USS Greensboro
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USS Greensboro (PF-101) was a United States Navy Tacoma-class frigate in commission from 1945 to 1946.
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USS Greensboro (PF-101) | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Greensboro |
Namesake | City of Greensboro, North Carolina |
Builder | American Shipbuilding Company, Lorain, Ohio |
Launched | 9 February 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. C. I. Carlson |
Commissioned | 29 January 1945 |
Decommissioned | 14 March 1946 |
Reclassified | From patrol gunboat, PG-209, to patrol frigate, PF-101, 15 April 1943 |
Stricken | 23 April 1947 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping 22 April 1948 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Tacoma-class frigate |
Displacement | 1,264 long tons (1,284 t) |
Length | 303 ft 11 in (92.63 m) |
Beam | 37 ft 11 in (11.56 m) |
Draft | 13 ft 8 in (4.17 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 190 |
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