Dates: 1943 - 1946

Tyler—a projected Buckley-class destroyer escort designated DE-567—was assigned to the United Kingdom on 10 June 1943; and her keel was laid down on 6 October 1943 at Hingham, Mass., by the Bethelehem Steel Co. The ship was launched on 20 November 1943 and delivered to the Royal Navy under lend-lease on 14 January 1944.



In 1944, Tyler—a "Captain-class" frigate—served the Royal Navy in the English Channel and participated in the invasion of Normandy. In 1945, she alternated escort duty in the Atlantic with Channel operations. One of her more exciting moments came on the evening of 27 January 1945, when she joined Keats and Bligh in sinking the German U-boat U-1051 between St. George’s Channel and the Irish Sea.



After the war ended, Tyler steamed back to the United States and arrived at Philadelphia on 31 October 1945. She was formally returned to the United States Navy in November of that year and, on 8 January 1946, was struck from the Navy list. On 23 May 1946, she was sold to Hugo Neu of New York City and later resold to the Northern Metal Co., Philadelphia. She was scrapped in the summer of 1946.

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