HMNZS Hawea and HMNZS Rotoiti at Yokosuka,May 11th 1951.

HMNZS Hawea (F422), a Loch-class frigate, photographed in cold waters while escorting HMNZS Endeavour to Antarctica.
HMNZS Hawea Ex HMS Loch Eck enter Malta
HMNZS Rotoiti in Melbourne, Australia – HMNZS Rotoiti (F625) was a Loch-class frigate of the Royal New Zealand Navy, which had formerly served in the British Royal Navy as HMS Loch Katrine at the end of World War II.
HMNZS Rotoiti (F625) was a Loch-class frigate of the Royal New Zealand Navy, which had formerly served in the British Royal Navy as HMS Loch Katrine at the end of World War II.
HMNZS Rotoiti in Dunedin
The Royal New Zealand Navy frigate HMNZS Rotoiti (F625) during a high line transfer with the U.S. Navy radar picket destroyer escort USS Hissem (DER-400), circa 1964.
USS Hissem (DE-400/DER-400) was an Edsall class destroyer escort of the United States Navy. Hissem was constructed in 1943 as DE-400. In 1955, the vessel was equipped with modern radars, and the designation was changed to DER-400. The special purpose of DER (Destroyer Escort Radar picket) ships was the detection of aircraft. Their chief role was to extend the DEW line out into the N. Atlantic and the N. Pacific oceans.

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