USS Alacrity (PG-87)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Alacrity.
USS Alacrity (PG-87) was an Action-class patrol boat acquired by the United States Navy for the task of patrolling American coastal waters during World War II.
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United States | |
Name | USS Alacrity |
Builder | Collingwood Shipyards Ltd., Collingwood |
Launched | 4 September 1942 |
Acquired | 6 January 1942 |
Commissioned | 10 December 1942 |
Decommissioned | 4 October 1945 |
Stricken | 24 October 1945 |
Homeport | Charleston, South Carolina |
Fate | Sold to Italy, 1947 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Action class |
Type | Patrol boat |
Displacement | 1,375 long tons (1,397 t) |
Length | 205 ft (62 m) |
Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
Draft | 14 ft 7 in (4.45 m) |
Speed | 16.5 kn (19.0 mph; 30.6 km/h) |
Complement | 90 |
Armament | two 3 in (76 mm) dual purpose gun mounts, two 20 mm gun mounts and two depth charge tracks |
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The gunboat was constructed in Collingwood, Ontario, Canada by the Collingwood Shipyard, Ltd. as the British Flower-class corvette HMS Cornel (K-278). It was transferred to the U. S. Navy on 6 January 1942; launched on 4 September 1942; and commissioned at Collingwood on 10 December 1942. She was the second ship to be named Alacrity by the U.S. Navy.