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PG-140 / PF-32 Woonsocket

Woonsocket was manned by a Coast Guard crew during World War II


Woonsocket served the Navies of the United States and Peru.


Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally assigned the hull number PG-140; Reclassified a Patrol Frigate PG-32, 25 June 1943; Laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1443), 12 August 1943 at Walter Butler Shipbuilders Inc., Superior, Wisc; Accepted by the Navy, 27 July 1944 at Boston Navy Yard; Commissioned USS Woonsocket (PF-32), 1 September 1944; Decommissioned, 18 September 1946 at New Orleans, La.; Struck from the Naval Register, 14 May 1947; Transferred to Peru, renamed Teniente Galvez, later changed to Galvez. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 1,430 t (lt), 2,415 t. (fl); Length 303' 11"; Beam 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20.3 kts; Complement 190; Armament three single 3"/50 gun mounts, two twin 40mm gun mounts, nine 20mm gun mounts, two dct, eight dcp, one dcp (hh).
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Woonsocket 50k - Joseph P. Heyde, RMC, USCG, Ret.
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