HMS Inman
HMS Inman was a of the Royal Navy in commission in World War II. Originally built as the United States Navy DE-526, she served in the Royal Navy from 1944 to 1945.
Description
The Evarts-class ships had an overall length of, a beam of, and a draught of at full load. They displaced at and at full load. The ships had a diesel–electric powertrain derived from a submarine propulsion system with four General Motors 16-cylinder diesel engines providing power to four General Electric electric generators which sent electricity to four General Electric electric motors which drove the two propeller shafts. The destroyer escorts had enough power give them a speed of and enough fuel oil to give them a range of at. Their crew consisted of 198 officers and ratings.The armament of the Evarts-class ships in British service consisted of three single mounts for 50-caliber /50 Mk 22 dual-purpose guns; one superfiring pair forward of the bridge and the third gun aft of the superstructure. Anti-aircraft defence was intended to consisted of a twin-gun mount for Bofors anti-aircraft (AA) guns atop the rear superstructure with nine Oerlikon AA guns located on the superstructure, but production shortages meant that that not all guns were fitted, or that additional Oerlikons replaced the Bofors guns. A Mark 10 Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar was positioned just behind the forward gun. The ships were also equipped with two depth charge rails at the stern and four "K-gun" depth charge throwers.
Construction and career
The ship was laid down as the unnamed US Navy destroyer escort DE-526 by the Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts, on 25 September 1943 and launched on 2 November 1943. The United States transferred her to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease on 13 January 1944. The ship was commissioned into service in the Royal Navy as HMS Inman on 13 January 1944 simultaneously with her transfer. She served on patrol and escort duty for the remainder of World War II and was decommissioned by October 1945 after the conclusion of the war.The Royal Navy returned Inman to the US Navy on 1 March 1946 and the ship was sold for scrap in November 1946 to George H. Nutman, Inc..