- Source: French frigate Tunisien
Tunisien (T23, F706), was a Cannon-class destroyer escort in service with the Free French Naval Forces and the French Navy from 1944 to 1964. She was scrapped in 1964.
History
= World War II
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The ship was originally built as USS Crosley (DE-108), an American named for Rear Admiral Walter Selywn Crosley. Crosley was transferred to the Free French Naval Forces under lend lease on 12 February 1944, and renamed Tunisien (T23).
Tunisien participated in Operation Anvil-Dragoon on 15 August 1944.
Ownership of the vessel was transferred to France on 21 April 1952 under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program.
= Algerian War
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Tunisien participated in the Algerian War in 1956. She was decommissioned and returned to the U.S. Navy in 1964 and scrapped.
See also
List of escorteurs of the French Navy
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entries can be found here and here.
External links
Photo gallery of Tunisien/Crosley (DE-108) at NavSource Naval History
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