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PG-171
Scranton / Moberly (PF 63)


Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Patrol Gunboat PG-171; Redesignated as a Patrol Frigate PF-63, 15 April 1943; Named Scranton 25 June 1943; Laid down 3 November 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract at Globe Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisc.; Launched 26 January 1944; Renamed Moberly 28 June 1944; Commissioned USS Moberly (PF-63), 11 December 1944 at Houston, TX; Decommissioned 12 August 1946; Struck from the Naval Register 23 April 1947 and turned over to the Maritime Commission for disposal; Sold for scrapping 27 October 1947 to Franklin Shipwrecking Co., Hillside, NJ.

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, 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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