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USS Covington (PF 56)
ex-USCGC Covington (PF-56)
ex-USS Covington (PF-56)



Call sign:
November - Zulu - Xray - Charlie

ex-PG-164


Covington served the Navies of the United States and Ecuador.
Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Patrol Gunboat, PG-164; Redesignated a Patrol Frigate, PF-56, 15 April 1943; Laid down 1 March 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract at Globe Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisc.; Launched 15 July 1943; Delivered 5 August 1944; Placed in "ferry" commission 7 August 1944; Commissioned USS Covington (PF-56), 17 October 1944; Decommissioned 16 March 1946 at Charleston, SC and loaned to the Coast Guard and recommissioned USCGC Covington (PF 56) the same day; Returned to U.S. Navy custody 17 September 1946; Struck from the Naval Register in April 1947 and turned over to the State Departments Liquidation Commission; Transferred to Ecuador 28 August 1947 as Guayas
(E 21); Reclassified E-01; Decommissioned in 1972. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 1,430 t.; Length, 303' 11"(oa); Bean 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20.3 kts.; Complement 190; 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 J. Hendy Iron Works engines, two shafts.

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USS Covington (PF 56)
Covington 97k Underway in 1945.
Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1974.
Naval Historical Center photo NH 79001		 Mike Green
Covington 91k Covington, at left, and USS Lorain (PF-93) docked at New York City, 1946. The original photograph is dated 11 May 1946, when the ships were on loan to the U.S. Coast Guard.
Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1974.
Naval Historical Center photo NH 79870		 Mike Green
Guayas (E 21)
Covington 37k . Robert Hurst
Covington 77k c. late 1940s or early 1950s.
Naval Historical Center photo NH 45337		 Mike Green
Covington 33k c. 1955
Ecuadorean Navy photo		 Robert Hurst
Covington 45k c. 1967 Robert Hurst
Guayas (E 01)
Covington 68k c. 1960 Robert Hurst
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