USS El Paso (PF-41)
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USS El Paso (PF-41) was a Tacoma-class frigate crewed by the United States Coast Guard for the United States Navy. She was named after El Paso, a city situated in Western Texas and along the border with New Mexico and the Mexican state of Chihuahua.
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Name | El Paso |
Namesake | City of El Paso, Texas |
Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California |
Launched | 16 July 1943 |
Commissioned | 1 December 1943 |
Decommissioned | 18 July 1946 |
Honors and awards | 3 × battle stars (World War II) |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 14 October 1947 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Tacoma-class frigate |
Displacement | 2,230 long tons (2,266 t) |
Length | 303 ft 11 in (92.63 m) |
Beam | 37 ft 6 in (11.43 m) |
Draft | 12 ft 8 in (3.86 m) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Range | 9,500 nmi (17,600 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 190 |
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El Paso was launched on 16 July 1943 at Consolidated Steel Corporation, Ltd., in Wilmington, California, under a Maritime Commission contract, sponsored by Mrs. J. L. Kaster; and commissioned on 1 December 1943.