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PG-150 / PF-42 Van Buren


Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Patrol Gunboat PG-150; Redesignated as a Patrol Frigate PF-42, 15 April 1943; Laid down, 24 June 1943 under Maritime Commission contract, (MC hull 1453), at Consolidated Steel Corp, Ltd., Los Angeles, CA.; Launched, 27 July 1943; Commissioned USS Van Buren (PF-42), 17 December 1943 at Terminal Island, CA; Decommissioned, 6 May 1946 at Charleston, SC; Struck from the Naval Register, 19 June 1946; Sold for scrapping, (date unknown) to Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Chester, PA.

Specifications: Displacement 1,264 t.; Length, 303' 11"(oa); Bean 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20kts; Complement 190; Armament three 3"/50 AA 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 reciprocating steam engines, two shafts, three boilers.
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Van Buren 58k Conducting a speed trial over the measured mile off Balboa Peninsula, Newport Beach, California, 11 January 1944. Richard Leonis
"Plank Owner"
(via Stan Cochran)

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