HMS Gore
HMS Gore on 11 August 1944. | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | USS Herzog (DE-277) |
| Namesake | U.S. Navy Lieutenant, junior grade, William Ralph Herzog (1909–1942), killed in action as commander of the Naval Armed Guard aboard SS Pan New York on 29 October 1942 |
| Ordered | 25 January 1942 |
| Builder | Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 20 May 1943 |
| Launched | 8 July 1943 |
| Completed | 14 October 1943 |
| Commissioned | never |
| Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom 14 October 1943 |
| Acquired | Returned by United Kingdom 2 May 1946 |
| Fate | Sold 19 November 1946 or 10 June 1947 for scrapping |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Gore (K481) |
| Namesake | Admiral John Gore (1772–1836), British naval officer who was commanding officer of HMS Triton from 1796 to 1801 |
| Acquired | 14 October 1943 |
| Commissioned | 14 October 1943 |
| Fate | Returned to United States 2 May 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1,140 long tons (1,158 t) |
| Length | 289.5 ft (88.2 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
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| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Range | 5,000 nautical miles (9,260 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement | 156 |
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| Notes | Pennant number K481 |
HMS Gore (K481) 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 Herzog (DE-277), she served in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1946.