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PG-207 / PF-99 Orlando


Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Gunboat (PG-207); Redesignated Patrol Frigate (PF-99), 15 April 1943; Laid down 2 August 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract at American Shipbuilding Co., Lorain Ohio; Launched 1 December 1943; Commissioned USS Orlando (PF-99), 15 November 1944; Decommissioned 27 June 1946 at Seattle. WA; Struck from the Naval Register 19 July 1946; Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping 10 November 1947 to Zidell Ship Dismantling Co.

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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