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A US Navy wartime frigate would look like a destroyer escort

A simple anti-submarine escort with single 5-inch guns, depth charges, and 40 mm weapons fits the American destroyer-escort role.

Anti-Submarine WarfareNaval ArchitectureUS NavyWorld War II
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Question

How would you specify a frigate for the United States in the Second World War?

Short answer

Fit about three single 5-inch guns, plentiful depth charges and throwers, and 40 mm guns wherever space permits. The US Navy called comparable ships destroyer escorts.

Notes

A wartime frigate's main job is anti-submarine warfare, placing it between a corvette and a sloop in this comparison. The proposed US design carries about three single 5-inch guns with plentiful depth charges and throwers. Space permitting, 40 mm guns provide additional armament. The United States already built this kind of escort under the name destroyer escort.