HMS Goodson (K480)
HMS Goodson (K480), originally USS George (DE-276), was an Evarts class destroyer escort, assigned to the United Kingdom under the lend-lease. The ship was laid down as George on 20 May 1943 at the Boston Navy Yard, and named after Eugene Frank George, posthumously awarded the Navy Cross at Guadalcanal. She was assigned to the United Kingdom under the lend-lease on 22 June 1943; launched on 8 July 1943; transferred to the United Kingdom on 9 October 1943; and commissioned in the British Royal Navy as HMS Goodson.
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HMS Goodson (K480)
HMS Goodson (K480), originally USS George (DE-276), was an Evarts class destroyer escort, assigned to the United Kingdom under the lend-lease. The ship was laid down as George on 20 May 1943 at the Boston Navy Yard, and named after Eugene Frank George, posthumously awarded the Navy Cross at Guadalcanal. She was assigned to the United Kingdom under the lend-lease on 22 June 1943; launched on 8 July 1943; transferred to the United Kingdom on 9 October 1943; and commissioned in the British Royal Navy as HMS Goodson.
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HMS Goodson (K480), originally ...... g Company, Bay City, Michigan.
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1943-10-09
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1943-05-20
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8.80872e+1
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1943-07-08
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*Returned to the USN, 21 October 1944.
*Sold 9 January 1947.
Transferred to Royal Navy, 9 October 1943
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*3 × guns
*2 × 40 mm guns
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*2 × depth charge tracks
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HMS Goodson (K480), originally ...... ish Royal Navy as HMS Goodson.
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HMS Goodson (K480)
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HMS Goodson
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USS George
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