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PG-122 / PF-14 Grand Island

Grand Island served the Navies of the United States and Cuba.
Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally designated a Patrol Gunboat PG-122; Redesignated a Patrol Frigate PF-14, 15 April 1943; Laid down under a Maritime Commission Contract, (MC hull 1432), by Kaiser Cargo, Inc., Yard No. 4, Richmond, CA; Launched, 19 February 1944; Commissioned USS Grand Island (PF-14), 27 May 1944; Decommissioned, 21 May 1946 at Charleston, SC; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Custody transferred to U.S. State Department, Foreign Liquidation Corp. for disposal; Transferred to Cuba, 16 June 1947 and renamed Maximo Gomez; Struck in 1964; A 1970s report indicated she was a "harbor hulk," meaning an old, dismantled ship at Mariel Bay, Cuba.
Specifications: Displacement 1,430 t.; Length, 303' 11"(oa); Bean 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20kts; Complement 190; Armament two 3"/50 gun mounts (aft 3"/50 [others in the class had a total of three 3"/50s] was removed and replaced with a weather balloon hanger), two twin 40mm gun mounts , nine 20mm guns, one 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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Mrs. William Shackleton, the former Evelyn Chrietensen,
christens the USS Grand
Island with a bottle of
champagne. Courtesy of the Stuhr Museum |
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Night shift workers at
the Kaiser Shipyard
in Richmond, Calif.,
watch the christening
of the USS Grand
Island. Courtesy of the Stuhr Museum |
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Shown off Mare Island Navy Yard on 7 July 1944. She has completed outfitting/repairs at the shipyard from 29 May to 22 July 1944. She was in dry dock #2 from 15 to 20 June 1944. U.S. Navy Photo 4293-44
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Broadside view off Mare Island Navy Yard on 7 July 1944. U.S. Navy Photo 4294-44
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