 Gladwyne in San Francisco Bay | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Worcester |
| Namesake | City ofWorcester, Massachusetts |
| Reclassified | PF-62, 15 April 1943 |
| Builder | Globe Shipbuilding Company,Superior, Wisconsin |
| Yard number | 116 |
| Laid down | 14 October 1943 |
| Launched | 7 January 1944 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Phyllis M. Bennett |
| Renamed | Gladwyne |
| Namesake | City ofGladwyne, Pennsylvania |
| Commissioned | 21 November 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 15 April 1946 |
| Stricken | 8 October 1946 |
| Fate | Transferred toMexican Navy, 24 November 1947 |
 Mexico | |
| Name | Papaloapan |
| Namesake | Papaloapan River |
| Acquired | 24 November 1947 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1965 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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 | 20knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 190 |
| Armament |
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USSGladwyne (PF-62), aTacoma-classfrigate, was the only ship of theUnited States Navy to be named forGladwyne, Pennsylvania. Originally namedWorcester afterWorcester, Massachusetts, the name was changed in order to give it to newlight cruiserUSS Worcester (CL-144) then under construction.
Gladwyne (PF-62), was launched on 7 January 1944, at theGlobe Shipbuilding Company inSuperior, Wisconsin, sponsored by Mrs. Phyllis M. Bennett; and commissioned on 21 November 1944.
Aftershakedown,Gladwyne sailed fromPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, on 21 January 1945, forCasco Bay, Maine, arriving there two days later. Following training exercises there, she made two round trip trans-Atlanticconvoyescort voyages toOran, Algeria, one each from New York andNorfolk, Virginia, from 6 February through 14 May 1945, returning toBoston, Massachusetts, each time. Refresher training at Casco Bay occupied June, and on 31 July,Gladwyne sailed from Boston viaPanama to thePacific.
On 29 August,Gladwyne andMoberly (PF-63) sailed for theMarshall Islands to beginweather station andplane guard patrols. The frigates reachedMajuro on 5 September, and during the next months they alternated on patrolling their assigned area out of Majuro and later out ofKwajalein.Gladwyne then sailed toPearl Harbor putting in there on 27 December 1945. Underway again on 23 February 1946,Gladwyne returned to Majuro and patrolled on weather station until mooring atSan Francisco, California, on 9 April.
Decommissioned there on 15 April 1946, she was stricken from theNavy List on 8 October 1946 and sold to the Mexican Government on 24 November 1947. She servedMexico asARMPapaloapan until disposed of in 1965.
This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be foundhere.
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