USS Eugene (PF-40)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Eugene.
USS Eugene (PF-40), a Tacoma-class frigate, originally classified as PG-148, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Eugene, Oregon.
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United States | |
Name | Eugene |
Namesake | City of Eugene, Oregon |
Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, Los Angeles |
Launched | 6 July 1943 |
Commissioned | 15 January 1944 |
Decommissioned | 12 June 1946 |
Stricken | 19 July 1946 |
Honors and awards | 2 × battle stars (World War II) |
Fate | Transferred to Cuba, 1947 |
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Cuba | |
Name | José Martí (F301) |
Namesake | José Martí |
Fate | Scrapped, 1976 |
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 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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