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Bangor (PF 16)
ex-PG-124


Bangor served the Navies of the United States and Mexico.

Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate: (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally designated a Patrol Gunboat, PG-124; Redesignated a Patrol Frigate, PF-16, 15 April 1943; Laid down 20 May 1943 under a Maritime Commission Contract by the American Shipbuilding Co., Lorian, Ohio; Launched 6 November 1943; Delivered 22 August 1944; Commissioned USS Bangor (PF-16), 22 November 1944; Decommissioned 15 April 1946 and transferred on loan to the Coast Guard; Returned to U.S. Navy custody 16 August 1946; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Sold to Mexico 24 November 1947 and renamed General Jose Maria Morelos; Renamed Golfo de Tehuantepec; Scraped in 1964.

Specifications: Displacement 1,430 t.; Length, 303' 11"(oa); Bean 37' 6"; Draft 13' 8"; Speed 20kts; Complement 180; Armament three 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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