USS Annapolis (PF-15)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Annapolis.
USS Annapolis (PF-15) was a United States Navy Tacoma-class frigate in commission from 1944 to 1946. She was the second ship of the U.S. Navy to be named for Annapolis, Maryland. She later served in the Mexican Navy as ARM General Vicente Guerrero.
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USS Annapolis (PF-15), being launched sideways on 16 October 1943, due to constrictions of the harbor | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Annapolis |
Namesake | City of Annapolis, Maryland |
Reclassified | PF-15, 15 April 1943 |
Builder | American Ship Building Company, Lorain, Ohio |
Yard number | 842 |
Laid down | 20 May 1943 |
Launched | 16 October 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Belva Grace McCready |
Commissioned | 4 December 1944 |
Decommissioned | 29 May 1946 |
Stricken | 19 June 1946 |
Fate | Sold to Mexican Navy, 24 November 1947 |
Mexico | |
Name | General Vicente Guerrero |
Namesake | Vicente Guerrero |
Acquired | 24 November 1947 |
Renamed | Rio Usumacinta |
Namesake | Rio Usumacinta |
Fate | Scrapped 1964 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Tacoma-class frigate |
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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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