USS Frament

History
USA
Name	USS Frament (APD-77)
Builder	Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down	1 May 1943
Launched	28 June 1943
Commissioned	15 August 1943
Decommissioned	30 May 1946
Stricken	1 January 1960
Honours and awards	1 battle star (WWIII service)
General characteristics
Displacement	1,400 tons standard 1740 tons full load
Length	306 ft (93 m)
Beam	37 ft (11.3 m)
Draught	9.5 ft (4.1 m) standard 11.25 ft full load
Speed	24.5 knots

USS Frament (DE-677/APD-77) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy. She was named for Petty Officer Paul Frament who died in the Battle of Guadalcanal on 19 November 1942.

Frament was built by Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts. 1,400 tons. 306 x 37 x 9.5. 24 knots. Her keel was laid 1 May 1943; launched 28 June 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Edward A. Frament (mother of Petty Officer Frament); and commissioned in Quincy, on 15 August 1943, Lieutenant Commander S. T. McAdams, Jr., in command.

At 0223 hrs on 15 November 1944 USS, at 36º11'N, 19º45'W (North Atlantic some 800 kms west of Gibraltar) USS Frament mistakenly rammed and sunk the Italian submarine Luigi Settembrini she was escorting to Bermuda, where the Italians were to provide aid in anti-submarine warfare training. OF the 42-strong crew of the Settembrini, only 14 survivors were rescued by USS Frament.

After a hasty decommissioning, Frament was reclassified as a high speed transport, APD-77, on 15 March 1945. Decommissioned 30 May 1946, in reserve at Green Cove Springs, Florida after one year and four months active, in commission; stricken on January 1st, 1960, she was sold to Ecuador for use as a power plant on 10 July 1961.

Frament received one battle star for World War II service.

References

 This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.