USS Hutchinson
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USS Hutchinson (PF-45), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Hutchinson, Kansas.
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USS Hutchinson (PF-45) | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Hutchinson |
Namesake | City of Hutchinson, Kansas |
Reclassified | PF-45, 15 April 1943 |
Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, Los Angeles |
Yard number | 530 |
Laid down | 28 July 1943 |
Launched | 27 August 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. A. T. Cole |
Commissioned | 3 February 1944 |
Decommissioned | 23 September 1946 |
Stricken | 29 October 1946 |
Honors and awards | 2 × battle stars, World War II |
Fate | Transferred to Mexican Navy, 24 November 1947 |
Mexico | |
Name | California |
Acquired | 24 November 1947 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1964 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Tacoma-class frigate |
Displacement |
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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 | 190 |
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