Allied Warships

HMS Moorsom (K 567)

Frigate of the Captain class

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Frigate
Class	Captain
Pennant	K 567
Built by	Boston Navy Yard (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	14 Aug 1943
Launched	24 Sep 1943
Commissioned	10 Dec 1943
End service
History	Assigned USN pennant DE 522 but not named. HMS Moorsom is not listed as active unit in the July 1945 Navy List Returned to the US Navy on 25 October 1945. Scrapped.
Former name	DE 522

Commands listed for HMS Moorsom (K 567)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Lt. Gerald Maurice Greenwood, RCNVR	22 Dec 1943	12 May 1944
2	T/Lt. Albert Clifford Martyn, RNVR	12 May 1944	mid 1945

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Notable events involving Moorsom include:

28 Mar 1944
HMS Uther (Lt. A.A. Catlow, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with HMS Moorsom (T/Lt. G.M. Greenwood, RCNVR), HMS Seymour (Lt. G.J. Parry, RNR) and HMS Stayner (Lt.Cdr. H.J. Hall, DSO, DSC, RNR). (1)

14 Aug 1944
HMS Urtica (Lt. K.H. Martin, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMS Moorsom (T/Lt. A.C. Martyn, RNVR). (2)