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HMS SmilaxUnited States
NameTact
BuilderCollingwood Shipyards Ltd., Collingwood
Laid downin 1942 as Tact (PG 98)
Launched19 November 1942
FateTransferred to the Royal Navy 21 June 1943
HMS SmilaxUnited Kingdom
NameSmilax
Commissioned15 July 1942
Decommissioned9 October 1945
Stricken24 October 1945
IdentificationPennant number: K280
FateUS Navy custody, 18 October 1946
General characteristics
Class and typeAction-class patrol boat
Displacement1,375 long tons (1,397 t)
Length205 ft (62 m)
Beam33 ft (10 m)
Draft14 ft 7 in (4.45 m)
Propulsiontwo 3-drum express boilers, 2,750ihp vertical triple expansion Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. engine, one shaft.
Speed16.5 kn (19.0 mph; 30.6 km/h)
Complement90
Armament
  • 2 × 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
  • 2 × 20 mm gun mounts
  • 1 × Hedgehog
  • 4 × depth charge guns
  • 2 × depth charge chutes

HMS Smilax was originally launched as Tact (PG-98), an Action-class gunboat built for the United States Navy by Collingwood Shipyards, Ltd., Collingwood, Ontario, Canada

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