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USCGC Sheboygan (PF 57)
ex-USS Sheboygan (PF-57)



Call sign:
Nan - Zebra - Yoke - Victor

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

ex-PG-165

Sheboygan served the Navies of the United States and Belgium.
Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Patrol Gunboat, PG-165; Redesignated a Patrol Frigate, PF-57, 15 April 1943; Laid down 17 April 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract, at Globe Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisc.; Commissioned USS Sheboygan (PF-57), 26 May 1944 at New Orleans, LA; Decommissioned 14 March 1946 at Charleston, SC and recommissioned USCGC Sheboygan (PF 57) the same day; Decommissioned 9 August 1946 and returned to U.S. Navy custody; Transferred to the State Department Liquidation Commission; Sold to Belgium 19 March 1947 as Lieutenant der zee Victor Billet (F 910); Struck from the Belgium Navy Register in 1957; Turned into a stationary training hulk in 1958; Scrapped
in 1959.

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 Valley Iron Works engines, two shafts.

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For Full Size Image		 Size Image Description Source
Sheboygan 32k Lieutenant der zee Victor Billet (F 910)
Photo by Daniel Develter		 Joe Radigan
Sheboygan 34k c. 1948 Robert Hurst
Sheboygan 70k c. 1949
Ostend, Belgium		 Robert Hurst
Sheboygan 69k c. 1952
Belgium Navy photo		 Robert Hurst
Sheboygan 53k c. 1953 Robert Hurst
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