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Bangor (PF 16)

Call sign:
November - Golf - Delta - Papa

ex-PG-124

Bangor served both the U. S. Navy and Coast Guard.

Bangor served the Navies of the United States and Mexico.

Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally designated Patrol Gunboat, PG-124; Reclassified as a Patrol Frigate, PF-16, 15 April 1943; Laid down 20 May 1943 under a Maritime Commission Contract by the American Shipbuilding Co., Lorian, Ohio; Launched 6 November 1943; Delivered 22 August 1944; Commissioned USS Bangor (PF-16), 22 November 1944; Decommissioned 15 April 1946 and transferred on loan to the Coast Guard; Returned to U.S. Navy custody 16 August 1946; Sold to Mexico 24 November 1947 as ARM General Jose Maria Morelos; Renamed ARM Golfo de Tehuantepec; Scrapped in 1964.

Specifications: Displacement 1,430 t.; Length, 303' 11"; Bean 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20.3 kts.; Complement 214; 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 240psi 3-drum express boilers, two 5,500ihp verticle triple expansion Diamond Iron Works engines, two shafts.

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