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Peoria 1945

Ships

No	Name	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
PF3	Tacoma	46	Kaiser, Richmond	3.1943	7.7.1943	11.1943	to Soviet Union 8.1945-10/1949 (ЭК-11) ([EK-11]), to South Korea 10.1951 (대동강 [Daedonggang])
PF4	Sausalito	47	Kaiser, Richmond	4.1943	20.7.1943	3.1944	to Soviet Union 8.1945-11/1949 (ЭК-16) ([EK-16]), to South Korea 9.1952 (임진강 [Imjingang])
PF5	Hoquiam	48	Kaiser, Richmond	4.1943	31.7.1943	5.1944	to Soviet Union 8.1945-11/1949 (ЭК-13) ([EK-13]), to South Korea 10.1951 (낙동강 [Nagdonggang])
PF6	Pasco	49	Kaiser, Richmond	7.1943	17.8.1943	4.1944	to Soviet Union 8.1945-1950 (ЭК-12) ([EK-12]), to Japan 1953 (かし [Kashi])
PF7	Albuquerque	50	Kaiser, Richmond	1943	14.9.1943	12.1943	to Soviet Union 8.1945-11/1949 (ЭК-14) ([EK-14]), to Japan 11.1953 (とち [Tochi])
PF8	Everett	51	Kaiser, Richmond	1943	29.9.1943	1.1944	to Soviet Union 8.1945-11/1949 (ЭК-15) ([EK-15]), to Japan 5.1953 (きり [Kiri])
PF9	Pocatello	52	Kaiser, Richmond	8.1943	17.10.1943	2.1944	BU 9.1947
PF10	Brownsville	53	Kaiser, Richmond	9/1943	14.11.1943	5.1944	BU 9.1947
PF11	Grand Forks	54	Kaiser, Richmond	9.1943	27.11.1943	3.1944	stricken 6.1946
PF12	Casper	55	Kaiser, Richmond	10/1943	27.12.1943	3.1944	BU 5.1947
PF13	Pueblo	56	Kaiser, Richmond	11.1943	20.1.1944	5.1944	sold 9.1947, later to Dominican Republic (Presidente Peynado)
PF14	Grand Island	57	Kaiser, Richmond	11/1943	19.2.1944	5.1944	to Cuba 6.1947 (Máximo Gómez)
PF15	Annapolis	842	American SB, Lorain	5.1943	16.10.1943	12.1944	stricken 6.1946, to Mexico (General Vicente Guerrero)
PF16	Bangor	843	American SB, Lorain	5/1943	6.11.1943	11.1944	Coast Guard cutter 4.1946, frigate 8.1946, to Mexico 11.1947 (General José María Morelos)
PF17	Key West	844	American SB, Lorain	6/1943	29.12.1943	11.1944	BU 4.1947
PF18	Alexandria	845	American SB, Lorain	6/1943	15.1.1944	3.1945	stricken 5.1946
PF19	Huron	1011	American SB, Cleveland	5/1943	3.7.1943	9.1944	sold 5.1947, to Brazil 1947 (Jose Marcelino), BU
PF20	Gulfport	1012	American SB, Cleveland	1943	21.8.1943	9.1944	stricken 6.1946
PF21	Bayonne	1013	American SB, Cleveland	1943	11.9.1943	2.1945	to Soviet Union 9.1945-11/1949 (ЭК-25) ([EK-25]), to Japan 1.1953 (ぶな [Buna])
PF22	Gloucester	19	Walter Butler, Superior	1943	12.7.1943	12.1943	to Soviet Union 9.1945-10/1949 (ЭК-26) ([EK-26]), to Japan 10.1953 (つげ [Tsuge])
PF23	Shreveport	20	Walter Butler, Superior	3.1943	15.7.1943	12.1943	stricken 6.1946
PF24	Muskegon	21	Walter Butler, Superior	5.1943	25.7.1943	2.1944	Coast Guard cutter 3.1946, frigate 8.1946, to France 3.1947 (weather ship Mermoz)
PF25	Charlottesville	22	Walter Butler, Superior	5/1943	30.7.1943	4.1944	to Soviet Union 7.1945-10/1949 (ЭК-1) ([EK-1]), to Japan 1.1953 (まつ [Matsu])
PF26	Poughkeepsie	23	Walter Butler, Superior	6.1943	12.8.1943	9.1944	to Soviet Union 9.1945-10/1950 (ЭК-27) ([EK-27]), to Japan 1.1953 (もみ [Momi])
PF27	Newport	24	Walter Butler, Superior	6.1943	15.8.1943	9.1944	to Soviet Union 9.1945-11/1949 (ЭК-28) ([EK-28]), to Japan 10.1953 (かえで [Kaede])
PF28	Emporia	25	Walter Butler, Superior	7/1943	30.8.1943	10.1944	Coast Guard cutter 3.1946, frigate 8.1946, to France 3.1947 (weather ship Le Verrier)
PF29	Groton	26	Walter Butler, Superior	7/1943	14.9.1943	9.1944	Coast Guard cutter 3.1946, frigate 9.1946, to Columbia 3.1947 (Almirante Padilla)
