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Corpus Christi (PF 44)

Call sign:
November - Zulu - Whiskey - Mike

ex-PG-152

Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Patrol Gunboat, PG-152; Redesignated a Patrol Frigate, PF-44, 15 April 1943; Laid down 17 July 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract by the Consolidated Steel Corp, Ltd., Wilmington, CA.; Launched, 17 August 1943; Commissioned USS Corpus Christi (PF-44), 29 January 1944 at San Pedro, CA; Decommissioned, 2 August 1946; Sold, 3 October 1947. Fate unknown.

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 boilers, two 5,500ihp J. Hendy Iron Works engines, two shafts.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Discription		Source
	56k	In port, c. 1945. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1971. US Navy Photo NH 74296		Naval Historical Center

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