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Van Buren (PF-42)

Call sign:
November - Zulu - Whiskey - Kilo

ex-PG-150

Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Patrol Gunboat, PG-150; Redesignated as a Patrol Frigate, PF-42, 15 April 1943; Laid down, 24 June 1943 under Maritime Commission contract, (MC hull 1453), at Consolidated Steel Corp, Ltd., Los Angeles, CA.; Launched, 27 July 1943; Commissioned USS Van Buren (PF-42), 17 December 1943 at Terminal Island, CA; Decommissioned, 6 May 1946 at Charleston, SC; Struck from the Naval Register, 19 June 1946; Sold for scrap to the Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. of Chester, PA.

Specifications: Displacement 1,430 t (lt), 2,415 t. (fl); Length 303' 11"; Beam 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20.3 kts; Complement 214; Armament two 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 boilers, two 5,500ihp J. Hendy Iron Works engines, two shafts.

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	58k	11 January 1944 Conducting a speed trial over the measured mile off Balboa Peninsula, Newport Beach, California.		Richard Leonis "Plank Owner" (via Stan Cochran)

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