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Allied Warships

HMS Ascension (K 502)

Frigate of the Colony class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassColony 
PennantK 502 
Built byWalsch-Kaiser Co., Inc. (Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down30 Apr, 1943 
Launched6 Aug, 1943 
Commissioned24 Nov, 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Returned to the USN on 31 May, 1946.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. A. Wilkinson, RNR
26 July 1943 – September 1944

Cdr. William Josselyn Moore, DSC, RNR
September 1944 – still in command in July 1945 according to the Navy List

HMS Ascension is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List 

Former nameUSS Hargood PF-74

Noteable events involving Ascension include:

25 Nov, 1944
The German submarine U-482 was sunk in the North Atlantic west of the Shetlands, in position 60º18'N, 04º52'W, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Ascension (Cdr. W.J. Moore. DSC, RNR). (see map)


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