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Orange (PF-43)



Call sign:
Nan - Zebra - Uncle - Peter

ex-PG-151

Tacoma Class Patrol Frigate:

  • (MC Type T. S2-S2-AQ1) Originally assigned as Patrol Gunboat PG-151
  • Reclassified as a Patrol Frigate, PF-43, 15 April 1943
  • Laid down 7 July 1943 at Consolidated Steel, Los Angeles CA
  • Launched 6 August 1943
  • Commissioned USS Orange (PF-43), 1 January 1944
  • Decommissioned 28 October 1946 at Bremerton, WA
  • Struck from the Naval Register 23 April 1947
  • Sold for scrap 17 September 1947 to the Alaska Junk Co. of Seattle, WA.

    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 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts, two twin 40mm gun mounts, nine 20mm gun mounts, two depth charge tracks, eight depth charge projectors and one depth charge projector (hedgehog)
  • Propulsion: Two 3-drum express boilers, two 5,500ihp J. Hendy Iron Works engines, two shafts.
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Orange 23k Mike Hanlon
    Orange 110k 19 February 1945
    Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1975
    Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 82147    		 Original photo: Robert Hurst
    Replacement photo: Mike Green
    Second replacement photo: Daniel Hacker
    Replacement photo added 31 March 2020
    Commanding Officers
    01CDR John Armstrong Dirks, USCG1 January 1944
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler
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