USS Davenport
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USS Davenport (PF-69), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Davenport, Iowa.
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USS Davenport (PF 69), commissioning program photo. | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Davenport |
Namesake | City of Davenport, Iowa |
Builder | Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin |
Launched | 8 December 1943 |
Commissioned | 15 February 1945 |
Decommissioned | 4 February 1946 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 6 June 1946 |
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 6 in (11.43 m) |
Draft | 13 ft 8 in (4.17 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 215 |
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