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PG-209 / PF-101 Greensboro


Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Patrol Gunboat PG-209; Redesignated a Patrol Frigate PF-101, 15 April 1943; Laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1973) at American Shipbuilding Co., Lorain, Ohio; Launched, 9 February 1944; Commissioned USS Greensboro (PF-101), 29 January 1945 at Curtis Bay, MD; Decommissioned, 14 March 1946 at Boston, MA; Struck from the Naval Register, 23 April 1947 and transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal; Sold for scrapping, 22 April 1946 to Southern Shipbuilding Co., New Orleans, LA.

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, 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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Greensboro 100k U.S. Coast Guard Photo Joseph M. Lobo, ex-CM 2/c, USCG and Jordynne Olivia Lobo, ex-AG3, USNR.

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