HMS Louis  (K515)

Casualty List

Navy: RN
Type: Escort Destroyer
Class: Captain 
Pennant: K 515 
Built by: Boston Navy Yard (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Laid down: 9 Jul, 1943 
Launched: 13 Aug, 1943 
Commissioned: 9 Nov, 1943 
History: Assigned USN pennant DE 517 but not named.

Returned to the US Navy on 20 March, 1946. Scrapped. 

  24 Aug, 1944
Sank the German submarine U-445 in the Bay of Biscay west of St. Nazaire, France, in position 47.21N, 05.50W, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Louis.

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