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PG-152 / PF-44 Corpus Christi


Manned by the Coast Guard during World War II

Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Patrol Gunboat PG-152; Redesignated a Patrol Frigate PF-44, 15 April 1943; Laid down under a Maritime Commission contract by the Consolidated Steel Corp, Ltd., Wilmington, CA.; Launched, 17 August 1943; Commissioned USS Corpus Christi (PF-44), 29 January 1944 at San Pedro, CA; Decommissioned, 2 August 1946; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Sold, 3 October 1947.
Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 1,296 t.; Length, 303' 11"(oa); Bean 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20kts; Complement 190; Armament two 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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Corpus Christi 56k In port, c. 1945.
Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1971.
US Navy Photo NH 74296
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