Construction and Commissioning
Kempthorne was ordered from the Boston Navy Yard on 18 January 1942 as the Evarts-class destroyer escort Trumpeter (DE-279). She was not commissioned into the US Navy but was instead transferred to the Royal Navy under the Lend-Lease agreement and commissioned on 31 October 1943.
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