USS Lorain (PF-97)
This article is about the cancelled Tacoma-class patrol frigate USS Lorain. For the completed Tacoma-class frigate USS Lorain, see USS Lorain (PF-93).
For other ships of the same name, see USS Lorain.
| Career (USA) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Lorain |
| Namesake: | Lorain, Ohio |
| Builder: | American Shipbuilding Company, Lorain, Ohio (proposed) |
| Laid down: | Never |
| Renamed: | From USS Vallejo to USS Lorain 19 November 1943 |
| Reclassified: | From patrol gunboat, PG-205, to patrol frigate, PF-97, 15 April 1943 |
| Fate: | Construction contract cancelled 11 February 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Tacoma-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 1,264 long tons (1,284 t) |
| 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: | 2 × 5,500 shp (4,101 kW) turbines 3 boilers 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement: | 190 |
| Armament: | • 3 × 3"/50 caliber guns (3×1) • 4 × 40 mm guns (2×2) • 9 × 20 mm guns (9×1) • 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar • 8 × Y-gun depth charge projectors • 2 × depth charge tracks |
USS Lorain (PF-97) was a United States Navy Tacoma-class frigate authorized for construction during World War II but cancelled before construction could begin.
Lorain originally was authorized as a patrol gunboat named USS Vallejo with the hull number PG-205, but she was redesignated as a patrol frigate with the hull number PF-97 on 15 April 1943. She was renamed USS Lorain on 19 November 1943.
Plans called for Lorain to be built under a Maritime Commission contract by the American Shipbuilding Company at Lorain, Ohio, as a Maritime Commission Type T. S2-S2-AQ1 hull. However, the contract for her construction for the U.S. Navy was cancelled on 11 February 1944 prior to the laying of her keel.
On 7 February 1944, four days before Lorain 's cancellation, her incomplete sister ship, the Tacoma-class patrol frigate USS Roanoke (PF-93) was renamed USS Lorain (PF-93).
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
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