USS Bisbee
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USS Bisbee (PF-46) was a United States Navy Tacoma-class frigate in commission from 1944 to 1945 and from 1950 to 1951. She also served in the Soviet Navy as EK-17 and in the Colombian National Armada as ARC Capitán Tono.
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USS Bisbee (PF-46) off Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone, on 24 April 1944 | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Bisbee |
Namesake | City of Bisbee, Arizona |
Reclassified | PF-46, 15 April 1943 |
Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California |
Yard number | 531 |
Laid down | 7 August 1943 |
Launched | 7 September 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Richard Murphy |
Commissioned | 15 February 1944 |
Decommissioned | 26 August 1945 |
Honors and awards | 2 battle stars, World War II |
Fate | Transferred to the Soviet Navy 26 August 1945[1] |
Acquired | Returned by Soviet Navy, 1 November 1949 |
Recommissioned | 18 October 1950 |
Decommissioned | 20 October 1951 |
Honors and awards | 3 battle stars, Korean War |
Fate | Transferred to Colombian National Armada, 13 February 1952 |
Soviet Union | |
Name | EK-17 |
Acquired | 26 August 1945[1] |
Commissioned | 26 August 1945[1] |
Fate | Returned to United States, 1 November 1949 |
Colombia | |
Name | Capitán Tono |
Acquired | 13 February 1952 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1963 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Tacoma-class frigate |
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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) |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 190 |
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