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PG-156 / PF-48 Rockford


Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally assigned the hull number (PG-156); Reclassified, 25 June 1943 (PF-48); Laid down, 28 August 1943 at Consolidated Steel, Los Angeles, CA; Launched, 27 September 1943; Commissioned USS Rockford (PF-48), 6 March 1944; Decommissioned at Cold Harbor Alaska, 27 August 1945 and Leased to the USSR under the Lend-Lease Program the same day; Returned to US custody at Yokosuka, Japan, 1 November 1949; Transferred on loan to South Korea, 23 October 1950, renamed Apnok (62); Irreparably damage by collision, 21 May 1951; Returned to US custody, 3 September 1952; Struck from the Naval Register, 26 May 1952; Final Disposition, sunk as a target, 30 September 1953.

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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Rockford 94k Off Naval Operating Base Adak, Alaska, 30 January 1945. Her camouflage paint is Measure 32, Design 16d. Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute Photo Collection. USN photo NH 94146 Naval Historical Center

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