HMS Halsted (K556)

History
United States
Name	unnamed (DE-91)
Ordered	10 January 1942
Builder	Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts
Laid down	28 July 1943
Launched	14 October 1943
Renamed	USS Russell (DE-91) 1943
Namesake	British name assigned in anticipation of transfer to United Kingdom
Renamed	USS Halsted (DE-91) 1943
Namesake	British name assigned in anticipation of transfer to United Kingdom
Completed	3 November 1943
Fate	Transferred to United Kingdom 3 November 1943
Stricken	13 November 1944
Acquired	Nominally returned by United Kingdom 1946
Fate	Sold for scrapping 1 November 1946 or 28 March 1947
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Halsted (K556)
Namesake	Captain Sir Lawrence Halsted (1764-1841), commanding officer of HMS Namur at the Battle of Cape Ortegal in 1805
Acquired	3 November 1943
Commissioned	3 November 1943
Fate	Declared constructive total loss after 11 June 1944; Nominally returned to U.S. Navy 1946;
General characteristics
Displacement	1,400 long tons (1,422 t)
Length	306 ft (93 m)
Beam	36.75 ft (11.2 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion	Two Foster-Wheeler Express "D"-type water-tube boilers; GE 13,500 shp (10,070 kW) steam turbines and generators (9,200 kW); Electric motors for 12,000 shp (8,900 kW); Two shafts;
Speed	24 knots (44 km/h)
Range	5,500 nautical miles (10,200 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement	186
Sensors &; processing systems	SA & SL type radars; Type 144 series Asdic; MF Direction Finding antenna; HF Direction Finding Type FH 4 antenna;
Armament	3 × 3 in (76 mm) /50 Mk.22 guns; 1 × twin Bofors 40 mm mount Mk.I; 7–16 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns; Mark 10 Hedgehog A/S projector; Depth charges; QF 2-pounder naval gun;
Notes	Pennant number K556

HMS Halsted (K556), ex-Russell, was a Captain-class frigate of the Buckley class of destroyer escort, originally intended 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 from 1943 to 1944 during World War II.