USS Emporia
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USS Emporia (PF-28), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city of Emporia, Kansas.
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United States | |
Name | Emporia |
Namesake | City of Emporia, Kansas |
Reclassified | PF-28, 15 April 1943 |
Builder | Walter Butler Shipbuilding Company, Superior, Wisconsin |
Launched | 30 August 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. George M. Barnaby |
Commissioned | 7 October 1944 |
Decommissioned | 14 March 1946 |
Fate | Sold to French Navy, 26 March 1947 |
France | |
Name | Le Verrier |
Acquired | 26 March 1947 |
Reclassified | F716, c. 1952 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1958 |
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) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 190 |
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