- Construction and acquisition
- Service history
- Disposal
- References Notes Bibliography
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}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = United States | 1947}} | Ship name = USS Pasley | Bellerophon|1786|6}} at the Glorious First of June in 1794. British name assigned in anticipation of ship{{'}}s transfer to United Kingdom | Ship reclassified = Patrol frigate, PF-86, 15 April 1943
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}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header = yes | Ship acquired = Returned by United Kingdom 8 April 1946
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}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header = yes | Ship namesake = British name retained | Ship struck = 19 June 1946 | Ship fate =*Transferred to U.S. Maritime Commission 1 April 1947 for disposal- Sold for scrapping 1 July 1947
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}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Colony|frigate|5}}/Tacoma-class patrol frigate | 1264|LT|t|lk=in}} | 303|ft|11|in|m|abbr=on}} | 37|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship height= | 13|ft|8|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship depth= | Ship hold depth= | Ship propulsion=*3 × boilers- 2 × turbines, {{convert|5500|shp|abbr=on}} each
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}} | HMS St. Helena (K590) was a {{sclass2-|Colony|frigate}} of the United Kingdom that served during World War II. She originally was ordered by the United States Navy as the Tacoma-class patrol frigate USS Pasley (PF-86) and was transferred to the Royal Navy prior to completion. After the British returned her to the United States in 1946, she briefly carried the name USS St. Helena (PF-86). Construction and acquisitionThe ship, originally designated a "patrol gunboat," PG-194, was ordered by the United States Maritime Commission under a United States Navy contract as USS Pasley. She was reclassified as a "patrol frigate," PF-86, on 15 April 1943 and laid down by the Walsh-Kaiser Company at Providence, Rhode Island, on 22 September 1943.[1] Intended for transfer to the United Kingdom, the ship was renamed St. Helena by the British prior to launching and was launched on 20 October 1943. Service historyTransferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease on 19 February 1944, the ship served in the Royal Navy as HMS St. Helena (K590) until decommissioned in 1945.[2] DisposalThe United Kingdom returned St. Helena to the U.S. Navy at Norfolk, Virginia, on 8 April 1946, and she temporarily was placed on the Naval Vessel Register as USS St. Helena (PF-86). Struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 19 June 1946, she was transferred for disposal on 1 April 1947 to the U.S. Maritime Commission, which sold her to the Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Chester, Pennsylvania, on 1 July 1947 for scrapping. Her scrapping date was 28 October 1947. References Notes1. ^1 2 uboat.net HMS St. Helena (K 590)
2. ^1 According to uboat.net HMS St. Helena (K 590), St. Helena is not listed as an active unit on the October 1945 Navy List, strongly implying that the Royal Navy decommissioned her sometime earlier that year.
Bibliography- Navsource Online: Frigate Photo Archive HMS St. Helena (K 590) ex-Pasley ex-PF-86 ex-PG-194
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