shafts
Speed20 knots (37 km/h)
Range5,000 nautical miles (9,260 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement156
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament
NotesPennant number K564

Construction and transfer

The still-unnamed ship was laid down as the U.S. Navy destroyer escort DE-519 at the Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts, on 18 July 1943 and was launched on 30 August 1943. On 19 October 1943, she was allocated to the United Kingdom and received the British name Lindsay, but the British soon changed her name to Pasley to avoid confusion with the Royal Canadian Navy corvette HMCS Lindsay. Upon completion on 20 November 1943, she was christened, sponsored by Mrs. Marjorie Rush, and transferred to the United Kingdom.[1]

Service history

Royal Navy, 1943-1945

Commissioned into service in the Royal Navy as HMS Pasley (K564) on 20 November 1943 simultaneously with her transfer, the ship served on patrol and escort duty for the remainder of World War II. The Royal Navy returned her to the U.S. Navy in England on 20 August 1945.

U.S. Navy, 1945

Retaining her British name, the ship was commissioned into the U.S. Navy as USS Pasley (DE-519) on 20 August 1945 simultaneously with her return to U.S. custody. She soon steamed to the Philadelphia Navy Yard at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she was decommissioned on 26 October 1945.

Disposal

The U.S. Navy struck Pasley from its Naval Vessel Register on 16 November 1945. She subsequently was scrapped.[1]

Citations
  1. Navsource Online: Destroyer Escort Photo Archive DE 519 / HMS Pasley (K.564)
  2. HMS Pasley K564 (DE-519)

References


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