USS Dearborn
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USS Dearborn (PF-33), a Tacoma-class frigate, is so far the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Dearborn, Michigan.
For other ships with the same name, see USS Toledo.
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Ordered | as PG-141 |
Builder | Walter Butler Shipbuilding Co., Superior, Wisconsin |
Laid down | 15 August 1943 |
Launched | 27 September 1943 |
Commissioned | 10 September 1944 |
Decommissioned | 5 June 1946 |
Renamed | Dearborn, 27 September 1943 |
Reclassified | PF-33, 15 April 1943 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 8 July 1947 |
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) |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 190 |
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