HMS Moorsom (K567)

	HMS Moorsom during World War II
History
United States
Name	unnamed (DE-522)
Builder	Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts
Laid down	14 August 1943
Launched	24 September 1943
Completed	10 December 1943
Commissioned	never
Fate	Transferred to United Kingdom, 10 December 1943
Acquired	Returned by United Kingdom, 25 October 1945
Stricken	5 December 1945
Fate	Sold for scrap; Scrapping completed 12 July 1946;
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Moorsman (K567)
Namesake	Admiral Sir Robert Moorsom
Acquired	10 December 1943
Commissioned	10 December 1943
Decommissioned	25 October 1945
Identification	Pennant number: K567
Fate	Returned to United States, 25 October 1945
General characteristics
Displacement	1,190 long tons (1,210 t) (standard)
Length	289 ft 5 in (88.2 m)
Beam	35 ft 2 in (10.7 m)
Draught	10 ft 1 in (3.1 m)
Installed power	6,000 shp (4,500 kW) electric motors
Propulsion	2 shafts; 4 diesel engines
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	198
Sensors &; processing systems	SA & SL type radars; Type 144 series Asdic; MF Direction Finding; HF Direction Finding;
Armament	3 × single 3 in (76 mm)/50 Mk 22 guns; 1 × twin Bofors 40 mm; 9 × single 20 mm Oerlikon guns; 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar; 2 × Depth charge rails and four throwers;

The second HMS Moorsom (K567) was a British Captain-class frigate of the Royal Navy in commission during World War II. Originally constructed as the United States Navy Evarts-class destroyer escort DE-522, she served in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1945.