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Knoxville (PF 64)
ex-PG-172




Knoxville served the Navies of the United States and the Dominican Republic.

Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Patrol Gunboat, PG-172; Redesignated a Patrol Frigate, PF-64, 15 April 1943; Laid down under a Maritime Commission contract ny the Leatham D. Smith Shipyard, Sturgeon Bay, Wisc.; Launched 10 July 1943; Commissioned USS Knoxville (PF-64), 29 April 1944; Decommissioned 13 June 1946 at Charleston, SC; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Turned over to the State Department Liquidation Commission; Sold 22 September 1947 to the Dominican Republic and renamed Presidente Peynado (F 104); Renamed Capitan General Pedro Santana (F 453) in 1962; Scrapped in 1979.

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, one Hedgehog depth charge projector; eight Y-gun depth charge projectors, two depth charge racks; Propulsion two triple expanison recipercating steam engines, three boilers, two shafts.


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Knoxville 98k . Dean Ferber
Knoxville 98k . Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
Knoxville 98k U.S. Caost Guard Photo. Joe Radigan

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