HMS Grindall (K477)
HMS "Grindall" (K477) was a British Captain-class frigate of the Royal Navy in commission during World War II. Originally constructed as the United States Navy "Evarts"-class destroyer escort USS "Sanders" (DE-273), she served in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1945 and then in the U.S. Navy as USS "Grindall" (DE-273) from August to October 1945. Construction and transfer. The ship was ordered on 25 January 1942 as the U.S. Navy destroyer escort DE-273 and named USS "Sanders" on 23 February 1943, the first ship of the name after Ensign Eugene Thomas Sanders, who was killed  in action aboard the battleship during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. She was laid down by the Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts, on 23 April 1943 and launched on 4 June 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Eugene Thomas Sanders. The United States transferred the ship to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease on 23 September 1943. Service history. Royal Navy, 1943-1945. The ship was commissioned into service in the Royal Navy as HMS "Grindall" (K477) on 23 September 1943 simultaneously with her transfer. She served on patrol and escort duty. On 15 April 1945, she joined the British  frigate in a depth-charge attack that sank the German submarine "U-285" in the North Atlantic Ocean southwest of Ireland at position . The Royal Navy returned "Grindall" to the U.S. Navy on 20 August 1945 at Chatham Dockyard in England. U.S. Navy, 1945. The ship was commissioned into the U.S. Navy as USS "Grindall" (DE-273) on 20 August 1945 simultaneously with her return. She soon steamed to the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she remained until she was decommissioned on 19 October 1945. Disposal. The U.S. Navy struck "Grindall" from its Naval Vessel Register on 1 November 1945  and scrapped her at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, where her scrapping was completed on 28 May 1946.