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| HMS Stockham |
Dates: 1943 - 1946 CLASS: BUCKLEY (lend-lease) DE-97 was laid down on 25 August 1943 at Hingham, Mass., by the Bethlehem Steel Co.; launched on 31 October 1943; delivered to the United Kingdom on 28 December 1943; and commissioned in the Royal Navy as the Captain-class frigate Stockham (K. 562) on the same day. She served with the Royal Navy in the English Channel during 1944 and participated in the invasion of Europe at Normandy. She was returned to the United States on 31 January 1946 at Philadelphia; and, on 21 February, authority was granted for her disposal. On 12 March, her name was struck from the Navy list. Her hulk was sold to the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., and she was scrapped on 15 June 1948.
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