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Grand Rapids (PF-31)



Call sign:
Nan - Zebra - Victor - Roger

ex-PG-139

Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate:

  • (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally authorized as Patrol Gunboat, PG-139
  • Reclassified as a Patrol Frigate, PF-31, 15 April 1943
  • Laid down 30 July 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract by the Walter Butler Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisconsin
  • Launched 10 September 1943
  • Commissioned USS Grand Rapids (PF-31), 10 October 1944 at New Orleans, LA
  • Decommissioned 10 April 1946 at Boston, MA
  • Sold for scrap 14 April 1947 to Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. of Chester, PA.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 1,430 t.
  • Length 303' 11"(oa)
  • Beam 37' 6"
  • Draft 13' 8"
  • Speed 20.3 kts.
  • Complement 176
  • Armament: Two 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts, 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 5,500 iHP Diamond Iron Works steam engines, two shafts.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Grand Rapids 53k Receiving supplies via high line from Beaufort (PF 59) Joseph M. Lobo, ex-CM 2/c, USCG and
    Jordynne Olivia Lobo, ex-AG3, USNR.
    Grand Rapids 121k c. 1944
    Crew photo    		 Tommy Trampp
    Commanding Officers
    01LCDR Theodore Francis Knoll, USCG10 October 1944 - 11 August 1945
    02LT Robert George Osterfelt, USCGR11 August 1945 - 19 August 1945
    03LT Johnson L. Hale, USCGR19 August 1945 - 17 September 1945
    04LT Robert George Osterfelt, USCGR17 September 1945 - 10 April 1946
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler, Ron Reeves and Robert J. Cressman
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