HMS Bahamas

History
United States
Name	USS Hotham
Namesake	Sir William Hotham (1772–1848), British naval officer who was commanding officer of HMS Adamant at the Battle of Camperdown in 1797 (British name assigned in anticipation of ship's transfer to United Kingdom)[2]
Builder	Walsh-Kaiser Company, Providence, Rhode Island
Laid down	7 April 1943[1]
Reclassified	Patrol frigate, 15 April 1943
Renamed	Bahamas, 1943
Namesake	The Bahamas (British name assigned in anticipation of ship's transfer to United Kingdom)
Launched	17 August 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. James A. Gallagher
Acquired	by Captain Walter Thompson
Commissioned	never
Identification	PG-183 PF-75
Fate	Transferred to United Kingdom 6 December 1943
Acquired	Returned by United Kingdom 11 June 1946
Fate	Sold for scrapping 16 December 1947
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Bahamas
Namesake	The Bahamas
Acquired	6 December 1943
Commissioned	6 December 1943[1]
Identification	K503
Fate	Returned to United States, 11 June 1946
General characteristics
Class and type	Colony/Tacoma-class frigate
Displacement	1,264 long tons (1,284 t)
Length	303 ft 11 in (92.63 m)
Beam	37 ft 6 in (11.43 m)
Draft	13 ft 8 in (4.17 m)
Propulsion	3 × boilers 2 × turbines, 5,500 shp (4,100 kW) each 2 shafts
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	190
Armament	3 × single 3 in (76 mm)/50 AA guns 2 × twin 40 mm guns 9 × single 20 mm 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 8 × Y-gun depth charge projectors 2 × depth charge racks

HMS Bahamas (K503) was a Colony-class frigate of the United Kingdom that served during World War II. She originally was ordered by the United States Navy as the Tacoma-class frigate USS Hotham (PF-75) and was transferred to the Royal Navy prior to completion.