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Beaufort (PF-59)

Call sign:
November - Zulu - Yankee - Xray

ex-PG-167

Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Patrol Gunboat, PG-167; Redesignated a Patrol Frigate, PF-59, 15 April 1943; Laid down 21 July 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract at Globe Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisc.; Launched, 9 October 1943; Commissioned USS Beaufort (PF-59), 28 August 1944; Decommissioned, 19 April 1946 at Norfolk, VA; Turned over to the State Department Liquidation Commission; Sold for scrap 11 April 1947.

Specifications: Displacement 1,430 t.; Length, 303' 11"(oa); Beam 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20.3 kts.; Complement 176; Armament three 3"/50 dual purpose mounts (For those frigates fitted out for weather patrol duty, the after 3-inch gun was removed and a weather balloon hanger was added aft), two twin 40mm mounts, nine 20mm, one Hedgehog, eight depth charge projectors, two depth charge racks; Propulsion two 3-drum express boilers, two 5,500ihp J. Hendy Irom Works engines, two shafts.

Size	Image Descriptions	Source
53k	Off the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, on 6 September 1944. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. U.S. Navy Photo 19-N-70770	Naval Historical Center
53k	Off the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, on 6 September 1944. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. U.S. Navy Photo 19-N-70771	Naval Historical Center
53k	Off the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, on 6 September 1944. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. U.S. Navy Photo 19-N-70772	Naval Historical Center
53k	Fantail awash in heavy North Atlantic seas. Patrol Frigates were considered to have better seakeeping qualities than the larger Destroyer Escorts.	Joseph M. Lobo, ex-CM2/c, USCG and Jordynne Olivia Lobo, ex-AG3, USNR.

View the Beaufort (PF 59) Crew Photos

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DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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