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PG-141 / PF-33 Dearborn


Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Patrol Gunboat PG-141; Redesignated a Patrol Frigate PF-33, 15 April 1943; Laid down under a Maritime Commission contract by the Walter Butler Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisc.; Launched, 27 September 1943; Commissioned USS Dearborn (PF-33), 10 September 1944; Decommissioned, 5 June 1946 at Charleston, SC; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Sold for scrap, 8
July 1947.

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, 1 Hedgehog depth charge projector; eight Y-gun depth charge projectors, two depth charge racks; Propulsion, two 5,500 iHP turbines, two shafts, three boilers, two shafts.


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Dearborn 73k . Ships Cook 2C, Fred E. Murrary
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