SHARPSHOOTER was
originally armed with two 4"HA guns and one quadruple 0.5"
Machine Gun mounting. A second quad MG mounting was added later
and as the war progressed she underwent the normal armament
modifications of her Class. The after 4" gun was removed when
two 20mm single Oerlikons were added and later she received two
more single 20mm (when both 0.5" mountings were removed). Her
final wartime armament comprised one 4"HA, two twin and two
single 20mm guns. Her outfit of depth charges was also varied:
as a minesweeper she had two depth charge chutes each with two
depth charges and when acting as Anti Submarine escort two d/c
throwers with 8 depth charges each were added. In 1943 ships of
her Class on escort duty had two double depth charge chutes with
two depth charges each, two single chutes with one depth charge
each and two throwers with 40 depth charges.
SHARPSHOOTER's Asdic
was probably Type 123, and it is most likely that she received
Type 271 RDF. Her peace time complement was about 80 officers
and men.
Source: THE WAR OF THE HALCYONS 1939‑1945 R A Ruegg
World Ship Society
