The second HMS Foley (K474) was a British Captain-class frigate of the Royal Navy in commission during World War II.

[2] Commissioned into service in the Royal Navy as HMS Foley (K474) on 8 September 1943[1] simultaneously with her transfer, the ship served on patrol and escort duty.

On 21 November 1943 she joined the British sloop HMS Crane (U23) in a depth-charge attack that sank the German submarine U-538 in the North Atlantic Ocean southwest of Ireland at position 45°40′00″N 019°35′00″W / 45.66667°N 19.58333°W / 45.66667; -19.58333 (U-538 sunk).

[2] The ship was commissioned into the U.S. Navy as USS Foley (DE-270) on 22 August 1945 simultaneously with her return .

She crossed the Atlantic Ocean, called briefly at Naval Station Argentia in the Dominion of Newfoundland, and arrived at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 10 September 1945.