Oh boy, do I like challenge or what? I just spent hours researching different warships.
Here is the list of US Navy warships I went trough:
AM-53 Warbler
BB-53 Iowa
CG-53 Mobile Bay
CL-53 San Diego
CV-53 ? Cancelled
CVE-53 Puncher (Willapa)
DD-53 Winslow
AKA-53 Achernar
AO-53Caliente
DE-53 Charles Lawrence
AF-53 Grommet Reefer
FFG-53 Hawes
DDG-53 John Paul Jones
AP-53 Lafayette
AK-53 Libra
CG-53 Mobile Bay
MHC-53 Pelican
CLAA-53 San Diego
AN-53 Spicewood
AVP-53 Suisun
ARS-53 Grapple
Then I started to think maybe it was not a US warship after all. Following a bit more of research, bingo, I found it! It's an Australian GP Frigate - River Class Destroyer Escort ? HMAS Torrens, commissioned on January 19th, 1971.
Here is a picture of it back in the days:
Joe, thank you for the good challenge.
