HMS Pasley (K564)

History
United States
Name	unnamed (DE-519)
Builder	Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts
Laid down	18 July 1943[1]
Launched	30 August 1943
Renamed	Allocated to United Kingdom as USS Lindsey (DE-519) 19 October 1943[1]
Namesake	British name assigned in anticipation of transfer to United Kingdom
Renamed	USS Pasley (DE-519) 1943
Namesake	British name assigned in anticipation of transfer to United Kingdom
Completed	20 November 1943
Fate	Transferred to United Kingdom 20 November 1943[1]
Acquired	Returned by United Kingdom 20 August 1945[1]
Name	USS Pasley (DE-519)
Namesake	British name retained
Commissioned	20 August 1945[1]
Decommissioned	26 October 1945[1]
Stricken	16 November 1945[1]
Fate	Scrapped
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Pasley (K564)
Namesake	Admiral Sir Thomas Pasley (1734-1808), British naval officer[2]
Acquired	20 November 1943[1]
Sponsored by	Mrs. Marjorie Rush[1]
Christened	20 November 1943[1]
Commissioned	20 November 1943[1]
Fate	Returned to United States 20 August 1945[1]
General characteristics
Displacement	1,140 long tons (1,158 t)
Length	289.5 ft (88.2 m)
Beam	35 ft (11 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion	Four General Motors 278A 16-cylinder engines GE 7,040 bhp (5,250 kW) generators (4,800 kW) GE electric motors for 6,000 shp (4,500 kW) Two shafts
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h)
Range	5,000 nautical miles (9,260 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement	156
Sensors and 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 antisubmarime mortar Depth charges QF 2-pounder naval gun
Notes	Pennant number K564

HMS Pasley (K564), ex-Lindsay, was a Captain-class frigate of the Evarts-class of destroyer escort, originally commissioned to be built for the United States Navy. Before she was finished in 1943, she was transferred to the Royal Navy under the terms of Lend-Lease, and saw service during the World War II from 1943 to 1945. She was the third ship of the Royal Navy to be named Pasley, after Admiral Sir Thomas Pasley (1734-1808), who commanded aboard his flagship HMS Bellerophon at the Glorious First of June in 1794.^[2]

The still-unnamed ship was laid down as the U.S. Navy destroyer escort DE-519 at the Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts, on 18 July 1943 and was launched on 30 August 1943. On 19 October 1943, she was allocated to the United Kingdom and received the British name Lindsay, but the British soon changed her name to Pasley to avoid confusion with the Royal Canadian Navy corvette HMCS Lindsay. Upon completion on 20 November 1943, she was christened, sponsored by Mrs. Marjorie Rush, and transferred to the United Kingdom.^[1]

Commissioned into service in the Royal Navy as HMS Pasley (K564) on 20 November 1943 simultaneously with her transfer, the ship served on patrol and escort duty for the remainder of World War II. The Royal Navy returned her to the U.S. Navy in England on 20 August 1945.

Retaining her British name, the ship was commissioned into the U.S. Navy as USS Pasley (DE-519) on 20 August 1945 simultaneously with her return to U.S. custody. She soon steamed to the Philadelphia Navy Yard at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she was decommissioned on 26 October 1945.

The U.S. Navy struck Pasley from its Naval Vessel Register on 16 November 1945. She subsequently was scrapped.^[1]

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• Navsource Online: Destroyer Escort Photo Archive DE 519 / HMS Pasley (ex-Lindsay) (K 564)
• Captain Class Frigate Association: HMS Pasley (K 564)
• uboat.net HMS Pasley (K564)
• Destroyer Escort Sailors Association DEs for UK

• Photo gallery of HMS Pasley (K564)