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PG-166
Bridgeport / Abilene (PF 58)
Abilene was manned by the Coast Guard during World War II
Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Patrol Gunboat PG-166; Redesignated a Patrol Frigate PF-58, 15 April 1943; Laid down under a Maritime Commission contract as Bridgeport by the Globe Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisc.; Launched, 21 August 1943; Renamed Abilene, 28 June 1944; Commissioned USS Abilene (PF-58), 28 October 1944; Decommissioned, 21 August 1946; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown) and turned over to the State Department Liquidation Commission; Sold to the Netherlands, 5 May 1947 and renamed Cirrus; Scrapped, 1969.
Specifications: Displacement 1,190 t.; Length, 303' 11"(oa); Bean 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20kts; Complement 176; Armament two 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.
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