Here I am complaining about that thing again.
For context : the Commandant Dominé (and the Élan class) is labelled as a frigate in game, getting a bluewater spawn, facing reserve DDs that are just better in every aspect. But irl, the Élan class was envisioned as minesweepers.
When you look at other trees, you find similar ships (single large caliber cannon, around 100 crew, …) getting coastal spawns : USS Candid and PGM-9 in the US tree, the M-class in the german tree, Asagao in the japanese tree (granted this one has a bit less crew), Alano and Gabbiano in the italian tree, …
If it was a balance decision, like what happened to the Marne-class (which were quite frankly oppressive with their coastal spawn) I’d get it, but the Commandant Dominé is paper-thin, with an awkwardly-placed single main gun, has less crew but at a higher battle rating…