.jpg) ARARepública (P-10) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Tact |
| Builder | Collingwood Shipyards Ltd.,Collingwood |
| Laid down | in 1942 as Tact (PG 98) |
| Launched | 19 November 1942 |
| Fate | Transferred to theRoyal Navy 21 June 1943 |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Smilax |
| Commissioned | 15 July 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 9 October 1945 |
| Stricken | 24 October 1945 |
| Identification | Pennant number: K280 |
| Fate | US Navy custody, 18 October 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Action-classpatrol boat |
| Displacement | 1,375 long tons (1,397 t) |
| Length | 205 ft (62 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft | 14 ft 7 in (4.45 m) |
| Propulsion | two 3-drum express boilers, 2,750ihp vertical triple expansion Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. engine, one shaft. |
| Speed | 16.5 kn (19.0 mph; 30.6 km/h) |
| Complement | 90 |
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HMSSmilax was originally launched asTact (PG-98), anAction-classgunboat built for theUnited States Navy byCollingwood Shipyards, Ltd., Collingwood, Ontario, Canada
Tact was launched on 14 November 1942. However, before seeing any service in the United States Navy, the ship was transferred to the United Kingdom under theLend-Lease program on 21 June 1943 and served theRoyal Navy as HMSSmilax until after the end of hostilities in Europe.
Tact was returned to the United States on 18 October 1946 and sold by the Maritime Commission to theArgentine Navy, where she served ARARepública until her decommissioning in 1966. She saw some action during the 1955Revolución Libertadora, when theRepública defended the rebel naval base atMar del Plata.
This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be foundhere.
