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USS Spry (PG-64)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantPG-64 
Built byHarland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) 
Ordered19 Sep, 1939 
Laid down14 Nov, 1939 
Launched6 Apr, 1940 
Commissioned2 May, 1942 
End service20 Aug, 1945 
Loss position
 
HistoryOrdered for French Navy but served in the Royal Navy as HMS Hibiscus.
Transferred to the U.S.N. at Leith, Scotland, on 2 May 1942 and was commissioned in the U.S.N. the same day.
Decommissioned in England on 20 August 1945 and returned to the R.N. on 26 August.
Stricken 17 September 1945. 
Former nameHMS Hibiscus

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