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PG-173 / PF-65 Uniontown


Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Gunboat Chattanooga (PG-173); Redesignated Patrol Frigate (PF-65), 15 April 1943; Laid down, 21 April 1943 under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1489) at Leatham D Smith Shipyard, Sturgeon Bay, Wisc.; Launched, 7 August 1943; Renamed Uniontown, 16 August 1944; Commissioned USS Uniontown (PF-65), 6 October 1944 at New Orleans, LA; Decommissioned, 20 December 1945 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth VA.; Struck from the Naval Register, 8 January 1946; Turned over to the State Department, Liquidation Commission; Final Disposition, sold July 1947 to Argentina, renamed Sarani; Final Disposition, fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 1,190 t.; Length, 303' 11"(oa); Bean 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20kts; Complement 214; 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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