| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Gulfport |
| Namesake | City ofGulfport, Mississippi |
| Builder | American Ship Building Company,Lorain, Ohio |
| Launched | 21 August 1943 |
| Commissioned | 16 September 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 28 May 1946 |
| Stricken | 19 June 1946 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 13 November 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Tacoma-classfrigate |
| 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 | 20knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 190 |
| Armament |
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USSGulfport (PF-20), aTacoma-classfrigate, was the second ship of theUnited States Navy to be named forGulfport, Mississippi.
Gulfport (PF-20), a frigate, originally classifiedPG-128, was launched on 21 August 1943, at theAmerican Ship Building Company inCleveland, Ohio, sponsored by Mrs. John C. Chambers; and commissioned at Gulfport, Mississippi, on 16 September 1944.
Gulfport underwentshakedown atBermuda, and then returned toNorfolk, Virginia, for training on 2 December 1944. The frigate was soon active as aconvoy escort, however, departing with her first convoy from Norfolk toOran, Algeria, on 18 December. She continued on this vital duty betweenAlgeria and theUnited States untilVE day.
Scheduled for conversion to aweather ship,Gulfport entered theNew York Navy Yard on 5 July 1945. Upon completion, she was assigned to thePacific Fleet, sailing via thePanama Canal andPearl Harbor to her new home port ofAdak, Alaska, where she arrived on 16 September 1945.Gulfport performed weather duties so singularly important in the movements of both ships and aircraft in thePacific area until decommissioning on 28 May 1946 atSeattle, Washington.
Her name was struck from theNavy List on 19 June 1946, and she was sold toZidell Ship Dismantling Company for scrap on 13 November 1947 at Seattle.
This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be foundhere.
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