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USCGC Hutchinson (PF 45)
ex-USS Hutchinson (PF 45)



Call sign:
Nan - Zebra - Uncle - Sugar

ex-PG-153

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


Hutchinson served the Navies of the United States and Mexico.
Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Patrol Gunboat, PG-153; Reclassified as a Patrol Frigate, PF-45, 15 April 1943; Laid down under a Maritime Commission contract by the Consolidated Steel Corp, Ltd., Los Angeles, CA.; Launched 27 August 1943; Commissioned USS Hutchinson (PF-45), 3 February 1944; Decommissioned 15 April 1946, loaned to the Coast Guard and commissioned USCGC Hutchinson (PF 45) the same day; Decommissioning 27 September 1946 at Seattle, WA; Struck from the Navy Register 29 October 1946; Sold to Mexico 24 November 1947 as ARM California; Scrapped in June 1964.

Specifications: Displacement 1,430 t.; Length, 303' 11"(oa); Bean 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20kts; Complement 190; Armament three 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts (aft gun removed and a weather balloon hanger was added), four 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 5,500ihp vertical triple expansion J. Hendy Iron Works engines, two shafts.

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USS Hutchinson (PF 45)
Hutchinson 115k . Hal Bleiweiss
Hutchinson 43k Underway, probably circa February 1946, after being converted for weather reporting service.
Courtesy of William H. Davis, 1976
U.S. Navy photo NH 84721		 Naval Historical Center
ARM California
Hutchinson 53k c. 1950 Robert Hurst
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