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Annapolis (PF 15)

Call sign:
Nan - Fox - Fox - Yoke

ex-PG-123

Annapolis served the Navies of the United States and Mexico.

Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: Originally designated Patrol Gunboat, PG-123; Redesignated a Patrol Frigate, PF-15, 15 April 1943; Laid down, 20 May 1943 as a Maritime Commission type (S2-S2-AQ1) hull under a Maritime Commission contract at American Shipbuilding Co., Lorain, OH.; Launched, 16 October 1943; Commissioned USS Annapolis (PF-15), 4 December 1944; Decommissioned, 29 May 1946 at Seattle, WA.; Struck from the Navy Register, 19 June 1946; Custody transferred to U.S. State Department, Foreign Liquidation Commission for disposal; Transferred to Mexico 24 November 1947 as ARM General Vicente Guerrero; Renamed ARM Rio Usumacinta; Scrapped in 1964.

Specifications: Displacement 1,430 t.; Length, 303' 11"(oa); Bean 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20.3 kts.; Complement 190; Armament three 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts, two twin 40mm gun mounts, nine 20mm guns, one Hedgehog depth charge projector, eight Y-gun depth charge projectors, two depth charge racks; Propulsion two 3-drum express type boilers, two 5,500ihp J. Hendy Iron Works vertical triple expansion steam engines, two shafts.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
Annapolis (PF 15)
	68k	Preparing for launching.	Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
	98k	Being launched at the American Shipbuilding Co., Lorain, OH, 16 October 1943. US Navy photo # NH 66293	Tom Kermen
ARM Rio Usumacinta
	47k	c. 1953 Mexican Navy photo	Robert Hurst

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