PF30	Hingham	27	Walter Butler, Superior	7/1943	27.8.1943	11.1944	BU 8.1947
PF31	Grand Rapids	28	Walter Butler, Superior	7/1943	10.9.1943	10.1944	BU 4.1947
PF32	Woonsocket	29	Walter Butler, Superior	8.1943	27.9.1943	9.1944	Coast Guard cutter 3.1946, frigate 9.1946, stricken 5.1947, to Peru (Teniente Gálvez)
PF33	Dearborn (ex-Toledo)	30	Walter Butler, Superior	8/1943	27.9.1943	9.1944	BU 7.1947
PF34	Long Beach	519	Consolidated Steel, Wilmington	3.1943	5.5.1943	9.1943	to Soviet Union 7.1945-1949 (ЭК-2) ([EK-2]), to Japan 11.1953 (しい [Shii])
PF35	Belfast	520	Consolidated Steel, Wilmington	3/1943	20.5.1943	11.1943	to Soviet Union 7.1945 (ЭК-3) ([EK-3])
PF36	Glendale	521	Consolidated Steel, Wilmington	4/1943	28.5.1943	10.1943	to Soviet Union 6.1945-11/1949 (ЭК-6) ([EK-6]), to Thailand 10.1951 (ท่าจีน [Tachin])
PF37	San Pedro	522	Consolidated Steel, Wilmington	4.1943	11.6.1943	10.1943	to Soviet Union 7.1945-10/1949 (ЭК-5) ([EK-5]), to Japan 4.1953 (かや [Kaya])
PF38	Coronado	523	Consolidated Steel, Wilmington	5/1943	17.6.1943	11.1943	to Soviet Union 7.1945-10/1949 (ЭК-8) ([EK-8]), to Japan 1.1953 (すぎ [Sugi])
PF39	Ogden	524	Consolidated Steel, Wilmington	5.1943	23.6.1943	12.1943	to Soviet Union 7.1945-10/1949 (ЭК-10) ([EK-10]), to Japan 1.1953 (くす [Kusu])
PF40	Eugene	525	Consolidated Steel, Wilmington	6/1943	6.7.1943	1.1944	stricken 7.1946, to Cuba (José Martí)
PF41	El Paso	526	Consolidated Steel, Wilmington	6/1943	16.7.1943	12.1943	BU 10.1947
PF42	Van Buren	527	Consolidated Steel, Wilmington	6.1943	27.7.1943	12.1943	stricken 6.1946
PF43	Orange	528	Consolidated Steel, Wilmington	7.1943	6.8.1943	1.1944	stricken 4.1947
PF44	Corpus Christi	529	Consolidated Steel, Wilmington	7/1943	17.8.1943	1.1944	BU 10.1947
PF45	Hutchinson	530	Consolidated Steel, Wilmington	1943	27.8.1943	2.1944	Coast Guard cutter 4.1946, frigate 9.1946, stricken 10.1946, to Mexico (California)
PF46	Bisbee	531	Consolidated Steel, Wilmington	1943	7.9.1943	2.1944	to Soviet Union 8.1945-10/1950 (ЭК-17) ([EK-17]), to Columbia 2.1953 (Almirante Tono)
PF47	Gallup	532	Consolidated Steel, Wilmington	8/1943	17.9.1943	2.1944	to Soviet Union 8.1945-11/1949 (ЭК-22) ([EK-22]), to Thailand 10.1951 (รบหลวงประแส [Prasae])
PF48	Rockford	533	Consolidated Steel, Wilmington	8.1943	27.9.1943	3.1944	to Soviet Union 8.1945-11/1949 (ЭК-18) ([EK-18]), to South Korea 10.1950 (압록강 [Amnokgang])
PF49	Muskogee	534	Consolidated Steel, Wilmington	9.1943	18.10.1943	3.1944	to Soviet Union 8.1945-11/1949 (ЭК-19) ([EK-19]), to South Korea 10.1950 (두만강 [Dumangang])
PF50	Carson City	535	Consolidated Steel, Wilmington	9/1943	13.11.1943	3.1944	to Soviet Union 8.1945-10/1949 (ЭК-20) ([EK-20]), to Japan 4.1953 (さくら [Sakura])
PF51	Burlington	536	Consolidated Steel, Wilmington	1943	7.12.1943	4.1944	to Soviet Union 8.1945-11/1949 (ЭК-21) ([EK-21]), to Columbia 6.1953 (Almirante Brión)
PF52	Allentown	9	Froemming, Milwaukee	1943	3.7.1943	3.1944	to Soviet Union 7.1945-10/1949 (ЭК-9) ([EK-9]), to Japan 4.1953 (うめ [Ume])
PF53	Machias	10	Froemming, Milwaukee	5.1943	22.8.1943	3.1944	to Soviet Union 7.1945-10/1949 (ЭК-4) ([EK-4]), to Japan 1.1953 (なら [Nara])
PF54	Sandusky	11	Froemming, Milwaukee	7.1943	5.10.1943	4.1944	to Soviet Union 7.1945-10/1949 (ЭК-7) ([EK-7]), to Japan 2.1953 (にれ [Nire])
