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PG-176
PF-68 Brunswick


Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Patrol Gunboat, PG-176; Redesignated as a Patrol Frigate, PF-68, 15 April 1943; Laid down under a Maritime Commission contract at Leatham D. Smith Shipyard, Sturgeon Bay, Wisc.; Launched 6 November 1943; Commissioned USS Brunswick (PF-68), 2 October 1944; Decommissioned 3 May 1946 at Boston, MA; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Sold for scrap 9
April 1947.

Specifications: Displacement 1,190 t.; Length, 303' 11"(oa); Bean 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20kts; Complement 190; Armament three 3"/50 AA gun mounts (after 3"/50 replaced with weather balloon hanger in 1945), 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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