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PF-100 Racine


Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Patrol Gunboat PG-208; Redesignated a Patrol Frigate PF-100, 15 April 1943; Laid down, 14 September 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract at American Shipbuilding Co., Lorain, Ohio; Launched, 15 March 1944; Commissioned USS Racine (PF-100), 22 January 1945 at Houston, TX; Decommissioned, 27 June 1946; Struck from the Naval Register, 19 July 1946; Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal; Sold for scrapping, 2 December 1947 to Franklin Ship Wrecking Co., Hillside, NJ.

Specifications: Displacement 1,190 t.; Length, 303' 11"(oa); Bean 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20kts; Complement 201; Armament two 3"/50AA gun mounts, 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 5,500 iHP turbines, two shafts, three boilers.
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