PF55	Bath	12	Froemming, Milwaukee	8/1943	14.11.1943	9.1944	to Soviet Union 7.1945-11/1949 (ЭК-29) ([EK-29]), to Japan 12.1953 (まき [Maki])
PF56	Covington	110	Globe, Superior	3/1943	15.7.1943	10.1944	Coast Guard cutter 3.1946, frigate 9.1946, stricken 4.1947, to Ecuador (Guayas)
PF57	Sheboygan	111	Globe, Superior	4.1943	31.7.1943	5.1944	Coast Guard cutter 3.1946, frigate 8.1946, to Belgium 3.1947 (Lieutenant ter Zee Victor Billet)
PF58	Abilene (ex-Bridgeport)	112	Globe, Superior	5/1943	21.8.1943	10.1944	to Netherlands 5.1947 (weather ship Cirrus)
PF59	Beaufort	113	Globe, Superior	7/1943	9.10.1943	8.1944	BU 4.1947
PF60	Charlotte	114	Globe, Superior	8/1943	10.10.1943	10.1944	sold 5.1947
PF61	Manitowoc	115	Globe, Duluth	8.1943	30.11.1943	12.1944	Coast Guard cutter 3.1946, frigate 9.1946, to France 3.1947 (weather ship Le Brix)
PF62	Gladwyne (ex-Worcester)	116	Globe, Duluth	10/1943	7.1.1944	11.1944	stricken 10.1946, to Mexico (Papaloapan)
PF63	Moberly (ex-Scranton)	117	Globe, Duluth	11.1943	26.1.1944	12.1944	stricken 4.1947
PF64	Knoxville	307	Leatham D. Smith SB, Superior	4/1943	10.7.1943	4.1944	to Dominican Republic 9.1947 (Presidente Troncoso)
PF65	Uniontown (ex-Chattanooga)	308	Leatham D. Smith SB, Superior	4.1943	7.8.1943	10.1944	stricken 1.1946, to Argentina (Sarandí)
PF66	Reading	309	Leatham D. Smith SB, Superior	5.1943	28.8.1943	8.1944	stricken 1.1946, to Argentina (Heroína)
PF67	Peoria	310	Leatham D. Smith SB, Superior	5.1943	2.10.1943	1.1945	stricken 6.1946, to Cuba (Antonio Maceo)
PF68	Brunswick	311	Leatham D. Smith SB, Superior	7/1943	6.11.1943	10.1944	stricken 6.1946
PF69	Davenport	312	Leatham D. Smith SB, Superior	8/1943	8.12.1943	2.1945	BU 6.1946
PF70	Evansville	313	Leatham D. Smith SB, Superior	8/1943	27.11.1943	12.1944	to Soviet Union 9.1945-1949 (ЭК-30) ([EK-30]), to Japan 10.1953 (けやき [Keyaki])
PF71	New Bedford	314	Leatham D. Smith SB, Superior	10/1943	29.12.1943	11.1944	BU 11.1947
PF72	Hallowell (ex-Machias)	1654	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	4.1943	14.7.1943	10.1943 // ---	to United Kingdom 10.1943 (Anguilla)
PF73	Hammond	1655	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	1943	26.7.1943	11.1943 // ---	to United Kingdom 11.1943 (Antigua)
PF74	Hargood	1656	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	1943	6.8.1943	11.1943 // ---	to United Kingdom 11.1943 (Ascension)
PF75	Hotham	1657	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	1943	17.8.1943	12.1943 // ---	to United Kingdom 12.1943 (Bahamas)
PF76	Halstead	1658	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	1943	27.8.1943	12.1943 // ---	to United Kingdom 12.1943 (Barbados)
PF77	Hannam	1659	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	1943	6.9.1943	12.1943 // ---	to United Kingdom 12.1943 (Caicos)
PF78	Harland	1660	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	1943	6.9.1943	1.1944 // ---	to United Kingdom 1.1944 (Cayman)
PF79	Harman	1661	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	1943	14.9.1943	1.1944 // ---	to United Kingdom 1.1944 (Dominica)
PF80	Harvey	1662	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	1943	21.9.1943	2.1944 // ---	to United Kingdom 2.1944 (Labuan)
PF81	Holmes	1663	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	1943	27.9.1943	8.1944 // ---	to United Kingdom 8.1944 (Tobago)
