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Gulfport (PF 20)
ex-PG-128
Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Laid down as Patrol Gunboat, PG-128 under a Maritime Commission Contract, by the American Shipbuilding Co., Lorian, Ohio; Redesignated as a Patrol Frigate, PF-20, 15 April 1943; Launched 21 August 1943; Commissioned USS Gulfport (PF-20), 16 September 1944 at Gulfport, MS; Decommissioned 28 May 1946 at Seattle, WA; Struck from the Naval Register 19 June 1946; Sold for scrapping 13 November 1947 to Zidell Ship Dismantling Co., Seattle, WA.
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, 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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