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Grand Island (PF 14)

Call sign:
Nan - Dog - Roger - Charlie

ex-PG-122

Grand Island served the Navies of the United States and Cuba.

Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate:

(MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally designated a Patrol Gunboat, PG-122

Reclassified as a Patrol Frigate, PF-14, 15 April 1943

Laid down 27 November 1943 under a Maritime Commission Contract, (MC hull 1432), by Kaiser Cargo, Inc., Yard No. 4, Richmond, CA

Launched, 19 February 1944

Commissioned USS Grand Island (PF-14), 27 May 1944

Decommissioned, 21 May 1946 at Charleston, SC

Custody transferred to U.S. State Department, Foreign Liquidation Commission for disposal

Transferred to Cuba, 16 June 1947 as Maximo Gomez (F 303)

Struck in 1964

A 1970s report indicated she was a "harbor hulk," meaning an old, dismantled ship at Mariel Bay, Cuba

Fate unknown.

Specifications:

Displacement 1,430 t.

Length 303' 11"(oa)

Bean 37' 6"

Draft 13' 8"

Speed 20.3 kts.

Complement 194

Armament: Three 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts (aft 3"/50 was removed and replaced with a weather balloon hanger), two twin 40mm gun mounts , nine 20mm guns, one Hedgehog depth charge projector, eight Y-guns and two

depth charge rails

Propulsion: Two 3-drum expansion boilers, two 5,500iHP J. Hendy Iron Works vertical triple expansion engines, two shafts.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description	Source
Grand Island (PF 14)
	127k	Mrs. William Shackleton, the former Evelyn Chrietensen, christens the Grand Island with a bottle of champagne. Courtesy of the Stuhr Museum	Darryl L. Baker
	106k	Night shift workers at the Kaiser Shipyard in Richmond, Calif., watch the christening of the Grand Island. Courtesy of the Stuhr Museum	Darryl L. Baker
USS Grand Island (PF 14)
	280k	Forward plan view of Grand Island at Mare Island on 5 July 1944. U.S. Navy Photo 4297-44	Darryl L. Baker
	353k	Amidships looking aft plan view of Grand Island at Mare Island on 5 July 1944. U.S. Navy Photo 4298-44	Darryl L. Baker
	143k	Bow on view of Grand Island in the Mare Island channel on 6 July 1944. U.S. Navy Photo 4292-44	Darryl L. Baker
	85k	Shown off Mare Island Navy Yard on 7 July 1944. She has completed outfitting/repairs at the shipyard from 29 May to 22 July 1944. She was in dry dock No.2 from 15 to 20 June 1944. U.S. Navy Photo 4293-44	Darryl L. Baker
	78k	Broadside view off Mare Island Navy Yard on 7 July 1944. U.S. Navy Photo 4294-44	Darryl L. Baker
	544k	20 May 1945 Highlining with Boston (CA 69) off the coast of Califirnia U.S. Navy photo taken from a ZP-31* airship by Ensign Goetze*	David Buell
Maximo Gomez (F 303)
	37k	.	Robert Hurst
	35k	c. 1951	Robert Hurst
	34k	c. 1954 Cuban Navy photo	Robert Hurst
	40k	c. 1956 Cuban Navy photo	Robert Hurst

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DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.

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