.jpg) HMSMilfoil after her transfer to the US Navy | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Milfoil |
| Namesake | Achillea millefolium |
| Laid down | November 1941 |
| Launched | 5 August 1942 |
| Fate | Transferred to theUnited States Navy |
 United States | |
| Name | Intensity |
| Commissioned | 31 March 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 3 October 1945 |
| Fate | Sold to Balleneros Ltd. of Panama |
 Panama | |
| Name | Olympic Promoter |
| Acquired | 1950 |
| Fate | Transferred to a Japanese Company |
 Japan | |
| Name | Otori Maru №5 |
| Acquired | 1965 |
| Fate | Broken up 1 April 1966 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Flower-classcorvette |
| Displacement | 1,375 tons |
| Length | 205 ft (62 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draught | 14 ft 7 in (4.45 m) |
| Propulsion | Two 3-drum express boilers driving a Canadian Vickers VTE engine |
| Speed | 16.5knots |
| Complement | 90 |
| Armament | 1 ×3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts |
HMSMilfoil was a modifiedFlower-classcorvette that served in theRoyal Navy and theUnited States Navy (asUSSIntensity (PG-93)) before being transferred toPanama where she served as awhaling ship.
During most ofWorld War II, she operated fromNew York on escort duty to theCaribbean Sea. She completed 15 escort runs in this role. As USSIntensity, she was designated anAction-class patrolgunboat and manned by theUnited 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, USSIntensity sailed toCharleston, South Carolina, arriving on 29 June 1945. She wasdecommissioned later that year in Charleston and put into the trust of theUnited States Maritime Commission.
In 1950, she was sold to aPanamanian company, Balleneros Ltd., where she was used as awhaling ship calledOlympic Promoter. She was then sold to a Japanese company and renamedOtori Maru № 5.
The ship was scrapped at Shodoshima on 1 April 1966.[1]
