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USS Lorain (PF-93)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Lorain.
USS Lorain (PF-93), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the first commissioned ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lorain, Ohio.
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![]() USS Covington (PF-56) (left) and USS Lorain (right) docked at New York City, 1946, when the ships were on loan to the United States Coast Guard. | |
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Name | USS Roanoke (PG-201) |
Namesake | Roanoke, Virginia |
Reclassified | PF-93, 15 April 1943 |
Builder | American Ship Building Company, Lorain, Ohio |
Laid down | 25 October 1943 |
Renamed | USS Lorain (PF-93), 7 February 1944 |
Namesake | Lorain, Ohio |
Launched | 18 March 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Fred Henderson |
Commissioned | 15 January 1945 |
Decommissioned | 14 March 1946 |
Fate | Sold to France, 26 March 1947 |
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Name | Laplace (F13) |
Acquired | 26 March 1947 |
Reclassified | F713, c. 1952 |
Fate | Sunk by a mine, 16 September 1950 |
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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Lorain (PF-93) was authorized as Roanoke (PG-201) and laid down as Roanoke (PF-93) under a United States Maritime Commission contract by American Ship Building Company, Lorain, Ohio, 25 October 1943. She was renamed Lorain on 7 February 1944; launched on 18 March 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Fred Henderson; and commissioned at Baltimore, Maryland, on 15 January 1945.