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Huron (PF-19)



Call sign:
Nan - Zebra - Victor - Able

ex-PG-127

Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1). Laid down 1 May 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract as Patrol Gunboat, PG-127 by the American Shipbuilding Co., Cleveland, Ohio; Reclassified a Patrol Frigate, PF-19, 15 April 1943; Launched 3 July 1943; Delivered and commissioned USS Huron (PF 19), 7 September 1944; Decommissioned 19 April 1946; Sold 15 May 1947 to the United Dock Corp. of New York; Resold in 1947 to Brazil as Jose Marcelino; Scrapped in Brazil in 1947.

Specifications: Displacement 1,430 t (lt), 2,415 t. (fl); Length 303' 11"; Beam 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 gun mounts, two dct, eight dcp, one dcp (hh); Propulsion two 3-drum express type boilers, two 5,500shp Koppers Co. verticle triple expansion engines, two shaft.

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Huron 96k - -
Huron 31k . Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
Huron 98k 10 March 1945 -
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