USS Abilene (PF-58)
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 6 May 1943 |
| Launched: | 21 August 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 28 October 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 21 August 1946 |
| Fate: | Sold to the Netherlands |
| Struck: | 13 November 1946 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2,100 tons |
| Length: | 303 ft 11 in (93 m) |
| Beam: | 37 ft 6 in (11 m) |
| Draft: | 13 ft 8 in (4 m) |
| Speed: | 20.3 knots (38 km/h) |
| Complement: | 176 |
| Armament: | 2 3", 4 40mm, and 4 20mm guns, 2 depth charge tracks, 8 depth charge projecters |
USS Abilene (PF-58) was a Tacoma-class patrol frigate in the service of the United States Navy, named after the city of Abilene, Kansas.
She was laid down on as Bridgeport (Maritime Commission hull 1465) on 6 May 1943 at Superior, Wisconsin by the Globe Shipbuilding Company, launched on 21 August 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Thomas F. Rogers, acquired by the Navy on 31 May 1944, renamed Abilene and assigned hull number PF-58 on 28 June 1944, and commissioned on 28 October 1944 with Lt. Cmdr. Chester I. Steel in command.
Following shakedown at Bermuda, Abilene steamed to Argentia, Newfoundland, where she joined the North Atlantic Weather Patrol. She operated on this station through May 1945, conducting weather observations and rendering navigational assistance to airplanes.
After a brief period of upkeep at Boston, Massachusetts, Abilene assumed air-sea rescue duties in the Atlantic in June 1945. As a member of Task Group 24.5, the patrol vessel collected weather data while serving as a planeguard along the air routes between Europe and the United States.
Abilene was decommissioned at New Orleans on 21 August 1946. Her name was struck from the Navy list on 13 November 1946. The ship was sold to the government of the Netherlands on 5 May 1947.
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
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