DE-89 - Tin Can Sailors

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Hull Number: DE-89

Launch Date: 10/02/1943

Class: BUCKLEY

BUCKLEY Class

Namesake: ROBERT REDMILL

ROBERT REDMILL

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, April 2016

Captain Robert Redmil commanded HMS Polyphemus for the Royal Navy at Trafalgar.

Disposition:

Transferred to the United Kingdom 30 November 1943 under terms of the Lend-Lease Agreement; and commissioned in the Royal Navy the same day. While still in England, Redmil was returned to the custody of the U.S. Navy 20 January 1947 and sold for scrapping 10 days later to Athens Piraeus Electricity Co., Ltd., Athens, Greece.

Ship History

USS REDMILL DE-89 Ship History

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, April 2016

Redmil (DE-89) was laid down 14 July 1943 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Hingham, Mass.; launched 2 October 1943; sponsored by Mrs. James E. Hamilton, wife of Captain Hamilton of the Bureau of Ships; transferred to the United Kingdom 30 November 1943 under terms of the Lend-Lease Agreement; and commissioned in the Royal Navy the same day.

Redmil (K-554), a captain-class frigate, served the Royal Navy in the English Channel, the Arctic, and the North Sea during 1944; and in the North Sea and the Atlantic during 1945. On 27 March 1945, she joined Fitzroy and Byron in sinking German submarine, U-722 off the western coast of Scotland.

While still in England, Redmil was returned to the custody of the U.S. Navy 20 January 1947 and sold for scrapping 10 days later to Athens Piraeus Electricity Co., Ltd., Athens, Greece.