PF82	Hornby	1664	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	1943	27.9.1943	8.1944 // ---	to United Kingdom 8.1944 (Montserrat)
PF83	Hoste	1665	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	1943	6.10.1943	7.1944 // ---	to United Kingdom 7.1944 (Nyasaland)
PF84	Howett	1666	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	1943	10.10.1943	7.1944 // ---	to United Kingdom 1.1944 (Papua)
PF85	Pilford	1667	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	1943	15.10.1943	7.1944	to United Kingdom 7.1944 (Pitcairn)
PF86	Pasley	1668	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	9.1943	20.10.1943	2.1944 // ---	to United Kingdom 2.1944 (St. Helena)
PF87	Patton	1669	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	10.1943	25.10.1943	2.1944 // ---	to United Kingdom 2.1944 (Sarawak)
PF88	Peard	1670	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	10.1943	30.10.1943	2.1944 // ---	to United Kingdom 2.1944 (Seycheles)
PF89	Phillimore	1671	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	1943	5.11.1943	2.1944 // ---	to United Kingdom 2.1944 (Perim)
PF90	Popham	1672	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	1943	11.11.1943	2.1944 // ---	to United Kingdom 2.1944 (Somaliland)
PF91	Peyton	1673	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	10.1943	16.11.1943	5.1944 // ---	to United Kingdom 5.1944 (Tortola)
PF92	Prowse	1674	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	10.1943	21.11.1943	6.1944 // ---	to United Kingdom 6.1944 (Zanzibar)
PF93	Lorain (ex-Roanoke)	846	American SB, Lorain	10.1943	18.3.1944	1.1945	to France 3.1947 (weather ship La Place)
PF94	Milledgeville (ex-Sitka)	847	American SB, Lorain	11.1943	5.4.1944	1.1945	stricken 4.1947
PF95	Stamford	848	American SB, Lorain	---	---	---	cancelled 12.1943
PF96	Macon	849	American SB, Lorain	---	---	---	cancelled 12.1943
PF97	Lorain (ex-Sitka)	850	American SB, Lorain	---	---	---	cancelled 1.1944
PF98	Vallejo (ex-Milledgeville)	851	American SB, Lorain	---	---	---	cancelled 12.1943
PF99	Orlando	1014	American SB, Cleveland	8.1943	1.12.1943	11.1944	stricken 7.1946
PF100	Racine	1015	American SB, Cleveland	9.1943	15.3.1944	1.1945	stricken 7.1946
PF101	Greensboro	1016	American SB, Cleveland	1943	9.3.1944	1.1945	stricken 4.1947
PF102	Forsyth	1017	American SB, Cleveland	12/1943	20.5.1944	2.1945	Coast Guard cutter 3.1946, frigate 8.1946, to Netherlands 7.1947 (weather ship Cumulus)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1509
Displacement full, t	2238
Length, m	87.0 wl 92.6 oa
Breadth, m	11.4
Draught, m	3.86
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 3 boilers
Power, h. p.	5500
Max speed, kts	20
Fuel, t	oil 768
Endurance, nm(kts)	9500 (12)
Armament	PF3 - 16, 19, 21, 22, 25 - 27, 34 - 39, 42 - 65, 70: 3 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20/21, 2 x 2 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 9 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (100) PF17, 18, 20, 23, 24, 28 - 33, 40, 41, 66 - 69, 71, 93, 94, 99 - 102: 2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20/21, 2 x 2 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (100), balloons
Electronic equipment	SA, SL radars, QGA sonar
Complement	PF3 - 16, 19, 21, 22, 25 - 27, 34 - 39, 42 - 65, 70: 190 PF17, 18, 20, 23, 24, 28 - 33, 40, 41, 66 - 69, 71, 93, 94, 99 - 102: 176

