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{{other ships|USS Crosley}}{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}{{Infobox ship image| Ship image=Tunisien F706 ex-DE-108.jpg | Ship caption=Port side view of French frigate Tunisien
}}{{Infobox ship career | United States}} | 1944}} | Ship name=USS Crosley | Ship namesake= Walter Selywn Crosley | Ship ordered= | Ship builder=Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware | Ship laid down=23 June 1943 | Ship launched=17 December 1943 | Ship identification=DE-108 | Ship fate=Transferred to Free France, 11 February 1944 | Ship commissioned=10 February 1944
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header=yes | Ship struck=14 May 1952
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header=title | Ship country=Free France | Free French|naval}} | Ship name=Tunisien | Ship namesake=Tunisian | Ship acquired=12 February 1944 | Ship commissioned= | Ship reclassified= | Ship renamed= | Ship identification=T23 | Ship decommissioned= | Ship struck= | Ship fate=
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header=title | Ship country=France | France|naval}} | Ship name=Tunisien (T53) | Ship namesake=Tunisian | Ship acquired=14 October 1945 | Ship commissioned= | Ship reclassified=*Tunisien (F06) | Ship renamed= | Ship decommissioned= | Ship struck= | Ship fate=Returned to the US Navy in May 1964
}}{{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 × {{convert|21|in|mm|abbr=on|0}} 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=
}} | Tunisien, 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 Crosley (DE-108), an American {{sclass-|Cannon|destroyer escort}} named for Rear Admiral Walter Selywn Crosley. HistoryWorld War IIDuring World War II, Crosley was transferred to the Free French Naval Forces under lend lease on 12 February 1944, and renamed Tunisien. Tunisien participated in Operation Anvil-Dragoon on 15 August 1944.[2]Ownership of the vessel was transferred to France on 21 April 1952 under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program. Algerian WarTunisien participated in the Algerian War in 1956.[3]See also- List of Escorteurs of the French Navy
References1. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/06/108.htm | title=ex-Crosley (DE 108) | publisher=Navsource.org | accessdate=April 23, 2015}}
2. ^{{cite web | url=http://alamer.fr/index.php?NIUpage=35&Param1=528 | title=Tunisien | publisher=Alamer.fr | accessdate=April 24, 2015}}
3. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.desausa.org/images2/hms_tunisien_f_706_ex_de108htm.htm | title=HMS Tunisien F706 ex DE108 | publisher=Desausa.org | accessdate=April 24, 2015}}
- {{DANFS|https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/c/crosley.html|http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/escorts/de108.txt}}
External links- {{navsource|06/108|Tunisien/Crosley (DE-108)}}
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