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PG- 154 / PF-46 Bisbee

Note: Bisbee was manned by the Coast Guard during World War II, and by the Navy during the Korean War.
Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Gunboat (PG-154); Redesignated Patrol Frigate (PF-46), 15 April 1943; Laid down at Consololidated Steel Co. Ltd., Los Angleles CA; Launched 7 September 1943; Commissioned USS Bisbee (PF-46), 15 February 1944; Decommissioned 26 August 1945 at Cold Harbor Alaska; Leased to USSR, under the Lend-Lease Program, 17 August 1945; Returned 1 November 1949 at Yokosuka Navy Yard, Yokosuka Japan; Recommissioned 18 October 1950; Decommissioned 20 October 1951; Final Disposition, transferred to Columbia under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program, 13 February 1953, fate unknown; Struck from the Naval Register (date 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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Bisbee 58k c. September-October 1950
Yokosuka Japan-
Paul Burket
Crewmember 1950-51
Bisbee 66k c. September-October 1950
Yokosuka Japan-
Paul Burket
Crewmember 1950-51
Bisbee 41k c. September-October 1950
Yokosuka Japan-
Paul Burket
Crewmember 1950-51

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