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Project history

Shortage of escort forces for service in Atlantic in a beginning of war has jogged the USA to go on a way tested by the Great Britain: building of warships on the unspecialized shipyards which do not have experience of naval shipbuilding. For not to waste time on working out the new project, on sentence of the Maritime commission, as the sample RN frigate of "River" class, designed in 1941 on norms of merchant shipbuilding with the account of abilities of small shipbuilders has been chosen. (US Navy should to receive 10 such Canadian-built ships on "reverse" lend-lease).

Originally new ships were supposed to be referred as gunboats (PG), but then they have invented a new type for them: "patrol frigates" (PF).

Unfortunately, at project conversion under possibilities of the American industry the desire to simplify a construction to please to adaptability to manufacture has led to that, in comparison with the "British" sample, "American" ship has appeared notably worse. Replacement of riveted hull construction by all-welded was not accompanied by corresponding recalculation of durability, and, as consequence, hulls of new ships "cracked" on a wave. Already after commission of all frigates it was necessary to strengthen longitudinal bracings but also after that the hull strength left much to be desired.

Besides problems with a hull strength, these ships possessed still a number of such lacks, as bad manoeuvrability and uncomfortable (to American measures) habitability conditions. Especially minuses of Tacoma class were appreciable against destroyer escorts created for decision of same tasks and carrying the same armament.

In total in 1942 100 ships of this class have been ordered, four were cancelled in 1943-1944 (PF95-98).

Modernizations

None.

1.1946, PF9-16, 19, 42-45, 56-65: 3 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 9 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10.11 ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (100), SA, SL radars, QGA sonar

Naval service

American ships have been staffed by the personnel of Coast guard. Ships of class serviced basically on Atlantic in the WWII.