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Davenport (PF 69)

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November - Zulu - Zulu - Hotel

ex-PG-177

Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Patrol Gunboat, PG-177; Redesignated a Patrol Frigate, PF-69, 15 April 1943; Laid down 7 August 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract at Leatham D. Smith Shipyard, Sturgeon Bay, Wisc.; Launched, 8 December 1943; Commissioned USS Davenport (PF-69), 15 February 1945; Decommissioned 4 February 1946 at Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, MA; Sold 6 June 1946.

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 Diamond Iron Works engines, two shafts.

Size	Image Description	Source
81k	Commissioning Program photo	Vincent A. Grobbel, BM1/c, USCG via Mike Grobbel
58k	.	Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
74k	26 June 1945 In Charleston Harbor as she left Charleston Navy Yard bound for Argentia, Newfoundland.	Mike Grobbel

View the Davenport (PF-69)
DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site

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

Additional Resources
USS Davenport (PF 69) Web Site

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