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PG-153 / PF-45 Hutchinson


Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Gunboat (PG-153); Redesignated Patrol Frigate (PF-45), 15 April 1943; Laid down under a Maritime Commission contract, at Consolidated Steel Corp, Ltd., Los Angeles, CA.; Launched 27 August 1943; Commissioned USS Hutchinson (PF-45), 3 February 1944; Decommissioned 15 April 1946, loaned to the Coast Guard and recommissioned into the Coast Guard the same day; Coast Guard decommissioning at Seattle WA., 27 September 1946; Struck from the Naval Register 29 October 1946; Final Disposition, sold to Mexico 24 November 1947, renamed California, fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 1,430 t.; Length, 303' 11"(oa); Bean 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20kts; Complement 190; 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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