French frigate Marocain

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Marocain.

Marocain, was a frigate in the Free French Naval Forces during World War II and the French Navy post-war. The ship was originally built as USS Marocain (DE-109), an American Cannon-class destroyer escort.

Port side view of Free French Destroyer Escort Marocain (F-705).
History
United States
Name	USS Marocain (DE-109)
Builder	Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware
Laid down	7 September 1943
Launched	1 January 1944
Commissioned	29 February 1944
Fate	Transferred to Free France, 29 February 1944
Stricken	14 May 1952
History
Free France
Name	Marocain (F-705)
Namesake	Moroccan
Acquired	29 February 1944
History
France
Name	Marocain (F-705)
Acquired	14 October 1946
Stricken	1960
Fate	Returned to USN May 1964
General characteristics [1]
Class & type	Cannon-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,240 long tons (1,260 t) standard 1,620 long tons (1,646 t) full
Length	306 ft (93 m) o/a 300 ft (91 m) w/l
Beam	36 ft 10 in (11.23 m)
Draft	8 ft 9 in (2.67 m)
Propulsion	4 × GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6,000 shp (4,474 kW), 2 screws
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range	10,800 nmi (20,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	15 officers and 201 enlisted
Armament	3 × single Mk.22 3"/50 caliber guns 1 × twin 40 mm Mk.1 AA gun 8 × 20 mm Mk.4 AA guns 3 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 1 × Hedgehog Mk.10 anti-submarine mortar 8 × Mk.6 depth charge projectors 2 × Mk.9 depth charge tracks

History

World War II

During World War II, Marocain was transferred to the Free French Naval Forces under lend lease on 29 February 1944, and retained the name Marocain.

Marocain participated in Operation Anvil-Dragoon on 15 August 1944.^[2]

Ownership of the vessel was transferred to France on 21 April 1952 under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program. In May 1964 she was struck from the French Navy and broken up for scrap.

See also

• List of escorteurs of the French Navy