HMS Labuan (K584) [SEP] vessel class
HMS Labuan (K584)
HMS "Labuan" (K584), ex-Gold Coast, was a of the United Kingdom which served in the Royal Navy during World War II. She was originally ordered by the United States Navy as the "Tacoma"-class patrol frigate USS "Harvey" (PF-80) and briefly renamed Gold Coast before she was transferred to the Royal Navy prior to completion.
Construction and acquisition.
The ship, originally designated a "patrol gunboat," PG-188, was ordered by the United States
-Lease on 5 February 1944, the ship served in the Royal Navy as HMS "Labuan" (pennant K584) on patrol and escort duty in the English Channel. On 27 February 1945, she shared credit with the British frigate and the British sloop for the sinking with depth charges of the German submarine in the western part of the English Channel at .
The United Kingdom returned "Labuan" to the U.S. Navy on 13 May 1946. She was sold to the Heggie Iron and Metal Company of Dorchester, Massachusetts