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{{other ships|French ship Sénégalais}}{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}{{Infobox ship image| Ship image= | Ship caption=Starboard view of Free French Destroyer Escort Senegalais (T-22).
}}{{Infobox ship career | United States}} | 1944}} | Ship name=USS Corbesier | Ship namesake= Antoine Joseph Corbesier | Ship ordered= | Ship builder=Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware | Ship laid down=24 April 1943 | Ship launched=11 November 1943 | Ship fate=Transferred to Free France, 2 January 1944
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header=yes | Ship struck=14 May 1952
}}{{Infobox ship career | Ship country=Free France | Free French|naval}} | Ship name=Sénégalais (T-22) | Ship namesake=Senegal | Ship acquired=2 January 1944 | Ship commissioned= | Ship reclassified= | Ship renamed= | Ship decommissioned= | Ship struck= | Ship fate=
}}{{Infobox ship career | Ship country=France | France|naval}} | Ship name=Sénégalais (F-02) | Ship namesake= | Ship acquired=14 October 1946 | Ship commissioned= | Ship reclassified=frigate Sénégalais (F-702) 1952[1] | Ship renamed=Yser, for Yser, August 1962 | Ship decommissioned= | Ship struck=May 1965 | Ship fate=1965 sold for scrap to Walter Ritscher, Hamburg
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption=[1] | Cannon|destroyer escort}} | 1240|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} standard- {{convert|1620|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} full
| 306|ft|m|abbr=on}} o/a- {{convert|300|ft|m|abbr=on}} w/l
| 36|ft|10|in|m|abbr=on}} | 8|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship depth= | Ship hold depth= | 6000|shp|0|abbr=on}}, 2 screws | 21|kn|lk=in}} | 10800|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|12|kn|abbr=on}} | Ship complement=15 officers and 201 enlisted | Ship armament=*3 × single Mk.22 3"/50 caliber guns- 1 × twin 40 mm Mk.1 AA gun
- 8 × 20 mm Mk.4 AA guns
- 3 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 1 × Hedgehog Mk.10 anti-submarine mortar
- 8 × Mk.6 depth charge projectors
- 2 × Mk.9 depth charge tracks
| Ship armor= | Ship notes=
}} | Yser, originally named Sénégalais, was a frigate in the Free French Naval Forces during World War II and the French Navy post-war. The ship was originally built as USS Corbesier (DE-106), an American {{sclass-|Cannon|destroyer escort}} named for Antoine Joseph Corbesier, for more than 40 years he was the beloved swordmaster of the U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen. The name Corbesier (DE-106) was cancelled 24 September 1943 so it could be used for {{USS|Corbesier|DE-438}}.[1]HistoryDuring World War II, Corbesier was transferred to the Free French Naval Forces under lend lease on 2 January 1944, and renamed Sénégalais. Ownership of the vessel was transferred to France on 21 April 1952 under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program. She was renamed Yser about that same time. World War IIIn the night on 2/3 May 1944, {{GS|U-371||2}} was spotted recharging her batteries on the surface off Djidjelli on the Algerian coast. The area was swamped with six escorts from the convoy GUS-38 and three aircraft squadrons. At 01.18 hours on 3 May, the U-boat managed to damage {{USS|Menges|DE-320|2}} with a Gnat in the stern. The other vessels hunted the U-boat until the early morning of 4 May when Fenksi had to surface his boat and save his crew, but at 04.04 hours he still fought back and also damaged the FFL Sénégalais (T 22) with a Gnat before scuttling the U-boat.[2] First Indochina War Sénégalais was sent to the far east in October 1945 and later participated in the First Indochina War.[3]See also- List of Escorteurs of the French Navy
References1. ^1 {{cite web | url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/06/106.htm | title=Corbesier (DE-106) Senegalais (F-02) | publisher=Navsource.org | accessdate=April 24, 2015}}
2. ^1 {{cite web | url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/3242.html | title=FFL Sénégalais (T 22) | publisher=uboat.net | accessdate=April 24, 2015}}
3. ^{{cite web | url=http://alamer.fr/index.php?NIUpage=35&Param1=557 | title=SÉNÉGALAIS - destroyer d'escorte - Classe "CANNON" | publisher=Alamer.fr | accessdate=April 25, 2015}}
- {{DANFS|https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/c/corbesier.html|http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/escorts/de106.txt}}
External links- {{navsource|06/106|Yser/Sénégalais/Corbesier (DE-106)}}
- http://www.desausa.org/de_alpha_listing.htm
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