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PG-139 / PF-31 Grand Rapids


Grand Rapids was manned by a Coast Guard crew during World War II

Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Patrol Gunboat PG-139; Redesignated a Patrol Frigate PF-31, 15 April 1943; Laid down under a Maritime Commission contract by the Walter Butler Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisc.; Launched, 10 September 1943; Commissioned USS Grand Rapids (PF-31), 10 October 1944 at New Orleans, LA.; Decommissioned, 10 April 1946 at Boston, MA; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Sold for scrapping, 14 April 1947 to Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Chester, PA.

Specifications: Displacement 1,430 t.; Length, 303' 11"(oa); Beam 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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Grand Rapids 53k Receiving supplies via high line from Beaufort (PF 59) Joseph M. Lobo, ex-CM 2/c, USCG and
Jordynne Olivia Lobo, ex-AG3, USNR.

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