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Grand Rapids (PF-31)

Call sign:
November - Zulu - Victor - Romeo

ex-PG-139

Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Patrol Gunboat, PG-139; Redesignated a Patrol Frigate, PF-31, 15 April 1943; Laid down 30 July 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract by the Walter Butler Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisc.; Launched, 10 September 1943; Commissioned USS Grand Rapids (PF-31), 10 October 1944 at New Orleans, LA.; Decommissioned, 10 April 1946 at Boston, MA; Sold for scrap 14 April 1947 to Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. of Chester, PA.

Specifications: Displacement 1,430 t.; Length, 303' 11"(oa); Bean 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20.3 kts.; Complement 176; Armament two 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 boilers, two 5,500 iHP Diamond Iron Works steam engines, two shafts.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	53k	Receiving supplies via high line from Beaufort (PF 59)		Joseph M. Lobo, ex-CM 2/c, USCG and Jordynne Olivia Lobo, ex-AG3, USNR.

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