HMS Hargood (K582)

History
United States
Name	unnamed (DE-573)
Builder	Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts
Laid down	27 October 1943
Renamed	USS Hargood (DE-573) 1943
Namesake	British name assigned in anticipation of transfer to United Kingdom
Launched	18 December 1943
Completed	7 February 1944
Commissioned	never
Fate	Transferred to United Kingdom 7 February 1944
Acquired	Returned by United Kingdom 23 February 1946
Stricken	12 April 1946
Fate	Removed for scrapping 7 March 1947
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Hargood (K582)
Namesake	Admiral Sir William Hargood (1762-1839), British naval officer who was commanding officer of HMS Belleisle at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805
Acquired	7 February 1944
Commissioned	7 February 1944
Identification	Pennant number K582
Fate	Returned to U.S. Navy 23 February 1946
General characteristics
Displacement	1,400 long tons (1,422 t)
Length	306 ft (93 m)
Beam	36.75 ft (11.2 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion	Two Foster-Wheeler Express "D"-type water-tube boilers; GE 13,500 shp (10,070 kW) steam turbines and generators (9,200 kW); Electric motors for 12,000 shp (8,900 kW); Two shafts;
Speed	24 knots (44 km/h)
Range	5,500 nautical miles (10,200 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement	186
Sensors &; processing systems	SA & SL type radars; Type 144 series Asdic; MF Direction Finding antenna; HF Direction Finding Type FH 4 antenna;
Armament	3 × 3 in (76 mm) /50 Mk.22 guns; 1 × twin Bofors 40 mm mount Mk.I; 7–16 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns; Mark 10 Hedgehog A/S projector; Depth charges; QF 2-pounder naval gun;

HMS Hargood (K582) was a Captain-class frigate which served in the Royal Navy during World War II. Laid down as a Buckley class destroyer escort originally intended for the United States Navy, she was transferred to the United Kingdom under the terms of Lend-Lease before she was finished in 1944, serving in the Royal Navy from 1944 to 1946. She was returned to the U.S. Navy in 1946 and sold for scrapping in 1947.