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PG-199 / PF-91 Tortola


Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Gunboat (PG-199); Redesignated Patrol Frigate (PF-91), 15 April 1943; Laid down 16 October 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract at Welsh-Kaiser Co., Inc., Providence RI; Assigned to the Royal Navy under the Lend-Lease Program; Launched 16 November 1943; Transferred to the Royal Navy and Commissioned HMS Tortola (K-595), 15 May 1944; Returned to US custody 22 May 1946; Returned to the Maritime Commisison 17 June 1947 for disposal; Struck from the Naval Register 3 July 1946; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping to John J Duane Co., Quincy, MA; Resold 17 January 1947 to Washburn Wire Co., Philppsdale, RI, scrapped 10 September 1947.

Specifications: Displacement 1,190 t.; Length, 303' 11"(oa); Bean 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20kts; Complement 190; Armament three 3"/50AA gun mounts, two twin 40mm gun mounts , nine 20mm guns, 1 Hedgehog depth charge projector; eight Y-gun depth charge projectors, two depth charge racks; Propulsion, two 5,500 iHP turbines, two shafts, three boilers.
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