River class frigate

River class frigate

United States Navy

Vessels lost in action

Trivia

* was destroyed by the United Kingdom's first nuclear weapon in Operation Hurricane in 1952.

* A fictional River class frigate, warship|HMS|Saltash, appears in the novel "The Cruel Sea" by Nicholas Monsarrat. In the film version, this is replaced by a Castle class corvette, warship|HMS|Saltash Castle, as no River class vessel was available from the Royal Navy to play the part.

* was bought by Aristotle Onassis after the war and converted into the luxury yacht "Christina O".

Bibliography

* "British and Empire Warships of the Second World War", H T Lenton, Greenhill Books, ISBN 1-85367-277-7
* "Royal Navy Frigates 1945-1983", Leo Marriot, Ian Allan, 1983, ISBN 0-7110-1322-5


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