USS Dearborn (PF-33)

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Career
Ordered:
Laid down:
Launched:	27 September 1943
Commissioned:	10 September 1944
Decommissioned:	5 June 1946
Struck:
Fate:	sold for scrapping 8 July 1947
General characteristics
Displacement:	1,264 tons
Length:	303 ft 11 in
Beam:	37 ft 6 in
Draft:	13 ft 8 in
Propulsion:	Three boilers 2 × 5,500 SHP turbines two shafts
Speed:	20 knots
Range:
Complement:	190
Armament:	3 × 3 in/50 guns (3x1) 4 × 40mm guns (2x2) 9 × 20mm (9x1) 1 × Hedgehog projector 8 × Y-gun depth charge projectors 2 × depth charge racks
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USS Dearborn (PF-33), a Tacoma-class frigate, is so far the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Dearborn, Michigan.

Dearborn (PF-33) was laid down on 15 August 1943 by Walter Butler Shipbuilding Company of Superior, Wisconsin, under a Maritime Commission contract. She was named Dearborn and launched on 27 September 1943, sponsored by Mrs. R. C. Dahlinger of Dearborn, Michigan; and commissioned on 10 September 1944, with Lieutenant Commander F. F. Nichols, USCG, in command.

Sailing from Boston, Massachusetts, on 3 November 1944, Dearborn arrived at NS Argentia, Newfoundland, 4 days later for duty on weather patrol. She had similar duty off Bermuda, as well as plane guard and search and rescue duty until 30 April 1946 when she arrived back at Boston. On 7 May, she departed for Charleston, South Carolina, arriving there 2 days later. Dearborn was decommissioned there on 5 June 1946, and sold on 8 July 1947.

References

This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

External links

• history.navy.mil: USS Dearborn
• navsource.org: USS Dearborn
• hazegray.org: USS Dearborn

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