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PG-151 / PF-43 Orange


Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally assigned the hull number (PG-151); Reclassified 15 April 1943 (PF-43); Laid down 7 July 1943 at Consolidated Steel, Los Angeles CA; Launched 6 August 1943; Commissioned USS Orange (PF-43), 1 January 1944; Decommissioned at Bremerton WA. 28 October 1946; Struck from the Naval Register 23 April 1947; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping to Alaska Junk Co., Seattle WA., 17 September 1947/

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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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association
Reunions Magazine
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
One Man's War: A Coast Guardsman in World War II
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