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PG-137 / PF-29 Groton

Groton served both the U. S. Navy and Coast Guard.


Groton served the Navies of the United States and the Columbia.

Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1). Originally authorized as Patrol Gunboat PG-137; Redesignated as a Patrol Frigate PF-29, 15 April 1943; Laid down under a Maritime Commission contract, at Walter Butler Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisc.; Launched, 14 September 1943; Commissioned USS Groton (PF-29), 5 September 1944; Decommissioned, 13 March 1946 at Boston, MA., turned over to the Coast Guard and recommissioned into the Coast Guard the same day; Decommissioned by the Coast Guard, 29 September 1946 at New Orleans, LA. and returned to Naval custody; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Custody assigned to State Dept. for disposal; Sold to Columbia, 26 March 1947, renamed Almirante Padilla. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 1,430 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, eight Y-gun depth charge projectors, two depth charge racks; Propulsion, two 5,500 iHP turbines, two shafts, three boilers.
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Groton 54k Argentia, Newfoundland, Canada, c. 1 July - 21 October 1945.
Photo by Don F. Roban, S1/c, USCG
Mark Grobbel, BM1/c, USCG
via Mike Grobbel

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