History
United States
NameUSS Crosley
NamesakeWalter Selywn Crosley
BuilderDravo Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware
Laid down23 June 1943
Launched17 December 1943
Commissioned10 February 1944
IdentificationDE-108
FateTransferred to Free France, 11 February 1944
Stricken14 May 1952
Free France
NameTunisien
NamesakeTunisian
Acquired12 February 1944
IdentificationT23
France
NameTunisien (T23)
NamesakeTunisian
Acquired14 October 1945
Reclassified
  • Tunisien (F06)
  • Tunisien (F706)
FateReturned to the US Navy in May 1964
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeCannon-class destroyer escort
Displacement
  • 1,240 long tons (1,260 t) standard
  • 1,620 long tons (1,646 t) full
Length
  • 306 ft (93 m) o/a
  • 300 ft (91 m) w/l
Beam36 ft 10 in (11.23 m)
Draft8 ft 9 in (2.67 m)
Propulsion4 × GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6,000 shp (4,474 kW), 2 screws
Speed21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range10,800 nmi (20,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement15 officers and 201 enlisted
Armament

Tunisien (T23, F706), was a Cannon-class destroyer escort in service with the Free French Naval Forces and the French Navy from 1944 to 1964. She was scrapped in 1964.

History

World War II

The ship was originally built as USS Crosley (DE-108), an American named for Rear Admiral Walter Selywn Crosley. Crosley was transferred to the Free French Naval Forces under lend lease on 12 February 1944, and renamed Tunisien (T23).

Tunisien participated in Operation Anvil-Dragoon on 15 August 1944.[2]

Ownership of the vessel was transferred to France on 21 April 1952 under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program.

Algerian War

Tunisien participated in the Algerian War in 1956.[3] She was decommissioned and returned to the U.S. Navy in 1964 and scrapped.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ex-Crosley (DE 108)". Navsource.org. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Tunisien". Alamer.fr. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "HMS Tunisien F706 ex DE108". Desausa.org. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
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