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Forsyth (PF 102)
ex-PG-210


Forsyth served both the U. S. Navy and Coast Guard.

Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Patrol Gunboat, PG-210; Redesignated as a Patrol Frigate, PF-102, 15 April 1943; Laid down under a Maritime Commission contract by the American Shipbuilding Co., Lorain, Ohio; Launched, 20 May 1944; Commissioned USS Forsyth (PF-102), 11 February 1945 at Curtis Bay, MD; Decommissioned, 14 March 1946 while at sea and immediately recommissioned into the Coast Guard; Decommissioned from the Coast Guard, 2 August 1946 at New Orleans, LA; Custody returned to U.S. Navy; Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal; Sold to The Netherlands and renamed Cumulus; Served as a Weather Ship until 1963; Scrapped, 1969.

Specifications: Displacement 1,190 t.; Length, 303' 11"(oa); Bean 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20kts; Complement 201; Armament two 3"/50 gun mounts, 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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Forsyth 34k c. 1945
Line drawing of Forsyth
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Forsyth 42k Cumulus Piet Y de Vries

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