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PG-122 / PF-14 Grand Island


Grand Island served the Navies of the United States and Cuba.

Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally designated a Patrol Gunboat PG-122; Redesignated a Patrol Frigate PF-14, 15 April 1943; Laid down under a Maritime Commission Contract, (MC hull 1432), by Kaiser Cargo, Inc., Yard No. 4, Richmond, CA; Launched, 19 February 1944; Commissioned USS Grand Island (PF-14), 27 May 1944; Decommissioned, 21 May 1946 at Charleston, SC; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Custody transferred to U.S. State Department, Foreign Liquidation Corp. for disposal; Transferred to Cuba, 16 June 1947 and renamed Maximo Gomez; Struck in 1964; A 1970s report indicated she was a "harbor hulk," meaning an old, dismantled ship at Mariel Bay, Cuba.

Specifications: Displacement 1,430 t.; Length, 303' 11"(oa); Bean 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20kts; Complement 190; Armament two 3"/50 gun mounts (aft 3"/50 [others in the class had a total of three 3"/50s] was removed and replaced with a weather balloon hanger), 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 Island 127k Mrs. William Shackleton, the former Evelyn Chrietensen, christens the USS Grand Island with a bottle of champagne.
Courtesy of the Stuhr Museum
Darryl L. Baker
Grand Island 106k Night shift workers at the Kaiser Shipyard in Richmond, Calif., watch the christening of the USS Grand Island.
Courtesy of the Stuhr Museum
Darryl L. Baker
Grand Island 85k Shown off Mare Island Navy Yard on 7 July 1944. She has completed outfitting/repairs at the shipyard from 29 May to 22 July 1944. She was in dry dock #2 from 15 to
20 June 1944.
U.S. Navy Photo 4293-44
Darryl L. Baker
Grand Island 78k Broadside view off Mare Island Navy Yard on 7 July 1944.
U.S. Navy Photo 4294-44
Darryl L. Baker

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