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Natchez

Ships

No	Name	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
PG101, 4.1943 - PF1	Asheville (ex- Adur)	155	Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada	10.1941	22.8.1942	12.1942	stricken 2.1946, to Argentina (Hércules)
PG102, 4.1943 - PF2	Natchez (ex-Annan)	156	Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada	3.1942	12.9.1942	12.1942	to Maritime Commission 11.1945, sold 7.1947, later to Dominican Republic (Juan Pablo Duarte)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1412
Displacement full, t	2150
Length, m	86.3 wl 91.9 oa
Breadth, m	11.1
Draught, m	4.01
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 boilers
Power, h. p.	5500
Max speed, kts	20
Fuel, t	oil 674
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	3 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20, 2 x 2 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 2.4, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (100)
Electronic equipment	SA, SL radars, type 128 sonar
Complement	190

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Project history

In the first war years USA was pressed by shortage of escort ships for support of Atlantic convoys. In the beginning of 1942 USA and United Kingdom reached the agreement on delivery of 10 newest frigates of "River" class. British yards were overloaded by military orders, and the order was transferred to Canada. By the time of commission of frigates, need for the help of Allies has disappeared, and Americans commissioned really only two ships.

Modernizations

Asheville, 1944: - 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL; + 1 x 3 - 305 Squid Mk 3 ASWRL, type 147B sonar (temporarily for tests, replaced again by Hedgehog in 1944)

1.1946, both: 3 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (100)

Naval service

Both served in Atlantic.