Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us Know So That We Can Correct Any Problems And Make Your Visit As Enjoyable And As Informative As Possible.

NavSource Online: Frigate Photo Archive

Alexandria (PF 18)



Call sign:
Nan - Zebra - Tare - Fox

ex-PG-126

Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate:

  • (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) The second Alexandria was originally designated Patrol Gunboat, PG-126
  • Reclassified as a Patrol Frigate, PF-18, 15 April 1943
  • Laid down 23 June 1943 under a Maritime Commission Contract at American Shipbuilding Co., Lorain, Ohio
  • Launched 15 January 1944
  • Commissioned USS Alexandria (PF-18), 11 March 1945
  • Decommissioned 10 April 1946 at Norfolk, VA
  • Struck from the Navy Register 21 May 1946
  • Sold for scrap 18 April 1947 to the Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. of Chester, Pa.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 1,430 t.
  • Length, 303' 11" (oa)
  • Beam 37' 6"
  • Draft 13' 8"
  • Speed 20.3 kts.
  • Complement 190
  • Armament: Two 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts (the after 3-inch gun was removed and a weather balloon hanger was added), two twin 40mm gun mounts , nine 20mm guns, one Hedgehog depth charge
    projector, eight Y-gun depth charge projectors and two depth charge tracks
  • Propulsion: Two 3-drum express boilers, two 5,500ihp Beloit Iron Works vertical triple expansion steam engines, two shafts.
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    PF-18
    Alexandria 71k . Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
    USS Alexandria (PF 18)
    Alexandria 51k U.S. Coast Guard Photo U.S. Coast Guard Website
    Alexandria 197k Photo from David Pitlyk Tim Rizzuto
    Alexandria 90k Off Washington, D.C. in November 1945
    Naval History and Heritage Command photo from the U.S. Coast Guard Collection in the U.S. National Archives
    Photo 26-G-4828    		 Robert Hurst
    Commanding Officers
    01LCDR Cornelius Garret Houtsma, USCG - USCGA Class of 1938
    Retired as Captain    		11 March 1945 - 28 July 1945
    02LT Bache M. Whitlock, USCGR28 July 1945 - 20 October 1945
    03LT Aaron T. Leopard, USCGR20 October 1945 - 10 April 1946
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Joe Radigan
    View the Alexandria (PF 18)
    DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command website
    Back To The Main Photo Index Back To the Patrol Craft/Gunboat/Submarine Chaser Ship Index Back to the Patrol Gunboat (PG) Photo Index Back To The Patrol Frigate (PF) Photo Index
    Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster
    This page created by Gary P. Priolo and maintained by Tom Bateman
    All pages copyright NavSource Naval History