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PG-132 / PF-24 Muskegon


Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Gunboat (PG-132); Redesignated Patrol Frigate (PF-24), 15 April 1943; Laid down, 11 May 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract, at Walter Butler Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisc.; Launched, 25 July 1943; Commissioned USS Muskegon (PF-24), 19 February 1944; Decommissioned, 15 March 1946 and transferred on loan to the Coast Guard and recommissioned USCG Muskegon (WPF-24); Decommissioned by the Coast Guard and returned to U. S. Navy custody, 27 August 1946; Sold to France, 26 March 1947, renamed Mermoz (F-14); Struck from the Naval Register, 23 April 1947; Final Disposition, scrapped by France late 1950s.

Specifications: Displacement 1,430 t.; Length, 303' 11"(oa); Beam 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20kts; Complement 190; Armament two 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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Muskegon 31k USN photo. LT Thomas Hughes, USN

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