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Greensboro (PF 101)

Call sign:
Nan - Able - Charlie - Sugar

ex-PG-209

Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1). Originally authorized as Patrol Gunboat, PG-209; Reclassified as a Patrol Frigate, PF-101, 15 April 1943; Laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1973) at American Shipbuilding Co., Lorain, Ohio; Launched, 9 February 1944; Delivered and commissioned USS Greensboro (PF-101), 29 January 1945 at Curtis Bay, MD; Decommissioned, 14 March 1946 at Boston, MA; Struck from the Navy Register 23 April 1947 and transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal; Sold for scrap 22 April 1946 to the Southern Shipbuilding Co. of New Orleans, LA.

Specifications: Displacement 1,430 t.; Length, 303' 11"; Bean 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20.3 kts.; Complement 176; Armament two 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts (the after 3-inch gun was removed and a weather balloon hanger was added), 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 240psi 3-drum express boilers, two 5,500ihp verticle triple expansion J. Hendy Iron Works engines, two shafts.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	100k	U.S. Coast Guard Photo		Joseph M. Lobo, ex-CM 2/c, USCG and Jordynne Olivia Lobo, ex-AG3, USNR.

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