Van Kinsbergen
1939
(Argonaut 622)
- Class: Van Kinsbergen - 1 escort / training vessel of 1937
- Displacement: 1,700 tons
- Dimensions: 338ft 6in x 38ft x 11ft
- Machinery: 2-shaft Werkspoor geared turbines, 2 Yarrow boilers, 16,000shp = 25.5kts
- Armament: 4-4.7in (4x1), 4-40mm AA (2x2)
- Complement: 190
- Builder: Rotterdam D.D., Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Laid down:
- Launched: 1 May 1939
- Completed: 24 Aug 1939
- Notes: Dual-purpose vessel, intended to serve as a gunnery training ship or as an escort sloop. Employed primarily on patrol work in the West Indies during WW2. In Aug 1940 she hosted U.S. Navy specialist officers for a demonstration of her stabilised 40mm machine cannon, leading to the adoption of this weapon by the U.S. as its primary medium-range AA armament.
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