USS Uniontown
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Chattanooga.
USS Uniontown (PF-65), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Uniontown, Pennsylvania.
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USS Chattanooga (PF-65) is launched at the Leatham D. Smith Shipbuilding Company shipyard at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, on 7 August 1943, a year before she was renamed USS Uniontown just prior to commissioning. | |
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Namesake |
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Builder | Leatham D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin |
Laid down | 21 April 1943 |
Launched | 7 August 1943 |
Commissioned | 6 October 1944 |
Decommissioned | 20 December 1945 |
Renamed | Uniontown, 16 August 1944 |
Reclassified | PF-65, 15 April 1943 |
Stricken | 8 January 1946 |
Fate | Sold to Argentina, July 1947 |
Argentina | |
Name | Sarandi |
Acquired | July 1947 |
Decommissioned | 1968 |
Fate | Unknown |
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 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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