HMS Milfoil (K288)

HMS "Milfoil" (K288) was a modified "Flower"-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy and the United States Navy (as USS "Intensity" (PG-93)) before being transferred Panama where she served as a whaling ship.

During most of World War II, she operated from New York on escort duty to the Caribbean. She completed 15 escort runs in this rôle. As the USS "Intensity", she was designated an "Action"-class patrol gunboat and manned by the United States Coast Guard. She was put on patrol in New York for a month in 1944 but was later returned to escort duty in the Caribbean.

After the threat from German attack disappeared in May 1945, USS "Intensity" sailed to Charleston, South Carolina, arriving on 29 June 1945. She was decommissioned later that year in Charleston and put into the trust of the United States Maritime Commission.

In 1950, she was sold to a Panamanian company, Balleneros Ltd., where she was used as a whaler called "Olympic Promoter". She was then sold to a Japanese Company and re-named "Otori Maru № 5".

Her fate is unknown, but a ship called "Otori Maru № 5" is currently listed under the Mongolian flag. [ [http://www.e-ships.net/index/O6.shtml Ships and Shipping Companies Database - WORLD SHIPPING REGISTER - Index ] ]

References

* [http://history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-i/pg93.htm USN Ships--USS Intensity (PG-93)]
* [http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5614.html uboat.net: Corvette of the Flower (rev.) class]
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/09093.htm Gunboat PG-93 Intensity on "navsource.org"]
* [http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/patrol/pg93.htm PG-93 "Intensity"]