HMS Louis (K515)
Returned to the US Navy on 20
March, 1946. Scrapped.
Navy:
RN
Type:
Escort Destroyer
Class:
Captain
Pennant:
K 515
Built by:
Boston Navy Yard (Boston,
Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
Laid down:
9 Jul, 1943
Launched:
13 Aug, 1943
Commissioned:
9 Nov, 1943
History:
Assigned
USN pennant DE 517 but
not named.
24 Aug, 1944
Sank the German submarine U-445 in the Bay of Biscay west of St. Nazaire, France,
in position 47.21N, 05.50W, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS
Louis.