USS Muskegon (PF-24)
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USS Muskegon (PF-24), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Muskegon, a city on Michigan's west coast.
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USCGC Muskegon (WPF-24) | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Muskegon |
Namesake | City of Muskegon, Michigan |
Reclassified | PF-24, 15 April 1943 |
Builder | Walter Butler Shipbuilders Inc., Superior, Wisconsin |
Laid down | 11 May 1943 |
Launched | 25 July 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. David Hopkins |
Commissioned | 19 February 1944 |
Decommissioned | 15 March 1946 |
Fate | Transferred to the Coast Guard, 15 March 1946 |
History | |
United States | |
Name | Muskegon |
Commissioned | 15 March 1946 |
Decommissioned | 27 August 1946 |
Stricken | 23 April 1947 |
Fate | Sold to the French Navy, 26 March 1947 |
France | |
Name | Mermoz |
Acquired | 26 March 1947 |
Reclassified | F714, c. 1952 |
Fate | Scrapped in the late 1950s |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Tacoma-class frigate |
Displacement |
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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) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 190 |
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