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Asheville (PF 1)



Call sign:
Nan - Queen - Charlie - Nan

ex-PG-101
ex-HMS Adur (K 269)

Asheville Class Patrol Frigate: Laid down 10 March 1942 as HMS Adur (K 269) by Canadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal, Canada; Launched, 22 August 1942; Transferred to the United States prior to completion; Commissioned USS Asheville (PG-101), 1 December 1942; Reclassified as a Patrol Frigate, PF-1, 15 April 1943; Decommissioned, 14 January 1946 at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA; Struck from the Navy list 25 February 1946; Sold 15 June 1946 to the United Boat Service Corp. of New York and resold to Argentina; Renamed Hercules and Juan B. Azopardo (GC 11). Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 2,360 t; Length 301' 6"; Beam 36' 6"; Draft 13 8"; Speed 20.3 kts.; Complement 194; Armament three 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts, two twin 40mm gun mounts, nine 20mm gun mounts, two depth charge racks, eight depth charge projectors, and one hedgehog depth charge projector; Propulsion two 225psi 3-drum express boilers, two 5,500shp Canadian Vickers verticle triple expansion steam engines, two shaft.

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USS Asheville (PG 101)
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Asheville 86k 3 November 1943 .
Asheville 123k c. February 1944
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